HARRY POTTER AND THE GREEN FLAME SWORD
DISCLAIMER: I don't claim anything, ok...
Ted Hammett: I agree with you completely. H/G is what it's gonna be, but it'll take 3-4 chapters more.
I guess the confrontation was rather tame, but I wanted to keep it a bit short, c.
MsHissyFits: 5 reviews!!!!! U rock, don't ask too many questions though; I wouldn't wanna give away the plot.
Historygrl: Sure I'm sure that I'm surely not JK. But lol and thanx, that WAS high praise indeed.
Frankie: Hey man, thanx a lot. R will have an argument with H, but not yet and over something else. U bet I'll keep it realistic
CHAPTER 7
ON BOARD THE HOGWARTS EXPRESS
The month passed by very quickly for Harry, in the company of Ron and Hermione. Ron and Hermione still seemed rather upset that Harry had left them out. However, Harry had learnt the knack of getting his best friends to stop discussing any topic he wanted to avoid by simply ignoring anything they said. Whenever they asked whether anything new had happened, he'd give a 'nothing new', which, thankfully, was true. The Order was working at finding Voldemort and the Death Eaters, but they seemed to have covered their tracks well...they simply seemed to have disappeared off the face of the earth.
On the brighter side, Luna seemed better off now. She would sometimes join in the conversation when the four of them would discuss Quidditch or Voldemort, though Harry felt that her interest in Voldemort had more to do with hatred and anger than her interest in rumours. Fred and George had taken up the responsibility of cheering her up by pulling pranks on the other four, though they still managed to shoot Harry dirty glares in the midst of their 'cheering up' act ever since Ron had broken the news of Harry joining the Order. So, Harry wasn't surprised when he found himself bursting into feathers for the fourth consecutive evening. He didn't mind, it provided some comic relief and the twins had started behaving normally with him.
Soon, it was time to leave for Hogwarts, Quidditch, and in Harry's case, his home of five years. Harry's stuff had been brought down from the Dursleys and all of them had found that Lupin had gotten them all their texts, extra quills and parchment. Ron and Harry rolled their eyes as they heard Hermione complain about how little parchment Lupin had gotten for her to do her homework in.
"Don't worry Hermione, you can have mine too" grinned Ron.
"Same here," added Harry, grinning back at Ron as Ginny giggled.
Hermione simply huffed at them and muttered something that sounded suspiciously like 'six owls'.
"Ginny, I'm sure you will be paying more attention to your OWLS than these two here" she said, sounding very much like Percy.
Ginny made an indistinct noise that might have meant agreement, or absolute disapproval. Hermione however seemed satisfied as she shot Ron and Harry another glare before continuing with her packing. Luna had no idea where her stuff was and soon the other four were helping her find her stuff. Harry remembered, with a sudden wrench of pity, how Luna was treated by her housemates in Hogwarts.
Impulsively, he touched her shoulder and said, "Listen, if you have any kind of problem in Hogwarts or- or anything you feel you need to talk about... you can come to me, ok."
She nodded briefly, and then gave him a hug.
"Well, I've never had a little sister before, would you like to be my unofficial little sister?" he asked, pulling back and grinning at her.
"I'd like that" she said, smiling.
Hermione had been listening to the entire conversation and she broke into tears, gave Harry a huge and wet hug and whispered softly, in awe, to him "you've grown up so much Harry".
Harry smiled at her and left them to help Mr. Weasley get all their stuff into two grand Ministry cars which were waiting outside for them.
"The Ministry's undergone a change of heart for you, Harry" explained Mr. Weasley as Harry pulled up the baggage into the magically expanded cars.
Mrs. Weasley was standing by and gave all of them a hug asking them to take their school year seriously.
"Ginny, Luna, I want both of you to give the OWLS your best shot" she said sternly, both girls nodded meekly even as Hermione flashed an 'I win you lose' smile to Ron.
"What!?" said Ron, irritated.
"Nothing Ron, absolutely nothing" replied Hermione, lurching forward as the car jumped in front of a few ordinary cars mysteriously.
As soon as they started bickering, Harry tuned out of their argument. He noticed that two Aurors were seated in the front seats of each car. The Ministry sure wasn't taking any chances, even in the midst of the crowded street.
Without any kind of incidents, they found themselves at platform 9 ¾ where they found Lupin waiting for them.
"Right on time. All of you ready to go?" he asked brightly.
"Remus, what are you doing here?" asked Harry, surprised to see Lupin after saying goodbye to him just a few minutes back.
"Well, that's because I'm joining you at Hogwarts this year, aren't I" he smiled, looking at the incredulous faces in front of him.
"Cool" burst out Ron.
"Yes!!" grinned Harry, punching the air with his fist
"That's so wonderful," chimed the three girls in unison.
After all of them had finished congratulating him, he waved and walked to the front of the Hogwarts express where Professors Flitwick and McGonagall were waiting for him.
"What do you reckon the Professors are riding on the train for?" asked Ron, after finding an empty cabin into which they heaved their stuff.
"They might be worried about another attack" said Hermione, settling into a seat.
They spent their time playing exploding snap. Harry felt something amiss.
He looked over at Neville, who had joined them a little while ago "Hey, Neville, did you see Malfoy or his thugs anywhere on the train?" he asked.
"Nope" said Neville, looking up.
Hermione had caught onto what Harry was thinking, "Actually, I don't think I've seen too many Slytherins on board" she said.
"So what?" asked Ron.
"Well, why would anyone avoid the train Ron?" she asked impatiently.
"Because it might be dangerous" said Ginny, her eyes widening slightly.
"Exactly, and the fact that they are Slytherins means they know something we don't"
Even as Hermione finished explaining, the temperature dropped and an intense chill seemed to invade the air around them.
"Dementors" shouted Harry, as he rushed out of cabin.
"YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO STAY INSIDE", yelled Harry, knowing fully well that none of his friends had created an actual patronus in front of a dementor, as he saw the rest of them get up and follow him...
The lights in the train had extinguished. Lupin's form could be seen at one end of the coach, and so could McGonagall's.
Harry could hear faint screams already, Sirius arching back as he fell into the veil...a high cold laughter.
Lupin and McGonagall were shooting out silver mist from their wands.
The coach door opened, and three tall and hooded figures glided into the coach... he could see Lupin and McGonagall hurrying away from them.
The shimmering mist Lupin and McGonagall had conjured dissolved as the Dementors drew a cold rattling breath.
The scream in Harry's ears was growing louder.
Out of the corner of his eye, as though in slow motion, he saw Ron falling onto the ground, ashen faced.
Hermione had her wand out, but had gone very white; she looked incapable of saying any kind of spell.
Ginny was shaking uncontrollably, a pale silver shot out of her wand, hovered for a few seconds, then disappeared as Ginny fainted.
Luna seemed to be lost in some other world where she had knelt down beside Neville, who was screaming.
Harry saw Professor Lupin crouched a couple of feet away from him, he was whispering "I couldn't stop it, I couldn't stop it" with his face in his hands, wand forgotten on the floor.
The screaming was too much...images of Sirius falling...
Professor McGonagall was still trying to put up some kind of resistance...more Dementors flooded into the coach.
She fell too. The Dementor closest to Lupin was turning his head upwards. The other Dementors were inching towards them.
'NO' thought Harry fiercely, 'I will not lose Remus too'.
The thought cleared his senses a bit, "EXPECTO PATRONUM" he bellowed, as a stag burst out of his wand and charged the Dementor holding Lupin.
The Dementor drew back a bit, then all of them, twelve in all, drew another chilling breath, and Prongs stumbled.
The screams were getting louder,
"No" whispered Harry, his voice failing him as he sank to the floor...
DISCLAIMER: I don't claim anything, ok...
Ted Hammett: I agree with you completely. H/G is what it's gonna be, but it'll take 3-4 chapters more.
I guess the confrontation was rather tame, but I wanted to keep it a bit short, c.
MsHissyFits: 5 reviews!!!!! U rock, don't ask too many questions though; I wouldn't wanna give away the plot.
Historygrl: Sure I'm sure that I'm surely not JK. But lol and thanx, that WAS high praise indeed.
Frankie: Hey man, thanx a lot. R will have an argument with H, but not yet and over something else. U bet I'll keep it realistic
CHAPTER 7
ON BOARD THE HOGWARTS EXPRESS
The month passed by very quickly for Harry, in the company of Ron and Hermione. Ron and Hermione still seemed rather upset that Harry had left them out. However, Harry had learnt the knack of getting his best friends to stop discussing any topic he wanted to avoid by simply ignoring anything they said. Whenever they asked whether anything new had happened, he'd give a 'nothing new', which, thankfully, was true. The Order was working at finding Voldemort and the Death Eaters, but they seemed to have covered their tracks well...they simply seemed to have disappeared off the face of the earth.
On the brighter side, Luna seemed better off now. She would sometimes join in the conversation when the four of them would discuss Quidditch or Voldemort, though Harry felt that her interest in Voldemort had more to do with hatred and anger than her interest in rumours. Fred and George had taken up the responsibility of cheering her up by pulling pranks on the other four, though they still managed to shoot Harry dirty glares in the midst of their 'cheering up' act ever since Ron had broken the news of Harry joining the Order. So, Harry wasn't surprised when he found himself bursting into feathers for the fourth consecutive evening. He didn't mind, it provided some comic relief and the twins had started behaving normally with him.
Soon, it was time to leave for Hogwarts, Quidditch, and in Harry's case, his home of five years. Harry's stuff had been brought down from the Dursleys and all of them had found that Lupin had gotten them all their texts, extra quills and parchment. Ron and Harry rolled their eyes as they heard Hermione complain about how little parchment Lupin had gotten for her to do her homework in.
"Don't worry Hermione, you can have mine too" grinned Ron.
"Same here," added Harry, grinning back at Ron as Ginny giggled.
Hermione simply huffed at them and muttered something that sounded suspiciously like 'six owls'.
"Ginny, I'm sure you will be paying more attention to your OWLS than these two here" she said, sounding very much like Percy.
Ginny made an indistinct noise that might have meant agreement, or absolute disapproval. Hermione however seemed satisfied as she shot Ron and Harry another glare before continuing with her packing. Luna had no idea where her stuff was and soon the other four were helping her find her stuff. Harry remembered, with a sudden wrench of pity, how Luna was treated by her housemates in Hogwarts.
Impulsively, he touched her shoulder and said, "Listen, if you have any kind of problem in Hogwarts or- or anything you feel you need to talk about... you can come to me, ok."
She nodded briefly, and then gave him a hug.
"Well, I've never had a little sister before, would you like to be my unofficial little sister?" he asked, pulling back and grinning at her.
"I'd like that" she said, smiling.
Hermione had been listening to the entire conversation and she broke into tears, gave Harry a huge and wet hug and whispered softly, in awe, to him "you've grown up so much Harry".
Harry smiled at her and left them to help Mr. Weasley get all their stuff into two grand Ministry cars which were waiting outside for them.
"The Ministry's undergone a change of heart for you, Harry" explained Mr. Weasley as Harry pulled up the baggage into the magically expanded cars.
Mrs. Weasley was standing by and gave all of them a hug asking them to take their school year seriously.
"Ginny, Luna, I want both of you to give the OWLS your best shot" she said sternly, both girls nodded meekly even as Hermione flashed an 'I win you lose' smile to Ron.
"What!?" said Ron, irritated.
"Nothing Ron, absolutely nothing" replied Hermione, lurching forward as the car jumped in front of a few ordinary cars mysteriously.
As soon as they started bickering, Harry tuned out of their argument. He noticed that two Aurors were seated in the front seats of each car. The Ministry sure wasn't taking any chances, even in the midst of the crowded street.
Without any kind of incidents, they found themselves at platform 9 ¾ where they found Lupin waiting for them.
"Right on time. All of you ready to go?" he asked brightly.
"Remus, what are you doing here?" asked Harry, surprised to see Lupin after saying goodbye to him just a few minutes back.
"Well, that's because I'm joining you at Hogwarts this year, aren't I" he smiled, looking at the incredulous faces in front of him.
"Cool" burst out Ron.
"Yes!!" grinned Harry, punching the air with his fist
"That's so wonderful," chimed the three girls in unison.
After all of them had finished congratulating him, he waved and walked to the front of the Hogwarts express where Professors Flitwick and McGonagall were waiting for him.
"What do you reckon the Professors are riding on the train for?" asked Ron, after finding an empty cabin into which they heaved their stuff.
"They might be worried about another attack" said Hermione, settling into a seat.
They spent their time playing exploding snap. Harry felt something amiss.
He looked over at Neville, who had joined them a little while ago "Hey, Neville, did you see Malfoy or his thugs anywhere on the train?" he asked.
"Nope" said Neville, looking up.
Hermione had caught onto what Harry was thinking, "Actually, I don't think I've seen too many Slytherins on board" she said.
"So what?" asked Ron.
"Well, why would anyone avoid the train Ron?" she asked impatiently.
"Because it might be dangerous" said Ginny, her eyes widening slightly.
"Exactly, and the fact that they are Slytherins means they know something we don't"
Even as Hermione finished explaining, the temperature dropped and an intense chill seemed to invade the air around them.
"Dementors" shouted Harry, as he rushed out of cabin.
"YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO STAY INSIDE", yelled Harry, knowing fully well that none of his friends had created an actual patronus in front of a dementor, as he saw the rest of them get up and follow him...
The lights in the train had extinguished. Lupin's form could be seen at one end of the coach, and so could McGonagall's.
Harry could hear faint screams already, Sirius arching back as he fell into the veil...a high cold laughter.
Lupin and McGonagall were shooting out silver mist from their wands.
The coach door opened, and three tall and hooded figures glided into the coach... he could see Lupin and McGonagall hurrying away from them.
The shimmering mist Lupin and McGonagall had conjured dissolved as the Dementors drew a cold rattling breath.
The scream in Harry's ears was growing louder.
Out of the corner of his eye, as though in slow motion, he saw Ron falling onto the ground, ashen faced.
Hermione had her wand out, but had gone very white; she looked incapable of saying any kind of spell.
Ginny was shaking uncontrollably, a pale silver shot out of her wand, hovered for a few seconds, then disappeared as Ginny fainted.
Luna seemed to be lost in some other world where she had knelt down beside Neville, who was screaming.
Harry saw Professor Lupin crouched a couple of feet away from him, he was whispering "I couldn't stop it, I couldn't stop it" with his face in his hands, wand forgotten on the floor.
The screaming was too much...images of Sirius falling...
Professor McGonagall was still trying to put up some kind of resistance...more Dementors flooded into the coach.
She fell too. The Dementor closest to Lupin was turning his head upwards. The other Dementors were inching towards them.
'NO' thought Harry fiercely, 'I will not lose Remus too'.
The thought cleared his senses a bit, "EXPECTO PATRONUM" he bellowed, as a stag burst out of his wand and charged the Dementor holding Lupin.
The Dementor drew back a bit, then all of them, twelve in all, drew another chilling breath, and Prongs stumbled.
The screams were getting louder,
"No" whispered Harry, his voice failing him as he sank to the floor...