Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
PG
Summary: Something dark is rising in Hogwarts. Students are turning up in odd palces, screaming and wide-eyed. This year especially will be hard for Harry Potter. There's a new DADA teacher and even more suprises. The Sorting Hat, Howlers, motorbikes, and an attack from the Death Eaters that could cost Harry's life...and his friends.
Harry Potter stared at the scarlet Hogwarts Express. Smoke was puffing out and children saying goodbye to their parents. Harry looked around sadly and stepped on the train. He looked up and down the train until he found an empty compartment. He sighed and set his trunk on the holster.
He fell down on the seat. He was exaughsted. He had hardly any sleep last night. Partly because he didn't want to dream about Sirius, partly because he wanted to see his his friends again. He sighed again and closed his eyes. He had let his hair grow this summer, and it was now hanging around his chin. He had gotton new glasses, with a thin silver frame, and they were square-shaped. He had gotton new robes at Madam Malkins with Remus Lupin and Nymphadora Tonks. He got one of his books out of his trunk. A Spell Guide Book, All The Spells You'll Ever Need. He lied down and started reading.
He flicked through it until he got to Dark Curses and Their Counter Curses.
Avada Kedavra- the killing curse - No counter Curse
Imerio-control curse- No counter Curse
Crucio-pain curse- No counter Curse
Infendio- fire curse- Sheild Charm
Iligo- ice curse- Shield Charm.
''Harry!''
Harry jumped and looked up toards the door. Ron, Hermione and Ginny were all standing at the door. Ron had grown even more over the summer. His flaming red hair was the same and he still had plenty of freckles. Hermione had still got bushy hair and brown eyes. She hadn't grown much either. Ginny was still short and had her flaming red hair.
''Hello!'' said Harry. He sat up and moved to the window. Ron sat down next to him. Hermione and Ginny sat down on the other chairs.
''What've you been doing this summer?'' asked Ron.
''Nothing really...'' began Harry.
He saw Ron and Hermione exchange a look.
''What?'' asked Harry slowly.
Hermione hesitated to speak and then said, ''Harry, if you want to talk about Sirius, thats okay...''
Harry turned his head towards the window and stared out, not really seeing at all. Memorys slipped about in his head;
''Come on, you can do better than that!'' Sirius had yelled, his voice echoing around the cavernous room.The second yet of light hit him squarely in the chest.Sirius's laughter had not quite died out yet, but his eyes widened in shock.
It seemed to take an age for him to fall.Harry would never forget the look of fear and suprise on his god-fathers face.
He arched through the ragged veil
''SIRIUS!'' Harry had shouted, not believing what had happened.''Sirius!''
''Theres nothing you can do Harry-'' Remus Lupin had shouted, holding him back.
''Get him, save him, he's only just gone through!''
'' Its too late Harry.''
''We can still reach him-''
Harry has struggled viciously, but Lupin kept a firm grip.
''There's nothing you can do Harry...nothing...he's gone''
''He hasn't gone!'' Harry had screamed.
''SIRIUS, SIRIUS!''
''He can't come back Harry! He cant come back Harry, because he's d-''
'' HE-IS-NOT-DEAD!'' he had hollered.
Hermione and Ron looked at him worridly. Both of them stood up and Hermione said, ''Were going to go do our prefect duties.''
''You do that.'' snapped Harry.
They exited and Harry was left alone with Ginny. There was silence. Harry was thankfull for it. He tried to empty his head of Sirius. There's nothing you can do! So STOP IT! He shouted at himself.
''Are you alright?'' asked Ginny quietly.
''Just fine.'' snapped Harry irratibly.
There was silence again in which Harry tried to distract himself with his Spell Book.
Mellowe- ripping curse- no sheild.
Gorsent- smoke curse- no shield
Werement- worst fears- no shield.
''WE WILL BE ARRIVING AT HOGWARTS IN FIVE MINUTES! ALL STUDENTS SHOULD GET INTO THEIR ROBES!'' boomed a voice over the mega-phone.
''I'll go.'' said Ginny. She grabbed her trunk and walked out as Ron walked in.
''Watch out Ginny!''
Ron walked in with his robes on. Harry pulled his over his white shirt and jeans.
The train stopped.
---
Harry shuddered.
The Thesrals eyes searched him, there white washing over him. He felt a sharp pain in his right hand. His head seemed to get lighter. He was floating, floating. It was like he was free, away from the world. The responsiblity on his shoulders had been lifted.
''Harry? Harry!'' he heard a voice say.
Harry just shook his head and felt himself flying. It was the most ammazing feeling.
''Harry? HARRY!''
Harry snapped out of his trance.
''Harry, your bleeding!'' said Hermione.
''It's okay, a Thestral bit me.''
''A Thestral bit you?'' asked Hermione, shocked.
Harry nooded and stepped on the carridge.
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Harry looked at the High Table. All the usual teachers were there. McGonagall scanned the room, for any mischeif makers. Snape sneered at Harry and Dumbledore didn't look at him.
Harry felt tanger burning up at him, when Professor Flitwick brung out the Sorting Hat on it's three legged stool.
The brim opened wide, and the Hat sang.
Last year you ignored my warning,
Now the Dark Days are upon us,
You all thought I was a fuss.
I refuse to sort you youngins,
As I know it'll end in sin
So I'll say it again,
You wont belong to Slytherin or Ravenclaw Hufflepuff or Gryffindor.
But it won't last like that forevermore
As soon as you can prove that you can work together,
But if you don't I'll keep you like that forever.
Now you've listened to the song, I'll stop this song altogether.
There was a shocked silence. Then whispers broke around the hall. Even the teachers looked a little shocked. Snape just smirked at everyone. Dumbledore's eyes twinkled at everyone.
Dumbledore coughed and stood up.
''The Sorting Hat has made it's mind up. The school shall be reunited. The Hat told me before hand, and I've arranged rooms, and who will be in your dorm. A slip of paper shall appear in front of you, it will tell you who is in your domitory and how to get there. All the Houses shall be mixed up and have there own Common Room and name.''
Dumbledore waved his hand and green slips of paper found there way in fornt of them. Harry read his.
Group One: Specus
Theodore Nott
Draco Malfoy
Ronald Weasley
Harry Potter
Zack Smith
Harry sighed in relief. At least he was with Ron. He turned around to look at Hermione's when the Great Hall's door's burst open and a tall man walked in.
He looked rather like an old lion. There were streaks of grey in his mane of yellow tawny hair and his bushy eye-brows: he has keen yellowish eyes behind a pair of wire-rimmed specteclas and a certain rangy, loping grace even though he walked with a slight limp. He nodded around the hall, and said in a loud, deep voice, rather like a roar, ''Sorry I'm late, Professor Dumbledore, I was... busy.'' he gave a short laugh smiled warmly at the students. He was dressed in a dark red robe.
Dumbledore stood up and said, ''Students, I am pleased to say, this is Professor Sapien McClaggan, our new Defence Against The Dark Teacher. Please give a round of applause!''
The students all clapped loudly.
''Now, that we've finished that, tuck in, I'm sure your all famished.''
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''How do we get to our Domitory?'' asked Ron.
''It's on the paper.'' said Harry, fishing in his pockets for the green card.
''Right,'' he said, reading off the paper. ''Go to the third floor. A tapestry of a white unicorn will be at the end of the corridor. Tickle it's horn and the tapestry should slide off. Follow the passage and when you come to a picture of a man with a beard, (there are two, one for boys, one for girls. The boys is on the left. Say the password, ''Sphinx.'' and then you've reached your common room.''
They followed the instuctions, until they got to the bearded man. They said 'Sphinx' to the left one and it opened. They walked through the hole, and stood in shock.
A fairly large room, was before them. Five large chairs were arranged by the fire, the room was purple, and had an enchanted ceiling, like the Great Hall. Zack Smith was already there, looknig around in disgust at the purple walls.
''Ew! Look at the walls!''
Harry and Ron ignored him and looked at a gleaming sword in a glass case. It was very large and the handle was the rusty colour of brick. It's blade was sharp and lethal looking. The word Scapulare was written on it's hilt. They stopped looknig at it and waked up a golden stair case to a room, with five beds, all with different colours. Orange, green, purple, silver and gold.
Draco Malfoy was at a big mirror, which had the word Speculum written across it. He was combing his hair. A small boy, with dark brown hair and round glasses and dark blue eyes, sat on the silver bed, reading a book. It must have been Theo Nott.
Ron got the orange bed and Harry the green. Malfoy got the gold, which left Smith with the purple.
Serves him right. thought Harry sleepily. He got changed into his pygamas and went to sleep after his first night back.
It was good to be home.