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Chapter 16 - August 1st - Day Thirty
OWL Results and Learning How to Fight
Parseltongue is in italics
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Last Chapter:
"You better get to bed." said Snape sharply, "After all, you are starting your first day of real training tomorrow."
Remus and Snape both left the room as Harry's groan echoed behind them.
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Harry's morning started normally. He got up, did his exercises, and ate breakfast with Severus and Remus. However, at the end of breakfast Snape motioned for him to stay.
"This morning you will study martial arts with Lupin and myself and then this afternoon, Professor McGonagall will be coming by to give you extra lessons. However, before we start with the lessons, I have something for you that came by owl this morning." Snape then handed him a sheet of parchment.
Harry took it and realized that it was his OWL results. He took a deep breath and looked at his results. They read:
Ordinary Wizarding Level Exam Results
Outstanding - O
Exceeds Expectations - E
Acceptable - A
Poor - P
Dreadful - D
Troll - T
Defense Against the Dark Arts: Practical- O, Written- O, Total: O
Charms: Practical- O, Written- E, Total: O
Transfiguration: Practical- E, Written- E, Total: E
Care of Magical Creatures: Practical- O, Written- O, Total: O
Potions: Practical- E, Written- O, Total: O
Herbology: Practical- A, Written- E, Total: E
Astronomy: Practical- P, Written- E, Total: A
History of Magic: Written- A, Total: A
Divination: Practical- P, Written- P, Total: P
Due to outside interference, these scores are not accurate.
Total: 10 OWLs
"I passed." said Harry quietly, "I made 10 OWLs!" he suddenly yelled as he jumped out of his chair. "I can't believe it!"
"Congratulations Harry." said Remus smiling widely.
"What did you make?" asked Snape.
"I received O's in DADA, Charms, Care of Magical Creatures, and Potions. I have E's in Transfiguration and Herbology. I made A's in Astronomy and History of Magic, but that is expected."
"What did you make in Divination?" asked Remus, "You did take that class, right?"
"I did take that class, but I made a P on my OWL." said Harry looking down, a little embarrassed.
"That class is a load of rubbish." growled Snape, "You have no need to take it anymore, and I would suggest that you don't take NEWT level Divination."
"I don't plan on it." said Harry strongly.
"What classes do you intend on taking?" asked Snape.
"Probably NEWT level Transfiguration, Charms, Potions, DADA, and Care of Magical Creatures." said Harry looking at his OWL results. "Perhaps Herbology, I'm not sure though."
"That sounds like good choices. Well, perhaps we should get started on your training?" suggested Remus.
Harry agreed and they went upstairs to one of the rooms that Harry had never been in. It was a large room with mats covering the floor. There were different weapons covering the walls and sunlight glimmered through the dusty windows.
"You need to change into something more appropriate for what we are about to do." said Snape, "I asked Twinkle to bring some of your clothes to change into. You can change in the adjoining room over there." he pointed to a side door in the room.
Harry went and changed into the t-shirt and shorts that Twinkle had left for him. When he came out, he saw that Snape and Remus were no longer wearing robes. Snape was wearing a fencing outfit, all in black of course. Remus was simply wearing a t-shirt and some khaki pants.
"Are you ready?" asked Snape.
"I suppose so." said Harry with a feeling of dread.
"Alright." began Snape, "First, you must learn the stance that you are to use."
The morning drug on as Snape showed Harry different fighting and defense stances. Finally, they were finished with that portion of the lesson for the day. Remus, who had been leaning against the wall, watching the whole time, came up to Harry.
"Now we should begin your first lesson on how to use weapons. I believe that your weapons have been placed in the next room along with something else." he said as he shooed Harry into the other room.
Harry went into the other room and saw his daggers, gauntlets, and sword on a desk. However, these weren't the only things on the desk. A pair of leather boots were beside the daggers. A note beside the boots read,
'These boots are for your training. Put them on and get back into the training room. I won't have you wasting my time. - S.'
Harry shook his head at Snape's note and put on the boots and gauntlets. He carried the sword and daggers out and nearly dropped them at the sight that met his eyes when he left the room.
Remus was lunging at Snape with a sword. Snape dodged the thrust and attempted an attack of his own. Remus pared his attack and they battled it out with their swords. After a few more moves, Snape disarmed Remus and had his sword point at Remus's throat.
"I yield." said Remus as Snape dropped his sword point. "You are as good as you ever were."
Snape ignored Remus and turned to Harry. "I see you found the boots. Now put down your sword and come over here. I gave you those boots because you can keep your daggers stored in the sides. The straps on the sides are to place your daggers in."
Harry placed the daggers in his boots and picked his sword back up. "Good, now attack me." ordered Snape.
"What?" said Harry in disbelief.
"I said to attack me." snarled Snape, "Now do it! Or are you too stupid to understand my instructions?"
"Now Severus." began Remus, "Aren't you being a little harsh?"
"Stay out of this Lupin." snapped Snape, "Come on Potter, attack me."
Harry was trembling in rage by this time and lunged at Snape with his sword. Snape easily stepped to the side, dodging it. Harry quickly regained his lost balance and tried again. This time Snape used a quick move and easily removed Harry's sword.
"The first lesson is to never fight with your emotions. They will cloud your judgment and make your moves sloppy. Now try again." barked Snape as he returned Harry's sword.
Harry suddenly realized what Snape was doing and mentally chided himself for falling into Snape's trap. He took a deep breath and tried again. Snape was still able to disarm him.
"The second rule is that you always need practice, otherwise you might get killed." said Snape, "Now Lupin is going to show you some simple moves and when you are finished we will have some lunch." With those words said, he stalked out of the room.
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By the time Remus had finished showing Harry the basic moves, Harry was famished. Lunch flew by and the next thing Harry knew, Professor McGonagall was knocking at the door. Remus opened the door and led her to an upstairs room prepared for lessons. She looked the same as ever except she walked with a hint of a limp, a result from Umbridge's attack on Hagrid.
"Where is Mr. Potter." she asked Remus as she scanned the room, completely ignoring Harry, "We should start very soon."
"I'm here." said Harry stepping forward from where he was standing by the windows.
McGonagall's eyes widened as she looked at Harry. "You have certainly changed." she said, "I was told that you had, but not to the exact extent. I must say that you look a good deal like Severus with a mixture of Regina."
"You knew my mother?" asked Harry.
"I taught your mother." replied McGonagall, "Now, we need to get started on your lessons."
That afternoon, they reviewed just about everything Harry had learned the previous year and worked on some areas that Harry had trouble with. McGonagall then gave Harry a list of books to read and study in order to help him with his lessons.
"Now I expect you to have read the first two books by the time I stop by in a few days." she said sharply. "You will be tested on the content of them."
"Yes Professor." said Harry, "May I ask you something?"
"Of course," said McGonagall, her voice a little softer.
"What happened to Umbridge exactly? I haven't heard about what ever happened to her."
McGonagall couldn't help but appear slightly smug as she said, "It's quite a shame, she was declared mentally incapacitated due to her encounter with the centaurs. I believe it left her extremely paranoid. She has been placed in St. Mungo's mentally ill ward for her own protection. The doctors believe that she will never return to normal."
"How are you doing." asked Harry, "I saw that you were still limping."
"I'm doing much better, thank you for your concern. I really must go now." she said as she nodded farewell to Harry.
Harry waved goodbye to her and went to his room to clean up before supper.
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The next day, Harry continued being trained by Severus and Remus in the use of martial arts and weapons. Snape then gave him a quick potions lesson before Tonks came for Harry's metamorphagus lesson.
Harry had just finished cleaning up from the potion, when he heard Tonks's voice echoing up from downstairs.
"So, I never thought that Snape would have such a nice place. I feel for the kid. I mean, I would die if I found out Snape was my Dad."
Remus laughed and said, "I doubt that you should be calling him a kid anymore. He's changed since you've last saw him."
"That's an understatement." said Harry as he walked down the stairs.
It took all of Harry's will to not burst out into laughter at Tonks's facial expression. Her hair was a bright neon green and her mouth was opening and closing without any sound coming out. The whole effect was hilarious.
"Um, are you okay there Tonks?" he asked after a while.
This shook Tonks out of her stupor and she asked, "Is that really you, Harry?"
"Yep." he said.
Tonks then let out a wolf whistle and said, "Wow! You look great! If only I was about 10 years younger."
This comment made Harry turn bright red in embarrassment.
"Righto!" she said, "I suppose we better get started on your metamorphagus training. Um, where are we going to do this Remus?"
"In Harry's training room." he said, "Harry can lead you to it."
When they reached the training room, Tonks began explaining how to harness his metamorphagus ability.
"Actually using your ability is very easy. The hard part is keeping the look. To start off, all you really have to do is concentrate on what you want to look like and you should appear like you want to. Now to keep up your appearance, you just have to continue to concentrate and maintain a high magical level."
Harry looked completely lost at Tonks's explanation, so she tried another approach.
"If you can picture yourself with blue hair and concentrate hard enough, you will have blue hair as long as you can concentrate on having it."
"I think I understand." said Harry, "So if I concentrate hard enough, I should be able to look however I want to look?"
"Exactly." said Tonks, "It's pretty easy if you have the ability."
Harry took a deep breath and concentrated on how he used to look, scrawny with green eyes and messy hair. He suddenly felt like he was shrinking and when the sensation stopped, he opened his eyes.
"You did great!" said Tonks, "You look just like you used to. I assume that is what you were trying to achieve."
Harry nodded asked, "Could you conjure a mirror? I haven't covered that yet in my lessons."
"Sure," said Tonks, as she did what she was asked.
Harry barely had time to look in the mirror before he morphed back into his normal form.
"That was great for your first try." said Tonks, "I think you have the hang of actually changing, now we have to work on the change staying."
They worked for the next few hours and by the end of the day, Harry was able to stay transformed for 6 minutes and 15 seconds before he went back to normal.
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That night, before Harry went to bed, Snape entered his room.
"I need to talk to you." he said, "About that chain around your neck."
"What about it?" asked Harry.
"How did you get it?" asked Snape, his eyes narrowing.
"You wouldn't believe me if I told you." said Harry, walking over to pet Hedwig.
"Try me." said Snape.
"Well, I had this dream, and woke up wearing the chain." Harry said, "Why do you want to know."
"I want to know because Regina had a chain just like that one." said Snape, "She was buried wearing it. May I have a look at it?"
"Okay," said Harry as he took it off and handed it to Snape.
"It can't be." said Snape softly as he looked at the chain clasp.
"What is it?" asked Harry.
Snape looked up at Harry and handed back the chain. Without a word, Snape swept out of the room. Harry looked at Hedwig in confusion and said, "I wonder what that was all about."
-End Chapter 16-
A/N: Yay! I finished chapter 16. I hope you all like it. I'm really looking forward to the third Harry Potter movie. Thanks to everyone who reviewed chapter 15. I really appreciate your support.
-Lilyanphino-
Chapter 16 - August 1st - Day Thirty
OWL Results and Learning How to Fight
Parseltongue is in italics
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Last Chapter:
"You better get to bed." said Snape sharply, "After all, you are starting your first day of real training tomorrow."
Remus and Snape both left the room as Harry's groan echoed behind them.
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Harry's morning started normally. He got up, did his exercises, and ate breakfast with Severus and Remus. However, at the end of breakfast Snape motioned for him to stay.
"This morning you will study martial arts with Lupin and myself and then this afternoon, Professor McGonagall will be coming by to give you extra lessons. However, before we start with the lessons, I have something for you that came by owl this morning." Snape then handed him a sheet of parchment.
Harry took it and realized that it was his OWL results. He took a deep breath and looked at his results. They read:
Ordinary Wizarding Level Exam Results
Outstanding - O
Exceeds Expectations - E
Acceptable - A
Poor - P
Dreadful - D
Troll - T
Defense Against the Dark Arts: Practical- O, Written- O, Total: O
Charms: Practical- O, Written- E, Total: O
Transfiguration: Practical- E, Written- E, Total: E
Care of Magical Creatures: Practical- O, Written- O, Total: O
Potions: Practical- E, Written- O, Total: O
Herbology: Practical- A, Written- E, Total: E
Astronomy: Practical- P, Written- E, Total: A
History of Magic: Written- A, Total: A
Divination: Practical- P, Written- P, Total: P
Due to outside interference, these scores are not accurate.
Total: 10 OWLs
"I passed." said Harry quietly, "I made 10 OWLs!" he suddenly yelled as he jumped out of his chair. "I can't believe it!"
"Congratulations Harry." said Remus smiling widely.
"What did you make?" asked Snape.
"I received O's in DADA, Charms, Care of Magical Creatures, and Potions. I have E's in Transfiguration and Herbology. I made A's in Astronomy and History of Magic, but that is expected."
"What did you make in Divination?" asked Remus, "You did take that class, right?"
"I did take that class, but I made a P on my OWL." said Harry looking down, a little embarrassed.
"That class is a load of rubbish." growled Snape, "You have no need to take it anymore, and I would suggest that you don't take NEWT level Divination."
"I don't plan on it." said Harry strongly.
"What classes do you intend on taking?" asked Snape.
"Probably NEWT level Transfiguration, Charms, Potions, DADA, and Care of Magical Creatures." said Harry looking at his OWL results. "Perhaps Herbology, I'm not sure though."
"That sounds like good choices. Well, perhaps we should get started on your training?" suggested Remus.
Harry agreed and they went upstairs to one of the rooms that Harry had never been in. It was a large room with mats covering the floor. There were different weapons covering the walls and sunlight glimmered through the dusty windows.
"You need to change into something more appropriate for what we are about to do." said Snape, "I asked Twinkle to bring some of your clothes to change into. You can change in the adjoining room over there." he pointed to a side door in the room.
Harry went and changed into the t-shirt and shorts that Twinkle had left for him. When he came out, he saw that Snape and Remus were no longer wearing robes. Snape was wearing a fencing outfit, all in black of course. Remus was simply wearing a t-shirt and some khaki pants.
"Are you ready?" asked Snape.
"I suppose so." said Harry with a feeling of dread.
"Alright." began Snape, "First, you must learn the stance that you are to use."
The morning drug on as Snape showed Harry different fighting and defense stances. Finally, they were finished with that portion of the lesson for the day. Remus, who had been leaning against the wall, watching the whole time, came up to Harry.
"Now we should begin your first lesson on how to use weapons. I believe that your weapons have been placed in the next room along with something else." he said as he shooed Harry into the other room.
Harry went into the other room and saw his daggers, gauntlets, and sword on a desk. However, these weren't the only things on the desk. A pair of leather boots were beside the daggers. A note beside the boots read,
'These boots are for your training. Put them on and get back into the training room. I won't have you wasting my time. - S.'
Harry shook his head at Snape's note and put on the boots and gauntlets. He carried the sword and daggers out and nearly dropped them at the sight that met his eyes when he left the room.
Remus was lunging at Snape with a sword. Snape dodged the thrust and attempted an attack of his own. Remus pared his attack and they battled it out with their swords. After a few more moves, Snape disarmed Remus and had his sword point at Remus's throat.
"I yield." said Remus as Snape dropped his sword point. "You are as good as you ever were."
Snape ignored Remus and turned to Harry. "I see you found the boots. Now put down your sword and come over here. I gave you those boots because you can keep your daggers stored in the sides. The straps on the sides are to place your daggers in."
Harry placed the daggers in his boots and picked his sword back up. "Good, now attack me." ordered Snape.
"What?" said Harry in disbelief.
"I said to attack me." snarled Snape, "Now do it! Or are you too stupid to understand my instructions?"
"Now Severus." began Remus, "Aren't you being a little harsh?"
"Stay out of this Lupin." snapped Snape, "Come on Potter, attack me."
Harry was trembling in rage by this time and lunged at Snape with his sword. Snape easily stepped to the side, dodging it. Harry quickly regained his lost balance and tried again. This time Snape used a quick move and easily removed Harry's sword.
"The first lesson is to never fight with your emotions. They will cloud your judgment and make your moves sloppy. Now try again." barked Snape as he returned Harry's sword.
Harry suddenly realized what Snape was doing and mentally chided himself for falling into Snape's trap. He took a deep breath and tried again. Snape was still able to disarm him.
"The second rule is that you always need practice, otherwise you might get killed." said Snape, "Now Lupin is going to show you some simple moves and when you are finished we will have some lunch." With those words said, he stalked out of the room.
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By the time Remus had finished showing Harry the basic moves, Harry was famished. Lunch flew by and the next thing Harry knew, Professor McGonagall was knocking at the door. Remus opened the door and led her to an upstairs room prepared for lessons. She looked the same as ever except she walked with a hint of a limp, a result from Umbridge's attack on Hagrid.
"Where is Mr. Potter." she asked Remus as she scanned the room, completely ignoring Harry, "We should start very soon."
"I'm here." said Harry stepping forward from where he was standing by the windows.
McGonagall's eyes widened as she looked at Harry. "You have certainly changed." she said, "I was told that you had, but not to the exact extent. I must say that you look a good deal like Severus with a mixture of Regina."
"You knew my mother?" asked Harry.
"I taught your mother." replied McGonagall, "Now, we need to get started on your lessons."
That afternoon, they reviewed just about everything Harry had learned the previous year and worked on some areas that Harry had trouble with. McGonagall then gave Harry a list of books to read and study in order to help him with his lessons.
"Now I expect you to have read the first two books by the time I stop by in a few days." she said sharply. "You will be tested on the content of them."
"Yes Professor." said Harry, "May I ask you something?"
"Of course," said McGonagall, her voice a little softer.
"What happened to Umbridge exactly? I haven't heard about what ever happened to her."
McGonagall couldn't help but appear slightly smug as she said, "It's quite a shame, she was declared mentally incapacitated due to her encounter with the centaurs. I believe it left her extremely paranoid. She has been placed in St. Mungo's mentally ill ward for her own protection. The doctors believe that she will never return to normal."
"How are you doing." asked Harry, "I saw that you were still limping."
"I'm doing much better, thank you for your concern. I really must go now." she said as she nodded farewell to Harry.
Harry waved goodbye to her and went to his room to clean up before supper.
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The next day, Harry continued being trained by Severus and Remus in the use of martial arts and weapons. Snape then gave him a quick potions lesson before Tonks came for Harry's metamorphagus lesson.
Harry had just finished cleaning up from the potion, when he heard Tonks's voice echoing up from downstairs.
"So, I never thought that Snape would have such a nice place. I feel for the kid. I mean, I would die if I found out Snape was my Dad."
Remus laughed and said, "I doubt that you should be calling him a kid anymore. He's changed since you've last saw him."
"That's an understatement." said Harry as he walked down the stairs.
It took all of Harry's will to not burst out into laughter at Tonks's facial expression. Her hair was a bright neon green and her mouth was opening and closing without any sound coming out. The whole effect was hilarious.
"Um, are you okay there Tonks?" he asked after a while.
This shook Tonks out of her stupor and she asked, "Is that really you, Harry?"
"Yep." he said.
Tonks then let out a wolf whistle and said, "Wow! You look great! If only I was about 10 years younger."
This comment made Harry turn bright red in embarrassment.
"Righto!" she said, "I suppose we better get started on your metamorphagus training. Um, where are we going to do this Remus?"
"In Harry's training room." he said, "Harry can lead you to it."
When they reached the training room, Tonks began explaining how to harness his metamorphagus ability.
"Actually using your ability is very easy. The hard part is keeping the look. To start off, all you really have to do is concentrate on what you want to look like and you should appear like you want to. Now to keep up your appearance, you just have to continue to concentrate and maintain a high magical level."
Harry looked completely lost at Tonks's explanation, so she tried another approach.
"If you can picture yourself with blue hair and concentrate hard enough, you will have blue hair as long as you can concentrate on having it."
"I think I understand." said Harry, "So if I concentrate hard enough, I should be able to look however I want to look?"
"Exactly." said Tonks, "It's pretty easy if you have the ability."
Harry took a deep breath and concentrated on how he used to look, scrawny with green eyes and messy hair. He suddenly felt like he was shrinking and when the sensation stopped, he opened his eyes.
"You did great!" said Tonks, "You look just like you used to. I assume that is what you were trying to achieve."
Harry nodded asked, "Could you conjure a mirror? I haven't covered that yet in my lessons."
"Sure," said Tonks, as she did what she was asked.
Harry barely had time to look in the mirror before he morphed back into his normal form.
"That was great for your first try." said Tonks, "I think you have the hang of actually changing, now we have to work on the change staying."
They worked for the next few hours and by the end of the day, Harry was able to stay transformed for 6 minutes and 15 seconds before he went back to normal.
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That night, before Harry went to bed, Snape entered his room.
"I need to talk to you." he said, "About that chain around your neck."
"What about it?" asked Harry.
"How did you get it?" asked Snape, his eyes narrowing.
"You wouldn't believe me if I told you." said Harry, walking over to pet Hedwig.
"Try me." said Snape.
"Well, I had this dream, and woke up wearing the chain." Harry said, "Why do you want to know."
"I want to know because Regina had a chain just like that one." said Snape, "She was buried wearing it. May I have a look at it?"
"Okay," said Harry as he took it off and handed it to Snape.
"It can't be." said Snape softly as he looked at the chain clasp.
"What is it?" asked Harry.
Snape looked up at Harry and handed back the chain. Without a word, Snape swept out of the room. Harry looked at Hedwig in confusion and said, "I wonder what that was all about."
-End Chapter 16-
A/N: Yay! I finished chapter 16. I hope you all like it. I'm really looking forward to the third Harry Potter movie. Thanks to everyone who reviewed chapter 15. I really appreciate your support.
-Lilyanphino-