Harry read the letter while he sat at the kitchen table. He had the day off training and he just wanted to relax. Sirius was out taking over for Remus, it was a full moon and someone had to mentor the Patil twins. Harry still didn't really know what they were being mentored in but he had other things to care about.

Dear Harry.

Everything is going strangely, Grout was kicked out of class today and the Gryffindors were thrown out of our Dark arts classes. The teacher is Bellatrix Lestrange.

Lavender wants to know how Pavarti is doing and if she's ok. Dean also wants to know how the other boys are doing. The rest of us are great and half the seventh year are gone. Obviously all the Slytherins are enjoying every moment of this. Things aren't actually that bad but I think things might get worse.

Hermione, Ron, Dean and Lavender

xxx

"Dean and Lavender?" Harry muttered.

"Harry sir. Miss Hermione is lying in the letter, sir. She is saying everyone is ok but I is hearing Ron and Hermione saying how Jenny miss is getting bullied by Emma." Castra said, "Now I is not knowing who Emma is but I is hearing from them that Jenny is not fighting back because she is your sister. Why is your sister bullying my miss?"

"Because she was adopted by the Malfoys." Harry said. Castra nodded understandably. Harry sighed. "Could you cook some dinner, I have to do some work for April. I've got some Potions to learn. Actually, get my potions stuff all set up here and I'll have a go at some potions that April wants me to make for her." Castra nodded and left the room. Harry put his head in his hands. Jenny was being bullied and Hermione wasn't telling him. Maybe Hermione wasn't sure about it? Harry would have to speak to Jenny soon. He was going crazy not hearing her voice, not seeing her. He had settled to staring at photos of his friends for hours. Harry looked up at the sound of some people in the hall. He got up and walked to the hall of the house in Grimmauld place. Pavarti stood in the hall looking around.

"Pavarti?" Harry asked. Pavarti looked at Harry and grinned.

"Hi," She said. "Padma and Sirius will be here soon. They've got a bit of a problem where Padma ended up with her wand down the loo. I really don't know how because she's supposed to be the clever one." Pavarti smiled at the obviously funny memory. Harry nodded.

"Ok, so what are you doing here?" Harry asked.

"Sirius felt homesick." Pavarti said simply. Harry nodded slowly.

"Castra, forget about the potions, just make my dinner." Harry called out.

"Potions?" Pavarti asked.

"Auror training." Harry said heavily. He went back to the kitchen sat at the table. Pavarti came in slowly.

"Are you ok?" Pavarti asked.

"Yes." Harry lied. Pavarti sat down opposite him.

"Harry, I can see straight through you," She said, "I know you're not ok."

"I'm fine" Harry snapped. Pavarti straightened quickly.

"Fine then. Don't tell me but it's better to get things off your chest then to keep them locked up." Pavarti told him. Castra strolled into the room humming a tune and started getting to work cooking the food.

"So how's everyone at school? I haven't spoken to Lavender since last term." Pavarti said. Harry threw the letter at her and let Pavarti read it in silence as he glared at the fire. He was missing his friends so much and he couldn't even go see them. He had given his map and invisibility cloak to Jenny and so there was no way of visiting them without getting caught. Harry got out his wand and conjured a small photo album. Pavarti had finished the letter but she pretended that she was still reading it. She watched Harry carefully over the letter. She had seen him sulk a few times in the common room but as she wasn't one of his close friends she obviously hadn't seen him at his worst. He flicked through the photo album and stared at each picture in turn.

"Is that your mum?" Pavarti asked noticing a picture of a young red haired woman.

"Yeah." Harry said. He flicked through another page and stared at the pictures there,

"She's really pretty."

"Well, if you want a closer look there's a memorial portrait on the stairs. Along with the Longbottoms." Harry said. He came to a page with pictures of him, the two youngest Weasleys, and Hermione. Harry put a hand on the picture and tried to keep the emotion in. He didn't know why but every time he saw the pictures he got a big surge of emotion. Pavarti smiled slightly and putt he letter down. Harry glanced up at her and frowned.

"What?" He asked.

"You really love them all don't you?" She asked.

"They're my friends of course I love them." Harry said. Pavarti smiled.

"I really don't know you that much Harry and I have to admit that sometimes I've thought that some of the stuff that you've done is a bit, far-fetched but everyone is saying that you're the only one who can kill you-know-who now that Dumbledore is dead. I don't know why that think that or anything, actually I have a vague idea, but I don't know how much my thoughts are worth to you but I think you can do it." Pavarti said,

"You're right, you don't know me that much." Harry said flipping the page and looking at the pictures.

"Harry, you helped me get an O in my defence against the dark arts OWL, you started the DA and I've seen you fight against Voldemort-"

"I wouldn't call any of those a fight." Harry said, not looking at Pavarti.

"The point is I think you can actually do it." Pavarti said. Harry looked at Pavarti with a new feeling emerging, maybe she wasn't as bad as she seemed. Pavarti gave him an encouraging smile.

"Thanks." Harry said before turning the page in his photo album, coming to a page with Jenny on it. There were some more cracks and he snapped the book shut.

"In the kitchen Padma." Said Sirius. Padma came into the kitchen looking quite damp and holding her wand with the tips of her fingers. Pavarti started sniggering.

"Shut up." Padma snapped at her.

"I still don't get how you managed to get your wand" Pavarti pointed at Padma's wand, "Down the loo." Padma glared at her sister and sat down next to Harry.

"How are you Harry?" Padma asked. Harry could sense he wasn't the only one in a bit of a crap mood. Harry mumbled a reply. "Same." Padma put her wand on the table and pulled her sleeves past her hand and started dabbing the wand dry.

"Harry, where's April?" Sirius asked coming into the kitchen.

"Work. Probably meeting with the Spanish minister for magic." Harry said. "He reminds me of Fudge."

"Except that Fudge was an arrogant git who refuses to see things he doesn't want to see." Sirius said brightly. Harry looked at his godfather.

"You're in a good mood." Harry said.

"Yes I am. Harry look after these two girls for me. Moony will be here soon, not as moony of course." Sirius said with a smile. "Bye." He disappeared with a crack and left the three ex-Gryffindors sitting at the table.

"Well, I'll be in my room if any of you want me." Harry said.

Ron stayed behind in Transfiguration with Hermione and Dean.

"What is it Mr. Weasley?" McGonagall asked.

"I was wondering whether we're going to have Quidditch this year." Ron said.

"I'm afraid that's not up to me to say but I personally think that it is highly unlikely that Gryffindor will have a team this year." She said. Ron looked at Dean horrified.

"But we have to have Quidditch!" Dean said.

"I'm sorry Mr. Thomas, now please could you get going before you get me fired as well." McGonagall said, "Goodness knows what would happen without me around." McGonagall left the classroom and headed towards the staff room. Hermione, Ron and Dean left the Transfiguration classroom. They had to get to the great hall quickly or they'd get into a lot of trouble. A Ravenclaw boy had been late for lunch yesterday so Bellatrix Lestrange had tortured him in front of the entire school

"Can you believe that!" Dean said.

"The team is going to go crazy, I mean I already know who could replace the seeker and Katie but-" Ron shook his head. Hermione sighed and looked at the boys.

"You know, Quidditch isn't everything." She said.

"Yes it is Hermione!" Ron said, "Don't you understand it's like the only thing that keeps everything sane around here. Without Quidditch there's no hope for Gryffindor this year."

"I really need to go to the library." Hermione said. Ron and Dean looked at Hermione in amazement.

"There's a possible situation that there'll be no Quidditch and you're worried about going to the library?" Ron asked.

"Yeah, well no. There's something I want to look up. Something I was told by Dobby and something that the sorting hat said. I just want to search it. If only we had Harry's-"

"Sh!" Dean said. "Antony Goldstien said his name and he got detentions for a month and Filch was allowed to whip him." Ron went pale and Hermione put a hand to her mouth.

"Is he ok?" Hermione said in a very quiet voice.

"Don't know. No one's seen him." Dean told them. "Come on, we better go before anyone catches us."

A/N:-Hehe, here's the 2nd of hte day's triple update. I've decided to leave you on a very good chapter that i like very much. I've decided i'm gonna really try get all the chapters up soon. I really want to get onto the Next generation stories....Anyway, Blin gurl017, in response to ur review for Beyond the End....There's a Rachel in The next generation stories, so you'll be used there :D

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