A Harry Potter FanFic by Savoy Truffle
Rating: PG-13
Chapter 21: I Could Know The Ways Of Heaven
Warnings: Light swearing, violence
Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter or the Beatles. They're owned by J.K Rowling and …unfortunately…Michael Jackson. 'The Inner Light' was written by George Harrison.
Without going out of my door
I can know all things of earth
Without looking out of my window
I could know the ways of heaven
The farther one travels
The less one knows
The less one really knows
Without going out of my door
You can know all things of earth
Harry and Romulus were walking to the Quidditch pitch when four hands appeared out of nowhere and pulled them behind the stands. Standing in front of them were two identical boys, both with red hair and loads of freckles. Harry and Romulus noticed a mischievous glimmer in their eyes.
Harry opened his mouth to speak when one of them reached out a hand and shook hands with him.
"Hi, I'm George Weasley, one of the Gryffindor Beaters. You must be Harry Potter, our new Seeker. I've heard tons about you and how you defeated you-know-who."
The other twin pushed George out of the way and pulled Harry by the hand.
"Hi, I'm Fred Weasley, the other and better Gryffindor Beater. We have a brother named Ron who was supposed to start school with you this year but he found out that he was a squib (A/N: Ron will be in this story sometime later). My mother was angry but my father is trying to get him into muggle stuff. He works for the Ministry in the Misuse of Muggle Artefacts Department."
"We heard about the pranks you and your friends played. You guys are so cool! You've got to hang around with us more often, we love pranks. We're working on a prank shop right now.," said George.
"Well, I got the prank playing gene from my father; he was one of the Marauders" said Harry, looking proud.
"Holy shit!" exclaimed George, "He was one of the Marauders! We love the Marauders; they're our idols. Which one was he?"
"Prongs"
"My father was a Marauder too," added Romulus, "He was Moony!"
It was obvious that he didn't want to be left out.
"Professor Lupin was a Marauder?" exclaimed Fred "I knew there was something mischievous about him; I could just tell. Who are the other two?"
"Sirius Black is Padfoot and Peter Pettigrew is Wormtail"
"Really? Poor Black, Dumbledore told us about how Pettigrew framed him. My parents are helping Dumbledore get him out of Azkaban"
"Sirius is my godfather. I used to live with him until I was six" said Harry
"Cool! Now Harry, I think you should be getting dressed for practice, we're starting soon" said George
The Weasley twins jumped onto their Cleansweeps and vanished into the sky. Harry and Romulus walked to the dressing room. Romulus waited, as Harry got dressed. Once Harry was done he got his Nimbus from the broom shed and the two boys made their way to the Quidditch pitch.
"I'll see you later" Harry said
He jumped onto his broom and flew into the air. Romulus watched his best friend get smaller and smaller as he flew higher and them went sit down in the Quidditch stands. To his disgust Percy Weasley was sitting next to him with his girlfriend Penelope. They were snogging, their arms wrapped around each other. Romulus usually wouldn't be disgusted by something like this but he knew that Percy was only at the Quidditch practice to watch his brothers. He wasn't doing a very good job of it.
Romulus turned away from the couple and watched as the Quidditch players flew around the pitch. Romulus always wanted to be on the Quidditch team like his father had and was a little envious of Harry.
After half an hour of watching the Quidditch practice Romulus had seen Harry do moves that even his father couldn't do. He had done numerous amounts of twirls and flips and was also able to fly standing on the broom. A couple of Wronsky Feints had been done, almost giving him a heart attack.
Now Romulus realized something; he was jealous. Jealous of his best friend for doing something that he liked. He had never wanted it to happen but it just did.
"Romulus?" called a voice
Romulus spun around in his seat, his amber eyes meeting green. It was Harry. He started to place a hand on his shoulder but he pulled away from his hand.
"Romulus, what's wrong? Are you mad at me?"
"Um…no"
Romulus decided that he would just keep his jealousy a secret. He didn't wanted Harry getting mad at him.
"Come on, we have Defence soon" said Harry quietly
Harry knew that there was something that his friend was keeping from him but decided to keep it for later as they walked back to the changing room.
"Okay class, I have talked with Professor Dumbledore and we have decided that you no longer need to learn how to tame Cornish Pixies, for they have been dying down lately" said Remus while teaching his class.
The whole class began to cheer loudly.
"But you will have to learn them next year"
The whole class groaned, causing Remus to chuckle slightly.
"Today I am going to teach you enlarging and reducing spells. You shan't be practicing on each other for this can be very dangerous"
Remus walked over to his desk and opened the drawer, pulling out a large square box with holes on the sides. He placed the box on his desk and opened the flasks, pulling out a large snake. Small shrieks were heard from Parvati Patil and Lavendar Brown. Remus cleared his throat to get the class' attention. Once the whole class was looking at him he pulled out his wand and pointed it at the snake. He cleared his throat again.
"Engorgio"
The snake twitched and swelled to twice his size.
"Reducio"
The snake went back to its original size. The whole class gasped and began to clap, minus a few Slytherins.
"Now you will come up to the front of the class and repeat exactly what I have done. You should be able to master this process by the end of next class. First up, Lavendar Brown."
Harry watched in boredom as the students enlarged and shrunk the snake. Romulus wasn't whispering with him like he usually did and it was bothering him.
"Romulus Lupin!" said Remus
That got Harry out of his daydreaming. He watched as Romulus stood up and walked to the front of the class. Remus placed the snake in front of him. Romulus let out a little shriek and dropped his wand which hit the snake in the head. He quickly picked up his wand. Enraged and sharp looking, the snake began to slither towards Romulus.
"En-en-gor-gorgio" Romulus stuttered
It had no effect. The snake raised itself, fangs clearly showing from his jaw, ready to attack. Both Remus and Romulus had frightened looks on their faces.
Harry stood up and walked over to the snake. Remus looked at him with a questioning look on his face while Romulus was still staring at the snake in horror.
"Leave him!" Harry yelled "Get away from him, calm down!"
Miraculously the snake stopped bearing his fangs at Romulus and slithered back into his box. Harry looked at the class with a smile on his face. The class stared back at him with wide eyes. Harry turned to look at Remus. He was wearing the same expression. Romulus gave Remus a look and Remus nodded.
"Come on Harry" Romulus said
He grabbed Harry's arm and dragged him to a door in the back of the classroom that Harry had never noticed. Behind that door was another door.
"Wolfsbane" Romulus said
The door opened revealing a room with a bed set, drawers, bookshelves, armchairs and a wardrobe. There were other doors in the room too. Harry guessed that this was Remus' sleeping quarters.
Romulus pushed Harry into an armchair.
"You're a parselmouth?" Romulus yelled "Why the hell didn't you tell me?"
"What's a parselmouth?"
"It means you can talk to snakes"
"I know, isn't it cool?"
"This bad, really bad"
"What's bad, I bet a lot of people could do it too"
"No they can't. It's not a very common gift. Having the ability to talk to snakes was what Salazar Slytherin was famous for. That's why the Slytherin symbol is a snake. Now the whole school is going to think you're related to him or Voldermort."
"What about Voldermort?"
"Voldemort is the heir of Slytherin. He's the only parselmouth alive right now"
Romulus watched sadly as his friend cried into his arms.
"But-but I'm not!"
"I know that you're not"
Romulus came over to him and held him at arms length.
"Don't worry Harry, I don't care. No matter what you will always be my best friend. Okay?"
"But everyone's going to be afraid of me!"
"Don't listen to them. If they hate you because of what you are they are not worth being friends with. I wouldn't want to be friends with you if you had told someone that you hated them because they were gay or something."
Harry buried himself into his arms again at the thought.
The bell suddenly rang, telling them that class was over. The door opened and Remus ran in, his eyes setting on Harry crying in the armchair.
"Harry…"
Remus kneeled down in front of him and pulled him into his arms.
"Don't worry Harry, we don't care"
Harry wiped his eyes and smiled weakly at his two friends.
"What did you say to the snake anyway?" asked Romulus
"I told him to leave you alone. Didn't you hear me?"
"No, all I heard was some strange hissing. You really scared me there Harry"
"That's really weird."
Harry looked at his watch.
"I have to go ask Dumbledore something before next period. See you guys later!"
Harry got up from his seat and left his two friends behind in the room. On the way to the Headmaster's office he met him on the way.
"Um…Professor Dumbledore, can I ask you something?"
"Yes, of course child"
"I was wondering why I am a parselmouth. I'm not related to Salazar Slytherin and neither of my parents were parselmouths"
"You are a parselmouth because Voldemort transferred his ability to you the night he attacked you. You see, he transferred some of his own powers to you"
"So I'm not related to Slytherin?"
"Of course not child"
"Thank God!"
"You know how your father treated the Slytherins. Why would he be related to Salazar himself"
Harry laughed.
"Oh yeah, right. Anyway, I have to go to class. Thank you Professor"
Harry smiled at Dumbledore and went to his muggle studies class.
He wasn't related to Slytherin after all!
Without looking out of my window
You could know the ways of heaven
The farther one travels
The less one knows
The less one really knows
Arrive without travelling
See all without looking
Do all without doing