disclaimer: must we go through this? everyone knows i do not own Harry Potter, J.K.Rowling does, now can we get on with it?
ooohhh, so many reviews! ok, so it was only 3 for the last chapter, but hey, what more could i ask for?!!!!! thanks to all who reviewed, i really appreciate it!
the-biggist-harry-potter-fan: thanks, and, sorry if i came off a little unclear, i do get A's in english. I do have a A in that class, it's just i dont get A's on my stories we have to write in there. My teacher said my writing needs to improve, and i need to write better. i mean, i didnt think i was THAT bad...well, anyways, thanks for the compliment! i can always rely on you to review can't i? thanks!
trumpet-greek: maybe....you'll see! im glad ya'll keep up the reviews! you're another i can rely on, thanks a bunch! "keep up the lovely work" THANKS THANKS THANKS!
mimi-san: a once again, another regular reviewer! thanks for reviewing, it really means alot! "wonderfully written" THANK YOU SO MUCH!!
ok, now i present to you, chapter six...drum roll please...
chapter six...The Werewolfe Crisis:
Ron started talking as Harry made it into the Entrance Hall. As they headed towards Flitwick's class, Ron once again brought up the subject of Lupin.
"What do you reckon? Should we go see him after morning break?" asked Ron.
"Yes, I think that would be the best thing to do. After all, he does have classes this morning. What do you think Harry?" said Hermione, looking at him.
" Um, yeah. Sounds good to me..." said Harry.
"Are you sure you're with us mate? You look at bit lost..." asked Ron.
" I'm fine. Just thinking.." replied Harry.
Soon the three found themselves outside the Charms classroom. Ron opened the door and Harry and Hermione followed in behind him. As they took their usual seats in the back of the classroom, Professor Flitwick began the class.
" Welcome to advanced Charms! Since the year will be the last you take in Charms, I thought it would be fun to start on much more advanced charms and enchantments. Most of them will be much harder to accomplish, so I warn you, you must be patient. Now, the charm we will be learning today is called the Enlargement Charm. It makes a place with little room expanded. First things first, the spell to enlarge your object is 'expando expo' and while saying the words, you should wave your wand like this"- he gave a funny wave and a wiggle to his wand at the box in front of him and it magically enlarged."Now, I want you all to split up into groups of three and set to work. Off you go!"
Harry, Ron, and Hermione began to work immediatly on the Charm, while carrying on a whispered conversation amongest themselves. They each had been given a cardboard shoe box to practice the charm on. After they mastered the charm, they were suppose to fit twenty objects into the box, without cramming them into the box aganist their will.
" So, do you think Lupin is cured? I mean, he wouldn't be able to teach otherwise would he?" asked Harry.
" I don't think so. I'm pretty sure the Ministry wouldn't let him, you know, being a werewolf and all. But he said there was no cure for the transformations, so how could he be back?" asked Hermione, waving her wand and saying the spell to make her shoe box bigger.
" So I guess that means they found a cure then, right?" stated Ron, who was making rather an attraction by waving his wand in the air high over his head. Harry was reminded of a whirlwind.
"No, no, no Mr.Weasley! It's more of a sweeping motion, and then a wiggle like this!" Flitwick performed the action of his wand once more.
"Oh, right, sorry Proffessor..."
The rest of the class was spent discussing Lupin's return and quidditch. Hermione, who had mastered the spell on her fourth try, and growing tired of the neverendless quidditch talk, immersed herself once more in a book titled "Advanced Charms and Enchantments grade seven" and was now practicing another spell. Harry and Ron soon mastered the spell and quickly stuffed the objects into the box before the bell sounded.
At the end of class, as the rest of the students were hurrying out onto the grounds for the morning break, Harry, Ron, and Hermione made their way to Proffessor Lupin's office. Reaching it, Harry knocked on the door before entering. Pushing open the door, Harry walked in, closely followed by Ron and Hermione.
"Ahhh...I was wondering when you three would show up," said Lupin, looking up from his desk when the door opened.
"Well, can you blame us? You even visted the Burrow over the summer and you didn't mention you would be teaching again!"said Ron.
"Well, at the time, I didn't know. Dumbledore didn't ask me until a week before term started. Until then I had no clue, "said Lupin, walking over to shake hands with Ron and Harry.
" But, Proffessor, how can you teach, with, well, you know..." Hermione trailed off, looking embarrassed.
" Nothing gets past you Hermione!" said Lupin, with a smile on his face. Hermione was relieved to see he wasn't mad.
"Well, over the summer, I was called into St.Mungo's. No, nothing bad happened." he said, looking at the three's expressions.
"Nothing bad, but something, what was it?"
"Well, one full moon I was at my house when I transformed. I didn't have the potion that night so I wasn't as calm as I always am when I take the potion. So, instead of staying in my house, I set off into the night. Turns out, I got into a pretty bad fight with another werewolf that I come across that night. He took a pretty big chunk out of my leg so I had to go to St.Mugo's to heal it. Any other time, I could have cured it myself, but this being a werewolfe bite, I decided to have it checked out. When I arrived there, I was greeted by one of the top healers that works there. I thought something serious had happened and I couldn't heal the bite. But he had some other news for me. It turns out, some of the healers there had been working on a new potion to cure werewolfe bites. Apparently there had been more and more bites to young children and it was important they find a cure before more than one Shrieking Shack was needed." Lupin smiled, thinking back to the times when he and the Maurders had gone to the Shack every full moon. Then he snapped himself out of it, continuing with his story. "True, there was still the Wolfe's Fang potion, but the parents wanted their kids to live a normal life, and not part werewolfe. So the healers had set to work, working endlessly to find a cure. Pretty soon they came up with a potion they were sure would work, and turns out, they did!" Lupin finished, looking at the three.
"So you're cured? Thats great!" said Hermione, smiling at Lupin, glad they had found a cure. She had an idea how bad it must have been for Lupin to live life as a werewolfe all his life.
"Congradulations! " said Harry, once more stepping up to shake Lupin's hand, Ron doing the same.
"Yeah, that's excellent.."
"So how long are you going to teach?" asked Ron. "Or do you plan on gettin another job somewhere else after this year?"
" I'm not sure. The Order is still trying to relocate Voldemort's followers. Many of them still remain on the loose. Not that they can bring him back, but they may try to take his place. I know Dumbledore is anxious to catch a few of his closest supporters. He's afraid they could do some damage to the wizarding world. None of them can do as much as Voldemort did, I can assure you that, but a few can come close. We've already caught a few, but many are still on the lose."
Harry, of course, knew this. Even though Lucius Malfoy, along with Crabbe and Goyle's fathers, had been caught the night Harry had killed Voldemort, many still ran free. One name burned in Harry's mind. This name in fact, belonged to the witch who had caused Sirius's death. Not only was she Sirius's cousin, she had also tortured Harry countless times the night Harry defeated Voldemort. Harry wanted to get revenge on her so bad, that sometimes he scared himself thinking the things that went through his mind at the thought of killing her. Harry knew that he would kill her in a second, if the oppertunity ever came to him. For she had taken the closest thing from him back in fifth year, and took sheer pleasure in torturing Harry. She still haunted his dreams, causing himself to wake up in a sweat when he relived the night at the Department of Mysteries. Her voice still rang in his ears, making him burn with hatred Harry only felt when he thought of Voldemort. Now however, Harry wanted to kill her. To make her suffer for what she had done to Sirius.
"Harry, come on, the bell rand five minutes ago, we're going to be late for History of Magic.."
"Not that Binns would care, he probably wouldn't even notice if we were there..." said Ron.
They bid goodbye to Lupin and headed towards the staricases that would take them to History of Magic. True to what Ron had said, when the three had walked into the class about three minutes after the bell had rang, Proffessor Binns did not even look up from his book he was reading outloud to the class.
They took their seats in the back of the class, trying to go unnoticed. As Hermione began taking notes, Harry found himself thinking longly of lunch. His stomach growled impatiently as Binns drawled on about the war of 1832.
" I still dunno why we are taking this class. This doesnt' have anything to do about being an Auror,"said Ron in a disgruntled voice.
"Well, we had to have one elective, and it was either this, muggle studies, or Divination. I dont' know about you but i couldn't stand Trelawney telling me i was going to die once more..."
Ron chuckled at this thought. Harry and Ron were only to happy to drop that subject at the end of fifth year. But they still had to take one elective and all the good ones were already taken. So once again they were stuck listening to Binn's croaky voice all year.
" Well, the good thing is, we don't have to pass to become Auror's," said Ron, trying to look at the bright side of things.
"Yeah, thats good i guess..." Harry was drowned out be the sound of his stomach growling. Putting his head down, he thought of lunch, only one and half hours away...
ok, I was going to add more, but I figured you all would be bored out of your minds. I know this chapter was boring, and I apoligize. Even I got bored...but I had to explain why Lupin's back, and I couldn't think of anything else to add into the story. I know, I promised more exciting chapters in the future, but im stuck at the moment in how i want to plan everything out. It's kinda hard bc I know what I want to happen, it's just when I want it to happen, and in the order I want it to happen. i dont want anything to be rushed, but i have a lot to go over. I would really like a pensieve right now, so I could put all my thoughts into there and then go back and rearrange them the way i want too..but alas, i am a muggle and no more. life sucks, why couldn't i be born a wizard? well, keep reviewing, and keep up the comments, suggestions, and especially the compliments! just picking...thanks all,
Ashton
ooohhh, so many reviews! ok, so it was only 3 for the last chapter, but hey, what more could i ask for?!!!!! thanks to all who reviewed, i really appreciate it!
the-biggist-harry-potter-fan: thanks, and, sorry if i came off a little unclear, i do get A's in english. I do have a A in that class, it's just i dont get A's on my stories we have to write in there. My teacher said my writing needs to improve, and i need to write better. i mean, i didnt think i was THAT bad...well, anyways, thanks for the compliment! i can always rely on you to review can't i? thanks!
trumpet-greek: maybe....you'll see! im glad ya'll keep up the reviews! you're another i can rely on, thanks a bunch! "keep up the lovely work" THANKS THANKS THANKS!
mimi-san: a once again, another regular reviewer! thanks for reviewing, it really means alot! "wonderfully written" THANK YOU SO MUCH!!
ok, now i present to you, chapter six...drum roll please...
chapter six...The Werewolfe Crisis:
Ron started talking as Harry made it into the Entrance Hall. As they headed towards Flitwick's class, Ron once again brought up the subject of Lupin.
"What do you reckon? Should we go see him after morning break?" asked Ron.
"Yes, I think that would be the best thing to do. After all, he does have classes this morning. What do you think Harry?" said Hermione, looking at him.
" Um, yeah. Sounds good to me..." said Harry.
"Are you sure you're with us mate? You look at bit lost..." asked Ron.
" I'm fine. Just thinking.." replied Harry.
Soon the three found themselves outside the Charms classroom. Ron opened the door and Harry and Hermione followed in behind him. As they took their usual seats in the back of the classroom, Professor Flitwick began the class.
" Welcome to advanced Charms! Since the year will be the last you take in Charms, I thought it would be fun to start on much more advanced charms and enchantments. Most of them will be much harder to accomplish, so I warn you, you must be patient. Now, the charm we will be learning today is called the Enlargement Charm. It makes a place with little room expanded. First things first, the spell to enlarge your object is 'expando expo' and while saying the words, you should wave your wand like this"- he gave a funny wave and a wiggle to his wand at the box in front of him and it magically enlarged."Now, I want you all to split up into groups of three and set to work. Off you go!"
Harry, Ron, and Hermione began to work immediatly on the Charm, while carrying on a whispered conversation amongest themselves. They each had been given a cardboard shoe box to practice the charm on. After they mastered the charm, they were suppose to fit twenty objects into the box, without cramming them into the box aganist their will.
" So, do you think Lupin is cured? I mean, he wouldn't be able to teach otherwise would he?" asked Harry.
" I don't think so. I'm pretty sure the Ministry wouldn't let him, you know, being a werewolf and all. But he said there was no cure for the transformations, so how could he be back?" asked Hermione, waving her wand and saying the spell to make her shoe box bigger.
" So I guess that means they found a cure then, right?" stated Ron, who was making rather an attraction by waving his wand in the air high over his head. Harry was reminded of a whirlwind.
"No, no, no Mr.Weasley! It's more of a sweeping motion, and then a wiggle like this!" Flitwick performed the action of his wand once more.
"Oh, right, sorry Proffessor..."
The rest of the class was spent discussing Lupin's return and quidditch. Hermione, who had mastered the spell on her fourth try, and growing tired of the neverendless quidditch talk, immersed herself once more in a book titled "Advanced Charms and Enchantments grade seven" and was now practicing another spell. Harry and Ron soon mastered the spell and quickly stuffed the objects into the box before the bell sounded.
At the end of class, as the rest of the students were hurrying out onto the grounds for the morning break, Harry, Ron, and Hermione made their way to Proffessor Lupin's office. Reaching it, Harry knocked on the door before entering. Pushing open the door, Harry walked in, closely followed by Ron and Hermione.
"Ahhh...I was wondering when you three would show up," said Lupin, looking up from his desk when the door opened.
"Well, can you blame us? You even visted the Burrow over the summer and you didn't mention you would be teaching again!"said Ron.
"Well, at the time, I didn't know. Dumbledore didn't ask me until a week before term started. Until then I had no clue, "said Lupin, walking over to shake hands with Ron and Harry.
" But, Proffessor, how can you teach, with, well, you know..." Hermione trailed off, looking embarrassed.
" Nothing gets past you Hermione!" said Lupin, with a smile on his face. Hermione was relieved to see he wasn't mad.
"Well, over the summer, I was called into St.Mungo's. No, nothing bad happened." he said, looking at the three's expressions.
"Nothing bad, but something, what was it?"
"Well, one full moon I was at my house when I transformed. I didn't have the potion that night so I wasn't as calm as I always am when I take the potion. So, instead of staying in my house, I set off into the night. Turns out, I got into a pretty bad fight with another werewolf that I come across that night. He took a pretty big chunk out of my leg so I had to go to St.Mugo's to heal it. Any other time, I could have cured it myself, but this being a werewolfe bite, I decided to have it checked out. When I arrived there, I was greeted by one of the top healers that works there. I thought something serious had happened and I couldn't heal the bite. But he had some other news for me. It turns out, some of the healers there had been working on a new potion to cure werewolfe bites. Apparently there had been more and more bites to young children and it was important they find a cure before more than one Shrieking Shack was needed." Lupin smiled, thinking back to the times when he and the Maurders had gone to the Shack every full moon. Then he snapped himself out of it, continuing with his story. "True, there was still the Wolfe's Fang potion, but the parents wanted their kids to live a normal life, and not part werewolfe. So the healers had set to work, working endlessly to find a cure. Pretty soon they came up with a potion they were sure would work, and turns out, they did!" Lupin finished, looking at the three.
"So you're cured? Thats great!" said Hermione, smiling at Lupin, glad they had found a cure. She had an idea how bad it must have been for Lupin to live life as a werewolfe all his life.
"Congradulations! " said Harry, once more stepping up to shake Lupin's hand, Ron doing the same.
"Yeah, that's excellent.."
"So how long are you going to teach?" asked Ron. "Or do you plan on gettin another job somewhere else after this year?"
" I'm not sure. The Order is still trying to relocate Voldemort's followers. Many of them still remain on the loose. Not that they can bring him back, but they may try to take his place. I know Dumbledore is anxious to catch a few of his closest supporters. He's afraid they could do some damage to the wizarding world. None of them can do as much as Voldemort did, I can assure you that, but a few can come close. We've already caught a few, but many are still on the lose."
Harry, of course, knew this. Even though Lucius Malfoy, along with Crabbe and Goyle's fathers, had been caught the night Harry had killed Voldemort, many still ran free. One name burned in Harry's mind. This name in fact, belonged to the witch who had caused Sirius's death. Not only was she Sirius's cousin, she had also tortured Harry countless times the night Harry defeated Voldemort. Harry wanted to get revenge on her so bad, that sometimes he scared himself thinking the things that went through his mind at the thought of killing her. Harry knew that he would kill her in a second, if the oppertunity ever came to him. For she had taken the closest thing from him back in fifth year, and took sheer pleasure in torturing Harry. She still haunted his dreams, causing himself to wake up in a sweat when he relived the night at the Department of Mysteries. Her voice still rang in his ears, making him burn with hatred Harry only felt when he thought of Voldemort. Now however, Harry wanted to kill her. To make her suffer for what she had done to Sirius.
"Harry, come on, the bell rand five minutes ago, we're going to be late for History of Magic.."
"Not that Binns would care, he probably wouldn't even notice if we were there..." said Ron.
They bid goodbye to Lupin and headed towards the staricases that would take them to History of Magic. True to what Ron had said, when the three had walked into the class about three minutes after the bell had rang, Proffessor Binns did not even look up from his book he was reading outloud to the class.
They took their seats in the back of the class, trying to go unnoticed. As Hermione began taking notes, Harry found himself thinking longly of lunch. His stomach growled impatiently as Binns drawled on about the war of 1832.
" I still dunno why we are taking this class. This doesnt' have anything to do about being an Auror,"said Ron in a disgruntled voice.
"Well, we had to have one elective, and it was either this, muggle studies, or Divination. I dont' know about you but i couldn't stand Trelawney telling me i was going to die once more..."
Ron chuckled at this thought. Harry and Ron were only to happy to drop that subject at the end of fifth year. But they still had to take one elective and all the good ones were already taken. So once again they were stuck listening to Binn's croaky voice all year.
" Well, the good thing is, we don't have to pass to become Auror's," said Ron, trying to look at the bright side of things.
"Yeah, thats good i guess..." Harry was drowned out be the sound of his stomach growling. Putting his head down, he thought of lunch, only one and half hours away...
ok, I was going to add more, but I figured you all would be bored out of your minds. I know this chapter was boring, and I apoligize. Even I got bored...but I had to explain why Lupin's back, and I couldn't think of anything else to add into the story. I know, I promised more exciting chapters in the future, but im stuck at the moment in how i want to plan everything out. It's kinda hard bc I know what I want to happen, it's just when I want it to happen, and in the order I want it to happen. i dont want anything to be rushed, but i have a lot to go over. I would really like a pensieve right now, so I could put all my thoughts into there and then go back and rearrange them the way i want too..but alas, i am a muggle and no more. life sucks, why couldn't i be born a wizard? well, keep reviewing, and keep up the comments, suggestions, and especially the compliments! just picking...thanks all,
Ashton