Harry POtter & The Veela That Wouldn't Go Away

By: Darkmoore

Chapter Five - A New School Year Begins

Early on the morning of September first at Number 12 Grimmauld Place, Harry and Ron were awoken by Mrs. Weasley telling them it was time for them to get up and moving. Both of the boys were not happy about getting up so early, but knew they had to. When both boys were almost ready to go back to bed Hedwig, Pigwidgeon and Grady started hooting and clicking their beaks at them. Finally they got up.

Bleary eyed, Harry made his way to the bathroom, only to find it occupied as he opened the door and heard Ginny scream.

"Sorry Gin, didn't know you were in there." Harry said, but it didn't matter, she was only brushing her teeth. He hadn't seen anything, he just scared her.

She quickly spit out the toothpaste and said, "Its okay, I'm done anyway, it's all yours."

"Thanks," he muttered and locked the door behind him, only to have Ron start banging on it a minute later.

"Give me a minute Ron, then you can have it." Harry yelled out into the hallway.

"Hurry up mate, I gotta go." Ron bellowed back.

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Later after everyone had showered and dressed, they were all down in the kitchen having breakfast.

"Is everyone packed and ready to go?" Mrs. Weasley asked them.

"Hermione and I are mum." Ginny answered before taking a bite of toast.

"How about you two?" she asked while spying the two young men for lies.

Harry and Ron looked at each other and said, "Almost."

"Hurry up and finish eating, you don't want to miss the train this year, especially you Harry, you have to perform the lead meeting in the prefect's compartment."

Harry and Ron scurried back up the stairs and began to throw the last few things into their trunks and laid the school robes they would have to change into on the train, on top of the stack of things. With this finished, Harry banished the trunks down to the entrance hall, careful not to bang into the portrait of that horrible old woman.

Then they had the task of getting their owls back into their cages. Hedwig complied without a hint of trouble, as every good post owl should behave in her opinion. Then Grady complied to enter his cage as well. However, getting Pig into his cage was another matter, it seems he was very excited about going on a trip and was flying around the room while the two owls and Crookshanks watched with spinning heads.

"Harry, Ron, do you know where Crookshanks is? I need to get him into his basket and I can't find him." Hermione asked entering the room.

"On my bed watching Ron try to catch Pig." Harry replied.

Hermione stopped and watched as well. She giggled at his attempts, but then grabbed Crookshanks and left the room, presumably to get him into his much hated basket.

About a half an hour later Harry came down the stairs with an owl cage in each hand with Hermione following close behind levitating her and Ginny's trunks and Ginny carrying Crookshanks in his basket.

"Harry, dear, I don't think they'll allow you to have two owls this year, even with being Head Boy and all." Mrs. Weasley said as he sat the cages down on his trunk.

"It's alright, Dumbledore knows all about it. Besides if anyone gets snarky about it, we'll just say its Ginny's owl or something." Harry replied.

"Well then lets get underway." said Mr. Weasley to the other escorts which included Tonks, Remus, Mad-Eye Moody and Mundungus Fletcher. Harry had laughed the night before when Mrs. Weasley gave him a stern lecture about the need to pay close attention while they went to King's Cross Station. She had never forgiven Dung for abandoning his post and leaving Harry to face Dementors alone.

"Hear ya go." Mad Eye said in his gruff voice as he shrank the trunks down to fit in their rucksacks and put the featherweight charm on them. This left the four teenagers with only their pets to carry, which really wasn't so bad. Then they left the safety of Grimmauld Place to walk the few blocks to the train station.

When the group reached King's Cross Station they did their best to slip through the portal to platform 9 ¾ as easily as possible. Mad Eye went through first with Harry and Remus, and then the rest followed after he was safely on the platform.

"Thank goodness this is the last time we'll have to do this as a group effort." Mrs. Weasley said. "At least the twins weren't here to bungle it all up."

"Did I hear someone mention us Fred?" George said coming from behind them.

"Couldn't been our dear old mum saying those awful things about us could it George?" Fred responded to his twin.

"Gred, Forge!" Harry said to them, "I didn't know you were coming to meet us to day."

"We weren't originally, but …" one twin began and the other finished, "… some of us felt that it might be a tad safer for you to have a little extra back up."

As Harry looked around the platform he saw several other members of the Order milling around. He spied Hestia Jones at one end of the platform and Daedelus Diggle at other end.

"Does everyone think I can't handle myself?" Harry asked exasperatingly

"Its not that, mate, it's more along the lines, that we might need you to protect us, so we all hang around you." George said grinning.

"Yeah," said Fred joining in, "we all know that you can take out legions of Death Eaters with your little finger, so we need you to protect us."

Everyone laughed at the twins' antics, even Harry.

They soon began to move along as the platform began to fill with returning students and parents.

The four teenagers soon boarded the train to find a compartment to stow their luggage in while they were at the prefect's meeting.

"Here's one." Ginny called down to them and everyone followed.

"Hey Luna," Harry said seeing his friend, "mind if we join you for the trip?"

Luna Lovegood smiled at the group in her sing song way, she had been hoping they would find her, and said nothing as they came into the compartment.

"Hello Ronald." Luna cooed, making him blush and Hermione fume. Harry and Ginny each stifled giggles; they both knew Luna was flirting just to make then new Head Girl jealous. It was working too.

Moments later Neville Longbottom found his way into the compartment, "Hey guys, mind if I join you?"

"Hey Neville," Harry called out happily. "I was wondering where you were."

"Trying to get away from my Gran." Neville replied with a silly grin, that caused the others laugh.

After Hermione had enlarged everyone's luggage, they put on their robes over their normal clothes. It was a bit early, but they had a prefect's meeting to attend.

"Neville, sorry to do this to you mate, but we've got to and get ready for the meeting in the front car." Harry said to his friend.

"Why are you going Harry, your not a prefect." Neville asked, confused.

"Oh no, Neville, it's much worse." Ron said, "He's been made Head Boy."

"Congratulations Harry."

Harry blushed

"Don't worry about Neville," Luna said in a sing song voice from behind an upside down edition of the Quibbler, "I'll keep him company."

Ginny rolled her eyes and then the four disappeared down the train corridor to the prefect's compartment.

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It has been tradition for untold years that the Head Boy always led the prefects' meetings on the train going to school, however, when the Head Girl is Hermione Granger, things never quite go as planned.

"Alright Harry, I've been planning this meeting and this is how I think it should be done …"

"Hermione, why don't you take charge of the meeting?" Ron asked, knowing full well that she'd been planning this moment since fourth year.

"Because it's Harry's responsibility not mine."

"No, I've read the handbook, it's my responsibility that the meeting is run properly, and in order for that to be done, and I'm appointing you as the official meeting holder." Harry said with a grin.

"Meeting holder? That's the best title you could come up with?" Hermione said with a mock pout.

"Best I could do in three seconds." he answered before she swatted his arm. Ron and Ginny laughed.

"Alright then, this is how I'll conduct the meeting." Hermione began and explained to them everything she wanted to cover.

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After the meeting, all of the prefects were happy it was over; no one had sat through such a long winded meeting before in their lives. Harry had started to regret giving the podium over to Hermione about an hour into the meeting.

Finally the four teenagers made it back to the compartment where Neville and Luna were waiting for them with an armful of sweets from the elderly witch with the cart. They had met her half way back to the compartment and cleaned her out.

"What kept you so long?" asked Neville when they entered the compartment. "Usually the meeting doesn't take that long."

Harry, Ron and Ginny all turned and looked to Hermione.

"What?" she asked.

* * * * *

About an hour later as Harry, Neville and Ron were playing exploding snap, Hermione was reading one of her new books and Luna and Ginny were looking at something in the Quibbler. The door to their compartment opened up revealing Draco Malfoy flanked by his two cronies, Vincent Crabbe and Gregory Goyle, both were flexing their muscles and trying to look menacingly.

"Well, well, what do we have here? A group of losers, consisting of Potty, the Weasel, his mud-blood whore, the Weaselette, a dim-witted Ravenclaw, and Longbottom." drawled Malfoy in a superior air.

The six occupants looked at the opened door and said nothing, but just stared at the invaders to their compartment.

"Nothing to say?" laughed Malfoy as if he had won something.

Still the six said nothing, but Harry calmly reached into his pocket and pulled out the master key of the Black Family Vault and asked, "How's you mother enjoying her poverty?"

"Filthy Blood traitor," Malfoy spat at Harry. "The dark lord will have you yet. He has plans for you Potter, plans that you will never figure out or get out of."

"Perhaps, but you never will. Now be a good little boy and run along and whine to your mummy and daddy."

Draco scowled and drew his wand, but Harry, Hermione, Ron and Neville were faster.

"Oh Malfoy," Luna sang out in her sing song voice, "aren't you forgetting something?"

Draco, who never once took his eyes from Harry, asked, "And what would that be?"

"That you are pointing your wand at the Head Boy and Head Girl, who both have the power to deduct enough points from Slytherin that they will never see positive numbers that year, can give you detention until you have a beard as white as Professor Dumbledore's and they will be having a meeting with the Headmaster and Deputy Headmistress tonight to discuss anything that happened on the train."

She was right, he had forgotten about that.

Malfoy put his wand away and began to leave the compartment, but turned back to them and said, "This isn't over, not by a long shot." Then he and his two goons were gone again.

Five of them sighed and Luna said, "Isn't a breath of fresh air?"

* * * * *

Eventually, the train pulled into Hogsmeade Station and the students heard a booming voice all over the train. "Students are reminded to leave their luggage on the train; it will be taken to the school for you."

They disembarked unto the platform and the first thing they saw was the towering outline of Rubeus Hagrid calling out...

"FIRST YEARS! This way, first years!"

"Hagrid!" Harry called out over the younger students that were beginning to flock to him.

"Hallo, Harry!" the half giant called back.

However, they had little time to talk as Harry was pushed by the tide of students and forced into the direction of the awaiting carriages that would carry them off the school.

After a brief look at the Thestrals, Harry, Ron, Hermione and Ginny were able to get into the same carriage and once the door was shut, they were off to the castle. When his carriage arrived at the entrance to the castle a few minutes later, Ron, Hermione, Ginny and Harry leapt out and began to make their way into the entrance hall when they were stopped by Professor McGonagall.

"Potter, there you are. I want to have an urgent word with you right away."

To Be Continued ...

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Author's Notes: Thanks to everyone who read and reviewed.

Mindfunk, could you please email me, I've lost your email address. Thanks!!!!!

athenakitty wrote Will Remus have that chat with Dumbledore? I did/do read the Honeychurch story! Isn't this story a prequel? Harry gets a pleasant surprise? The Malfoys won't be given any active keys? Will Harry have to hex Draco? Will Grady be okay? Will Dumbledore learn about not to "Piss off Potter?

Answer - I was just messing with your head :D. The phrase "It's Not Good To Piss Off Potter" doesn't get used until Harry and Fudge get into it the year after he graduates from the Auror Training Academy. Also Grady will be fine, just wanted him to be checked out.

TuxedoMac wrote Its not going to be crap. you got to belive in yourself and if not lie to yourself. i see thats where grady came from. i remeber him at the end of the frist honeychurch storie. i like him alot and think this chaptor helps movie things along nicely. will harry use siruis motercycle in this storie or in another of yours?

Answer - Oh I believe in myself, I just get self-pissy sometimes. :D As for the motorcycle, well, we'll see about that, but I doubt it, too many others have dealt with it, but I might.

Tanydwr wrote Cool! I loved the way Harry blew up at Dumbledore. It was beautiful! He does tend to blow up at Dumbledore, doesn't he? Harry's teaching? Well, that should be interesting. Good training for later life, eh? I can't wait to hear the reactions of the first and second-years. Especially Slytherins. Maybe Harry can turn them - so they'll be good. I loved the way Harry's deliberately caused problems for the Malfoys. Perfect! And Head Boy! Good. Oh, and the journal... well, I'm sure Harry will find uses for that! Keep up the good work.

Answer - He yelled at Dumbledore because he held back information Harry should have known about...again. Harry be a tacher later in life...nah would never work.

kensai2 wrote I am glad Harry had a chance to talk to his parents. I am sure it was a load off of his soul. It must have been theraputic to find some items that belonged to his parents. Though, I can not believe the Ministry would not have collected all items when the attack occured. Where is is chap 4 for the sequal? I am going to tie you to a stake, and introduce you to the lovely spectator sport of 24/7 corn growing! Have a nice day :P

Answer - oooooh, come get me baby, are you going to whip me too?

Tanydwr wrote (again and whined) You're not replying to me anymore! *Cries in background at nasty man ignoring her* Sorry, I'm a little insane at times. *Seer of Faith (sister) yells 'A little?' in background* She'll pay for that. Keep up the good work. Oh, and will you read my fic? Pretty please?

Answer - Poor baby. The big bad fag is being to mean to you.