Title: Double Life
Rated: R content, eventually
Summery: Harry wake up one morning avec fifth year with an unpleasant surprise. He may not be a Metamorphmagus, but he will be able to spy in Slytherin without them knowing who he is.
Notes: The story is a WIP updated every Monday. Except this one is late and short.
Chapter 5 – Classes
The next morning, after his shower, Harry went down to breakfast with Ron. Comparing their choice of courses, they discovered that they had all of them together, except from Herbology that Ron decided not to take. As lazy as the red head was, he took what he considered the minimum. When Hermione joined them, she found her schedule horrible. She took as many course as she could without using a Time-Turner. After all, the last time it drove her crazy. Harry was pleased to learn that she was taking Herbology. It is true that at least Neville was taking the course, but it was even better to have Hermione with him.
Looking at their schedule, they found that some course included students from all Houses. Those were the optional from third year (Divination, Muggle Studies, Runes and Arithmancy) and Potions. All the others were a combination of two houses. And they had charms with Slytherins, with Fortuna. It was the first one in the morning that day.
It would have been all, except that there was a tick envelope tied to his schedule. Once opened, it was a request to tutor the forth years. It included some information, like what should be seen by them, which took many pages, and the name of those students. There was fourteen of them. Reading the list, Harry found that it would not be too difficult. Those were mostly things that he showed to Dennis Creevey last year. Those were a year older. With two or three hours per week, he could teach them all of the syllabus with no problem.
The only problem was that with Quidditch and his courses, he would not be able to continue to hold the DA with as many meeting as before. It was true that since they would actually be taught this year, it was less necessary. Harry decided to think a little bit about that. Teaching would be hell since the Gryffindor would be learning different things from the rest of them. Maybe if it was transformed in a kind of Duelling club.
He was shook out of his daydream by Hermione. She was absolutely, totally, completely exited at the prospect of even harder courses from which the less gifted students have been removed. When they got to the classroom, it was to find Flitwick as exited as Hermione at the chance of teaching this subject.
The day passed quickly and they met that evening in the Common Room to speak with professor McGonagall about Defence. Apparently, she would teach both them and the seventh years at the same time, but she would teach twice as often. Around the Christmas break, they would have a sixth years final and after that the course was mandatory only for the seventh years that were to take the NEWTs. Sixth years were encouraged to continue, since it would help them achieve greater result in seventh year and augment their chance of surviving in the war.
After that, Harry, Hermione, Neville and Katie went to McGonagall to confirm that they would tutor. Hermione had the third years, Neville the second years and Katie the first years. That all tutor were DA members was a real ego boost for Harry. Katie took members of the Quidditch team to talk to them as the new captain and arrange for everyone to be there for the trial, since they were missing a chaser. Ginny had to try too, to confirm her new chaser position.
After all of that, Harry hurried to began his homework. It has been so had to stay up to date the year before that he wanted to be sure this year.
The next morning, he received his schedule as Fortuna. There was no envelope tied to this one, since Fortuna was not good enough to be asked to tutor. Instead he found a schedule with very little free time. At least he did not have the DA, nor Quidditch. He found charms easy and decided that he would to well to show of just a little in that course. He wanted the others to think he learned fast but not that he read ahead. It would be bad to be asked something that he had not learnt yet.
The day progressed with Arithmancy. Since beginning to learn about that branch of magic, Harry could understand Hermione enthusiasm. The subject was fascinating. What was even more intriguing was the way Malfoy acted normal. There was no more leering or inappropriate behaviour. Harry stopped him at dinner and publicly congratulated him in being far more sophisticated than the day before.
That caused Pansy to call him a bitch under her breath. Having heard, Harry found that he had to respond.
"Pansy, I am aware that you do not like me. I do not like you either. That known, as long as we do not cross each other, nobody have to be hexed."
Pansy liked his idea so much that she simply tried to hex her there, in the middle of dinner. Harry had dunked and Snape was there almost immediately. He looked at the new girl and asked, pointedly, if there was a problem. Harry understood that it was his way of asking if he should intervene. He simply shook his head. When Snape was far enough, he turned toward the pug faced girl.
"Parkinson, you want war, you will have war."
He turned around and walked out. He knew exactly what to do but he needed time in the dormitory without Pansy knowing. He would break the girl locking charms and spell object using timed charms. Many of them, over a long period, like a month.
That night, Pansy blanket was suddenly under the effect of a Freezing Charm. After the screaming and the accusation, Pansy went to attack Harry. As he had established real wards around his bed that only him could walk over, she only went madder and madder. Or so Harry was told later since he had put Silencing Charms around his bed.
Time continued to pass and Harry gained a reputation in Slytherin. Already the next morning, everyone knew that Pansy had not slept a wink because of Fortuna. Millicent and Daphne had not either, but they were in far better spirit than the other girl.
On Harry's Wednesday afternoon, he began his tutoring sessions. To contrast with the previous teacher and correct the bigger problems of her teaching, he started directly with spells. After looking at how quickly they learned, Harry choose to teach them three hours per week. Since they were far more being with the spellwork, they would do two hours of those each week and only an hour of theory. The part about actually doing Defensive magic caused cheers while the idea of theory seam to make most of his students ill.
On Fortuna's Wednesday, they had their first Potions class. It was a small group, since they were only twelve. Harry was not surprised that half of those were Slytherins. There was Hermione and Dean from Gryffindor, three Ravenclaws and one Hufflepuff. Except from that, the class was interesting. Snape was not after his hide, so he could brew with no more stress than necessary and Snape was a little bit less snaky, as there was no disaster students to explode them all.
He was still Snape, but it was fun to be on the side of the favoured for once. With so many favoured students, he was teaching more to them and ignoring the others. In other words, it was better than he ever thought Potions could be. Moreover, he could understand better, since he had studied all summer to retake the OWLs.
On Harry's Thursday, a rumour was all over the school about Pansy Parkinson having tried to kill Fortuna Fitzgerald. The poor girl had been poisoned before being stabbed and pushed down the South Tower. Or so said Parvati and Lavender. Since the new girl and her would-be murderer were at lunch, that confused everyone. It was clear something had happened but what was a mystery.
It was in case situation like that happened that Harry did everyday as Harry first. It did not help a lot but he knew better when to be on his guard. The day passed too slowly for Harry's taste. He just wanted for it to end. He knew nothing about the situation. He wanted to go ask himself, but he could not be seen talking with 'her'. Instead, he made sure to get a good night of sleep.
It happened when he got out of the shower. Pansy, thinking he would not wash with his wand, tried to attack her. Harry used a simple Banishing Charm on her and she banged her head on the wall. Furious, she got up and attacked the other girl physically. Harry was able to get her with a Hair- Thickening Charm before loosing his wand. After that, all he had to do was fight dirty with hair pulling. He found his want back and hit her with a "Petrificus Totalus".
Then, he took his time looking in a tick book for the right spell to use. He cast it on her and released the body bind. He went to sit in the Common Room before going to breakfast. When Pansy walked in, she sat across from her.
"I will kill you, you filth," was what she immediately said. Her whole face was distorted by hate and she looked awful.
Harry simply smiled benignly at her. "Yes, sure. Maybe you can tell your deepest secret to everyone."
"I just tried to kill you but you bested me. That and I hate Draco Malfoy, he's just a," was all she said before stopping to talk. She looked horrified and was panicking. "What have you done to me you bitch," she raged so loud that everyone stopped. Up to then, only those close enough had been following the conversation. That included Draco Malfoy, who looked murderous. That was an ally Pansy loosed when Harry answered her.
"A mild true spell. Can't lie. It's not restricted since it does not force one to speak, just cut lies from going out of you mouth." Harry smirked. "Is you, how did you can him, Honeypoo so horrible that your hate for him is your darkest secret? Isn't that sad." He took a false depressed air, got up and went to breakfast.
The next morning, Harry witnessed how utterly alone Pansy Parkinson found herself. She had aliened her biggest ally and Fortuna Fitzgerald was suddenly at the top of the Slytherin social scale, next to Draco Malfoy.
When he lived those moment as Fortuna, he finally made an alliance with Malfoy. It was purely political but the idea was clear. They would not go against one another. They would help the other stay at the top of the social scale.
In exchange, Draco Malfoy was to tone down the overly racist comments, since they were apolitical. It was not necessary to change his mind but simply not tell it to people who would use it to hurt his social standing. He would help Fortuna join the social elite. Harry, on his side, would not express any political preference and would help Malfoy social standing as much as possible. It was at that time that he told Draco what he told the girls on the train, about foreign witches. It gave thought to Draco who even wrote to his father. At least, it sealed the understanding between Draco and Fortuna.
It was in those moments that Fortuna was glad that Draco Malfoy had stopped his crude courting of her. After that, they slowly began a strange friendship. It was a very special one, because even with him becoming a popular girl, he still hanged out mostly with Millicent and Daphne.
To be continued...
Rated: R content, eventually
Summery: Harry wake up one morning avec fifth year with an unpleasant surprise. He may not be a Metamorphmagus, but he will be able to spy in Slytherin without them knowing who he is.
Notes: The story is a WIP updated every Monday. Except this one is late and short.
Chapter 5 – Classes
The next morning, after his shower, Harry went down to breakfast with Ron. Comparing their choice of courses, they discovered that they had all of them together, except from Herbology that Ron decided not to take. As lazy as the red head was, he took what he considered the minimum. When Hermione joined them, she found her schedule horrible. She took as many course as she could without using a Time-Turner. After all, the last time it drove her crazy. Harry was pleased to learn that she was taking Herbology. It is true that at least Neville was taking the course, but it was even better to have Hermione with him.
Looking at their schedule, they found that some course included students from all Houses. Those were the optional from third year (Divination, Muggle Studies, Runes and Arithmancy) and Potions. All the others were a combination of two houses. And they had charms with Slytherins, with Fortuna. It was the first one in the morning that day.
It would have been all, except that there was a tick envelope tied to his schedule. Once opened, it was a request to tutor the forth years. It included some information, like what should be seen by them, which took many pages, and the name of those students. There was fourteen of them. Reading the list, Harry found that it would not be too difficult. Those were mostly things that he showed to Dennis Creevey last year. Those were a year older. With two or three hours per week, he could teach them all of the syllabus with no problem.
The only problem was that with Quidditch and his courses, he would not be able to continue to hold the DA with as many meeting as before. It was true that since they would actually be taught this year, it was less necessary. Harry decided to think a little bit about that. Teaching would be hell since the Gryffindor would be learning different things from the rest of them. Maybe if it was transformed in a kind of Duelling club.
He was shook out of his daydream by Hermione. She was absolutely, totally, completely exited at the prospect of even harder courses from which the less gifted students have been removed. When they got to the classroom, it was to find Flitwick as exited as Hermione at the chance of teaching this subject.
The day passed quickly and they met that evening in the Common Room to speak with professor McGonagall about Defence. Apparently, she would teach both them and the seventh years at the same time, but she would teach twice as often. Around the Christmas break, they would have a sixth years final and after that the course was mandatory only for the seventh years that were to take the NEWTs. Sixth years were encouraged to continue, since it would help them achieve greater result in seventh year and augment their chance of surviving in the war.
After that, Harry, Hermione, Neville and Katie went to McGonagall to confirm that they would tutor. Hermione had the third years, Neville the second years and Katie the first years. That all tutor were DA members was a real ego boost for Harry. Katie took members of the Quidditch team to talk to them as the new captain and arrange for everyone to be there for the trial, since they were missing a chaser. Ginny had to try too, to confirm her new chaser position.
After all of that, Harry hurried to began his homework. It has been so had to stay up to date the year before that he wanted to be sure this year.
The next morning, he received his schedule as Fortuna. There was no envelope tied to this one, since Fortuna was not good enough to be asked to tutor. Instead he found a schedule with very little free time. At least he did not have the DA, nor Quidditch. He found charms easy and decided that he would to well to show of just a little in that course. He wanted the others to think he learned fast but not that he read ahead. It would be bad to be asked something that he had not learnt yet.
The day progressed with Arithmancy. Since beginning to learn about that branch of magic, Harry could understand Hermione enthusiasm. The subject was fascinating. What was even more intriguing was the way Malfoy acted normal. There was no more leering or inappropriate behaviour. Harry stopped him at dinner and publicly congratulated him in being far more sophisticated than the day before.
That caused Pansy to call him a bitch under her breath. Having heard, Harry found that he had to respond.
"Pansy, I am aware that you do not like me. I do not like you either. That known, as long as we do not cross each other, nobody have to be hexed."
Pansy liked his idea so much that she simply tried to hex her there, in the middle of dinner. Harry had dunked and Snape was there almost immediately. He looked at the new girl and asked, pointedly, if there was a problem. Harry understood that it was his way of asking if he should intervene. He simply shook his head. When Snape was far enough, he turned toward the pug faced girl.
"Parkinson, you want war, you will have war."
He turned around and walked out. He knew exactly what to do but he needed time in the dormitory without Pansy knowing. He would break the girl locking charms and spell object using timed charms. Many of them, over a long period, like a month.
That night, Pansy blanket was suddenly under the effect of a Freezing Charm. After the screaming and the accusation, Pansy went to attack Harry. As he had established real wards around his bed that only him could walk over, she only went madder and madder. Or so Harry was told later since he had put Silencing Charms around his bed.
Time continued to pass and Harry gained a reputation in Slytherin. Already the next morning, everyone knew that Pansy had not slept a wink because of Fortuna. Millicent and Daphne had not either, but they were in far better spirit than the other girl.
On Harry's Wednesday afternoon, he began his tutoring sessions. To contrast with the previous teacher and correct the bigger problems of her teaching, he started directly with spells. After looking at how quickly they learned, Harry choose to teach them three hours per week. Since they were far more being with the spellwork, they would do two hours of those each week and only an hour of theory. The part about actually doing Defensive magic caused cheers while the idea of theory seam to make most of his students ill.
On Fortuna's Wednesday, they had their first Potions class. It was a small group, since they were only twelve. Harry was not surprised that half of those were Slytherins. There was Hermione and Dean from Gryffindor, three Ravenclaws and one Hufflepuff. Except from that, the class was interesting. Snape was not after his hide, so he could brew with no more stress than necessary and Snape was a little bit less snaky, as there was no disaster students to explode them all.
He was still Snape, but it was fun to be on the side of the favoured for once. With so many favoured students, he was teaching more to them and ignoring the others. In other words, it was better than he ever thought Potions could be. Moreover, he could understand better, since he had studied all summer to retake the OWLs.
On Harry's Thursday, a rumour was all over the school about Pansy Parkinson having tried to kill Fortuna Fitzgerald. The poor girl had been poisoned before being stabbed and pushed down the South Tower. Or so said Parvati and Lavender. Since the new girl and her would-be murderer were at lunch, that confused everyone. It was clear something had happened but what was a mystery.
It was in case situation like that happened that Harry did everyday as Harry first. It did not help a lot but he knew better when to be on his guard. The day passed too slowly for Harry's taste. He just wanted for it to end. He knew nothing about the situation. He wanted to go ask himself, but he could not be seen talking with 'her'. Instead, he made sure to get a good night of sleep.
It happened when he got out of the shower. Pansy, thinking he would not wash with his wand, tried to attack her. Harry used a simple Banishing Charm on her and she banged her head on the wall. Furious, she got up and attacked the other girl physically. Harry was able to get her with a Hair- Thickening Charm before loosing his wand. After that, all he had to do was fight dirty with hair pulling. He found his want back and hit her with a "Petrificus Totalus".
Then, he took his time looking in a tick book for the right spell to use. He cast it on her and released the body bind. He went to sit in the Common Room before going to breakfast. When Pansy walked in, she sat across from her.
"I will kill you, you filth," was what she immediately said. Her whole face was distorted by hate and she looked awful.
Harry simply smiled benignly at her. "Yes, sure. Maybe you can tell your deepest secret to everyone."
"I just tried to kill you but you bested me. That and I hate Draco Malfoy, he's just a," was all she said before stopping to talk. She looked horrified and was panicking. "What have you done to me you bitch," she raged so loud that everyone stopped. Up to then, only those close enough had been following the conversation. That included Draco Malfoy, who looked murderous. That was an ally Pansy loosed when Harry answered her.
"A mild true spell. Can't lie. It's not restricted since it does not force one to speak, just cut lies from going out of you mouth." Harry smirked. "Is you, how did you can him, Honeypoo so horrible that your hate for him is your darkest secret? Isn't that sad." He took a false depressed air, got up and went to breakfast.
The next morning, Harry witnessed how utterly alone Pansy Parkinson found herself. She had aliened her biggest ally and Fortuna Fitzgerald was suddenly at the top of the Slytherin social scale, next to Draco Malfoy.
When he lived those moment as Fortuna, he finally made an alliance with Malfoy. It was purely political but the idea was clear. They would not go against one another. They would help the other stay at the top of the social scale.
In exchange, Draco Malfoy was to tone down the overly racist comments, since they were apolitical. It was not necessary to change his mind but simply not tell it to people who would use it to hurt his social standing. He would help Fortuna join the social elite. Harry, on his side, would not express any political preference and would help Malfoy social standing as much as possible. It was at that time that he told Draco what he told the girls on the train, about foreign witches. It gave thought to Draco who even wrote to his father. At least, it sealed the understanding between Draco and Fortuna.
It was in those moments that Fortuna was glad that Draco Malfoy had stopped his crude courting of her. After that, they slowly began a strange friendship. It was a very special one, because even with him becoming a popular girl, he still hanged out mostly with Millicent and Daphne.
To be continued...