I own nothing, J K Rowling IS Harry Potter. All my 'ideas' are basically ripped from stuff I enjoy; Harry Potter (duh!), Lord Of The Rings, Star Wars, Star Trek, Dragonball, The Matrix, The Lion King, 24, and anything else that even remotely looks far too creative for me to just make up! Don't say I didn't warn you alright!

Not sure about Matrix stuff yet...I did have the black trench coat. I may use a bit of it in my sequel, possibly just a quote or two.

Ta Keronshara. Have noted your review and changed this chapter accordingly.

One more thing, a bit of Star Wars for you. I think it fits in rather nicely at this point in my story.

Chapter 13 – Of Detentions And Surprises

The next day went much too quickly for Harry and before long he was making his way to Trent's office. He waited outside, and noticed that Draco hadn't yet turned up. Just as eight o'clock ticked by, Draco sauntered up to where Harry was standing. The two of them glared at each other before the door opened and Remus ushered them inside, before leaving Trent to deal with them.

Harry glanced around Trent's room, and spotted several Dark detectors. He could see a foe glass, and several wizarding pictures of various Dark creatures (including a particularly gruesome one of a werewolf during its transformation). Trent was sitting behind his desk, going over his lesson plans for the rest of the week. He then stood up and put up a silencing charm before addressing Harry and Draco.

"Gentlemen. Needless to say, I wasn't the least bit amused with your antics during class yesterday."

Draco opened his mouth, probably to argue Harry thought, before Trent stopped him, "I don't want to hear it, Mr Malfoy. Now seeing as though it's your first week back, I'm feeling rather generous. I won't be making either of you actually do anything tonight. Instead I just thought I'd tell you both how stupid you were."

Trent then sat back down before speaking again,

"Mr Malfoy. You knew that the duel was over once I revived you and gave back your wand. Yet you intentionally attacked Mr Potter. It was both cowardly and pathetic. Frankly I'm surprised that even a Slytherin would sink to that level.

"Not only did you attack Mr Potter, you then ignored Professor Lupin's order of knowing that the fight was over. That sort of behaviour will not be tolerated in my class. For that, I will be taking twenty points from you. I hope your humiliation by Mr Potter will serve as a reminder to you. If you repeat your actions, I will not hesitate to use far more persuasive measures on you. Understood?"

Draco kept silent, and nodded his head.

"Good. Now get out of my sight. Don't worry about Mr Potter. I will be dealing with him now."

Draco shuffled out of the door, his face flushed with embarrassment after Trent reminded him of what Harry had done to him. Trent then stood up and looked at Harry, who found himself not being able to meet Trent's gaze.

"Harry. Harry, look at me please" Trent said quietly.

Harry lifted his head and looked into Trent's eyes. He saw that they were full of sorrow, and if Harry wasn't mistaken, regret.

"I'm very disappointed in you, Harry."

Harry nodded, and his gaze shifted to the floor.

"I expected more from you. You have seen so much in your sixteen years, more than anyone should ever have to in their entire life. You will become of age next year, and to be frank, you are the most mature person I've met for your age. Remus told me how you were quite temperamental last year. I thought you'd grown out of that stage, Harry."

Trent sighed before continuing, "I'm not sure if it's because of what happened that night at the Ministry, but you were so eager to learn all you could during your training. I told you to use your anger to fuel and control your power to a certain extent, but to not let it totally consume you. You're walking a very thin line right now, Harry. I don't think you truly realise what damage you could do to everyone."

Harry looked up at Trent and asked "what do you mean?"

"Harry, have you ever seen a muggle film called 'Star Wars' before?"

Harry shook his head, and Trent sighed again.

"Very well. The film talks about the 'light' and the 'dark side'. It's quite similar to the concept of Light and Dark wizards. Light wizards use their power for the greater good of our world. If that means they must delve slightly into the Dark Arts to achieve this, then they will. Albus is the perfect example of this. He killed Grindelwald. How else could he done this without using Dark magic?"

Harry thought about it and replied "he could've used a sword or something."

"Perhaps, but he didn't. He used the Killing curse, Harry. Can you honestly imagine Albus doing that? I sure can't, yet he did. Albus gets angry, he may not show it, but he does. We all do. The difference between Light wizards and Dark ones is their anger. I remember a quote from that film; 'anger leads to hate, and hate leads to the dark side'..."

"The only person I hate is Voldemort" Harry interrupted somewhat defensively

Trent looked into Harry's eyes and asked "do you remember what I told you on the train?"

Harry racked his mind to before he remembered the previous confrontation with Malfoy. He nodded, "you said it's better to avoid a fight if possible."

"Exactly. You could have walked away from that one yesterday, but instead you let your anger get the best of you. You are very powerful, Harry, and I'm not just saying that to boost your ego. I'm saying it because you scare me."

Harry looked confused before answering back "I don't understand."

"If you continue to let your anger consume you, there's no telling how powerful you could become. Dark spells are no stronger than Light ones. They only make you more powerful quicker, and therefore seem stronger. Light spells will give you the same power, but it will take longer to achieve. It can be very tempting, Harry. Every time you lose your anger, the darkness is calling for you, willing you to submit to it. It's a very subtle process, in fact you hardly even notice it at first."

"Just get to the point, Trent" Harry said in a slightly annoyed voice.

"Fine, I'll be as direct as I can, Harry. If you continue doing what you did yesterday, you will end up being just like Voldemort. That blunt enough for you?"

Harry stood there in shock, before managing to say "I…I don't believe you."

Trent put his head in his hands before speaking again, "Harry, listen to me. You know how Voldemort changed his name from Tom Riddle, correct?"

Harry nodded and Trent carried on,

"He was similar to you when he was your age. Very powerful, but also had a lot of anger inside him. He gave into the temptation the darkness provided. I'm saying that unless you want that to happen to you, you'd better learn to control your anger. You won't always have your friends and Professors around you to keep you in line. You'll be responsible for most of your own actions from next year. Once you start down the path to darkness, you almost certainly won't be able to turn back. Your friends would desert you, thus making you sink further into the darkness. Do you really want that to happen, Harry? Look me in the eye and tell me that you want everyone who loves you, to abandon you."

Harry once again became very interested in the floor, so he didn't see Trent nod.

"That's what I thought. You may think I'm crazy telling you all this and that you'd never do any of it. But I remember Albus having a similar discussion with Tom some fifty years ago. Its part of my memories I got from Tom. That's all I have to tell you tonight. I suggest you go back to your dorm. Just think about what I've said, all right? Oh, and twenty points from Gryffindor."

"Yes sir" Harry replied meekly before Trent escorted him outside into the hallway.

It was Thursday before Harry had managed to talk to Professor McGonagall about having trails for the new Quidditch season. McGonagall told him that she'd book the pitch for Sunday, and that he'd better put some notices up in the common room for those who would be interested in trying out. Harry did this over lunch before making his way to the classroom for his first Introduction to Wandless Magic lesson. The first thing he noticed was that Trent was standing at the front of the room. Harry then only saw four other people (Neville, Blaise, Justin and Padma) in the classroom. He wondered how many others would be turning up before Trent spoke

"Right. We're all here, so let's get started."

"Five people! That's it?" Justin asked.

"Yes. You see many people enrolled but only you five met the requirements."

"What kind of requirements are we talking about?" Blaise asked.

"You are the only students in your current year, that have shown enough potential to be taught this. By that I mean you've all done very strong pieces of wandless magic before. Mr Potter, what's the strongest piece of wandless magic you can remember doing?"

Harry thought about it for a while before answering "I er…made a glass display disappear at the zoo once when I was ten."

Trent nodded "ok. Everyone knows what wandless magic is, but not many fully understand it. It's kind of difficult to explain, but I'll try my best. All wizards and witches have magical energy stored inside of them. We use our wands and incantations to channel that energy into the spells we use. Everyone with me so far?"

Everyone nodded, so Trent carried on,

"It is possible for wizards, and witches…does anyone have any problem if I just refer to all magical people as wizards? It'll take me less time to explain, but I don't want to offend anyone" Trent looked between Blaise and Padma as he asked this.

Padma spoke up "I don't mind, it was good of you to ask though"

Blaise also nodded her approval at Trent.

"Thank you. As I was saying, it's possible for wizards to be able to do most spells without a wand. But it's incredibly difficult. You all know how most spells require certain wand movements to produce the effects."

The class nodded their heads, and Harry was reminded of the levitation charm.

"Well therein lies the problem. It's ridiculously difficult to do wandless magic because you can't get the movements right with your arms. Most wandless magic is done during times of extreme emotion, anger for example. These are referred to as accidental magic, but this is wrong. What it should be called is emotional magic. But wandless magic has its limits. Wizards can't do any Dark Arts spells with it, including the Unforgivables. I'll show you."

Trent withdrew a glass containing a spider. Harry was reminded of his fourth year when Crouch had demonstrated the Unforgivables. Trent then proceeded to issue the Killing curse, but nothing happened. He then used his wand, and the familiar jet of green light struck the spider killing it instantly.

Trent then returned his focus to the class.

"Right. I know most of you won't like your new Professor, but I want you to treat him with the respect you would to your other Professors. It's the first time he's ever taught, so be nice."

Trent clapped his hands once and there was a 'pop'

Harry's eye widened in surprise before he said "Dobby?"