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Hi all!
I updated a bit late in the day... but its still sunday!
I don't own HP ect. ect.
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"What do you have today?" Ron asked at breakfast on Monday.
"N.E.W.T. Defense Against the Dark Arts, Care of Magical Creatures and Charms," Harry said. He looked at Ron's schedule and commented, "Same as yours idiot."
"It might have been different. We have different levels of Potions and it might have screwed up our schedules beyond just Potions. It happened with Bill and his friends, he was stuck in an all Slytherin class. He had to keep shields around him and was in trouble a lot for not paying attention in class because he was looking out for stray curses," Ron said defending his intelligence.
"What class was that?" Hermione asked curiously.
"Ancient Runes," Ron replied. "He was in the N.E.W.T. level and the Ravenclaws that were in his O.W.L. classes were in another N.E.W.T. section. So the Slytherins surrounded him."
"Then it's a good thing I'm not taking Ancient Runes," Harry said.
"I hardly think that it was that bad," Hermione protested.
"Yeah, well, when Bill was in school he had a Slytherin Ancient Runes Professor who was as bad as Snape," Ron said.
"Is that even possible?" Harry wondered idly. "Snape made everyone believe I was taking remedial potions last year. I wonder how the hell the bastard is going to explain my O O.W.L. away."
"Bet you a galleon that he's claiming you cheated," Ron said suppressing a yawn.
"Did you really think I was going to take that bet?" Harry demanded of his best friend.
"I could always hope," Ron grinned. "It's a good way to make an easy Galleon."
"Be quiet the both of you," Hermione interrupted. "We have charms in fifteen minutes. So if you're going to finish eating you had better finish soon. I am not going to be late."
"Yeah," Ron snickered softly. "Just because you've been skiving off all of your classes for the past couple of weeks doesn't mean you can't be late today."
"I haven't skived off!" Hermione said indignantly. "I've been in the hospital wing with you two!"
"That's never stopped you before," Ron said smartly.
"Shut it," Harry said. "Its too early to listen to you two argue."
"Come on," Hermione said stiffly. "I want to hand my Charms essay before class."
"Alright," Harry agreed swinging his bag onto his shoulders. "Do you know who we have it with?"
"Lavender, Parvati and Dean from Gryffindor I think," Hermione replied. "Parvati also said that Terry Boot from Ravenclaw and Hannah Abbot from Hufflepuff being in our class also. Oh yeah… she also said something about Blaise Zambini is also in it. She said that there were more people in it but couldn't remember their names."
"So mostly Gryffindor friendly people then?" Ron asked following his friends out of the great hall. "Good, I don't want to have to see how strong my shield is."
"Idiot," Hermione muttered and then said, "Professor Flitwick wouldn't allow people to curse each other. Maybe practice charms on one another, but not curse."
"Yeah well, he can't see over his desk without a load of cushions either," Ron muttered.
"Mr. Potter, Mr. Weasley, Miss Granger, I see that you are all well," Flitwick said when they entered his classroom. "I'm glad you're early, I want to test you on the material we went over when you were in the hospital wing. You don't by chance have your essays done do you?"
"Yes we do Professor," Hermione replied handing over several feet of parchment to the short stature professor. Harry and Ron quickly gave theirs to him as well, though neither was as long nor as neat as Hermione's.
"Oh good! Now then, how are you all on defense shields? We were working on them earlier and it's a prerequisite to healing charms," the professor explained as Ron groaned having to test his shields anyway.
"We can do the Protego charm," Harry said as Hermione fought to keep her face straight.
"Oh excellent!" Flitwick bounced happily. "What about the Repulli or Scutum shields?"
"I can do them both," Hermione replied evidently winning in her internal battle to not laugh at Ron.
"No idea," Ron said slightly sourly as Lavender and Parvati came in the door.
"I don't know, I haven't tried them but I read about them near the end of last year. I could try them I guess," Harry shrugged.
"You both should have little trouble with Scutum, Protego is a more advanced version of that one," Flitwick reassured them. "Just go stand over there and I'll throw some curses at you."
"You know," Ron muttered to Harry. "That's not a reassuring thing to hear from an ex-dueling champion. And isn't this what I didn't want to try during class?"
"At least he isn't an ex-Deatheater," Harry replied dryly not having any sympathy for Ron.
"Hmmm, good point," Ron conceded.
"All right, I'll try you first Mr. Potter," the professor said from across the room. "Try 'Repelli' first."
The professor sent a jet of water towards Harry and it arched back towards the professor. "Oh very good! Very good indeed! Now try Scutum."
Harry managed the shielding charm as well. Ron then had his go but had some trouble with the repelling shield. Flitwick was over the moon about them having the charms down relatively well but assigned Ron to practice the repelling charm for homework. This added with the homework he assigned to the class caused Ron to be fairly grumpy.
"You know," Ron grumbled as they walked out of the Charms classroom. "I reckon Flitwick must be part House-elf, to be so cheerful giving out so much work."
"Ron! That's cruel!" Hermione scowled and hit him in the head with her charms book that she had been trying to put into her book bag.
"Ouch! Okay… okay, he isn't part House-elf! He's just psychotic!" Ron replied rubbing his head.
"Ron!" Hermione snapped and Ron danced away from her hand which was threatening to hit his shoulder with her charms book.
"We have to get to Care of Magical Creatures," Harry interrupted.
"Hagrid won't care if we're late," Ron protested.
"Just because we're his friends doesn't mean he'll let us be late to his class," Hermione said.
"You guys do know I was trying to divert you from a fight?" Harry asked tiredly. "Apparently not, because all you did was switch topics."
"Sorry," Hermione said sheepishly.
"Do you really mind us fighting all of the time?" Ron asked.
"The underclassman claim they can't study properly without someone yelling in the common room," Harry said dryly.
"No they don't," Ron protested has Hermione blushed.
"Ask Neville or Ginny," Harry shrugged. They walked the rest of the way to Hagrid's hut in silence.
"'Arry! Ron! 'Ermione!" Hagrid exclaimed. He winked at them and grinned. "I'm glad you're feel'n better. I swear when I get my 'ands on the person who…"
"Hagrid," Hermione interrupted loudly. "It's a virus. It is no one's fault."
"Oh…. Right you are 'Ermione," Hagrid said blinking. "It's a pity tha' ya coul'nt make it to the firs' classes. They were exci'ing."
"What did we miss?" Ron asked a little worried.
"We went o'er Chimeras an' Aragog lent us a 'and with some lessons," Hagrid said enthusiastically.
Ron paled visibly and sighed in relief.
"Shouldn't you start the lesson soon?" Hermione asked.
"Yeah, I reckon I should," Hagrid said looking at his small N.E.W.T. prep class assembled around the yard. He turned to them and announced, "Today we're gonna start studying teething Crocottas"
The class collectively muffled their groans.
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From Encyclopedia of Monsters etc.-
crocotta
Documented by Pliny, this offspring of a wolf and dog can be found in Ethiopia. It is said that this creature can break anything with its teeth and can also eat anything. It may be just an exaggeration of a hyena which has very powerful jaws
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REVIEW! If I don't get at least ten reviews... I'm ending the next chapter in a cliff hanger!
AN:
Hi all!
I updated a bit late in the day... but its still sunday!
I don't own HP ect. ect.
Story now.
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"What do you have today?" Ron asked at breakfast on Monday.
"N.E.W.T. Defense Against the Dark Arts, Care of Magical Creatures and Charms," Harry said. He looked at Ron's schedule and commented, "Same as yours idiot."
"It might have been different. We have different levels of Potions and it might have screwed up our schedules beyond just Potions. It happened with Bill and his friends, he was stuck in an all Slytherin class. He had to keep shields around him and was in trouble a lot for not paying attention in class because he was looking out for stray curses," Ron said defending his intelligence.
"What class was that?" Hermione asked curiously.
"Ancient Runes," Ron replied. "He was in the N.E.W.T. level and the Ravenclaws that were in his O.W.L. classes were in another N.E.W.T. section. So the Slytherins surrounded him."
"Then it's a good thing I'm not taking Ancient Runes," Harry said.
"I hardly think that it was that bad," Hermione protested.
"Yeah, well, when Bill was in school he had a Slytherin Ancient Runes Professor who was as bad as Snape," Ron said.
"Is that even possible?" Harry wondered idly. "Snape made everyone believe I was taking remedial potions last year. I wonder how the hell the bastard is going to explain my O O.W.L. away."
"Bet you a galleon that he's claiming you cheated," Ron said suppressing a yawn.
"Did you really think I was going to take that bet?" Harry demanded of his best friend.
"I could always hope," Ron grinned. "It's a good way to make an easy Galleon."
"Be quiet the both of you," Hermione interrupted. "We have charms in fifteen minutes. So if you're going to finish eating you had better finish soon. I am not going to be late."
"Yeah," Ron snickered softly. "Just because you've been skiving off all of your classes for the past couple of weeks doesn't mean you can't be late today."
"I haven't skived off!" Hermione said indignantly. "I've been in the hospital wing with you two!"
"That's never stopped you before," Ron said smartly.
"Shut it," Harry said. "Its too early to listen to you two argue."
"Come on," Hermione said stiffly. "I want to hand my Charms essay before class."
"Alright," Harry agreed swinging his bag onto his shoulders. "Do you know who we have it with?"
"Lavender, Parvati and Dean from Gryffindor I think," Hermione replied. "Parvati also said that Terry Boot from Ravenclaw and Hannah Abbot from Hufflepuff being in our class also. Oh yeah… she also said something about Blaise Zambini is also in it. She said that there were more people in it but couldn't remember their names."
"So mostly Gryffindor friendly people then?" Ron asked following his friends out of the great hall. "Good, I don't want to have to see how strong my shield is."
"Idiot," Hermione muttered and then said, "Professor Flitwick wouldn't allow people to curse each other. Maybe practice charms on one another, but not curse."
"Yeah well, he can't see over his desk without a load of cushions either," Ron muttered.
"Mr. Potter, Mr. Weasley, Miss Granger, I see that you are all well," Flitwick said when they entered his classroom. "I'm glad you're early, I want to test you on the material we went over when you were in the hospital wing. You don't by chance have your essays done do you?"
"Yes we do Professor," Hermione replied handing over several feet of parchment to the short stature professor. Harry and Ron quickly gave theirs to him as well, though neither was as long nor as neat as Hermione's.
"Oh good! Now then, how are you all on defense shields? We were working on them earlier and it's a prerequisite to healing charms," the professor explained as Ron groaned having to test his shields anyway.
"We can do the Protego charm," Harry said as Hermione fought to keep her face straight.
"Oh excellent!" Flitwick bounced happily. "What about the Repulli or Scutum shields?"
"I can do them both," Hermione replied evidently winning in her internal battle to not laugh at Ron.
"No idea," Ron said slightly sourly as Lavender and Parvati came in the door.
"I don't know, I haven't tried them but I read about them near the end of last year. I could try them I guess," Harry shrugged.
"You both should have little trouble with Scutum, Protego is a more advanced version of that one," Flitwick reassured them. "Just go stand over there and I'll throw some curses at you."
"You know," Ron muttered to Harry. "That's not a reassuring thing to hear from an ex-dueling champion. And isn't this what I didn't want to try during class?"
"At least he isn't an ex-Deatheater," Harry replied dryly not having any sympathy for Ron.
"Hmmm, good point," Ron conceded.
"All right, I'll try you first Mr. Potter," the professor said from across the room. "Try 'Repelli' first."
The professor sent a jet of water towards Harry and it arched back towards the professor. "Oh very good! Very good indeed! Now try Scutum."
Harry managed the shielding charm as well. Ron then had his go but had some trouble with the repelling shield. Flitwick was over the moon about them having the charms down relatively well but assigned Ron to practice the repelling charm for homework. This added with the homework he assigned to the class caused Ron to be fairly grumpy.
"You know," Ron grumbled as they walked out of the Charms classroom. "I reckon Flitwick must be part House-elf, to be so cheerful giving out so much work."
"Ron! That's cruel!" Hermione scowled and hit him in the head with her charms book that she had been trying to put into her book bag.
"Ouch! Okay… okay, he isn't part House-elf! He's just psychotic!" Ron replied rubbing his head.
"Ron!" Hermione snapped and Ron danced away from her hand which was threatening to hit his shoulder with her charms book.
"We have to get to Care of Magical Creatures," Harry interrupted.
"Hagrid won't care if we're late," Ron protested.
"Just because we're his friends doesn't mean he'll let us be late to his class," Hermione said.
"You guys do know I was trying to divert you from a fight?" Harry asked tiredly. "Apparently not, because all you did was switch topics."
"Sorry," Hermione said sheepishly.
"Do you really mind us fighting all of the time?" Ron asked.
"The underclassman claim they can't study properly without someone yelling in the common room," Harry said dryly.
"No they don't," Ron protested has Hermione blushed.
"Ask Neville or Ginny," Harry shrugged. They walked the rest of the way to Hagrid's hut in silence.
"'Arry! Ron! 'Ermione!" Hagrid exclaimed. He winked at them and grinned. "I'm glad you're feel'n better. I swear when I get my 'ands on the person who…"
"Hagrid," Hermione interrupted loudly. "It's a virus. It is no one's fault."
"Oh…. Right you are 'Ermione," Hagrid said blinking. "It's a pity tha' ya coul'nt make it to the firs' classes. They were exci'ing."
"What did we miss?" Ron asked a little worried.
"We went o'er Chimeras an' Aragog lent us a 'and with some lessons," Hagrid said enthusiastically.
Ron paled visibly and sighed in relief.
"Shouldn't you start the lesson soon?" Hermione asked.
"Yeah, I reckon I should," Hagrid said looking at his small N.E.W.T. prep class assembled around the yard. He turned to them and announced, "Today we're gonna start studying teething Crocottas"
The class collectively muffled their groans.
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AN:
From Encyclopedia of Monsters etc.-
crocotta
Documented by Pliny, this offspring of a wolf and dog can be found in Ethiopia. It is said that this creature can break anything with its teeth and can also eat anything. It may be just an exaggeration of a hyena which has very powerful jaws
Aren't I evil?
REVIEW! If I don't get at least ten reviews... I'm ending the next chapter in a cliff hanger!