Destiny- The First Year

Chapter 4: Revenge is Sweet!

The Griffindor first years arrived at the defence against the dark arts classroom to be greeted yet again by the slytherins

"Bloody hell them again?" Ron whispered in Harry's ear. Harry nodded but didn't have time to reply as Sirius opened the door to the classroom and told them they could enter while he exchanged mischievous grins with Harry and Charlie.

"Hi Sirius!" Harry grinned "I've being thinking about what you said last night and I've got a few ideas!"

"Great! I'll talk to you after the lesson!" Sirius smiled

The rest of the students filed in and took their seats. Harry, Charlie, Ron and Hermione sat on the front row eagerly waiting for the lesson to begin.

"Okay!" Sirius smiled "everyone got a seat? Okay lets get started then! I'm Professor Black the new defence against the dark arts teacher! Ive got an exciting first lesson set-up but first unfortunately comes the theory part. Can anyone tell me what this lesson involves and why this lesson is important?"

Hermione's hand flew up wildly and determinedly.

"Miss...er?" Sirius asked

"Granger!" Hermione replied excitedly

"Miss Granger?" Sirius smiled

"Defence against the dark arts involves you teaching us things to help us defend ourselves against any form of attack using the dark arts whether it be dark creatures or dark spells! This is important because if we are ever attacked by a person who is on the dark side we will know how to defend ourselves against them!" Hermione finished breathlessly

"Correct!" Sirius said obviously taken back by Hermione's over excited and totally word perfect speech about his subject. "Ten points to griffindor!"

Hermione smiled happily settled into her seat.

"Okay so if you all grab some parchment and root out your quills I will write on the board the information miss Granger has just told us and you can all copy it down then when Professor Lupin arrives we can start the practical stuff!" Sirius informed his class "come on them quills at the ready!" he smiled.

Sirius wrote a small simple paragraph on the board and the first years copied it down. Harry had three words left to write when Remus burst in carrying a tank with what looked like a green devil in a tank of water. He placed it on Sirius's desk and withdrew to the corner so Sirius could get on with teaching. He winked and Harry who smiled back happily and turned his attention back to his work.

Sirius waited until the class had finish writing before he carried on.

"Okay can anyone tell me what this is?" he asked indicating the creature, which began barring its green teeth at the class.

No one was surprised when Hermione's hand was the first in the air again.

"Miss Granger?" Sirius asked Harry could tell he was itching to roll his eyes or make a smart comment.

"It's a Grindylow professor!" she said excitedly

"Correct again another ten points to griffindor!" Sirius said

The first years jotted down notes while Sirius talked them though the history of Grindylows and other things the students would need to know about the Grindylows including tricks he'd learn personally about how to break their grip and what annoyed them. He got so carried away when he told the class a particularly funny story about how he had found out Grindylows and doctor filibusters fireworks don't mix, that Remus had to remind him he was supposed to be teaching not telling the students of his adventures at Hogwarts!

Finally, they reached the best part of the lesson. Sirius set up a paddling pool with the help of Remus and then they put the Grindylow in the paddling pool and filled it to the top with water. The first years removed their robes, shoes and socks as Sirius told them to and rolled up their trousers if they were wearing any. Then one by one they waded across the pool to try to reach the other side with out getting stuck and asking for help. At the other side of the pool there was a table covered in sweets and several bottles of butterbeer. Every student that was successful would be allowed to take a bottle of butterbeer and help themselves to some sweets.

"Who wants to go first?" Sirius asked eagerly

"I will!" Harry volunteered

"Okay Harry remember what I've said! Good luck!" Sirius grinned

Harry stepped into the pool and began slowly wading across. Before he reached the middle of the pool, he could feel the long brittle fingers of the Grindylow closing around his bare legs. He looked down at the sickly- green body and decided what to do he swirled his leg under the water in a figure of eight hoping it would come off as he really fancied a chocolate frog right now! He'd completed about six figures of eight before he felt a surge of power and the creature just detached itself and swam of eerily to the other side of the paddling pool obviously in a bad mood.

Harry stepped out of the pool grinning and helped himself to a chocolate frog. Sirius frowned slightly. He was sure it would have been harded than that for even Harry to detach the Grindylow. He shuck the thought from his head and beckoned the next first year forwards.

Nearly ever first year made it through the pool. None of them were as quick as Harry but they made it though. In fact, the only people that hadn't were Neville Longbottom and ugly slytherin girl who had freaked out the minute the Grindylow touched her.

Soon enough the bell rang and the fully dressed Griffindor and Slytherin first years left the defence against the dark arts room chattering away. Harry and Charlie hovered behind and waited while Sirius and Remus sorted out the Grindylow and then they all made their way to Sirius's room.

Sirius clicked the door shut behind them and muttered a locking charm on it before sitting down in his desk chair and putting his legs up lazily on the table.

"So then," he began "Had any ideas?"

"How about turning them into snakes?" Charlie asked

"Nah I think that will be a bit to hard plus they are supposed to like snakes!" Sirius commented "Harry anything?"

"Well," Harry began nervously "maybe we could turn all their Hair pink, not just any pink though bright Barbie pink!"

"Ooh nice one!" Sirius smiled "yes I could just see Snivellus in pink!"

Sirius pulled his feet lazily off the table and pulled out a quill and some ink from his desk draw. He jotted down the idea and turned to face Harry.

"Talking of Snivellus..." Harry began casually

"What did he do?" Sirius asked rolling his eyes

"He was being an utter arse in class!" Harry complained "He took ten points from me because I got all his questions right and I asked for a harder one! Then to top it off her took another ten from Charlie!"

"Well we will have to get him good, this means war!" Sirius grinned evilly

"Why don't we charm a sign to follow him round where he can't see it?" Charlie asked

"That's a great idea!" Harry said enthusiastically "it could read WATCH OUT SLIMY GIT ALERT!!! RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!!!"

"Brill!" Sirius grinned "you two are good. Now I'll do charms on the slytherins food at breakfast, we'll make the pink hair thing last for a week and then all do an extra one on Snivellus tomorrow to create a sign which lasts a week too!"

"Wicked!" Harry smiled evilly

"Okay I'm nipping to Pranksters Palace to get a book from the marauders room which will help with the charms you to get to tea you must be starving!" Sirius instructed them

Sirius unlocked the door and Harry and Charlie left grumbling to go dump their stuff in griffindor tower before hurrying down to tea. Sirius sat back in his chair and turned to Remus who was sitting patiently in the corner.

"They've got some good ideas!" Sirius complemented Harry and Charlie "you can tell they were born Marauders!"

"Yeah!" Remus agreed "didn't you get the feeling that Harry shook off that Grindylow to easily in class though?"

"Yeah I did it was like he used magic but his wand was with his robes!" Sirius said puzzled

"I think, and I'm not sure though, that the used wandless magic!" Remus told Sirius who was preparing to Floo to Pranksters Palace

"You think?" Sirius asked staring at his friend in disbelief

"I cant be certain but there is something I can do to find out if he can and if he can, there's something I can do to help him strengthen his powers." Remus confessed

"What?" Sirius asked confused

"Well I am supposed to be the non-curricular teacher," he told Sirius "we could get him to have a trial lesson to see if he can and if he can I can help him strengthen his powers and stuff!"

"Okay lets clear it with Dumbledore when I get back." Sirius said throwing a cloak about his shoulders.

"I'll go now I'm sue I can manage it have a good time!" Remus grinned

"Okay then thanks, and see ya later!" Sirius smiled back before chucking the Floo powder in the fire and yelling "PRANKSTERS PALACE!"

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Sirius returned an hour and a half later with the book in question and a few others he though might be useful and interesting.

He was checking references and stuff when there was a knock at the door.

"Come in!" Sirius shouted absent mindedally his eyes still on his book.

Remus entered quietly closing the door behind him.

"I wasn't sure you'd be back yet!" Remus informed Sirius as he took a seat by the fire and turned to face his friend.

"So?" Sirius asked looking up from his book.

"Dumbledore said yes. He thinks that if Harry has the gift of wandless magic we should develop it. He's arranged the first lesson for the day after tomorrow!" Remus told Sirius

"Great!" Sirius smiled as he closed his book. "The pranks all set, ive found the references and I know the spells!"

"Sounds good!" Remus smiled

"Okay I'm heading off to bed!" Sirius yawned standing up and stretching his arms. "Night!"

"Night!" Remus called back as Sirius went out through a door on the right of the room.

Remus sighed and headed out of the door on the left, opposite the one Sirius had just gone through into his own room. (A/n Remus doesn't have his own office; he shares with Sirius he also shares the classroom when Sirius isn't using it!) Tomorrow was going to be fun.

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The next day dawned bright and early. Harry was out of his bed in a shot and Ron (woken by Harry when he accidentally knocked over the nightstand while hopping about trying to put a sock in his foot.) followed Harry moaning because he couldn't see the point of being awake at 7.00 in the morning.

Harry met Charlie in the common room with (to Ron's utter disgust) Hermione and together they headed down to breakfast.

Harry pushed the large oak door of the great hall open reviling the sight that lay beyond. All the slytherins that had eaten some on their food had bright pink hair. Some were looking very confused and pissed off. Others were bawling about how they could be see dead like this or how they were going to kill the person responsible for it. Most of them were shooting death glares at the students sat at the other tables (all of which were laughing at them.)

The funniest sight however was at the staff table. Snivellus was yelling at Sirius. Above his head was a large sign in bright green, which clashed horribly with his bright Barbie pink coloured hair it read WATCH OUT SLIMY GIT ALERT!!! RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!!!

"I know it was you!" snape roared at Sirius "only you could do something like this!"

Sirius gave him a sarcastic smile and shook his head

"You haven't changed a bit Snivellus your still blaming me for everything, I though you knew better than to confront a marauder!" he told him

Before snape could even ponder what this meant Harry had hit him on the back with a spell.

Snapes hair began to grow. It kept growing until it reached waist length.

Snape turned to the audience of students (1/4 of which with bright pink hair and the other ¾ laughing uncontrollably) to see who had hit him with the spell. He whipped back round to face Sirius again, grabbed the front of Sirius's robes, and pointed his wand at Sirius's face.

"I know it was you!" he spat "admit it!"

"No thanks I don't want to admit anything to you!" Sirius said smartly

"You...!" snape hissed

At that precise moment Dumbledore burst into the hall and made his way up to the staff table.

"Severus I think you best put Sirius down now!" Dumbledore informed snape who let go of Sirius's robes reluctantly

"Lets all settle down and have some breakfast I'm sure, Severus that you can find the counter curse to this little prank and then you can change yourself and the slytherins back to normal!" Dumbledore smiled as he sat down in his chair. Sirius and the students followed suit but snape remained standing.

"I know it was him professor!" snape spat before he stormed out of the hall his waist length hair flowing out behind him and The bright green sigh still hovering over his head.

Harry turned to Sirius who winked at him. Harry turned his attention to his own stomach, which was rumbling loudly. He began to fill his plate with mounds of delicious looking food.

The rest of the day passed quickly. Harry had potions after lunch with the still pink haired slytherins and snape who was in a very bad mood. By the end of the lesson, Harry and the other Griffindors had lost more house points than they cared to count.

Harry met up with Sirius in the corridor outside griffindor common room later that night.

"Harry I was coming to find you!" he said cheerfully

"Why?" Harry asked.

"I'm supposed to tell you that instead of charms tomorrow you're to come to my office to have an extra lesson with Remus!" Sirius told Harry.

"Why?" Harry asked suspiciously

"You just do okay Remus will explain tomorrow!" Sirius grinned evilly "oh and be thinking of some more ideas for pranks tell Charlie too and we'll met up later in the week! I might even arrange for us to go to hogsmede but your technically not allowed to go there so I may have some trouble with Dumbledore on that count!"

"Okay I'll see you later I'm supposed to going to the library I need a book to help me with my Herbology homework! See ya!" Harry smiled as he made his way down towards the library.

"See ya!" Sirius called after him before making his way back to his office.

A/n Hope you all enjoyed it! Please review! Sorry this has taken so long too! I try to always update at least once a week! This would have been up a couple of days ago but I had to do some poetry coursework for my GCSE's. (Which I don't even take until next year honestly!) And yesterday I was stuck taking money on the door at a postcard fair! I was so pissed of but then I earnt £17.50!

If any of you have any ideas for pranks, I'd be soooo grateful if you could put them in a review! I will give credit where necessary!

Next chapter: flying lessons and wandless magic!