A/N: I don't own this

Chapter 26- A Change in Classes

Crabbe and Goyle looked extremely angry. "You are a murderer Harry Potter. You killed Draco Malfoy and now you have to deal with us. Slytherins stick together and you're going to find out the hard way," Goyle said.

"Bullshit. Malfoy wanted to become a Death Eater and he was killed by another Death Eater. Furthermore, you two shouldn't even be here because I remember you two also wanted to be Death Eaters," Harry said.

Crabbe and Goyle looked at Harry angrily. They began to walk away but they quickly turned around and ran towards Harry.

Harry saw Crabbe and Goyle running toward him and he quickly got into a fighting stance. Harry saw spells come from other students but for some reason, the spells appeared to bounce off Crabbe and Goyle, doing no real damage to them. Crabbe reached out to grab Harry but Harry ducked and punched Crabbe in the stomach. Crabbe doubled over and Randy Williams came in to punch Crabbe in the face. Crabbe slumped over and Goyle punched Harry on the jaw. Harry stammered backwards as Hermione yelled and gave Goyle a low-blow. Goyle gasped and Harry punched him on the jaw. It seemed to have no effect on Goyle so Ron and Randy Williams both punched Goyle and knocked him out.

Hermione ran up to Harry with a concerned look on her face. "Are you okay Harry?" she asked, placing a hand on the spot where Goyle punched him.

"Don't worry about it Hermione. I'm fine," Harry said.

"Well mudblood, you better watch out for your precious Saint Potter after the Quidditch game. Me and Goyle are going to make it a game nobody can forget," Crabbe said, getting up.

Harry saw a look of fury on Hermione's face that she had only given to Draco Malfoy. She went over and kicked Crabbe in the face then pulled out her wand. "I'm going to hex you into next week!" she shouted as Harry tried to restrain her.

"Hermione, calm down. Ignore these two scumbags," he whispered into her ear.

"Yeah that's right all you fucking idiots," Crabbe said.

Harry suddenly heard people send a stunner spell at Crabbe and Goyle. "STUPEFY!" several voices called at once. After all the spells had hit them, Crabbe and Goyle resembled giant worms in robes. Along with the help of several other students, Harry lifted them onto luggage racks then went back into the compartment with Hermione, Ron, Ginny, Randy Williams and Lavender.

"Harry, I was so worried about you back there," Hermione whispered, kissing him.

"Mmm, its nice to know someone cares about me," Harry replied, returning her kiss.

They were soon interrupted by several coughs. Looking up, they saw a grinning Ginny and Lavender, a confused Ron and a smirking Randy Williams. Hermione snuggled closer to Harry and hugged him tightly. Harry placed his arms around her and returned her hug.

"Hermione, me and Dean Thomas got Harry's back on the Quidditch field," Randy Williams said.

"Hermione, Harry is an excellent flyer. You don't need to worry about him," Ron said.

"Yeah but still, I'm worried about Harry every time he plays Quidditch," Hermione said.

Harry pulled Hermione closer and kissed her. "Hermione, I can take care of myself," he said.

The witch selling snacks came by at that moment and Harry purchased each type of candy and shared it with everyone in the compartment. After talking a little more about their holidays, especially Harry's gifts, which everybody liked, they were almost at Hogsmeade. Everybody changed into their robes and boarded carriages which were nearby. After a short trip, they were in Hogwarts just in time for dinner.

"Mmm, perfect timing. I'm hungry," Ron said, causing Ginny, Hermione and Lavender to give him dirty looks.

"Ron, is all you think about food?" Lavender asked.

"Surprisingly, the answer is no. I'm busy thinking about a beautiful witch in love with me," he said.

"Oh Ron, that's so sweet," Lavender said, kissing him.

Everybody sat down and ate a delicious meal of turkey, mashed potatoes, corn and several other delicious courses. That was followed with desserts such as apple pie, Yorkshire pudding and more. After all the students seemingly overate, Professor Dumbledore stood up.

"Welcome back students who left for the Christmas holidays. As many of you are aware, the wizarding world faces a terrible danger today in the form of Lord Voldemort. After careful deliberation with my fellow professors, we have decided to allow Hogsmeade visits again," Dumbledore said before being interrupted by cheers. "However, there will be heavy security all over. On a more tragic note, our Potions master, Professor Snape has been killed by agents of Voldemort. He will be replaced by Miss Ellen Weiss, from the Swiss Ministry of Magic," Dumbledore said, dismissing all students after a round of polite applause for the new Potions teacher.

Harry was on his way to Gryffindor tower when Fawkes dropped a message over his shoulder. Harry unfolded the piece of parchment, which was from Dumbledore.

Harry,

Please meet me in my office after dinner. The password is gobstoppers. You may bring Miss Granger along if you like.

Professor Dumbledore

Along with Hermione, Harry went to Dumbledore's office where Dumbledore was waiting with three men and two women. Dumbledore looked up and smiled when Harry entered the room.

"Ah, Mr. Potter, Miss Granger, you have arrived," he said.

"You wanted to see us Professor?" Harry asked.

"Yes I did Mr. Potter and Miss Granger. I spoke with Madam Marchbanks and she agreed to let you two skip your NEWTs due to the extraordinary circumstances surrounding you and your intelligence. As a result, the two of you will be removed from all your regular classes. I have been able to contact five people who are the best at what they do to train the two of you," Dumbledore said.

"Excuse me Professor, what exactly are we going to be trained in?" Hermione asked.

"I guess it's time for the two of you to meet your trainers. Mr. Potter, Miss Granger, this is Byun Ho Kim, an expert on martial arts and hand to hand combat" Dumbledore said, gesturing to a somewhat muscular Asian man.

"It's a pleasure to meet you," Kim said, shaking hands with both Harry and Hermione.

"This is Felipe St. Felix, master swordsman who will be teaching Harry how to use a sword in battle," Dumbledore said, gesturing to a man with a cloak who shook hands with Harry. "This is Robert Polonus, who will teach you how to fight duels," Dumbledore said, gesturing to a somewhat skinny man.

"Nice to meet the two of you," Polonus said, shaking hands with them.

"This is Rose Conner, who will be teaching the two of you Occulumency skills," Dumbledore said, gesturing to a woman with gray hair.

"It's nice to meet you two," she said, shaking hands with them.

"Finally this is Sarah Aberdeen, who will teach you some spells and curses that you will not learn in class," Dumbledore said, gesturing to a young blonde haired witch.

"It's my pleasure," she said, shaking hands with them.

"Tomorrow the two of you will start your training after breakfast. I will let your instructors figure out a schedule and you shall follow it. If you have no questions, I believe Professor McGonagall would like to see the two of you," Dumbledore said.

"Will I be able to continue Quidditch?" Harry asked Dumbledore.

"Of course you can," Dumbledore replied.

Harry and Hermione said goodbye to everybody in the room then went to visit Professor McGonagall's office. Since they held hands and walked slowly, they did not make it to Professor McGonagall's office until almost ten minutes later. Harry knocked on the door and he heard Professor McGonagall tell him to come in.

"You wanted to see us Professor?" Harry asked.

"Yes I did. Mr. Potter and Miss Granger, please sit," Professor McGonagall said, pointing at some chairs around her desk.

Harry and Hermione sat down on the chairs and looked up expectedly at Professor McGonagall who took out some sheets of parchment and placed them on her desk. Professor McGonagall then coughed slightly then spoke again.

"Professor Dumbledore believes the two of you should learn how to be an animagus. Therefore I would like to know what type of animal you would like to transform into," Professor McGonagall said.

"I would like to be a cat," Hermione said.

"I would like to be an stag," Harry said.

"Very well then. I shall try to get one of those animals so you can practice. I want to see the two of you in my room tomorrow after dinner. Are we clear?" Professor McGonagall asked.

"Yes Professor," Harry and Hermione said.

"Very well then. The two of you are dismissed to do whatever you want," Professor McGonagall said with the hint of a smile on her face.

Harry and Hermione went back to Gryffindor tower which was somewhat empty because some of the younger students had already gone to bed. Harry and Hermione took seats by the fireplace and started to kiss each other passionately. They stopped around eleven and went back to Harry's bed to sleep.

"Harry, you know what to do," Hermione whispered, taking off her clothes.

Harry and Hermione made love that night and both of them woke up with smiles on their face the next morning. Both of them took showers and brushed their teeth before going down to the Great Hall for breakfast. They went down and ate a delicious breakfast of bacon, toast and waffles. After eating, they went up to the staff table where Dumbledore was waiting for them.

"Mr. Potter, Miss Granger if you would just follow me," Dumbledore said, leading them to an empty classroom where Sarah Aberdeen was waiting for them. "You will begin with Miss Aberdeen then continue with Mr. Kim in this room after an hour and a half. You will then have a lunch break and continue Mr. Polonus here and finish with Madam Conner. Harry will also train with Mr. St. Felix in the early mornings and you are excused Hermione," Dumbledore said.

"Very well then. Do you two have any questions?" Sarah Aberdeen asked. Harry and Hermione shook their heads, Dumbledore left and Sarah Aberdeen started to speak again. "I do not consider myself your teacher or professor so there will be no formalities like Professor Aberdeen or Miss Aberdeen or Ma'am. Please call me Sarah," she said as Harry and Hermione nodded. "Very well then. We shall begin with a demonstration from the two of you."

For the next fifteen minutes or so, Harry and Hermione used curses and spells they had learned in class or learned elsewhere. They used stunners, reductor curses, impedimenta jinxes and more before Sarah told them to stop.

"That was good. I see you are pretty advanced and you just need that final push to get over the top," Sarah said, giving them a smile. "Now, what I am going to show you now is called the Flameburst spell. To use this spell, hold your wands outstretched and say the words 'FLAMEIUS.' Now let's just practice without wands," Sarah said.

Harry and Hermione acted like they were holding their wands in their hands. "FLAMEIUS!" they shouted simultaneously. A little spark flew out from Harry's hand and hit the wall opposite him, causing Sarah to gasp in surprise.

"You can do wandless magic?" she asked.

"Um, yeah I did it once against Moody and it surprised him," Harry said.

"Well that is something I have to tell Dumbledore. Now try with your wands," Sarah said, waving her wand to create a set of targets for them to use.

Harry and Hermione tried to use the spell but found they were unsuccessful. After Harry and Hermione's third try, Sarah came over to help them. She adjusted the way they held their wands and whispered advice to them. On his first attempt after Sarah helped him, Harry was able to successfully cast the spell. Hermione took a little longer but she was successful on her third attempt.

"Wow, the two of you mastered this spell faster than I did. I didn't think you would have mastered this by the end of the first lesson but you proved me wrong," Sarah said, smiling. "Now we're going to continue with spells that are moderately difficult. The next spell I want to show you is the thunderbolt spell. To use this spell, point your wand at the sky so that the angle made by your arm and chest is 135 degrees. To use this spell, say 'THUNDERUS'," Sarah said, demonstrating the proper form. "Now try to do it without a wand," Sarah said.

Harry and Hermione were able to master this spell more quickly and Sarah was able to show them another spell, the illusion spell, which was where a user made it appear to their opponent that there were two versions of them. Harry and Hermione had difficulty in mastering this spell and Sarah told them that they would practice next week. She left and Byun Ho Kim entered the room.

"Good morning Harry Potter, Miss Hermione Granger," Kim said, bowing to them. "I am going to teach you how to fight with martial arts and stuff. Let's begin," he said.

A/N: To all the Draco fans who wished I kept Draco alive longer, please forgive me. Everyone else, you know what to do.