A/N: This isn't my characters but it is my work.

Chapter 27- Training in many ways

In their first lesson with Kim, Harry and Hermione learned about using martial arts while fighting an opponent. Kim spent their first lesson showing them the different blocking techniques available as well as different types of punches and kicks they could use. Kim also showed Hermione a low-blow tactic to use on men. After Kim's lesson, Harry and Hermione made their way to the Great Hall and were the first people there for lunch. Soon, Ron, Lavender and the rest of their fellow Gryffindor sixth years joined them.

"Harry, we heard you and Hermione are taking different classes?" Seamus asked.

"The professors told you?" Hermione asked.

"Well, yeah and the way some of them said it gave me and Dean the impression that you two were busy doing non-school related topics," Seamus said, laughing with Dean and Ron.

Hermione glared angrily at them. "We are doing some important stuff related to fighting Voldemort," she said.

Ron and Ginny leaned over to speak with them. "So what exactly are you doing?" Ron asked.

"We're learning about several different topics including martial arts, Occulumency and more," Harry replied.

"Is it related to defeating You-Know-Who?" Ron asked.

Hermione rolled her eyes and sighed. "What do you think Ron?" she asked.

Ron nodded then turned to the two huge sandwiches in front of him. One of his sandwiches was turkey and the other was roast beef. Ron used both of his hands to hold up the sandwiches and took a bite off one and turned to the other and took a bite. Hermione, Ginny, Lavender and Parvati looked on in disgust as Ron started to chew with his mouth open.

"Ron, you are so disgusting," Ginny said, turning to Randy Williams, her boyfriend.

"Seriously Ron, chew with your mouth closed," Parvati said, turning away to her boyfriend Seamus.

"Wutizs os dizgestin bout tha way I eat?" Ron asked, his mouth completely filled with turkey, roast beef, bread, lettuce and tomatoes.

Harry thought it was amazing Ron had managed to speak even with his mouth so full of food. He took a bite of his roast beef sandwich then looked at the reactions of Hermione, Ginny, Lavender and Parvati as well as Melissa and other Gryffindor girls. All of them looked at Ron disgustingly and some looked like they were sick.

"RON WEASLEY! DON'T TALK WITH YOUR MOUTH FULL!" Ginny yelled, causing half of the Great Hall to watch the Gryffindors.

Ron swallowed all his food then looked up. "I'm sorry everybody," Ron said.

"Please don't do this again," Lavender said, looking at him pleadingly.

Ron looked at Harry. 'Help me out mate!' Ron whispered to him. Harry cleared his throat loudly to get attention and then spoke. "Well, I'm sure this is a phase Ron is going through. Hopefully he will stop in a few years or less so he will be more attractive to the ladies," Harry said, causing Ron to grin at him and Lavender to blush.

"I think I like Ron the way he is now," Lavender said, snuggling up to Ron.

After finishing lunch, Harry and Hermione waited for the Great Hall to clear before they went back to the classroom. They spent the rest of the day learning about defensive techniques in dueling with Polonus and tried mind-relaxing techniques with Conner. Finally they were done with lessons for the day and they went back to Gryffindor tower to relax before going down to dinner.

"Harry, you have a Quidditch practice tonight?" Hermione asked.

"Yeah, Hermione. We're playing Slytherin in a few days," Harry replied.

"Well I'm going to shower now," Hermione said.

"I'm going to shower after practice tonight," Harry said.

Later on that night, Harry and Hermione were eating in the Great Hall. Harry and Ron had scheduled practice to be one hour after dinner so that food could be digested and the risk of a stomachache would decrease. It also allowed members to have some private time before practice started. Finally Harry, Ron and the other members of the Quidditch team went downstairs to the pitch. Hermione and Lavender also went along, claiming they wanted to see their boyfriends fly.

In the locker room, Harry and Ron had changed into their robes and were waiting for everybody else to finish changing. Once everybody was done, Ron and Harry went up in front of everybody. Ron took a deep breath and went in front of everybody to speak.

"Ladies and gentlemen, on this fine team, we are going to face a tough emotional and physical challenge this Saturday when we play the Slytherin Quidditch team. The Slytherins have lost their captain and emotional leader Draco Malfoy. Slytherin is also our biggest rival and physically, they are huge compared to us. However, we have more talent, more heart and most importantly, more desire. Just remember to follow those formations we have been practicing and I promise you we will be victorious this Saturday. Ladies and gentlemen, I give you my word I will give it my all as keeper on Saturday. Just look around and make a promise to each other that you will win this Saturday," Ron said, letting Harry speak.

"Well, all of you heard Ron's speech. Just remember the Slytherins want to knock us off our perch but we are going to fight them until the very end. So what if the Slytherins are bigger than us? Like Ron said, we have superior talent and heart. They have nothing on us. So tonight, we are just going to go over some flying formations in preparation for our game," Harry said.

For the next one and a half hours, the Gryffindor Quidditch team practiced four different formations but they mostly focused on a formation Ron had thought of over the break. Ron called it the spread attack formation, which was designed to utilize the chaser's excellent passing abilities and speed. In this formation, Ginny would fly in the middle with Victoria Wells below her and Sandy Harris behind Ginny. When they got closer to the posts, Victoria Wells would fly off to the right and Sandy Harris would go left. Ginny would go straight and either shoot or pass to Victoria or Sandy at the last minute. When they were done, everybody went to the locker room to change.

Harry went to take a shower once he got back into the locker room. After taking a refreshing shower, he went outside, where Hermione was waiting. Once he stepped out, she hugged him and grabbed his hand. Holding hands, they slowly went back to Gryffindor tower where they sat on an armchair by the fireplace and started to kiss. They were soon interrupted by an embarrassed cough. They separated, looked up and saw Melissa standing near them.

"Um sorry to interrupt you two," Melissa said, blushing.

"Don't worry about it Melissa. What do you need?" Harry asked.

"Well, I was thinking about the OWLs and I was wondering if the two of you could help me prepare for my OWLs," Melissa said.

Harry looked at Hermione and smiled. "Well, I'm pretty sure Miss Granger can help come up with a study schedule for you that will help you prepare," he said.

"Oh and what is that supposed to mean?" Hermione said, punching his arm lightly.

"No, what I meant was can I ask you about stuff I don't understand?" Melissa asked.

"Melissa, you should understand me and Hermione are some of the brightest students here at Hogwarts and we wouldn't mind helping you out," Harry said.

"Wow, you two are the greatest," Melissa squealed, hugging them both.

"Is there anything else we can do?" Harry asked.

"Well, I don't really want to bother you Harry," Melissa said.

"Don't worry about it. What do you need?" Harry asked.

"Um, some boys have been trying to date me but I rejected all of them. I was wondering if you could sort of protect me in a way like an older brother," she said.

"Do I get to approve who goes out with you and all that?" Harry asked.

"Of course not Harry. I think a Gryffindor in my year may ask me out, Colin Creevey," she said.

"Colin's a muggle-born wizard who's into photography," Harry said.

"Wow, that is cool. I'm into photography too," Melissa said.

"There is a Hogsmeade weekend at the end of this week," Harry said.

"Harry James Potter, what are you trying to do?" Hermione asked.

"I'm trying to be matchmaker here and get Colin and Melissa together," Harry said.

"Oh, that's so nice of you Harry," Melissa said, hugging him.

Harry looked at his watch and saw it was almost eleven. "Well, I'm off to bed and you should try to sleep too Melissa," Harry said, stifling a yawn.

"Thanks for everything Harry and Hermione," Melissa said, going to the girl's dormitories.

"Harry, I think I'll sleep in my dorms," Hermione said.

"Good night Herm," Harry said, kissing her.

"Good night Harry," she said, going up to her dorm.

Harry went upstairs to his bed and changed into his pajamas. He then fell asleep on his bed.

Harry had another vision where he was in Voldemort's body. Voldemort was walking through a big old fashioned house and stopped in front of a big room. Harry/Voldemort then entered the door where a dozen or so Death Eaters were waiting. Upon Harry/Voldemort's arrival, all of the Death Eaters immediately went on their knees and bowed.

"My loyal Death Eaters, I have an attack planned," Voldemort said.

"What type of plan is it my lord?" a Death Eater asked.

"This Sunday is a Hogsmeade weekend for those brats at Hogwarts. We shall attack then and overwhelm them with our advantage in numbers. Leave no one alive. Kill all men, women, children and animals that get in your way. This shall become a severe blow to the world. We will also try to use Potter's mudblood girlfriend as leverage to get to Potter," Voldemort said.

The Death Eaters murmured excitedly among each other upon hearing the news. Harry/Voldemort watched them and grinned evilly. Harry/Voldemort then started to laugh evilly as the other Death Eaters joined in and started to laugh too.

Harry woke up with a start as he felt his scar burning. He recalled the details of his latest dream/vision and jotted it down on a piece of parchment. Looking at his watch, Harry saw it was only four AM in the morning. After making several failed attempts to fall asleep again, Harry simply got up, took a shower, brushed his teeth and went down to the common room with the book on Quidditch Hermione had given to him for Christmas. Harry was reading when he heard a commotion from the boys dormitories. Looking up, Harry saw Colin Creevey walk down the stairs.

"Can't sleep Colin?" Harry asked.

Colin jumped a little when he heard Harry's voice. "Harry! I didn't know you were up so early," he said.

"What brings you here at this time?" Harry asked.

"I was too busy thinking about some stuff," Colin said.

"Really? What were you thinking about?" Harry asked.

"Um, I was thinking about Melissa because I think I love her," Colin whispered.

"So why don't you take her to Hogsmeade this weekend?" Harry asked.

"That's the thing. I'm not exactly the best looking person in the school and I don't really have any other hobbies other than photography. I don't even know if she likes me or not and I fear getting rejected."

"Colin, mate, you're in Gryffindor. Obviously, you have some courage otherwise you'd be in one of the other houses. Besides, you don't know if she's into photography too. Go for it mate. Ask her out sometime before this weekend."

Colin listened to what Harry had to say intently. "Wow, thanks Harry," he said, going back to his bed.

Harry watched Colin go up the stairs to the dormitories before he continued to read his book. Almost half an hour later, Harry heard a noise behind him. Before the other person could say a word, Harry had risen from his seat and had his wand pointed at the person, which turned out to be Felipe St. Felix.

"Mr. Potter, how are you this morning?" Felipe asked.

"Do you always try to sneak up on people?" Harry asked.

"I only do that to test my new students and you have passed with flying colors," Felipe said, smiling.

"Is this when I'm going to learn how to use a sword?" Harry asked.

"I'm afraid so Mr. Potter. Now please follow me," Felipe said, taking Harry to a large unused classroom. "Now Mr. Potter, you are going to learn how to use a sword in defense and use it to attack occasionally. Please get into the stance I show you," Felipe said, going into a stance with his feet shoulder length apart, knees slightly bent and hands in front.

"Is this a defensive stance?" Harry asked.

"Yes it is Mr. Potter. Now remember your eyes deceive you and you should trust your feelings," Felipe said.

For the rest of the period, Felipe showed Harry how to move around in that stance and taught Harry some basic thrusts with a sword. Harry also practiced with a stick Felipe gave to him for a few minutes. When they were done, Felipe dismissed Harry and told him they would continue again tomorrow.

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