Time Gone Bye Chapter 5
By Imaginaryfriend101
Disclaimer: Does anybody actually read these anymore, well if they do this is just to let you know Harry Potter and the Wizarding world belong to JK Rowling I only own a small share of that universe and any money that I do make on this fic is being donated to poor students who wish to see the world... Namely my Holiday Fund... Just kidding (
Seeing as I don't have Internet access at home and can only get on the Internet is a for a few minutes between lectures, so I cant reply to all the reviews that I got so I'm just gonna to say thank you to everybody that review, its really given me the kick up the backside that I need to write this part. Also that's to everybody that pointed out the difference between ratings, I always thought R was a higher rating than NC17 ah well I think this is going to stay at PG13 so doesn't really matter anyway.
"Blah" Speech //Blah// Thoughts
Oh yeah I thinks that's about it sooooo it on with the show....
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Xander walked in a daze towards Potions and Snape, his mind kept repeating the same line over and over again 'The Magi Pledge, the only known way the Pledgee is released from the oath is either by the Pledger or at a specific time in the specified in the pledge' Alan walked ahead of him wisely keeping silent but casting concerned looks over his shoulder in the direction of his new friend.
Finally, after descending many staircases, they reached their destination and quickly found a seat.
"Look just so you know, the potions professor is really... strict, doesn't really do him justice sometimes, but if you follow the rules and only speak when spoken to then you should be okay" Alan warned as they both sat down
Xander nodded distractedly as he glanced around the room at everyone, the words he just read at lunch still bouncing around his head. Just then the doors slammed open and Snape made his usual dramatic entrance with his cloak billowing around him, he strode up to his desk and dumped the papers he was holding in his arms onto his desk. He surveyed the now silent room with a cool calculated gaze before he spoke.
"So..." He drawled "This is the cream of the crop, the best potions makers in all of Hogwarts, well it isn't like you had any real competition"
"In this class there are some of you who understand the subtle joy of creating a perfect potion" his voice took a slightly menacing tone "the rest of you are just here to get the NEWT in potions for your chosen career"
"Now let see how much you remember from the last year" He swept his wand towards the board and writing appeared "On the board are ingredients for a bone-mending potion, you may begin" he paused for a second as everyone rose to gather their ingredients "Know this if I find anybody not giving their potion the proper care and attention it need they will walk out of that door never to return" He let this little bit of knowledge sink in before he barked "Well what are you waiting for...?". Everyone quickly got to work creating the potion.
Xander looked at his potion then looked at the person next to him, his was lumpier. He felt someone watching him and looked up to see Snape not five feet away, Xander picked up some powdered chizpurfle and added two pinches worth. The potion turned green, he looked across and saw that the person next to him potion had turned Navy Blue.
"Perhaps our new student does not understand what I mean by 'proper care and attention'" Snape said from were he was now stood directly in front of Xander in a condensing tone of voice.
Xander couldn't help it, with everything that had just happened, the prophecy, time travel, the oath, he just snapped "Maybe I'll be able to concentrate better if someone wasn't looking over my shoulder all the time"
The class room stopped, you could hear a pin drop as Snape ground out "Must I remind you Mr. Jackson, I am your teacher, I insist that you give me the respect I deserve, and let me teach in the manner I see fit"
//Oh well... in for a Knut, in for a Galleon// "Respect cannot be given Mr. Snape, it must be earned"
//Oh Merlin I'm in trouble Snape's left eyebrow is twitching just like Uncle Vernon does whenever someone says the M-word//
"Get out" Was all Snape got out from his clenched teeth
"Fine" said Xander as he stood up knowing that he might have pushed Snape too far, he collected his things and stormed out. //Now what// he thought to himself, he heard through the door Snape regain control of his class as he started to walk away //I could go back to the common room but I've got too much energy...so Mr Punchy it is//
Xander stepped into the Room of Requirement and looked around the room, it was just how he liked it, empty except for him and Mr. Punchy the punching bag. He remembered the first time he had met Mr Punchy, it was at the Dursley's, Uncle Vernon had set up a punching bag for Dudley to train on the side of the house. Harry had been kicked out of the house and just swung a fist at the bag, he quickly remade a fist, this time with his thumb outside of his fist, and swung again, and again, and again.
He pictured in his mind everyone who had ever caused him pain, Uncle Vernon, Dudley, Snape, Voldemort, Draco, Bellatrix, The faces of the people who had made his life a living hell flashed through his head as he punched away at the bag letting all his rage and pain out for the first time in years.
By the time he had finished his knuckles had split and the bag had bloodstains on it.
From that day on Harry and Mr Punchy became firm friends.
Xander swung a quick one two combo at the bag, he instantly lost himself in the motion, sending punches at the bag and venting his anger over everything that had happened in the past months.
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It was over an hour later when potions had finished so he had worked up quite a sweat as he made it to his next class, Defence, and slid into an empty seat near the back of the class watching the other students walk into the room not thinking twice about why Moody wasn't in the classroom yet. Xander had his wand in his hand under the desk ready for anything
"You do know that you are now on Snape's bad side don't you" Alan asked from his right
Xander just shrugged as he looked around the room for Moody //can't be any worse than he treated Harry... I mean me, me, I'm Harry Potter//
Alan just shook his head and laughed thinking that his new friend had gotten himself into more trouble than he could handle, he noticed that Xander kept looking around for something "What are you looking for?" he asked
//There no gleam off a Disillusion charm and nothing big enough to be an illusion to hide behind unless there's a hole in the wall// Xander thought, "I'm sorry can you repeat that, I wasn't listening"
//So that means it either an invisibility spell or cloak//
"I said why are you looking around like that, afraid that the teacher might come out and curse you" Alan asked with a hint of humour in his voice.
//Moody can't cast the invisibility charm, but he's younger now, in his prime// "This is a teacher who's favourite motto is 'Constant Vigilance"
He heard a soft chuckle behind and to the left of him //There!//
He spun around in his chair and shouted "Smogus" a thick grey fog erupted from his wand and lay two feet off the floor and four feet in front of him. It covered everything expect a small space of floor.
Xander quickly jumped forwards to avoid a bright yellow spell heading towards him and crashed into the girl sitting next to him. She grabbed onto him with a vice like grip as he knocked her off balance and she dragged him to the floor. He lay on top of her dazed for a few precious seconds before he tried to get up but by then it was too late as conjured ropes tied them together on the floor.
"Well done Mr. Jackson, twenty point to Ravenclaw" Said the empty space of fog "Finite Incartum" Professor said as he removed an invisibility clock "I have to say I'm impressed, the Seventh years didn't notice I was there for half an hour"
Xander quickly got up and offered his hand to the girl he had knocked over "I'm sorry about that" he said blushing from Moody compliment, the stares of the class, and the position he was just in, As Moody walked to the front of the class.
"No problem Blue" The girl said as she took his hand "just remember I'm not into the kinky stuff"
//Oh god, did I just jump... Tonks?// he thought as he pulled her upright
As she stood next to him she whispered so only he could hear "Well not on a first date anyway"
Xander redoubled his efforts to impersonate a Tomato as they both sat down.
"CONSTANT VIGILANCE!" shouted the Professor to the now quiet room, "Is one of the most important things to a good Defence. In this class you will learn that Defence against the Dark Arts is not just a class to earn a passing grade in, it is a way of life for the well prepared Witch and Wizard"
"Now I feel that the best way to judge your abilities in this class is to have a friendly duel, so..." His scarred face twisted into a smile that wasn't reassuring "Everybody line up and I'll see how long you can last"
Xander leaned against the wall, trying to get his face to return to its original colour, as he watched the duels. Most of the duels were average at best, most of the duellists had no flair or style and were just throwing random curses trying to get underneath Moody's defences, but there were a few noticeable duels.
There was one Wizard with short dark red hair and a stocky build who created a shield charm and rapidly fired curses at his opponent using a strong offence, unfortunately he stayed still most of the time and his shield charm wasn't that strong so one well aimed curse and he was out.
Then there was a small witch with long dirty blonde willowy build, she looked like a strong breeze would knock her over, but as they say looks can be deceiving. She started slow with a few probing attacks, and after a few minutes of dodging mild curses she stepped it up a notch using a combination of curses and spells that came very close to overwhelm Moody, but he disarmed her a few minutes later.
"Very Good Miss Avery, and a good demonstration of one of the most important rules of Duelling, NEVER UNDERESTIMATE YOUR OPPONENT!" his eyes flicked over to Xander as he bellowed the last part
The next surprise was the girl who Xander thought was Tonks, she fired curses randomly but was moving erratically so that no one could hit her, unluckily she tripped over her own feet after a few minutes and Moody showed no mercy at her mistake.
"Do you think that a dark wizard would allow you to get up and start again, well do you?" Moody half shouted at the class, when no one answered he added "Good duel bit unlucky with the footwork but it'll come in time"
Xander, seeing he was next, stood up ready for another go against Moody but he just said "Wait your turn Mr Jackson, it's Mr McCormick turn now"
Xander leaned back as he watched the duel take place in front of him, they both stood in the en-guard position for a few minute until Moody got tried of it and sent a quick curse to get things started which Alan avoided easily //Alan for one could be quite good// he thought to himself. //he seems to know precisely when to dodge, must be the whole Gut-instinct that he told me about// The duel lasted the longest but it was also the least action packed as both duellists used a Defensive style. But in the end Moody won again.
There were several more Duels' until finally everybody had duelled, except for Xander. "Well done everyone, now we have only one duel left, could Mr. Jackson please step forward?"
Xander walked to the line on the floor, aware that all the students were paying attention if they weren't before, and settled into a duelling stance opposite Moody.
"Sorry lad, I'm a bit tried after all those duels" He sighed dramatically, "Oh well, do any of you want to challenge Mr Jackson then?" he asked the class, and practically before the word had finished leaving his mouth than the willowy girl stepped forwards "Yes Miss Avery, please step on the line over there and I'll begin the duel"
She nodded and began to move forwards when a voice shouted out "This should be quick"
"Shut up Fishy I could beat him, and you any day!"
"Mr. Fisher, if you think you can do better then you can Duel the winner, is that fine with you two" The two combatants nodded and got ready.
"Okay after three, one, two, three"
The duel began quickly with Avery sending a few quick fire curses at him, he dodged each one as he moved, slowly but surely, to one side of the room
As she cast a quick leg locker curse, Xander dodged to the side, and seeing he was in position he flicked his wand to summon something to him. The blackboard rubber flew from behind Avery and hit her hard on the left shoulder, she half turned as she gave a cry of surprise which was all Xander needed.
Within seconds she was on the floor in the full body bind and her wand in Xander's hand. "Well done Mr Jackson, well thought out"
"But Sir, that cheating" said a voice form the crowd and as Xander turned to look at them he noticed varying degrees of shock on many faces.
"And when does I say that you cannot use the environment around you to your advantage, Miss Levison?"
"I thought,... erm..."
"In a informal Duel you may do anything you wish that isn't specified beforehand"
"Including the Unforgivable?" asked someone in a voice barely above a whisper
"Course you can" A few students shrank back at this "If you don't mind spending the rest of your life in Azakaban" he said with a broad smile. There were a few nervous titters from the crowd at his 'joke' "Right then Fisher, your up"
The boy named Fisher, who was a Gryffindor from the colour of the trimming of his robes, came and stood opposite Xander, they both bowed.
"Right again on three, one two... three"
Fisher swept his wand in front of him as he cried "Protégé Staffus" creating a strong shield which Xanders jellylegs jinx harmlessly bounced off. He shot off a few more curses and jinxes but they were all bounced off the shield. Xander paused trying to remember the properties of the shield spell that Fisher had used, he couldn't fire spell's at him but all of Xander's spell were bouncing harmless off an invisible wall infront of Fisher.
//Wait a minute... The wall shield totally protects the wizard from all side from spell's but the caster couldn't fire spells out of the wall, the only way for it to be taken down was either by the caster or...//
Xander gave a truly evil smile, he had been wanted to do this since Tonks [Old Tonks] had done it in a duel against him.
He quickly cast a spell and the room was plunged into darkness making it impossible to see the hand in front of your face, nevermind your opponent. He jumped into the air and silently cast the Levitation spell on him self so he floated to the ceiling which he smashed into with a thump. He bit back a holler and cast a sticking charm onto himself.
He noticed that the darkness was taken shape as he moved his wand in a complicated pattern that Tonks had shown him, signifying that the Darkness spell was ending, and tapped himself on the head twice creating a feeling like a raw egg running down his face, he saw Fisher looking around for him, and suddenly he looked up right at Xander just as he felt the raw egg feeling at his feet. Xander breathed out a sigh of relief as Fisher turned away.
"The chicken ran away" Fisher said to the class
"I'm sorry to disappoint you Mr. Fisher, but the classroom is sealed, no one can leave or enter without me knowing"
Fisher seemed to slump for a second, then he straightened and cast the spell that Xander had cast at the beginning of the Lesson "Smogus" sending a blanket of fog in front of him that lay on the floor, Xander gave a small smile // he's a quick learner but it wont catch me up here//
Fisher started moving forwards a bit, contentiously shouting "Smogus" covering the floor in fog. //Just a little bit further... a bit more//
He felt a tingle as the boundary of Fisher's shield spell past over him //just a bit more... there// "STUEPFY!"
Fisher fell to the floor stunned.
"Well done Mr. Jackson, 'Finite Incartum'" The spells he had cast on himself were washed away and Xander fell to the floor with an 'Oomph'
"Excellent use of strategy and planning, another twenty point for Ravenclaw, ten for each duel. Your Homework for next week is to give the advantages and Disadvantages of at least seven spells you used in your duel. Dismissed"
As everyone left through the door casting glances back at Xander every so often Alan helped him to his feet and led him through the door.
"So..." Alan drew out "What do you have next?"
"Nevermind that" a voice asked from in front of them "were did ya learn to duel like that Blue?"
Xander sighed "I've got healing next which is just as well cause I think I sprained my wrist when I landed" he paused and looked at Tonks "And I learnt that stuff from books mostly, and a lot of practise"
"Ohhh... so you weren't trained from birth as the Ministry's secret weapon"
Xander blinked as he looked at Tonks "Er... No...sorry, that not me"
Tonks opened her mouth to say something, but before anything could come out Alan dragged him away towards Healing.
"You know I'm really starting to hate you" he said in a joking manner as they walked along
"What? Why?"
"Well first you're a new student with the air of mystery around him, then you save Tonks after breakfast, Believe me that tale been spread around Hogwarts fast. Then you shout at Snape, which almost every single student has been wanting to do for years"
"Yeah I'm sorry about that, I've got a bit of a temper you see, and he pushed my last nerve"
If Alan heard him he didn't show it "Then finally the Duel's in Defence... and the day isn't over yet and you're already set to be one of the most popular boys at Hogwarts"
Xander didn't know what to say "Sorry"
"Anyway, we're here, I've got Divination now so have fun get your arm looked at"
"yes mother" Xander said with an eyeroll
"And don't let the big kid push you around" he said with a large smile
"Scram"
"See ya"
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Xander walked into a very familiar room, the hospital wing, he gave a small grimace as the smell of disinfectant hit him //Why did I choose this class again?// he asked himself. He moved his arm slightly that sent a jolt of pain through it //ahh that's why//
He was interpreted from his musing by a voice "Hey Al....Xander right"
Xander spun round already used to his new alias and found himself face to chest with the Head boy Bill Weasley
"Hey Bill"
"How the first day so far... Heard you Snape already had a falling out"
He gave a small groan "You could say that, I...well with all the stress with the switching countries and well Snape was a good target, but other than that my day been as good as I could expect"
"That bad huh?"
"Yeah" he said with a chuckle, "Say Bill, Why are they so many Seventh years in this class"
"What...oh most of them took Egyptian Magic and Curses last year, myself including, it was really interesting, did you know that Egypt has the longest running History of Magic and some of the deadliest curses come from there"
"Sounds interesting //So this is were he got the Egypt bug from// but I never saw that option"
"Yeah well Professor Imhotep, who taught Defence, taught the Egyptian Magic and Curses class as well and he left to study some ancient ruin that have just been unearthed, leaving the Defence position open for Dumbledore's old friend Moody"
Xander was stopped from answering by Madam Pomfery starting her speech.
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Xander walked out of the lesson twisting his arm in the air, marvelling at the painless feeling, Madam Pomfery had diverge from her normal introduction to her class and onto how to heal mild sprains as they had a practical example to show the class. People rushed past him, as he slowly walked to dinner, but he paid no heed to them as he was lost in his own thoughts.
He was broken from his musings by a female voice "Xander wait up" he turn around and noticed and noticed Morganna walking towards him, "Hey, thought you might get a bit lost looking for the Great Hall, so as I'm Head Girl it's my duty to show you the way"
Xander just smiled and swung his arm in front of him "lead on"
"So how's your first day been?" she asked unconsciously echoing what her male counterpart had asked him at the beginning of the lesson
"Okay I guess, said things I shouldn't in Potions and got thrown out of class for it but other than that fine really, you?"
"Been uneventful compared to what I've heard of yours" she said with a small smile
"Don't believe all the rumours about me yet" he replied
They walked in silence for a few seconds until she said "I talked to Leonard, my little brother, at breakfast. He said how it was strange being in a different house than me and Aries and how everybody was a bit stand- offish with him, but who can blame them after what happened on the train"
"Yeah, I've tried to get Alex and Alice to at least talk to him before they judge him"
Morganna looked at him sharply when he said this, as if trying to deduce whether he was telling the truth, before continuing "Well I then went to talk to him at lunch today and it seems that someone talked to the first year Ravenclaw's and now their actually talking to him and trying to get to know him. He also mentioned how you tried to get him to join in the conversations at the welcoming feast"
"like I said I don't like to judge people before I get to know them"
they remained in silence until they reached the Great Hall archway when Morganna stopped him from entering by turning to him "Well, I just wanted to say thanks" she leaned down and kissed him on the cheek "Maybe I can buy you a butterbeer in the Three Broomsticks the next time it's a Hogmeade weekend" with that she turned around and walked to her table leaving Xander rubbing his cheek were she had kissed him.
"Yeah sure" he muttered before heading to the frantically waving Alan
"What was that?" Alan demanded as he sat down
"What was what?"
"The kiss"
"Oh... she was thanking me to get her brother settled into Ravenclaw"
"And all you got was a little kiss"
"Well... she said she'll buy me a butterbeer on the next Hogmeade weekend" he noticed Alan just staring at him "What?"
"You know... I'm really, really hate you" Alan said in the same joking manner as before
"What?!?!"
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Journal entry 3
Okay, well the first day has been interesting and that's an understatement, First I find out that unwittingly entered a contract that I can't break meaning that I can't tell anyone about what's going to happen... there must be some way around it...
Then Potions, were my luck holding true to form and I get on Snape's bad side within twenty minutes, and get thrown out. Defence was fun , but now everyone looks at me funny as if I'm going to whip out my wand and curse them (Oh..Oh... I'm getting Chamber of Secrets flashbacks) then healing which seems is going to be a very useful class, well for me anyway.
But it was what happened after Healing that really threw me, somehow, and I'm not really sure how, me and Morganna (The Head Girl) are going on a date on the next Hogmeade weekend. Trust me to get asked out and not realise it, Alan was laughing for ten full minutes when I told him I had no clue that she meant 'go out' go out for a drink.
Oh well, and its only the first day of School, only 2917 days left.
Ohhh........Smeg*
This is Harry Potter signing off
[Not Xander Jackson. Harry, Harry Potter the so called Boy-who-lived and the Teen-who-was-lost-in-time when someone finds out about this]
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* Okay I swear too mush usually so I'm going to do a Red Dwarf and whenever I think a character should swear I'll just write 'Smeg' which has no meaning expect the one you come up with in your dirty little mind
Don't worry I haven't forgotten this story it's just I'm sitting my exams for my 2nd year at Uni next week and I've been revising like crazy...sometimes...
Is all this Harry being called Xander getting confusing? Cause sometime I have to stop myself from writing a new character called Willow or Buffy...
So what do you think... good, bad somewhere inbetween?
Disclaimer: Does anybody actually read these anymore, well if they do this is just to let you know Harry Potter and the Wizarding world belong to JK Rowling I only own a small share of that universe and any money that I do make on this fic is being donated to poor students who wish to see the world... Namely my Holiday Fund... Just kidding (
Seeing as I don't have Internet access at home and can only get on the Internet is a for a few minutes between lectures, so I cant reply to all the reviews that I got so I'm just gonna to say thank you to everybody that review, its really given me the kick up the backside that I need to write this part. Also that's to everybody that pointed out the difference between ratings, I always thought R was a higher rating than NC17 ah well I think this is going to stay at PG13 so doesn't really matter anyway.
"Blah" Speech //Blah// Thoughts
Oh yeah I thinks that's about it sooooo it on with the show....
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Xander walked in a daze towards Potions and Snape, his mind kept repeating the same line over and over again 'The Magi Pledge, the only known way the Pledgee is released from the oath is either by the Pledger or at a specific time in the specified in the pledge' Alan walked ahead of him wisely keeping silent but casting concerned looks over his shoulder in the direction of his new friend.
Finally, after descending many staircases, they reached their destination and quickly found a seat.
"Look just so you know, the potions professor is really... strict, doesn't really do him justice sometimes, but if you follow the rules and only speak when spoken to then you should be okay" Alan warned as they both sat down
Xander nodded distractedly as he glanced around the room at everyone, the words he just read at lunch still bouncing around his head. Just then the doors slammed open and Snape made his usual dramatic entrance with his cloak billowing around him, he strode up to his desk and dumped the papers he was holding in his arms onto his desk. He surveyed the now silent room with a cool calculated gaze before he spoke.
"So..." He drawled "This is the cream of the crop, the best potions makers in all of Hogwarts, well it isn't like you had any real competition"
"In this class there are some of you who understand the subtle joy of creating a perfect potion" his voice took a slightly menacing tone "the rest of you are just here to get the NEWT in potions for your chosen career"
"Now let see how much you remember from the last year" He swept his wand towards the board and writing appeared "On the board are ingredients for a bone-mending potion, you may begin" he paused for a second as everyone rose to gather their ingredients "Know this if I find anybody not giving their potion the proper care and attention it need they will walk out of that door never to return" He let this little bit of knowledge sink in before he barked "Well what are you waiting for...?". Everyone quickly got to work creating the potion.
Xander looked at his potion then looked at the person next to him, his was lumpier. He felt someone watching him and looked up to see Snape not five feet away, Xander picked up some powdered chizpurfle and added two pinches worth. The potion turned green, he looked across and saw that the person next to him potion had turned Navy Blue.
"Perhaps our new student does not understand what I mean by 'proper care and attention'" Snape said from were he was now stood directly in front of Xander in a condensing tone of voice.
Xander couldn't help it, with everything that had just happened, the prophecy, time travel, the oath, he just snapped "Maybe I'll be able to concentrate better if someone wasn't looking over my shoulder all the time"
The class room stopped, you could hear a pin drop as Snape ground out "Must I remind you Mr. Jackson, I am your teacher, I insist that you give me the respect I deserve, and let me teach in the manner I see fit"
//Oh well... in for a Knut, in for a Galleon// "Respect cannot be given Mr. Snape, it must be earned"
//Oh Merlin I'm in trouble Snape's left eyebrow is twitching just like Uncle Vernon does whenever someone says the M-word//
"Get out" Was all Snape got out from his clenched teeth
"Fine" said Xander as he stood up knowing that he might have pushed Snape too far, he collected his things and stormed out. //Now what// he thought to himself, he heard through the door Snape regain control of his class as he started to walk away //I could go back to the common room but I've got too much energy...so Mr Punchy it is//
Xander stepped into the Room of Requirement and looked around the room, it was just how he liked it, empty except for him and Mr. Punchy the punching bag. He remembered the first time he had met Mr Punchy, it was at the Dursley's, Uncle Vernon had set up a punching bag for Dudley to train on the side of the house. Harry had been kicked out of the house and just swung a fist at the bag, he quickly remade a fist, this time with his thumb outside of his fist, and swung again, and again, and again.
He pictured in his mind everyone who had ever caused him pain, Uncle Vernon, Dudley, Snape, Voldemort, Draco, Bellatrix, The faces of the people who had made his life a living hell flashed through his head as he punched away at the bag letting all his rage and pain out for the first time in years.
By the time he had finished his knuckles had split and the bag had bloodstains on it.
From that day on Harry and Mr Punchy became firm friends.
Xander swung a quick one two combo at the bag, he instantly lost himself in the motion, sending punches at the bag and venting his anger over everything that had happened in the past months.
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It was over an hour later when potions had finished so he had worked up quite a sweat as he made it to his next class, Defence, and slid into an empty seat near the back of the class watching the other students walk into the room not thinking twice about why Moody wasn't in the classroom yet. Xander had his wand in his hand under the desk ready for anything
"You do know that you are now on Snape's bad side don't you" Alan asked from his right
Xander just shrugged as he looked around the room for Moody //can't be any worse than he treated Harry... I mean me, me, I'm Harry Potter//
Alan just shook his head and laughed thinking that his new friend had gotten himself into more trouble than he could handle, he noticed that Xander kept looking around for something "What are you looking for?" he asked
//There no gleam off a Disillusion charm and nothing big enough to be an illusion to hide behind unless there's a hole in the wall// Xander thought, "I'm sorry can you repeat that, I wasn't listening"
//So that means it either an invisibility spell or cloak//
"I said why are you looking around like that, afraid that the teacher might come out and curse you" Alan asked with a hint of humour in his voice.
//Moody can't cast the invisibility charm, but he's younger now, in his prime// "This is a teacher who's favourite motto is 'Constant Vigilance"
He heard a soft chuckle behind and to the left of him //There!//
He spun around in his chair and shouted "Smogus" a thick grey fog erupted from his wand and lay two feet off the floor and four feet in front of him. It covered everything expect a small space of floor.
Xander quickly jumped forwards to avoid a bright yellow spell heading towards him and crashed into the girl sitting next to him. She grabbed onto him with a vice like grip as he knocked her off balance and she dragged him to the floor. He lay on top of her dazed for a few precious seconds before he tried to get up but by then it was too late as conjured ropes tied them together on the floor.
"Well done Mr. Jackson, twenty point to Ravenclaw" Said the empty space of fog "Finite Incartum" Professor said as he removed an invisibility clock "I have to say I'm impressed, the Seventh years didn't notice I was there for half an hour"
Xander quickly got up and offered his hand to the girl he had knocked over "I'm sorry about that" he said blushing from Moody compliment, the stares of the class, and the position he was just in, As Moody walked to the front of the class.
"No problem Blue" The girl said as she took his hand "just remember I'm not into the kinky stuff"
//Oh god, did I just jump... Tonks?// he thought as he pulled her upright
As she stood next to him she whispered so only he could hear "Well not on a first date anyway"
Xander redoubled his efforts to impersonate a Tomato as they both sat down.
"CONSTANT VIGILANCE!" shouted the Professor to the now quiet room, "Is one of the most important things to a good Defence. In this class you will learn that Defence against the Dark Arts is not just a class to earn a passing grade in, it is a way of life for the well prepared Witch and Wizard"
"Now I feel that the best way to judge your abilities in this class is to have a friendly duel, so..." His scarred face twisted into a smile that wasn't reassuring "Everybody line up and I'll see how long you can last"
Xander leaned against the wall, trying to get his face to return to its original colour, as he watched the duels. Most of the duels were average at best, most of the duellists had no flair or style and were just throwing random curses trying to get underneath Moody's defences, but there were a few noticeable duels.
There was one Wizard with short dark red hair and a stocky build who created a shield charm and rapidly fired curses at his opponent using a strong offence, unfortunately he stayed still most of the time and his shield charm wasn't that strong so one well aimed curse and he was out.
Then there was a small witch with long dirty blonde willowy build, she looked like a strong breeze would knock her over, but as they say looks can be deceiving. She started slow with a few probing attacks, and after a few minutes of dodging mild curses she stepped it up a notch using a combination of curses and spells that came very close to overwhelm Moody, but he disarmed her a few minutes later.
"Very Good Miss Avery, and a good demonstration of one of the most important rules of Duelling, NEVER UNDERESTIMATE YOUR OPPONENT!" his eyes flicked over to Xander as he bellowed the last part
The next surprise was the girl who Xander thought was Tonks, she fired curses randomly but was moving erratically so that no one could hit her, unluckily she tripped over her own feet after a few minutes and Moody showed no mercy at her mistake.
"Do you think that a dark wizard would allow you to get up and start again, well do you?" Moody half shouted at the class, when no one answered he added "Good duel bit unlucky with the footwork but it'll come in time"
Xander, seeing he was next, stood up ready for another go against Moody but he just said "Wait your turn Mr Jackson, it's Mr McCormick turn now"
Xander leaned back as he watched the duel take place in front of him, they both stood in the en-guard position for a few minute until Moody got tried of it and sent a quick curse to get things started which Alan avoided easily //Alan for one could be quite good// he thought to himself. //he seems to know precisely when to dodge, must be the whole Gut-instinct that he told me about// The duel lasted the longest but it was also the least action packed as both duellists used a Defensive style. But in the end Moody won again.
There were several more Duels' until finally everybody had duelled, except for Xander. "Well done everyone, now we have only one duel left, could Mr. Jackson please step forward?"
Xander walked to the line on the floor, aware that all the students were paying attention if they weren't before, and settled into a duelling stance opposite Moody.
"Sorry lad, I'm a bit tried after all those duels" He sighed dramatically, "Oh well, do any of you want to challenge Mr Jackson then?" he asked the class, and practically before the word had finished leaving his mouth than the willowy girl stepped forwards "Yes Miss Avery, please step on the line over there and I'll begin the duel"
She nodded and began to move forwards when a voice shouted out "This should be quick"
"Shut up Fishy I could beat him, and you any day!"
"Mr. Fisher, if you think you can do better then you can Duel the winner, is that fine with you two" The two combatants nodded and got ready.
"Okay after three, one, two, three"
The duel began quickly with Avery sending a few quick fire curses at him, he dodged each one as he moved, slowly but surely, to one side of the room
As she cast a quick leg locker curse, Xander dodged to the side, and seeing he was in position he flicked his wand to summon something to him. The blackboard rubber flew from behind Avery and hit her hard on the left shoulder, she half turned as she gave a cry of surprise which was all Xander needed.
Within seconds she was on the floor in the full body bind and her wand in Xander's hand. "Well done Mr Jackson, well thought out"
"But Sir, that cheating" said a voice form the crowd and as Xander turned to look at them he noticed varying degrees of shock on many faces.
"And when does I say that you cannot use the environment around you to your advantage, Miss Levison?"
"I thought,... erm..."
"In a informal Duel you may do anything you wish that isn't specified beforehand"
"Including the Unforgivable?" asked someone in a voice barely above a whisper
"Course you can" A few students shrank back at this "If you don't mind spending the rest of your life in Azakaban" he said with a broad smile. There were a few nervous titters from the crowd at his 'joke' "Right then Fisher, your up"
The boy named Fisher, who was a Gryffindor from the colour of the trimming of his robes, came and stood opposite Xander, they both bowed.
"Right again on three, one two... three"
Fisher swept his wand in front of him as he cried "Protégé Staffus" creating a strong shield which Xanders jellylegs jinx harmlessly bounced off. He shot off a few more curses and jinxes but they were all bounced off the shield. Xander paused trying to remember the properties of the shield spell that Fisher had used, he couldn't fire spell's at him but all of Xander's spell were bouncing harmless off an invisible wall infront of Fisher.
//Wait a minute... The wall shield totally protects the wizard from all side from spell's but the caster couldn't fire spells out of the wall, the only way for it to be taken down was either by the caster or...//
Xander gave a truly evil smile, he had been wanted to do this since Tonks [Old Tonks] had done it in a duel against him.
He quickly cast a spell and the room was plunged into darkness making it impossible to see the hand in front of your face, nevermind your opponent. He jumped into the air and silently cast the Levitation spell on him self so he floated to the ceiling which he smashed into with a thump. He bit back a holler and cast a sticking charm onto himself.
He noticed that the darkness was taken shape as he moved his wand in a complicated pattern that Tonks had shown him, signifying that the Darkness spell was ending, and tapped himself on the head twice creating a feeling like a raw egg running down his face, he saw Fisher looking around for him, and suddenly he looked up right at Xander just as he felt the raw egg feeling at his feet. Xander breathed out a sigh of relief as Fisher turned away.
"The chicken ran away" Fisher said to the class
"I'm sorry to disappoint you Mr. Fisher, but the classroom is sealed, no one can leave or enter without me knowing"
Fisher seemed to slump for a second, then he straightened and cast the spell that Xander had cast at the beginning of the Lesson "Smogus" sending a blanket of fog in front of him that lay on the floor, Xander gave a small smile // he's a quick learner but it wont catch me up here//
Fisher started moving forwards a bit, contentiously shouting "Smogus" covering the floor in fog. //Just a little bit further... a bit more//
He felt a tingle as the boundary of Fisher's shield spell past over him //just a bit more... there// "STUEPFY!"
Fisher fell to the floor stunned.
"Well done Mr. Jackson, 'Finite Incartum'" The spells he had cast on himself were washed away and Xander fell to the floor with an 'Oomph'
"Excellent use of strategy and planning, another twenty point for Ravenclaw, ten for each duel. Your Homework for next week is to give the advantages and Disadvantages of at least seven spells you used in your duel. Dismissed"
As everyone left through the door casting glances back at Xander every so often Alan helped him to his feet and led him through the door.
"So..." Alan drew out "What do you have next?"
"Nevermind that" a voice asked from in front of them "were did ya learn to duel like that Blue?"
Xander sighed "I've got healing next which is just as well cause I think I sprained my wrist when I landed" he paused and looked at Tonks "And I learnt that stuff from books mostly, and a lot of practise"
"Ohhh... so you weren't trained from birth as the Ministry's secret weapon"
Xander blinked as he looked at Tonks "Er... No...sorry, that not me"
Tonks opened her mouth to say something, but before anything could come out Alan dragged him away towards Healing.
"You know I'm really starting to hate you" he said in a joking manner as they walked along
"What? Why?"
"Well first you're a new student with the air of mystery around him, then you save Tonks after breakfast, Believe me that tale been spread around Hogwarts fast. Then you shout at Snape, which almost every single student has been wanting to do for years"
"Yeah I'm sorry about that, I've got a bit of a temper you see, and he pushed my last nerve"
If Alan heard him he didn't show it "Then finally the Duel's in Defence... and the day isn't over yet and you're already set to be one of the most popular boys at Hogwarts"
Xander didn't know what to say "Sorry"
"Anyway, we're here, I've got Divination now so have fun get your arm looked at"
"yes mother" Xander said with an eyeroll
"And don't let the big kid push you around" he said with a large smile
"Scram"
"See ya"
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Xander walked into a very familiar room, the hospital wing, he gave a small grimace as the smell of disinfectant hit him //Why did I choose this class again?// he asked himself. He moved his arm slightly that sent a jolt of pain through it //ahh that's why//
He was interpreted from his musing by a voice "Hey Al....Xander right"
Xander spun round already used to his new alias and found himself face to chest with the Head boy Bill Weasley
"Hey Bill"
"How the first day so far... Heard you Snape already had a falling out"
He gave a small groan "You could say that, I...well with all the stress with the switching countries and well Snape was a good target, but other than that my day been as good as I could expect"
"That bad huh?"
"Yeah" he said with a chuckle, "Say Bill, Why are they so many Seventh years in this class"
"What...oh most of them took Egyptian Magic and Curses last year, myself including, it was really interesting, did you know that Egypt has the longest running History of Magic and some of the deadliest curses come from there"
"Sounds interesting //So this is were he got the Egypt bug from// but I never saw that option"
"Yeah well Professor Imhotep, who taught Defence, taught the Egyptian Magic and Curses class as well and he left to study some ancient ruin that have just been unearthed, leaving the Defence position open for Dumbledore's old friend Moody"
Xander was stopped from answering by Madam Pomfery starting her speech.
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Xander walked out of the lesson twisting his arm in the air, marvelling at the painless feeling, Madam Pomfery had diverge from her normal introduction to her class and onto how to heal mild sprains as they had a practical example to show the class. People rushed past him, as he slowly walked to dinner, but he paid no heed to them as he was lost in his own thoughts.
He was broken from his musings by a female voice "Xander wait up" he turn around and noticed and noticed Morganna walking towards him, "Hey, thought you might get a bit lost looking for the Great Hall, so as I'm Head Girl it's my duty to show you the way"
Xander just smiled and swung his arm in front of him "lead on"
"So how's your first day been?" she asked unconsciously echoing what her male counterpart had asked him at the beginning of the lesson
"Okay I guess, said things I shouldn't in Potions and got thrown out of class for it but other than that fine really, you?"
"Been uneventful compared to what I've heard of yours" she said with a small smile
"Don't believe all the rumours about me yet" he replied
They walked in silence for a few seconds until she said "I talked to Leonard, my little brother, at breakfast. He said how it was strange being in a different house than me and Aries and how everybody was a bit stand- offish with him, but who can blame them after what happened on the train"
"Yeah, I've tried to get Alex and Alice to at least talk to him before they judge him"
Morganna looked at him sharply when he said this, as if trying to deduce whether he was telling the truth, before continuing "Well I then went to talk to him at lunch today and it seems that someone talked to the first year Ravenclaw's and now their actually talking to him and trying to get to know him. He also mentioned how you tried to get him to join in the conversations at the welcoming feast"
"like I said I don't like to judge people before I get to know them"
they remained in silence until they reached the Great Hall archway when Morganna stopped him from entering by turning to him "Well, I just wanted to say thanks" she leaned down and kissed him on the cheek "Maybe I can buy you a butterbeer in the Three Broomsticks the next time it's a Hogmeade weekend" with that she turned around and walked to her table leaving Xander rubbing his cheek were she had kissed him.
"Yeah sure" he muttered before heading to the frantically waving Alan
"What was that?" Alan demanded as he sat down
"What was what?"
"The kiss"
"Oh... she was thanking me to get her brother settled into Ravenclaw"
"And all you got was a little kiss"
"Well... she said she'll buy me a butterbeer on the next Hogmeade weekend" he noticed Alan just staring at him "What?"
"You know... I'm really, really hate you" Alan said in the same joking manner as before
"What?!?!"
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Journal entry 3
Okay, well the first day has been interesting and that's an understatement, First I find out that unwittingly entered a contract that I can't break meaning that I can't tell anyone about what's going to happen... there must be some way around it...
Then Potions, were my luck holding true to form and I get on Snape's bad side within twenty minutes, and get thrown out. Defence was fun , but now everyone looks at me funny as if I'm going to whip out my wand and curse them (Oh..Oh... I'm getting Chamber of Secrets flashbacks) then healing which seems is going to be a very useful class, well for me anyway.
But it was what happened after Healing that really threw me, somehow, and I'm not really sure how, me and Morganna (The Head Girl) are going on a date on the next Hogmeade weekend. Trust me to get asked out and not realise it, Alan was laughing for ten full minutes when I told him I had no clue that she meant 'go out' go out for a drink.
Oh well, and its only the first day of School, only 2917 days left.
Ohhh........Smeg*
This is Harry Potter signing off
[Not Xander Jackson. Harry, Harry Potter the so called Boy-who-lived and the Teen-who-was-lost-in-time when someone finds out about this]
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* Okay I swear too mush usually so I'm going to do a Red Dwarf and whenever I think a character should swear I'll just write 'Smeg' which has no meaning expect the one you come up with in your dirty little mind
Don't worry I haven't forgotten this story it's just I'm sitting my exams for my 2nd year at Uni next week and I've been revising like crazy...sometimes...
Is all this Harry being called Xander getting confusing? Cause sometime I have to stop myself from writing a new character called Willow or Buffy...
So what do you think... good, bad somewhere inbetween?