Time Gone Bye
Chapter 6
By Imaginaryfriend101
Hello... Finished my exams for now so im free to write a bit more quickly, thanks for all the reviews
AN – Just to be clear but Alan doesn't really hate Xander/Harry he just somewhat surprise that Harry/Xander has already fitted into the Hogwarts Hierarchy. AN2 – Right, I just figured out that Charlie must be in the Sixth year with Harry/Xander instead of the fifth that I wrote before if he has a year out of Hogwarts to get a job with dragons, Gred and Forge will start next year and Percy as I said before is in his second year, but the younger Weasley will probably not be mentioned much if at all.
Disclaimer- There Once was a young man from Hull
And he was... Somewhat filled with Bull
He wrote a Fic
It was really quite Slick
But he didnt own any of it
Sorry couldn't resist, write on with the story. Slick = quite good (well I like it!)
The letter arrived the two days as Xander was eating breakfast
'Dear Mr. Jackson' it read
'Please report to Professor Snape's office for a detention tonight at 8pm
Professor Severus Snape'
Xander gave a small groan as he looked up at the teacher table and spotted Snape smirk at him.
"What's wrong" Alan asked from next to him
"Detention with Snape tonight for running out of his lesson"
"Ohh, too bad" Alan said in sympathy, "Hey I think you're the first detention of the year"
"Is that supposed to cheer me up"
"Just thought you might like to know"
"Thanks, come on you've got to show me where Wizards in the World classroom is"
Xander sat down in the middle of the class and looked around the room the wall where decorated with pictures of different countries, the wizards wore different types of clothes, some wore elegant robes, others wore muggle outfits and some only wore a loincloth as they danced around a fire.
He was stopped from staring contest with a Wizard that held a sword that had a glowing edge by the teacher coming into the classroom. He stood about 6ft 3 and had greying blonde hair and he had golden eyes that swept around the room, "Guten Tag Class, My name is Professor Glausten, it is my job to broaden your horizons about the wizarding world and it's vast array of cultures" he spoke with a slight German accent but his words were easily understandable and held the whole class in silence.
"Many of you may not believe that this class is not very useful, but I assure you it is, Where it not for the Native American Shamans teaching European Wizards how to find their inner animal spirit then we would not of understood why the Animages ritual would not work for most wizards and there chosen animals"
He paused letting the information sink in "I will begin by giving a brief description of the subjects that we will cover, no notes have to be taken, I will go over all the information in the following two years" he gave a small smile at his joke and began
Although much of the subject matter was the same, Wizards in the World passed much quicker than History of Magic class and Xander soon found himself in the Library at Lunch researching Oaths, namely the Magi pledge that he had made. He had just finished reading another book that told him the same thing as before, A Magi Pledge cannot be broken, when someone sat in the seat next to him.
"Hey Xander"
"Oh Hi Alice, where's Alex?" Xander said looking up and seeing the quiet first year he had meet on the train
"He's with Leo"
"Leo?" Xander asked unbelievable
"Yeah, they got partnered in Potions and now get on quite well, at the moment Leo teaching Alex wizarding chess"
Xander gave a smile small "I'm glad that their trying to make a go at being friends, they've got to share a room for the next seven years"
"Yeah I suppose" Alice said morosely
Xander immediately took note of the tone of her voice "What's wrong"
"Nothing, I'm Fine"
Xander had heard those words come out of his own mouth in the exactly same tone to actually believe her "Look you can tell me and I swear I wont tell anybody"
"Promise" Xander just nodded "It's just, well it silly really..."
"Go on"
"I...'sigh'...It's just so different... only a few months ago I was trying to remember how to spell Dinosaurs, and how many wives Henry VIII had, now I'm supposed to know the correct way to how a wand, and how many dung beetle eyes are needed in a hair lengthing potion, and I just feel, I just.... I feel as if I don't belong" Alice trailed off and looked into Xanders gently smiling face waiting for her to finish
"Everyone feels like this at one time or another-"
Alice cut him off "Did you"
"Well, No actually, but to tell you the truth, I was pretty much glad to get away from my so-called family"
"Why?" Alice asked in such an innocent tone that he found himself answering before he even thought about
"Let's just say they made the Addams Family look like the Brady Bunch" He continued without even checking if she had understood his meaning "But even though I was glad to leave my family and go to a wizarding school, there were times I felt lost and confused about thing's that to most of Wizarding world is perfectly normal" He paused thinking for a second "Still do as a matter of fact" He shook his head as if to clear it "Thankfully I always had my friends to explain things to me or point me in the right direction, just like you do, I mean I bet that Heather, Claire and Nathan feel the same you do"
Alice just shrugged "I don't know, Claire and Heater are best friends in Hufflepuff, and Nathan is off in his own world in Gryffindor and I hardly ever see them anymore"
"What about your dorm mates?" Xander questioned lightly
"They all knew each other before coming to Hogwarts and..." she trailed off
"And with Alex spending time with Leo you feel left out right"
Alice just nodded
"Look, Alex isn't leaving you, he's just found a new friend and he's trying to get to know them"
Alice just nodded again so Xander continued "But if your ever feeling alone or lost just find me or if you just want someone to talk to, I'll try to help you as much as I can"
"Really?"
"Yeah"
"Thanks" Alice whispered as she got up and hugged him
"Hey no problem, now why don't you find that brother of yours and tell him how you're feeling, I'm sure he'll understand"
Alice untangled herself and whispered another word of thanks before bouncing away as if a weight had been lifted off her shoulders
Xander watched her go, hoping she'll be okay, when a new voice broke into his thoughts "Well done Mr. Jackson, maybe next time one of the first years come to me I'll send them onto you"
"That's okay Morganna, I think I leave some of the first years to your tender mercies, I wouldn't want to steal your job now would I"
"Of course you wouldn't, your not pretty enough to be Head Girl" Morganna stated as she slid into the chair that Alice had just vacated.
Xander gave a small chuckle at her joke "So how much did you hear"
"Enough, that was a nice thing you did, most of the prefects would just send them onto someone else until the poor kid gives up trying to be heard"
Xander just shrugged before changing the subject "so what can I do for you, do you need a pep talk as well"
It was Morganna turn to laugh with a gentle, tinkling sound "No I just wanted to know more about Hogwarts newest enigma, what's the Alexander Jackson story"
"What are you some sort of reporter or some thing?"
"Nope just interested"
"Not much to tell really"
"Is that so" she said disbelievingly, "What about that 'so-called' family of yours"
Sigh, "So you heard more than enough"
"I think I heard just enough"
"Well I was adopted, I never knew my birth family" That wasn't exactly a lie"and the family I was left with weren't the nicest people in the world" understatement"Muggles who hated anything supernatural, so when I went to Salem Academy they weren't too pleased and they became worse. One of my teachers found out about my homelife and he decided to take custody of me in my third year, He was the one who organised that I come to Hogwarts, his old school, thought it might be better for me"
"So you live with him now"
"No... there was an accident just before my OWLs, and he..." Xander fought to get the word out "...Died"
"Oh...I'm sorry" she said in sympathy
Xander had no reply to her sincere condolences so simply shrugged
"So what about friends" Morganna asked to change the subject and was surprised at the change in his features when he smiled He really should smile more often
"Yeah, Ron and Hermione, My two best friends. Me and Ron made a right pair, we were always getting into trouble, or more often than not trouble found us, but Hermione was always there being the voice of reason, making sure that we didn't get into too much trouble" Xander sighed thinking back over the last five years "I should of really listened to them more often" he said lost in thoughts that was broken by Morganna soft words.
"What no one special, like a girlfriend maybe"
Xander was staring into space as he replied so missed the almost predatory gleam in her eyes "There was this one girl who I went out with last year, but it ended badly, I don't think she was totally over her old boyfriend."
"Really?"
Xander turned to face her "Yeah, I heard she was going out with someone else at the end of last year and I was happy for her" I wonder what wrong with MorgannaHe thought she's got the same expression on her face that Ron gets when he just wakes up and someone mentions Breakfast
"Were the two of you close" Morganna said sliding her seat closer
"Err... well, We kissed ones or twice" he muttered feeling uncomfortable but not wanting to move
"Only once or twice, well, we'll have to do something about that" Morganna said with a deviously grin as she reached a hand to stroke hair all the while leaning closer
Xander found himself leaning towards her until their lips gently touched.
Suddenly Morganna sat up "Well got to go, I've got Transfiguration next" she paused as she looked at his dumbfounded expression "Maybe we can continue that later"
Xander just nodded so she turned away with a satisfied smile murmuring something that sounded, to Xander ears at least, like 'So cute'
How long after Morganna left did Xander sat there, he didn't know but all too soon, eight o'clock rolled around and he found himself making his way to the Dungeons to Snape's classroom and knocked on the door.
"Enter"
He inched open the door and stepped into the classroom.
"Ahh, Mr. Jackson, it's a pleasure, I hope you will be able to stay for your full detention today instead of walking out again"
Xander stopped himself from saying what he thought Don't you mean when you threw me out you gitHe paused mentally preparing himself for what he was about to say "Sir, I would like to apologise for what I said that day. I was under a lot of stress having to change countries and schools, I found out some unpleasant news just before your lesson. And you were the first person that said something to upset me and well I just, lost my temper sir" he took a deep breath "I'm sorry sir"
Snape looked at him shrewdly for a second before nodding and saying "Apologue accepted, I'm going to give you one more chance, which is more than most students get, But if you ever speak back to me in class ever again I will not hesitate to throw you out this class never to return, understood" he waited for Xander to nod before adding "I want you to brew the potion that you were suppose to last lesson, Do Not Fail" he ended with a note of Finality
Xander got to work as Snape started marking papers, mentally thanking himself for reading up on the potion before the lesson I knew he would make me do thisand within 40 minutes he was done. He carefully bottled the potion and brought it to the front were Snape looked it over.
"Yes" he drawled "Well done, you may leave"
As Xander packed away he wondered why Snape let him go so early, Maybe I'm expecting too much, after having Snape nit-pick me, as in The Boy-who- lived and James Potters Son?
As his was heading to the door Snape voice stopped him "By the way, During the first lesson I paired people together based on there potion making ability, because I was unable to see your work I could not pair you with anyone" he smiled smugly "so, unfortunately, you will have to work alone for the rest of the year"
Xander was gob-smacked, he was expected to do two people work all year but he knew he couldn't say anything so he simply went back to the Ravenclaw Common Room
Journal Entry 4
Another day gone, just too many left to go, sigh.
Had a quick detention with Snape, thought I got away too easy, so just as I was about to leave he decided to tell me that I now got to do all my potion work that is usually in a group by myself. It just so unfair and something I should of expected Snape to do. Ah well I show him I can still do it.
But that wasn't the most shocking thing of the evening, oh no, that honour lies solely on the event that happened at the Library...Morganna, The Head girl, Kissed me!
She Kissed me, I mean I know we're supposed to go to Hogmeade together because she kind of asked me in a roundabout way, but she never actually came right out and said we were a couple or anything. She just kissed me. I was shocked and surprised, I had no idea of what to do, and it was over before it really began, But I got to admit it was better than Cho.
She Kissed me, Not the Boy-who-lived, Not Harry Potter, just plain old Harry, well Xander but you know what I mean. I always knew that girls looked at me that way sometimes but there was always a little voice in the back of my head asking me why they were interested, is it because of my Fame, my Money, my Pedigree, or is it because they like me...
Morganna Declare Kissed Me.
Harry Potter AKA AleXander Jackson AKA the Boy-Who-Morganna-Kissed
[AN- I was going to end it here but it's a bit short so EXTRA EXTRA READ ALL ABOUT IT]
It was several days later and Xander was sat at one of the Tables in the Ravenclaw common room, Alan was sitting next to him and both were doing there homework, well at least one of them was. The other only pretend as his thoughts drifted to a Blonde haired, blue eye Head Girl.
What is going on with her, Are we going out or notThey had shared a few more kisses, but mostly spent their time getting to know one another at a level above friend but not quite anything more.
He felt a tugging on his sleeve and looked down at Alice's round face "Xander are you busy"
"not at all, I need something to take my mind off this...err" he looked down at the book in front of him "Charms work"
"More like Morganna" came Alan's voice
Xander just raised a finger in warning and Alan just smirked in reply "So Alice what can I do for you"
She took a deep breath and said in a rush "Their was a notice saying that we had flying tomorrow at noon and I've no idea how to fly a broom and the books aren't that helpful teaching me and I'm going to make a fool of myself"
"Hey it's okay, quite a few students have never touched a broom before coming to Hogwarts and they all learn to fly pretty well, and most of the students who say they can fly perfectly are usually full of hot air" He could tell that she wasn't convinced so added "Do you want me to teach you the basics now?"
"Can you?"
"Course, it's been a while since I've been flying, can't wait to be back in the air"
"Thank you"
"It's allright, come on lets go" And so they made there way down to the Quidditch pitch and the Broom Locket "Right I think this is a good broom for you Alice" he said handing her an old Swiftstick
"How can you tell?"
"Well it's pretty new and none of the bristles are bent" He didn't mention that while it easy to ride it was no comparison with the speed of the Nimbus 1500 that he picked up for himself
"Oh"
"Come on, lets fly" He said and lead her out onto the pitch "Good now put the Broom on the floor and place your hand over it, that's it, now say up"
"Er...up"
The broom didn't even twitch "No, Say it again but this time sound more confident, I found that the more confidant the rider, the better the Broom responds"
"Okay" she said with a breath "UP!" the broom jumped into her hand "I did it"
"Excellent, now you hold the broom like this and sit on it like this" he demonstrated, and she quickly followed his instructions "Perfect, now I want you to kick off and rise gently into the air like this" he said as he rose four feet into the air "Don't worry I'll make sure you don't fall"
"Oh...don't worry he says" she muttered as she rose to meet him
"Great, now if you tilt the Broom like this...."
For the next half hour he showed Alice the basics of flying until they both touched back down to Earth and he told Alice to put her Broom back in the locker while he flew around a bit more.
Alice quickly ran back to the Locket were her brother and Leo ran to meet her "hey Alice" Alex called to her "How come you get extra lessons"
"I asked" she said simply putting the broom away, "you could have joined us but I didn't know where you two were"
"We were just talking in our Dorm room weren't we Leo,...Leo?" he looked at Leo to see him looking back at the Quidditch pitch a expression of awe on his face "Huh what...Whoa" he said as he turned around and followed Leo's gaze to find Xander dive almost straight down
"What so amazing you guys-"his sister screamed when she saw him diving to near to the ground, miraculously he pulled up and pause looking at the ground which was only about two meters below him, before shooting off again.
"he is one seriously good flyer" Leo mumbled
"That he is" said a thoughtful voice from behind them.
Xander pulled up on the broom and out of his dive, he paused and looked down at the ground below him Hmm, I didn't have to pull up as quickly as I did, this broom is better than I thoughthe thought to himself before flying off.
It was an exhausted Xander who landed gently on the ground an hour later. "Nice flying"
He turned to find two people in Ravenclaw robes behind him, a young man at 6ft4 and dark hair, and a woman with glasses who stood at 5ft7 who's light brown hair framed her face. But it was the golden pin on the woman's left breast that stood out most to Xander Quidditch Captain
"Thanks, er..."
"Oh Sorry, this is Matt Jenkins, and I'm Isabelle Yasin, and your Xander Jackson, we were just wondering if you played Quidditch at all"
"Yeah, Seeker" he answered their unasked question and didn't miss the way their eyes lit up when he said he played Seeker.
"What's your fastest catch?"
Xander shrugged "Erm...Somewhere between 13 and 14 minutes"
"No I mean in a proper match, not during practise"
"So did I" he couldn't miss the maniacal smile slide across their faces
"How many matches have you caught the snitch in?"
"Seven, I think"
"Out of how many" Matt put this in as Isabelle had a glazed look in her eye, kind of like the one Wood used to get
"Eight, why do you want to know?"
"You've caught the snitch seven out of eight times?" Disbelief could be heard plainly in her voice
"Yeah"
"Please say your going to try out"
"We really need you for our team"
"There's only us two left from the old team"
"And we need to fill up the old spots"
Xander managed to keep up with the way Isabelle and Matt talked only thanks to years of practise by the Weasley Twins, "I haven't got a Broom" he said quickly, it felt slightly wrong to play on another team.
"You can borrow mine for practise, and if you make the team we'll find one from somewhere" Offered Matt "If theres any chance for someone else take the place of Seeker instead of me I'll take it"
"Matt's a Chaser at heart" supplied Isabelle
Xander nodded to show he understood but Isabelle mistook what he was nodding for, "Great, tryouts are Saturaday at Noon, it's just a formality really if what you said is true"
"Thanks, I been dreading having to be Seeker, see you at the Tryouts" and with that they both turned away back to the Castle.
Fin chapter 6
Thank God that over, this chapter was a right pain in the aaaaaaahhhh.....Neck to write, I been trying to do this since I finished the exams but I found a lot of trouble with it. The main problem was that I had no real plan of what would happen and how in this part, and while some of the stuff may seem not important, it sets the scene for things to happen in the future.
Sorry no Tonks in this Chapter, she'll appear more often in later chapters, but for the moment Morganna is digging her claws into Harry/Xander, and Harry/Xander just confused, first real girlfriend with no Hermione to talk to about how the Female mind works...poor guy.
This will be Honks in future, but not till after Christmas (story time [and maybe in the real world too if I don't knuckle down]) the way I'm planning, expect some ups and downs for Harry/Xander and Tonks before they get together, and even after.
Quidditch matches, I think eight is right, he had 2 in first, 2 in second, all 3 in third, non in fourth, and 1 in fifth, I think, if I'm wrong let me know
Thanks to all the reviews, I changed a little bit in the first chapter and the pledge, I never really liked it myself to being with, and someone offered a solution that I thought would work better so thanks d-scribe.
That's it for now, I'm hoping to get the next chapter of 'Found Out' out in two weeks, then I'll start the next chapter of this. Remember leave a review...please...pretty please with sugar on top?
Hello... Finished my exams for now so im free to write a bit more quickly, thanks for all the reviews
AN – Just to be clear but Alan doesn't really hate Xander/Harry he just somewhat surprise that Harry/Xander has already fitted into the Hogwarts Hierarchy. AN2 – Right, I just figured out that Charlie must be in the Sixth year with Harry/Xander instead of the fifth that I wrote before if he has a year out of Hogwarts to get a job with dragons, Gred and Forge will start next year and Percy as I said before is in his second year, but the younger Weasley will probably not be mentioned much if at all.
Disclaimer- There Once was a young man from Hull
And he was... Somewhat filled with Bull
He wrote a Fic
It was really quite Slick
But he didnt own any of it
Sorry couldn't resist, write on with the story. Slick = quite good (well I like it!)
The letter arrived the two days as Xander was eating breakfast
'Dear Mr. Jackson' it read
'Please report to Professor Snape's office for a detention tonight at 8pm
Professor Severus Snape'
Xander gave a small groan as he looked up at the teacher table and spotted Snape smirk at him.
"What's wrong" Alan asked from next to him
"Detention with Snape tonight for running out of his lesson"
"Ohh, too bad" Alan said in sympathy, "Hey I think you're the first detention of the year"
"Is that supposed to cheer me up"
"Just thought you might like to know"
"Thanks, come on you've got to show me where Wizards in the World classroom is"
Xander sat down in the middle of the class and looked around the room the wall where decorated with pictures of different countries, the wizards wore different types of clothes, some wore elegant robes, others wore muggle outfits and some only wore a loincloth as they danced around a fire.
He was stopped from staring contest with a Wizard that held a sword that had a glowing edge by the teacher coming into the classroom. He stood about 6ft 3 and had greying blonde hair and he had golden eyes that swept around the room, "Guten Tag Class, My name is Professor Glausten, it is my job to broaden your horizons about the wizarding world and it's vast array of cultures" he spoke with a slight German accent but his words were easily understandable and held the whole class in silence.
"Many of you may not believe that this class is not very useful, but I assure you it is, Where it not for the Native American Shamans teaching European Wizards how to find their inner animal spirit then we would not of understood why the Animages ritual would not work for most wizards and there chosen animals"
He paused letting the information sink in "I will begin by giving a brief description of the subjects that we will cover, no notes have to be taken, I will go over all the information in the following two years" he gave a small smile at his joke and began
Although much of the subject matter was the same, Wizards in the World passed much quicker than History of Magic class and Xander soon found himself in the Library at Lunch researching Oaths, namely the Magi pledge that he had made. He had just finished reading another book that told him the same thing as before, A Magi Pledge cannot be broken, when someone sat in the seat next to him.
"Hey Xander"
"Oh Hi Alice, where's Alex?" Xander said looking up and seeing the quiet first year he had meet on the train
"He's with Leo"
"Leo?" Xander asked unbelievable
"Yeah, they got partnered in Potions and now get on quite well, at the moment Leo teaching Alex wizarding chess"
Xander gave a smile small "I'm glad that their trying to make a go at being friends, they've got to share a room for the next seven years"
"Yeah I suppose" Alice said morosely
Xander immediately took note of the tone of her voice "What's wrong"
"Nothing, I'm Fine"
Xander had heard those words come out of his own mouth in the exactly same tone to actually believe her "Look you can tell me and I swear I wont tell anybody"
"Promise" Xander just nodded "It's just, well it silly really..."
"Go on"
"I...'sigh'...It's just so different... only a few months ago I was trying to remember how to spell Dinosaurs, and how many wives Henry VIII had, now I'm supposed to know the correct way to how a wand, and how many dung beetle eyes are needed in a hair lengthing potion, and I just feel, I just.... I feel as if I don't belong" Alice trailed off and looked into Xanders gently smiling face waiting for her to finish
"Everyone feels like this at one time or another-"
Alice cut him off "Did you"
"Well, No actually, but to tell you the truth, I was pretty much glad to get away from my so-called family"
"Why?" Alice asked in such an innocent tone that he found himself answering before he even thought about
"Let's just say they made the Addams Family look like the Brady Bunch" He continued without even checking if she had understood his meaning "But even though I was glad to leave my family and go to a wizarding school, there were times I felt lost and confused about thing's that to most of Wizarding world is perfectly normal" He paused thinking for a second "Still do as a matter of fact" He shook his head as if to clear it "Thankfully I always had my friends to explain things to me or point me in the right direction, just like you do, I mean I bet that Heather, Claire and Nathan feel the same you do"
Alice just shrugged "I don't know, Claire and Heater are best friends in Hufflepuff, and Nathan is off in his own world in Gryffindor and I hardly ever see them anymore"
"What about your dorm mates?" Xander questioned lightly
"They all knew each other before coming to Hogwarts and..." she trailed off
"And with Alex spending time with Leo you feel left out right"
Alice just nodded
"Look, Alex isn't leaving you, he's just found a new friend and he's trying to get to know them"
Alice just nodded again so Xander continued "But if your ever feeling alone or lost just find me or if you just want someone to talk to, I'll try to help you as much as I can"
"Really?"
"Yeah"
"Thanks" Alice whispered as she got up and hugged him
"Hey no problem, now why don't you find that brother of yours and tell him how you're feeling, I'm sure he'll understand"
Alice untangled herself and whispered another word of thanks before bouncing away as if a weight had been lifted off her shoulders
Xander watched her go, hoping she'll be okay, when a new voice broke into his thoughts "Well done Mr. Jackson, maybe next time one of the first years come to me I'll send them onto you"
"That's okay Morganna, I think I leave some of the first years to your tender mercies, I wouldn't want to steal your job now would I"
"Of course you wouldn't, your not pretty enough to be Head Girl" Morganna stated as she slid into the chair that Alice had just vacated.
Xander gave a small chuckle at her joke "So how much did you hear"
"Enough, that was a nice thing you did, most of the prefects would just send them onto someone else until the poor kid gives up trying to be heard"
Xander just shrugged before changing the subject "so what can I do for you, do you need a pep talk as well"
It was Morganna turn to laugh with a gentle, tinkling sound "No I just wanted to know more about Hogwarts newest enigma, what's the Alexander Jackson story"
"What are you some sort of reporter or some thing?"
"Nope just interested"
"Not much to tell really"
"Is that so" she said disbelievingly, "What about that 'so-called' family of yours"
Sigh, "So you heard more than enough"
"I think I heard just enough"
"Well I was adopted, I never knew my birth family" That wasn't exactly a lie"and the family I was left with weren't the nicest people in the world" understatement"Muggles who hated anything supernatural, so when I went to Salem Academy they weren't too pleased and they became worse. One of my teachers found out about my homelife and he decided to take custody of me in my third year, He was the one who organised that I come to Hogwarts, his old school, thought it might be better for me"
"So you live with him now"
"No... there was an accident just before my OWLs, and he..." Xander fought to get the word out "...Died"
"Oh...I'm sorry" she said in sympathy
Xander had no reply to her sincere condolences so simply shrugged
"So what about friends" Morganna asked to change the subject and was surprised at the change in his features when he smiled He really should smile more often
"Yeah, Ron and Hermione, My two best friends. Me and Ron made a right pair, we were always getting into trouble, or more often than not trouble found us, but Hermione was always there being the voice of reason, making sure that we didn't get into too much trouble" Xander sighed thinking back over the last five years "I should of really listened to them more often" he said lost in thoughts that was broken by Morganna soft words.
"What no one special, like a girlfriend maybe"
Xander was staring into space as he replied so missed the almost predatory gleam in her eyes "There was this one girl who I went out with last year, but it ended badly, I don't think she was totally over her old boyfriend."
"Really?"
Xander turned to face her "Yeah, I heard she was going out with someone else at the end of last year and I was happy for her" I wonder what wrong with MorgannaHe thought she's got the same expression on her face that Ron gets when he just wakes up and someone mentions Breakfast
"Were the two of you close" Morganna said sliding her seat closer
"Err... well, We kissed ones or twice" he muttered feeling uncomfortable but not wanting to move
"Only once or twice, well, we'll have to do something about that" Morganna said with a deviously grin as she reached a hand to stroke hair all the while leaning closer
Xander found himself leaning towards her until their lips gently touched.
Suddenly Morganna sat up "Well got to go, I've got Transfiguration next" she paused as she looked at his dumbfounded expression "Maybe we can continue that later"
Xander just nodded so she turned away with a satisfied smile murmuring something that sounded, to Xander ears at least, like 'So cute'
How long after Morganna left did Xander sat there, he didn't know but all too soon, eight o'clock rolled around and he found himself making his way to the Dungeons to Snape's classroom and knocked on the door.
"Enter"
He inched open the door and stepped into the classroom.
"Ahh, Mr. Jackson, it's a pleasure, I hope you will be able to stay for your full detention today instead of walking out again"
Xander stopped himself from saying what he thought Don't you mean when you threw me out you gitHe paused mentally preparing himself for what he was about to say "Sir, I would like to apologise for what I said that day. I was under a lot of stress having to change countries and schools, I found out some unpleasant news just before your lesson. And you were the first person that said something to upset me and well I just, lost my temper sir" he took a deep breath "I'm sorry sir"
Snape looked at him shrewdly for a second before nodding and saying "Apologue accepted, I'm going to give you one more chance, which is more than most students get, But if you ever speak back to me in class ever again I will not hesitate to throw you out this class never to return, understood" he waited for Xander to nod before adding "I want you to brew the potion that you were suppose to last lesson, Do Not Fail" he ended with a note of Finality
Xander got to work as Snape started marking papers, mentally thanking himself for reading up on the potion before the lesson I knew he would make me do thisand within 40 minutes he was done. He carefully bottled the potion and brought it to the front were Snape looked it over.
"Yes" he drawled "Well done, you may leave"
As Xander packed away he wondered why Snape let him go so early, Maybe I'm expecting too much, after having Snape nit-pick me, as in The Boy-who- lived and James Potters Son?
As his was heading to the door Snape voice stopped him "By the way, During the first lesson I paired people together based on there potion making ability, because I was unable to see your work I could not pair you with anyone" he smiled smugly "so, unfortunately, you will have to work alone for the rest of the year"
Xander was gob-smacked, he was expected to do two people work all year but he knew he couldn't say anything so he simply went back to the Ravenclaw Common Room
Journal Entry 4
Another day gone, just too many left to go, sigh.
Had a quick detention with Snape, thought I got away too easy, so just as I was about to leave he decided to tell me that I now got to do all my potion work that is usually in a group by myself. It just so unfair and something I should of expected Snape to do. Ah well I show him I can still do it.
But that wasn't the most shocking thing of the evening, oh no, that honour lies solely on the event that happened at the Library...Morganna, The Head girl, Kissed me!
She Kissed me, I mean I know we're supposed to go to Hogmeade together because she kind of asked me in a roundabout way, but she never actually came right out and said we were a couple or anything. She just kissed me. I was shocked and surprised, I had no idea of what to do, and it was over before it really began, But I got to admit it was better than Cho.
She Kissed me, Not the Boy-who-lived, Not Harry Potter, just plain old Harry, well Xander but you know what I mean. I always knew that girls looked at me that way sometimes but there was always a little voice in the back of my head asking me why they were interested, is it because of my Fame, my Money, my Pedigree, or is it because they like me...
Morganna Declare Kissed Me.
Harry Potter AKA AleXander Jackson AKA the Boy-Who-Morganna-Kissed
[AN- I was going to end it here but it's a bit short so EXTRA EXTRA READ ALL ABOUT IT]
It was several days later and Xander was sat at one of the Tables in the Ravenclaw common room, Alan was sitting next to him and both were doing there homework, well at least one of them was. The other only pretend as his thoughts drifted to a Blonde haired, blue eye Head Girl.
What is going on with her, Are we going out or notThey had shared a few more kisses, but mostly spent their time getting to know one another at a level above friend but not quite anything more.
He felt a tugging on his sleeve and looked down at Alice's round face "Xander are you busy"
"not at all, I need something to take my mind off this...err" he looked down at the book in front of him "Charms work"
"More like Morganna" came Alan's voice
Xander just raised a finger in warning and Alan just smirked in reply "So Alice what can I do for you"
She took a deep breath and said in a rush "Their was a notice saying that we had flying tomorrow at noon and I've no idea how to fly a broom and the books aren't that helpful teaching me and I'm going to make a fool of myself"
"Hey it's okay, quite a few students have never touched a broom before coming to Hogwarts and they all learn to fly pretty well, and most of the students who say they can fly perfectly are usually full of hot air" He could tell that she wasn't convinced so added "Do you want me to teach you the basics now?"
"Can you?"
"Course, it's been a while since I've been flying, can't wait to be back in the air"
"Thank you"
"It's allright, come on lets go" And so they made there way down to the Quidditch pitch and the Broom Locket "Right I think this is a good broom for you Alice" he said handing her an old Swiftstick
"How can you tell?"
"Well it's pretty new and none of the bristles are bent" He didn't mention that while it easy to ride it was no comparison with the speed of the Nimbus 1500 that he picked up for himself
"Oh"
"Come on, lets fly" He said and lead her out onto the pitch "Good now put the Broom on the floor and place your hand over it, that's it, now say up"
"Er...up"
The broom didn't even twitch "No, Say it again but this time sound more confident, I found that the more confidant the rider, the better the Broom responds"
"Okay" she said with a breath "UP!" the broom jumped into her hand "I did it"
"Excellent, now you hold the broom like this and sit on it like this" he demonstrated, and she quickly followed his instructions "Perfect, now I want you to kick off and rise gently into the air like this" he said as he rose four feet into the air "Don't worry I'll make sure you don't fall"
"Oh...don't worry he says" she muttered as she rose to meet him
"Great, now if you tilt the Broom like this...."
For the next half hour he showed Alice the basics of flying until they both touched back down to Earth and he told Alice to put her Broom back in the locker while he flew around a bit more.
Alice quickly ran back to the Locket were her brother and Leo ran to meet her "hey Alice" Alex called to her "How come you get extra lessons"
"I asked" she said simply putting the broom away, "you could have joined us but I didn't know where you two were"
"We were just talking in our Dorm room weren't we Leo,...Leo?" he looked at Leo to see him looking back at the Quidditch pitch a expression of awe on his face "Huh what...Whoa" he said as he turned around and followed Leo's gaze to find Xander dive almost straight down
"What so amazing you guys-"his sister screamed when she saw him diving to near to the ground, miraculously he pulled up and pause looking at the ground which was only about two meters below him, before shooting off again.
"he is one seriously good flyer" Leo mumbled
"That he is" said a thoughtful voice from behind them.
Xander pulled up on the broom and out of his dive, he paused and looked down at the ground below him Hmm, I didn't have to pull up as quickly as I did, this broom is better than I thoughthe thought to himself before flying off.
It was an exhausted Xander who landed gently on the ground an hour later. "Nice flying"
He turned to find two people in Ravenclaw robes behind him, a young man at 6ft4 and dark hair, and a woman with glasses who stood at 5ft7 who's light brown hair framed her face. But it was the golden pin on the woman's left breast that stood out most to Xander Quidditch Captain
"Thanks, er..."
"Oh Sorry, this is Matt Jenkins, and I'm Isabelle Yasin, and your Xander Jackson, we were just wondering if you played Quidditch at all"
"Yeah, Seeker" he answered their unasked question and didn't miss the way their eyes lit up when he said he played Seeker.
"What's your fastest catch?"
Xander shrugged "Erm...Somewhere between 13 and 14 minutes"
"No I mean in a proper match, not during practise"
"So did I" he couldn't miss the maniacal smile slide across their faces
"How many matches have you caught the snitch in?"
"Seven, I think"
"Out of how many" Matt put this in as Isabelle had a glazed look in her eye, kind of like the one Wood used to get
"Eight, why do you want to know?"
"You've caught the snitch seven out of eight times?" Disbelief could be heard plainly in her voice
"Yeah"
"Please say your going to try out"
"We really need you for our team"
"There's only us two left from the old team"
"And we need to fill up the old spots"
Xander managed to keep up with the way Isabelle and Matt talked only thanks to years of practise by the Weasley Twins, "I haven't got a Broom" he said quickly, it felt slightly wrong to play on another team.
"You can borrow mine for practise, and if you make the team we'll find one from somewhere" Offered Matt "If theres any chance for someone else take the place of Seeker instead of me I'll take it"
"Matt's a Chaser at heart" supplied Isabelle
Xander nodded to show he understood but Isabelle mistook what he was nodding for, "Great, tryouts are Saturaday at Noon, it's just a formality really if what you said is true"
"Thanks, I been dreading having to be Seeker, see you at the Tryouts" and with that they both turned away back to the Castle.
Fin chapter 6
Thank God that over, this chapter was a right pain in the aaaaaaahhhh.....Neck to write, I been trying to do this since I finished the exams but I found a lot of trouble with it. The main problem was that I had no real plan of what would happen and how in this part, and while some of the stuff may seem not important, it sets the scene for things to happen in the future.
Sorry no Tonks in this Chapter, she'll appear more often in later chapters, but for the moment Morganna is digging her claws into Harry/Xander, and Harry/Xander just confused, first real girlfriend with no Hermione to talk to about how the Female mind works...poor guy.
This will be Honks in future, but not till after Christmas (story time [and maybe in the real world too if I don't knuckle down]) the way I'm planning, expect some ups and downs for Harry/Xander and Tonks before they get together, and even after.
Quidditch matches, I think eight is right, he had 2 in first, 2 in second, all 3 in third, non in fourth, and 1 in fifth, I think, if I'm wrong let me know
Thanks to all the reviews, I changed a little bit in the first chapter and the pledge, I never really liked it myself to being with, and someone offered a solution that I thought would work better so thanks d-scribe.
That's it for now, I'm hoping to get the next chapter of 'Found Out' out in two weeks, then I'll start the next chapter of this. Remember leave a review...please...pretty please with sugar on top?