A/N- I am so sorry that this update took so long. I will never take that
long again. I promise to update everyday when I can and every other day
when I cant. I am going to start working on Velvet Glove this weekend
again. I want it to be exceptionally good because of the break I took on
it. I couldn't update during the weekend because I had a long sucky
weekend. I had to clean my grandmas (both) and then I had to baby-sit very
troublesome kids and then I had to clean my house. That was all on
Saturday. On Sunday I was out all day and today my power was out so be
thankful it finally went back on. I have lots of ideas for this fic so
please stick with it! REVIEW!!!
~!~!~
Potion
~!~!
"Boy! Don't blame me if you're late!" Uncle Vernon screamed from the first floor. Harry quickly made sure he had everything and he walked downstairs. He was feeling really tired from the night of the full moon but he had to put on a good act. He hoped he didn't look as pale and sickly as Professor Lupin did right before the full moon.
The ride to the platform was a silent one. Harry was grateful for that. He found an empty compartment and felt a warm feeling inside of him just knowing that he would finally be going to the only place he considered home. It had been such a long and boring summer but now his friends would be there. After five minutes Ron and Hermione entered the compartment. Harry grinned and accepted the two hugs that were offered.
"Hey mate," Ron said cheerfully.
"Hi Harry," Hermione greeted.
"Hi guys. I'm so glad to see you. Tell me what's been going on with everything. Thank you for actually writing to me this summer. I wish I could've come to the burrow."
I know Harry but no one was there at all this summer. We all stayed at Grimmauld place and you said you um.didn't want to go there." Ron explained and passed him a sympathetic look when he cringed at the last sentence.
"Yeah, so what has been happening?" Harry asked.
"Oh, well since Fudge has been forced to believe that Voldemort is back so we have some aurors on our side but it has actually been really quiet. We tried listening in on the order meetings but mum saw us and made us clean the attic. No.she made us re-clean the attic!"
Harry laughed and the three of them talked about a lot of different things. Hermione sighed and pulled out a prefects guide as Harry and Ron started talking about Quidditch. He knew the old Umbridge toad had left so hopefully the lifelong ban to Quidditch would be lifted. Harry prayed desperately that he could be the Gryffindor seeker again.
Harry let out a big yawn that made Ron and Hermione stop talking mid- sentence. "Harry are you tired? You have been yawning non stop since we got on the train," Ron said.
Harry yawned again and answered. "I didn't get much sleep last night. I have been having dreams again," Harry lied. It was partially the truth.
"Well, I imagine that Remus didn't get much sleep either last night."
Harry hid his blush and nervous look as best as he could and covered it up with another yawn.
"Harry, you can go to sleep if you want. We still have another hour to go before we arrive at the castle," Hermione said sweetly. Harry laid his head back and was soon asleep only to be awoken up forty-five minutes later by the sound of the loud speaker announcing that they had arrived at Hogwarts.
Harry followed his friends off the train and before he knew it he was sitting in the great hall listening to the same sorting hat song as the year before. He really did miss Hogwarts during the summer. It felt good to be in the warm, welcoming great hall with familiar people and the starry, charmed night sky. He was a little worried about what he would do during the full moon. He had to find a way to go about his normal life and not look so terrible or tired. He remembered how sickly Lupin looked on countless occasions because of the transformations.
He really didn't want to tell anyone. Werewolves were feared and above all else look down upon. He now knew how to make Wolfsbane potion after trying many times over the summer but the problem was he couldn't get the ingredients he needed to make it. Harry knew that Dumbledore now intercepted any owl that ever entered the castle to make sure there were no dark arts items and surely the headmaster would recognize such ingredients for the terribly difficult potion. If Dumbledore knew that he was making Wolfsbane then he would figure out that he was a werewolf and Harry really didn't want or need that. No.there had to be another way and Harry had to do it soon.
He would steal the potions ingredients from Professor Snape's personal storage cabinet and then he would make it in one of the empty classrooms down in the dungeons. There were hundreds of abandoned classrooms down there where people didn't even think to go. He would of course have to get out his father's old cloak. He would go tonight.
Harry listened to the sorting hat as it sorted the first years. He didn't even think to look at the head table until Dumbledore started to speak. Harry missed the first part of the wizard's speech as he looked at the head table to see three different people. Remus Lupin was sitting on one side of Dumbledore chatting away and looking almost as bad as Harry. He was talking to the person on the right of him, which was the person Harry recognized as Professor Orion. Harry was surprised that Remus was a teacher because of the whole lycanthropy thing but he had mixed feelings about him being the teacher again. He would most likely be the one to find out about his own problem but other then that he was a great teacher and a good friend. They were both grieving over the same person but it was unspoken grief. Orion was the man they had met in Three Broomsticks. He was curiously looking at Harry. Harry didn't know why he thought the man was so intriguing but there was just something about him.
Next to Dumbledore on his other side was Professor McGonagall conversing with the other new man who was next to her. He was an interesting looking fellow. He had a big rich purple cloak that was made out of velvet on as well as a dark forest green turban like hat. He reminded Harry a little bit of Trelawney who was oddly absent from the head table.
Dumbledore's voice rising was what brought Harry back to reality.
"We have three new professors this year. Returning with us from a few years ago is Professor Lupin who will be taking over Defense Against the Dark Arts with his new assistant Professor Orion. I am please to inform you all that the rules that were set up by Delores Umbridge are now forgotten. Thankfully we will be able to go back to teaching normally. Professor Stratus is the new Divinations teacher as I regret to inform you that Professor Trelawney has decided to leave for a year but she will in fact return for next school year."
Harry laughed when people cheered after hearing that Trelawney was gone but then he laughed even harder when Dumbledore said she would be coming back. The seventh years were still cheering.
"Who is Professor Orion?" Ron wondered out loud.
"I can't believe Remus is back!" Hermione said happily.
"I'm glad that Remus is back but I am not exactly sure about who Orion is. We met him in the Three Broomsticks briefly but when we had to go we couldn't find him. I didn't get to find out much about him but I thought that Remus didn't know him. I guess he did if they are going to work together," Harry said not taking his eyes away from Professor Orion.
"Why would he have an assistant? He is a bloody good teacher." Ron said.
"Maybe he needs one. Maybe he is a new teacher who needs training or something or maybe Dumbledore decided that it was time they had two people take the job because one person obviously cant handle it," Hermione pointed out.
"Probably it's one of those reasons," Ron said.
"Well, I'm just glad that that Trelawney quack is finally gone," Hermione said.
"Yeah, but Mione," Harry said, "you quit that class years ago. You only had her for a short period of time."
"Yeah and every time I ever saw her I wanted to scream!" Hermione yelled making Ron and Harry erupt into a fit of laughter. The rest of the feast went by smoothly much to the satisfaction of Harry.
Harry soon found himself in the headmaster's office. Right when the feast had ended Professor Dumbledore had asked Harry personally to follow him and Harry obliged without thinking on it at all. Harry noticed that there was a pile of broken expensive items in the corner of the office that Harry had broken in June. They were neatly laid out but clearly they were all in hundreds of shattered pieces. The teenager looks shamefully at the broken things and then looked at his mentor.
"How was your summer Harry?"
Harry fought not to curse at his headmaster right then and there and just stuck with a glare on his part.
"Harry, I would like to apologize profusely again and I wanted to see how you were doing."
"I'm fine," Harry muttered.
"I would also like to see if you would like to join the order officially."
"WHAT?" Harry asked even though he had heard quite clearly the first time.
"In one week I will be holding the next order meeting unless something comes up and we have to make it sooner. I think you should be inducted into it."
Harry left after agreeing to join leaving the headmaster quite please. He went to see his friends in the common room and then after everyone had finally and mostly gone to sleep Harry ran to his dormitory and grabbed his invisibility cloak and a list of what he would need. He walked out of the entrance and made his way to the dungeons. He only had to curve around Mrs. Norris twice but thankfully Filch was nowhere to be seen. Harry reached the potions classroom at the stroke of midnight and found it unlocked for some reason. He walked in and Harry was extremely happy to see that neither Snape nor anyone else was there. The-boy-who-lived walked over to the potions storage supply and said a strong unlocking spell on it. After three tries he got it open and took out the list of what he needed.
He unconsciously said the name of each potions out loud as he found them and he didn't realize he was doing that until he heard a noise from the other side of the wall. He quickly got under the cloak after grabbing the last ingredient and he silently backed into a corner.
Professor Snape stormed out of his private quarters after hearing voices. He cursed as he realized that it was Potter's. He charmed his walls so they could specifically hear any trespassers in cases such as this. He immediately went to where his storage closet was and seeing no one there he knew that Potter was under that wretched invisibility cloak of his. Snape magically locked the door and Harry became suddenly nervous. Harry tried so hard not to make a sound as he backed even further into the corner.
"Potter! I know you are in here and under that invisibility cloak of yours. Show yourself now!" Snape growled. Harry didn't move. Quietly he put the vials and other ingredients into his large cloak pockets and covered his mouth so his breathing was not heard. Harry then accidentally bumped his elbow on the side of a desk and cursed out loud.
"Potter, come out now! I don't know why you are hear but you already gave yourself away," Snape said then he mumbled something under his breath about stupid Gryffindors.
Harry knew that he was going to get caught but he had to think of what to do and he had to think fast. Snape was creeping up to Harry gradually and Harry felt and saw Snape put his hand on his shoulder and his cloak was swiftly yanked off of him. Harry was going to get expelled on his first day of his sixth year all because of the stupid werewolf incident.
"Potter, what the bloody hell do you think you're doing taking stuff from my personal potions cabinet after curfew?" Snape yelled.
"I.I.I," he started but couldn't find his words.
"What? Spit it out now!"
"Sorry sir," Harry said pretending to be scared like Neville Longbottom usually was in front of Professor Snape. He actually was scared though but just not as much.
"Potter, I heard you say "spider legs, check," Now give me everything you have taken and tell me why you took it! It is stealing. I could definitely have you expelled by the morning!"
"Sir, I was just.uh.getting stuff for dreamless sleep potion. I have been having dreams again and I thought it was to late to see you or Madame Pomphrey. I just really needed to make it and I remember we made it last year so I thought I could do it," Harry lied.
"So you resorted to stealing? Potter, I am not an idiot. The ingredients I heard you say are not ones that are even used in dreamless sleep potion. What were you really doing?" Snape spat.
"They aren't the right ingredients? I thought they were," Harry lied again.
Snape snorted and called for everything Harry took using Accio. All sorts of ingredients flew into the man's hands. Snape couldn't quite tell what all the ingredients would make when concocted together because he was so tired but he put the thought in the back of his mind for later.
"Potter, two weeks of detention and Occlumency lessons start Wednesday at 8:00. Go to your common room and stay there now. I will inform Professor Dumbledore of your actions right away," Snape said and through Harry a vial of dreamless sleep potion. Severus was even to tired to realize that Potter could've easily gotten a vial of the sleeping potion because there was a whole stock of it in the cabinet.
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
A/N- I will embellish on Snape and Harry a lot more in chapter 5 which will be the Occlumency chapter. Please review! I hope you liked this chapter. I have to go to homework now before I fall asleep right on the keyboard. Oh and I am seeing Loony Toons on Friday with a friend who really doesn't want to go. I just want to see it because of the POA trailer! I can't wait and it is on my calendar! Counting down the days! HAHAH. I couldn't care less about the movie itself. I am dragging my best friend there because I don't want o go along. She is coming with me thankfully.grudgingly.
(A/N A/N)- Vulpes Lapis thought of the title! Thanks a lot!
~!~!~
Potion
~!~!
"Boy! Don't blame me if you're late!" Uncle Vernon screamed from the first floor. Harry quickly made sure he had everything and he walked downstairs. He was feeling really tired from the night of the full moon but he had to put on a good act. He hoped he didn't look as pale and sickly as Professor Lupin did right before the full moon.
The ride to the platform was a silent one. Harry was grateful for that. He found an empty compartment and felt a warm feeling inside of him just knowing that he would finally be going to the only place he considered home. It had been such a long and boring summer but now his friends would be there. After five minutes Ron and Hermione entered the compartment. Harry grinned and accepted the two hugs that were offered.
"Hey mate," Ron said cheerfully.
"Hi Harry," Hermione greeted.
"Hi guys. I'm so glad to see you. Tell me what's been going on with everything. Thank you for actually writing to me this summer. I wish I could've come to the burrow."
I know Harry but no one was there at all this summer. We all stayed at Grimmauld place and you said you um.didn't want to go there." Ron explained and passed him a sympathetic look when he cringed at the last sentence.
"Yeah, so what has been happening?" Harry asked.
"Oh, well since Fudge has been forced to believe that Voldemort is back so we have some aurors on our side but it has actually been really quiet. We tried listening in on the order meetings but mum saw us and made us clean the attic. No.she made us re-clean the attic!"
Harry laughed and the three of them talked about a lot of different things. Hermione sighed and pulled out a prefects guide as Harry and Ron started talking about Quidditch. He knew the old Umbridge toad had left so hopefully the lifelong ban to Quidditch would be lifted. Harry prayed desperately that he could be the Gryffindor seeker again.
Harry let out a big yawn that made Ron and Hermione stop talking mid- sentence. "Harry are you tired? You have been yawning non stop since we got on the train," Ron said.
Harry yawned again and answered. "I didn't get much sleep last night. I have been having dreams again," Harry lied. It was partially the truth.
"Well, I imagine that Remus didn't get much sleep either last night."
Harry hid his blush and nervous look as best as he could and covered it up with another yawn.
"Harry, you can go to sleep if you want. We still have another hour to go before we arrive at the castle," Hermione said sweetly. Harry laid his head back and was soon asleep only to be awoken up forty-five minutes later by the sound of the loud speaker announcing that they had arrived at Hogwarts.
Harry followed his friends off the train and before he knew it he was sitting in the great hall listening to the same sorting hat song as the year before. He really did miss Hogwarts during the summer. It felt good to be in the warm, welcoming great hall with familiar people and the starry, charmed night sky. He was a little worried about what he would do during the full moon. He had to find a way to go about his normal life and not look so terrible or tired. He remembered how sickly Lupin looked on countless occasions because of the transformations.
He really didn't want to tell anyone. Werewolves were feared and above all else look down upon. He now knew how to make Wolfsbane potion after trying many times over the summer but the problem was he couldn't get the ingredients he needed to make it. Harry knew that Dumbledore now intercepted any owl that ever entered the castle to make sure there were no dark arts items and surely the headmaster would recognize such ingredients for the terribly difficult potion. If Dumbledore knew that he was making Wolfsbane then he would figure out that he was a werewolf and Harry really didn't want or need that. No.there had to be another way and Harry had to do it soon.
He would steal the potions ingredients from Professor Snape's personal storage cabinet and then he would make it in one of the empty classrooms down in the dungeons. There were hundreds of abandoned classrooms down there where people didn't even think to go. He would of course have to get out his father's old cloak. He would go tonight.
Harry listened to the sorting hat as it sorted the first years. He didn't even think to look at the head table until Dumbledore started to speak. Harry missed the first part of the wizard's speech as he looked at the head table to see three different people. Remus Lupin was sitting on one side of Dumbledore chatting away and looking almost as bad as Harry. He was talking to the person on the right of him, which was the person Harry recognized as Professor Orion. Harry was surprised that Remus was a teacher because of the whole lycanthropy thing but he had mixed feelings about him being the teacher again. He would most likely be the one to find out about his own problem but other then that he was a great teacher and a good friend. They were both grieving over the same person but it was unspoken grief. Orion was the man they had met in Three Broomsticks. He was curiously looking at Harry. Harry didn't know why he thought the man was so intriguing but there was just something about him.
Next to Dumbledore on his other side was Professor McGonagall conversing with the other new man who was next to her. He was an interesting looking fellow. He had a big rich purple cloak that was made out of velvet on as well as a dark forest green turban like hat. He reminded Harry a little bit of Trelawney who was oddly absent from the head table.
Dumbledore's voice rising was what brought Harry back to reality.
"We have three new professors this year. Returning with us from a few years ago is Professor Lupin who will be taking over Defense Against the Dark Arts with his new assistant Professor Orion. I am please to inform you all that the rules that were set up by Delores Umbridge are now forgotten. Thankfully we will be able to go back to teaching normally. Professor Stratus is the new Divinations teacher as I regret to inform you that Professor Trelawney has decided to leave for a year but she will in fact return for next school year."
Harry laughed when people cheered after hearing that Trelawney was gone but then he laughed even harder when Dumbledore said she would be coming back. The seventh years were still cheering.
"Who is Professor Orion?" Ron wondered out loud.
"I can't believe Remus is back!" Hermione said happily.
"I'm glad that Remus is back but I am not exactly sure about who Orion is. We met him in the Three Broomsticks briefly but when we had to go we couldn't find him. I didn't get to find out much about him but I thought that Remus didn't know him. I guess he did if they are going to work together," Harry said not taking his eyes away from Professor Orion.
"Why would he have an assistant? He is a bloody good teacher." Ron said.
"Maybe he needs one. Maybe he is a new teacher who needs training or something or maybe Dumbledore decided that it was time they had two people take the job because one person obviously cant handle it," Hermione pointed out.
"Probably it's one of those reasons," Ron said.
"Well, I'm just glad that that Trelawney quack is finally gone," Hermione said.
"Yeah, but Mione," Harry said, "you quit that class years ago. You only had her for a short period of time."
"Yeah and every time I ever saw her I wanted to scream!" Hermione yelled making Ron and Harry erupt into a fit of laughter. The rest of the feast went by smoothly much to the satisfaction of Harry.
Harry soon found himself in the headmaster's office. Right when the feast had ended Professor Dumbledore had asked Harry personally to follow him and Harry obliged without thinking on it at all. Harry noticed that there was a pile of broken expensive items in the corner of the office that Harry had broken in June. They were neatly laid out but clearly they were all in hundreds of shattered pieces. The teenager looks shamefully at the broken things and then looked at his mentor.
"How was your summer Harry?"
Harry fought not to curse at his headmaster right then and there and just stuck with a glare on his part.
"Harry, I would like to apologize profusely again and I wanted to see how you were doing."
"I'm fine," Harry muttered.
"I would also like to see if you would like to join the order officially."
"WHAT?" Harry asked even though he had heard quite clearly the first time.
"In one week I will be holding the next order meeting unless something comes up and we have to make it sooner. I think you should be inducted into it."
Harry left after agreeing to join leaving the headmaster quite please. He went to see his friends in the common room and then after everyone had finally and mostly gone to sleep Harry ran to his dormitory and grabbed his invisibility cloak and a list of what he would need. He walked out of the entrance and made his way to the dungeons. He only had to curve around Mrs. Norris twice but thankfully Filch was nowhere to be seen. Harry reached the potions classroom at the stroke of midnight and found it unlocked for some reason. He walked in and Harry was extremely happy to see that neither Snape nor anyone else was there. The-boy-who-lived walked over to the potions storage supply and said a strong unlocking spell on it. After three tries he got it open and took out the list of what he needed.
He unconsciously said the name of each potions out loud as he found them and he didn't realize he was doing that until he heard a noise from the other side of the wall. He quickly got under the cloak after grabbing the last ingredient and he silently backed into a corner.
Professor Snape stormed out of his private quarters after hearing voices. He cursed as he realized that it was Potter's. He charmed his walls so they could specifically hear any trespassers in cases such as this. He immediately went to where his storage closet was and seeing no one there he knew that Potter was under that wretched invisibility cloak of his. Snape magically locked the door and Harry became suddenly nervous. Harry tried so hard not to make a sound as he backed even further into the corner.
"Potter! I know you are in here and under that invisibility cloak of yours. Show yourself now!" Snape growled. Harry didn't move. Quietly he put the vials and other ingredients into his large cloak pockets and covered his mouth so his breathing was not heard. Harry then accidentally bumped his elbow on the side of a desk and cursed out loud.
"Potter, come out now! I don't know why you are hear but you already gave yourself away," Snape said then he mumbled something under his breath about stupid Gryffindors.
Harry knew that he was going to get caught but he had to think of what to do and he had to think fast. Snape was creeping up to Harry gradually and Harry felt and saw Snape put his hand on his shoulder and his cloak was swiftly yanked off of him. Harry was going to get expelled on his first day of his sixth year all because of the stupid werewolf incident.
"Potter, what the bloody hell do you think you're doing taking stuff from my personal potions cabinet after curfew?" Snape yelled.
"I.I.I," he started but couldn't find his words.
"What? Spit it out now!"
"Sorry sir," Harry said pretending to be scared like Neville Longbottom usually was in front of Professor Snape. He actually was scared though but just not as much.
"Potter, I heard you say "spider legs, check," Now give me everything you have taken and tell me why you took it! It is stealing. I could definitely have you expelled by the morning!"
"Sir, I was just.uh.getting stuff for dreamless sleep potion. I have been having dreams again and I thought it was to late to see you or Madame Pomphrey. I just really needed to make it and I remember we made it last year so I thought I could do it," Harry lied.
"So you resorted to stealing? Potter, I am not an idiot. The ingredients I heard you say are not ones that are even used in dreamless sleep potion. What were you really doing?" Snape spat.
"They aren't the right ingredients? I thought they were," Harry lied again.
Snape snorted and called for everything Harry took using Accio. All sorts of ingredients flew into the man's hands. Snape couldn't quite tell what all the ingredients would make when concocted together because he was so tired but he put the thought in the back of his mind for later.
"Potter, two weeks of detention and Occlumency lessons start Wednesday at 8:00. Go to your common room and stay there now. I will inform Professor Dumbledore of your actions right away," Snape said and through Harry a vial of dreamless sleep potion. Severus was even to tired to realize that Potter could've easily gotten a vial of the sleeping potion because there was a whole stock of it in the cabinet.
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
A/N- I will embellish on Snape and Harry a lot more in chapter 5 which will be the Occlumency chapter. Please review! I hope you liked this chapter. I have to go to homework now before I fall asleep right on the keyboard. Oh and I am seeing Loony Toons on Friday with a friend who really doesn't want to go. I just want to see it because of the POA trailer! I can't wait and it is on my calendar! Counting down the days! HAHAH. I couldn't care less about the movie itself. I am dragging my best friend there because I don't want o go along. She is coming with me thankfully.grudgingly.
(A/N A/N)- Vulpes Lapis thought of the title! Thanks a lot!