A/N- Thank you for your reviews. I am so sorry about the delay but first my
laptop was broken and then my brother kicked me off the computer. I AM SO
SORRY! I have so much fun writing this. I am going to go start writing the
next chapter now. Up to chapter 5 will be up over the weekend and The
Velvet Glove will be updated this weekend as well. OMG!! Did you all see
the POA trailer? I have watched it 45 times and counting! I love it so much
and the apprehension is killing me! I can't wait for June 4th to come. I
love the trailer so much!! Tonight in an hour E! is having an interview or
something involving POA and tonight at midnight Extra is also having one!
YEAH!!
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Seeing
Harry did not want to go to Occlumency lessons. Not only was it because of the terms Snape and Harry were on at the end of last year but it was also because of his lycanthropy. Snape would most likely see Harry and how he got bitten and then he would know. Then his secret would be out and the world would possibly find out. Harry did know however that he really needed the lessons so no one else would get hurt like Sirius did. Harry decided to practice whenever he could before the first lesson came. He would practice every chance he got except there was a little problem. How did one clear their minds of all thoughts? Harry never fully understood that. Didn't everyone have to think? Apparently not if Occlumency was possible. Maybe he would get a book on meditation. Maybe meditation would help Harry clear his mind but he only had until Wednesday to practice.
The next morning Ron threw a pillow at Harry's face to wake him up.
"Man Harry, you're a heavier sleeper then Fred and George and that's saying something!"
"Ron, you should know that by now!" Harry said angrily throwing the pillow back at his friend. Ron just laughed.
"Come on mate, we have to go to breakfast and get our timetables from McGonagall. Hermione is already down there. She wanted to wait but you wouldn't wake up!"
Harry walked with Ron down to the great hall where they saw Hermione at the Gryffindor table looking at her timetable with two other ones in her hand.
"Hi Mione! What classes are you taking?" Harry asked sitting down and filling his plate with food.
"Finally you get down here! I am taking Arithmancy, Potions, Defense against the Dark Arts, Transfiguration and Divinations," Hermione told them.
"You're taking Divinations?" Ron yelled spitting out some of his egg making his two friends cringe in disgust. Hermione furrowed her eyes and answered.
"Well, I don't believe in all that future rubbish but I want to see Professor Stratus' teaching methods,"
"Hermione you are hopeless," Ron said half joking.
"Thank Merlin Potions isn't today," Harry said.
"Yeah but Harry, how did we manage to make preparatory potions class?" Ron asked.
"I have no idea Ron," Harry said then looked up at the head table where he saw Professor Snape glaring down at him. Harry sighed and knew that he was probably was thinking about him stealing the ingredients. Now Harry had to find out a new way to make the potion that he definitely had to make. Maybe if Snape got him expelled he would be able to order the ingredients he needed by owl. That would only be if he got kicked out of school but he really didn't want to leave Hogwarts. It was his home.
"Harry, what's wrong?" Ron asked pulling Harry out of his obliviousness.
"Oh yeah Ron, we really have Potions today. It's after Divinations. I accidentally read it wrong," Harry sighed.
"Great, just the way to start out the new year," Ron grumbled.
Harry, Ron and Hermione finished their breakfast and walked the long way to the astronomy tower. When they got there they saw the class had distinctly shrunk. All the classes were combined because many people had dropped the divinations. The classroom was decorated with warm purple and gold drapes and paint on the wall. The tower was decked out in paintings. They were odd paintings to many of the wizard and witches attending the class because they didn't move and were more like muggle art. They were almost muggle paintings except they shimmered. Harry thought that they belonged in a muggle museum or something because they were so amazing.
The teacher was hastily painting quickly deep in thought only to stop when Neville clumsily fell over a chair.
"Oh, welcome students. Please come and take a seat."
Everyone did so. Harry sat next to Hermione and Ron next to Neville.
"So Hermione," Harry whispered, "What if he is as bad as Trelawney?"
"No one can be as bad as that quack Harry," Hermione said as Professor Stratus put away his supplies and went to the front of the tower.
"Hello Everyone. I am Professor Stratus and as you know I am the new divinations teacher. I am hopefully nothing like your old one but I will teach you many things. I do not believe everyone has the right eye for seeing but everyone can do divinations. In this class I will be helping those who have seeing abilities and I will teach those who don't other ways to see the future or things like it. I have reason to believe that Sybil Trelawney was not a true seer but a fraud. Now.where should we begin?"
Someone in the back raised their hand.
"Yes Miss Zambini?" The teacher asked shocking everyone because Blaise never said her name before that. Now she felt her question would sound stupid.
"Um.how do we know you aren't a fraud like her?"
"Would you like me to maybe prove it to all of you? Maybe even tell you something that only you know and no one else? A secret perhaps?" Professor Stratus asked. When there was a murmur of curious agreements the professor began walking around the room. He first came to Vincent Crabbe.
"You pretend to be an idiot so people won't bother you that much and so you can be alone."
Everyone was shocked when Crabbe nodded and blushed. Malfoy gave his cronies the strangest look. The professor then went to each person either whispering or saying out loud secrets that they held. When he got to Draco Malfoy he bent down to whisper something which made him sneer oddly with a little bit of sadness. The professor moved on to the next person.
"Miss Brown, you pretend to like Divinations but you really think it is rubbish." Everyone laughed and Hermione shot her roommate a glare. "Miss Patil, you have a crush on a certain potions master." Everyone giggled hysterically at this and/or gagged and coughed.
"Wait until Professor Snape hears about this!" Malfoy yelled making Lavender practically cry as she buried her face into her hands. When everyone quieted down except for the occasional giggle or spurt of laughter Professor Stratus moved one to Ron.
"Mr. Weasley, you do not think very highly of Percy but you are glad that he is finally gone and away from your family."
Harry gave Ron a curious look but then Professor Stratus was standing in front of him and looking into his emerald eyes. Harry then noticed what his professor really looked like. He had a very clean and well-groomed face and his hair wasn't easy to see under his hat but Harry could tell it was brown because of the tuft that was sticking out. His eyes were almost as purple as his cloak but if Harry looked deep into them enough he could see that they were a beautiful mesmerizing shade of blue.
"Mr. Potter," he began in a soft low whisper, "you hold a secret deep inside of you that you will not let anyone find out no matter what the circumstances might be. It is FULLY affecting you," the professor said and everyone stopped talking and stared at Harry. Harry knew that when he emphasized 'fully' he meant the full moon and Harry got more nervous by the millisecond. When Harry didn't reply the class erupted in chatter but the strange new Divinations Professor kept going around the room ignoring the sounds around him. After he had gone through everyone he went back to the front of the classroom.
"So, does anyone have any doubts?"
No one said anything but the professor looked at Hermione and frowned.
"Miss Granger is there any other way I can convince you?" the professor asked.
"What? Do you read minds too?" Hermione blurted out.
"No Hermione but I can sense people's feelings," he said and then started his lesson. It was very interesting and actually educational compared to their previous ones. Professor Stratus talked about how to sense people's feelings and when someone asked what it had to do with divinations he said that it really did in the long run.
After class everyone left chattering about their amazing and surprisingly good class. The trio was actually happy about Stratus but Harry was a bit nervous. Someone knew his secret and he just hoped that the professor wouldn't tell. Most likely he would though. They can't have a werewolf running around school can they? Except Remus was one but that is beside the point. Hermione was pretty sure that Stratus wasn't a fraud and Harry and Ron were thinking along the same lines.
Potions class was next. They entered the potions classroom and saw that many people were not there yet. Parvati cautiously entered and sat in the back next to Hermione and Ron and Harry took a seat as fart away from the front as they could but considering how the desks were set out he wasn't really progressing in getting any further. People started to enter and again Harry noticed that the amount of people were not as much as the years before. There were only four Gryffindors and many Slytherin. Harry, Hermione, Ron, and Parvati were apparently the only ones brave enough to take on Snape for another year.
Harry buried his head in his hands on the desk ignoring the taunts Malfoy was giving Parvati and he tried to block out all the noise around him. He really didn't want to deal with Snape at all.ever. Snape billowed in slamming the door behind him and strode up to the front of the classroom. Harry didn't see this because he wasn't looking. He was busy staring at the back of his eyelids.
"This is 6th year preparatory potions class. It will be harder and you will actually have to PAY ATTENTION!" he yelled glaring directly at Harry. Harry didn't see this because he was doing the exact opposite of what the professor wanted but after he yelled he picked up his head and avoided the potions master's gaze. "The potion we are making today is on the board and is Wolfsbane. Usually we don't make it until late 7th year but I have changed the curriculum now get to work!" Snape spat.
Harry almost jumped when his professor told him what potion they would be making. What scared him the most was that he could feel Snape's eyes on him as he said it. Harry got to working on the potion that he had perfected over the summer without looking at the board once. Harry didn't realize that Snape was suspicious at how well Harry made the potion until the end of class. The potions wouldn't be done for days because it took a while but Snape could tell if they would be manageable at all within the first two hours.
"I am disgusted to say that only Mr. Potter's and Miss Granger's potions will be able to be completed. The others are all botched now get out!" Snape yelled to the class. Harry was glad that it was over and just as he thought he was home free the potions professor called him back.
"Potter, come here!" he snapped. Hermione and Ron and Harry all turned around to face their professor. "Not you Miss Granger, Mr. Weasley. Potter, I need to discuss your two weeks of detention with you.
Harry sighed as Ron and Hermione gave him looks of sympathy and left.
"Potter," Snape started.
Harry walked over to the front desk and leaned on it and finally rested his eyes on the man. "Yes Professor?" Harry asked as casually as he could muster.
"I made the class make Wolfsbane potion today to see if you could make it without mistakes. I watched you make it without even looking at the board for a reminder of what to do. I have reason to believe that you have made this before since you are not particularly skilled in potions and this is an advanced NEWT potion. Also I realized rather quickly that the ingredients you stole make up the very same Wolfsbane potion."
Harry was taking in so much at once. He had to lie. There was no doubt about that but he had to make it convincing.
"Yes, I have made it before for Remus.er Professor Lupin," Harry lied. "He wanted me to learn how to make it incase of any emergencies or you couldn't do it. I just wanted to practice when I took the things from your stash but I didn't know where else to go get the." Harry was a very convincing liar.
"Potter, just leave," Snape sneered.
When Harry just stood there Snape yelled. "GET OUT POTTER! DETENTION WEDNESDAY TOMMOROW AS PLANNED! IT WILL BE RIGHT AFTER THAT THING WE WERE GOING TO DO BEFORE!!" Snape yelled really loud. Harry was glad he didn't say Occlumency out loud because surely people would have heard.
Harry didn't waste anytime in leaving. before the professor could say another word or figure out that the-boy-who-lived was lying and even worse.a werewolf. He prayed to Merlin that Snape wouldn't talk to Remus. Everything was just getting so confusing!
A/N- Did you like it? Again I am sorry about the delay. Please review. I am not getting many reviews so I am a little worried. PLEASE REVIEW!!!
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Seeing
Harry did not want to go to Occlumency lessons. Not only was it because of the terms Snape and Harry were on at the end of last year but it was also because of his lycanthropy. Snape would most likely see Harry and how he got bitten and then he would know. Then his secret would be out and the world would possibly find out. Harry did know however that he really needed the lessons so no one else would get hurt like Sirius did. Harry decided to practice whenever he could before the first lesson came. He would practice every chance he got except there was a little problem. How did one clear their minds of all thoughts? Harry never fully understood that. Didn't everyone have to think? Apparently not if Occlumency was possible. Maybe he would get a book on meditation. Maybe meditation would help Harry clear his mind but he only had until Wednesday to practice.
The next morning Ron threw a pillow at Harry's face to wake him up.
"Man Harry, you're a heavier sleeper then Fred and George and that's saying something!"
"Ron, you should know that by now!" Harry said angrily throwing the pillow back at his friend. Ron just laughed.
"Come on mate, we have to go to breakfast and get our timetables from McGonagall. Hermione is already down there. She wanted to wait but you wouldn't wake up!"
Harry walked with Ron down to the great hall where they saw Hermione at the Gryffindor table looking at her timetable with two other ones in her hand.
"Hi Mione! What classes are you taking?" Harry asked sitting down and filling his plate with food.
"Finally you get down here! I am taking Arithmancy, Potions, Defense against the Dark Arts, Transfiguration and Divinations," Hermione told them.
"You're taking Divinations?" Ron yelled spitting out some of his egg making his two friends cringe in disgust. Hermione furrowed her eyes and answered.
"Well, I don't believe in all that future rubbish but I want to see Professor Stratus' teaching methods,"
"Hermione you are hopeless," Ron said half joking.
"Thank Merlin Potions isn't today," Harry said.
"Yeah but Harry, how did we manage to make preparatory potions class?" Ron asked.
"I have no idea Ron," Harry said then looked up at the head table where he saw Professor Snape glaring down at him. Harry sighed and knew that he was probably was thinking about him stealing the ingredients. Now Harry had to find out a new way to make the potion that he definitely had to make. Maybe if Snape got him expelled he would be able to order the ingredients he needed by owl. That would only be if he got kicked out of school but he really didn't want to leave Hogwarts. It was his home.
"Harry, what's wrong?" Ron asked pulling Harry out of his obliviousness.
"Oh yeah Ron, we really have Potions today. It's after Divinations. I accidentally read it wrong," Harry sighed.
"Great, just the way to start out the new year," Ron grumbled.
Harry, Ron and Hermione finished their breakfast and walked the long way to the astronomy tower. When they got there they saw the class had distinctly shrunk. All the classes were combined because many people had dropped the divinations. The classroom was decorated with warm purple and gold drapes and paint on the wall. The tower was decked out in paintings. They were odd paintings to many of the wizard and witches attending the class because they didn't move and were more like muggle art. They were almost muggle paintings except they shimmered. Harry thought that they belonged in a muggle museum or something because they were so amazing.
The teacher was hastily painting quickly deep in thought only to stop when Neville clumsily fell over a chair.
"Oh, welcome students. Please come and take a seat."
Everyone did so. Harry sat next to Hermione and Ron next to Neville.
"So Hermione," Harry whispered, "What if he is as bad as Trelawney?"
"No one can be as bad as that quack Harry," Hermione said as Professor Stratus put away his supplies and went to the front of the tower.
"Hello Everyone. I am Professor Stratus and as you know I am the new divinations teacher. I am hopefully nothing like your old one but I will teach you many things. I do not believe everyone has the right eye for seeing but everyone can do divinations. In this class I will be helping those who have seeing abilities and I will teach those who don't other ways to see the future or things like it. I have reason to believe that Sybil Trelawney was not a true seer but a fraud. Now.where should we begin?"
Someone in the back raised their hand.
"Yes Miss Zambini?" The teacher asked shocking everyone because Blaise never said her name before that. Now she felt her question would sound stupid.
"Um.how do we know you aren't a fraud like her?"
"Would you like me to maybe prove it to all of you? Maybe even tell you something that only you know and no one else? A secret perhaps?" Professor Stratus asked. When there was a murmur of curious agreements the professor began walking around the room. He first came to Vincent Crabbe.
"You pretend to be an idiot so people won't bother you that much and so you can be alone."
Everyone was shocked when Crabbe nodded and blushed. Malfoy gave his cronies the strangest look. The professor then went to each person either whispering or saying out loud secrets that they held. When he got to Draco Malfoy he bent down to whisper something which made him sneer oddly with a little bit of sadness. The professor moved on to the next person.
"Miss Brown, you pretend to like Divinations but you really think it is rubbish." Everyone laughed and Hermione shot her roommate a glare. "Miss Patil, you have a crush on a certain potions master." Everyone giggled hysterically at this and/or gagged and coughed.
"Wait until Professor Snape hears about this!" Malfoy yelled making Lavender practically cry as she buried her face into her hands. When everyone quieted down except for the occasional giggle or spurt of laughter Professor Stratus moved one to Ron.
"Mr. Weasley, you do not think very highly of Percy but you are glad that he is finally gone and away from your family."
Harry gave Ron a curious look but then Professor Stratus was standing in front of him and looking into his emerald eyes. Harry then noticed what his professor really looked like. He had a very clean and well-groomed face and his hair wasn't easy to see under his hat but Harry could tell it was brown because of the tuft that was sticking out. His eyes were almost as purple as his cloak but if Harry looked deep into them enough he could see that they were a beautiful mesmerizing shade of blue.
"Mr. Potter," he began in a soft low whisper, "you hold a secret deep inside of you that you will not let anyone find out no matter what the circumstances might be. It is FULLY affecting you," the professor said and everyone stopped talking and stared at Harry. Harry knew that when he emphasized 'fully' he meant the full moon and Harry got more nervous by the millisecond. When Harry didn't reply the class erupted in chatter but the strange new Divinations Professor kept going around the room ignoring the sounds around him. After he had gone through everyone he went back to the front of the classroom.
"So, does anyone have any doubts?"
No one said anything but the professor looked at Hermione and frowned.
"Miss Granger is there any other way I can convince you?" the professor asked.
"What? Do you read minds too?" Hermione blurted out.
"No Hermione but I can sense people's feelings," he said and then started his lesson. It was very interesting and actually educational compared to their previous ones. Professor Stratus talked about how to sense people's feelings and when someone asked what it had to do with divinations he said that it really did in the long run.
After class everyone left chattering about their amazing and surprisingly good class. The trio was actually happy about Stratus but Harry was a bit nervous. Someone knew his secret and he just hoped that the professor wouldn't tell. Most likely he would though. They can't have a werewolf running around school can they? Except Remus was one but that is beside the point. Hermione was pretty sure that Stratus wasn't a fraud and Harry and Ron were thinking along the same lines.
Potions class was next. They entered the potions classroom and saw that many people were not there yet. Parvati cautiously entered and sat in the back next to Hermione and Ron and Harry took a seat as fart away from the front as they could but considering how the desks were set out he wasn't really progressing in getting any further. People started to enter and again Harry noticed that the amount of people were not as much as the years before. There were only four Gryffindors and many Slytherin. Harry, Hermione, Ron, and Parvati were apparently the only ones brave enough to take on Snape for another year.
Harry buried his head in his hands on the desk ignoring the taunts Malfoy was giving Parvati and he tried to block out all the noise around him. He really didn't want to deal with Snape at all.ever. Snape billowed in slamming the door behind him and strode up to the front of the classroom. Harry didn't see this because he wasn't looking. He was busy staring at the back of his eyelids.
"This is 6th year preparatory potions class. It will be harder and you will actually have to PAY ATTENTION!" he yelled glaring directly at Harry. Harry didn't see this because he was doing the exact opposite of what the professor wanted but after he yelled he picked up his head and avoided the potions master's gaze. "The potion we are making today is on the board and is Wolfsbane. Usually we don't make it until late 7th year but I have changed the curriculum now get to work!" Snape spat.
Harry almost jumped when his professor told him what potion they would be making. What scared him the most was that he could feel Snape's eyes on him as he said it. Harry got to working on the potion that he had perfected over the summer without looking at the board once. Harry didn't realize that Snape was suspicious at how well Harry made the potion until the end of class. The potions wouldn't be done for days because it took a while but Snape could tell if they would be manageable at all within the first two hours.
"I am disgusted to say that only Mr. Potter's and Miss Granger's potions will be able to be completed. The others are all botched now get out!" Snape yelled to the class. Harry was glad that it was over and just as he thought he was home free the potions professor called him back.
"Potter, come here!" he snapped. Hermione and Ron and Harry all turned around to face their professor. "Not you Miss Granger, Mr. Weasley. Potter, I need to discuss your two weeks of detention with you.
Harry sighed as Ron and Hermione gave him looks of sympathy and left.
"Potter," Snape started.
Harry walked over to the front desk and leaned on it and finally rested his eyes on the man. "Yes Professor?" Harry asked as casually as he could muster.
"I made the class make Wolfsbane potion today to see if you could make it without mistakes. I watched you make it without even looking at the board for a reminder of what to do. I have reason to believe that you have made this before since you are not particularly skilled in potions and this is an advanced NEWT potion. Also I realized rather quickly that the ingredients you stole make up the very same Wolfsbane potion."
Harry was taking in so much at once. He had to lie. There was no doubt about that but he had to make it convincing.
"Yes, I have made it before for Remus.er Professor Lupin," Harry lied. "He wanted me to learn how to make it incase of any emergencies or you couldn't do it. I just wanted to practice when I took the things from your stash but I didn't know where else to go get the." Harry was a very convincing liar.
"Potter, just leave," Snape sneered.
When Harry just stood there Snape yelled. "GET OUT POTTER! DETENTION WEDNESDAY TOMMOROW AS PLANNED! IT WILL BE RIGHT AFTER THAT THING WE WERE GOING TO DO BEFORE!!" Snape yelled really loud. Harry was glad he didn't say Occlumency out loud because surely people would have heard.
Harry didn't waste anytime in leaving. before the professor could say another word or figure out that the-boy-who-lived was lying and even worse.a werewolf. He prayed to Merlin that Snape wouldn't talk to Remus. Everything was just getting so confusing!
A/N- Did you like it? Again I am sorry about the delay. Please review. I am not getting many reviews so I am a little worried. PLEASE REVIEW!!!