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Chapter 4
Symbols and Tournaments
****"I don't know what you talking about... Wait... are you saying that you fancy my sister?" Harry replied. Draco blushed, slightly and nodded. Harry stayed silent.
"Do you mind..?" Draco asked quietly. Harry laughed slightly and shook his head.
"No... I think you're alright Malfoy... you're different than you used to be... I have a couple conditions though Malfoy..." answered Harry.****
Draco motioned for Harry to continue.
"One... never, ever, call Hermione a mudblood again. Second... we can't be mortal enemies if you're going to be dating my sister any time soon Malfoy," Harry stated; saying the last part with a smile. Draco laughed, and nodded. He offered his hand; Harry took it; and a new relationship was made. Draco turned to leave.
"Draco!" Harry called to him. Draco turned around, puzzled.
"Hermione. She's the one I fancy," he said with a smile. Draco smirked; though, it wasn't an evil smirk. He nodded and left. Harry smiled to himself and returned to the Great Hall for breakfast. He easily found his friends at the Gryffindor table. He sat down, still grinning to himself and started to fill his plate. He didn't notice Hermione, Alison, and Ron staring incredulously. Ron coughed and he looked up; he still had a smile on his face.
"Yes?" Harry asked stupidly.
"Well...?" asked Hermione.
"Well what...?" Harry asked, now confused. Hermione muttered something under her breath and rolled her eyes.
"What did Malfoy want?" she asked. Harry chortled to himself and shot a neat glance at Allison. She noticed and stared at him, puzzled.
"Oh, nothing... nothing important. Draco just wanted to... discuss something," he said. He shot a glance at Hermione, then Allison, and grinned.
"Since when did you start calling him by his first name?" asked Allison; she had noticed the general coldness between the two. Harry coughed and caught a laugh.
"Erm... I don't know?" he stated quietly. He forced his food to become interesting and stared at it. Hermione was staring oddly at him. He looked up at her. He read her eyes like a book. He knew her far too well; she knew him far too well also. She was telling him that they would speak about it later. No one else saw the look in her eye. Harry coughed and began eating his food again. He finished and left the table. Hermione stayed at the table a while, then left to follow him. No one thought much of it. They met in the D.P. common room. Harry was seated on the couch. Hermione stood infront of him looking down at him; then she sat down in the chair across from him.
Hermione coughed and he looked up.
"Well?" she asked.
"'Mione... I can't... it was a guy to guy thing..." he told her, a weak smile on his face.
"Harry..." she scolded.
"Mione..." he returned. Hermione gave in.
"Harry... --- alright... be that way... I'll find out soon enough, you know that," she said. Harry nodded, with a smile. She smiled at him. Just that moment, Draco came in, humming. Hermione stared incredulously. Harry looked at him; a small smile on his face. Draco looked up and smiled slightly at Harry; then saw Hermione and froze. His humming stopped. He figeted a moment, then went to the corner of the room to get something it seemed. Hermione's eyes widened when she saw what it was. Harry was suprised, to say the least and quirked an eyebrow. Draco smiled weakly and made to leave.
"Can you actually play that Draco?" Harry asked quietly. Draco smiled weakly and nodded. Harry's eyes widened now; as did Hermione's. Soon they regained their composure.
"Play for us?" Hermione asked quietly. Draco figeted and subconciously tried to hide the guitar behind his back. He looked over at Harry, who nodded slightly, with a smile. Draco walked over to the couch and sat down. He pulled out a pick from his pocket and started playing. The music was beautiful and Hermione was astonished. Draco played a while, then stopped, looking up. Hermione muttered something under her breath, and Harry whispered, 'Bloody Hell'.
"Bloody -- ... That was good Malfoy... ... That was... I don't know... as good as Harry's singing," Hermione whispered. Her mouth clamped shut when she realized she had said the last part. She looked up. Harry was smiling; Malfoy was looking confusedly at her.
"Harry sings?" he asked. Harry laughed.
"Yes," Hermione answered.
"I'm not that good. I was just trying to calm Allison down," Harry returned. Hermione coughed.
"Yes, but you still sing well," she replied and then looked over in thought at Draco. He also seemed to be in thought.
"Care to play something together sometime Harry? I mean, you sing the words; me play the music behind the words..." Draco said quietly. Harry and Hermione's eyes widened. Though for somewhat different reasons. Harry regained his composure and nodded in thought.
"Sure," he replied. Hermione's eyes narrowed. An idea formed and she looked back at Draco.
"Maybe you'll tell me what happened earlier?" she asked. Draco paled and looked at Harry for help.
"Erm.... we... became friends... I guess? I had to ask him something..." he replied quietly. Hermione's eyes darted to Harry who smiled weakly then turned serious.
"He promised never to call you a mudblood again Hermione..." he promised. Hermione looked over at Draco incredulously. He nodded. Hermione suddenly smiled and relaxed.
"Then the Malfoy and Potter war is over," she reasoned. Draco and Harry smiled.
"Good... well... I think class is starting soon. Shall we go?" Hermione asked. Draco and Harry nodded. Hermione and Harry turned to go to Gryffindor tower. Then suddenly, Harry turned around. He frowned confusedly not seeing Draco. He instead, saw a small dragon. He walked over to it and picked it up staring at its eyes; they were blue-grey. He put the dragon down.
"Malfoy?" he asked. The dragon tranformed into Draco... he looked somewhat guilty.
"You have two forms!?" asked Hermione. Draco nodded; though he looked kind of queesy. Hermione looked over at Harry giving him a meaningful look.
"We can trust Draco," he replied to her look. Hermione looked at him a moment longer and nodded. Draco looked at them both in confusion. His eyes popped wide when he saw Harry. Harry was turning into his dragon form. Hermione looked at Harry and picked him up. She subconciously started scratching the dragon behind its ear lovingly. Draco stared at Harry. There was a long silence. Hermione put Harry down and turned into her cat form. She curled into a ball on the floor next to Harry.
HARRY'S POV
If I can just get into Draco's thoughts... I know that this dragon talks by mind... so I should be able to read his mind sort of. Harry concentrated deeply on Draco and finally saw a door. He walked to the door and opened it. Draco's thoughts came to him like they were being said.
~This isn't happening... I thought I was the only one. If father ever found out... no... can't let him know...~
Harry smiled inwardly. He knew now that Draco could be trusted. He walked backwards inwardly and closed the door of Draco's mind to him. He transformed into his human form and smiled at Draco.
NORMAL POV
Hermione, still in her cat form, stood up and walked around Harry's feet a moment, then transformed back. Draco was staring at them both like they had each grown six heads. Harry laughed which brought Draco out of his trance. He didn't know what to say.
"Erm... Well... Okay... Well... let's just go to class," he stated and turned around in order to go to his house tower.
"Wait... when do you want to... you know... play together?" Harry asked quietly? Draco turned around.
"Erm... this Friday maybe? I guess? Where?" he replied.
"D.P. D.A.D.A room okay?" Harry replied. Draco nodded, and they finally left for their classes.
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Harry sat in his dorm room on his bed looking up at the ceiling, when an owl came in. His thoughts were torn when he heard the owl fly in. He took the letter from the owl and it flew off. He opened the letter and began to read.
Harry,
Please meet me in my office. I think you might want to come.
~Proffessor Dumbledore
The letter was short, but Harry knew it was probably important. He got up off his bed and proceeded to the Headmaster's office. After mumbling the password to the gargoyle, he walked in, up the stairs. He sat down absentmindedly and sat. He wasn't really acknowledging the presence of his godfather, or Dumbledore. Sirius coughed and Harry looked up. He was thoroughly confused with what he saw. He saw his goffather standing next to Dumbledore, his hands in his pockets, smiling.
"Sirius?" Harry asked. Sirius's smile only grew.
"Harry," he replied, grinning. He opened his arms and smiled at him. Harry stood up to be embraced by his godfather. They all sat down again and Harry looked at Dumbledore. Dumbledore coughed and told them he would leave them alone for a while. Harry smiled and looked back at Sirius after seeing Dumbledore leave.
The two chit chatted for a while, talking about Allison and other things until Sirius brought his hands out of his pockets. His hand was holding an object of small size. Harry would guess the object was probably and inch large in diameter. He then brought another small item out of his pocket. This one was probably about three inches long and looked sort of like a small wand. Sirius smiled and showed Harry the items. The first item looked like a snitch, and the second, did look like a small silver wand of three inches. Harry quirked an eyebrow in wonder and looked at Sirius. He only smiled. He handed Harry the snitch looking object. Harry looked at the object closely. There were seven symbols on the snitch. They were in a line going all the way around the snitch. He looked at Sirius in wonder. Sirius smiled and took the snitch from him.
"This is something that was your father's. He never liked having to carry around a trunk to school. Never did. So, he got this. I'll explain it. This first symbol, the one that sorta looks like a clock if you squint your eyes and use a whole lot of imagination is th first one I'll explain. If you were to take this silver wand and tap this first symbol with the wand two times, then, it would open slightly and would take you to a library. This library is within this snitch. It holds every book you could ever want. Every time new book is written, three hours after it's published, it will come to this library as well.
This second symbol is a dungeon. An empty dungeon really. It's got this special spell on it. It enlargens with every step sort of. What I'm saying is, you can't ever reach the wall or ceiling. James used to take his broom in there and practice, because, no one could ever spy on him in there.
The third one... is a large room. It has a bed, a chair, a couch, a desk, and table, a small room off to the side that's a bathroom, and a fridge that restocks itself every time you visit. However, if you ate all the food, then you'd have to leave the room before it would be restocked. The food supply however, is enough to last three teenage boys six years. Heh.
The fourth is not a room. Tapping on the fourth symbol will enlarge the snitch to about the size of your trunk. This compartment, is meant to hold your books, ink, quills et cetera. The next symbol is meant for clothes. That symbol also enlargens the snitch to the size of your trunk. The third symbol can be for other things. Such as, it will fit a broom, pictures, special objects. You know?
The last symbol is much like the one for practicing and such. It is a maze. You start in random places in the maze on the outskirts. The point is to get into the center. That one, i'm not sure how James used it, but, it could be used for things like practicing, or fun. It's sort of like the maze from the fourth task at the tournament in your fourth year. Only, the walls are made of stone. It does have creatures in it. So, might be best for practicing.
Finally... each of the rooms that you can go into, have a time continuum type spell cast on them. An hour inside, is five minutes outside. However, if you fall asleep in any of the rooms other than the room that has a bed, it will send you back to the outside world. When you are inside one of the rooms, you will still have the snitch in your pocket. So, you can switch rooms and access your things. On the outside world, the snitch will have dropped and landed whereever you were. So, if you spent a long enough time in there, then, someone could find the snitch, and join you inside. This could be a bad or good thing. Now, there's a small hole in the snitch that the silver wand can go into. The wand will shrink and go into the hole whenever it wand touches the hole. By pressing your finger over the hole while the wand is in there, it will pop out and you have access to it again.The thing that James most favored about this. It can also be used as a snitch. An actual snitch. Hold it tighly in you hand and say 'Quiditch Immoblia' and it will become like the snitch you know so well. It's wings will try to unfurl and it will want to fly. If you let go of it, it will. Now, I know you're worried about, if you don't ever catch it. I have let this snitch hear the voice of Hermione, Ron, Dumbledore, Lupin, myself, and your voice. If any of those people say the words 'Snatch Requitis' the snitch will come to whomever spoke the words. That's even if the snitch is not in snitch mode. If it is and you're done playing with it, simply speak the words 'Quiditch Immoblia' again.
I don't know that there's much else about it that I can tell you. If you wish you can leave and move your things to the ocmpartments or something?" Sirius explained, and finished. Harry nodded and stood up with the snitch and silver wand in his hand. He was slightly dazed. He said his thanks to his godfather and left. Subconciously he put the wand inside the hole of the snitch.
His feet led him to his dorm room. He suddenly came out of his stupor and put the snitch on the ground. He popped out the silver wand and activated the space for his clothes. He stuffed them all in as hurriedly as he could while still putting them, still, neatly. Then he activated the special compartment. He stuffed in his album of his parents, his broom, and many other things. He stuffed his books and things in the compartment meant for books. All his uniforms and robes where still outside of the snitch, thing... He would still need to access those though.
The then stuffed the snitch in his pocket and made way to the girl's dorm, where Hermione slept. He looked at Hermione a moment, smiling. He stook one of her quills and a peice of parchment and wrote a small note.
Hermione,
You may have found a small snitch in your bag that isn't flying? Keep it safe, don't let anyone else find it. If you lose it, I may get lost too, heh. Anyway, if you've noticed me missing, I'll be back in time for class. Don't expect me for breakfast. Don't be suprised if you see the snitch start to hover. Be expecting suprise when it does. Kay? Kay. Heh.
~Ishtar
He stuffed it in her book bag and then positioned the snitch over her bag. With his other hand he activated the dungeon for practicing. The feeling felt sort of like using a port-key. He distantly heard the snitch fall into her bag, then saw the room around him. He was still in the same position with the snitch in his hand. Though, he was in totally different surroundings. He immediately got his broom out of the snitch and pocketed the snitch in his pocket. He started flying around doing stunts and trying to touch the walls to no end. Eventually after what seemed like hours and hours, he switched rooms to the maze room so he could practice spells. He stayed there for a couple hours, then went to the library room and finished all homework. He then went and ate in the room with the bed. Afterwards he started to get ahead in all his classes. Then, after many hours, switched back and forth from the maze room, and the practice room.
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Hermione woke up and got dressed. She went to the common room with her book back in hand and made way for the Great Hall, being hungry. She walked down the halls and down stairs until she was nearly at the Great Hall.
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A first year Ravenclaw boy picked up a piece of paper from the floor and looked at it. He became confused as he read it.
Hermione,
You may have found a small snitch in your bag that isn't flying? Keep it safe, don't let anyone else find it. If you lose it, I may get lost too, heh. Anyway, if you've noticed me missing, I'll be back in time for class. Don't expect me for breakfast. Don't be suprised if you see the snitch start to hover. Be expecting suprise when it does. Kay? Kay. Heh.
~Ishtar
Ishtar was the name of the dragon that Hermione had brought to their first class. He ran ahead and found Hermione at the door of the Great Hall, about to walk in.
"Hermione! Miss!" he called to her. He watched as she turned around and looked at him in confusion. He walked over to her and handed her the note.
"I think this must have fallen from your bag. Isn't Ishtar the dragon you brought to class with you? How did it write a note to you?" the boy asked in confusion. Hermione read the note, not really listening to the boy. She started searching through her bag and finally brought out a small golden snitch. Realizing she wasn't alone, she suddenly stuffed it back into her bag and looked back to the boy remembering his question. She stared at him a moment racking her brain for an answer.
"Erm.... the owner named the dragon after himself?" she answered. The boy seemed to accept this and left quietly. Hermione looked at the note again and read it repeatedly. She muttered something under her breath then went quietly to a small hallway no one ever went down and brought out the snitch to look at it. She remembered the note said Harry wouldn't be there for breakfast and her stomach growled. She put the snitch back in in her bag along with the note and went to the Great Hall to eat breakfast. She then quickly went back to her dorm room. No one was there for which she was glad. She brought out the snitch and stared at it a moment.
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Harry went to the library again to study for a couple more hours, then, looked at the clock in the library. There was one that told him how long he had been in the snitch. The other showed what time it was in the real world. He needed to go now, he had about twenty minutes before his first class. He gathered all his things together and put them in the snitch.
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Hermione was still looking at it intensly when it started to huvor. She remembered the not and watched it intently. It opened up slightly and a moment later, Harry was standing there. She blinked her eyes and stared at Harry incredulously.
"Hello 'Mione... bloody hell, it seems likes weeks since I've since you, partially because it has been I guess," he stated to her. Hermione blinked againin slight confusion.
"Harry?" she said stupidly.
"Come on Hermione, we're going to be late to class, or rather, I'm going to be late for class," he stated happily. She nodded and he quietly got his needed books out of the snitch. Hermione gasped when it grew and shrunk in size so quickly.
"I'll explain later, but, for now, I've got class, bye Hermione," he said cheerfuly and left her. The snitch in his pocket. Hermione was now alone in the room.
~ ~ ~ The Next Class Hermione Saw Harry Was Herbology, and then, Transfiguration ~ ~ ~
They sat down and got out their things for the class. McGonagall came in soon afterwards and the class began right away. Hermione was staring oddly at Harry through most of the class, as were a lot of other people. There was more than one person who raised their hand at every question McGonagall now. Hermione and Harry both raised their hands and every question. McGonagall started out with Harry suprised he was going to answer a question and had to eventually just switch back and forth between the two. Occasionally calling on the few other students who every now and then when they raised their hands. Which was rare.
After class Ron, Hermione, and Allison pulled him into a small corner and asked him how on Earth he had known all those answers. He smiled and brought out the snitch. Hermione looked strangely at him.
"It's sort of like a time turner I guess," he said and paused, looking at each of their faces.
"I've been practicing and studying for about a week's time or so with this," he finished. They were all looking strangely at him. Hermione looked directly in his eyes.
"I want you to explain fully later Harry. Right now, Allison has a class to teach. You're explaining after those classes," Hermione said to him. He smiled and nodded. He looked at his clock. He had about two hours then. That would be quite a bit of time inside the snitch. He figured though that Hermione would wonder where he was though. A full two hours, no way. But...
"Well, I think I'll go to the restroom..." he muttered and left Hermione.
"Alright, I'll expect to see you in the Library soon Harry," Hermione called to him. He actually went to the room he had found all those pictures of himself and Allison. He pulled out the snitch and went into the Library inside. He found a few books and started to learn some new spells. He wrote down the words of many spells with a few notes beside each one on a piece of parchment then folded it, putting it in his back pocket. Then he went to the maze to try them all out and practice them. He could only stay there for probably about one more hour snitch-time. He ran into a large creature he didn't know the name of and remembered one of the spells he had read of in the library.
"Aquire Eriuqa!" he yelled out at the creature. The spell was supposed to mirror the creature in double size and put the mirror image where Harry was standing, so the creature would see it and run. It worked and harry smiled. He checked his watch and then continued in the maze trying out all the other spells. A while later he checked his watch again and sighed. He deactivated the snitch and found himself looking at the secret room he had found. He rushed to the library, then slowed down so he wouldn't be panting when he got there.
He found Hermione with a book in her hands. She looked up and smiled at him. He sat down and started working on his homework. Hermione looked over at him asking if he needed any help and Harry smiled and shook his head. He started to stare at his book thinking of what he could accomplish with a snitch. If he stayed in there for simply a week in outside time, that would be around twelve weeks to him. (A/N: You do the math, one hour inside snitch equals five minutes outside time. That's all the info you need. If it helps, there's 24 hours in a day, 168 hours in a week. I did the math :-p And i'm in 8th grade! Mwahahahaha, And I had to find out how many hours there are in a week. If I did the math wrong, you can correct me) If he stayed in there for a few weeks outside time, that would be an incredible amount of time. Enough weeks of outside time would make a year inside time. He could be ready for Voldemort easily by the time his seventh year was over. He was snapped out of thought when Hermione thonked him on the head.
"Harry?" she asked. Trying to be quiet as not to attract attention from Madam Pince.
"Huh?" he asked.
"You've just been sitting there for quite a while now... You Okay?" she asked. He nodded and gave her a smile. She smiled back and sat down again. Soon, they were joined by Allison and Ron. Harry knew what they wanted to discuss so he told them that they should go to the D.P. common room. There they were greeted by Draco Malfoy. They sat down and started talking about it for a minute or so before Draco coughed and they realized his presence.
"What's this about a snitch?" he asked. Harry sighed and motioned for him to come sit.
"Promise you're not going to tell anyone?" he asked quietly. Draco nodded. Harry started explaining the whole thing to them all. Afterwards, they all seemed quite entrigued. Harry smiled at them all as he started explaining all his ideas on staying there for a few few hours every day. They could just spend thirty outside minutes in the snitch per day and it would help them greatly. They would have plenty of time to do homework in there, as well as practicing and learning new spells.
All of them wanted to try it out now, so, Harry took them all to the room with the picture's of him and Allison, their parents et cetera. They all grabbed hands and went to the library. On the outside world, they had simply disappeared for twenty-five minutes. Along with their books and brooms, also missing for twenty-five minutes, had anyone wanted to find any of those belongings. They came back with all homework done, and better wizards and witches, but only by about five hours of work. (A/N: I know, it sounds so cheesy heh)
They went to dinner and sat down at their respected house tables. They quietly talked amongst their friends about random topics, homework, whatever, and ate their dinner.
Soon after that, they went to their dorms or common rooms and soon went to bed after a bit of chatting.
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The next morning at breakfast made things a bit more interesting.
They all watched as Dumbledore stood up to make some sort of announcement. Some were whispering to each other, but most were silent. This caused the Great Hall to be relatively silent. McGonagall tapped her fork against her glass unnecesarily. Dumbledore adjusted his glasses slightly and looked across the room, looking at many of the students in turn. Looking slowly at Harry, then Allison, Hermione, and Ron, and lastly, Draco.
He waited a few moments more, then, when the hall was completely silent, he opened his mouth to speak.
"We'll be having two more extra classes put up. You can take these if you wish, or, not. The two are both muggle forms of Defense Against the Dark Arts per say..." he started. The whispering started up again. Some were asking each other who the teacher might be, others, were asking what these classes might be, and other things.
"The first is Sword Fighting...." he said, and paused, allowing it to sink in.
"The second... is a form of martial arts. I suggest that many of you take this. The sword fighting class is available to fourth years and up. The martial arts class, is available to all. There will be different classes according to year however. At the end of the year, there will be two tournaments for the two groups. Details on this will be put up in your common rooms by the prefects today. That is all, tuck in!" he finished. There were some groans from the students below fourth year that wanted to take the sword fighting class, but, it eventually quieted a bit. There were more whisperings however now, than usual.
"So, what do you think Harry?" asked Ron, between bites of food. Harry laughed.
"I think I'll probably take both classes," he stated, in thought. He looked at Hermione and Allison, wondering what they'd take.
"What about you two?" he asked.
"I think I'll do the martial arts," replied Hermione.
"I think I'll do that too," answered Allison. Harry nodded and looked back at Ron wondering what he'd do, and asked.
"I dunno mate, I think, Martial Arts, I don't know how well I'd do with a sword in my hands," he replied. Harry smiled and nodded. Harry wondered how many people would end up doing the sword fighting and what the age groups would be. After they had finished their food, they went to the common room. They were relieved the information was already posted.
Sword Fighting
The age groups will be:
4th year - 5th year
6th year - 7th year
Classes for the first group will be held on Fridays and Saturdays. Classes for the second group will also be held on Fridays and Saturdays, as well as Sunday. Each year will also have a class seperately. Fourth years will have theirs on Mondays -- time will be announced later by your head of house. Fifth years are having theirs on Tuesdays -- time will be announced later by your head of house. Sixth years are having theirs on Wednesdays -- time will be announced later by your head of house. Seventh years will be announced later.
The Tournament:
At the end of the year, each year will compete against themselves until there is only one champion of the year. Then, there will be three final battles until one victor. A fight is over when someone gets hurt, or, their time runs out. The time limit has yet to be decided.
Martial Arts
The age groups are:
1st year - 2nd year
3rd year - 4th year
5th year - 7th year
Classes will also be held on Fridays, and Saturdays for the first two groups. The last group will have classes on Fridays-Sundays. Each year will also have their own seperate classes, the dates and times are yet to be decided except for the fifth and sixth years. The fifth years will hold theirs on Wednesdays. Sixth years, on Thursdays.
The Tournament:
Much like the Sword Fighting Tournament, there will be competitions amongst each year. First year verses First year, et cetera, until there is a champion from each year. Then First verses Second year; Third verses Fourth; Fifth verses Sixth. Then the champion of the First verses Second, will fight the champion of the Third verses Fourth year fight. The champion of that will fight the champion of the fight of Fifth verses Sixth. That champion will fight the seventh year champion. A fight is over when someone is down for ten seconds, the time runs out, or someone is hurt. Hurt does not mean scratches or bruises.
Final Tournament:
There might be a third tournament in which the champions of the Martial Tournament, and Sword Fighting Tournament fight against each other. This will be the champions, not the final champions. Except the First - Third year Martial Arts students. They can choose to fight against each other again, or to not fight at all.
Harry looked around at the other after reading it outloud. Underneath the announcement, was a sign-up sheet. It asked for your full name, your year, your house, height, and weight. Both sign-up sheets asked for that information. Harry filled in both sheets and let the others follow him, filling in the areas they wanted to.
He wondered outloud who the teacher might be and then started chatting with the others.
Well, how'd ou like that? Hmmmm? Heh. Anyway... I'll try to update my other story soon, I promise, but, until then, I hope you're enjoying this one, I am. Please review!!! Thankies!
~~Kostami Amino
Chapter 4
Symbols and Tournaments
****"I don't know what you talking about... Wait... are you saying that you fancy my sister?" Harry replied. Draco blushed, slightly and nodded. Harry stayed silent.
"Do you mind..?" Draco asked quietly. Harry laughed slightly and shook his head.
"No... I think you're alright Malfoy... you're different than you used to be... I have a couple conditions though Malfoy..." answered Harry.****
Draco motioned for Harry to continue.
"One... never, ever, call Hermione a mudblood again. Second... we can't be mortal enemies if you're going to be dating my sister any time soon Malfoy," Harry stated; saying the last part with a smile. Draco laughed, and nodded. He offered his hand; Harry took it; and a new relationship was made. Draco turned to leave.
"Draco!" Harry called to him. Draco turned around, puzzled.
"Hermione. She's the one I fancy," he said with a smile. Draco smirked; though, it wasn't an evil smirk. He nodded and left. Harry smiled to himself and returned to the Great Hall for breakfast. He easily found his friends at the Gryffindor table. He sat down, still grinning to himself and started to fill his plate. He didn't notice Hermione, Alison, and Ron staring incredulously. Ron coughed and he looked up; he still had a smile on his face.
"Yes?" Harry asked stupidly.
"Well...?" asked Hermione.
"Well what...?" Harry asked, now confused. Hermione muttered something under her breath and rolled her eyes.
"What did Malfoy want?" she asked. Harry chortled to himself and shot a neat glance at Allison. She noticed and stared at him, puzzled.
"Oh, nothing... nothing important. Draco just wanted to... discuss something," he said. He shot a glance at Hermione, then Allison, and grinned.
"Since when did you start calling him by his first name?" asked Allison; she had noticed the general coldness between the two. Harry coughed and caught a laugh.
"Erm... I don't know?" he stated quietly. He forced his food to become interesting and stared at it. Hermione was staring oddly at him. He looked up at her. He read her eyes like a book. He knew her far too well; she knew him far too well also. She was telling him that they would speak about it later. No one else saw the look in her eye. Harry coughed and began eating his food again. He finished and left the table. Hermione stayed at the table a while, then left to follow him. No one thought much of it. They met in the D.P. common room. Harry was seated on the couch. Hermione stood infront of him looking down at him; then she sat down in the chair across from him.
Hermione coughed and he looked up.
"Well?" she asked.
"'Mione... I can't... it was a guy to guy thing..." he told her, a weak smile on his face.
"Harry..." she scolded.
"Mione..." he returned. Hermione gave in.
"Harry... --- alright... be that way... I'll find out soon enough, you know that," she said. Harry nodded, with a smile. She smiled at him. Just that moment, Draco came in, humming. Hermione stared incredulously. Harry looked at him; a small smile on his face. Draco looked up and smiled slightly at Harry; then saw Hermione and froze. His humming stopped. He figeted a moment, then went to the corner of the room to get something it seemed. Hermione's eyes widened when she saw what it was. Harry was suprised, to say the least and quirked an eyebrow. Draco smiled weakly and made to leave.
"Can you actually play that Draco?" Harry asked quietly. Draco smiled weakly and nodded. Harry's eyes widened now; as did Hermione's. Soon they regained their composure.
"Play for us?" Hermione asked quietly. Draco figeted and subconciously tried to hide the guitar behind his back. He looked over at Harry, who nodded slightly, with a smile. Draco walked over to the couch and sat down. He pulled out a pick from his pocket and started playing. The music was beautiful and Hermione was astonished. Draco played a while, then stopped, looking up. Hermione muttered something under her breath, and Harry whispered, 'Bloody Hell'.
"Bloody -- ... That was good Malfoy... ... That was... I don't know... as good as Harry's singing," Hermione whispered. Her mouth clamped shut when she realized she had said the last part. She looked up. Harry was smiling; Malfoy was looking confusedly at her.
"Harry sings?" he asked. Harry laughed.
"Yes," Hermione answered.
"I'm not that good. I was just trying to calm Allison down," Harry returned. Hermione coughed.
"Yes, but you still sing well," she replied and then looked over in thought at Draco. He also seemed to be in thought.
"Care to play something together sometime Harry? I mean, you sing the words; me play the music behind the words..." Draco said quietly. Harry and Hermione's eyes widened. Though for somewhat different reasons. Harry regained his composure and nodded in thought.
"Sure," he replied. Hermione's eyes narrowed. An idea formed and she looked back at Draco.
"Maybe you'll tell me what happened earlier?" she asked. Draco paled and looked at Harry for help.
"Erm.... we... became friends... I guess? I had to ask him something..." he replied quietly. Hermione's eyes darted to Harry who smiled weakly then turned serious.
"He promised never to call you a mudblood again Hermione..." he promised. Hermione looked over at Draco incredulously. He nodded. Hermione suddenly smiled and relaxed.
"Then the Malfoy and Potter war is over," she reasoned. Draco and Harry smiled.
"Good... well... I think class is starting soon. Shall we go?" Hermione asked. Draco and Harry nodded. Hermione and Harry turned to go to Gryffindor tower. Then suddenly, Harry turned around. He frowned confusedly not seeing Draco. He instead, saw a small dragon. He walked over to it and picked it up staring at its eyes; they were blue-grey. He put the dragon down.
"Malfoy?" he asked. The dragon tranformed into Draco... he looked somewhat guilty.
"You have two forms!?" asked Hermione. Draco nodded; though he looked kind of queesy. Hermione looked over at Harry giving him a meaningful look.
"We can trust Draco," he replied to her look. Hermione looked at him a moment longer and nodded. Draco looked at them both in confusion. His eyes popped wide when he saw Harry. Harry was turning into his dragon form. Hermione looked at Harry and picked him up. She subconciously started scratching the dragon behind its ear lovingly. Draco stared at Harry. There was a long silence. Hermione put Harry down and turned into her cat form. She curled into a ball on the floor next to Harry.
HARRY'S POV
If I can just get into Draco's thoughts... I know that this dragon talks by mind... so I should be able to read his mind sort of. Harry concentrated deeply on Draco and finally saw a door. He walked to the door and opened it. Draco's thoughts came to him like they were being said.
~This isn't happening... I thought I was the only one. If father ever found out... no... can't let him know...~
Harry smiled inwardly. He knew now that Draco could be trusted. He walked backwards inwardly and closed the door of Draco's mind to him. He transformed into his human form and smiled at Draco.
NORMAL POV
Hermione, still in her cat form, stood up and walked around Harry's feet a moment, then transformed back. Draco was staring at them both like they had each grown six heads. Harry laughed which brought Draco out of his trance. He didn't know what to say.
"Erm... Well... Okay... Well... let's just go to class," he stated and turned around in order to go to his house tower.
"Wait... when do you want to... you know... play together?" Harry asked quietly? Draco turned around.
"Erm... this Friday maybe? I guess? Where?" he replied.
"D.P. D.A.D.A room okay?" Harry replied. Draco nodded, and they finally left for their classes.
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Harry sat in his dorm room on his bed looking up at the ceiling, when an owl came in. His thoughts were torn when he heard the owl fly in. He took the letter from the owl and it flew off. He opened the letter and began to read.
Harry,
Please meet me in my office. I think you might want to come.
~Proffessor Dumbledore
The letter was short, but Harry knew it was probably important. He got up off his bed and proceeded to the Headmaster's office. After mumbling the password to the gargoyle, he walked in, up the stairs. He sat down absentmindedly and sat. He wasn't really acknowledging the presence of his godfather, or Dumbledore. Sirius coughed and Harry looked up. He was thoroughly confused with what he saw. He saw his goffather standing next to Dumbledore, his hands in his pockets, smiling.
"Sirius?" Harry asked. Sirius's smile only grew.
"Harry," he replied, grinning. He opened his arms and smiled at him. Harry stood up to be embraced by his godfather. They all sat down again and Harry looked at Dumbledore. Dumbledore coughed and told them he would leave them alone for a while. Harry smiled and looked back at Sirius after seeing Dumbledore leave.
The two chit chatted for a while, talking about Allison and other things until Sirius brought his hands out of his pockets. His hand was holding an object of small size. Harry would guess the object was probably and inch large in diameter. He then brought another small item out of his pocket. This one was probably about three inches long and looked sort of like a small wand. Sirius smiled and showed Harry the items. The first item looked like a snitch, and the second, did look like a small silver wand of three inches. Harry quirked an eyebrow in wonder and looked at Sirius. He only smiled. He handed Harry the snitch looking object. Harry looked at the object closely. There were seven symbols on the snitch. They were in a line going all the way around the snitch. He looked at Sirius in wonder. Sirius smiled and took the snitch from him.
"This is something that was your father's. He never liked having to carry around a trunk to school. Never did. So, he got this. I'll explain it. This first symbol, the one that sorta looks like a clock if you squint your eyes and use a whole lot of imagination is th first one I'll explain. If you were to take this silver wand and tap this first symbol with the wand two times, then, it would open slightly and would take you to a library. This library is within this snitch. It holds every book you could ever want. Every time new book is written, three hours after it's published, it will come to this library as well.
This second symbol is a dungeon. An empty dungeon really. It's got this special spell on it. It enlargens with every step sort of. What I'm saying is, you can't ever reach the wall or ceiling. James used to take his broom in there and practice, because, no one could ever spy on him in there.
The third one... is a large room. It has a bed, a chair, a couch, a desk, and table, a small room off to the side that's a bathroom, and a fridge that restocks itself every time you visit. However, if you ate all the food, then you'd have to leave the room before it would be restocked. The food supply however, is enough to last three teenage boys six years. Heh.
The fourth is not a room. Tapping on the fourth symbol will enlarge the snitch to about the size of your trunk. This compartment, is meant to hold your books, ink, quills et cetera. The next symbol is meant for clothes. That symbol also enlargens the snitch to the size of your trunk. The third symbol can be for other things. Such as, it will fit a broom, pictures, special objects. You know?
The last symbol is much like the one for practicing and such. It is a maze. You start in random places in the maze on the outskirts. The point is to get into the center. That one, i'm not sure how James used it, but, it could be used for things like practicing, or fun. It's sort of like the maze from the fourth task at the tournament in your fourth year. Only, the walls are made of stone. It does have creatures in it. So, might be best for practicing.
Finally... each of the rooms that you can go into, have a time continuum type spell cast on them. An hour inside, is five minutes outside. However, if you fall asleep in any of the rooms other than the room that has a bed, it will send you back to the outside world. When you are inside one of the rooms, you will still have the snitch in your pocket. So, you can switch rooms and access your things. On the outside world, the snitch will have dropped and landed whereever you were. So, if you spent a long enough time in there, then, someone could find the snitch, and join you inside. This could be a bad or good thing. Now, there's a small hole in the snitch that the silver wand can go into. The wand will shrink and go into the hole whenever it wand touches the hole. By pressing your finger over the hole while the wand is in there, it will pop out and you have access to it again.The thing that James most favored about this. It can also be used as a snitch. An actual snitch. Hold it tighly in you hand and say 'Quiditch Immoblia' and it will become like the snitch you know so well. It's wings will try to unfurl and it will want to fly. If you let go of it, it will. Now, I know you're worried about, if you don't ever catch it. I have let this snitch hear the voice of Hermione, Ron, Dumbledore, Lupin, myself, and your voice. If any of those people say the words 'Snatch Requitis' the snitch will come to whomever spoke the words. That's even if the snitch is not in snitch mode. If it is and you're done playing with it, simply speak the words 'Quiditch Immoblia' again.
I don't know that there's much else about it that I can tell you. If you wish you can leave and move your things to the ocmpartments or something?" Sirius explained, and finished. Harry nodded and stood up with the snitch and silver wand in his hand. He was slightly dazed. He said his thanks to his godfather and left. Subconciously he put the wand inside the hole of the snitch.
His feet led him to his dorm room. He suddenly came out of his stupor and put the snitch on the ground. He popped out the silver wand and activated the space for his clothes. He stuffed them all in as hurriedly as he could while still putting them, still, neatly. Then he activated the special compartment. He stuffed in his album of his parents, his broom, and many other things. He stuffed his books and things in the compartment meant for books. All his uniforms and robes where still outside of the snitch, thing... He would still need to access those though.
The then stuffed the snitch in his pocket and made way to the girl's dorm, where Hermione slept. He looked at Hermione a moment, smiling. He stook one of her quills and a peice of parchment and wrote a small note.
Hermione,
You may have found a small snitch in your bag that isn't flying? Keep it safe, don't let anyone else find it. If you lose it, I may get lost too, heh. Anyway, if you've noticed me missing, I'll be back in time for class. Don't expect me for breakfast. Don't be suprised if you see the snitch start to hover. Be expecting suprise when it does. Kay? Kay. Heh.
~Ishtar
He stuffed it in her book bag and then positioned the snitch over her bag. With his other hand he activated the dungeon for practicing. The feeling felt sort of like using a port-key. He distantly heard the snitch fall into her bag, then saw the room around him. He was still in the same position with the snitch in his hand. Though, he was in totally different surroundings. He immediately got his broom out of the snitch and pocketed the snitch in his pocket. He started flying around doing stunts and trying to touch the walls to no end. Eventually after what seemed like hours and hours, he switched rooms to the maze room so he could practice spells. He stayed there for a couple hours, then went to the library room and finished all homework. He then went and ate in the room with the bed. Afterwards he started to get ahead in all his classes. Then, after many hours, switched back and forth from the maze room, and the practice room.
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Hermione woke up and got dressed. She went to the common room with her book back in hand and made way for the Great Hall, being hungry. She walked down the halls and down stairs until she was nearly at the Great Hall.
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A first year Ravenclaw boy picked up a piece of paper from the floor and looked at it. He became confused as he read it.
Hermione,
You may have found a small snitch in your bag that isn't flying? Keep it safe, don't let anyone else find it. If you lose it, I may get lost too, heh. Anyway, if you've noticed me missing, I'll be back in time for class. Don't expect me for breakfast. Don't be suprised if you see the snitch start to hover. Be expecting suprise when it does. Kay? Kay. Heh.
~Ishtar
Ishtar was the name of the dragon that Hermione had brought to their first class. He ran ahead and found Hermione at the door of the Great Hall, about to walk in.
"Hermione! Miss!" he called to her. He watched as she turned around and looked at him in confusion. He walked over to her and handed her the note.
"I think this must have fallen from your bag. Isn't Ishtar the dragon you brought to class with you? How did it write a note to you?" the boy asked in confusion. Hermione read the note, not really listening to the boy. She started searching through her bag and finally brought out a small golden snitch. Realizing she wasn't alone, she suddenly stuffed it back into her bag and looked back to the boy remembering his question. She stared at him a moment racking her brain for an answer.
"Erm.... the owner named the dragon after himself?" she answered. The boy seemed to accept this and left quietly. Hermione looked at the note again and read it repeatedly. She muttered something under her breath then went quietly to a small hallway no one ever went down and brought out the snitch to look at it. She remembered the note said Harry wouldn't be there for breakfast and her stomach growled. She put the snitch back in in her bag along with the note and went to the Great Hall to eat breakfast. She then quickly went back to her dorm room. No one was there for which she was glad. She brought out the snitch and stared at it a moment.
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Harry went to the library again to study for a couple more hours, then, looked at the clock in the library. There was one that told him how long he had been in the snitch. The other showed what time it was in the real world. He needed to go now, he had about twenty minutes before his first class. He gathered all his things together and put them in the snitch.
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Hermione was still looking at it intensly when it started to huvor. She remembered the not and watched it intently. It opened up slightly and a moment later, Harry was standing there. She blinked her eyes and stared at Harry incredulously.
"Hello 'Mione... bloody hell, it seems likes weeks since I've since you, partially because it has been I guess," he stated to her. Hermione blinked againin slight confusion.
"Harry?" she said stupidly.
"Come on Hermione, we're going to be late to class, or rather, I'm going to be late for class," he stated happily. She nodded and he quietly got his needed books out of the snitch. Hermione gasped when it grew and shrunk in size so quickly.
"I'll explain later, but, for now, I've got class, bye Hermione," he said cheerfuly and left her. The snitch in his pocket. Hermione was now alone in the room.
~ ~ ~ The Next Class Hermione Saw Harry Was Herbology, and then, Transfiguration ~ ~ ~
They sat down and got out their things for the class. McGonagall came in soon afterwards and the class began right away. Hermione was staring oddly at Harry through most of the class, as were a lot of other people. There was more than one person who raised their hand at every question McGonagall now. Hermione and Harry both raised their hands and every question. McGonagall started out with Harry suprised he was going to answer a question and had to eventually just switch back and forth between the two. Occasionally calling on the few other students who every now and then when they raised their hands. Which was rare.
After class Ron, Hermione, and Allison pulled him into a small corner and asked him how on Earth he had known all those answers. He smiled and brought out the snitch. Hermione looked strangely at him.
"It's sort of like a time turner I guess," he said and paused, looking at each of their faces.
"I've been practicing and studying for about a week's time or so with this," he finished. They were all looking strangely at him. Hermione looked directly in his eyes.
"I want you to explain fully later Harry. Right now, Allison has a class to teach. You're explaining after those classes," Hermione said to him. He smiled and nodded. He looked at his clock. He had about two hours then. That would be quite a bit of time inside the snitch. He figured though that Hermione would wonder where he was though. A full two hours, no way. But...
"Well, I think I'll go to the restroom..." he muttered and left Hermione.
"Alright, I'll expect to see you in the Library soon Harry," Hermione called to him. He actually went to the room he had found all those pictures of himself and Allison. He pulled out the snitch and went into the Library inside. He found a few books and started to learn some new spells. He wrote down the words of many spells with a few notes beside each one on a piece of parchment then folded it, putting it in his back pocket. Then he went to the maze to try them all out and practice them. He could only stay there for probably about one more hour snitch-time. He ran into a large creature he didn't know the name of and remembered one of the spells he had read of in the library.
"Aquire Eriuqa!" he yelled out at the creature. The spell was supposed to mirror the creature in double size and put the mirror image where Harry was standing, so the creature would see it and run. It worked and harry smiled. He checked his watch and then continued in the maze trying out all the other spells. A while later he checked his watch again and sighed. He deactivated the snitch and found himself looking at the secret room he had found. He rushed to the library, then slowed down so he wouldn't be panting when he got there.
He found Hermione with a book in her hands. She looked up and smiled at him. He sat down and started working on his homework. Hermione looked over at him asking if he needed any help and Harry smiled and shook his head. He started to stare at his book thinking of what he could accomplish with a snitch. If he stayed in there for simply a week in outside time, that would be around twelve weeks to him. (A/N: You do the math, one hour inside snitch equals five minutes outside time. That's all the info you need. If it helps, there's 24 hours in a day, 168 hours in a week. I did the math :-p And i'm in 8th grade! Mwahahahaha, And I had to find out how many hours there are in a week. If I did the math wrong, you can correct me) If he stayed in there for a few weeks outside time, that would be an incredible amount of time. Enough weeks of outside time would make a year inside time. He could be ready for Voldemort easily by the time his seventh year was over. He was snapped out of thought when Hermione thonked him on the head.
"Harry?" she asked. Trying to be quiet as not to attract attention from Madam Pince.
"Huh?" he asked.
"You've just been sitting there for quite a while now... You Okay?" she asked. He nodded and gave her a smile. She smiled back and sat down again. Soon, they were joined by Allison and Ron. Harry knew what they wanted to discuss so he told them that they should go to the D.P. common room. There they were greeted by Draco Malfoy. They sat down and started talking about it for a minute or so before Draco coughed and they realized his presence.
"What's this about a snitch?" he asked. Harry sighed and motioned for him to come sit.
"Promise you're not going to tell anyone?" he asked quietly. Draco nodded. Harry started explaining the whole thing to them all. Afterwards, they all seemed quite entrigued. Harry smiled at them all as he started explaining all his ideas on staying there for a few few hours every day. They could just spend thirty outside minutes in the snitch per day and it would help them greatly. They would have plenty of time to do homework in there, as well as practicing and learning new spells.
All of them wanted to try it out now, so, Harry took them all to the room with the picture's of him and Allison, their parents et cetera. They all grabbed hands and went to the library. On the outside world, they had simply disappeared for twenty-five minutes. Along with their books and brooms, also missing for twenty-five minutes, had anyone wanted to find any of those belongings. They came back with all homework done, and better wizards and witches, but only by about five hours of work. (A/N: I know, it sounds so cheesy heh)
They went to dinner and sat down at their respected house tables. They quietly talked amongst their friends about random topics, homework, whatever, and ate their dinner.
Soon after that, they went to their dorms or common rooms and soon went to bed after a bit of chatting.
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The next morning at breakfast made things a bit more interesting.
They all watched as Dumbledore stood up to make some sort of announcement. Some were whispering to each other, but most were silent. This caused the Great Hall to be relatively silent. McGonagall tapped her fork against her glass unnecesarily. Dumbledore adjusted his glasses slightly and looked across the room, looking at many of the students in turn. Looking slowly at Harry, then Allison, Hermione, and Ron, and lastly, Draco.
He waited a few moments more, then, when the hall was completely silent, he opened his mouth to speak.
"We'll be having two more extra classes put up. You can take these if you wish, or, not. The two are both muggle forms of Defense Against the Dark Arts per say..." he started. The whispering started up again. Some were asking each other who the teacher might be, others, were asking what these classes might be, and other things.
"The first is Sword Fighting...." he said, and paused, allowing it to sink in.
"The second... is a form of martial arts. I suggest that many of you take this. The sword fighting class is available to fourth years and up. The martial arts class, is available to all. There will be different classes according to year however. At the end of the year, there will be two tournaments for the two groups. Details on this will be put up in your common rooms by the prefects today. That is all, tuck in!" he finished. There were some groans from the students below fourth year that wanted to take the sword fighting class, but, it eventually quieted a bit. There were more whisperings however now, than usual.
"So, what do you think Harry?" asked Ron, between bites of food. Harry laughed.
"I think I'll probably take both classes," he stated, in thought. He looked at Hermione and Allison, wondering what they'd take.
"What about you two?" he asked.
"I think I'll do the martial arts," replied Hermione.
"I think I'll do that too," answered Allison. Harry nodded and looked back at Ron wondering what he'd do, and asked.
"I dunno mate, I think, Martial Arts, I don't know how well I'd do with a sword in my hands," he replied. Harry smiled and nodded. Harry wondered how many people would end up doing the sword fighting and what the age groups would be. After they had finished their food, they went to the common room. They were relieved the information was already posted.
Sword Fighting
The age groups will be:
4th year - 5th year
6th year - 7th year
Classes for the first group will be held on Fridays and Saturdays. Classes for the second group will also be held on Fridays and Saturdays, as well as Sunday. Each year will also have a class seperately. Fourth years will have theirs on Mondays -- time will be announced later by your head of house. Fifth years are having theirs on Tuesdays -- time will be announced later by your head of house. Sixth years are having theirs on Wednesdays -- time will be announced later by your head of house. Seventh years will be announced later.
The Tournament:
At the end of the year, each year will compete against themselves until there is only one champion of the year. Then, there will be three final battles until one victor. A fight is over when someone gets hurt, or, their time runs out. The time limit has yet to be decided.
Martial Arts
The age groups are:
1st year - 2nd year
3rd year - 4th year
5th year - 7th year
Classes will also be held on Fridays, and Saturdays for the first two groups. The last group will have classes on Fridays-Sundays. Each year will also have their own seperate classes, the dates and times are yet to be decided except for the fifth and sixth years. The fifth years will hold theirs on Wednesdays. Sixth years, on Thursdays.
The Tournament:
Much like the Sword Fighting Tournament, there will be competitions amongst each year. First year verses First year, et cetera, until there is a champion from each year. Then First verses Second year; Third verses Fourth; Fifth verses Sixth. Then the champion of the First verses Second, will fight the champion of the Third verses Fourth year fight. The champion of that will fight the champion of the fight of Fifth verses Sixth. That champion will fight the seventh year champion. A fight is over when someone is down for ten seconds, the time runs out, or someone is hurt. Hurt does not mean scratches or bruises.
Final Tournament:
There might be a third tournament in which the champions of the Martial Tournament, and Sword Fighting Tournament fight against each other. This will be the champions, not the final champions. Except the First - Third year Martial Arts students. They can choose to fight against each other again, or to not fight at all.
Harry looked around at the other after reading it outloud. Underneath the announcement, was a sign-up sheet. It asked for your full name, your year, your house, height, and weight. Both sign-up sheets asked for that information. Harry filled in both sheets and let the others follow him, filling in the areas they wanted to.
He wondered outloud who the teacher might be and then started chatting with the others.
Well, how'd ou like that? Hmmmm? Heh. Anyway... I'll try to update my other story soon, I promise, but, until then, I hope you're enjoying this one, I am. Please review!!! Thankies!
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