I'm sorry if the story becomes a bit trashy here but I wanted to bring a bit of teenageness (is that even a word?) into the story. bear with me. I'm going somewhere...I think. 0.0

Chapter 5

"What a night!" Harry yawned into his plate of Bacon and eggs. Claire had her head resting on his shoulder. She merely nodded then closed her eyes.

"Claire how far did we go?" Harry asked suddenly, unable to contain himself. Claire smiled.

"Don't worry, you dick is still intact. It was only a few kisses" she shifted her head and fell silent.

"Looks like Ravenclaw had an all nighter as well" Seamus pointed out. He looked pretty alive for the drunkest person at the party. Harry forced his sore head to turn so he could look at the Ravenclaw table. They did look tired. Not hung-over, but tired. A few had their heads resting on the table and others were nibbling on bits of toast. No one seemed excited that the holidays had just began. Harry ran his eyes along the table and saw Cho. She was watching him and Claire with what looked like regret.

Harry had just finished his dinner when Dumbledore stood up to make a speech. The already fairly quite hall fell into a deadly silence.

"Thank you. Your carriages are waiting outside but before you go, I just wanted to inform you that we would be having several visitors next term. They are coming to learn Magic in a different country. They will be arriving on the first Friday of next term so, in honour of their arrival, we will be holding a ball with a live band playing. I would consider advising you to get some dress robes if you do not already have them and to choose a 'date' for the occasion. Thank you." Dumbledore sat down again and the hall became alive with the buzz of voices and footsteps as everyone left the hall to get a carriage.

Harry and Claire got an empty one, they were soon joined by Hermione, Ron, Lavender, Dean, Ginny, Seamus, Neville and Parvati: All the Gryffindor sixth years, plus Ginny. It was a tight fit and Claire had to sit on Harry's lap.

"Dress robes, aye" Seamus mused, watching Ginny who was looking a bit green. "We should all meet up and get something to wear. We can go to Muggle London!" everyone agreed but it wasn't a very enthusiastic agreement.

The carriage stopped and the team piled out and boarded the train. Harry put his arm protectively across Claire's shoulders when some Hufflepuff boys whistled at her.

"Nice going, Potter" Malfoy sneered as they passed in the train corridor. Harry used his free arm to punch him. Malfoy gave him a playful shove as he went into a Compartment with Blaise. Pansy was close behind them.

"In here, Harry!" Hermione called him into the compartment next to Draco's. It was just she and Ron for the moment. Harry and Claire sat opposite them as the train jolted to life and began its six-hour trip to London.

"So Do you know who you'll take to the ball, Ron?" Harry teased once the castle was out of sight. Ron's face went red. Hermione glanced at him sharply.

"Well spit it out!" she said, placing her book on the seat beside her.

"Ron got with Lavender last night," Claire informed them quietly.

"What!" Harry and Hermione said as one. Ron glared at Claire as the compartment door slid open and Neville entered.

"Can I sit here? There's nowhere else…" Hermione shuffled over and he sat down.

"Nice going with Lavender last night, Ron" Neville said. Ron raised his fist to hit him.

"We'll stop now," Hermione said, patting his seat.

"That's easy for you to say, you stripper!"

"RON!" Hermione lunged at him and Harry stood up quickly. "Lets go for a walk." He said to his girlfriend and Neville. The agreed quickly and left the two to their quarrels.

"What was that about?" Harry asked. He wished he hadn't passed out.

"Hermione took off her top while she was on the table" Neville said without hesitation.

"It was lucky she was wearing a nice bra, too, or it really would have been embarrassing" Claire added. Harry shook his head in disbelief.

They walked along the whole train then back again. Harry slipped his head in the door, heard they were still fighting and shut it.

"In here" he led them into Malfoy's compartment.

"What's this we hear about Granger stripping?" Malfoy cocked an eyebrow. He was fully recovered from the night before.

"Just a party last night" Harry yawned and sat down opposite Pansy. Claire and Neville sat either side of him and the three Slytherins sat across.

"And is that how this happened" Blaise said, gesturing at the intimacy between Harry and Claire. Both nodded.

Blaise opened the window and lit a cigarette. Neville was about to point out his asthma then Blaise said, "oops, sorry" he pulled out his wand and tapped the cigarette. The spell made the smoke go straight out the window instead of swirling around the ceiling and giving everyone cancer.

"So anyway" Blaise tapped the ash on the sill. "When you first came to school, Claire, everyone single guy in the school wanted a root from you. There was even a bet going round our house of which Gryffindor would get you first. So that's why I'm saying congrats to Potter because he won me a hundred bucks!"

Harry looked cautiously over at Claire to see if she took offence but she just laughed.

Blaise offered the cigarette to Neville who declined it, blushing.

"I'm just tooling with you" Blaise said. "I never share my smokes. They're to hard to get." He tapped the ash off again. "So, Potter and Longbottom, you should think yourself lucky. You overtook Ravenclaw with the hottest chick award."

"Come to think of it…" Malfoy interjected. The Slytherin boys were sitting either side of a fuming Pansy. "Potter you got both them chicks! How do you do it?" Harry laughed.

"What you mean Cho? That was one date and it completely backfire because all she wanted to do was talk about Cedric!"

"You guys have all the hot chicks this year." Blaise continued as if Malfoy hadn't interrupted. "You got Claire and Weasley's sister. She has the biggest boobs in the school! Oh and Granger. If she fixed her hair and wore decent clothes she'd be cute." Harry thought about it and realised Blaise was right, Hermione would be cute if she made an effort. And Ginny had really shaped out over the past year. Malfoy sighed.

"We have no hot chicks in Slytherin…" Pansy got up and stormed away.

"Finally!" Blaise tossed his cigarette butt and put his feet up on Pansy's seat. "It's been Draco this and Draco that all morning!"

The group rode the train quietly for a while, listening to the blazing fight next door. Suddenly there was a thump on the wall behind Malfoy then there was silence. Malfoy sat up bolt right "she killed him!"

"How do we know she killed him? He could have killed her!" Claire said reasonably.

"Lets hope they didn't kill anyone!" Harry said, jumping up and running next door. He peered through the window and saw that Hermione had left and she had indeed killed Ron. Or so Harry thought. He opened the door and was told by the dizzy red head that Hermione had slapped him and he had fallen back into the wall. Harry helped him back onto the seat and told him to rest then went back next-door.

"Claire?" he said sweetly, making Malfoy and Blaise laugh. Harry laughed as well. "Claire, can you go and talk to Hermione for me? I think she need someone with feelings to chat to because I think I'd end up being killed like Ron" Claire shrugged and wandered off to find Hermione.

The boys spent the rest of the time indulging in chocolate frogs and every flavour beans while they had a game of exploding snap.

They were about an hour out of London when Crabbe and Goyle showed up.

"Pansy said you were giving her shit, Zabini" Crabbe said, cracking his knuckles threateningly. Blaise shrugged as he shuffled the cards for another game of snap with Neville who was losing spectacularly.

"Who cares if I was? She was giving me shit to start with"

Goyle stepped into the compartment and took a few steps past Malfoy. Blaise jumped up.

"I wouldn't do that if I were you, that's my personal space your stepping into" Goyle looked back at Crabbe and they both laughed. Goyle took another step forward so now he and Blaise were inches apart.

"You asked for it, asshole!" Goyle brandished his fists but the attack came from Malfoy who punched him in the back of the head. Goyle fell forward and Harry had to do a quick leap from his seat in order to get out of the falling man's way. Crabbe came blundering into the room and took a blind swing at Neville. Harry grabbed his arm and tripped him at the same time as Goyle grabbed his ankle. Both Harry and Crabbe went down. Harry got up quickly and so did Goyle.

"Duck!" Harry ducked down again as Blaise sent a fist over his head and into Goyle's face.

"There was a huge bang behind them and the fighting stopped. All the boys turned to the door and Neville dropped Crabbe from a deadly headlock.

"What is going on?" Hermione thundered, her wand pointing at Malfoy who was closest to the door. "This mess is to stop this instance! There will be no fighting on the train!"

No one was stupid enough to remind her that she had just been fighting with Ron.

"Crabbe, Goyle, get out of here. I don't want to see you up this end of the train for the rest of the trip"

Crabbe sniggered at her and Hermione sent a thunderous jet of black light at him. The spell left him with asshole written permanently across his face. The two bullies jumped up and left.

"Now the rest of you" Hermione turned on the remaining boys "I want you to sit here quietly until we get to London!"

"Yes, Hermione" they chorused and sat back in their seats. Hermione glared for a moment then left.

The boys relaxed and Blaise picked up his card that had scattered across the floor.

Ron came in and, shaking his head at their misfortune, sat between Harry and Neville.

"Sucked in" was all he could say.

When the train finally pulled into kings cross station, there was a frantic scurrying for bags and during the frenzy Blaise managed to clutch his belongings and jump from the window.

"Your party still on?" Malfoy asked him once they had met him on the platform.

"Party?" Ron asked, narrowing his eyes. Blaise nodded.

"Every year, two days after Christmas, I have this huge party at my house. It's mostly just muggle friends. No magic. You can all come if you can get outta hiding." Blaise waved to his father to say he was coming. "If you're in London before then, send me an owl and I'll meet you there" He gave Malfoy a hug then walked off to meet his family.

Seamus came running up to them with Dean, Ginny, Hermione, Lavender, Parvati and Claire.

"We'll be in London at two thirty the day before Christmas. We'll meet you at the Leaky cauldron." Seamus informed them then left. Lavender and Parvati also departed with small waves. Dean gave Ginny a long and meaningful kiss before leaving himself.

Claire sidled up to Harry and wrapped her arms around his waist then watched him expectantly.

Harry glanced at Ron and Draco who were standing, without noticing each other, side by side with huge goofy grins spread across their faces. Hermione was frowning and Ginny was saying goodbye to Neville.

Harry turned back to Claire and tilted her chin back before copying Dean with a long kiss.

"I'll see you at Christmas" he said just as a group of people burst through the barrier. Claire waved and walked off to meet her mother.

"Harry, Lucius Malfoy just arrived to collect Draco. We have to go!" the speaker was Lupin. With him were Tonks, Moody and Mundungus.

Harry collected his friends. After he had given his invisibility cloak to Malfoy the group went through the barrier, the order members crowding around Harry and the stowaway.

Lucius watched them until they had left the station then went in search for his son.

There was a ministry car waiting for them once they were in the parking lot. The students put their trunks in the boot then piled into the magically enlarged back seat. Moody and Mundungus rode in the front.

Mundungus started the car and they instantly jumped to the head of a traffic queue.

"Are you guys staying at Grimmauld place?" Harry asked. He was sitting between Draco and Lupin.

"We will be while your there. Dumbledore has kept HQ shut since… since Sirius went. Said he was going to completely cleanse it. This is our first time back." Lupin was having trouble speaking about his old friend. Harry smiled. They were all in for a big surprise.

It didn't take them long to get there and soon they were standing on the doorstep of the old Black manor. Moody showed Draco a piece of paper in Dumbledore's writing. Draco could suddenly see the old house but his showed no expressions.

Tonks knocked on the door and moments later locks on the other side slid into place. The door opened and there stood Sirius.

Bags, wands and jaws dropped. Lupin began to cry. Harry grinned and stepped inside.

"Same room as last year?" he asked casually, dropping his trunk in the hall. The rest of the group filed silently in behind him.

"Arthur and Molly will be here soon" Sirius informed them and it broke the spell. Everyone started talking at once. Sirius got hugs all-round, twice from Lupin. Finally things settled down.

"Welcome to my home and the headquarters of the order of the phoenix" Sirius said to Draco who smiled politely.

"Harry, Draco will have the room next to yours and Ron's room. You guys can go unpack. I'll have butterbeers in the kitchen when your finished." They obeyed and Harry, Ron, Hermione, Ginny and Draco made their way upstairs. Sirius had certainly done some cleaning; the elf heads were gone from the walls and in their place were smiling, moving, and talking pictures of the order members the kids. Harry paused in front of one of himself and Hermione and Ron. They waved and said hello before going back to a game of chess.

Crookshanks scurried past his legs and Harry moved on.

His and Ron's bedroom was much nicer than last year. The walls had been painted in a soft creamy-red colour, better that the old peeling wallpaper, and a few more pictures had been hung around the room including posters of famous Quidditch teams. Their beds had been replaced with bigger beds with softer blankets.

Hedwig was sitting atop the old oak cupboard with Pig. They hooted and Ron gave them some treats.

"Hello, Harry dear" Harry jumped around. Next to the portrait of Phineas Nigellus was a gold-framed portrait of his parents. They beckoned him over but he didn't move.

"Bloody hell!" said Ron, noticing the picture and stepping forward. "How can you guys talk?"

James laughed. "You must be Ron. Dumbledore charmed one of our pictures, just like he did with the headmaster's portraits in his office. He thought it would be a nice surprise for Harry."

"Look how big you are, Harry" he'd moved a bit closer now and was watching them with his head cocked to the side. "You look just like your father" Lily put her arms around James and Harry suddenly wished he could join the hug.

"Sirius says you're a great Quidditch player. What position do you play?" James was looking at him full of admiration.

"Seeker" Harry managed to mumble. James beamed.

"Harry? Ron? Get down here!" it was Moody.

"We've got to go" Harry said to his parents. Ron left the room but Harry couldn't tear his eyes away. Suddenly Godric Gryffindor appeared beside him. He flicked his wrist and James and Lily jumped from the portrait. Harry fell backwards.

"Have your hug, Harry" Godric said. Lilly wrapped her arms around Harry, he was almost as tall as her, and he could feel the warmth radiating from her beautiful skin. James came forward and added his arms to the hug so Harry was sandwiched between them. He was happier than he had been in his entire life. It gave him a new strength he hadn't ever experience before.

Lily kissed him on the forehead.

"Be strong, Harry. You'll pull through" James told him. Then they were back in their picture. Harry grinned and Godric disappeared.

"Wand" Harry said sub consciously. His wand flew from the bed and into his hand. He smiled at his parents again then left.

He had just cracked open his butterbeer when there was a knock on the door again.

"That'll be Molly and Arthur" Sirius said, placing his bottle on the bench and going to answer the door. Everyone listened intently for a reaction.

There was silence then someone screamed and then there was the tinkle of breaking china.

"Mum!" Ginny said and she and Ron ran to the door. Harry, Hermione and Malfoy followed.

Mrs Weasley had indeed fainted but Arthur had caught her. It was Fred who had broken the vase in his hysterics of laughter. George was shaking Sirius' hand and saying, "Good job, mate. Good job"

Lupin helped Arthur to the kitchen where Tonks splashed the poor lady with water. Molly awoke instantly.

"You horrible man" she snarled, lashing out at Sirius with her hand. Harry's godfather jumped back, laughing.

"Easy, Molly, you don't want to have a heart attack."

Both Arthur and Lupin had to hold her back after that remark.

"Forget it, Mum" Ginny said, giving her a hug. Ginny looked slightly upset but Harry couldn't put his finger on it.

Molly straightened herself and, ignoring Sirius' continuous laughter with the twins, turned to Draco.

"Hello, Draco dear, it's nice to have you here with us. If you need anything just ask. My name is Molly." Molly turned and glared at Sirius whose laughter ceased promptly and he braced himself for an attack.

"Have you given Draco a room yet?" she snapped.

"Yes, Molly. He has the spare room next to Harry and Ron. I recently fixed it up" Molly's tone lightened after she heard that Sirius had indeed been responsible without her.

"Good" She turned and reached into a shopping bag full of vegetables. "Will everyone please leave? I'd like to get dinner started"
"come on. I want to show you something" Sirius led the teens out of the room and down the hall.

"In here" he led them into a dark room and flicked the switch. There was a long couch in the room and opposite the couch was a fairly expensive, wide screen TV. Sirius hit the power button on the remote and the TV came to life with the sound of MTV.

Ron, Ginny and Malfoy were mesmerised by it, having never seen a TV before in their lives, they slide one by one onto the couch and stared blankly at the screen. It reminded Harry of Dudley.

"Want to go somewhere else, Harry?" Hermione asked. She had MTV at home and it bored her greatly. It didn't appeal to Harry either; he watched it sometimes when his cousin had it on.

"Yeah ok" they strolled back down the hall to the dining room. Lupin, Arthur, Fred, George, Moody, Mundungus, Tonks and Sirius were sitting around the table. Kingsley and Dumbledore had recently joined them. The group was pouring over a piece of paper.

"Is Draco settling in alright?" Dumbledore asked when he spotted them.

"Yeah he's glued to the TV now" Harry sat down with his head on the table. Lack of sleep from the night before was catching up on him.

"What's up, Harry?" Tonks asked. She was changing the colour of her hair in a mirror.

"Late night" Harry said, watching her. "Keep it that colour" it was golden blonde and it reminded him of Claire. Hermione plonked down beside him and let her head flop to his shoulder. Dumbledore raise a mocking eyebrow.

"Why did you have a late night?"

Hermione looked up, startled. "We were…um"

"There was a party," Harry informed him dumbly. "So where is Voldemort now?" Harry glance up and saw everyone looking warily at his or her neighbour.

"Oh come on. Do you remember what happened last time you left me out? It's only me and Hermione" Hermione seemed pleased to be involved. Everyone looked at Dumbledore.

"Well we're waiting for Severus to come any minute now. He will have news."

"Speak of the devil" Fred said as the greasy haired potions master walked through the door.

"He's in Egypt" Snape said tiredly, handing a bunch of papers to Dumbledore and brushing sand off his robes. A mask was poking out from under his arm.

"Can I see that?" Harry asked automatically, holding out his hand. The masked quivered then jumped from Snape to Harry.

Harry examined the mask without noticing that everyone was staring at him.

"How'd you do that, Harry?" George asked. Harry looked up, realising what he had done.

"Huh? Oh… um, I'm not sure…" he frowned at his wand that was laying uselessly on the table.

"Wand" his wand jumped into his open hand. Hermione snatched it away.

"See if you can do a spell!" Harry frowned and looked around. He found a safe corner to do the spell and a split second later he was standing there with no recollection of how he got there.

"Harry you can apperate!" Hermione was clapping her hands in delight.

"In the only room in this house you cant possibly apperate in" Dumbledore sounded amused.

"Ropus Tieus" Harry grinned as Fred was tied back to his chair by golden rope; he was beginning to like these new powers of his.

"Summon something from upstairs, Harry" instructed Dumbledore. Harry thought up to his bedroom and his mind landed on his pillow.

"Pillow" he called out. There was silence then something thudded against the door. Snape opened it, looked into the hall and shut the door quickly. There was a series of quiet and loud thuds then silence again. Snape reopened the door and Harry saw a huge pile of pillows.

As Harry used his powers more and more, the spells became stronger and more uncontrollable.

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