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After Draco and Harry had visited the kitchens, Harry had completely forgotten about asking Madam Pomfrey for a potion. Not that it was necessary, because when Harry woke up the next morning he suddenly noticed that he remembered nearly everything.
Harry was sitting behind his desk, writing his parents a letter to tell them the good news. Then he wrote another one for Professor Dumbledore.
"Who are you writing?" Ron asked, who had just woke up and now tried to peek over Harry's shoulder.
Harry quickly rolled up the letter and bound it to Hedwig's leg. "It's just a letter for my parents."
Ron rolled his eyes. "Right... Then why am I not allowed to read it?"
"Because it's personal." Harry said curtly, not wanting to continue this conversation.
"Oh my, it was a love letter wasn't it?!" Ron eyes grew wider. "You're having a secret relationship. That's why you're dumping Gérard!"
"Ron, that's not true. I don't have another relationship. I..." Harry said, but Ron had already run out of the room to the common room, to tell the others.
Harry sighed and sat down on his bed. Gérard... He hadn't even thought about him. He remembered the boy now. His cute French accent, his beautiful brown eyes and his white smile. Gérard was great guy, but something was bothering Harry. The need to see him again was gone and so was the tingly feeling he used to have in his stomach, whenever he thought about Gérard.
A noise his stomach made woke Harry up out of his thoughts. He quickly began to dress and made himself ready for breakfast.
Fifteen minutes later, Harry walked into the Great Hall. To his annoyance, Harry saw the Gryffindors listening to Ron, who was talking excitedly.
"I knew all along there was something wrong, but I never thought that he would have someone else!" Ron said, looking very glad with all the attention.
"There he is!" A small blonde girl cried.
The Gryffindors turned immediately to Harry and smothered him with questions.
Harry sighed. "Yes, I might break up with Gérard and no, I don't have a secret lover."
"But the letter..." A second year began.
"Was for my mother." Harry said, annoyed. "Can I just eat my breakfast?!"
The Gryffindors noticed that they wouldn't get more information from Harry and turned their attention away from him.
Harry looked over to the Ravenclaw table, to see if Draco was there. He spotted the blonde sitting next to Cho Chang. Cho was trying to get Draco's attention and gave him her most seductive smile. Draco just ignored her and continued eating.
Harry smiled at Cho's disapointed expression. Draco never really paid attention to girls. As far as Harry knew, he had never had a girlfriend. Harry had always thought that he had been with Pansy, but Draco had told him that he only hung around with her because his father had told him to. Harry wondered why Draco never dated someone; he was the most wanted boy of Hogwarts.
"Are you coming Harry? Don't want to be late for Potions." Hermione said, standing up.
Harry looked away from Draco. "Huh? Oh, yeah." He had forgotten that it was Monday. Slowly he stood up, not wanting to have lessons. Especially not Potions.
Draco stood up too and walked to Harry, smiling at Harry's miserable expression. "Hurry up. I can't wait to see my favourite teacher."
"Oh shut up. You just enjoy watching Snape yelling at me." Harry said, pouting.
Draco grinned, "True." Then his expression turned serious. "I heard what Ron was telling. Is it true? Are you really going to break up with Gérard?" He asked.
"I don't know." Harry sighed. "I guess so." He saw Draco's eyes light up. Harry arched an eyebrow questioningly.
Draco quickly looked away. "We'll be late." He said and began to walk faster.
Harry frowned, then followed the boy, wondering what Draco's odd behaviour was all about.
It was already one o'clock in the morning and everybody was fast asleep. Everybody except for Harry. He was sitting at his desk, playing with his goose feather, while staring at the blank parchment that lay in front of him. A whole half an hour had past since Harry had decided to write Gérard a letter, but he still hadn't got a clue what to write his boyfriend.
'What the hell,' Harry thought. 'I just tell him that I've made up my mind.' And he started writing.
Not more than five minutes later Harry rolled up the parchment. The letter was short, but to the point. He had told Gérard that he wanted to stay home this year, but he hadn't said anything about his doubts about the relationship. He couldn't just break up with Gérard, they had been together too long for that and Gérard still meant too much for him. He needed more time to think about it all.
Hedwig was out hunting, so he laid the letter on his pedestal. Then he quickly went to bed.
The next morning, when everybody was still asleep, Harry was outside for a walk by the lake. He had just send Hedwig away with the letter for Gérard and now he wanted some time alone to think. He looked at the reflection of the upcoming sun in the water and smiled. Everything was so beautiful and peaceful in the morning. Circles formed in the water and the head of the Giant Squid appeared.
"Hello." Harry waved.
The squid waved back, with one of his tentacles.
"Isn't it a beautiful day?"
The squid waved again, not understanding the boy.
Harry smiled. He walked to a boulder near the water and sat down. He stayed there for awhile, watching the squid and the landscape.
Harry looked at his muggle watch and saw that breakfast had already started. "Well I have to go now, or else I'll miss breakfast." He said to the squid. Lazily he slowly stood up and began to walk towards the castle.
When he had almost reached the entrance, he noticed that he wasn't hungry. His first lesson was Magical Creatures, so he turned and went to Hagrid's hut to see if he could help the half giant with the preparations for the lesson.
Hagrid was busy carrying cases out his hut. Harry hoped that they would contain harmless creatures.
"Hello Harry." Hagrid greeted, when he noticed the boy.
"Hi Hagrid," Harry greeted back. "What do you got there?"
"Nothing too dangerous." Hagrid smiled sheepishly. "Jus' 'lil snakes."
"Really? That's ehm, interesting." Harry said, hoping that they really were little. "Anyway, can I help you with something?"
"Yeh could help me carryin' these cases. There's only one left in me hut." Hagrid said, smiling wide. "Jus' put em over there." Hagrid pointed at a couple of cases not far away from his hut.
Harry nodded and walked inside the hut. When he picked up one of the cases, the snakes started to hiss loudly. 'I just hope Hagrid will be careful this time.' Harry thought and carefully started carrying the case to the door of the hut. 'Hold on!' Harry almost dropped the case. He suddenly realised that he couldn't understand what the snakes were saying. Harry held his breathe and listened. He still didn't hear anything but the hissing. 'Of course,' Harry thought. 'Voldemort never tried to kill me and so he didn't transfer some of his powers to me. As I don't have a scar, I can't speak Parseltongue.' Harry smiled, he didn't missed the ability one bit. It had caused him much trouble, that day when he duelled with Draco Malfoy.
Harry thought back to the day when he had found out about his ability. He had been visiting a zoo with the Dursleys. Harry grinned when he remembered the look on his aunt and uncle's face when Piers, no wait it was Dudley... yeah when the glass vanished and Dudley fell in the tank. Or did Piers fall, too. Harry frowned, how could he forget something like that?
"Harry? Yeh all right?" Hagrid's voice came from outside, waking Harry up out of his thoughts.
"Uhm, yeah," Harry said, quickly carried the case outside. "It's a bit heavy, that's all."
"Lemme help yeh." Hagrid took the case out of Harry's hands and carried it to the others.
"Thanks." Harry mumbled. He looked at the castle and saw that the other students were already heading towards them. He saw Hermione and Ron talking animatedly with each other. What if he also forgot all the things the three of them had gone through together?
Harry sighed. Dumbledore had warned him about losing the memories of his other past, but he hadn't really cared about it right then. He didn't mind losing the memories with the Dursleys, but he was sure that all his good memories would disappear, too. He really couldn't just let that happen. He had a free period the next hour, so he decided to go immediately to professor Dumbledore after the lesson was over.
An hour later, Harry walked with the rest of the students back to the castle. The lesson had gone fine. Nobody had got hurt and everybody had enjoyed listening to Hagrid. The half giant knew a lot about the snakes, who were luckily indeed little.
The snakes, who were called Fiannagh Lomanatrus and were very rare, looked incredibly beautiful. They were blue with green strikes at day and white with silver stripes at night. In the war had many been killed because of their skin, which was a very important ingredient of many dangerous dark potions.
"Weren't they cute, those little snakes?" Lavender said, who was walking next to Hermione, behind Harry.
"Yeah, they were." Hermione agreed. "At first I found them a bit scary. I've always been a bit afraid of snakes, but after I held one I lost all my fear."
They had arrived by the castle and Ron pushed the door open. "What did you found of this lesson, Harry?" Ron asked, holding the door open for the others. "You haven't said a word since the lesson was over."
"Hmm, I guess I'm just a bit tired." Harry said, who had been thinking all the time about his memory. "But I have to go now. I'm going to see professor Dumbledore."
"Dumbledore?" Ron asked. "Why?"
"You're not in trouble, are you Harry?" Hermione said frowning.
In his other past Harry had visited Dumbledore lots of times, but here he had never been in the headmaster's office before.
Harry quickly thought of an excuse. "I had asked him if I could see Fawkes some time. I've always been very interested in phoenixes."
"Fawkes? How did you know Dumbledore has a phoenix?" Ron looked at him confused. "And you never told me you liked phoenixes."
"Yeah well, I never asked me." Harry said, hoping that they would buy it. "And Sirius told me about Fawkes. He has been in Dumbledore's office a million times."
"I bet he has. He was always in trouble." Ron grinned. "Well, see you later then."
Harry said goodbye to his friends and made his way to Dumbledore's office.
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After Draco and Harry had visited the kitchens, Harry had completely forgotten about asking Madam Pomfrey for a potion. Not that it was necessary, because when Harry woke up the next morning he suddenly noticed that he remembered nearly everything.
Harry was sitting behind his desk, writing his parents a letter to tell them the good news. Then he wrote another one for Professor Dumbledore.
"Who are you writing?" Ron asked, who had just woke up and now tried to peek over Harry's shoulder.
Harry quickly rolled up the letter and bound it to Hedwig's leg. "It's just a letter for my parents."
Ron rolled his eyes. "Right... Then why am I not allowed to read it?"
"Because it's personal." Harry said curtly, not wanting to continue this conversation.
"Oh my, it was a love letter wasn't it?!" Ron eyes grew wider. "You're having a secret relationship. That's why you're dumping Gérard!"
"Ron, that's not true. I don't have another relationship. I..." Harry said, but Ron had already run out of the room to the common room, to tell the others.
Harry sighed and sat down on his bed. Gérard... He hadn't even thought about him. He remembered the boy now. His cute French accent, his beautiful brown eyes and his white smile. Gérard was great guy, but something was bothering Harry. The need to see him again was gone and so was the tingly feeling he used to have in his stomach, whenever he thought about Gérard.
A noise his stomach made woke Harry up out of his thoughts. He quickly began to dress and made himself ready for breakfast.
Fifteen minutes later, Harry walked into the Great Hall. To his annoyance, Harry saw the Gryffindors listening to Ron, who was talking excitedly.
"I knew all along there was something wrong, but I never thought that he would have someone else!" Ron said, looking very glad with all the attention.
"There he is!" A small blonde girl cried.
The Gryffindors turned immediately to Harry and smothered him with questions.
Harry sighed. "Yes, I might break up with Gérard and no, I don't have a secret lover."
"But the letter..." A second year began.
"Was for my mother." Harry said, annoyed. "Can I just eat my breakfast?!"
The Gryffindors noticed that they wouldn't get more information from Harry and turned their attention away from him.
Harry looked over to the Ravenclaw table, to see if Draco was there. He spotted the blonde sitting next to Cho Chang. Cho was trying to get Draco's attention and gave him her most seductive smile. Draco just ignored her and continued eating.
Harry smiled at Cho's disapointed expression. Draco never really paid attention to girls. As far as Harry knew, he had never had a girlfriend. Harry had always thought that he had been with Pansy, but Draco had told him that he only hung around with her because his father had told him to. Harry wondered why Draco never dated someone; he was the most wanted boy of Hogwarts.
"Are you coming Harry? Don't want to be late for Potions." Hermione said, standing up.
Harry looked away from Draco. "Huh? Oh, yeah." He had forgotten that it was Monday. Slowly he stood up, not wanting to have lessons. Especially not Potions.
Draco stood up too and walked to Harry, smiling at Harry's miserable expression. "Hurry up. I can't wait to see my favourite teacher."
"Oh shut up. You just enjoy watching Snape yelling at me." Harry said, pouting.
Draco grinned, "True." Then his expression turned serious. "I heard what Ron was telling. Is it true? Are you really going to break up with Gérard?" He asked.
"I don't know." Harry sighed. "I guess so." He saw Draco's eyes light up. Harry arched an eyebrow questioningly.
Draco quickly looked away. "We'll be late." He said and began to walk faster.
Harry frowned, then followed the boy, wondering what Draco's odd behaviour was all about.
It was already one o'clock in the morning and everybody was fast asleep. Everybody except for Harry. He was sitting at his desk, playing with his goose feather, while staring at the blank parchment that lay in front of him. A whole half an hour had past since Harry had decided to write Gérard a letter, but he still hadn't got a clue what to write his boyfriend.
'What the hell,' Harry thought. 'I just tell him that I've made up my mind.' And he started writing.
Not more than five minutes later Harry rolled up the parchment. The letter was short, but to the point. He had told Gérard that he wanted to stay home this year, but he hadn't said anything about his doubts about the relationship. He couldn't just break up with Gérard, they had been together too long for that and Gérard still meant too much for him. He needed more time to think about it all.
Hedwig was out hunting, so he laid the letter on his pedestal. Then he quickly went to bed.
The next morning, when everybody was still asleep, Harry was outside for a walk by the lake. He had just send Hedwig away with the letter for Gérard and now he wanted some time alone to think. He looked at the reflection of the upcoming sun in the water and smiled. Everything was so beautiful and peaceful in the morning. Circles formed in the water and the head of the Giant Squid appeared.
"Hello." Harry waved.
The squid waved back, with one of his tentacles.
"Isn't it a beautiful day?"
The squid waved again, not understanding the boy.
Harry smiled. He walked to a boulder near the water and sat down. He stayed there for awhile, watching the squid and the landscape.
Harry looked at his muggle watch and saw that breakfast had already started. "Well I have to go now, or else I'll miss breakfast." He said to the squid. Lazily he slowly stood up and began to walk towards the castle.
When he had almost reached the entrance, he noticed that he wasn't hungry. His first lesson was Magical Creatures, so he turned and went to Hagrid's hut to see if he could help the half giant with the preparations for the lesson.
Hagrid was busy carrying cases out his hut. Harry hoped that they would contain harmless creatures.
"Hello Harry." Hagrid greeted, when he noticed the boy.
"Hi Hagrid," Harry greeted back. "What do you got there?"
"Nothing too dangerous." Hagrid smiled sheepishly. "Jus' 'lil snakes."
"Really? That's ehm, interesting." Harry said, hoping that they really were little. "Anyway, can I help you with something?"
"Yeh could help me carryin' these cases. There's only one left in me hut." Hagrid said, smiling wide. "Jus' put em over there." Hagrid pointed at a couple of cases not far away from his hut.
Harry nodded and walked inside the hut. When he picked up one of the cases, the snakes started to hiss loudly. 'I just hope Hagrid will be careful this time.' Harry thought and carefully started carrying the case to the door of the hut. 'Hold on!' Harry almost dropped the case. He suddenly realised that he couldn't understand what the snakes were saying. Harry held his breathe and listened. He still didn't hear anything but the hissing. 'Of course,' Harry thought. 'Voldemort never tried to kill me and so he didn't transfer some of his powers to me. As I don't have a scar, I can't speak Parseltongue.' Harry smiled, he didn't missed the ability one bit. It had caused him much trouble, that day when he duelled with Draco Malfoy.
Harry thought back to the day when he had found out about his ability. He had been visiting a zoo with the Dursleys. Harry grinned when he remembered the look on his aunt and uncle's face when Piers, no wait it was Dudley... yeah when the glass vanished and Dudley fell in the tank. Or did Piers fall, too. Harry frowned, how could he forget something like that?
"Harry? Yeh all right?" Hagrid's voice came from outside, waking Harry up out of his thoughts.
"Uhm, yeah," Harry said, quickly carried the case outside. "It's a bit heavy, that's all."
"Lemme help yeh." Hagrid took the case out of Harry's hands and carried it to the others.
"Thanks." Harry mumbled. He looked at the castle and saw that the other students were already heading towards them. He saw Hermione and Ron talking animatedly with each other. What if he also forgot all the things the three of them had gone through together?
Harry sighed. Dumbledore had warned him about losing the memories of his other past, but he hadn't really cared about it right then. He didn't mind losing the memories with the Dursleys, but he was sure that all his good memories would disappear, too. He really couldn't just let that happen. He had a free period the next hour, so he decided to go immediately to professor Dumbledore after the lesson was over.
An hour later, Harry walked with the rest of the students back to the castle. The lesson had gone fine. Nobody had got hurt and everybody had enjoyed listening to Hagrid. The half giant knew a lot about the snakes, who were luckily indeed little.
The snakes, who were called Fiannagh Lomanatrus and were very rare, looked incredibly beautiful. They were blue with green strikes at day and white with silver stripes at night. In the war had many been killed because of their skin, which was a very important ingredient of many dangerous dark potions.
"Weren't they cute, those little snakes?" Lavender said, who was walking next to Hermione, behind Harry.
"Yeah, they were." Hermione agreed. "At first I found them a bit scary. I've always been a bit afraid of snakes, but after I held one I lost all my fear."
They had arrived by the castle and Ron pushed the door open. "What did you found of this lesson, Harry?" Ron asked, holding the door open for the others. "You haven't said a word since the lesson was over."
"Hmm, I guess I'm just a bit tired." Harry said, who had been thinking all the time about his memory. "But I have to go now. I'm going to see professor Dumbledore."
"Dumbledore?" Ron asked. "Why?"
"You're not in trouble, are you Harry?" Hermione said frowning.
In his other past Harry had visited Dumbledore lots of times, but here he had never been in the headmaster's office before.
Harry quickly thought of an excuse. "I had asked him if I could see Fawkes some time. I've always been very interested in phoenixes."
"Fawkes? How did you know Dumbledore has a phoenix?" Ron looked at him confused. "And you never told me you liked phoenixes."
"Yeah well, I never asked me." Harry said, hoping that they would buy it. "And Sirius told me about Fawkes. He has been in Dumbledore's office a million times."
"I bet he has. He was always in trouble." Ron grinned. "Well, see you later then."
Harry said goodbye to his friends and made his way to Dumbledore's office.
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