Can Love Find Me Now
Chapter 38
After the explosion
(Potions class just before the explosion)
Professor Snape strolled around his classroom, watching his students working on the Draught Kanker Drankje (Kanker Drankje is Cancer Potion in Dutch). Yes, he worked his students hard but that was how to make a good potions maker in his opinion and they had to have the drive to want to be good at it. He knew that most of his students hated him (all but the Slytherin's) but he didn't care, that is just how it was. Draco Malfoy was a high achiever in his class and his father was a deatheater and that is why he had to show favoritism towards him; there were two other students in his class that had fathers that were deatheater's too and they should not be in his class but had allowed them in because of their fathers, Vincent Crabbe and Gregory Goyle. These two had as many accidents as Neville Longbottom (he would never admit that Longbottom did better with potions then these two) but their fathers were deatheater's and he had to keep up the farce of being what they thought he was.
He would never admit to anyone; not even the headmaster of the school but he could tell who was good and who would be great in the art of potion making. His top student in this class and in sixth year was Hermione Granger and had been a top student from her first day but he would never say that ever aloud to anyone. To his utmost disgust Harry Potter and Ron Weasley were proving to be more then above average this year in his class. They had been average students in their previous years but because of professor McGonagall butting in he had to let them into his class. He had always thought that the Potter kid got away with to much, in his opinion he had been brought up spoiled and had expected special treatment (the famous Harry Potter, defeater of the Dark Lord) because of his part in the down fall of He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named. Giving the boy Occlumency lessons last year he found out that he had been wrong, terribly wrong about how he had been raised.
As he made his rounds around the class he noticed many things and one of those things was that Vincent Crabbe was having a had time keeping his hands still (he knew that he was one of the three that were supposed to try and send Harry Potter to Voldemort) there was a girl from Ravenclaw who was the second. Corena Eastbridge who was the second of the trio but was she was working as if nothing was wrong, the last of the trio was not in his class and for some reason was not let in on who they were or what house they were in. He had found out who the two were a bit too late to inform the headmaster but their plan had been foiled by the whole school. He hated the fact that someone had come up the idea to protect the Gryffindor team but it work.
As the professor rounded the end of tables on the left side of the room he noticed that the temperature was rising in the room. The dungeons were always cold and he kept it that way so his students would stay awake in class but there was something not natural about the warmth in his classroom. As he made his way up the right side of the room it seemed to be getting hotter and hotter and hotter. In his mind he thought that someone had added the wrong ingredient to their potion and that was what was causing the heat, he found out a few minutes later he was sorely mistaken. He came to the table where the trio was working silent and accurately, their potions looked just the right color. He noticed that Granger and Weasley had just added the last ingredient and stirring the last stirs to their potion.
Potter was sweating; he looked around the room and at the students that sat around him but no others students were sweating, not even a little. He watched as the boy took many deep breaths, his body was glowing and he could see pain in his eyes. He tried to use Legillmency to read his mind but it was like the boy had a stone wall all around him and he could not get in. He knew the boy was being affected by the Dark Lord and was making his way over to him, if he dropped the dragon's blood into the cauldron then it would blow up and that in its self could be highly dangerous but he had to do something no matter how he felt about the boy. Ten steps away from him he noticed he had the blood vial in his hand and in the other the dropper, nine steps away he dipped the dropper into the blood, seven steps away he added the first drop of dragon's blood to his potion. The boy was taking deep breaths again (damn I have to get over there) five steps away and he lowered the dropper into the cauldron again; three steps the words "NO" came out of his mouth but he was to late and then there was the loud BOOM. He watched as Harry fell to the floor, one hand on his head and the other by his side.
The students started screaming and shoving the tables and chairs out of their way, hands over their mouths trying not to breath in the fumes. They were trying to get away form the mixture that was flowing every where. Everyone stopped when they heard their professor yell out.
"I want everyone to calm down at once."
"All of you leave your things and go straight to the hospital wing, explain to Madam Pomfrey what has happened and what potion we were working on; let her know I will be along as soon as I get Potter stable, is that understood. Weasley and Granger stay here." They all shook their heads yes and started out the door. As he moved around the room looking in cupboards he talked to them and barked out instructions.
"Granger, Weasley come here and help me. Weasley help me get him on this table here; then I want the two of you to watch him while I get the antidote."
"Check him over to make sure he is not cut or bleeding; if this potion gets into his blood stream it can kill him since it exploded."
"Professor Snape, um…Harry's scar is bleeding. It doesn't look like it has been cut but there is blood coming from it."
"Miss. Granger, there are some rags in that cupboard over there, get some and clean off the blood to make sure that it is not an open wound; then try and clean as much of the potion off of his skin."
"Yes sir"
Hermione found the rags and took them over to the small sink and got two of them wet and brought them over to the desk they had Harry laying on. She began to clean the blood off his scar and giving the other wet rag to Ron to clean off the potion; she tried to comfort him as she did.
"Harry, it's me Hermione and Ron is here to. You are going to be ok, professor Snape is getting the antidote for you right now." She said with tears running down her face.
""Hey mate, don't worry your going to be ok; that is up until Ginny gets a hold of you for this. You think Mum is bad at fussing over you; Ginny will be ten times worse. Ha you just be glad mum's not here; cause with her and Ginny fussing over you Madam Pomfrey wouldn't stand a chance getting near you. Harry you got to pull through for me and Hermione but most of all you have to do it for Ginny and mum" Ran said as he tried to fight back the tears there were trying to surface.
"Mr. Potter, can you hear me, you are going to have to drink this potion now so I can get you stable, so do not fight me on this. Open you mouth (damn I am going to have to force this down his throat), Weasley force his mouth open so we can get some of this in him and Miss. Granger rub some of this burn salve where you see any burns."
Harry had his teeth clenched closed so tight it took brut strength to get his mouth open, Ron feared he had broken his jaw because of the way it popped when he got it open. Professor Snape poured the potion in his mouth in small amounts and waited for him to swallow so he would not choke; by the time he got the potion down his throat and the salve was rubbed on all his burns, fifteen minutes had passed. He gave Hermione and Ron a vial each and told them to drink it and then drank one himself, then levitated Harry and proceeded to the hospital wing. By the time they got to the hospital wing the other students were all still there; some in beds and some sitting in chairs that the nurse had conjured; all looking scared and some were worried about how Harry was doing. Professor Snape followed Madam Pomfrey to a bed and placed him in it.
Madam Pomfrey checked him over and made different sounds as her wand told her the diagnosis. She called over to Hermione and Ron to come and take the chairs beside his bed so she could check them over before she finished with Harry; he was stable and could wait two minutes to make sure the other two were ok. Professor Snape was waiting for her at her office door so he could tell her what had happened in class and what potion he gave Harry, Hermione and Ron before bringing them to the hospital wing. As if on cue professor Dumbledore entered the hospital wing and moved over to the nurse and the potions master. The three talked for a few minutes and then Madam Pomfrey moved over to the students sitting in the chairs that had come in, giving them all instructions to go to their common rooms and that they would be excused for the rest of their classes that day. She informed them of what side effects there might be and if they experienced any of them to return to her at once. With this done she excused them and sent them on their way.
Professor Snape excused himself, telling them he had to take care of the classroom to make sure it was safe for the classes to be held the next day. The announcement that potions classes were canceled for the day; were made by professor Dumbledore using a speaker box on the wall; Madam Pomfrey told Hermione and Ron about the effects there might be as she had the other students and told them; in no uncertain terms that if they felt any of them they were to return to her immediately but they had to stay for another thirty minutes before she would let them go. They didn't care when she let them go as long as they could stay and watch over their friend, every now and then Hermione would wipe blood from his forehead because his scar was still bleeding a little and this caused concern not only for the headmaster but the nurse and his friends. To bleed from a cut is normal but to bleed from a scar and unopened scar was not normal.
"Poppy how is his energy level?"
"Well headmaster, his normal energy is at a normal level but his magical energy level is very high. I haven't seen a magical level this high in many years. His magical energy almost matches your Albus."
"Ah yes, what else did you find when you examined our Mr. Potter?"
"Severus was able to administer the antidote; he had Miss. Granger and Mr. Weasley helped him clean off most of the potion off of his skin and then applied the salve and helped administer the antidote. He has a fractured jaw, which happened when they had to pry his mouth open to give him the potion."
"And how is he doing now?"
"His jaw is healing and will be fine, his burns are healed and there is no scaring, the antidote has worked and now we just have to wait for him to wake up Albus; I have done all I can do for him."
"Are Mr. Weasley and Miss. Granger still with him?"
"Yes, they should be in their dorm resting but I haven't had the heart to make them leave."
"I am sure that in about twenty minutes that Miss. Weasley will come through your doors and try to take over your job Poppy."
"Albus you know how I feel about my patients and them not getting their rest."
"Yes Poppy, I know but if his friends can help him heal, then they should be allowed to stay with him for a while. I want to be informed as soon as he wakes so we can find out what happened from his point of view."
"Yes Albus"
Ginny came thought the doors, she didn't stop to talk to Madam Pomfrey, she didn't even acknowledge the headmaster as he left the hospital wing, she headed straight to Harry's bed. There were ten beds with the curtains pulled around them and any normal person would not have known which bed was his but she did and nothing could stop her, it was like she was drawn to him, drawn to his power and drawn by their bond. Hermione and Ron were still by his side, he had not woken up yet but to everyone's relief the bleeding from his scar had stopped. Madam Pomfrey had gave him a second dose of the antidote just to be on the safe side of things and had given him a potion to replenish the blood he had lost. Ginny had questioned her brother and her friend about what had happened during the class; they could not tell her much other then his potion had exploded.
Ginny noticed that Ron looked a little ill and asked if he was ok; he had told her to bugger off and that he was fine. Instead of believing him she went after Madam Pomfrey; with the return of the nurse, Ron was put into a bed and given more antidote potion; he was showing some of the symptoms of the poison that had been made from the explosion. Everyone's attention was drawn from Ron as Harry started talking in his unconscious state.
"No, get out of my head"
"Harry, it's ok, I'm here." Said Ginny
"Carefully Potter add just three drops"
"You did your best Harry, just get better ok"
"I want those children brought to me so they can be punished, I don't care what you have to do get to them and I want to make them suffer and suffer they shall."
"Make who suffer Harry?" said Hermione
"Ginny, where's Ginny?"
"I'm here Harry, right here beside you. Can't you feel me holding your hand?"
"Eastbridge, Smith, Vincent; bring them to me. They will be punished but that fool Dumbledore cannot find out you took them from the school, then you will take them back so the others can see what will happen to them if they fail me."
Hermione was writing everything down that came out of Harry's mouth, Madam Pomfrey had sent for the headmaster but he had no arrived back to the hospital wing yet and she wanted to make sure he knew everything Harry had said.
"Ron you have to make sure Luna and Neville are safe, please make sure they are safe, Hogwarts not safe…Dumbledore…I need...to talk…too Dumbledore."
"OK Harry, I'll make sure they are safe and professor Dumbledore is on his way mate, don't worry it will all work out."
"Get…out…of…my…head…Voldemort…must…fight him…cannot…let him win"
"Ginny, Ginny where are you? Come back don't go into the forest, please come back."
"Harry, I'm right here with you, I promise I won't go into the forest."
Tears were flowing down her face, she knew that Voldemort was playing with his mind and it was only happening because he was so weak.
"It's a lie, they did love me. Mum, Dad, Sirius I know you loved me."
"They're coming…watch out…when the moon reaches its highest point they will come…protect…love…protect."
"Hide them…must hide Smith…Vincent…Eastbridge…Voldemort…will hurt…torture…curse…kill…must…protect…must…protect."
"Remus…Dumbledore…must…find…power…family…danger."
"Get out" he yelled
"No" he shouted as his body came up off the bed, his breathing was heavy and labored, he was trying to get his baring since everything was so blurry. Ginny took a cool cloth and whipped his face and then handed him his glasses. He was still breathing heavily when professor Dumbledore came back into the hospital wing and walked over to his bed.
"Ah, Mr. Potter I see you have woken up."
"He just woke up sir but he has been talking for a while."
"I see Miss. Granger and what has he talked about if I may inquire."
"I've wrote it all down for you, I hope I didn't miss anything important." She said as she handed him the parchment.
"Mr. Potter, how are you feeling?"
"Like…I…was…hit…by…a…freight…train…and…thirsty."
"Here Harry drink this slowly."
"Thanks…Ginny"
"You catch your breath Mr. Potter while I read over this and then we will talk."
"Ok sir"
Dumbledore looked over the parchment that she had handed to him, if anyone else had looked at it they would have thought it belonged to a person who was raving mad but he understood some of the things Harry had been talking about. The names he called out were the three students that were supposed to capture him and send him to Voldemort and if he got his hands on them they would be punished or even killed. Even though it was a bit of ranting he knew that the three students would need to be found and protected. Voldemort had gotten into his mind again and was trying to make him feel unloved by what he could tell. He was not quiet sure what he meant by they would come when the moon was at its highest point but he would talk to Firenze to see if he knew what It meant. So many things to figure out from so little written down, would Harry agree to put it into his pensive so he could view it and try to have better answers to his questions, all he could was ask.
Mr. Potter, Harry if I may ask, could you put your memories into your pensive and let me view them, this would help me understand some of the things Miss. Granger wrote down. This way you can rest and regain your strength with out taxing your self to much."
"Yes sir, I think I would rather do it that way. My mind is a bit fuzzy and my head hurts so badly right now."
Professor Dumbledore summoned Dobby and asked him to bring Harry's pensive to them and with a pop he was gone. A few seconds later Dobby was back with the pensive and placed it on the night table next to Harry's bed. Harry concentrated on when he started feeling the presents of Voldemort in his head, when the caldron exploded, fell to the floor and then took his wand and placed it to his temple extracting the sliver thread and placing it into the pensive. He then repeated this process until the point where he had yelled out no and woken up. He had only had to do this four times to get everything into the pensive but it had wore him out and he was tired and wanted to sleep for a week. Dumbledore informed him that he wanted to have Remus, professor McGonagall, professor Snape, professor Flitwick and Firenze to be allowed to view the memories.
Harry didn't care about who went in but Snape; he really didn't want him to know about the personal things that Voldemort had made him see and he didn't want him to know about the items that Voldemort was looking for, since he had seen some of the lists because he still did not trust him 100. Harry called Dobby over and whispered in his ear what he wanted him to find and hide and that he needed it done fast. Dobby assured him that one of the items was already in his hiding place and it would only take him; no more then thirty minutes to find and retrieve the other item. Harry gave him a smile and told him "Thanks friend" and Dobby was gone with a pop.
"Sir, how long will it take for everyone to get here?"
"I have already contacted Remus and he should be here within the next twenty minutes. Getting professor McGonagall, professor Snape, Firenze and professor Flitwick here would only take five minutes at the most; why do you ask?"
"I know you say I should trust him and he did save my life today but I don't trust professor Snape and I would like to wait until Dobby is back. He has gone to retrieve the second item; he already has the first. Voldemort found out what he needed but needs to know where to find them and the professor has seen the lists. Voldemort could get that information from him and then two families will be in danger and I can't let that happen."
"I understand your reasoning Harry and I can assure that we will wait for Dobby to return before I call on the others to join us."
"Thank you sir"
"Not a problem young man, are you feeling better now?"
"A bit, to tell you the truth I want to go to sleep but I know I can't; not yet anyway."
"As soon as this business is taken care of we will make sure you have a good rest with out dreams or nightmares."
"Sir"
"Yes Harry"
"Can I see what Hermione wrote down on the parchment?"
"Why of course, after all they are your thoughts and words."
After reading what Hermione wrote down, he had to laugh. He sounded like a raving lunatic and would have to make sure it got burnt. He didn't want this to get into any news papers; they would commit him in to St. Mungo's in a heart beat and throw away the key where he could never get out. He looked over it again and knew even though the three had tried to get him and send him to Voldemort they needed to be found and protected.
"Sir, do you understand who the three students are?"
"I am afraid I do Harry"
"We need to make sure they are not gotten and taken to him, we have to protect them."
"Yes indeed we do; two are still here in the hospital and will remain here for a while, professor McGonagall is retrieving the other as we speak and we will discuss their protection after we view your memories."
"Thank you sir"
"Harry, there is no need to thank me; it is my job and my responsibility to protect all of my students; no matter what they tried to do to you or any other student here. All we can do is hope that they will learn from their mistakes and fix the wrong they have done."
"Yes sir"
"Miss. Granger how are you feeling?"
"Fine sir, Ron had some other symptoms but he is doing better after the second dose of potion."
"Has Madam Pomfrey told you both when you would be able to return to your dorms?"
"Yes sir, I could go at any time but I wanted to make sure Harry and Ron were ok before I went back. She has to check Ron soon and will let us know if he can leave or not."
"Well I would assume that we won't have to wait long because she is heading this way."
"Headmaster, I do hope you are not going to pester Mr. Potter much longer he needs his rest."
"I'm sorry Poppy but I must ask you to bear with me on this; it is of the most importance and once Remus and Dobby returns it won't take long. I promise Mr. Potter will be resting the whole time; while we are in his pensive looking at the memories, I have made sure he will not have to do anything but lay in his bed and rest."
"Hump…Mr. Weasley lets have a look at you to see how you are doing. Good…Good…Good…Good. You seem to be doing much better after that second dose of potion. You must have been standing very close to Mr. Potter when his cauldron exploded."
"Yes ma'am, I was right beside him when it happened."
"Well you are well enough to head back to your common room and I will only warn you one more time; if you have any more symptoms you return back here immediately. Do not act like a stubborn fool like you did earlier; if it hadn't been for your sister coming for me you might have died."
"Yes ma'am"
"Miss. Granger and Miss Weasley you can escort Mr. Weasley back to your common room."
"Madam Pomfrey, can Ginny stay for a while longer; just until they come out of the pensive. I promise I will rest and I will rest better if she is here. Her presents keep me calm and what better way to rest."
"It's ok Poppy"
"Oh alright, but just until they come out of the pensive and I mean no messing about; is that understood."
"Yes ma'am" Harry said with a smile.
"I will make sure the he gets the rest he needs Madam Pomfrey and he will do nothing else."
"I do hope that you can make him rest Miss. Weasley, know that I do not trust my patients care to just anyone."
Albus Dumbledore sat in a chair across the room. He watched his students and Madam Pomfrey discuss the care of Harry Potter. He had to laugh, just a little; she was just too protective of her patients. He knew that Ginny Weasley would make sure Harry would rest, she had been good for him and he knew that her love for him and that his love for her would be what would help him in the end to defeat the worst dark lord in the wizarding world; he himself had defeated the last dark lord Grindelwald in 1945 but Voldemort was different in many ways compared to Grindelwald. Watching the two as Ginny fluffed his pillow and made him comfortable, he knew Harry would defeat Voldemort but would Harry survive and be able to have a happy life with her; he could only pray that he would. He watched as Remus entered the hospital wing and headed straight for him. The worry worn face of his old student and friend bothered him but knew that the full moon would be in just a few days; he always looked so tired just before the full moon.
Professor Dumbledore informed Remus of the day's events, showing him the parchment that Hermione had given him. Remus read over the parchment and wondered what everything meant. It worried him that Harry was being affected by Voldemort in this way but knew there was nothing he could do to help his godson and it hurt him.
"Albus what does all this mean? Who are these students, what families are in danger and what is it that Voldemort is after?"
"Ah, Remus we will find out soon. We are just waiting for Dobby to return, this is at the request of Harry. He informed me that they had found one of the two items that Voldemort is after and now Dobby is trying to retrieve the other one."
"So why does he want us to wait for Dobby to return?"
"Ah, Harry has his reasons, one of which is that he does not trust Severus and wants to make sure the item is safe before we go into the pensive to see what happened today."
"How long has Dobby been gone?"
"He has been gone for a while now but we have to accept the way Harry wants this to go, he knows what happened today and probably knows what these items can do for Voldemort so we have to have patients."
"Where are Ron and Hermione?"
"Ah, Poppy made them leave and return to their common rooms."
"And the reason that Ginny is still here?"
"To make sure Harry has his rest."
"Just like Lily would have done for James, they look so much like them, when they were that age. Some times it's scary to look at them and think I am seeing Lily and James."
"Yes, I made a comment to Minerva about the same thing the other day and being the women she is admonished me for it."
"It's hard not to notice how much they look like his parents; you know the Potter men are known for falling for red heads."
'Yes Remus, if I remember correctly Randle Potter fell for Miranda Kiley the first time he saw her at platform nine and three quarters, that would be Harry's great grandparents and Herald Potter had no chance when he met Sarah Connor, that was a very funny way to find you r true love. Do you know that story Remus?"
"I can't say that I do Albus."
"It was truly funny; they had gotten out of two separate carriages, just arriving for their first year here at Hogwarts. They were running to get under cover from the rain and Sarah had plowed into Herald and knocked him into the mud, face first mind you. He rose up and was ready to fight the block he thought had ran into him and when he turned around and saw her; you could tell he fell in love with her right there and then. The he fell back in the mud as he watched her walk away."
"You know Albus, Harry would probably love to hear the stories about his grandparents and great grandparents, you being the only one here who knows things about them; the personal things while they were here at school."
The popping sound of Dobby returning stopped their conversation; they waited for Harry to give the ok to call the others; though he had already informed Firenze so he would have time to come up the stairs and with that thought he came through the doors of the hospital wing.
"Harry Potter, I am pleased to see that you are doing well tonight."
"Thanks Firenze"
"I am to understand that my services are needed to help understand something"
"Yes, professor Dumbledore can explain it to you better then I can, you will be going into my pensive to see what it's about."
"Thank you Harry Potter and I will talk with the headmaster."
Professor Dumbledore sent Dobby to contact professor McGonagall, professor Snape and professor Flitwick, with the message for them to meet him in the hospital wing. A few minutes later Dobby popped back in and told the head master that they were on their way, Dobby moved over to Harry's bed and started talking to him in whispers.
"Harry Potter Dobby has found and retrieved the item you asked for, when you are well enough I will show it to you."
"Thanks Dobby, you're a good friend and I appreciate your help."
"Dobby lives to serve the great Harry Potter; Harry Potter is a great and caring wizard. It is an honor for Dobby to help Harry Potter with finding the things you have asked for and keeping them safe for you."
As Dobby went on and on about how great it was to serve him the three professors came into the hospital wing, that all meet and the end of Harry's bed. Ginny was unsure about what was happening but knew it would not be good, there were just too many people here and it all had to do with Harry.
"I am so please that everyone has made it, as some of you know Mr. Potter was affected today by the presents of Voldemort in his mind. There is a parchment being passed around, these were things that Mr. Potter was saying while he was unconscious after his cauldron exploded. Miss. Granger tried to make sure she wrote everything down for me to see and so that we may make sense of all of this Mr. Potter has placed his memories from the day's events into his pensive. Mr. Potter is still recovering from the day's events and will not be going in with us to view his memories. I asked that everyone pay close attention to everything you see and hear; this way we can discuss it once we come out of the pensive. Are there any questions?"
"Ginny, do you want to go in?"
"Not tonight Harry, I'll stay out here with you."
"Ok, so I guess when you all are ready you can go in and see what all happened today but professor Dumbledore, have the three been put under protection?"
"Yes, I have made all the arrangements and they are safe for now, we will discuss that later on when you are rested."
"Yes sir"
Harry and Ginny watched as Firenze entered first and then the others entered the pensive two at a time. Ginny crawled up into the bed with Harry and held him close; he didn't complain, her closeness calmed him and he soon fell asleep. She sat there with his head on her shoulder and stroked his hair, feeling his breathing change from heavy and ragged to slow and calm. Dobby fussed over the two to make sure they were comfortable and informed Ginny that if he woke up and was hungry to just whisper his name and he would bring food for his friend Harry Potter. Ginny gave the house-elf a soft smile, thanked him for his kindness and told him to go rest that it was going to be a long night.
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Cycla: Thank you so much for such a kind review. In every relationship there has to be a little trouble every now and then to keep the relationship alive so I gave it a little bump….To your side note, No I do not know SimplyComplex personally but I have grown to know the writer from her story. I was given the honor to adopt her story and have posted it under my name with my first chapter. Thank you for the prayers for her and thank you for reading.
MadJupiter: I'm glad to see you are still here and reading and I know some times the site doesn't work right. Thank you so much for the review.
Ren: Oh my goodness such a long review. I am so glad that you do keep coming back and I do aim to keep up with posting chapters. I am sorry I made you feel like they were going to be taken away while they sat under the tree but it did add a little suspense (which I really didn't meant to do) to the story. Even though Harry had been very angry in book five, he has always been a shy boy and even though I have shown him more mature he is still that shy boy. So there will always be the shy stumbling affects in their relationship. Oh yes it will be a shock who the arrogant boy is and in this chapter I gave only part of their names, some may figure out who they are from that. To try and answer your question about everyone surrounding him, well even though the person who carried the portkey could get near him; they could not stun him and carry out their orders; it would be just too hard and they would have been seen by all the other students. Luna is still her ditsy self but around Harry and the gang she can relax and act normal with her friends. I had to laugh at the way I wrote that part with the hat. I wanted it to show that even though people think she is ditsy that she does think and is smart in her own way. I know; If I could draw I would draw that picture of her wearing that hat and post it on some of the sites that have fan art. Hermione and the girls will prank Lavender soon for the hell she caused between Hermione and Ron; just hold your knickers on cause you will be laughing so hard. Some things are coming with old Voldemort and there will be a few more pranks on the Slytherin's and the other houses. I thank you again for your great review and reading my story. To your P.S. I was allowed to adopt her story and my first chapter and her chapters have been added to my stories section. I do hope I can live up to her story line and that the readers of her story will enjoy what I add to it. Froggyy1
Dragonstorm316: Thank you so much Dragonstorm and to let you know I have changed the Aw's to Ah's and will post that up again soon. Yes I know my first ever review from you was on the Sink into your eyes site and am so glad that you are enjoying the story. Thank you so much for the kind words. I enjoy hearing from you here on this site or on the other site. I will post another chapter soon.
Flame Talker "VoldieMortie- FictionPress"; I guess that is a good thing to know, thank you so much for reading the story and reviewing.
Mysticruby; Ok M Mysticruby I will answer all of your reviews in one; first let me say thank you so much for reading my story and reviewing 5 times. Having Harry being seen as a young man that is growing up coming to grips with what he has to do was my main thing and then after I posted the first 16 chapters I read an interview that JK did on line and I had to smile. The way that I was writing him was how she said he was going to be in book six; maybe not at the beginning but not to far in. With Rita Skeeter I wanted to show that she had learned her lesson; that being a good writer got her further then what she had been doing before and that now Harry has someone that he can trust to publish what he say's if he is to ever want another story published in a paper. I am so sorry I had to have something bad happen and that it had to be him; I cried when I was proof that chapter and the chapter with Sirius's Will and when the protection charm was done for Hermione and Ginny. Mark is now a person that Harry feels a connection to (being orphaned) and wants to make sure he knows that there are and will always be people that care about him. Yes, we all know that Molly Weasley is a big mother hen and has been one in all of JK's books and yes that is one of the things we love about her. I am so sorry I didn't get this chapter out before you reached chapter 38 but I have been given the honor to adopt a story called Over the Summer by a young lady that went by the name of SimplyComplex. I believe her and her twin sister are around 15 years old, not really sure but SimplyComplex was in a car accident and lost her site and I was working on my first chapter for her story (chapter 13) and wanted to get that out. But here we are at chapter 39 finished and posted for all my faithful readers whom I love and appreciate. You are so welcome for this story and I am glad that you are enjoying it so much. We will have to wait and see if I will write a book seven version or not; I'm still thinking about it but before I do I want to make sure this sorry is finished and that Over the Summer is finished before I start another story. Until next time, happy reading……Froggyy1