CH 6 The Dark Arts
Harry had told everyone about his appointment as Quidditch captain, and He,
Hermione and Ron had had quite a long time to discuss it during History of
Magic. Harry had decided to give no one a guarantee that they would be on
the team, only the best would be allowed on. As they walked towards Defense
Against the Dark Arts, which up till now had been taught by Professor
Dumbledore, they were surprised to find a new techer there non other than
Tonks.
"Hello class, I will be your new Defense against the Dark Arts Teacher. You
may call me Tonks."she said.
"Professor Tonks..." Neville started.
"No need for the Professor bit" she said.
"OK, Tonks can I go to the washroom?"
"I don't know can you?" she replied, the whole class was silent "Of course
you can, but hurry back as this is very important lesson. Now who here has
ever heard of the Patronus charm?"
Harry's hand lifted.
"Yes Harry" Tonks said.
"The Patronus charm produces a Patronus, which is used to fend off a
Dementor."
"Very good, 15 points to Gryffindor. You may be surprised to know that a
Patronus is also quite effective at blocking the Unforgivable curses from
it's master. But only when it is a dark wizard performing them."
Harry was taken aback by this news, as long as he had his wand he would
have a protection.
"The incantation is..." Tonks started.
"Expecto Patronum" Harry finished for her.
"Very good Harry, 5 points to Gryffindor. How do you know that Harry?"
"I can perform a Patronus." Harry said simply.
"Would you care to demonstrate?"
"Sure." Harry raised his wand visualized himself kissing Ginny pasionatly
"Expecto Patronum!" A silver stag erupted from the end of Harry's wand and
galloped around the room, before stopping beside Harry. Harry, almost
subconsciously, began to stroke the animal and felt warmth and Happiness
drift through him. As the captain of the Hufflepuff Quidditch team touch
the stag, he screamed in pain.
"Oh yes, only a patroness's owner may touch it, or the person who the memory that created it was based upon." Ginny could touch it Harry assumed "Excellent Harry, 25 points to Gryffindor. As they emerged from class they calculated that Gryffindor had taken 50 points. Neville having received 5 and Harry 45. They walked back to the Gryffindor common room and Harry realized that it was Friday the 19th. He and Ginny had a detention with Snape today. Harry was exhausted and went to lie down on the sofa until his detention at 7:12. HE briefly wondered why 7:12 but he let it pass. He fell exhausted onto an armchair and was instantly dreaming. He was in his dorm lying awake he heard Voldimort enter and he couldn't do a thing and as that wand sentenced him to death, he saw Neville rise and shoot the curse out of mid- air. The two stood facing the Dark Lord and Ginny raced into the room, she kicked Voldimort in the backside before positioning herself on Harry's right opposite Neville. The three raised there voices and yelled "Prophesio!" He woke up, looking around the clock said 7:11. He sat up and bolted for the dungeon. He arrived two minutes latter to Snape's angry sneer. "Your late Potter, but I am glad you decided to honor us with your presence" Snape said dripping with hatred "Tonight you will be purifying the Latotha plant, to do so you must bath each leaf in Dragons blood and sprinkle on ground Unicorn hair. The only use for Purified Latotha is in a Love potion." Snape left for his office and Ginny and he set about bathing the leafs. Harry filed her in on the dream he'd had and she offered the possibility that it was just a dream and not a vision. They debated the point until Snape dismissed them. They kept talking until they reached the Gryffindor common room, where the topic switched to Quidditch.
"Harry when are you going to have try outs for Quidditch?" Ginny asked.
"Oh, I was thinking on Sunday." He replied "Why?" "I was thinking of trying out for chaser." "I think you'd be good at it" Harry said truthfully. "Thank you" Ginny said "I have a plan, get your invisibility cloak and meet me outside the room of requirement in 5 minutes."
Harry raced upstairs. Grabed his invisibility cloak and put it on. He maneuvered his way slowly through the common room to the portrait hole and left. He walked to the room of requirement. He found Ginny waiting for him. "What are we doing here Gin...?" Harry was cut off by a magnified version of Dumbledore's voice. "Students will proceed to there houses or to the Great Hall as quickly as humanly possible. Students are not to stop for anything or anyone. Hurry." Harry and Ginny took of at a run, passing portraits that were talking worriedly in hushed voices. They reached a junction and turned left, and saw Professor Snape kneeling on the floor in front of a hooded figure who was pointing a wand at him. "Severus, my old friend how nice to see you" said Lucius Malfoy from under his hood. "The pleasure is all yours Lucius" Snape said, pronouncing the name with more hate than he used even talking to Harry. "Severus, I must teach you what we do to traitors..." He griped his wand more tightly and took a breath. "EXPELIAMOUS!" came the cry of Ginny and Harry together. The spells hit Lucius dead on and he flew 50 feet down the corridor and landed with a thud. "Always have to play the hero don't you Potter?" came Snape's voice "But thank you" It was the first time Harry had ever heard Snape use that sort of voice. "Now come on you heard the headmaster, back to your house, NOW!" They ran the rest of the way to Gryffindor tower without seeing a single person. They told the fat lady the password and they entered. They saw Professor McGonagall with her wand out, pointing it at them. "Oh, Potter, Weasley thank heavens! Where have you been?"
"Saving Professor Snape." Ginny responded. "tell me later but all the 6th years and above are on gaud duty here in the tower. You will stay here Potter and Miss Weasley, even though you're a fifth year, you can stay." They passed the rest of the night and much of the next day, sitting in the common room waiting for the Death Eaters to charge them.
Harry awoke on the couch with Ginny beside him. Professor McGonagall was smiling at them. "I won't get you into trouble this time Potter but be warned, this had better not become a habit." She said with a smile. Ginny and Harry woke up fully and stretched. Professor McGonagall left to tell the Gryffindor's that they could go to breakfast as usual. Professor Dumbledore came in through the portrait hole and smiled. "When is Minerva?" He asked. "She's telling the students they may leave." Ginny informed him. "Well MR. Potter, I would like to see you, Miss Granger and Ginny, you may come too." Dumbledore said. Professor McGonagall arrived again and was informed of the arrangements. She went to retrieve Hermione and the 5 of them left together. In Dumbledore's office Harry, Ginny and Hermione were given a proposition. "I wish you to reform the DA." Dumbledore said "If something like this should happen again we should be prepared. I feel we could use the DA as a special reserve unit. What do you think?"
"I like it!" said Ginny with surprising enthusiasm. "Good then I leave it to you 3 to choose the members, but don't go over 10 plus yourselves." They left Dumbledore's office in a state somewhere between shock and amassment. It wasn't until Ginny spoke that Harry realize he wasn't alone. "Who should be in?" she asked. Harry and Hermione began to suggest people and they debated it all the way back to Gryffindor tower.
A/N-Please review. Tell your friends and get them to review. If you want, teach your dog to type so he can review. (There was a subliminal message in all of that, so incase I was to subtle !REVIEW!) oh yes, please.
"Oh yes, only a patroness's owner may touch it, or the person who the memory that created it was based upon." Ginny could touch it Harry assumed "Excellent Harry, 25 points to Gryffindor. As they emerged from class they calculated that Gryffindor had taken 50 points. Neville having received 5 and Harry 45. They walked back to the Gryffindor common room and Harry realized that it was Friday the 19th. He and Ginny had a detention with Snape today. Harry was exhausted and went to lie down on the sofa until his detention at 7:12. HE briefly wondered why 7:12 but he let it pass. He fell exhausted onto an armchair and was instantly dreaming. He was in his dorm lying awake he heard Voldimort enter and he couldn't do a thing and as that wand sentenced him to death, he saw Neville rise and shoot the curse out of mid- air. The two stood facing the Dark Lord and Ginny raced into the room, she kicked Voldimort in the backside before positioning herself on Harry's right opposite Neville. The three raised there voices and yelled "Prophesio!" He woke up, looking around the clock said 7:11. He sat up and bolted for the dungeon. He arrived two minutes latter to Snape's angry sneer. "Your late Potter, but I am glad you decided to honor us with your presence" Snape said dripping with hatred "Tonight you will be purifying the Latotha plant, to do so you must bath each leaf in Dragons blood and sprinkle on ground Unicorn hair. The only use for Purified Latotha is in a Love potion." Snape left for his office and Ginny and he set about bathing the leafs. Harry filed her in on the dream he'd had and she offered the possibility that it was just a dream and not a vision. They debated the point until Snape dismissed them. They kept talking until they reached the Gryffindor common room, where the topic switched to Quidditch.
"Harry when are you going to have try outs for Quidditch?" Ginny asked.
"Oh, I was thinking on Sunday." He replied "Why?" "I was thinking of trying out for chaser." "I think you'd be good at it" Harry said truthfully. "Thank you" Ginny said "I have a plan, get your invisibility cloak and meet me outside the room of requirement in 5 minutes."
Harry raced upstairs. Grabed his invisibility cloak and put it on. He maneuvered his way slowly through the common room to the portrait hole and left. He walked to the room of requirement. He found Ginny waiting for him. "What are we doing here Gin...?" Harry was cut off by a magnified version of Dumbledore's voice. "Students will proceed to there houses or to the Great Hall as quickly as humanly possible. Students are not to stop for anything or anyone. Hurry." Harry and Ginny took of at a run, passing portraits that were talking worriedly in hushed voices. They reached a junction and turned left, and saw Professor Snape kneeling on the floor in front of a hooded figure who was pointing a wand at him. "Severus, my old friend how nice to see you" said Lucius Malfoy from under his hood. "The pleasure is all yours Lucius" Snape said, pronouncing the name with more hate than he used even talking to Harry. "Severus, I must teach you what we do to traitors..." He griped his wand more tightly and took a breath. "EXPELIAMOUS!" came the cry of Ginny and Harry together. The spells hit Lucius dead on and he flew 50 feet down the corridor and landed with a thud. "Always have to play the hero don't you Potter?" came Snape's voice "But thank you" It was the first time Harry had ever heard Snape use that sort of voice. "Now come on you heard the headmaster, back to your house, NOW!" They ran the rest of the way to Gryffindor tower without seeing a single person. They told the fat lady the password and they entered. They saw Professor McGonagall with her wand out, pointing it at them. "Oh, Potter, Weasley thank heavens! Where have you been?"
"Saving Professor Snape." Ginny responded. "tell me later but all the 6th years and above are on gaud duty here in the tower. You will stay here Potter and Miss Weasley, even though you're a fifth year, you can stay." They passed the rest of the night and much of the next day, sitting in the common room waiting for the Death Eaters to charge them.
Harry awoke on the couch with Ginny beside him. Professor McGonagall was smiling at them. "I won't get you into trouble this time Potter but be warned, this had better not become a habit." She said with a smile. Ginny and Harry woke up fully and stretched. Professor McGonagall left to tell the Gryffindor's that they could go to breakfast as usual. Professor Dumbledore came in through the portrait hole and smiled. "When is Minerva?" He asked. "She's telling the students they may leave." Ginny informed him. "Well MR. Potter, I would like to see you, Miss Granger and Ginny, you may come too." Dumbledore said. Professor McGonagall arrived again and was informed of the arrangements. She went to retrieve Hermione and the 5 of them left together. In Dumbledore's office Harry, Ginny and Hermione were given a proposition. "I wish you to reform the DA." Dumbledore said "If something like this should happen again we should be prepared. I feel we could use the DA as a special reserve unit. What do you think?"
"I like it!" said Ginny with surprising enthusiasm. "Good then I leave it to you 3 to choose the members, but don't go over 10 plus yourselves." They left Dumbledore's office in a state somewhere between shock and amassment. It wasn't until Ginny spoke that Harry realize he wasn't alone. "Who should be in?" she asked. Harry and Hermione began to suggest people and they debated it all the way back to Gryffindor tower.
A/N-Please review. Tell your friends and get them to review. If you want, teach your dog to type so he can review. (There was a subliminal message in all of that, so incase I was to subtle !REVIEW!) oh yes, please.