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Chapter 24: Hogwarts Soilders.
Harry walked slowly and quietly to the headmasters office, he was in no hurry to hear the potion master bash him even more in front of the headmaster. Eventually he arrived at the statue and gave the password.
He entered the office without even knocking and threw himself in the chair in front of the desk.
Dumbledore looked up and raised his eyebrow at Harry.
"Potions" Harry just said shortly. He didn't even bother to try and explain himself further but he sat down and waited for the potion professor.
About a minute later, the door opened again and Snape burst in glaring at Harry and the elves.
"Ahh, Severus, young Harry here tells me that you whished to see me in regards to him to Mr. Potter" Dumbledore said calmly
Snape growled and said hatefully, "I do not approve of having some clowns in my classroom while I'm trying to teach"
Dumbledore sighed, "We have been through this. Harry got the marks he needed to get so you will teach him while he is doing well"
"I'm not talking about the brat. I'm talking about those elf things" He spat and Harry growled and spoke up before Dumbledore had the chance,
"Would you mind not calling me and my friends here things? We are people you know"
"Not to me you're not"
Harry stood up and was about to retort when Freddy griped Harry, "Don't. It is not worth it my lord"
Harry glared at Snape before seating himself again,
"What is going on here?"
"He" Harry said pointing at Snape, "Kicked me out of class, even though I answered all his questions right"
"Why?" Dumbledore asked Snape
"Because I'm supposed to be teaching students not elves"
"But Severus, Harry is a student and he is more human than elf" The headmaster pointed out calmly.
"I'm not talking about Potter. I'm talking about his blasted body guards"
"They were in the class too?" Dumbledore asked Harry who nodded, "But like I tried to tell Snape, it's not my fault. They won't listen to me when I tell them to stay"
"And why is that?"
When Harry didn't answer Em, spoke up, "Harry did not hire us. So, he cannot tell us to leave our post. Only the person who hired us can do that"
"And who is that?" Dumbledore asked
"The king of course" The elf said as if it was obvious
"And pray to tell, why the king hired you body guards Potter?" Snape sneered
"It's none of your business" Harry said retorted
"Harry, why is the king involved in this. I understand that your mother was elvin and your relatives would want to hire someone to protect you but where does the king come in the picture?"
"My Lord" Em said, "Is your grandfather not aware?"
"No" Harry said sadly, "And I'd like to keep it like that"
"If I may ask, why? Is what Sufi says perhaps true?"
"No of course not" Harry said angrily, "Sufi is just bitter. I'm not ashamed, it's just that if this gets out people are going to freak out and I get enough of that as it is"
"But my Lord…
"I thought I told you to call me Harry" Harry said wryly
"It is not appropriate my lord"
"Lord? What the hell are they talking about? Can't you people even talk like normal people"
"You forget Snape that they are not normal people. They're not even people. And would you stop insulting them, you're lucky they're even here. Don't you realise what the elves gave up to be here"
"What do you care?" Snape spat,
"You seem to forget that I am now one of them and we watch each others backs. And I will not hesitate to retaliate when you dare insult any of us again"
Snape just sneered at Harry, not sure what to say.
"Boys, will you please behave" Dumbledore said kindly, "Now Harry would you please answer the question"
Harry looked down at the floor.
"Harry, you are not making things any easier for you"
"My lord, if I may speak?" Freddy said,
"Yes Freddy"
"Even if we two believe that what Sufi says is not true, then the people will not. When you refuse to acknowledge who you are then you cannot and will not be able to run the holy city of Vatnaskógum, let alone the other six lands of the elves" The elf said so quietly that no one heard him except Harry.
Harry buried his hands in his face before taking a deep breath and finally saying, "It's not that I don't want too, but you've seen what the people here are like. How can I live like that? I'm sixteen for the love of Merlin, and I haven't taken that decision yet Freddy"
"Harry, what is going on" Dumbledore asked getting a bit concerned "Why did the king hire the elves?"
"Because my mother is the only daughter of the eldest child of the king. Therefore the king is my great grandfather, and I am the heir to the kingdom" Harry said after few minutes of silence.
Another few minutes of silence reigned after that comment.
"You mean to tell me that you are a prince?"
"Yes I am" Harry said glaring at the potion master daring him to say something.
"But your mother didn't even live with them" Dumbledore said
"I know. When the king visited my mom, she told him that she preferred to stay here with my dad, so she declined the throne-
"Then why would it go to you?" Snape interrupted,
"Because the elves never got around to sealing that. She never made it official. So when I told them that she was no longer among us it went to me, and I don't have the right to decline it until I am of age. So the council thought it best to hire them to make sure I'd live until then"
"So they're only with you for the year, and then you'll decline it?" Snape said
"I never said I would decline it. I'm still thinking about it. You see, if I do the throne goes to Sufi, the eldest son of the next eldest child of the king. And well Sufi is… well to put it simple he doesn't like me very much. Because I am the heir and he's not. He's got sort of mix of a typical Slytherin and a Percy in him. He is ambitious, and well I don't think he'll make a good king" Harry rambled
"So you think you could do better?" Snape spat,
"No. I never said that. That is why I'm thinking about it. It's not that I just don't like Sufi, I mean he's family. But even the king told me to think about it carefully. He's just not the type to rule"
"So why does it matter if you die or not? I mean doesn't that other one just get the job instead?"
Harry choose to ignore the tone of voice Snape was using and just answer the question, "No. If my decision is not sealed and I die then no one is the heir. The royal family will fall and eventually the Kingdome as well. The elves may mostly be peaceful but it doesn't mean they can live without any sort of control. This system has worked with the elves since the beginning, and if it were suddenly to disappear, the land would be in mayhem"
"Thank you for telling me this Harry, but back to the topic at hand, is there anything we can do so the elves will not interrupt classes"
"They don't interrupt classes sir. They just stand there silently. Sure the students stare at them a bit, but they do that anyway to me and I'm sure they'll get used to it in a while"
"Yes" Dumbledore said thoughtfully "Well then it seems that I will just have to warn the professors about this arrangement"
"Thank you professor"
"You are most welcome Harry"
"May I be excused?" Harry asked unsure
"There is something else I needed to talk to you about. Do you remember this summer when I told you that you were the heir to Gryffindor?"
"Yeah" Harry said suddenly feeling nervous. Why was Dumbledore bringing that up again? He had thought that he had forgotten about that, but he supposed he should have known better. Dumbledore never forgot anything.
"Well you and I never got that much time to talk about my theory. I wanted to give you a small break over the summer to relax but now that school is back in session, I think we should look better into it.
Harry had to bite back a groan. He had to figure away out of this, there was no way he would have time for classes, being the team captain, manage the DA, take lessons with Angel and the elves and follow some false theory.
"Er, I'm not so sure that is a good idea professor"
"Why is that Harry. There are stories that claim that there was a curse on the two founders and it may have carried on"
"I don't think so sir" Harry said once again as he thought fast to find an excuse, "I mean when the prophecy was made there were three heirs, you, my father and me. And technically I didn't even count as I wasn't born"
Dumbledore thought about that for a minute before replying "But you two are the last heirs. I think it might be worth to look into Harry. You have nothing to loose"
Harry was unable to hold back the snort "Sir do you have any idea what I have going on right now? I have classes, I'm the new captain, I have training with the elves, and extra lessons with Angel. Not to mention that all of the old DA members are all haunting me up to start the club again" Harry said as he sighed.
He hadn't exactly planned on telling Dumbledore this way that he was reopening the club, but otherwise he probably would have avoided the topic until he got into some serious trouble.
"I understand that this will be a very busy year but this is necessary if it will help the defeat of Tom. You do understand that?"
"What if you are wrong? Then we have wasted valuable time"
"Then at least we have ruled out a possibility"
Harry sighed, this was going to be hard but it seemed that he would just have to tell his headmaster that is wasn't possible his theory could be right.
"Headmaster I must disagree. I don't think your theory is right. I admit I have no idea either what my supposed power to defeat Riddle is, but I strongly believe it is not what you think" Harry said firmly
"Why is that Harry?" Dumbledore asked, curiosity plainly seen in his eyes.
Harry sighed again. He seemed to be doing that a lot more these days. He finally looked Dumbledore directly in the eyes and said as if it were the obvious thing in the world, "Why because Tom isn't the last heir of Slytherin"
This didn't seem to be the answer the two professors wanted to hear.
But then surprisingly Snape spoke up, "so it is true"
Both Harry and Dumbledore looked at Snape with raised eyebrow and Snape even blushed a little before elaborating "It's just there have been rumors going on with the death eaters that the reason the dark lord has been in such foul mood lately and not spending his time planning attacks is because apparently he didn't receive all his heritage from the bank. That made some of the death eater come up with the conclusion that perhaps there was another Dark Lord out there biding his time."
"This is not good. With two dark lords together… Dumbledore trailed off so Harry decided to speak up,
"Sir, why is it necessarily a bad thing? I mean, perhaps the other heir isn't even evil. No one says there is a rule that says that if you are this persons heir you must be evil or good"
"That is true" Dumbledore said "Perhaps there is still hope. But please tell me Harry. How did you know this?"
Harry cursed in his head. How was he going to explain that one? But thankfully Dumbledore continued,
"I understand that we don't exactly meet eye to eye at this time but we must put our differences aside for now and focus what lies ahead. We have to learn to share our information and work together. And then I mean both ways. That is why I'm offering you to join the Order Harry. You have proven worthy of it so many times. I must however warn you that this invitation only allows you to sit at meetings. Missions will wait until you are of age"
"Thank you professor. But if this is just a guilty gift then…
"It is not Harry. I have simply seen that it is the right thing to do. But before you ask then you should know that this applies only to you, not your friends. And we will need to find a way for the elves to be there and be sure that the information doesn't leak"
"They are bound to secrecy" Harry said quickly
"Good, good. You will be summoned when the next meeting will be held. But in the meantime there is one more thing. I believe we will need every advantage we'll get so I spoke to professor McGonagall and she has agreed to train you to become an Animagi"
Harry's eyes widened a bit. Angel said she would teach them also but it would probably help if McGonagall would do it instead "Thank you professor. But what about my friends? I can't do it unless they would do it as well. It's just not fair otherwise, and besides, they have already made it perfectly clear to me that when the time comes they will come to battle with me. That's why they are included in the training up to a point" Harry said scowling
"Have you spoken with them Harry?"
"I have" Harry said sighing "They know they could die, they say that they would rather die helping me and live not helping me"
"Very well. Now I believe I will have to speak with your professor again so you may rejoin your classes now. I believe it is lunch time"
"Yes. Thank you professor" Harry said nodding to his professor and then he left thinking about lot of things he needed to explain to his friends.
How on earth was he going to make it through the week like this? He had tryouts in three days, and he still had to find away to resort the DA.
Harry sighed as he sat down with his friends
"So how did it go?" Hermione asked
"The headmaster is going to talk to the other professors so they will be able to stay in class" Harry said tiredly "But I have some things to tell you. He mentioned his theory again" Harry explained. Draco had been informed of everything so he also knew what they were talking about. "Well he wanted to go into it further. Me being busy as I am of course couldn't afford that so I had to figure out something to say. At first I just told him I thought it wasn't true but he really wanted to know why so I said it was because he wasn't the last heir. That freaked him out you know. Anyway, he said something about how we had to work to gather to get rid of Riddle even if we didn't exactly see eye to eye at the moment. So he invited me into the order-
"WHAT?" They all yelled
" Only to the meetings. Not to missions. The thing is that you can't come"
"That's ok Harry" Mione reassured
"Are you sure?" When they all nodded he continued, "Alright but there is more. Now we all have Animagi training with Mcgonagall and the headmaster and Snape know about the king and all that."
"Harry?" Ron asked
"Yeah"
"How are you going to survive the week?"
"By taking minute by minute" Harry said standing up getting ready for the next class
The four friends sat at the front row in the defense class waiting for the professor to show up. They didn't have to wait long for the professor walked in the minute the bell rang.
The professor was medium height, was rather well build, had blond hair and hazel brown eyes.
He stalked right to his desk and hastily called out the names, before looking over the class with a stern gaze.
"As of what I understand most of you are fairly long behind, with only having one fairly decent professor in your third year of all the five ones you've been here" The professor stopped as to dare them to object and Harry didn't disappoint him, since he was first and the only one to raise their hand.
"Mr. Potter? Do you not agree with what I just said?" The professor asked without interest
"Partly I do. I think that both professor Quarrel and Lockhart were not qualified, since one was a fraud and the other was well also a fraud but didn't teach us a damn thing except to avoid vampires. And I do also think that professor Lupin was extremely good professor-
"But?" The professor asked impatient
"But I think Professor Moody was better, or well the one imposing Moody anyhow" Harry said simply
The professor seemed to be gaining interest now, as well as the class who was now looking at Harry in surprise.
"Why do you say that Mr. Potter? Wasn't he just working here to kill you?"
"Well yeah but he still taught us a lot of useful stuff. I mean with out him teaching us how to break the imperio curse, I wouldn't have been able to defend myself against Voldemort. I mean, even if he was a death eater and was trying to kill me off he still taught us all we needed to know. So I'd say as a professor he got an 10, but as a person he got a 0"
"Good answer Potter" The professor said smiling. But as I was saying, even if you had two good professors you are still far behind, especially with that last one who from what I gather didn't even teach right?"
A Rawenclaw boy who Harry didn't know raised a hand,
"Yes Mr. Jensen"
"She didn't. She had us read one chapter in class in this useless book all year. I got a terrible grade on my OWL's because of her"
"You are not the only one. Almost everyone failed or got an A this year, Owl's or no Owl's. Everyone except a certain group of people who got O's or E's, which leads me to believe that some of you had a study group, even though it was illegal"
Before anyone could do anything Ernie spoke up, "We didn't have a study group sir. Harry thought us all we needed to know"
The professor looked at Harry with interest, "Did he now? Why did you do that Mr. Potter?"
"Well, it was Mione's idea really" Harry said in defense
"Very well, but back to the matter of hand, you are all far behind especially when it comes to dueling and new curses. Now all of you please open your book at page thirty three and read to fifty five, then we will have a little quiz test"
The rest of the class went by in a haze and soon they were on their way to Mcgonagall.
"That was a nice change" Hermione commented, "He really seemed to know what he was talking about"
"Yeah, I guess he was ok, but he hasn't earned my trust yet"
"No surprise there Harry" Draco commented dryly
"Very funny. So Draco how was the night with the Slytherins?"
"It was… different. They just glared at me until I had enough and went to bed. When I woke up someone had tried to enter my trunk. Thank god for my father being as paranoid as he is by giving me a high security trunk"
"Did you report it?"
"Nah. I don't think uncle- I mean professor Snape is that fond of me anymore" Draco said shrugging as they took their seats,
Harry seemed to sense that this wasn't something Draco wanted to talk about so he changed the subject, "So he really is your uncle then? I just thought you said that. I mean your mom is a Black" Harry stated
"Yeah she is. But my grandmother from my father's side was a Snape. Professor Snape is her second child I think. So Snape is my dad's brother"
"Why does she keep the Snape name then?"
"My grandfather was caught for death eater activity and was send to Azkaban and my grandmother not wanting that kind of attention changed her maiden name again"
"Ohh" Harry just said as professor Mcgonagall entered.
That class went mostly by reviewing what they had learned previously and was over soon.
"Potter, please stay behind" The professor yelled,
"What is it professor?" Harry asked as he and his friends approached the desk when everyone else had left,
"I just wanted to remind you that the tryouts are tomorrow between three and five"
"Oh we should be fine professor. The twins agreed to take the beater position until they leave so we only need two new chasers for now. And I'm thinking about letting the team assign backup team"
"Good, good. Just be sure to keep an eye out for someone to take over for Fred and George when the time comes. But there is one other thing. The headmaster talked to me before and you and your friends are required to be here at seven pm tomorrow night"
"Yes professor" Harry said before leaving for dinner.
On their way they however Hermione stopped them, "Where's Draco?" She asked
"He was here just a minute ago" Ron said confused
"Shh" Harry said, "Listen"
"We want answers traitor" The voice of Nott reached them
Then there was some mumbling and a scream.
Harry felt something radiant coming from a part of his necklace
"It's Draco" He whispered, and the others slowly crept forwards,
"I'm not going to tell you anything you asshole. It's called loyalty something you don't know" Draco spat,
"Don't you preach me about loyalty you traitor. You know nothing and you shall pay dearly for your mistake in judgement" The
teens heard Nott say again as they reached the corner and saw about ten Slytherins surrounding Draco who was being held by his old body guards,
"Now tell us what we need to know and we will kill you ourselves peacefully or we'll bring you to the dark lord and he'll not be as kind"
"Screw you" Draco spat as some seventh year kicked him in the stomach,
"I wouldn't do that if I were you" Harry said coldly
"Piss off Potter. This doesn't concern you" Someone said,
"The hell it doesn't. Now let go of my brother over there and piss off"
The Slytherins looked at each other in confusion,
"What are you talking about you dunderhead, you don't have a brother,
"Maybe not in blood, but I have quite the few in my mind, and Dray over there is one of them so let him go"
Nott raised his wand against Harry but before they could do anything the two elves had taken action. They raised theirs bows at them without a word,
"As you can see Nott dearest" Ginny mocked, "I wouldn't try anything rash"
Nott seemed to be thinking about what to do before finally leaving with the other Slytherins, "You can't protect him forever Potter" He spat before he disappeared over the corner.
The teens ran over to their fallen friend and helped him up and started practically carrying him back to the hospital wing when suddenly Harry changed directions.
"Harry, what are you doing? Dray needs to get to the hospital wing" Ron said confused,
"I know, but I think we should head up to the headmasters office first" Harry said with out stopping.
Soon they arrived and Harry said the password and up they went.
Harry didn't even bother to knock, but he just waltzed right in there and started pacing the floor upset,
"Headmaster we have to talk"
"Yes I agree. But I don't think now is the right time Harry" Dumbledore said kindly,
"Not about us" Harry said annoyed, throwing his hands in the air
"What about then? What is bothering you Harry"
"It's the damn Slytherins that's what. Those stupid, mini death eaters suck ups… Harry kept muttering, before he was interrupted by a silky voice,
"I would have thought you would have reconsidered your opinion since you befriended young Mr. Malfoy, apparently I was wrong"
Harry jumped in surprise, he hadn't noticed Snape or Mcgonagall were in the room.
"No, I don't think of all Slytherins evil, but those little death eaters… Harry kept muttering not so nice words about them while the adults looked on with wide eyes,
"I mean look what they did to Draco" Harry finally exclaimed,
The adults looked behind Harry and for the first time noticed Ron and Hermione holding up Draco who although was looking better than before still had a large black eye, split lip and couldn't stand on his own.
"Which brings me to why I'm here instead of the hospital wing. He needs to be resorted to a new house, away from those… before Harry could start again on the Slytherins Snape interrupted,
"You mean to tell me that my Slytherins did that?"
"Yes" Harry snapped
"I'm sure you must have misunderstood, right Draco?"
Draco only shrugged and Harry glared at the blond,
"What's the matter with you? You can't be defending them can you? Hell Draco you can't deny it we all saw it"
"You saw Slytherins assault Mr. Malfoy?" The headmaster asked as he threw some floo powder in the fire and called for the medi witch.
"Yes. We were walking to the great hall when Hermione saw that Draco wasn't with us anymore and then we heard voices, threatening someone" Harry stopped as Poppy entered the office and began to treat Draco, "And we recognized the voice to Nott. We decided to check it out" Harry said, not mentioning about his necklace, "when we turned around the corner we saw about ten Slytherins around Draco and Crabbe and Goyle who were holding him while some of the seventh years were beating him"
"Although this is a serious event I doubt that resorting is necessary. I'll talk to them and it won't happen again" Snape said
"Yes it will. God damn it, they said that if he would tell them something they would kill him the easy way themselves or otherwise hand him over to Voldemort, and when we showed up they were going to curse us. If hadn't been for Freddy and Em, then I don't know what would have happened, and they said that they would get him when we weren't around"
"So you want him transferred to Gyrffindor?" Snape sneered
"No I just don't want him getting killed in Slytherin" Harry growled back,
"Harry, Severus that is enough. I'm afraid there is little I can do to punish these attackers unless you give us proof. But the physical state of Mr. Malfoy tells me he is not safe with his house so I will grant your wish. He'll be resorted" Dumbledore said without his famous twinkle present in his eyes. And then it occured to Harry how hard it must have been for someone like his headmaster who loved his students more then anything to watch as they turned against each other like this.
Draco who was now healed stepped up and Dumbledore placed the hat on his head,
"It's been awhile Mr. Malfoy"
"No it hasn't. Only a year"
"For you, but it has been six for me. I see you need to be sorted again. Pity you cannot stay in Slyhterin. True your ambition has almost disappeared, besides your desire to show your new master what you are capable of, but the cunning is still there. A real shame what they have become, the Slytherins I mean then"
"Tell me about it. Harry was telling us how Slytherin was misunderstood and how he and Gryffindor were still best of friends. He said he was going nuts, that it was enough that he had to listen to Hermione and Ron bicker all the time and then having those two bicker all the time in his head"
"Yes, shame what history has done to the memory of a fine man. Much like you he was, except he didn't want the muggle borns in the school, although for different reasons then most believe. But I do believe we are getting off topic here. Let's see, not Slytherin, you have brains, but not the character to go to Rawnclaw, you have plenty of loyalty yes, an important essence in Gryffindors. But personally, I think Hufflepuff would suit you the best. But on the other hand, even if the bravery isn't there in high amount, you have the courage to stand with your friends and fight your father. Yes I think'lll put you in GRYFFINDOR. Oh and please tell Harry to come visit me sometimes" The hat barely managed to say before Draco pulled the hat off..
"Are you angry uncle Sev?" The young blond asked
Instead of answering he turned to Dumbledore, "How can that be?"
"Well the hat wanted to keep me where I was but since he was unable to do that he was thinking about Hufflepuff, but said that Gryffindor suited me better" Draco explained,
"Hufflepuff? Gryffindor? They are nothing like Slytherin"
"More then you think my boy" The headmaster said, "Harry of course knows what I mean, don't you Harry?" Dumbledore said his eyes twinkling madly,
"What to you mean?" Snape asked harshly
"Er, the hat wanted to put me in Slytherin" Harry said fidgeting
Mcgonagall and Snape both looked at Harry in surprise, before Mcgonagall snapped out of it. "Well, to congratulations Mr. Malfoy, and the rest of you please get him settled in. I trust you can handle things from now on. Now I suggest you run along to the kitchens, since dinner was just finishing"
"What?" Harry said alarmed, "Shit we're late. Angel is going to kill us"
"Harry, you have to eat"
"No, we're late" Harry said hastily, "Thanks professors" and then he ran out of the door to meet Angel.
That night they didn't do that much other than plan what they were going to do.
It
had been decided that now they would start learning history of magic
and understanding of magic, as well as finding out their special
powers and train them, then learn wandless magic and wordless magic,
and then go into dark magic as well.
Angel
had decided that even if Harry could walk now, he still had to get
used to running and moving a lot so all physical training was
postponed, but even so he had to wake up at five every morning and go
running and at the end of the month he was supposed to start weight
training with his friends.
The elves also decided the same, so for now he was learning the culture, laws, language and magic.
Then
Angel did a test on each of them, and it turned out that Hermione had
a gift of empathy, while Ginny had potential to become a
Metamorphmagus, Draco however had the rare gift, the golden eyes,
which was that he could get his eyes to work as a sort of imperio
curse, he also had the potential to become a master of the element of
Shadows. Harry had the gift to become an elemental over, air,
lightning and fire, and potential for water. He also had the
gift to speak to snakes of course, and then he had the sight, which
was that he could see magic and auras. He was also a natural at
Legilimency, which explained why he had learnt it so quickly when
Angel
had taught him. Ron however was unknown. He had some sort
of powers, and Angel knew what kind but none of them could actually
know. She said it had to happen on it's own.
The next day he was woken up at five and started running around the lake with his friends until it was time to head to the showers and then breakfast.
It was an exhausted black haired boy with a throbbing ache in his back that entered the pitch that morning for try outs.
Not that many people showed up, except for three seventh years, four fifth years and two fourth and third years. And then four sixth years as well. Meaning all the Gryffindor boys were applying as well as Pavarati.
"Good day" Harry said tiredly, "I'm glad to see that so many have decided to try out. Everyone that is trying for the chaser positions please line up, everyone trying out for the back up team please wait for a while" Harry said fast, eager to get this over with.
Unfortunately for him it didn't go that fast. The rest of the day up till dinner went in try outs. In the end though Harry had decided his new players, the chasers were Ginny of course, a fifth year girl who was a friend of Ginny's, Fiona Flemming, and surprisingly Draco Malfoy, the newest Gryffindor member. And then for the back up team, Dean and Seamus were beaters and surprised Harry with their talent, especially together. The keeper was also a surprise and was actually Pavarati, but unfortunally they only had one back up chaser who was a seventh year boy called Marcus. But all in all the team was good.
When Harry headed for dinner he was almost half a sleep and he definitely was not looking forward to the night where he was supposed to have his first lesson as a Animagi.
As soon as they stepped in the hall went silent. Apparently dinner was already started.
Dumbledore stoop up when murmurs started spreading over the hall.
"Students,
I have announcement to make" He said serious and somber, "Last
night I was requested of a favor, something that has not been asked
here since this school was founded and is unheard of except for one
case" By now the whole hall was listening, even the Slytherins, "I
was asked to resort a student" Chatter broke out at those news but
were quickly silent again as Dumbledore spoke up again, "I allowed
it, since it had come to my attention that the student in question
was simply not safe in his own house. It saddens me to hear
this, that fellow students threaten others for their life, but that
is what the war does. But since there is little I can do
now
no action against these students will be taken, although they should
be careful from now on. Since they will be watched. But
onto more happy remarks, I welcome Draco Malfoy to the folds of
Gryffindor"
Silence greeted that statement as everyone turned around to watch the blond who was hiding in between the other students.
Dinner dragged on forever but eventually it was time to head down to the transfiguration classroom for their lessons, although the sight that greeted them wasn't what they expected,
"What are you doing here?" Ron slipped out before he could stop himself and Hermione slapped him on his head, "Ow,"
"I am teaching you along with professor Mcgonagall, Weasley" Snape said silkily, "Now will you get your behinds in here so we can get started, I'm a busy man"
Harry resisted the urge to snort but was thankfully saved by Mcgonacall,
"Now, I've talked to Albus and we decided that you will just skip the first step-
"But that's the most important professor" Hermione interrupted, "that's how we know what to change into. How can we change into something we don't know what is"
"Perhaps if you'd let her finish" Snape snapped and Hermione had the grace to blush
"Yes as I was saying, you will not be performing the first part, since usually it can take up to years to accomplish that. Not many have the patience to do that. So instead of having you mediate for god knows how long, you will be using this" The professor said revealing a beautiful mirror and Hermione gasped as the others just looked on in confusion,
"That's the mirror of- Hermione started but was interrupted by Snape who said,
"That is a mirror that Dumbledore lend you that allows you to see your forms. Now get started" He sneered
Hermione jumped before the mirror before anyone else had the chance to do anything.
A small gasp escaped her lips but she looked away smiling widly,
"Well, what's the form?" Snape snapped impatient
"A horse" She said,
"Horse?" Snape repeated harshly
Hermione blushed slightly, "Yes, a black large beautiful race horse"
Snape muttered something under his breath, but ushered them to continue. Ron was next to step forward and he looked very confused,
"Well?" Snape spat and Mcgonagall glared at him,
"I'm a bird" Ron said in shock, "A small bird, with a sharp but small beak, and his eyes were very…. Calculating somehow "
"How long were the wings?" Snape asked interested,
"Not that long. Just few inches but still not too short. But the bird itself was very small"
"Hmm, you play chess don't you?"
"Yes" Ron asked confused at the question,
"Yes, I believe that was the forest bird. Lives in large forests and is know by most as the strategy bird"
"Oh" Ron said as Ginny stepped in front of the mirror and gasped,
"Oh for the love of… Snape started but was silenced by a look from Mcgonagall who asked kindly, "What is it Ginny?"
"A dragon" She said quietly without looking away, "A small one, but still a dragon. It's red, has about two inches horns, and is breathing fire"
"Ahh" Mcgonagall said smiling slightly, and then Draco spoke up, "I though you couldn't be a magical animal"
"You
can but it's not that common, that's all. Not many have the
magical strength and most who do don't have the persona. But
Ginny's dragon I think is a baby dragon which means that it's not
entirely magical. Her skin is strong but not as strong as of
normal dragons.
Her
blood for an example is not magical. Perhaps has a little
healing power, there is no way of knowing until she transforms.
And her ability to breath fire only exists when she is feeling strong
emotions"
Ginny smiled widely and stepped away for Draco who also gasped as he saw his image,
"And?" Mcgonagall asked when Draco didn't say anything. "I'm a squirrel"
"Good. Now it's only Potter. Get a move on. I'm busy" Snape spat
Harry just rolled his eyes and looked in the mirror and his eyes went wide and when Mcgonagall asked him what it was he looked at her with out a word and then looked back at the mirror and fainted.
"Perhaps I should fetch the headmaster" Snape said dryly as Mcgonagall woke Harry up.
Five minutes later the Headmaster appeared in the room and saw Harry staring at the mirror with anger, sadness and bitterness in his eyes.
"Harry my boy, care to tell us what your animal is?" He asked softly,
Harry didn't say anything, only continued to glare at the mirror,
The headmaster looked at the other people in the room and asked if they knew anything, but they didn't although Hermione said she thought it was a magical animal.
"Harry, you are a powerful wizard, you must have been expecting something like that"
Harry finally looked away from the mirror and said, "I did. Angel said something like that could happen, but I wasn't exactly expecting a huge white lion with golden wings and god knows what- Harry ignored the gasps that came from the adults and continued, "And I was defiantly not expecting a black unicorn with silver wings when I looked in it for the second time and to top that off, there was a pink elephant when I looked in it for the third time"
Dumbledore sighed, "So you are guardian lion. I suppose that I shouldn't be so surprised. The first animal you saw guards the forest in the Bermuda triangle. It is nearly extinct and not many have the privilege to see one with out dying a horrible death. It guards what ever it is he is supposed to, and does it with his life. Not an animal to be messed with and yes it is slightly magical. The second one" At this the headmaster lost all his twinkle, "Is what is called the lost Unicorn. Only three have been recorded over the last hundred years. Now all unicorns are born the same, but when one gets tainted with darkness it goes black"
"You mean I'm evil?" Harry asked hurt
"Not at all my boy. As you know unicorns are pure beings, they handle human touch badly because humans are so corrupt. Black unicorns are unicorns that… how shall I put this, experienced death, or sadness that takes their innocence away. But I'm afraid the third one stumps me. Never have I heard of an pink elephant"
"Perhaps we can help there" One of the elves said, "It is an elven animal. Has abnormal strength, and is often used to help build in our world. But it is hard to gain their trust but when you do they stick with you through thick and thin but if you break it there is no going back"
Harry sighed, "Great, not only am I one magical animal, but three one of which a elfin animal"
Snape sneered and spat, "I always knew you were a brat, but would anyone ever listen to me. No. Can't even be thankful for your forms, even if this has never been heard of. Not even Merlin had three magical forms"
Harry only looked more sad and even a bit betrayed at that and just bid quickly and quietly good night and left with his elves while the other four angry teenagers glared at the potion master,
"Why the hell did you have to do that?" Ron asked
"What? He was being a brat"
"I think that my brother was meaning why the hell did you have to tell him that not even Merlin had that kind of forms? Like he wasn't upset enough. And no he was not being a brat. If you had looked at him you would see the anger, sadness and even the underlying bitterness and betrayal. You know why? Because he hates to be this great. He hates to better then everyone else. He hates the fact that he'll never ever get the only thing he'll always want, and what everyone else always ignore. Family, love and normality and you had to go and bloody tell him that he was better then Merlin. Urgh you idiot" Ginny ranted at the professor,
"And what is the matter with you treating him like that? He had done nothing to you. You should even be thankful. He never even mentioned your little talk or what you talked about. Never. And you re pay him like this. You are pitiful" Hermione even said before storming out only leaving Draco slightly behind who stared at his uncle with disappointment.
"You know you should listen to them. You could learn many things, I know I did and I'm not sorry for it"
"Draco, please inform them to be here at Wednesday evening at eight were the training will begin" Dumbledore said as he watched his potion master storm out of the classroom.
The next few days turned into a blur at the haste they were going in.
It was waking up, running, showering, breakfast, either homework or classes, lunch, classes, Quidditch or homework, dinner and extra classes with Angel, the elves and Mcgonagal, and finally time to sleep at three in the morning.
That is how Harry's first week at school went by.
Then on the second week his egg finally hatched, which allowed him to sort the new DA members.
At the third day after his egg hatched his new small, wrinkled, ugly bird had turned into a large white and golden beautiful phoenix which Harry had named Von, which was elvish for hope.
In every spare moment Harry had had over the last week and a half he had listed possible members for the new DA. He would be holding the first meeting that Saturday night.
Saturday arrived quickly for the exhausted teen and he watched amused as the school owls arrived to every possible member giving them a note that burst to flames as soon as they were read.
The day went by quickly and soon Harry was standing in the room of requirement with his friends waiting for the others too show. First were the old DA members.
"Hey Harry" Dean said as he sat down, "I was wondering when we would be starting again. So what will we be learning today?"
"There are more coming" Harry said
"But we're all here, except the old seventh years" Cho said
"Yes that is true, but I've invited more members. All will be explained soon" Harry said softly as the door opened again and a group of five entered the room and soon afterwards the rest piled in.
"Now I believe that we are almost all here" Harry said but was interrupted as the door opened and Kate Bell and Angelina Johnson entered grinning happily, "Sorry we're later Harry"
"That's ok girls, have a seat. Now as I was saying, and as you can see we are a bit larger then last year"
"Er, Potter, what is the meaning of this? I just got the weird note this morning telling me to come here and that it was urgent. And why are there flying professors here?"
"Oh, we´re not here as professors Mr. Mcfly, but as students" Kate said,
"Welcome" Fred said,
"Too" George said,
"The DA" The both ended,
"You mean the illegal club where evil wizards teach you how to become a death eater?" A fifth year Hufflepuff said scared,
"Rumors" Harry muttered, "No that is not what the DA is, or I should say was. The DA was founded last year by myself with the help of my friend here Hermione Granger as some of you may know."
"Why?" A fourth year Slytherin asked
"To learn how to defend yourselves against the upcoming dark. As most of you know I told the world that Voldemort had indeed returned after the events of the tournament but the world choose to ignore. When that foul woman refused to teach us we took action and taught ourselves. We became Dumbledore's Army"
"So you're the exception" A fifth year girl asked
"Exception?" Ron questioned,
"Well professor Doodle said that everyone had failed on their practical tests this year with the exception of a small study group"
"That is us yes" Harry said smiling. "Now as I can see that you are all wondering what you are doing here, especially you new ones is because over the summer and the first week of school old members have been asking me to restart the DA. At first I wasn't going too, since I was busy before hand but then a friend convinced me otherwise"
"A friend?" Cho asked harshly,
"None that you know" Harry retorted rudly, "Sorry, I'm just really tired, I shouldn't have snapped, but you don't know Angel. She appeared in my life only this summer and helped me a lot. Now what you are all doing here is that you are being given the chance of joining the new DA, that includes the old group"
"What do you mean?" Kate asked,
"I mean there is no more DA" Harry said, "Even if I hate to do this it is what has to be done. The new club will not be a club but an army" At the confused stares he was getting Harry sighed and asked, "How many of you know the Order?"
Few raised their hands, "Alright, it is a secret organization against death eaters and Voldemort"
"What has that got to do with us?"
"I have little faith in the Order" Harry started but was interrupted,
"It saved us the last time" A Slytherin sneered,
"No. We almost lost the last time. The Order was slowly being crushed and there was little hope of getting the upper hand. We won out of luck. That is all. Although the Order is the best we've got is not enough. Voldemort has gotten over thousand followers from all over the world, he has beasts we have never seen before and he has so much more. We have a corrupt ministry and the Order. It is war. It is time we take measures to ensure not only our safety but also the schools safety.
Those who choose to stay will be trained to be proper fighters, we will hold meetings, and gather information. We will be the next Order. We will fight for our world, our schools, our safety. We will give up everything to ensure our goal. This is no longer a game. This is a matter of life and death" Harry said firmly as silence reigned over the group.
"But you have Slytherins here" Roger, said
"That I do. Not all Slytherins are evil. Now those who wish to go can. And I must comment that it is a bad idea to stay if you are not sure that this is what you want. There is no shame walking through that door and believe me if I had a choice I would.
There is nothing wrong wanting to live your life or finish school. That also takes guts, so if you are not sure then leave"
Out of a group of about seventy students, mostly all Sixth, seventh and fifth years only forty stayed. Almost all of the old DA and few more.
"Good. Now are all of you sure you want to do this?"
They all nodded
"Alright but I won't guarantee that you will be able to join. I will do a test to see who is loyal and who is not. Von" He whispered and with a burst of white flames he phoenix was there and everyone gasped.
"I want you tell me who are allowed to join" Harry whispered and slowly the bird sat on everyone shoulders and gave a response. In the end there were only thirty seven behind.
"Now for starters, I want everyone of you to join us in our running in the mornings. We will meet at half past five in the mornings by the lake and run until it's half past seven. We will meet here at eight every Saturday night. Dismissed" Harry said and everyone filed out until in the end only the two new professors, the twins, Luna, Neville and Harry's knights were left.
"That was different" Angelina commented,
Harry shrugged with pain in his eyes,
"So that was what all the arguments were about?" Fred asked,
"Yeah. What time is it?" Harry asked absently
"Nine" George said
"Good, then I still have time to do my essay for next week"
"Harry" Hermione scolded, "There is plenty of time for that later, you need to rest"
The rest gaped at Hermione, "Were you just telling him off for wanting to do his homework" Kate asked
"Well in case you haven't noticed he's been at it full time since school started, the only time he relaxes is the few hours when he sleeps"
The others nodded slightly, and Harry answered annoyed, "I'm still doing my essay now"
And that is how the days went by. Everyone the same, except sometimes there were practice or DA meetings in between. And Dumbledore had informed Harry that Order meetings were held on Friday evenings.
Soon days turned into weeks and Harry was still at it at non stop and his friend were getting worried, although Ron and Hermione also were busy with their prefects duties. Harry barely slept anymore and at the end of September he had started getting nightmares again.
The DA, or the HS (Hogwarts soldiers) as it was now still met up every morning to run and had started weight training at the beginning of October. Harry was also started training more with the elves and Angel.
It hadn't helped when he had discovered who the new Muggle professor was. His beloved aunt Petunia. Harry only thanked the gods that his cousin was at lest gone to school.
The DA, or the HS (Hogwarts soldiers) as it was now still met up every morning to run and had started weight training at the beginning of October. Harry was also started training more with the elves and Angel.
Halloween finally arrived for the exhausted friends
Well that's it. Sorry I haven't updated for so long. I finished my exams the twenties and fourth or something like that, and I did ok. Passed everything except math. Anyways, I haven't been able to find the time to put this up until now though, and I hope it's ok. I didn't have all that much time to work much on it, but at least it's something.
Also I forgot to tell you all last time, that since I don't know Latin, or any kind of Elfish or any other language for that matter I've decided that I'd just have Elfish in Icelandic, so the Elfish I have written and will write later on will not be some made up crap but Icelandic. I'll but translation at the bottom of each chapter also from now on.
And lastly but not least, I know that making Draco exchange house is a bit… boring and well not original and at first I wasn't going to do it, but then I thought the other Slytherins would probably do something really bad if I didn't do something. So I was going to place him in Rawnclaw or Hufflepuff, but I figured it would be better to have all of the knights together.
Anyways, onto the reviews...
Inimene: Don't know if you noticed, but I have a beta now. I've been meaning to re-write the first five-six chapters, but just haven't been able to find the time to do so. Anyways, one day I will. But, that is for another time. Thank you for your review and I hope you enjoyed the story.
Yuiop: I'm sorry for the very much so late update, but I've been busy in exams, assignments and other things. I posted this as soon as I could, and I know it isn't very good, but it is all I could do in such an short time. Anyways, thank you very much for your review and I hope you'll enjoy the rest of the story.
Chrissy227: Thanks, and ditto to you. And thanks for the review.
Richard Silsbury: Well, Snape has to keep up a certain front in front of the students because he is a spy. Anyways, I always think he's a jerk... hihi...
As for the elven thing, I'm glad you liked it. I was afraid people might be a bit pissed since I didn't focus to much on that, but I just had no clue on what to write. I have few ideas, and there will perhaps be more about that sometime later. Anyways sorry about the late update, but like I've said before, I've been super busy lately and I just finished my exams few weeks ago. Thanks for the review, and I hope you liked the chapter. It's a bit of mess but...
Pleione: Thanks, for the noticed, but now I've finally gotten my Beta back. So hopefully there will be a lot of less mistakes. Anyways, thanks for the review….
Cynthia1850: Well I'm glad someone likes my long chapters…. Hehe. There will be some more fighting between Sufi and Harry but I haven't decided if I'm going to make Sufi evil or not. Anyways, thanks for the review and I hope you liked the chapter
G3t05t: I am working on fixing that as well as some other common mistakes I sometimes do. But I have my Beta now so it shouldn't happen again either way. Thanks for the review.
clarinetgurl0206: Well first of, I'm sorry about the late update. I've just been extremely busy as of late. And thank you very much for that complement. I hope that you liked this chapter, and the conversation between Dumbledore, Snape and Harry in the beginning. Although I would have liked to work better on this chapter but I just didn't have the time and I really wanted to post something. Anyways, as an answer to your question then, no he won't have to wear the special robes until the Ministry knows, and they have made it official. Harry however is supposed to tell the ministry and make it official as it says in the old laws, but he hasn't because Angel has forbidden it since it could affect his training or ruin some chances they might gain by keeping it a secret. Anyways, thank you very much for the review and I hope you liked the chapter…
Jaina Solo Fel: Wow, that has to been one of the longest reviews I've ever gotten. I think. Anyways, I'm very sorry about the late update, and I'll try to update more often in the near future. The reason couldn't update was because I was in my winter exams, this January and then I've just been very busy after that. And I didn't really mean to end it on a cliff hanger. But erm, I hope this is good enough though. I didn't really have the time to work on it better and I just wanted to post something. Anyways, believe it or not, but you are not the first person to point that out. I'm trying to fix that though, with the grate-great thing I mean, it's just an old habit. I'll be trying to add more detail to the future chapters though, because I kind of agree with you on that. Anyways, thank you very much for your fantastic review and I hope you enjoyed this chapter…
Ruth : Thanks. Harry can walk now. But you are right, when he went to the elf world he wasn't supposed to be able to walk on his own. I think I mentioned that he was using crutches when he came back form the past, but I haven't been mentioning that often. I didn't say anything about that when he visited the elves so I can understand your confusion, and I apologize. Just pretend that he was using them or that he was doing better then expected and was allowed to start walking on his own sooner then expected. Anyways, thanks a lot for the review...
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Coro: Thank you for that. And I really do enjoy writing the story… well most of the time anyways. And I completely agree with you on Snape. I really, really don't like him. Though it might seem a bit out of character to let Hermione yell at him (For Hermione I mean) But oh well. She changed. Anyway, I will be letting Harry and Snape get in a huge fight sometimes… hopefully. Just for my own pleasure.. hehe… Anyways thank you again, and I hope you enjoyed the chapter.
Jadite: You are right. I've been meaning to fix the first chapters for a while now, but I just haven't been able to find the time. I will someday re-write them though. Anyway, thanks for the tip, and for the review.
Smorefan: Thanks. And I'm really, really sorry about the late update. Anyways, there will be more about the "body guards" later. Thanks again.
Crissy Potter: Thanks. I know, Dumbledore is… a special man… here. Anyways thanks again for the review.
Malfoy's Best Friend: You didn't sound rude. I have a beta though; she just couldn't beta the last two chapters. I know I often say grate instead of great, but I know it's supposed to be great though, it's just an old habit. Anyways, thanks for the review.
volleypickle16: Actually the book doesn't come out here until right before Christmas I think. But I'm just going to order it anyway, I like the books more on English. Anyways, thanks and I'm sorry about the late update.
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