Title: Harry Potter and the Demise of an Enemy
Genre: Romance/Action/Adventure
Summary: Harry begins's his sixth year at Hogwarts… a bit differently, this is my take on Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince.
Taken from Chapter Six
Mr. Moony bequests the name of Pads to Anton in the spirit of getting on with things and because… yah
Mr. Padfoot bequests the name of Claws to Hermione because once they come out they don't go back in
Mr. Prongs bequests the name of Snake to Harry because well duh
Mr. Moony bequests the name of Howler to Ronald because he loved the one his mommy sent him
Mr. Padfoot bequests the name of Muzzler to Luna because with any luck she can just start snogging Ron when he acts like a prat
Mr. Prongs bequests the name of Fangs to Josephine again… duh
Hermione lay silent on the queen size bed she had claimed for herself in Grimmauld Place, the current Weasley home due to the fact that the burrow was most probably compromised. Luna was in the bed next to her only close enough that their elbows both under their heads where touching.
"Why are you here?" Hermione asked much to the chagrin of Joey who had been bugging Hermione to help her with a spell the pair had been trying to develop.
"You're sad, it's the least I can do," Luna responded with a shrug.
"That's it," Joey yelled slamming her book shut, "That's it," they heard as she stomped down the hall.
"What was that about?" Hermione asked surprised, a few moments later after silence from Luna Joey returned to the room and easily slung a fighting Hermione over her shoulder and told Luna to take a shower. She held tight to Hermione and tossed her into a large tub fully clothed before closing the curtains and setting it to a shower.
"Throw your clothes over the edge, where going out," she called into the shower.
"Fine," Hermione called angrily.
What's going on up there? Anton called surprised as he watched Harry attempt to shift away from Ginny.
Luna, Hermione and I are going out with Tonks, I'm tired of her melancholy mood it's bugging me, Joey answered taking Hermione's wet clothes and laying out a few of her own with a few charms to make them fit the smaller girl.
Can I come, Ginny Harry watch is boring? It would be much more fun if they where making out like they used to, Anton asked hopefully.
You're a perv, and to answer your first question nope, you either Ron, Hermione called out
Don't worry Luna has already informed me if I try to follow her she'll set a something something on my balls, it's the balls part that I don't like, Ron answered sounding somewhat shaken up by the whole affair.
Are you all going somewhere? Harry called, Joey smirked slightly.
Me, Tonks, Luna, and Hermione are, where going somewhere for a girl's night, Joey answered.
Take me with you, Harry begged loudly.
"Not a chance pall," Joey said slipping into the room.
"Come on Joe, you love me," Harry tried pulling away from Ginny and kneeling before her.
"No, Harry do the words girls' night mean anything to you?" she asked amused by his antics.
"Joey… please," Harry begged.
"No, just us four sorry Harry," Luna said coming up behind Joey, Ron's mouth dropped at the sight of his girlfriend clad in a small leather skirt and tank top.
"Is this the right way Joey?" she asked turning toward the vampire.
"Perfect," Joey agreed, Luna smiled and went to sit beside a star struck Ron to explain how leather fought off some wood creature.
"You wear stuff like that," Harry said slightly unhappy.
"Get over it brother," Joey smirked ruffling his hair.
"Joey, can I get some help," Hermione called from upstairs. Joey smiled and retreated with a smile gathering her own clothes on the way to the bathroom.
"What's the matter?" Joey inquired finding Hermione perfectly dressed in the high boots, jean skirt, and spaghetti strap tank top.
"Do you expect me to actually go out in public with this on?" Hermione exclaimed loudly.
"Well you can wear a jacket, I'd recommend the leather one," Joey smirked tossing the aforementioned jacket to a flabbergasted Hermione.
"Joey you cant expect me to wear this," Hermione said shocked. Joey stuck her head out exasperated and with a few muttered words the jacket forced itself onto Hermione and her hair and makeup where done professionally, the vampire had also severed the buttons forcing the coat to remain open.
"You look great," Joey commented stepping out, Hermione gave a sigh of worry and tugged on the skirt as if hoping she could make it longer.
"Alright," she conceded when Luna entered in a much shorter skirt. Joey stepped out in leather pants and a bright red tank top.
"Don't forget daggers and wands, better safe then sorry," she commented slipping the aforementioned weapons onto her body.
Do you thinkSnake will finally get off that potion now that he sees Claws? Luna asked softly in Joey's head.
You know about that? Joey asked astonished.
I know thatSnake hasbeen under some influence, the way he fell and you smelling like roses told me it was a potion, Luna said easily.
"Wow, you all look great," Tonks said coming into the bathroom. She wore a tie dyed dress that matched her bright pink hair beautifully.
"You too Tonks," Joey said smiling at the witch.
"So, ready the boys are downstairs waiting for you to come and you well know we cant apparate out of here so I cant pull you along," Tonks said as they each pulled on their dragon skin jackets as extra protection. Hermione walked down behind everyone with Tonks bringing up the front. Harry was trying subtly to shake Ginny off as he moved to greet his sister.
"Dad's gonna kill me," he said taking in her outfit.
"And I'll kill you if you try to get her to change," Anton said smiling and walking over to her.
"Don't even think about it," Joey responded nodding to Harry who had just caught sight of Hermione.
"Wow, you look great Mione," Harry said calmly.
"Thanks," she said coldly, Joey hit her forehead in the palm of her hand and was clenched by a strong desire to bang her head against a wall.
"They'll get it eventually," Anton said in her ear as Harry's eyes reflected the returning anger.
"They better," she returned as the women left the room.
Hermione awoke to a bloodcurdling scream from the bed next to her; Ginny's eyes opened wide as Joey awoke her hand pulled tight to her scar, looking down at her pillow Hermione could see blood as she moved forward.
"No" the girl said weakly.
"Help, somebody get down here," Anton said from the door, he spotted the blood on Joey's pillow and immediately ran to her as both Ginny and Hermione bolted for the stairs.
"Mione, please, help me," Harry cried writhing in pain on the bed. Ginny glared affronted at Hermione who ignored it and moved over to Harry.
"Shh it's ok I'm here Harry," she crawled into bed next to him and ran her fingers over the small line of his scar.
"Mione," Harry moaned wrapping his arms tightly around her.
"Go to sleep Harry," Hermione said softly pushing his hair aside.
"You have to stay, when you stay I don't dream," Harry said softly.
"Harry you don't dream at school," Hermione said with a small laugh.
"Silencing charm," Harry yawned loudly, his tight grip around her waist allowed Hermione only to see Ginny storming from the room.
"I can't," Hermione said softly, she slipped from the bed and returned to her own room.
"So if we use this one, and then add some bits from this maybe," Joey said pointing too two separate books.
"No I want to try something with a bit more power than that," Hermione said flipping through the first book.
"You know if this works we could win this war," Joey commented softly.
"I know," Hermione agreed, she could tell the other girl was thinking hard about something, had been for a while.
"Did you know I play the guitar?" she said suddenly sticking her head up.
"Really," Hermione's aid surprised.
"Yah I sing too, used to play at a local pub," she said nodding, "My guitar got smashed in an attack."
"You where attacked at the Hollow?" Hermione inquired surprised.
"A few times, not important though what did you get Harry for Christmas," Joey asked shaking her head.
"I got him a bracelet to go with the pendant I got for his birthday, I'm not sure if I should give it to him though," Hermione said softly as she put down her book.
"The only way for you two to get your friendship back is to try," Joey said closing her own book and turning on the floor to face the girl.
"I suppose your right," Hermione said softly, "Do you think Voldemort will be able to get a hold of this spell if he tries… well you know."
"I hope not," Joey said simply, "Professor Dumbledore owled Harry and I, we'll be taking up Occulemency when we get back.
"Keep an eye out for Snape, he's got a mean streak," Hermione commented returning to her book.
"Hey, what's going on in here?" Anton asked bouncing into the room with Harry, Ron, and Luna right behind him.
"Nothing really, just studying," Joey answered casually knowing Hermione could as soon lie to Harry as she could fail a class.
"Well I want to do something fun," Anton said smiling.
"What did you give him," Joey asked standing quickly.
"Just some butter beer, I swear I had no idea it would affect him like this," Harry said hopelessly.
"Oh Harry, if you give any immortal creature more than two butter beers on average we get… sort of drunk off them he's probably at a mix between being completely shit faced and on the best sugar high of his life," Joey said withholding a laugh as she looked into Anton's eyes.
"Hello," he said once she pulled back slightly.
"We need to put you to sleep," she said softly.
"Nope, I wanna play," he disagreed; he stood on shaky feet and moved over to Hermione.
"Do rooms spin a lot, can you find that out for me?" he asked lying on the couch Hermione had her back pressed up against.
"Would a sobering potion work on him, I have the potions for the Anamagus forms," Hermione said looking over her shoulder at the smiling Anton.
"Hang on," Joey said, she closed her eyes and placed one hand on Anton's abdomen the other on his forehead. "Purifier le avis, he'll have one hell of a hangover but his mind will be cleansed."
"You have got to teach me that one," Ron said looking at the now sobered Anton.
"Here," Hermione said, she handed each of the assembled group a vial and a piece of paper.
"So how do we pick?" Ron asked smiling.
"You don't, the animal picks you. When you say the incantation a form of your animal should appear before you," Hermione said, the group sat in a large circle and watched each other.
"One at a time, I'll go first," Hermione said softly, she drowned the potion in one quick gulp and said the one word incantation quickly Allumette. A white light glowed around the girl and a beautiful Cougar appeared before her.
"Wow, that's cool," Harry exclaimed as the see through animal walked around the circle before absorbing into Hermione.
"Me next," Ron said, he drowned the vial and said the word before anyone could respond, a large golden retriever stood before him cocking it's brilliant head to the side before chasing it's tail for a moment and being absorbed into Ron.
"Well I'll go I suppose," Luna said going around the circle in the order of seating, the largest animal so far a unicorn appeared before the young witch. Anton looked at the potion unconvinced but downed it anyway a small fox appeared before the vampire.
"A fox, I'm a fox," he said glaring at the small animal as it became one with him.
"Foxes are cunning, providers, intelligent, and wild," Luna supplied with a shrug, Anton however looked a bit happier.
"Bottoms up," Joey commented, not surprisingly a tiger lay before her full grown unlike her small one who jumped into the circle to attempt to play with the large animal. Joey pulled Padfoot to her as Harry; the last in the circle downed his potion in one gulp. A large Lion perhaps more powerful than the Gryffindor Lion stood before him holding its mained head high.
"I can't believe I'm a fox," Anton said, he ducked the five pillows shot at his head.
Harry, Ron, and Hermione walked down one of the large halls in the Most High and Noble House of Black, Harry's eyes turned to a door, the ball room where he could hear a rather complicated, fast paced piano peace playing. He pushed open the door and found Joey with her back to them reading off a small piece of paper as she fiddled around with a pencil and the parchment trying to correct a melody.
But all will be well,
Even though sometimes it's hard to tell
"Damn," she said as her finger skipped over a key, her brow furrowed and Harry and the rest pulled from the room quickly.
"Why didn't I ever hear about that?" Harry asked still shocked at the revelation of his sister's magical talent that did not involve a wand.
"She just told me today," Hermione said softly, she and Harry had been walking on eggshells around each other but had managed to hold down a slight friendship with one another.
"What did she tell you?" Harry asked barely curbing his anger.
"She used to play the guitar and hers was lost in an attack on the house," Hermione said softly, the music inside the room started up again a bit slower and the pace seemed good for Joey didn't stop singing this time.
"Come with me," Harry said dragging Hermione behind him ignoring the electric shock that ran up his arm as he did.
"Wake up, wake up, wake up," Anton yelled bounding into the girls room, again he was forced to duck the four pillows shot at his head. "Happy Christmas to you too" he said with a fake glare. He moved quickly to Joey's bed and hefted the girl onto his shoulder; Harry pulled Ginny from bed as Anton grabbed Hermione and Ron took Luna.
"Put us down," Joey protested quickly taking a lead from the other girls and transfiguring her clothes into jeans and a tee shirt.
"Presents," Ron said as they walked down the stairs.
"It's ok Ronald, you can carry me," Luna said smiling, unlike Joey, Ginny, and Hermione who where thrown over the shoulders of their rides Luna was held comfortably in Ron's arms.
"Easy for you to say," Joey muttered knowing Anton would not quickly tire even with both girls on his shoulders.
"Well, when I said wake them up that's not quite what I had in mind," Mrs. Weasley said as the girls where deposited on the sofa.
"Us either," Ginny agreed smiling at Harry who like his sister was staring in shock at the large tree that dominated much of the living room, presents, hundreds of presents where crowded around it.
"You two look like you've never seen a Christmas tree before," Ron said looking at the identical looks of shock, by the look Hermione shot him Ron deduced that neither had.
"It's beautiful," Joey whispered, she stood and touched a branch of the live tree in awe.
"Well I see the festivities have already started," Dumbledore said from the door, he entered the room and placed a few presents under the tree arranging them to fit just so.
"Time to hand out presents," the twins chorused happily. Arthur got down on his knees before the tree opting to do it the muggle way as presents flying at Harry, Joey, and Hermione who had never experienced a magical Christmas might be a bit much.
"Can we hand out our presents to each other first," both Harry and Joey said at the same time laughing at each other as they did so, at Arthur's nod the pair ran up the stairs smiling.
"Ok, Hermione," Joey said first down tossing a small package to Hermione. The young girl opened the package smiling to find a book titled The Spells and Potions of Hermione Granger she looked at Joey curiously after finding the book empty. "Anything you write inside it will automatically turn to type and be added into the index in the back its thin now but it will expand as you need room."
"Thank you," Hermione said hugging Joey tearfully.
"Ron," she said tossing Ron a large thin package, the boy ripped it open enthusiastically, his eyes opened wide as a firebolt of his own hovered above the ground.
"Harry got you something to go with it," she said, Harry handed Ron another package holding an automatic refilling broom polish kit.
"Oh and Luna Harry and I did a joint thing for you too," Harry said handing her two packages one she had gotten from Joey. Opening Joey's first Luna found a book entitled Mythical Beasts and Where to find them opening the book she saw notes in Joey's somewhat messy scrawl about animals she or her kind had seen and heard of. Harry's package held a small moving stuffed Jackalope an American fictitious animal that was Luna's recent fascination.
"Oh Joey, here," Harry said levitating a large thin box to his sister as she tossed him a much smaller package. She opened her own package quickly and when she saw the bottle green guitar inside it she almost knocked Harry over in her joy at the present. Harry opened his own and found an engagement ring with a diamond in the middle a clear stone on the right and a bottle green one on the left.
Harry,
Mum and Dad left most of their jewelry to me but I though this would be nice for you to have, when you find your true love (NOT GINNY) was written in Anton's handwriting as soon as the ring is on her finger the other stone will change to her birthstone.
Joey
After the group had opened their presents to each other Albus stepped forward after emptying the room. "My gifts are part of a new disciplinary system being instilled at the school. Those with colored cloaks will be given the same rights and privileges of teachers, Happy Christmas."
A small package levitated to each of the six head students, Harry opened his first to find a magnificent green cloak. When he pulled it from the box a small lion appeared on the pocket of the cloak and at the breast the Gryffindor coat of arms, Hermione's was a deep brown and while it had the same coat of arms on the arm her cougar appeared on the breast pocket. Joey's was also green with a small tiger and Gryffindor symbol, Anton's was pure black and held his fox, Luna's was quite the opposite in a sky blue with her unicorn at the breast and the Ravenclaw coat of arms on the arm. Ron's was a deep gold that meshed perfectly with his flaming red hair with his own golden retriever.
"Thanks," Joey said as she twirled the cloak allowing it to settle on her shoulders.
"Yah these are really great professor," Anton said spinning slightly in the beautiful cloak.
"I am glad you approve, there are also sheaths in the back for Hermione and Joey's swords, and they will remain invisible once inserted. Harry, Anton, Ron, and Luna yours will easily cover the hilts of your swords as well," Albus said pointing out the sheaths both Joey and Hermione had noticed at their backs.
"Um, professor we got you something too," Joey said smirking. Harry smiled and pulled out a long almost flat box from beneath the chair.
"Well thank you," the professor said opening it. He pulled out a large blue cloak; he flipped it over in surprise to find a phoenix suspended over crossed wands the symbol of the order of the phoenix.
"We got them for everyone, they have the same defenses as the dragon skin ones we have but their much prettier," Luna commented airily.
"Thank you," Albus said his thanks heartfelt.
Uh claws, can we talk inHowler and my room, Harry said silently his eyes catching Hermione's.
Sure snake, are you ok? Hermione responded unaware that Joey was attempting to get out of Anton's grasp in order to bang her head against a wall due to the fact that neither Harry nor Hermione had given each other Christmas presents yet.
Fine, Harry replied smiling slightly.