Harry Potter and the Dark Lord
Chapter 19: Relationships, Feathers, and Fur
Summary: Set in Harry's sixth year. He encounters far more than he ever could have expected, but he does not have to go through it alone. An old friend returns to help him. Harry's defeat of Voldemort rests on him getting The Scepter of Light and Dark, something that would allow Voldemort to destroy the world if he can get the whole thing. Voldemort's powers are getting stronger and Harry has more than one encounter with him.
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This Chapter: Relationships come out in the open, people get covered in feathers and furry people.
Now.........on with the story!
Harry got out of bed the next morning and yawned. He had stayed true to his word and had stayed awake the whole night.
He looked at his schedule and groaned. Double Potions with Snape. Joy, he thought to himself. He grabbed his Potions book and put it in his bag, then slung the bag over his shoulder. Harry walked downstairs and was met by Hermione.
"What's wrong with Ron?" asked Hermione.
"He caught me kissing Ginny." said Harry calmly as he went out the portrait hole.
"You did what?" asked Hermione.
"Kissed Ginny." said Harry as he continued to head down to the Great Hall.
"Well, he doesn't have a right to yell at you for dating his sister, because we're going out too." said Hermione. It was Harry's turn to gape at his friend.
"Whoa, when did that happen?" asked Harry.
"Since summer, when we went to Grimmauld Place." replied Hermione.
"Oh yeah, speaking of Grimmauld Place, Dumbledore thinks that Voldemort knows about it." said Harry, remembering his talk with Dumbledore.
"But what about Sirius?" asked Hermione.
"He's fine. Dumbledore brought him here to stay." replied Harry. Once they had entered the Great Hall, Harry began looking for Ginny. He spotted her and sat down next to her. He gave her a quick kiss and said, "Morning Ginny."
"Morning." she replied. Harry noticed Ron glowering from across the table. Hermione sat down next to Ron and began whispering in his ear. Harry remembered what Hermione had told him and quickly whispered it to Ginny.
"Really?" she asked. Harry nodded.
"Just wait till later. We'll get him back." she said. They ate their breakfast quickly and made their way out of the Great Hall, holding hands.
"I've got to go to Potions, but I'll see you at lunch." said Harry. He kissed her goodbye and headed down to the dungeons.
Ron and Hermione joined him five minutes later. They were holding hands.
Ron came up to Harry and said, "Sorry about last night. You're much better than some guys she's dated."
"Thanks" said Harry. A few minutes later, they were joined by the rest of the class. Instead of only two houses, there was a smaller class from all the houses. They filed into the dungeon and sat down. Ron, Harry, and Hermione sat down at the same table.
Just as everyone had gotten seated, Snape burst in, saying, "Settle down. This is a NEWT level class and I expect you all to act that way. The potions we will be making are complex and extremely dangerous. Your work must remain an A or better, or you will be out of this class." he said the last sentence very slowly, his eyes resting on Harry. Harry defiantly stared back. Snape finally broke his gaze away from Harry.
"Today we will be making a potion for dreamless sleep. The ingredients are on the board." He turned and sat down at his desk.
Harry began to make the potion. After an hour, they were all finished. His potion was giving off a blue mist. He looked over and Hermione's was also giving off a blue mist. He breathed a sigh of relief. He put some of the potion in a flask, labeled it, and took it up to Snape's desk. He thought he might have at least managed an A. He went back to his table and put away his ingredients. He, Ron, and Hermione then headed up to lunch. He met Ginny at the entrance to the Great Hall and they sat down together.
"You know Harry, the first Hogsmeade trip is on September 31st." said Ginny.
"I didn't know. Do you want to go together?" asked Harry.
"Of course!" cried Ginny, throwing her arms around Harry and kissing him.
"I suppose you two already have plans." he said to Ron and Hermione. Hermione nodded. They ate lunch quickly. When they were finished, Ginny gave Harry a quick kiss and took off towards her next class.
Ron, Harry, and Hermione headed to Transfiguration. They walked into the classroom and sat down together. Moments later, Professor McGonagall and the few students that hadn't already gotten seated came into the room.
She waited a few minutes for everyone to get seated, then announced, "Today we will be starting human transfiguration. Today's class will focus on turning your partner into a bird. The incantation is Avifors. Please get into pairs to practice." Harry partnered with Neville. He tried the spell first.
"Avifors." he said. Neville's body was covered in brown feathers.
"Say the spell backwards to turn your partner back." said Prof. McGonagall once half of the class was covered in feathers, except for Ron, who had been completely turned into a red bird by Hermione.
"Srofiva." he said and Neville was featherless again.
"Avifors." said Neville. Harry felt a tickling sensation and looked at himself. He was covered in black feathers.
"Srofiva." said Neville and the feathers disappeared. They practiced Avifors for the rest of the period and by that time, Harry had turned Neville into a whole bird three times, and Neville had turned Harry into a whole bird once. Then, it was time for Defense Against the Dark Arts with Prof. Lupin. They entered the Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom and took seats at the very front of the room.
Prof. Lupin entered the room and said, "Today's lesson will be on defensive spells. Specifically, the Expelliarmus spell. When used properly, it will either disarm your opponent or blast them backwards. Please get into pairs to practice the spell." Once again, Harry paired up with Neville. Both of them could do the spell perfectly, because of being in the DA the previous year. Since most of the class was made up of the DA, Lupin quickly moved them on to another defense spell.
"Since most of you have already shown aptitude at using Expelliarmus, lets see how you do with Petrificus Totalus. This spell temporarily freezes your opponent, giving you a chance to escape. Please practice in your pairs." Harry had not spent much time teaching this in the DA, so everyone except Hermione needed to practice.
They spent the rest of the class practicing the spell. Lupin was so please with their work that they weren't given any homework. Harry and his friends had a quick dinner, then went up to the Common Room to hang out. Harry was surprised to see Sirius sprawled out on the rug as a dog.
"Sirius, what are you doing here?" asked Harry. In response, the huge black dog got up and walked up the stairs to the boys' dormitory.
"Must want to talk in private." muttered Hermione. They followed Sirius up the stairs and closed the door behind them.
"Colloportus." said Hermione and the door sealed itself. Sirius changed back into himself. "Dumbledore told me that I will be with you from now on as the dog. That way I don't have to be shut up somewhere all day." said Sirius. And have someone to keep an eye on me, thought Harry.
"Have you found a new place for headquarters yet?" asked Hermione.
"We're probably going to use Remus's place, but Dumbledore has to get it ready to use." replied Sirius.
"What about Buckbeak?" asked Ron.
"He's staying with Hagrid," said Sirius. "I think you three should do your homework."
"We didn't get any today." said Ron.
"Then why don't you play a game or something?" asked Sirius. Ron got out his pack of Exploding Snap cards. Just as Ron began to deal the cards, Harry's scar exploded with pain and he blacked out. When he woke up, everyone wanted to know what had happened.
"He's really angry." he managed to get out before lapsing into unconsciousness once more.
Next Chapter: The Patronus Charm
