Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter or Shin Kidousenki Gundam Wing. If I did, well...you get the point of why I wrote this in the first place, right? Okay, I actually only really wrote this cause I wanted a 1x2 fic...lolz.
One last thing, this chapter is dedicated to Chaney, who encouraged me with the fact that (he/she? wanna tell me?) is actually still keeping up with this fic. Well...I'd had most of this chapter written out...just on paper...and I'd lost the middle section of the chapter. And until I'd gotten Chaney's review, I hadn't looked very hard or a lot for it. So, I decided to look for it again...aaaaaaaand, guess what? I found it! Enjoy! I hope you like the chapter...and please read and review again!
Memories of the Past
Chapter 2
by Hikaru
Footsteps were heard pounding down the hall towards the dungeons as Harry ran to class. He was still late nevertheless.
"Potter, 5 points off for having the gall to be late to my class." Snape sneered as Harry entered the classroom. "Go sit next to Mr. Malfoy, seeing as that is the only seat left available and the only one without a partner. Perhaps you can learn something useful from Mr. Malfoy."
Harry groaned as he sat down. 'Great, first day of school and I'm already losing points! And on top of that, there's a project due for potions! And I have to work with Malfoy of all people!'
"Each pair will do a different potion, so don't even think about copying."
"You will be choosing your topics by drawing strips out of this box. No exchanging. If I catch anyone exchanging topics, you will be doing double the load." Snape growled.
Everyone went up as pairs and drew their topics. Harry was the one who went up, seeing as Draco was still out of it. He seemed out of it a lot these days. Seeing as they were the last group up, there was only one slip left. It said:
"Memoirisa."
Harry was confused because he had never heard of the potion before. 'Great he's making me do a new potion...' he thought sarcastically. Apparently, Snape was looking forward to taking more points off. He handed the slip to Draco as he went back to his seat.
For the rest of the period, they listened to the professor's monotonous lecture. When the bell rang, however, Harry felt a slight tap on his shoulder.
"Meet me in the library after lunch during your free period." A voice muttered quietly as he turned around. The blonde walked past him and out of the classroom.
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Chatter was heard throughout the classroom for DADA. Everyone was noisily talking about the new DADA professor.
"I wonder what he's like?" Ron wondered aloud.
"I hope he actually teaches something useful." Hermione sad, excited. The two boys groaned out loud at this. "What?" she huffed.
Slowly the class quieted down as thy realized that the professor had been in the room the entire time. He was sitting behind his desk quietly reading a book.
"Bloody hell, no wonder no one noticed him there." Ron whispered. He shut up when the new professor looked at him scornfully
"Amazing how much he looks like Snape." Ron whispered again as the professor took roll.
"Yeah..." Harry was only slightly paying attention to what Ron was saying. The new professor looked familiar for some reason.
When the professor finished, he turned to the class and gave them a glare. "Due to the incompetency of your previous professors, you will tell me, orally, what you have covered."
When no one in the class did anything at all, he barked out, "Well? What are you waiting for?"
Many people jumped in their seats, including the Slytherins. Harry noticed Malfoy didn't though. Slowly, people responded.
"Mr. Thomas?" Professor Chang called.
"Uhm, we learned about the unforgivables last year..." Dean trailed off. Professor Chang gave him a hard look before saying anything.
"What, was the only thing taught at this school how to torture, control, and kill people through the most illegal means?" Professor Chang said scornfully.
Hermione's hand shot up at this. "We learned about, in our third one." (A/N: Whoever remembers all of the creatures that Lupin taught in the third year, please tell me...my book's stuck at the bottom of a pile the size of an elephant...meaning, its from about the ceiling to the ground...--'...sweatdrop)
"Second year was useless 'cause we had a pompous git who didn't know shit about teaching." Everyone looked surprised at this comment due to where the comment came from. Malfoy sat in his seat with a bored and scornful look on his face, nose slightly upraised, and armed crossed in front of him on his chest. "What?" he snapped as he realized everyone was staring at him.
Professor Chang didn't do anything though. He just continued on as if nothing happened.
"We didn't really learn anything in our first year either..." Harry added quietly.
The professor looked over at this though. Harry felt himself being scrutinized as the professor stared at him
"Mr. Potter, is it?"
"Uhm, yes..." Harry squirmed under the harsh glare. The professor stared at him a while longer until someone interrupted him
"Professor, if you would please continue the lesson?" Malfoy had one eyebrow raised.
The professor turned around and walked away after one last look "You remind me of someone I used to know." A stunned Harry was left to stare at the professor's back as the lesson continued on.
As classes ended for lunch, the trio headed towards the cafeteria
"That was very interesting! I wonder what would happen if their mate rejected them..." Hermione's chatter trailed off.
"I think the dire consequences and the fact that there aren't any mature unmated vampires kinds of gives it away." Harry replied.
"Oh, right." Hermione blushed at her apparent mistake.
"C'mon! The foods waiting!" Ron shouted at them, wanting to go eat already.
Hermione and Harry looked at each other before taking off after their friend. When they reached the table, Ron was already stuffing himself while still piling his plate up with the numerous plates of food. They grabbed a plate each and joined their friend. After a while, someone plopped down in front of them.
"Hey, did ya hear the news?" Seamus grinned at them.
"'Mo, phaf?" Ron replied.
"Ron! Swallow first!" Hermione scolded.
Ron swallowed before repeating himself. "No, what?"
"I heard that Malfoy's actually a veela in depression cause his mate won't accept him." Seamus said, still grinning.
"Really?" Ron asked.
"No, I heard that he's lost favor with the Slytherin house because his father's in Azkaban." Dean sat down next to Seamus.
"Actually, I heard that that was because he refused the Dark Mark this summer." Neville spoke up.
"D'you think that's true?" Harry asked.
Hermione frowned. "I suppose. Neville's actually kind of makes sense, but then again, Seamus' idea does make sense too, especially with his looks and all."
Ron gaped at her. "You've got to be kidding me! How can you say that about that ferret!" He said, incredulously.
"I can and I did." Hermione retorted. "Besides, I was just commenting on his appearance. The only other person I know of who has that shade of hair is Fleur, and that was because she was half-veela."
"She has a point there, Ron." Harry mused.
"B-but..." He shut it when Hermione glared at him. He sighed. "Fine, you win."
"Let's head back to the common room and get some studying in." Hermione suggested, as all of them had a free period next after lunch. Surprisingly, Hermione didn't take another extra class added to all her other ones. 'I need the extra time to study and practice for the up-coming OWL tests.' she'd said when asked.
"Again?" Ron complained. Hermione glared at him. "Fine..." he grumbled about bossy bushy-haired Gryffindors afterwards.
As they all headed towards the common room, Harry realized that he also had an appointment with someone else. "Hey, uhm, I'll catch up with you guys later, okay? I have to go meet up with Malfoy for the potions project..."
"The ferret? Of all the people you could've been paired with, you got paired with the ferret!" Ron exclaimed. "Snape must have it in it for you." He said, wincing in sympathy. "Glad I didn't make it..."
Hermione glared at him for this. "Well, he wouldn't have if he hadn't come late to class!" Hermione shook her headf disapprovingly. "What kept you anyways?"
"Oh...I overslept..." Harry said sheepishly.
Ron winced. "Mate, that's not a good thing to do if you have Snape first thing in the morning..."
"We'll see you later then, Harry. And do try to ignore the insults. We don't need to get too many points deducted this early in the school year." Hermione said, dragging Ron away. "Have fun, Harry!"
Harry stared after her in disbelief. "'Have fun' she says. How the hell am I supposed to have fun doing homework with Malfoy!" He muttered under his breath along the way to the library.
When he arrived at the library he found the Slytherin sitting in a far corner with stacks of books around him.The Slytherin himself was apparetnly doing his homework...Transfiguration to be exact as Harry saw when he got closer to the table.
"Grab a seat, grab a book from over there, and start searching." Malfoy said when Harry was within 10 feet of the table, while pointing to the 3 large piles of books on the other end of the table. "I'll join you when I finish this essay in a while."
They got through about a quarter of their written work done by the time they had to go to class again. That night, as Harry prepared to go to sleep, he realized that it was kind of nice to work with Malfoy, and that they could actually tolerate each other once they had put the petty rivalry away. As he walked past the mirror in the bathroom, something caught his eye.
'Was that just a flash of blue there?' He tried getting a closer look but it was gone. 'Oh well, must be my imagination...' He dismissed it as nothing and got into bed and fell asleep until the next morning.
Sorry it took so long to get this out...I'll try to get the next one up within a month...you people won't believe how much freaking work I have to do...! As for the reviews:
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