Harry headed off to Charms with the Ravenclaws which was fortunately on the same floor as the lavatory. The class was taught by a small man who stood on top of a pile of books to make sure everyone could see him, Professor Flitwick. Harry could tell by the short man's scent he was part goblin and wondered if any of his goblin family worked outside of Gringotts. Flitwick then went on to tell them all about the types of spells they would be working with in Charms, and the many types of spells which fall into the category of Charms. After his lecture, the class dismissed and the Gryffindors and Ravenclaws headed for their next class together Transfiguration.

In Transfiguration, Professor McGonagall discussed subjects which they would be going over in Transfiguration over the following year. Mostly transformation spells and switching spells. To give an example of the power of Transfiguration, McGonagall transformed her desk into a pig, and then back into a desk, to the amusement of the class. After a lecture about how "Transfiguration should be taken seriously as it is one of the most dangerous forms of magic taught at Hogwarts", the students were dismissed, and Harry was relieved that it was his last course for the day.

He decided to head to The Great Hall to eat dinner, as he had skipped lunch to look for the sanctum. When he entered the Hall however, he caught a whiff of the same scent from last night and looked towards the teachers' table and the aroma emanated from a pale, anxious, young man wearing a turban, who Harry had never met before. Harry decided to leave the man alone for now, and went to go eat at Gryffindor table, and got to spend time getting to know his fellow Gryffindors.

There was Neville Longbottom, the boy who lost the toad that he helped find. Seamus Finnigan, a clumsy Irish boy, at least Harry thought he was clumsy or at least had rather poor luck as he had apparently been trying to turn water in to rum, with explosive results. Then there was Dean Thomas, easy to make friends with, and who was already friends with Neville and Seamus. There was also Lavender Brown, who had already become friends with Parvati Patil. Harry however spent most of his time getting to know Parvati, and the two of them had become fast friends. Harry thought she was beautiful, with her black hair in a plait which showed her lovely face even more. She seemed to be the most fun intellectual of the Gryffindor's he had met.

There were other Gryffindors but those were the only ones who stood out to Harry as he enjoyed dinner. Harry then enjoyed supper with Parvati before sneaking out through the window for a run through the forest, an activity which Harry had planned to do almost every night if possible, this time however, he didn't encounter that man feasting on a unicorn again. Instead he came across a few centaurs who seemed to be hunting the killer of the unicorns. He recognized the one from the night before, which the other centaurs referred to as Firenze. After observing them for a while, he went back to the tower to rest.

Tuesday had gone on without any problems, until 10:45, Defense Against the Dark arts with the Slytherins. When Harry entered the classroom, he saw the man who he knew to be feasting on unicorns at the front of the room and was filled with disgust. Something in him did not like the man. He took notice of how the man seemed to stutter very often almost as if it were on purpose. The man gave a lecture on zombies. He gave a story about how he had dealt with some zombies for an African prince, and for his service was given the turban he wears. After that the Gryffindors went to Herbology with the Hufflepuffs, and despite also having Astronomy for the first time nothing else exciting happened.

Wednesday had an interesting start to say the least. Harry had gotten up on time with the rest of the Gryffindors except for apparently Ron and Seamus. The Gryffindors walked to Transfiguration and entered to find McGonagall had left instructions for them to read from their textbooks until she returned from a meeting, and her cat was sitting on her desk. Harry could tell by her scent that McGonagall was the cat, and knew she must be an Animagus, a witch/wizard who could turn themselves into animals which was covered in A Beginner's Guide to Transfiguration as one of the many possible abilities in transfiguration magic. Harry walked up to the desk, "Good morning Professor McGonagall, nice form by the way.", and after saying that went and sat at the free seat next to Parvati who looked at him like he had grown a second head, "Why do you think that cat is the professor?"

"Several reasons actually." Harry began, "1. Look at the eyes of the cat, they resemble the spectacles which we've seen McGonagall wear, 2. Look at the way the cat is observing us, that isn't normal behavior for a cat, and 3. She is a Transfiguration professor, so she must have talent in Transfiguration, so it makes sense that she would be able to pull off one of the most difficult and dangerous forms of Transfiguration."

"What if your wrong?"

"Want to bet?"

"Sure."

"O.K. If I'm wrong?"

"You have to answer all questions I have about your life with 100% honesty." Parvati said. She as well as most of Hogwarts was curious about him, but every time someone would bring it up, he would either ignore them or give a vague answer. Harry felt nervous at this but knew if he acted outraged by it, he would seem as if he was trying to hide something, which in this case he was. Also, a Gryffindor wouldn't back out of a bet.

"Fine, then if I'm right you have to kiss me."

"What?" Parvati almost shouted but remembered where she was.

"You heard me," Harry replied, at worst she would drop the bet, and if not, he'd get to kiss one of the most beautiful girls in Hogwarts.

"Fine, deal." Parvati said as they both pulled out their textbooks and began reading the page indicated on the board.

A couple minutes after class had officially begun, Ron and Seamus both ran in the classroom, "We made it! Could you imagine McGonagall's face if we were late?" Ron said with a sigh of relief. The cat then jumped up from the desk and turned into the Professor. Ron with a shocked face remarked soon after, "That was bloody brilliant."

"Thank you for that assessment Mr. Weasley. Perhaps it would be more useful if I were to transfigure Mr. Finnigan and yourself into a pocket watch? That way one of you might be on time."

"We got lost." Seamus lied.

"Then perhaps a map? I trust you don't need one to find your seats." McGonagall said before addressing the rest of the class and continuing with the lesson. Parvati however looked at Harry, and Harry merely responded with, "Not now."

The rest of the day went as you might expect, Parvati kept wondering when Harry was going to ask for his kiss, and Harry kept putting it off. That was until after dinner, when Harry and Parvati were alone in the common room.

"So, about that kiss." Parvati began.

"You don't have to if you don't want to," Harry replied.

"And what if I actually did want to kiss you?" she said playfully.

Harry was shocked, but also ecstatic, as he gazed into Parvati's dark brown eyes, and the two of them titled their heads and leaned towards each other and their lips met for the first time. It wasn't a long kiss, but to the two of them it felt like it lasted for an eternity. After their lips parted, Harry was the first to speak, "So, what does this make us?"

"Do you want to be my boyfriend?"

"Yes," Harry replied before leaning over once more and kissing her again before they went their separate ways for the night.