'How did Gilderoy Lockhart even become a teacher?' Harry thought.

During the first DADA class, he gave a pop quiz about himself. Not even the information that was relevant to the course or the books assigned. Harry didn't answer any of the questions. He was protesting in the simplest way possible. Any teacher should be able to get students to do work, yet it was a known fact that the Ravenclaws would not willingly do work that did not interest them. Some would procrastinate until the last possible moment but most would forget about it and never turn it in or find a way to change the assignment to something that they wanted to do.

In the second class, Lockhart started with a demonstration of how to take down a yeti, using Harry as the creature. Harry wouldn't allow this. It was abuse to his fellow-creatures. And just plain wrong. Yetis are peaceful and couldn't be taken down by normal means anyways. So, when Lockhart went to flip him, Harry sidestepped and stuck out his foot so that Lockhart would fall over. Somehow, he caught himself and rushed at Harry again. When he got close, however, Harry grabbed him by the front of the robes and whispered, "Lockhart, surely you remember what I told you this summer. My claim still stands." Then he flipped Lockhart over his shoulder.

"Oh my! I guess I don't know my own strength. Are you alright Sir?" asked Harry, with an air of innocence, ignoring the snickers from around the room.

"Yes, yes. Well done Mr. Potter," said Lockhart, brushing the dirt from his robes and frantically fixing his hair.

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The class finished quickly after that. As Harry left the room, a voice called out, "Hey! Potter!"

Harry turned to see one of Draco's friends. "Yes? Is there something you want?"

"Oh! Yes, pardon my rudeness, I was having trouble getting your attention. I just wanted to tell you that I hope your godfather's trial goes well. House Zabini has close ties with the Ancient House of Black. You may not know this, but my great-grandmother was a Black before she married into the family. And good job with Lockhart today."

"Thank you. I hope that we will get the chance to meet again. However, if we don't go now, we won't make it to our next classes on time."

The news of the trial was released publically a week ago. The cries of outrage and shock during breakfast would have been amusing if it weren't for the accusations being yelled towards Harry over the murmurs of the students.

"He deserves to rot in Azkaban! Sirius is a Death Eater! If the Potters decided to make him Harry's godfather, they must've been ones too! If he's freed he's gonna turn Harry Dark too!" most of these claims came from the Gryffindor table. The Weasley twins looked ready to hex their little brother for claiming that Harry was going to become a dark lord.

'Two more weeks' Harry thought. 'Two more weeks then we can prove them wrong.'

On Friday, Harry had his first study session with Neville and Artemis.

They entered the library, only to find their usual table taken. Normally, magic could make more seats and tables for studying, but for some reason, it seemed like all of them were taken.

Harry looked towards Artemis with a questioning look. She seemed confused for a moment but then nodded. "You're gonna show him?"

"I might. Do you think I should?"

"I mean… you might need to get him to promise secrecy but yeah. He is your godbrother. But it's your choice."

"Um…..what are you guys talking about?"

"Neville, it's easier if I just show you. Follow me." Neville looked confused but moved to grab his books. "We won't need those today, you'll be asking too many questions by the time we get there. We don't have much work to do anyway." Neville's face looked even more bewildered but he followed Harry and Artemis to Ravenclaw Tower.

"Uh...guys...I don't think other houses are allowed in the other dorms."

"What makes you think that? Just because Gryffindor doesn't have an open-door policy, doesn't mean the other houses don't."

Artemis spoke up, "Yeah, Harry comes to Hufflepuff every once in a while for hot cocoa, Hufflepuffs have a cuddle pile once a month. But you didn't hear it from me."

They finally reached the door to Ravenclaw Tower. The knocker came to life and spoke this riddle, "the man who built me doesn't want me the man who bought doesn't need me the man who needs me doesn't know it. What am I?"

"A coffin." the door opened slightly for Harry to push open. They followed Harry quickly through the common room, giving Neville little time to look at the enchanted ceiling.

"Well Neville, welcome to my room." It was pretty simple. The bed lay against the left wall, his trunk at the end of it. The wall also held a bookcase about Harry's height. The bottom two shelves had books and the top two had some knick-knacks and trinkets. The middle shelf had writing supplies and some type of box. There was a window on the wall opposite the door. Some type of perch was in front of it, but no animal. And a desk, which was pretty empty, closer to one of the corners. On the last wall was a very large fireplace with the Hogwarts coat of arms hanging over it.

"Now Neville, before I show you anything, can you give me your word to keep this a secret?"

Neville pulled out his wand from his bag and promised, a glow coming from his wand to signify its validity.

"Arte, would you like to do the honors?"

Arte smiled and walked over to the fireplace. She reached for the button and winked at Neville as it started to turn. Harry and Artemis walked in. "Nev, what are you waiting for? There's more to see."

Thank you guys for reading!

Next chapter will hopefully be the start of the trial and maybe a hint to Harry's animagus form?

The vote for who Artemis will be paired with will be closed once the next chapter is posted.

the results so far are:

Draco: 1

Blaise: 2

Neville: 6

Ginny (after redemption arc): 5

Other (Fleur): 1

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