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CHAPTER 15

Just as Harry, Hermione and Ron sat at the Gryffindor table talking about their classes they had so far and began loading their plates with food they heard a voice that ruined their quiet chatter.

"Don't get to comfortable here Potter! Just because your Dumbledore's little pet doesn't mean that you'll be here much longer, as soon as my father hears about this you'll be gone before you can blink! Who knows, maybe they will escort you out with a little Dementor, I wouldn't mind watching you faint again." Draco Malfoy sneered at Harry after speaking.

Harry tightened his grip on his fork that was in his right hand. He had not stopped time for a while and was starting to get angry. It was not as bad as before, so obviously it was getting better than it was, but he still wanted to shove the fork he had into Malfoy's forehead.

Turning slowly Harry leveled his glare at Malfoy. And could not help but notice his two hulking bodyguards at his side, as always "You know, every time you try and threaten me, its always about what your father is going to do. If I did not know any better I would think that he does everything for you. Tell me Malfoy, does he keep a portkey on hand so he can wipe your ass when your done taking a shit as well?"

Malfoy started to scream "HOW DARE YOU! YOU -" but was interrupted as Harry shot a silent silencing charm at him and stood from the table, now facing them. Crabb and Goyle flexed their hands as he stood and took another small step towards him, trying to be intimidating.

Harry stood his ground, he was not scared of any of them. "Shut up you inbred ponce. We know everything that comes out of your mouth already, my daddy this, and my daddy that. We are all already aware that you cant do anything on your own, you have to ask your daddy what you have to do."

At this Malfoy lunged at Harry, totally forgetting that he was a wizard, but Harry was ready for him, and quickly side stepped him and grabbed his neck and forced his face into the Gryffindor table, smashing two of his front teeth, he quickly sent two silent freezing spells at Crabb and Goyle to stop them as well, then got close to Malfoys ear and hissed loud enough for most of Gryffindor to hear. "I bet this is how your Daddy likes you, bent over a table."

Harry suddenly felt a spell coming his way from the teachers table, and quickly grabbed Malfoy and spun them around so that he was using Malfoy as a shield, and a red Stunner slammed into Malfoy. Harry ducked down as Malfoy was flung into the air and somersaulted over the table and landed on the stone floor, out cold.

Harry looked into the cold eyes of Snape as he rushed down the isle toward him. "You'll be expelled for this BOY! How dare you attack a student unprovoked!"

Harry smirked at Snape. "I don't know what your talking about Sir. You're the one who hit him with a spell."

Snape's grip on his wand was threatening to snap it he was holding it so tight. "Two hundred points from Gryffindor, and Detention for the next five months!"

Harry put his arms over his chest as his smirk intensified. "No"

Snape looked like he was on the verge of cursing him outright. "You think you can talk back to me Potter? That will be another hundred points, and one more month of detentions!"

Harry could not help it as a small laugh escaped his mouth. "I don't think so Snape. You know, I always knew you were a slimy waste of a human being, but I did not know you were stupid as well."

"THAT IS ENOUGH MISTER POTTER! HOW DARE YOU SPEAK TO A PROFESSOR LIKE THAT!" Professor McGonagall shouted at him.

Harry turned to her and raised an eyebrow. "I'm just stating fact Professor. He said I was to be expelled, how could I possibly have points taking from me, or go to a detention if I am no longer going to be a student here. If what Snape says is true, then I can call the bastard anything I want to."

Professor McGonagall gave Harry a slight glare before turning to Professor Dumbledore who had just joined them.

Professor Dumbledore gazed at Harry for nearly five minutes before the bell singling the next class rang

"Am I expelled Professor, or can I go to my next class?" Harry asked, not taking his eyes from the Professor, and keeping his Occlumancy shields up. But he did not feel the Headmaster try and break into his mind once.

"No Mr. Potter, you will not be expelled, you will have the points Professor Snape removed as well as the detentions he assigned you. You will also have all Hogsmead trips revoked for the year."

"Headmaster you cant be serious! He should be expelled!" Snape exclaimed.

"Oh please, like your not thrilled, you got to take points and give me detention." Harry hissed

"Mister Potter, that is enough!" Professor Dumbledore said sternly.

"Yes, SIR." Harry said glaring at Snape. "Can I go to my class now? Or would you like to take some more points? Maybe a few more detentions?"

"One hundred more points from Gryffindor!" Snape sneered

"That is enough! Both of you!" Professor Dumbledore glared at them both. "Get to your class Mister Potter."

"Whatever." Harry said as he turned back to the table to get his things. But he froze when he was facing the table again, and for the first time realized that everyone was still in the great hall. Nearly everyone who was not in Slytherin was gaping at him like he was crazy, while the Slytherins were glaring at him with hate. Well most of them that is, there where about seven or eight that were trying to hide smirks behind their hands, and Daphne was just sitting there with a expressionless mask on, watching him.

"Everyone, please go to your next class." Professor Dumbledore called out.

Harry grabbed his things and waited for Ron and Hermione to join him. He looked up and down the table but could not find Ginny anywhere, so with a sigh he and his friends headed for their Care of Magical Creatures class.

"I wonder if anybody remembered to wake Malfoy up." Hermione said as they neared Hagrids hut.

Ron stared at Hermione as if she were crazy. "Who cares! Maybe he wont show up for class now." Ron finished with a self satisfied smile.

"Maybe." Harry agreed.

They finally made it to a fenced off area that was being used for this class, and waiting for Hagrid to show up.

"You better watch your back Potter." Pansy Parkenson stated from behind the group.

Harry rolled his eyes and turned to the large Slytherin girl. "Why is that? You have a daddy like Malfoy to?"

The large girl gave a solid glare but did not speak further as Hagrid showed up and began the class. They were studying Hippogriffs, and surprisingly they were actually quite interesting. And at one point Harry even got to ride one after he waited for the Hippogriff that he was working with to bow slightly.

The real problem came when Pansy Parkinson decided that she was going to insult the Hippogriff that she was working with, and it went to strike her with its massive claw.

Harry quickly brought his hand up and cast a quick silent pushing hex at her, which sent her flying to the side, where she smashed into Ron. Parkinson was fine, but Ron ended up getting a large gash in his right arm were he fell onto a large branch that was on the ground.

Luckily nobody seemed to realize he had cast a spell without a wand, he didn't even think anybody realized he had cast a spell at all, and the rest of the class went off pretty well. Ron refused to go to the hospital wing, saying he was fine, and before they knew it they where heading into the castle for Dinner.

"Looks like Professor Trelawney was right Ron, you were mauled by a large beast, one known as Pansy Parkinson." Harry laughed as he gave Ron a friendly slap to his good arm.

Even Hermione could not help the slight smile that came to her face at the joke.

As Harry and his friends entered the great hall Harry scanned the Gryffindor table for Ginny, and quickly found her arguing with another girl at the table, who was slightly larger than her, with dark brown hair.

Harry told Hermione and Ron to get seats and he would join them in a second before quickly walking towards Ginny and tapping her on the shoulder. "Everything ok Gin?"

Ginny turned to Harry and relief spread across her face. "Finally, somebody with some brains! Will you tell Mandy here that there is a shield for unforgivable curses!"

"There is not! We even asked the new defense teacher, and he told us there wasn't one!" the girl, Mandy stated.

"Of course there is." Harry said to the other girl. "If I conjure a solid object in front of the curse, then it wont hit me. I would say that's a shield."

"But that is not REALLY a shield! The spell Protego is a shield." Mandy said.

Harry looked at the girl oddly for a second before asking for Ginny's wand, which she handed over, and conjuring a metal shield. The same type that a knight would have used a long time ago. As he handed Ginny her wand back he asked. "And what is this?"

"A shield." Mandy grumbled. "But its still not the same!"

Harry rolled his eyes before turning back to Ginny. "Want to join us for dinner Ginny?"

Ginny quickly grabbed her things and followed Harry to where Ron and Hermione sat.

"What's that?" Ron asked looking at the shield that Harry was still carrying.

"Honestly Ron, it's a shield, use your eyes." Hermione stated. Then she gave Harry a weird look. "Why do you have a shield?"

"Just trying to prove a point." Harry said offhandedly before loading his plate with food.

"What point?" Hermione asked as she took the shield from Harry and started to look it over. "Did you conjure this?"

Harry glanced at Hermione before going back to his food. "Doesn't matter, and yes I did."

Hermione huffed and glared at Harry. "How could you have conjured this?" she stated. "Its really good. You were nowhere near this good at Transfiguration last time I checked."

Harry balked at Hermione "Its called practice. You're not the only person who knows how to open a book you know, and I am not the only one, Ginny could make the same shield without a problem."

"Owe!" Harry called as Ginny elbowed his ribs.

"Don't bring me into this." She hissed in his ear.

Harry rubbed his sore rib as Hermione glared at them both. "I don't think so! There is no way you could have learned how to do this that fast! This is OWL's level conjuration!"

Harry groaned as he stood from the table. "Whatever, think what you want. I am going to go have a chat with Daphne, would you like to come Ginny?"

Ginny quickly grabbed her things and followed Harry as they walked to the Slytherin table, amid stared from all around the great hall.

"Hello Daphne, how was your day." Harry asked as he neared Daphne and her friend Tracy.

Daphne turned around in her seat to face Harry, and a slight smile showed through her icy mask that she always kept up.

"I am doing well. And yourself?" She asked.

Harry gave a slight grin. "quite well, we were just going to go for a stroll, it's the perfect time for that, don't you think?

Daphne's mask nearly fell completely at that and she jumped from her seat. "Quite. Shal we go?"

Tracy gave Daphne a look of stunned disbelief. "What, where are you going?"

Daphne turned to Tracy. "Just a stroll, I will see you back in the common room." she stated before following Harry and Ginny from the great hall.

Harry could not help but notice all the stared they were getting as they left. He turned to Daphne as they left the hall and found an empty classroom. "Sorry about that, Hermione was pissing me off, and I wanted to get out of there."

"Its fine." Daphne gave him a sight smile

Harry reached out and took both their hands and stopped time. And almost instantly he felt all his anger leave him. With a slight sigh he released their hands and sat on a chair that was in the room.

"Sorry we have not spoken much Daphne, it was a long day."

"Its fine." She said as she and Ginny pulled chairs together and sat down facing him.

" I know you want to start training as soon as possible, but until we hear back from Dobby the problems that we are having, we really need to wait. I only want to stop time when we are having anger problems and need to let it wash out here."

Daphne frowned slightly but nodded her head. "Okay."

"I sent that letter to Ollivander about the wand. I have not heard anything yet, but as soon as I do I will let you know." Harry told Daphne.

Daphne gave Harry a very pretty smile and a murmured. "Thanks."

After talking for a nearly ten hours and getting to know each other a little more, they all said their goodnights and before starting time again and heading for bed.