Chapter 13: Nicolas Flamel

At Lunch,

"Hey Ron?" Bill asked sitting by his brother.

"Yeah Bill?" Ron asked.

"You DO know now that no matter what Mum and Dad say, we'll be proud of you right?" Bill asked.

"Head boy and Quidditch captain or not" Charlie added.

"Yeah. I know NOW" Ron said. "I was eleven and stupid."

"Still." Fred said.

"If you EVER feel left out…"

"…or unappreciated…"

"let us know" George finished.

"Are you lot going to give me that lecture every time I feel inferior in these books?" Ron asked nervously.

"We'll see" Bill said rustling Ron's hair making it as messy as Harry's.

When lunch was over, Snape decided to take this chapter.

"He was!" the twins exclaimed earning a glare from Snape.

This time, the twins just stuck their tongues out at Harry who to Remus' amusement, gave them a glare worthy of Snape.

"Were you okay?" Molly asked her son.

"Yeah" George said. "Just couldn't take the taste of mud out of my mouth for the day."

"I have to ask." Sirius said. "WHY were you refereeing?"

"So that should Potter's broom start bucking again, I could be closer to him" Snape said before glaring at Dumbledore. "At least that was the theory before a certain someone showed up as nobody would attempt anything with him around."

"Hermione? How about a game?" Fred offered.

"Shut up" she said whacking him.

"It wasn't sinister" Snape said.

"I know that NOW" Harry defended.

"RON!" Molly scolded.

Snape made a mental note to jot this down at the end of the chapter.

"He should have reported him" McGonagall sighed.

"I can see that now" Ginny huffed. "'Professor McGonagall. Malfoy cursed me.'; 'Detention Mr. Malfoy'; 'Professor Snape, Professor McGonagall gave me a detention for no reason'; 'Punishment revoked.'"

Harry was impressed. Ginny got the voices down pat.

"That wouldn't happen as it will later state" Snape told her.

"Malfoy gets detention?!" the twins gasped as if Christmas came early.

Harry shifted uncomfortably. The twins hadn't been too pleased at the time it happened.

"That's not what I meant!" Ron announced before his mother could open her mouth.

"Well said Harry" the twins praised.

"Sirius?" Harry asked when he saw a pained look on his godfather's face.

"James said that to Peter once" Sirius explained.

"The only difference is that Neville won't turn dark" Harry assured his godfather figuring that Sirius saw Peter in Neville.

"How do you know?" Remus asked.

"Because…it's not my place to say" Harry said remembering the promise he made not to mention what Death Eaters did to Neville's parents.

"It will be explained in the fourth book if I'm not mistaken" Dumbledore said.

"What?" Tonks asked.

"On Dumbledore's Frog card?" Sirius asked.

"Of course!" Remus exclaimed as he slapped his forehead. "Read on Severus."

"Didn't the book say it was 'enormous'?" Tonks asked.

Harry reached for the coffee table and took the stack of books 1-7 and turned them over and held his hand a couple of inches over it.

"That thick" Ron announced.

"LIGHT?!" everyone asked turning to Hermione in awe causing her to blush.

"OH!" Fred said.

"The book title!" George added.

"Wicked" The twins chorused.

"Absolutely NOT" McGonagall, Snape, and Molly chorused.

Snape opened his mouth to say something, but Harry beat him to it.

"We're going to be blaming you for the rest of the book so you might want to save your breath Professor" Harry informed him.

"I'm not THAT bad" Snape said.

"YES YOU ARE" Everyone in the room argued.

Snape turned to Dumbledore for back up but Dumbledore just shrugged.

"What is it with you and stalking Potters?" Sirius asked.

"I was TRYING to keep this Potter from getting into too much trouble."

"Didn't work" Harry said.

Snape resisted a sigh at being found out. In truth, he HAD known through legimency though he couldn't act as it wasn't really legal to use it on students. The reason he had been so horrible was that he was angry that he was the number one suspect.

"Constant vigilance!" Ron and Hermione said as Moody made to open his mouth.

"Right" Moody said proudly.

"What?!" Harry and Snape asked turning to the two in question who were blushing.

"Just as a precaution" Hermione declared.

"George!" Molly scolded.

"I was hoping I could make it look like just a part of the game" George admitted before leaning towards Ginny "But it was aimed."

Ginny covered her mouth to stiffen a giggle.

The Weasleys growled.

"Remind me to send a bludger the ferret's way next game" Fred whispered to his twin.

"THAT was uncalled for!" McGonagall said.

"Would someone PLEASE hit that boy?" Tonks said, her hair turning red.

"Maybe the snitch?" Charlie suggested.

"And HE'S the Slytherin seeker" Harry muttered under his breath. "Can't tell a snitch from a galleon.

"RON!" Molly scolded as the brothers and sister cheered "GO RON!"

Ron went red but caught a proud smirk on his father's face.

"When I see that snitch, nothing is around" Harry admitted "Until the last second."

"How long?" Sirius asked.

"Five minutes and 6 seconds" McGonagall said proudly.

"And you were a first year?" Charlie asked Harry.

"Yeah" Harry said.

"You ARE better than me" Charlie admitted with a pout.

"You followed me didn't you?" Snape accused.

"You know me so well Professor" Harry admitted.

Snape sighed. Well, maybe Potter would realize at this point he wasn't the bad guy.

"Damned owl" Snape muttered as he had originally said 'Don't think Dumbledore and I don't know about your little bit of hocus-pocus.'

Molly glared at her sons.

"Finally" Sirius sighed. "A chapter that didn't grate my nerves."

"Speak for yourself" Molly argued. "My son got into a fight!"

"Now Molly. Boys will be boys" Arthur assured her.

"You aren't one to talk Arthur Weasley as I distinctly recall a VERY similar brawl that happened at a certain bookstore later on that same year." Molly said.

"Can I read the next chapter?" Charlie asked.

Snape reached over Moody's corner chair and handed it to Charlie.