I'm fffffrrrrrreeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!! No more tests! No more boredom when I finish early! No more teachers with a stick shoved up their ass! No more bloody annoyin' chatter of hated year mates as they break the rules of the Trials... but then I have to back to the normal timetable! Nooooo!!!! I wanna keep goin' home early! T.T
Disclaimer- I do not in any circumstances own Petshop of Horrors or Harry Potter 'cause if I did their world would be in utter chaos that is not done by anyone from the magical world, only by my friends and me. I also do not own any other name/object/toy that might be recognised in this fanfic.
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Chapter Ten
Harry stared out of the window in boredom as he faintly heard Binns drone on about the Goblin Rebellion. He yawned widely as he watched a pair of sparrows flitter around the wide open spaces while he was stuck inside a room full of kids and an oblivious ghost who didn't know that he had DIED ages ago. Harry considered banging his head against the wall just to alleviate the boredom but decided not to if he wanted to plan more pranks for Granger and Weasley. He had been neglecting them for too long and he was very sure that they were going to confront him sometime soon. As such, he was getting himself ready by arming himself with tons and tons of pranks; some he invented himself and others that came already pre-packaged without him having to worry about making them. The wonders of modern day technology…well, whatever modern things one can find in this Stone Age Era world. One can only find true technology in the Muggle world, where people actually know the bloody meaning of the word 'electricity' and 'light bulb'.
Harry sighed at the stubbornness of the Wizarding world. How can such people could create the Philosopher's Stone, Male Pregnancy potions, plants that could protect precious items while deterring thieves, have creatures that are as intelligent, or even more, as the everyday human; be so damn stupid in thinking that they can consider themselves on a higher level than any other living being?! Consider themselves more intelligent than magical creatures who could easily kill them with just a glance, consider themselves better than Muggles when they could easily kill them with a single bullet before they could even react, consider themselves superior than any other person because of blood…they are no better than the ones they claim to be superior to. They all bleed red when injured, they all make mistakes, and they all have weaknesses, they all live, breathe, cry and shout. Just because they have one thing that another doesn't, how can that make them any better than anyone else?
Harry's eye twitched when these thoughts ran rampant in his head making him mutter curses in Chinese that, had anyone understood, would have made even the so-called Dark Lord Voldemort run for the hills screaming. Unfortunately, Harry's aura more or less became a dark cloud as he muttered on about the negatives on different countries both Muggle and Magical. The rest of the class, except Binns, all felt his aura unconsciously and were soon slightly freaked out. Their History of Magic's professor merely thought that the room temperature had changed slightly and continued to drone on and on and on.
Kai squeezed his neck to snap him out of his furious rantings of how hypocritical America was. –Land of the free my ass! That is so hypocritical of them! How can they call what had they had done to those hippies during the Vietnam War free? They took away their right to express their opinions and beat them up!-muttered Harry darkly under his breath. Kai squeezed harder which finally caught Harry's attention. He glanced at the snake who merely nodded towards the class as they sighed in relief when they felt everything go back to normal and went back to sleeping or just talking with their friends. Harry couldn't help but wonder if the whole British Wizarding world was full of sheep since they all couldn't think for themselves and had to be led around for newer pastures.
Harry then sighed deeply before going back to looking out the window absently until the bell rang. The class woke up and started to pack their bags as Binns drifted through the wall to his office. When Harry went out, he saw Granger and Weasley waiting for him and he was a bit surprised that his horoscope for today was actually right. "Now I am very glad for those plans," muttered Harry as they came marching towards him drawing the attention of many other students. Granger and Weasley had furious looks on their faces as Harry repeated what his horoscope had said. "You will have a confrontation today by people you once had connections with; I didn't actually expect that to be true!"
When they came close enough to him, they stopped and glared hard. Harry merely calmly looked back at them. The other students watched the former 'Golden Trio' as they radiated completely opposite emotions. The duo was projecting an aura of anger and fury as Harry projected peace and calm with a touch of ice in his stance as he tilted his head with a raised brow, looking decidedly Slytherin. Blaise leaned over to Draco and said "I bet you seven galleons that Potter is going to utterly humiliate Weasel and the Mudblood," whispered Blaise as Draco nodded with a grin. "I'll take that bet, but I reckon he'll make one of the cry and the other to lash out," replied Draco also in a whisper as other Slytherins also took part of the betting pool. Pansy swore that she saw Harry tilt his head slightly at them with a smirk on his face but dismissed it when she saw that it looked as though nothing was different.
Granger made the first move as she opened her mouth. "Why have you been avoiding us Harry?" demanded Granger crossly as Weasley nodded. "You don't even sit with us any more!" Harry tilted his head like a curious cat as an amused smile came on his face. "You still haven't figured it out yet?" queried Harry as Kai slid down to the front watching them avidly as the sun shone onto his sapphire coloured scales making them shine like the real jewel. His next words froze them. "I found out about the payments." They stared at him with wide eyes as the rest of the student body looked on in puzzlement except the Slytherins who hid their shock at that piece of information.
"W-what are you talking a-about?" stuttered Weasley as his freckles showed clearly against his stark white skin. "What payments are you talking about?!" Granger nodded rapidly. Harry blinked and looked at them as if they were mentally ill. "The payments that you've been given for befriending me," replied Harry in a calm tone as the rest of the student body, except the Slytherins, gasp at the revelation. "Besides, if you truly didn't know anything about them, how come you're so pale?" The rest of the student body just then noticed how pale they were and the small beads of sweat that coated their faces lightly. Ah, the idiocy of sheep…but that's just insulting the poor sheep, the British Wizarding world are a lot denser than sheep.
"You did know about them since you were approached by someone during the summer before first year and given a sum of money," continued Harry as he took a step closer. "Weasley was already given a sum as I always wondered how his family could pay for the school tuition, the school fees, and the school equipment needed and still get all the other items needed in life. Especially that broom you got last year since it costs at least one hundred and eighty galleons, even if it's a Cleansweep." The duo paled even more as the student body started to glare at them and mutter between themselves.
"So you do know about the payments," remarked Harry with a mock triumph and sadness. "After all, if you didn't truly know, you two wouldn't be so nervous would you? And here I thought you two were truly my friends." It was then that the student body started to yell obscenities at them and accusing them of taking advantage of Harry's fame and fortune as the Slytherins sighed at their stupidity, as they knew from the beginning, and collected their winnings from other Slytherins. With a small shake of his head and a silent sigh, Harry melted into the crowd and went off to the kitchens so he could have a peaceful lunch without the pity filled stares and constant whispers he knew would get out once everyone in the school had went into the Great Hall.
'Going to a boarding school sucks at times,' thought Harry as he passed the Slytherins who watched him closely. He noticed their staring and smirked at them before whistling a jaunty tune despite the noise level and went off with them looking at him, stunned. 'But it ain't so bad if you get to see people look like that once you kill all the preconceived notions that they had of you.'
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Dark sighed and stretched out fully, causing some joints to pop as the House elves bustled around him. Their initial shock at seeing the heir to half of Hogwarts was amusing but it got annoying once they started to continuously beg for him to not give them clothes. After many reassurances and promises of not kicking them out, they finally calmed down enough to get him lunch and that they wouldn't tell a single soul that he is Dark. Dobby had given him his usual exuberant greeting as Winky gave him a more reserved one. They then asked him if they could have his blessing to get married. He stared at them blankly in shock causing Kai to chuckle in amusement which snapped him out of his stupor. Dark gave them his blessings and permission to get married as the other House elves beamed and gave them many words of 'congratulations'. He shook his head in amusement before sitting down near the fire on the long table.
With a sigh of content, Dark took the glass of Firewhiskey from the table and had a sip as he thought over his plans. He still hadn't been able to find Wormtail and he had yet to deliver the letter to the Headmaster as well. Dark couldn't help but smirk darkly behind the cup as he thought of the reactions the Headmaster would have when he opens the little letter and reads it, oh the horror of the situation. Now all that it needs was for Voldemort to hurry his old ass up and kidnap him already. "Stupid old man," muttered Dark in Parseltongue to Kai who was warming himself up by the fire. "Why don't you use that senile old brain of yours and plan with the oh-so-great Slytherin mind I've heard so much about and bloody kidnap me already?! But then said mind could easily be very retarded since they couldn't even catch a fourteen year old kid with no experience in duelling and had a very small repertoire of spells. He must be getting bloody desperate if he's only recruiting for sheer numbers instead of bloody talent. Stupid old fart." Dark continued to insult the intelligence of Voldemort and other known Death Eaters as the break dragged on.
When the bell rang for the next class, Dark sighed, stood up and replaced the glamour as Kai slithered over. "Time to face the ravenous masses that is the public and the student body Kai," bemoaned Harry with a dramatic suffering sigh as Kai smirked in amusement…well, as much as a snake can anyway. They both watched the corridors carefully for any other people just in case they were going to be mobbed and a mobbed Harry and Kai were not a pretty sight to see. Whenever steps were heard coming in their direction, Harry jumped immediately into the shadowed corners of the corridors before they caught sight of him. It almost took him twice as long to get to the dungeons for potions than it normally did since he was being hounded by the student population; the blood thirsty hounds of the gossip mongers.
By the time he made it into the classroom, there were no seats left on the 'Gryffindor side' so Harry had to sit next to Blaise Zabini for the whole double. While Blaise never showed anything on his face, Harry could tell that he was surprised. So, with a look that would make any Slytherin proud, he calmly raised an eyebrow in question before sitting down. He saw Weasley and Granger glare at him with pure hatred before paling in fear when Kai reared up with a flared hood and an open mouth which revealed long sharp fangs which let a drop of poison fall onto the floor. It was quite a fearsome sight for many of the students as they paled in fear except for the Slytherins who merely hid their own fear and wonder at how protective the snake was of his charge. This was the scene that Snape came upon when he slammed the door open causing some Gryffindors to squeak in fear, namely Granger and Weasley. He raised an eyebrow at their strange reactions before he noticed the now calm Kai winding himself around Harry's shoulders in a lazy manner.
Dismissing the poisonous snake without batting an eyelash, he went to the front of the classroom to the shock of the Gryffindors and the Slytherins as the Potions Master hadn't even sneered at Harry. With an innocent and calm look as the rest of the class stared at him in disbelief, Harry tilted his head in a questioning manner with a bit of faked confusion in his eyes to settle them down before Snape snapped at them. "What are you all looking at Mr Potter for?" he queried silkily with a menacing and slightly angry tone which caused the Gryffindors to pale before they all snapped their heads to the front. It's amazing that they didn't get any whiplash. Once he had their entire attention, he lifted his wand and aimed it at the blackboard. "Today we shall be making the Amorie Potion. Can anyone tell me what this potion can do to a person once it has been ingested?" No one lifted their hand except Granger with that ever present 'please-pick-me-I'm-ever-so-smart' look on her face and, to the surprise of many, Harry.
Snape blinked once to show his surprise before nodding his head in Harry's direction. "Mr Potter," acquiesced Snape with a mild tone as Granger glared at Harry only to have Kai retaliate in kind. "The Amorie Potion causes the victim to lose all and any preconceived notions of a person so that it may allow them to resolve disputes between families, enemies or family members that had always been at each others throats may reconcile without any bloodshed. However, the potion is easy to make but terribly expensive if bought in some potion stores," explained Harry to the astonishment of the class as Snape hid his own shock despite knowing what Harry was doing. But he was quite pleased when Granger had started to stare at him in shock; it was a lot better than her earlier look.
With a nod of his head, he instructed them all to make the potion as they scrambled to get the ingredients. They all worked silently for the rest of the double as Blaise and Harry made sure to not ruin the potion as they both knew that if one failed, then the other would too. When they finished their potion just fifteen minutes before class ended, they handed in their potion to the front of the class before going back to their desk and sitting in silence. With a sigh, Harry glanced at Kai. "Wake me when the bell rings," he hissed to the snake as he nodded before placing his head onto his arms and take a small nap as he ignored Blaise's slightly gapping mouth. Snape smirked in amusement before going back to criticizing the others as they trembled in fear. 'Such an interesting day,' thought Harry before he slept lightly.
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To be continued…
………why do I get da feelin' dat I just blabbed for most of the chappie? And there weren't any pranks as well…oh well; there'll be some in da nxt chap. Hopefully, it won't take as long to get it up as this one. –sigh- I had so many mental blocks…ugh, I hate getting writer's block at tyms. Anyways, hope ya lyk this chap, til nxt tym, ja ne.