Harry Potter Alternate Universe: Year Three
Harry Potter Alternate Universe: Year Three
A/N: Alright, so Fred/Hermione is causing some uproar. Well, sorry but you'll have to stick it out, the only other person I can sorta stand with Hermione, other than Harry of course, is Draco but we cant have that can we? I'm actually a little surprised that you guess Luke's girlfriend, I didnt know anyone paid that much attention to my stories. There is a reason that Luke and Fred are helping Hermione and not Harry because this is the story that they kinda grow apart but at the end they do recognize it. Hope I havent scared you away with this.
They soon arrived at the train station. Everyone hurried out of the cars and grabbed their stuff before rushing through the barrier- it was almost eleven. They ran onto the train, Ginny said 'bye' before walking off with a blonde Ravenclaw in her year. Becca, Ron and Harry started to get a compartment. Fred took out his wand and said a quick spell, Hermione thanked him before hurrying up to catch up with the others. Fred and George went to find Katie and Lee and Luke walked over to a Gryffindor girl, Steph.
"Hey, you." Luke said with a smile, she smiled back, letting her dimples show.
"Come on, this is the last one." Harry said and they piled into the compartment.
"Who do you think that is?" Ron asked as he sat next to Becca near the window and across from the man. Hermione sat across from Harry and beside Becca.
"RJ Lupin." Hermione informed them, Ron looked at her incredulously while Harry and Becca exchanged looks.
"How do you always know everything?" Ron asked, Hermione sighed and pointed to his briefcase.
"Its on his briefcase Ronald." Hermione said, Ron looked at it then the tips of his ears turned a light red with embarrassment.
"Anything off the trolley dears?" Martha, the trolley lady, asked, Harry stood up and walked up to her.
"Yes please." Harry said before looking back at the rest. "Don't worry, I'm paying. So pick whatever you want."
"Thanks mate." Ron said before looking through the sweets and other foods, where Becca soon joined him.
"What about Mr. Lupin?" Hermione asked from her seat, Martha smiled at the young girl.
"Don't worry, dear. When he wakes, he knows where I am." Martha said, Becca grabbed a couple chocolate frogs and some other candy. Harry and Ron grabbed all they could, claiming the feast wasn't going to start for a while.
"Beccs, Harry, you'll never guess whose on the train!" Luke and Draco crashed into their compartment when the train started slowing down before it stopped completely, the two boys were thrown into the compartment. Harry stood up and looked outside the compartment only to find the other students doing the same thing. All of them looked confused.
"Why are we stopping?" Ron asked, the others looked at him. "Right, we don't know...I think something's moving out there." Ron put a hand up to the window only to pull it back when the windows frosted over. Hermione started shivering and her breath became noticeable in the cooling air. There was a rattling sound coming from outside the compartment. Luke pulled Ron up and pushed the two girls into the corner before they pulled out their wands.
"That's not going to help if you don't know what spells to use." Hermione said, they put away their wands and sat down sheepishly. Soon a black shadow appeared against the door. The door slowly opened and a bony hand slid inside, the black hooded figure slipped its head around to look at each person before settling on Harry. Harry felt like someone was trying to rip him apart when a female scream sounded through his head.
"Harry?" A female voice called, Harry opened his eyes and found himself staring into Hermione's brown eyes.
"What happened?" Harry asked sitting up, then he noticed Ron wasn't there. "Where's Ron?"
"You just passed out and started moving around like you were having some sort of fit." Draco supplied, Harry nodded. "And Ron went to find Ginny and Fred and George to make sure they're okay."
"What was that thing?" Hermione asked, the man that was sleeping before was wide awake now.
"That was a dementor. Here, eat this." Lupin said handing Harry a piece of chocolate. "I need to see if everyone's alright, I'll be back soon." He walked out of the compartment.
"Who screamed?" Harry asked, holding the chocolate, the others looked at each other confused.
"No one screamed, Harry." Hermione said, Harry took a bite of the chocolate as the man came back and sat down sadly.
"Professor, are you okay?" Harry asked, he turned to them and started to say something when the door slammed open.
"Luke!" Steph exclaimed, Luke jumped up and moved over to her, taking her face in his hands.
"Steph, are you okay?" Luke asked, his eyes searching hers. She nodded and he pulled her into a hug.
"Luke?" Becca asked, Luke turned back before smiling lightly.
"Alright, guys, this is my girlfriend, Steph Blane. Steph, this is my family. Draco Malfoy, Harry Potter and my twin, Becca and our friend Hermione." Luke said, Steph smiled at them all while intertwining her fingers with Luke's. "Moony?"
"I'm sorry, do I know you?" Lupin asked, Harry and Becca's eyes widened.
"You should, we're only your best friend's kids." Harry said, Lupin's eyes went wide when he looked at them.
"Harry, you look just like your father but you have your mothers eyes." Lupin said before turning to Luke, who straightened up. "Luke, you look a lot like your mother, well of course the boy version of Sam." Luke smiled brightly at him, Lupin turned to Draco. "Ah, Draco. Its nice to see you aren't your father's son." Draco nodded with a small smile then Lupin turned to Becca. "Becca, I haven't seen you since you were a baby. How beautiful you've grown." Becca threw her arms around him, he chuckled before returning the hug. Hermione slipped out of the compartment feeling like she was intruding.
"I see you made it out alive." Fred said leaning against a wall, Hermione smiled.
"Hey Fred, thanks for before." Hermione said, Fred nodded before walking off. He looked back sadly at the girl as she wandered off. Once the train arrived, everyone rushed to get to the castle. The rain was soaking anyone outside to the bone. As soon as they made it in, a blue blur came out of no where and landed at Harry's feet, spraying freezing cold water on his and Hermione's trainers. A red balloon hit a small second year on his back, re-soaking his robes.
"Water balloons!" The twins shouted out with glee, there was a hurried tapping sound then a loud female shouting.
"Peeves!" McGonagall made her way over to the students only for her heels to slip on a wet patch. McGonagall's hands flared as she tried to grab something to hold her up when a hand shot out and grabbed her robes and straightened her up. McGonagall let out a small sigh of relief before she looked at the person who caught her, she smiled at the young man. "Thank you Mr. Black."
"Please, its just Luke. Mr. Black is my father." Luke said with a smile grabbing Steph's hand again, McGonagall gave him a short laugh before she went storming after Peeves.
Soon the Great Hall doors came into view. Harry and Hermione were about to walk in when they caught sight of McGonagall.
"Miss Granger, a word please." McGonagall said, Hermione nodded before turning to Harry.
"I'll be right in, save me a seat if Becca hasn't." Hermione said, Harry nodded before walking in.
Becca was sitting across from her brother, he was talking with Steph with a smile. Ron was fidgeting across from Steph. Harry slid into his place by Ron and not to soon Hermione sat by Becca.
"Welcome back. The new Defense against the Dark Arts is Professor Remus Lupin." The six noticed Snape was scowling profusely. "The Forbidden Forest is, as always, forbidden. Lastly, Hogwarts will be playing host to the Azkaban guards, the Dementors. I warn you to all stay away from them for they show no mercy. Not even an invisibility cloak will prevent them noticing you. Now, eat up!"
"So, what'd McGonagall talk to you about?" Harry asked as the group walked up the stairs to the Fat Lady.
"Just my schedule and classes." Hermione said before turning to Fred. "I need to talk to you." Fred narrowed his eyes slightly but nodded, the others looked curious.
"Fortuna Major." Seamus said only to be ignored. "Fortuna Major!" He said louder.
"Just a minute." The Fat Lady told him before going back to her singing. Seamus arched an eyebrow at the sight. He turned as he saw Harry standing next to him.
"She's not letting me in." Seamus said, Harry looked back at the Fat Lady but before he could talk, Becca was in front of him.
"Fortuna Major." Becca said, the Fat Lady ignored her. "Hey! I said the password now open up!" Everyone turned, shocked, but the Fat Lady opened up. She stormed in and up the stairs, all the guys made their way up as did the girls. Soon, Fred and Hermione were the only ones left.
"I don't know what Luke's told you…"
"I've heard enough and we don't like it. Hermione, you need help and me and Luke are offering." Fred said lightly, Hermione sighed and shook her head.
"Leave it, Fred. Please. I can deal with this." Hermione said and walked away, Fred shook his head before trudging upstairs.
The next morning, everyone was in the Great Hall. Seamus was laughing at something Dean had said before turning to Harry, who sat next to him with Ron and Luke at his side with Steph, Hermione and Becca across from them. McGonagall had just passed out schedules.
"No!" Becca cried out, the whole Gryffindor table plus Draco turned to her. "We have divination first. With Trelawney." Ron leaned over to look at her schedule and caught sight of Hermione's.
"Just exactly how many classes are you taking?" Ron asked with wide eyes, Hermione tucked her timetable away.
"A fair few." Hermione said before finishing her juice, Becca and Harry exchanged looks.
"How much is a fair few?" Becca asked, but before she could get an answer McGonagall told them to get to class.
"Where is our Divination class?" Parvati asked as they walked down the hall and stopped at an intersection.
"North tower." Harry stated, Lavender sighed.
"Where is the North tower exactly?" Lavender asked, Seamus and Dean exchanged smirks.
"Its opposite of the South tower." Seamus said, the girl's rolled their eyes while the boys snickered. "Okay right or left, take your pick."
"Its left." Luke said, everyone turned to him.
"You sure?" Seamus asked skeptically, Luke nodded. "So, left then." They went left only to come across another crossroad.
"Lets just ask a painting for help." Ron said, he looked around and caught sight of a knight in a painting. He walked over towards him only for him to jump back and thrust his sword at Ron.
"Aha! What villains are these that trespass upon my private lands! Come to scorn my fall, perchance? Fight, you dogs!" Becca and Harry bit back laughs.
"Listen, we're looking for the North Tower, do you know where it is?" Luke asked stepping forward, the knight looked him over and smirked.
"A quest!" He exclaimed. "Follow me, dear friends, and we shall find our goal or perish bravely in the charge." He grabbed his sword off the ground and mounted his horse. He disappeared from the painting to the next, causing everyone to chase him. They climbed up the spiral staircase, feeling dizzier and dizzier as they climbed even higher until they finally came to a stop. The girls leaned against the wall, breathing heavily. The boys were the same except they were doubled over, hands on their knees. Luke was the only one who was breathing normally. "Farewell, farewell, my comrades-in-arms! If you ever have need of noble heart and steely sinew, call upon Sir Cadogan!" He disappeared as everyone was getting their breath back.
"Yeah, right." Ron breathed, Becca smiled at him and rolled her eyes. Harry looked around until he spotted a trap door in the ceiling.
"Oh my God!" Lavender squealed when she saw Ron and Becca holding hands. "You two are going out!" Ron and Becca traded glances before sighing.
"Yep, that's right. Becca Black is officially off the market." Becca said proudly, there came a snicker from the back.
"So, Weasley's got a girlfriend." Draco said walking up to them, he saw Becca's eyes flash and knew to not push it.
"Yeah." Becca said as the tips of Ron's ears went red. "What of it?"
"Nothing, except I'm wondering why you would lower yourself to be with someone like him." Draco said with his usual smirk, Becca glared at him.
"I'm not lowering myself, Draco. Just because I don't want your friend, Zabini, doesn't mean I'm lowering myself." Becca said, the Gryffindors stifled laughs at the blushing Slytherin.
"There a problem here, Beccs?" Luke asked coming to stand by them, he still had Steph's hand in his, then Harry spotted a rope ladder came down. He shrugged and climbed up. Once everyone had climbed the ladder and entered the classroom, they were hit with heavy scents of lavender and smoke. There were tables scattered all over the room with Crystal balls on top of velvet purple cushions in the middle of each table. Everyone grabbed a seat, Ron narrowed his eyes and sat with Harry while the two girls sat with Luke and Steph. Becca shot Ron a 'What?' look but he just turned away when the teacher came in.
"Welcome," She greeted, she was covered in bright clothes and lots of jewelry, including different colored bangles all clinking together on her wrists and several different types of necklaces adorning her neck. Her glasses seemed to be too large for her and seemingly magnified her eyes. "Its nice to see you at last in the physical world." Professor Trelawney continued to tell everyone about what to expect in her class before she finally got them to each grab a teacup and fill them with tealeaves and water. "Drink up dears, before swapping cups with the person sitting next to you." Harry and Ron switched theirs, Becca and Hermione switched theirs and Luke switched with Steph.
"Lets read your fortune." Luke grinned, Steph rolled her eyes.
"Idiot." Ron muttered before looking back at his book and studying Harry's cup. "Okay, you have some sort of bowler hat- hey, that means the Ministry. Then you have an…" Ron turned the cup. "An acorn- which means…you'll be in a fight with someone. Then you have an animal, I think." Harry snickered, causing Trelawney to turn around and look at the two of them before she moved over and took Harry's cup from Ron. Ron looked over when he heard Becca's laugh, she, Hermione and Steph were laughing at something Luke had said.
"Let me see," She said bringing Ron's attention back on her. "You have the falcon- meaning you have a dangerous enemy."
"Yeah, that we know." Becca said rudely, Trelawney ignored her.
"The skull indicated danger on your path…" She turned the cup once again and let it fall with a gasp. "Oh, my, the Grim!" Everyone turned to them.
"The Grim?" Hermione asked, Becca shrugged.
"The Grim is the worst thing for a wizard or witch to foresee because it's the omen of death," Dean recited from his book, everyone looked at Harry. "It comes in the form of a black dog."
"So, you're saying Harry's gunna die when he sees a black dog?" Luke asked resting his chin on his hand. "I don't think so." Trelawney turned to him.
"Why not?" She asked, he sighed.
"Well, I was told the same thing, yet I've been in contact with a black dog and I'm still here. And before you ask, he was magical." Luke said, Becca and Harry grinned.
"Class dismissed!" Trelawney said as Luke smiled and shook his head.