Harry Potter Alternate Universe: Year Three
Harry Potter Alternate Universe: Year Three
A/N: Hermione cant tell Harry because she likes him and will think that, when they do get together, that he only got with her because he thought she needed saving. And the history of Steph ad Luke will be revealed. I'm not really into the fics where the main characters just fall in love, I like the process to actually be played out. I'm sorry if that means that I lose readers.
"My Arithmancy class was much more insightful than that waste of time." Hermione informed them on their walk down to Hagrid's for their next lesson.
"Hermione, isn't Arithmancy the same time as Divination?" Becca asked, Hermione shook her head amusedly.
"Don't be silly, how can a person be in two places at the same time?" Hermione asked before moving ahead them, Becca stopped Harry.
"I don't like this." Becca said, Ron looked at her curiously. "I don't like to be lied to." Harry nodded and they continued to Hagrid's hut.
"Morning kids! Come along, have I got a real treat for you." Hagrid stated gleefully before leading them to the back of his cabin and over to a big clearing next to the forest. "Now, open your books while I get the animal." Hagrid walked away, Pansy scoffed.
"And just how do you do that?" Pansy asked in a slightly sarcastic tone, Steph walked up to her.
"Simple, just stoke the spine. Didn't you know that?" Steph asked demonstrating with her book, Pansy gave her a look of pure loathing.
"God, wait 'til my father hears what's going on here, this place is going to the dogs." Pansy muttered, Luke's eyes almost gleamed.
"Listen, Pansy is it?" She nodded. "You can tell you daddy all you want, he's not changing one thing in this school, you don't like it, leave." Luke put an arm around Steph before turned and walked away leaving most of the class stunned. Draco smirked at the scene before seeing Hagrid come back with a half-horse and half-eagle creature; the top half with the head of an eagle which lead down to the middle of its mid-back, which normally was found on a horse.
"What's that?" Ron asked, Becca rolled her eyes at the slight fear in his voice and grabbed his hand, he smiled at her appreciately.
"That's a Hippogriff, right?" Luke's voice came from the back, almost everyone turned to him surprised, Luke didn't contribute much in class.
"Uh yes, ten points to Gryffindor." Hagrid said, Becca grinned at her brother and he smirked back. "Okay, first thing you need to know about Hippogriffs is that they're very proud creatures. You never want to insult one because it may be the last thing you ever do." Hagrid looked around to ensure they all were listening. "When you do approach one, you bow first and keep eye contact. The less you blink, the better. If and when they bow back, you can go near them. Mind you, if they think your untrustworthy, you're better off staying away from them. So, who wants a go first?" The class all back away, even Draco and Luke were staying at the back but nobody noticed they were talking in hushed voices. Harry was left out in the open, he looked back at Becca, who merely grinned and gestured him to go. He sighed and walked forward until he was a few feet away from the Hippogriff, he bowed while keeping eye-contact with the creature. The Hippogriff eyed Harry closely before it sunk into a low bow, leaving Hagrid relieved and the Gryffindors cheering softly. Harry moved in closer and stroked the Hippogriff's beak and smiling in triumph. "Well done, Harry, well done. I suspect he'll let you ride him now."
"What?" Harry asked as he turned horrified to Hagrid only to find himself being lifted into the air and down onto Buckbeak's back. Hagrid slapped Buckbeak's rear, provoking Buckbeak into taking a running leap before soaring into the air. Neville let out a loud noise as Hermione's nails sunk into his arm.
"Sorry." Becca said pulling Hermione away from Neville.
"Its okay." Neville said rubbing his arm slightly before searching the skies for Harry with the others.
Harry found himself soaring over Hogwarts Lake. Buckbeak moved down closer and dipped his claw into the water while Harry sat up and spread his arms, enjoying the feel of the wind against his face. Buckbeak pulled up away from the water to soar up higher in the air and started circling Hogwarts, with Harry clinging to his back with a joyous smile. Back on the ground, Hagrid brought his fingers up to his mouth and whistled loudly, causing the class to cover their ears and Buckbeak to fly back down to where the class was.
"Way to go, Harry!" His classmates cheered as they all hurried over to him. Harry swung his body around and jumped off to find himself face to face with Luke. Luke smiled before patting him on his back.
"Always the show-off, aye Potter?" Luke yelled over the others with a smile, Harry smiled and shook his head amusedly before walking over to Hagrid. Hagrid threw Buckbeak a dead ferret as a treat before leaning in closer to Harry.
"How am I doing?" Hagrid asked softly, Harry grinned.
"Brilliant, Professor." Harry replied, Hagrid smiled back.
"Parkinson!" Luke yelled, everyone's attention moved to Pansy as she walked over to Buckbeak.
"You're not dangerous at all, are you? You stupid ugly brute!" Pansy said with a smirk, Buckbeak let out a screech before he reached up on his hind legs and slashed a claw down Pansy's arm, scratching her and ripping the fabric of her robes. Hagrid and Luke moved in front of Buckbeak as Pansy fell to the ground, screaming.
"Hagrid, you get her to the hospital wing. I've got Buckbeak." Hagrid nodded as he scooped Pansy into his arms and took her up to the hospital wing with everyone watching them go. "Stupid girl." Harry muttered as he stroked Buckbeak softly.
Everyone made their way back to the castle. Classes were done for the day and the Gryffindors were all done for the most part.
"Granger!" Luke called out, she turned to him after telling the others to go ahead. "Hagrid's gunna get in trouble over this." Hermione nodded sadly. "I can, um, talk to her if you want." Hermione shook her head as they climbed up the stairs.
"No, we don't want you mixing with them. Lucius is watching you more now, and might take away what little we actually see of Draco." Hermione warned, he nodded. "And if you're in trouble please get help." Luke nodded again.
"I could say the same thing to you." Luke said before walking off, Hermione looked down at the ground before walking back to the Gryffindor Tower.
"We have DADA first, with Slytherins, we'd better go." Seamus said, everyone grabbed their bags and quickly stuffed some food into their mouth before making their way up to the third floor. When they arrived at their classroom, they discovered a wardrobe in the middle of the room and all the desks were at the edges of the room.
"Morning class." Lupin greeted walking into the room.
"Morning Professor Lupin." They said back, Becca looked back to see Steph and Luke smiling at each other.
"In this wardrobe, I have a Boggart." Lupin said, half the class shot him terrified looks while others had no clue what he was on about. "Boggarts like dark, enclosed spaces like this wardrobe, under a bed, in a cupboard or under the sink. But first things first, who can tell me what a Boggart is?" Hermione's hand shot up in the air, Lupin smiled while Ron looked bewildered.
"When did you get here?" He asked in a low voice, she ignored him. Lupin nodded to her.
"A Boggart is a shape-shifter; it can take the shape of whatever it thinks will frighten us the most." Hermione said, Lupin nodded.
"I couldn't have put it better myself, Miss Granger." Lupin said, Hermione beamed at the praise and Harry smiled lightly at her. "Although there is a bit of a problem. Have you spotted it, Harry?" Harry thought for a second before nodding.
"There's too many of us, so it wouldn't know what form choose right?" Harry asked, Lupin nodded with a smile.
"Right. Its always best to have company when you're dealing with a Boggart. The charm that repels a Boggart is quite simple, yet it requires force of the mind. You see; laughter is the one thing that finishes off a Boggart, what you have to do is force the Boggart to choose a form that you think is amusing. The charm is riddikulus. Try it without wands please."
"Riddikulus!" The class said together, Lupin smiled with a nod.
"Good, now everyone form a line behind Neville please." Lupin said, everyone rushed to get a place behind Neville except Steph and Luke, who went to the back of the line. "Alright Neville, step forward." Neville moved to stand next to Lupin. "What frightens you most?"
"P-professor Snape." Neville whispered and the class laughed knowingly, Lupin laughed as well.
"Yes, I can understand that." Lupin said with a smile, Neville nodded. "Now, you live with your grandmother, don't you?"
"Yeah but I don't want it to turn into her either." Neville said quickly and nervously, causing the teacher to smile down on the boy.
"No, you misunderstand me. Think about what your grandmother wears." Lupin said, Neville nodded and was about to tell him. "Don't tell me, just picture it very clearly in your mind. Have you got it?" Neville nodded. "Okay, wand up." Neville and Lupin brought their wands up. Lupin flicked his wand and the latch on the wardrobe unlocked itself. The door slowly sung open and Snape came climbing out of it. Lupin took a small step away from Neville. Neville's wand started to shake slightly.
"Riddikulus!" Neville cried out, Snape stumbled backward before looking down and he saw that he was dressed in a green dress and a ferret shoulder shawl, complete with a stuffed vulture hat and a red handbag. Everyone except the Slytherins started cracking up.
"Good going Neville!" Lupin said as he moved over to the old record player and put some music on. "Next!" Ron hurried forward and found the Boggart changed into a large spider. Most of the girls started to scream and Ron paled slightly before lifting up his wand.
"Riddikulus!" Skates appeared on the end of each of its legs, causing the spider to start sliding all over the place. Parvati hurried up next and the Boggart turned into a large cobra. She stared at it for a second before she brought her wand up and shouted 'Riddikulus!' and smiled as it changed into a large jack-in-the-box.
"Next!" Lupin shouted, Becca grinned at Harry before standing in front of the Boggart. The jack-in-the-box bounced once more before it again started changing its shape. Becca paled and her eyes filled with tears when she saw its new form. Luke pushed his way to the front. He saw himself, Harry and Sirius laying on the ground, lifeless. Over them stood a dark figure with a wand. Becca closed her eyes and raised her wand.
"R-Riddikulus!" Becca shouted, she turned and didn't even see what it had changed into. She crashed into her twin, who quickly wrapped his arms around his sister.
"Its okay, I'm right here." Luke whispered to her, Harry stepped forward and watched as the Boggart change from Luke with pink hair and Sirius with bright green hair pouting into several different shapes before finally settling on one. Harry's smile faded from his face as a Dementor glided toward him. Lupin pushed off the wall and ran in front of Harry, throwing his arms wide. The Boggart changed into a crystal ball looking thing, but Harry, Hermione, Becca, Luke, Draco and Lupin knew what it really was.
"Riddikulus." Lupin said as it changed into a popped balloon, soaring back into the wardrobe, which slammed shut and locked itself in place. Lupin sighed before turning back to face the class. "Okay, ten points to everyone who faced the Boggart and ten points each to Harry and Hermione for answering the questions correctly. Class dismissed." Everyone filed out of the room but Lupin stayed where he was.
Harry rushed into the Quidditch locker room and grabbed a seat next to Angelina, then watched as Wood paced the floor.
"Okay, listen up everybody. This year we need to get a move on with the Quidditch Cup. This could be our last chance to win it." Wood told them, he looked at each of them. "We have to train harder and faster this year. We'll be working in every type of weather there is."
"Come on Wood, we're only human you know-and we do get ill." Fred complained, Wood turned to him with a manic look in his eyes.
"Well, you'll just have to make sure you don't get sick then!" Wood exclaimed, Fred rolled his eyes.
"Wood, we have three smashing Chasers who are too fast for anyone to catch," George started, catching on Fred jumped in.
"A brilliant seeker who always catches the snitch, no matter what," Fred jumped in, Harry grinned at him.
"And a cracking keeper who can block almost any shot." George said, the twins looked at each other before nodding.
"And, of course, us-two unbeatable beaters." They finished off together, Wood rolled his eyes and walked out. The team laughed as they followed him out.