Harry Potter Alternate Universe: Year Three
Harry Potter Alternate Universe: Year Three
A/N: Okay, so I understand that some of you were a little confused why Draco was asking about Scabbers. Well, for one, i kinda needed to reintroduce his character for a much later story line and Becca's comment about Ron and Crookshanks led to Draco to think about Crookshanks hatred for Scabbers. And no one told me if they liked the pairings so, help me out a little. Also, let me know if you like the character of Steph, please.
Sometime later Harry, Hermione, Becca, Ron, Luke and Steph made their way through the corridor on their way to their next DADA class. Lupin hadn't mentioned when his extra lesson would be. They all walked in and went straight to their seats.
"Good afternoon." Lupin greeted as everyone quieted down. "So, can you tell me what happened between you all and Professor Snape while I was off?" Everyone started shouting out what happened, causing Lupin to lift his hands to silence the class. "Miss Brown, if you would."
"Professor Snape came in here and told us to start on werewolves and wouldn't listen to anyone when we told him we weren't anywhere near that topic yet. He called Hermione an insufferable know-it-all and then him and Becca got into a yelling match then…"
"Thank you Miss Brown." Lupin said with a smile, she flushed lightly.
Christmas was almost here and so was another trip for Hogsmeade, much to Hermione's relief because she hadn't gotten everyone's Christmas presents yet.
"Hey Ron, lets spend some quality time together in the Great Hall. Breakfast's still on." Becca said and pulled him out of the Common Room, Harry and Hermione grinned to each other seeing the elated smile on Ron's face.
"Looks as if he found the perfect girl for him." Fred said from behind the two, they smiled as they turned to him.
"Me and George have an early Christmas present for you." Fred said as George joined him, Harry looked at them skeptically.
Everyone was having fun in Hogsmeade. Harry and Hermione made their way into the pet store to get some treats for their pets, along with Becca and Ron's. While Becca and Ron made their way to Zonko's. Draco and Luke were wandering around with Steph. Hermione had gotten permission to go to Hogsmeade, since Sirius was now her official guardian. The seven met up in the three broomsticks, Draco sat a table away with a couple other Slytherins. Soon all six of them were drinking butterbeers and talking lightly.
"Has Lupin owled you yet?" Becca asked, she was leaning on Ron's shoulder and he had his arm around her.
"Not at all." Harry replied with a sigh. "Hey, Luke, you never told us how you got transferred." Luke shrugged before looking down.
"It was at the end of the year, a couple death threats, a few well aimed hexes while I wasnt looking. Dumbledore asked me if I wanted to be moved to another house. Naturally, I picked Gryffindor. I mean, if I cant be sneaky and selfish out in the open, I can at least be called brave for my attempts." He said with a smile, they spent the rest of the day laughing and joking around not knowing things were about to take a turn for the worse.
The group was making their way down to Hagrid's hut. They had received a note asking them to meet him there.
"What'd you reckon its about?" Ron asked, his arm was hanging loosely over Becca's shoulder.
"Its probably about Buckbeak." Steph said, they all nodded as they stopped at the door. Becca knocked quickly. The door creaked open and Hagrid's face came into view. He let them in and the girls sat down while the boys stood behind them.
"What happened Hagrid?" Harry asked noticing the friendly giant was oddly quiet.
"The Ministry owled me. They're putting Beaky on trail. Lucius Malfoy made a complaint on the behalf of the Parkinson's." Hagrid told them sadly, Steph looked like she was in deep thought. "I have to go in and present my case." Steph looked at him determined.
"I'll do it." Steph said causing them all to turn to her. "I'll defend Buckbeak. I mean if you let me."
"Okay, you can do the defending, if your parents let you." Hagrid said, Steph nodded with a smile.
"Thanks, Hagrid." Steph said sincerely, Hagrid smiled at her as did Hermione and Becca. Luke kissed her, Becca and Hermione's eyes went wide.
The six made it back up to their dormitories, the three girls were quick to say goodnight and Ron had went to bed shortly after, leaving Harry and Luke alone.
"So, what's with Steph wanting to defend Buckbeak so badly?" Harry asked, Luke looked down at the table.
"Steph, she is an animal lover. She had a dog when she was little, it got ran over. Maybe, she's trying to honor him." Luke said with a smile.
"I think that's great Luke. I couldn't think of a better person for the job." Harry said, Luke smiled and nodded before they both went up to bed, feeling things with the Ministry had only just started.