Mistake
"Well… What's the news?" Said Voldemort, pacing the room, with cold stone floors and only three candles to light it,
"W-well… I bring on bad news," Voldemort stopped pacing and stared at Wormtail, viciousness in his eyes.
"What!" He said, Wormtail flinched,
"W-well… the Dementors… t-they were defeated," he said holding his hands close to his chest. Voldemort gritted his teeth,
"By whom?" He said furiously,
"H-hogwarts…. All of them fought Lord… all the students and teachers… and… and they defeated them," he said the last part softly; Voldemort sat down, his snake trailed across his lap. He held a single thin finger on its skin while it slithered past.
"You are telling me… a bunch of children, destroyed the Dementors," he said looking at the floor, Wormtail nodded slowly,
"Did anyone… at all… get kissed," Voldemort said inhumanly, the candle light flickering in his cat-like eyes.
"Well… y-yes," said Wormtail,
"How many?"
"Ah… t-ten," said Wormtail, Voldemorts head slowly turned to Wormtail, and he dropped to his knees. "I… am sorry Lord! Please forgive me," he bowed his head. Voldemort ignored him,
"Somehow they figured out the surprise attack before it happened… and I am guessing Harry Potter had something to do with it," spitting Harry's name out,
"But… tell me; who told me to send only the Dementors to Hogwarts?" He asked not looking at him,
"M-me sir," said Wormtail, Voldemort turned and looked at him, Wormtail winced again under his glare he stared at the ground,
"You were planning an attack on Hogwarts and I suggested you only sent Dementors because… I said it would be enough…"
"Crucio," Said Voldemort, his wand pointed at Wormtail, he screamed, collapsing on the floor his body curling at odd angles, "I will be fair… but I do not want a mistake like this again Wormtail, another mistake like this and it will be your life at stake… Now leave my sight!" He said, Wormtail got off the ground shaking,
"Thankyou Lord," he bowed, and left from the room,
"Send me Malfoy." Said Voldemort leaning back in his chair,
"Yes… of course," came the voice of Wormtail outside the door.
Harry knocked on the door of Grimmauld Place, silence came,
"Maybe he didn't hear you," muttered Ron, he bashed on the door,
"Sirius!" He yelled, still nothing. Ginny put her ear against the door, and then shook her head; Harry gave a sigh and rang the doorbell. A load screech was heard inside, most likely Sirius' mother's portrait, the door opened.
"Why did you ring the doorbell?" Queried Sirius breathing a little heavier than usual from running down a flight of stairs,
"We knocked but no one came down," said Harry,
"Oh, sorry I was looking around upstairs… there was another Boggart in the cupboard, only found it a minute ago, thought I'd take care of it…but then doorbell rang," he said, "Well come in!" He said stepping aside. Hermione closed the door behind them all. Grimmauld Place looked just as it did when Harry had seen it last. Or though the dust on the floor was a little thicker, Sirius' mother continued to scream,
"Shut up you stupid old hag!" Yelled Sirius,
"My own son telling me to shut up! Well I never, he should be honoured to be in my presence. Bringing his filth in here and mudbloods," She ranted, Sirius rolled his eyes, managing to shut her curtains again. Sirius gestured to the kitchen,
"We shall leave soon," he said, Kreacher walked past, at the sight of Harry he stopped,
"Master," he said through gritted teeth, and then he bowed,
"Kreacher," said Harry surveying him. Kreacher glared at Harry and continued walking, muttering inaudibly. Sirius shook his head,
"Odd house elf, you should have seen him when I came in, gave him a heart attack," "Anyway, best be going!" He said with a smile, Harry nodded, turning back to the door, they apparated.
"Ah….Sirius, you might want to turn into Snuffles… just while we are coming in… you may be free but you are still considered a murderer to some people," said Hermione, Sirius turned into the black dog. Harry pushed open the doors and they walked through the corridor. Students stared at them through the corridor; they looked odd just walking around the school with a large black dog at their heels. When they came to the office they stopped,
"Do… you guys know the password?" Asked Harry, Ron shook his head,
"Um… I think I heard it was Jelly Slugs," said Hermione, the Gargoyle sprang to life; they stepped on the revolving staircase up to the office.
They knocked on the door,
"Yes?" Came the voice of McGonagall, Harry pushed open the doors and stepped inside, Sirius at his heels. McGonagall looked up from her desk, Sirius transformed, looking at Dumbledore's portrait who was frowning just as much as McGonagall was. They just stared, transfixed at Sirius,
"Hi," said Sirius, unsure what to say,
"How!" Said McGonagall,
"Actually, that's what I came here for, that and a few other things," he said jumping right to the point,
"Dumbledore, do you know what "Ach lappe shinku po croe den jalёhou," means?" Dumbledore furrowed his brow,
"The shadowers, am I correct?" He queried, Sirius nodded, "ancient language… It means something along the lines of, 'let now the man who was brought to hell by good of heart and good of heart alone. Be brought to the surface, for there are those who need him most.'" He finished, Harry repeated the words in his head, 'for those who need him most,' Harry needed him, was it because of Harry that Sirius was alive? Harry turned to Sirius; his eyes were unfocused on the floor,
"What could that mean?" He questioned looking up,
"Well… there is someone here who needs you Sirius," Harry felt Sirius' eyes flick to him for a brief moment. "Why they sent you up here for that reason I am unsure. They are not really known for being kind of heart." Dumbledore paused, "and Professor McGonagall told me how you Harry, warned us all of the Dementor attack. Would you care to share with me how you knew they were coming?" Harry sighed,
"My scar, when I found out Sirius was alive. It hurt… again and I saw… well I didn't see, I knew the Dementors were coming to Hogwarts,"
"Has your scar been hurting recently?" Harry shrugged,
"Occasionally,"
"I do not recall it hurting in your sixth year," Dumbledore said,
"Well… no it didn't," said Harry frowning,
"Why would it hurt now?"
"I guess because Voldemort is on the move,"
"Perhaps Harry. But remember I wanted you to stop seeing these visions… and Voldemort's mood,"
"Came in handy though," said Harry raising his eyebrows,
"But I do want them to stop… Voldemort will realise you are getting these… feeling and visions again and he will take advantage on it… just like he did with Sirius," Harry slowly nodded,
"Yes Professor," he muttered, "there was one other thing…" said Harry,
"Yeah, our Patronus' last night," said Sirius remembering, "they… kind of turned to each other, bowed their heads and let of waves of white light… they got stronger."
"Well… Harry's Patronus takes form of a stag, as to resemble his father, what form does yours take Sirius?"
"A black dog," Dumbledore nodded, his eyes twinkling,
"That's it. That dog resembles you am I correct?"
"You are,"
"You and James were 'thick as thieves.' I believe… and actually… thieves in themselves;" Sirius laughed,
"The Patronus' found a link…. They gathered an understanding of who the other was and so joined to create something bigger, better,"
"Padfoot and Prongs," muttered Harry,
"Correct Harry. Is there anymore questions you wish to ask?" Harry thought for a second, then shook his head. He would ask about the Horcruxes later. "Then would you mind if I had a chat with Sirius?" He shook his head again,
"That's fine," he turned and left with the others, saying goodbye to Sirius,
"I think we have DADA now anyway," said Ron once they were off the revolving staircase,
"Um… me and Hermione will meet you there," said Ron, Ginny turned to Harry wide-eyed,
"Oh god… And Hermione was telling us to be less obvious!" She said grabbing Harry's hand,
"That's just nasty," muttered Harry, "my two best friends," he said his face contorted into disgust, Ginny kissed him, it was so sudden,
"Ok… how did we go from us talking about Ron and Hermione to you kissing me?" Asked Harry, Ginny rolled her eyes and kissed him again. Harry wrapped his arms around her someone walked past, he didn't care who it was, but the figure had stopped right behind him.
"Harry?" Said the voice of a girl, Harry broke off to come to the face of Cho, he swore.
"Sorry," he said, for cursing,
"So you and… what's your name are dating now?" She said frowning at Ginny,
"Yeah… Ginny," he said, Ginny nodded in her direction with a fake smile,
"Well Harry, if you ever want to go out or anything… I'd be happy to, like a forgive you,"
"Um… no I don't really… I'm with Ginny," He said, he didn't want another 'Gabby,' incident.
"Think about it," she said, completely ignoring Ginny, Harry looked confused; Cho didn't usually act like this. She walked away,
"Wow…"
"Wow what?" Asked Ginny angrily,
"Cho's a bitch now huh?" He said,
"No ones going to steal you from me right?" She asked nervously, Harry kissed her again running his hands up her back,
"I love you," he said, Ginny smiled,
"I love you too," Harry really felt his love deep in his chest. He knew he loved Ginny, more than anything in the world; he would not live without her. He grinned and leaned in for another kiss.
Harry, Hermione and Ron were outside Professor Silimon's room, Ron and Hermione flustered their hair slightly more messy than usual, Harry tried not to think about what they had been doing. The door swung open, and Professor Silimon toppled out,
"Hellooooooooo children!" She giggled, they all exchanged confused glances, "come in please," she said in her normal tone.
"Are you ok Professor?" Asked Hermione,
"Yes Granger, quite alright thankyou!" She said happily, they all took their seats.
"So its true," said Ron leaning into Harry, "Silimon really has gone off her nutter…" Harry snorted,
"Appears so,"
"Now will everyone get out their books please?" They all grabbed them from their bags,
"NO! TOO FAST!" She yelled, and then looking up, "why have you all paused? Get the books please," they took their books out slowly.
"I think we should talk to McGonagall about this…" Said Hermione, "she can't teach a class like this, yelling things out at us then forgetting… I thought McGonagall wouldn't have let her work,"
"But there isn't anyone really…. Bounding up to get the job is there?" Said Harry,
"She should be sent to a mental institution," Said Ron
"No she should be sent to a healer, it was only a second year who did the spell… it couldn't be that hard to reverse," Said Hermione,
"Oh yeah, well you were making Polyjuice Potion when you were in second year," said Harry,
"Harry, we are talking about Hermione here," muttered Ron in an audible whisper,
"Now today is a theory, and practical lesson," began Silimon,
"GRANGER GET OFF THE TABLE!" She yelled, Hermione looked around from her seat confused, Professor Silimon once again went into a state of un-knowing.
"Ok today we are studying the Bwbachod can anyone tell me what that is?" She said turning around, everyone's eyes were wide and confused expressions plastered on their faces expecting her to start yelling again. Hermione slowly raised her hand,
"It's a household spirit," she said,
"Quite right. It performs tasks when appreciated but become mischievous and destructive when offended and they are easily offended I can tell you that," She said,
"And when they become destructive, it would be wise to get out of the house as it may collapse on you. My cousin in America had one once, nasty devil. Now, you may think this is third year work, because this isn't that dangerous, but to destroy is tricky." She brought out a clear suitcase, resting it on the table; it looked like it contained a cloud.
"Ok, no evil words; do not speak or do anything to offend them and they will be quite content, understood?" She asked, the class nodded slowly, she opened the suitcase and the cloud came out, it had the face of beauty, large misty white eyes and long hair. It wore a white torn dress where her small figure was wrapped inside; gliding across the room, people stared in awe,
"Wow," said Ron, the Bwabachod faced Ron, lowering her head down to his level from above Ron moved back in his chair.
"Alright now," said Silimon, opening the suitcase once more, the spirit drifted back in. She smiled around at the class,
"Good everyone kept their manner," she said, Ron leaned into Harry once more,
"I was more worried she was going to yell," he said,
"Same," replied Harry, he did not want a pissed off ghost in the same room as him.
Professor Silimon set them a task of finding out how to kill them, after screaming at Ron for yawning, calling him a red blanket, the bell went and she allowed them to leave.
"Blimey she's mad!" Said Ron after class, "completely off the face of this earth,"
"Someone should talk to McGonagall about it," said Hermione looking at Harry, he rolled his eyes,
"Yeah, yeah whatever, I know you want me to see Dumbledore, it just weird talking to a painting;" he said,
"Go at the end of today," said Hermione, "after Transfiguration," Harry nodded.
Transfiguration came in the blink of an eye, before Harry knew it he was inside the classroom and seated,
"Now," Said McGonagall, "Today we are going to learn how to transfigure ourselves into animals," she said, there were many gasps and muttering, "Now… this is very hard to do, I would only ask seventh years to do it as it has a high amount of risk. We are going to start small then get bigger. Today we are going to Transfigure ourselves into a gorillas, as they are close relatives. You will not need your wand for this," she said, when people pulled their wands out of their pockets, they put them back in.
"Or though it takes a great deal of concentration, you have to think 'vertego,' close your eyes and think of the animal. If anyone thinks it funny to change themselves into something other than a gorilla, they are going to be in a great deal of trouble. Now watch," she said. She closed her eyes and a second later there was a small gorilla in her place. There was a small eruption of laughter, McGonagall changed back to human,
"To change back just think 'vertego,' again, and then think you're full name, now separate into pairs, I want one to watch the other and inform me if anything goes wrong, which it most likely will." she said waving her hands, "Go!"
There was a delay, where people just looked at each other with, 'is she serious?' looks on their faces. They stood up slowly, Harry pairing off with Ron and Hermione with Parvati,
"Ok… you go first," said Ron,
"Why not you!" Protested Harry,
"Because you are better than me at this,"
"That's a lie, you just don't want to go first," said Harry frowning, McGonagall came over to them,
"Mr. Weasley you go first," she said surveying him, Ron heaved a sigh.
"Alright," he muttered, he knew better than to argue with the Headmistress, he closed his eyes tightly. Concentration plastered on his face, his hands by his side. Then his chest morphed, yet the rest of his body remained the same,
"Oh dear," said McGonagall, "well…. It's to be expected I suppose," she said,
"Didn't work out that well, did it?" Said Ron looking down at his new body, Harry laughed, Ron frowned, "alright let's see you do it!" He retorted,
"No, Ron, you turn back first," said Harry, Ron rolled his eyes,
"Chicken," he said closing his eyes again, he turned back.
"Well… at least that worked out better," said McGonagall, walking around to other people.
"Alright, now you do it!" Said Ron,
"Alright, alright," he said getting annoyed; he closed his eyes, concentrating as hard as he could, then when he thought he was ready he thought Gorilla. He felt his body morph into something but he didn't know what, looking down he notice that his arms had changed, hanging loosely but his side. Ron went into hysterics,
"Oh shut up!" Said Harry closing his eyes again thinking 'Harry James Potter,' as hard as he could.
Please Read and Review! Thanks! Hope you liked the chapter, it was mostly classes but oh well. Starting new chapter now, so you should get it soon, I am trying for longer chapters now.
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