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Title: TurningPoint

Summary: Where will Chris turn to when Wyatt is terrorizing? Can he find a place of safety? Chris-Centric, takes place in unchanged future.

--Chapter5--

"I already said no, Mr. Halliwell, you may not go to Hogsmeade without permission from your parents or guardians." McGonagall said, loudly and clearly, sounding extremely annoyed.

"But you know my case, Professor. I don't have parents or guardians…" Chris said.

"Obviously…" McGonagall interrupted.

"Yah, exactly! Don't you think it's a bit unfair? There would be no possible way for me to go unless you give me permission."

"I can't, I am not a parent or guardian…"

"You are in charge of my house, you are like…the boss of an orphanage, that counts as a guardian…"

"That is not the same, and you know it, Mr. Halliwell. I said no, already."

"But…"

"No! You should go to your next class."

Chris just stood there, a little frown forming on his face. McGonagall seems to notice this, but chose to ignore him. She waved her wand magically cleaning the chalk board. Chris crossed his arms across his chest, as if he was waiting for her to change her mind.

"Go to class, Mr. Halliwell." She sighed, "I'm not going to change my mind."

Chris' frown deepened, he dropped his arms back to his sides and turned to leave. "I'm not giving up," He added as he reached the door.

McGonagall sighed and shook her head.

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Chris stepped outside, surprised to find Harry, Ron and Hermione waiting for him.

"Hey!" Harry greeted, excitedly, "How did it go?"

Chris shook his head, "I'm not giving up, though. I think I'll try after next class."

"That's the spirit!" Ron exclaimed, giving Chris an encouraging slap on the shoulder.

Chris smiled.

"Well, I guess we should go to class then." Hermione said, "We're going to be late for Divination."

"Divination?" Chris said, sounding a bit scared.

"Uh…yeah…" Hermione stated, hesitantly.

"I forgot… to do my homework…" Chris said quickly, "I don't think I'm going to go, you guys go without me."

He walked off quickly.

The three stared at each other.

"I think he's scared to go to that class." Hermione said, as she started in the direction of the class.

"Yah, well…I'm sure you would be too if you saw Voldemort's face in the crystal ball." Ron said, harshly, "You should have seen his face!"

"Well, I'm sorry I missed it," Hermione combated, "Well, I still think it's wrong for him to just walk out of the classroom like that…that's just…wrong."

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"Ha," Ron laughed, "and just before you were telling us how wrong it was for Chris to just walk out of class. You totally caught me by surprise Hermione."

"Oh, shut up Ron." Hermione said, slapping Ron over the head with a newspaper. "She was insulting me! I'm never going to that class again, it's stupid."

"You can not go?" Chris asked.

Hermione nodded.

"Then I'm not going to that class either."

They all stared at him.

"What?" Chris said, "The class is stupid."

Hermione nodded, "She's probably a fake."

"I'm going to class early, i want to talk to McGonagall about Hogsmeade again." Chris said, as he got up from his seat.

"Good luck." Ron said.

Chris nodded and left the Great Hall.

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Chris entered McGonagall's classroom and closed door loudly behind him to alert the Professor that he was there.

Professor McGonagall stared up to Chris, and shook her head tiredly, "Again? Mr. Halliwell?"

Chris nodded, "I told you I wasn't going to give up."

McGonagall shook her head again, "Do you really want to go that badly?"

"Isn't it obvious?" Chris answered.

McGonagall sighed, "Oh, alright. I am convinced. But, I am only letting you go because of your case, don't go around telling other students. I don't want to have to make acceptations for everyone."

Chris couldn't believe his ears, "You're letting me go?"

"Get out of here before I change my mind, class doesn't start for a good ten minutes," McGonagall said, sounding a bit annoyed.

Chris nodded, "Thank you, Professor!" And he quickly ran out of the room, gently closing the classroom door.

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"So I don't get it," Chris said, "Where exactly is that place we're suppose to meet?"

Ron sighed, "It's really hard to explain, you should just stick with us okay? Hogsmeade is kind of big, you might get lost."

Chris nodded.

"Good job on convincing McGonagall," Harry said, "In my third year I couldn't convince her to let me go. How exactly did you do it?"

"Well, she gave me permission mainly because I don't have any parents or guardians, there's no one responsible for me, so…" Chris said, "Yeah…"

Harry nodded, "I see, well lucky you don't have to stick here when every else is gone. It gets a bit lonely."

Chris smiled, "Yah, really won't like that, so how many other people are coming to this meeting?"

"I don't know, actually..." Harry answered.

"Hermione said a couple..." Ron said, "Who knows how much that would be."

"I'm kind of excited." Chris said softly.

"That's good...you should be." Harry said awkwardly, not knowing exactly how to react.

Chris nodded, and smiled, "I think I'm going to bed."

"Okay." Harry said, "Good night."

Chris walked into the boy's dorm, and jumped on the bed. He rolled over onto his bed and stared up at the ceiling. He smiled. Three more days, and he would go to Hogsmeade with Harry and his friends. Excitement filled up inside him, he haven't hung out with a bunch of friends in a long time. He feels silly feeling excited like this, but really couldn't help it.

He hope this would all work out, but there's this strange feeling inside him that told him, something might just go wrong... besides... nothing ever went right for him...

But then again, what could happen?