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Voldemort: You said that last time to.
Hikari: Your point being what?
Voldemort: Just saying that's all.
Hikari: Let's begin the story already; the disclaimer is in chapter 1 and 2. Now let's begin the story while I go hunt down my sweets that my dark side has hidden from me.
------Chpt. 6------
------Training Begins and Three Personalities------
The week passed by rather quickly for Harry and Draco, both of them spent their free time, when they weren't with their friends, together getting to know each other better and they were fast becoming best friends. Soon both boys found themselves outside as Jamillian had said it was a more trouble to stay in the classroom and put up advanced wards than going to the grounds and putting up simple charms. When they arrived Jamillian gave touched their foreheads before nodding to herself and walking over to a trunk that was there. She picked up four wrist bands and gave two to Harry and two to Draco. When the two boys took them however they almost dropped them in surprise.
"What the heck!" Draco exclaimed.
"These are weighted training wrist bands; I used them when I was training in Japan with the Adrien and everyone else." Jamillian said with a smile and Harry looked at Jamillian with a raised eyebrow. She had been in Japan, where his relative was, with Adrien, could she know who his relative was. It was a question to be asked on a later time, so Harry stored it away for later. Jamillian and Adrien helped the two put on the wrist bands and the boys thought that their arms were going to drop off.
"You guys look like how we all started out when we started training with weighted training gear. I want you both to keep these on during school, when it gets to where you can easily move around with them then you'll move up to heavier ones and so on and so forth, and yes you do have to wear them when you're flying in Quidditch practice." Adrien said and turned and wrote something on a clipboard before whispering something to Jamillian. She nodded and turned to the boys.
"Would you both like to try some advanced magic?" Jamillian asked. Both boys nodded enthusiastically and reached into their pockets for their wands when Jamillian stopped them and shook her head. "No not with your wands, the type of magic I use, wandless magic. I mean, what'll happen when your wand gets knocked from your hand, then what are you going to do. Do what little miss Granger does and try and think of a way to get to your wand, do what Crabbe and Goyle do and try and fight your way to your wand, or do you do what I suggest and learn wandless magic in order to defend yourself until you get your wand, if you need at all that is. Heck, I barely even use my wand anymore."
"Really, well then when do you use it?" Draco asked.
"Mostly for appearance, when others don't need to know about my wandless magic ability such as the Ministry and Bumblebee. Shall we begin, it's really quite simple. Let's see, um Adrien set up the targets while I work with them for a little bit."
Adrien nodded and walked off while Jamillian told them to hold out their wand hands. Harry was reminded of when he first got his wand and he had been asked to hold out the hand that he wrote with. Jamillian then told them to concentrate on the magic inside them and tell her when they felt it. Harry was the first one to say anything, but that was because Sesshoumaru had already taught him this, and he told Jamillian that it felt like a fire inside him waiting to burst out and take control. She told him that was all the magic inside him that he had yet to unleash. Draco followed soon after with the same response.
--3 Hours Later--
Harry and Draco both collapsed to their knees in exhaustion after the training that Jamillian had put them through. She walked over to them and smiled down at them. They both looked up at her and seemed to glare at her for making them wear the weighted training gear and use their magic to cast spells at moving targets.
"Oh get over it boys, in Japan we had it whole lot worse." Jamillian said with a smile as she waved her hand and water bottles appeared for the two.
"Oh yea, how," Harry asked as he took a drink of his water.
"For our first lesson we had to wear the weighted training outfits, not just the armbands, we had moving targets, and here's the best part we were getting attacked at the same time." Jamillian said. Harry and Draco both looked at her with eyes that were the size of dinner plates.
"Wow, I'm glad you didn't make us do that," Draco said.
"Who said I'm not going to, I can't very well have you two training without having an experience of being fired spells out. Don't worry it'll be a little while before I have you two doing that. Now Harry, I got a lesson from your relative and Sesshoumaru explaining how far you've been trained. So shooting at targets with magic is nothing new to you, but the weights I imagine are very new to you."
"Yes Professor Jamillian." Harry said and Jamillian immediately got a smile on her face along with a light laugh.
"Ok um, please if we're not in class and we're just doing the training, please do not call me Professor Jamillian, just call me Rose, please the use of my last name makes me sound old," Jamillian said and both boys nodded as Adrien walked over with two sets of arrows and bows. Jamillian took them and handed them to both Harry and Draco. Harry had no trouble whatsoever since he had had lessons with Kagome, so he helped Draco out. It was sunset when the group finished and both boys were tired exhausted. They sat on the ground resting while Jamillian had her backs turned to them watching the sunset.
"Prof...I mean Rose, why are you staring at the sunset?" Draco asked.
"Just remembering, that's all, I'm remembering my parents," Jamillian said never tearing her eyes away.
"What are you remembering?" Harry asked. Jamillian turned her head a little to look at Harry and smiled.
"I'm remembering them, before they died, I've been an orphan for, gosh how long has it been now, since I was four, it happened so long ago, and yet I remember it so well. It was dark...then he came...he killed them, although most people think it was another man, but he killed them in cold blood and they trusted him..."
"Who?"
"It was...hmmm my memory escapes me. I'm sorry boys I've held you out here well past your lunch and dinner should be starting within the hour, so why don't you go and get ready, I'm sure you both don't want to go to dinner smelling like sweat. Don't forget the ankle weights, put those on tomorrow and get used to walking in them, as you'll be walking in them from now on."
Harry and Draco looked at Jamillian before getting up, grabbing the ankle weights and heading inside. They looked once more at Jamillian who was just standing there looking at the sunset, before heading inside.
"Who do you think killed her parents?" Draco asked.
"Who else, Voldemort, he was still in power when she was four, she is only nineteen after all." Harry said.
"But what if it happened after Voldemort killed your parents, who then?"
"I'm not sure, he's the only one, after all the Death Eaters all split up after that night, you said so yourself. It also sounds like someone else was blamed for her parents' deaths."
"Well let's not worry about it for now, I mean a lot of things happened after that night. It could've been anyone."
Harry and Draco said good bye before heading to their dorms. As Harry walked up the stairs, his mind was swirling around what Jamillian had told them. It was no wonder she treated Harry the same as everyone else, she was an orphan and knew what it was like to be treated differently. Harry smiled at the thought of having someone he could relate to on the bases of being an orphan. He did wonder who she was raised by though, would they have more in common than just being orphans, probably not.
While Harry was thinking about this he did not watch where he was going and unfortunately or fortunately he ran into someone. Not just any someone this someone had been occupying his thoughts for the past week. This someone was Severus Snape, and when the two crashed they landed with Harry on top of Snape. The two stared into each others eyes in shock and Harry could've sworn he saw something else in Snape's eyes but it was gone before he could identify it.
"Well, Mr. Potter, it seems that you think you're so important that you do not need to pay attention to where you are walking. Now if you don't mind get off of me!" Snape said with an angry tone. Harry immediately got up and held out his hand to help Snape up but Snape just brushed his hand away and got up by himself.
"I'm sorry Professor, I was just thinking that's all," Harry said hoping that he wasn't blushing like a school girl when she runs into her crush.
"You and thinking Potter do not belong in the same sentence, now if you'll excuse me I'm late for a meeting."
With that Snape walked down the hallway leaving Harry just standing there in shock.
'Did I just have an almost decent conversation with Snape, without him deduction house points from me...' Harry thought before continuing on his way to the Gryffindor Tower.
The full effect of landing on Snape and having his face just inches from his didn't hit Harry till he was alone in the boys' dormitory. He was in shock; he had been so close to Snape he could've kissed him without a second thought. It may have gotten him a years worth of detention but it would've been worth it. 'Whoa wait, since when have I liked Snape or even thought about kissing him, what in the world is the matter with me, I shouldn't be even thinking these thoughts. Although this year has been kind of strange, I mean Draco and I are becoming friends, I have a vampire for a guardian, I'm being taught by a woman who is only four years older than me, I have a serpagon for a pet that I talk to, Dumbledore is getting threatening letters from someone who happens to be a missing relative for me, I have a blood relative that actually cares, what else is going to happen this year Voldemort comes in and asks to have a civil conversation? This year is getting weirder and weirder.'
----Few weeks later----
A few weeks passed and the training lessons with Jamillian went off without a hitch, Umbridge seemed to appear in more than just DADA class. She went out of her way to make an appearance in every single class to keep an eye on all the teachers, what was Dumbledore doing? Absolutely nothing, he said that he had no control over Umbridge inspecting the classes to make sure that everyone was teaching the proper curriculum.
That of course, that pretty much gave free reign to Jamillian's cure for the Umbridge problem, as she told her students. She, along with the Weasley twins and occasionally Harry and Draco, would lay pranks in Umbridge's way to try and get her to leave or at least leave the other teachers alone. The trick of the week was putting glue on Umbridge's chair in the Great Hall. The result, the whole Great Hall broke out in laughter when Umbridge tried to get up, she eventually succeeded, the downside to her success, she had wrecked her clothes so she just sat there till everyone left. The gossip on what happened, however, didn't die down, so everyone had been happy when Umbridge had stayed in her room for the rest of the week, allowing the teachers to teach without Umbridge making her harsh comments on the teachers and students.
Harry, Ron, and Hermione walked into the DADA room early when they saw three women standing around the room instead of Jamillian. The rest of the class walked in and they all had the same reaction, shock.
"Hey you all just going to stand there or are you going to take your seats so we can get started." A woman with black hair and black eyes with flecks of blue in them asked. Everyone quickly took their seats and all three young women walked to the front of the classroom. One had white hair and silver eyes with flecks of blue in them, the second one had red hair and red eyes with flecks of blue in them, and the third was the black haired young woman.
"Now that you're all settled let us introduce ourselves, I'm Lillian White," The white haired woman said.
"I'm Rose Neutral," The red head said.
"I'm Erica Black, and no I am in no way related to Sirius Black," The black haired girl said.
"Why are you here?" Hermione demanded.
"Told you she would act like that," Rose said as she went to the teacher's desk and laid her head down and fell asleep.
"Yes, well to get right to the point, we're your subs for the rest of the week. Jamillian had to be called away on... business back home, so we'll be teaching you what you need to know for the rest of the week." Lillian said. Erica shook her head and stepped forward.
"We'll be teaching you how to identify different types of magic, so get out of your seats and move the desks." Erica said. The students did as she said and watched as she grabbed a piece of chalk and drew on the floor.
"Identify this type of magic," Lillian said with a smile. This continued on for the rest of the class, the students were told to identify the magic byte clues that were given and then the magic was explained to them.
---Middle of the week---
"Harry, will you pay attention!" Hermione demanded. Harry looked up at Hermione from his spot on the ground and saw her staring at him angrily.
"Uh, sorry Hermione, just daydreaming," Harry said with a shrug.
"Yes we'll you've been doing that a lot lately, and what's even stranger is that you've actually managed to turn in all your assignments, get all your potions done, properly I might add, and you've managed to not get any point deductions from Snape, is everything alright Harry?"
"Yea, I just feel like getting everything done is all, no worries alright."
Harry stood up and started to walk off when a group of Slytherins came out of nowhere and shoved him to the ground.
"Hey Potter, watch where you're going. Although with the Dark Lord back I'm sure it'll be better if you don't that way he can kill you easier." The leader of the group said. Harry glared up at the group before grabbing his things and getting back up and starting to walk away.
"Hey don't walk away when we're talking to you!" Another Slytherin yelled and pulled out their wand. When a white tiger came out of nowhere and roared at the group. The Slytherins yelled and the tiger changed into Lillian.
"Now, now, boys what are you doing? You should know very well that it is impolite to attack someone while their back is turned, hasn't anyone taught you how to duel properly?" Lillian asked with an innocent face.
"Oh come on Lilly, you've got to be kidding me, don't tell me you're going to try and give a bunch of Slytherins, most of them probably kids of Voldemort's followers. Ah, Voldemort, now there's a man who knows what it means to be evil." Erica said. Everyone looked around and soon found her sitting sideways on a broom a few feet above the roof.
"Oh Erica, come now, don't tell me you're actually fascinated by this Dark Lord, he's nothing but trouble and you know it."
"That's what you said about me, but if you remember correctly I'm the one that got us through that torture chamber, 'cause you're too much of a wussy."
"Yes, well you're way too evil for your own good and you know it! If you'll just listen to what I say once in awhile we wouldn't have to worry about you."
"What in the world are you talking about, I'm perfectly fine the way I am. Being evil is my way of life, whether or not you approve, little Miss Goody Good Witch. I'm perfect just the way I am, not that I'd betray anyone mind you, not unless I got something that I wanted in return."
"Erica, you are the most impossible witch I have ever known! Look at your clothing, you wear these extremely short skirts, along with your little tank tops that show off your chest and stomach, you dress like...like..."
"Go on say it, you little goody good witch!"
"You dress like a little...oh I can't say it. It is not something a proper lady will say."
"Ha, see you can't say it, see you don't do anything but act like a little your little Miss Perfect."
"Enough! Both of you knock it off this instant!" Rose's voice demanded. She jumped down from the tree that Harry had stopped under and stood next to him. "Both of you are acting like children, we are here to watch the students, not become them, do you both understand?"
"Yes Rose," Lilly and Erica said dropping their heads.
"Good now, I want 500 laps around the castle, now!"
Lilly and Erica looked ready to protest when Rose glared at them and they both took off running. Rose sighed and smiled at the students and told them to go about their business before turning her hard glare at the group of Slytherins that had pushed Harry.
"You, all five of you will spend tonight with me, doing 100 laps around the Quidditch field, no magic, and no brooms. I don't want to hear the excuse that you have a date or anything else you will show up promptly at 8:00 or I will alert your Head of House and tell him that you tried to provoke a fight. I am not doing this for Mr. Potter, mind you; I would've done it for any student. Now get going, before I make you run 200 laps around the field."
The group quickly took off and Rose turned to Harry.
"Well young man, you must be more alert of your surroundings, I thought all that training with Sesshoumaru would've done something, do not think that you are invincible to spells. For now you are as vulnerable to the backside as a baby demon when they have first been born. Be more alert from now on Harry, oh and one more thing."
"Yes, Professor Neutral?"
"If you need any advice on someone you like say, a certain Potions Master, just come see me, Erica, Lilly, Adrien, or Jamillian, whichever one of us is around at the time."
With that Rose walked off leaving Harry wide eyed staring at her in shock. Howcould she haveknown about his crush on Snape, when he hadn't run into Snape at all that week except during class, and as far as Harry knew, Snape didn't talk to any single one of the three sisters, so how had she known about it?
----TBC----
How, indeed, that is a good question. Well, I meant to have this chapter out sooner but go figure that I would have writer's block, so I had to make this up over a few days. Anyway, I'm glad you all like the story, I thank all my reviews, and I appreciate your reviews so very, very much. Pixie sticks for all reviewers!
Voldemort: Where'd you find them?
Hikari: (smiles and lifts up a large boa constrictor) Aries found them for me.
Voldemort: Traitor...
Hikari: He's my snake V, so he didn't betray you. Anyway, if you have any questions on any of the characters or if you want to make a suggestion, just go ahead and tell me in the reviews. Please review and thanks for reading and reviewing.
