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Chapter 11
Harry and Hermione slowly made their way towards professor McGonagall's office. Harry was still quite shocked that he had been made prefect.
"It wasn't that hard a decision Harry prefects are students who are chosen to represent the best of what each house has to each other. Who else better to represent Gryffindor than you?" She explained to him at dinner
A quick knock at McGonagall's office and the two entered.
"Ah come in you two" She said sitting at her desk
They did and after being offered tea McGonagall got down to business
"Ok first things first Mr Potter here is your prefect badge I have placed you on the same schedules as Hermione so she can show you the ropes. Secondly I would like to thank you for the trust you have both put in me for asking me to act in loco parentis for the two of you" She said smiling
"It is nothing professor we could not think of anyone who we trusted and respected more as a professor. Other than Hagrid of course" Harry smiled
"Yes Hagrid is very protective of the two of you it is only a shame that Dumbledore never cleared his name giving him his wand back" She sighed
"Pardon professor?" Hermione asked.
"Professor Dumbledore as head of the wizengamot has the power to wipe Hagrid's record of any crimes which he may be accused of. It is an old law our ministry has if you are accused and charged with any crime no matter if you are innocent you cannot legally practise magic again until you have been fully cleared by the wizengamot. Hagrid never got cleared and so he has to use that pink umbrella as a substitute"
Harry and Hermione were thinking the same thing
"Professor is there a way to clear Hagrid's record without involving Dumbledore?" Harry asked
"The only other way would be to influence the wizengamot into a vote of no confidence against Dumbledore's decision, then you would have to inspire a majority vote for it to take precedent" McGonagall explained
"Has that ever happened before? Couldn't they have done that for Sirius?" Harry asked his voice quiet when he mentioned his god fathers name
"It was difficult with Sirius, as Peter Pettigrew was never apprehended they was never enough evidence not to clear Sirius' name and so because of that the only person who could have cleared his name would have been Dumbledore"
Harry was point blank mad, Dumbledore knew Sirius was innocent but instead choose to rot in prison for 13 years and then to spend his two years of freedom on the run and then trapped in Grimmauld Place. They spoke for a bit more before McGonagall sent the two of them Gryffindor tower
"The passwords to get into your private dorms in set currently as Marauder, to gain entry simply state the password to the fat lady and she will grant you access. The password to get into the common room is Lion Cubs" McGonagall explained before wishing the two of them goodnight.
Harry and Hermione made their way to Gryffindor tower approaching the fat lady Hermione whispered "marauder" the fat lady opened her portrait backwards and the two entered up a flight of stairs.
When they arrived they found a smaller version of the common room, a large settee and a large table with chairs for them to do their homework. The fire was already blazing. The two of them sat in front of the fire for a while to talk about their next move.
"We need to add some additional things to our ever ending to do list" Harry said
"I'm way ahead of you I'm going to mail Lupin and tell him that were going to clear Hagrid's name. Hagrid is too good a person to be punished for something he was never guilty of" she smiled
"And as for Dumbledore originally I was going to make him suffer for what he did to me with regards to my parents. But now I'm going to make him suffer for what he did to Sirius. Tell Lupin and Tonks we move forward with our plan. Dumbledore's end needs to start now" Harry finished with his fist clenched
Hermione nodded and wrote the letter quickly before sending Hedwig off with the letter.
She returned back to sitting with Harry with a concerned look on her face
"What's the matter?" He asked
"What are we going to do about the Weasley's you can bet anything that they won't stop and we have no way of knowing what their plans are going to be" she said
"I'm one step ahead of you" He said
"What do you mean?" She asked confused
"It's simple we need someone who can keep an eye out without being seen. Someone who can slip past any magical enchantments with little fuss"
The light inside Hermione's head went on
"That's brilliant but won't he get in trouble if he gets caught?"
Harry laughed
"Hermione he was able to get through all of the wards of Hogwarts set a bludger on me and then gets into the hospital wing to warn me all without being detected by some of the most powerful enchantments ever cast. I think somehow he can manage not being caught by the Weasley's"
Hermione had to admit Dobby was good at slipping in under the radar. She smiled and Harry laughed again Hermione joining in shortly after.
The two of them were sat watching the fire some more before Hermione spoke
"I think we should go to bed now Harry after all we've got classes tomorrow" She said
"Oh I never told you about that did I?"
"Tell me what?" She asked
"Well a few weeks ago I asked if I could switch courses to the ones that you are taking and I was accepted onto them"
"How did you do that?" She asked amazed
"Well put it this way, when the OWL results came through I pretty much found out that I could get into any course I wanted" he smiled
Flashback
"Harry! THERE HERE!" Hermione screamed
Harry came running down the stairs to find Hermione sat in the kitchen holding a Hogwarts envelope with her name on it. Harry's was next to her.
"Go on open it" he gestured
"I can't what if I failed?" She asked
"Hermione you don't know how to fail. Come on we'll open them together"
OWL RESULTS FOR Harry JAMES Potter
Defence against the Dark Arts- O (Highest ever recorded score)
Charms- O
Potions- E
History of Magic- A
Herbology- E
Divination- A
Care of Magical Creatures- O
Transfiguration- O (second highest score ever recorded)
OWL RESULTS FOR Hermione JEAN Granger
Defence against the Dark Arts- O
Charms- O (highest ever recorded score)
Potions- O
History of Magic- O
Herbology- O
Ancient Runes- O
Care of Magical Creatures- O
Arithmacy- O
Transfiguration- O (highest ever recorded score)
The two swapped papers to see how the other did. After that some hugging and making out took place to celebrate their success
End Flashback
"I had to pass a test to get into ancient runes but the test was practical and I was able to ace it and arithmacy although difficult easy enough to understand"
Hermione smiled and pounced on Harry giving a repeat performance of when they received their results. Both knew two things for certain. One that the next few months were going to be tough and two;
Revenge is a bitch!
The following morning the schedules were handed out, Harry and Hermione were quite lucky to find they had Monday mornings off. Which was a blessing to any person wizard or not. There first lesson was advanced potions.
So after some relaxing and a few cheeky kisses the two headed down to the dungeons. There they found the new potion master. A rather pudgy man, Professor Slughorn
"Ah Mr. Potter and Miss Granger welcome I have been looking forward to meeting the two of you"
"Nice to meet you to sir" they both said.
"Excuse me sir but do you have a spare book that I could borrow? I didn't get onto the course until I had been to Diagon Alley" Harry asked
"Of course my boy look in the cupboard help yourself" the professor replied
Harry walked over to the cupboard and found two copies of the book he needed. One brand new and one tattered and torn, Harry didn't particularly fancy having a old ripped book so he picked up the new copy and walked over to Hermione.
"now ladies and gentlemen can anyone tell me what this potion is?" He asked lifting the cauldron lid
"Armontentia" Harry and Hermione both answered at the same time
"Excellent 10 points to Gryffindor, Now can anyone tell me why this potion is perhaps the most dangerous potion in the room" he asked
Hermione and Harry both knew the answer but Harry gestured for Hermione to answer
"Its love potion, it causes the drinker to believe that they are in love with someone and is attuned to the desired person. An unprocessed batch is said to take hold the characteristics of someone you desire, for example I smell pumpkin pastry and treacle tart" Hermione said blushing. Harry knew that if he smelt the potion it would smell of pumpkin juice.
"Excellent, now this potion doesn't make the user actually fall in love, that would be impossible but it does however cause powerful infatuation or obsession"
Moving onto a separate potion he asked if anyone knew what the small vial of potion was
"Liquid Luck" Harry answered recognising the potion from one of his previous books
"Correct, real name Felix felicis; Incredibly difficult to brew and fatal if got wrong A few drops of this and you'll find all your endeavours will succeed. So I pose a challenge. Pair off and who ever can make an acceptable version of Living Death shall be rewarded this potion as the spoils of war. Ingredients and instructions found in your books"
Harry and Hermione set off on their potion. It was an extremely difficult potion to create almost impossible if you were to try on your own
"What if we crushed it instead of sliced it?" Harry asked
"But the instructions say to slice" Hermione protested
"It couldn't hurt to try Hermione"
She was hesitant but never the less agreed. Sure enough the potion started to improve. 45 minutes later the time was up
The professor dropped a leaf into the potion and upon touch instantly disintegrated
"Excellent work! A near perfect match"!
Harry and Hermione smiled and were awarded the potion as promised.
They left the dungeons and went to the great hall for some lunch. They were interrupted however by another greasy git
"Well Potter looks as if you really have fallen to the bottom of the barrel actually dating a mud blood" Draco snared
"Draco how about you get back to me about bottom of the barrel when your hanging around with two men" Harry replied sarcastically pushing past Malfoy
Draco went to go for his wand but Harry grabbed his arm
"I wouldn't do that if I were you Malfoy, you won't be able to beat me and you know it" Harry smiled
Draco pulled his arm out of Harry's grip but Harry and Hermione both noticed a small bit of black ink on his arm. Harry let go of his arm and Draco and his goons ran off
"Did you see?" Harry asked
"Yeah. Draco has the Dark Mark"