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Chapter 5: Back at Hogwarts.
The rest of the summer went by fast for Harry and his friends, and Harry couldn't be happier. Now he could get away from Jesse: He's barely said two words to Jesse since he smack him, even though he's tried many times to apologize, Harry wouldn't hear it. Harry also hasn't heard a word from his sister. Two weeks after his little visit with her he sent Sophie an owl saying he would accept Vaughn's offer of help in fighting Voldemort. So far he hasn't heard back from her. And no one has told him what was in the letter to Dumbeldore from Sophie's father-in-law, and Harry doesn't even know if Dumbledore even told anyone what was in it. Or if even read it himself. very time Harry passed Dumbeldore at Grimmauld Place when he was there, for an Order meeting. Dumbledore would give a polite hello, but nothing else. And h wouldn't even look Harry in the eyes. And after the first night no one had told Harry anything else hat was going on. To say he was angry about it would be an Understatement.
Two days after Harry had returned from Sophie's house, Sirius had given in and had taken Rigel to St. Mungo's to have his leg healed the rest of the way. He said it was because Rigel wouldn't be able to get around at school with his leg hurt and it wouldn't be healed by the time started, but Harry knew it was because Sirius was feeling guilty for putting his nephew through all that pain, even though he denies it. Sirius wasn't one for giving out punishments, one of the reasons Rigel could be so out of control, Sirius never punished him when he did something bad. Just told him off a bit. But now that he's older and getting more out of control: Sirius was trying to at least show some authority. The first time Sirius had ever really punished Rigel was when he had broken Harry's jaw last year when they had gotten into a fight. He had grounded both him and Harry for Hogmeade visits for the rest of that school year.
When they had gotten their Hogwarts letters for the year, Ginny had gotten a surprise, she had been made a Ravenclaw perfect, and Teddy had been made a Gryffindore perfect and if that wasn't shocking enough and to further question Dumbeldore's sanity, Cody had been named Head Boy. Harry still laughed when he thought about the look on Cody's face when he had opened his letter and the badge had fallen out onto the floor. He picked it up looked at it, then looked up at them with his mouth hanging open, then looked back down, turned it over in his hand a few times then looked back up and said.
"I think they sent me the wrong letter."
Harry and his friends had died laughing. And Fred and George had a field day with it. Cody was never going to hear the end of it. Mrs. Weasley had thrown a little party to celebrate the new perfects and the new Head Boy, Cody was a lot more accepting of his new position as Head Boy when he had gotten a letter from Hermione saying she had been named the new Head Girl. But Harry couldn't help but feel a little disappointed that he would not be the perfect with Ginny, that some other boy would be walking the halls a lone with her late at night. He didn't like that thought at all. And kept his fingers crossed that the other Ravenclaw perfect was not Micheal Corner. Who was one of Harry's dom mate and happened to have a crush on Ginny.
The night before September first Harry didn't get any sleep, he dreamed of long corridors that ended with locked doors, Cedric's dead body staring up at him, and Ginny standing in an empty dark corridor kissing a faceless boy wearing Ravenclaw robes with a perfect badge pinned to his chest. Harry woke with his scar feeling like it was on fire and Ron already dressed and saying something to him. Harry could hear the sound of rain outside, and even though it wa daylight outside the light had to be turned on so they could see. It was so cloudy outside it almost looked like it was night time. It was a going to be a cloudy rainy day. Great, Harry thought it could match his mood.
"Better hurry up." Ron warned. "Mum's going ballistic, she says we're going to miss the train." Harry got up as Ron dragged his trunk out of the door. He dressed in black jeans and a plain black T-shirt. He was tying his shoes when Cody entered the room.
"Good, you're up." He said. "Jesse sent me to tell you to hurry, but I don't see why, Mrs. Weasley is saying we can't go unless Sturgis Podmore's here, or we'll be one guard short." Cody rolled his eyes.
"Guard?" Harry demanded. "We have to go to Kings Cross with a guard?" He stood up and put Hedwig in her cage and grabbed hold of his trunk.
"Correction, little Bro." Cody said. "You have to go to King Cross with a guard." Harry glared at him.
"Why? I can take care of myself." Harry said. "It's not like Voldemort is going to jump out from behind a dustbin and do me in."
"Lightning-Bolt, don't even joke like that." Cody said. "And we just want to keep you safe." Harry rolled his eyes and walked passed his brother out the door. He met Rigel on the top landing. Harry said morning to him and Rigel just grunted, he wasn't much of a morning person. They made their way downstairs.
"About time." Mrs. Weasley snapped at them. It's getting late we need to go." She glanced at her watch. "Darn, I guess we are going without Pormore after all." The was suddenly banging noise and a scream and Ginny came tumbling down two flights of steps followed by Fred and George's trunks.
"Ginny!" Harry cried, and rushed to his girlfriend to help her to her feet.
"I'm fine." Ginny assured him and her mother was checking her over and using her wand to patch up the cuts and scrapes on her arms and legs. While her little Yorkshire terrier, Chaser stood at the top and the second flight of steps braking his head off and making Mrs. Black scream and yell.
After getting everything calmed down, and Teddy and Rigel stopped Harry from attacking Fred and George, Ginny got Chaser in his career and Sirius got his mum to shut up, and Lupin got Mrs. Weasley to stop yelling at Fred and George they all left. It took them twenty minutes to reach Kings Cross on foot. They went through the barrier two at a time, and when all his friends had made it through Harry grabbed Ginny's hand.
"Come on guys." He said. "Let's go find a compartment before Jesse comes over here trying to talk to me." At the moment Jesse was talking to Cody.
"Um... Harry, baby, Teddy and I have to go up to the perfect compartment first." Ginny said. Harry frowned and she reached up and gave him a peck on the lips. "We'll find you and Trouble after the perfect meeting." Harry gave a nod, and watched Teddy and Ginny walk away. He jumped when Rigel's hand landed on his shoulder.
"I think Dumbledore has finally cracked." He said. "Making Teddy a perfect." He smirked. "Come on, Lightning, let's go find a compartment." Harry nodded and followed Rigel onto the train. They looked everywhere and all the compartments seem to have been already taken up. People pointed at Harry and whispered as they passed them. Harry did his best to ignore thim and Rigel sneered or said a rude remark. At the very back of the train, Rigel and Harry found a compartment with only Luna Lovegood and Neville Longbottom. Harry opened the door and walked in.
"Hey, Lulu, mind if we sit with you?" Harry asked, calling her the nickname Rigel gave her. Luna looked up from her upside down magazine and gave them a smile.
"Of course." She said and Harry sat down across from her and Rigel sat next to him.
'You guys have a good summer?" Harry asked, trying to be friendly. Neville and Luna were a year under Rigel and Harry, Luna in Ravenclaw and Neville in Gryffindor. Both were kids that got made fun of, so the Gryffinclaws looked out for them and made sure kids didn't bother them.
"Oh, my summer was just fine." Luna said. Neville nodded in agreement. He held up a plant.
"Look what I got for my birthday." He said. Harry looked at the plant, it looked like a small gray cactus in a pot, except it was covered with what looked like a boils instead rather than spins." Rigel raised his eyebrows at it.
"Umm ...what is it?" He demanded.
"Mimbulus mimbletonia." Neville said. "It's really rare. I don't even know if there is one at Hogwarts even."
"I can see why." Rigel mumbled and Harry elbowed him in the side. Before turning to look out the window. Jesse was now standing talking to Sirius and Lupin as the train whistled and soon after it started to move, but before they left the station; Harry could swear they passed a figure standing on the platform covered in a black and sliver robes. Even the face was hidden. Harry turned to try to get a better look but the figure had disappeared.
"You alright there, Lightning-bolt?" Rigel asked. Harry turned back around.
"Yeah, I'm fine." Harry answered. Luna gave him a searching look before hidden her face back into her magazine and Rigel, Neville and Harry began to talk about Quidditch. As the countryside rolled on beside them. It wasn't untill half-way through their trip and the food trolley had already came and left, when their compartment door opened and Ginny and Teddy walked in.
"Hey, guys." Ginny greeted and sat between Rigel and Harry, Teddy sat across from her in between Luna and Neville.
"Guess who the Slytherin perfect is?" Teddy demanded. Rigel made a face.
"Malfoy." Rigel spat. "Who else then Snape's little puppy dog." Harry smirked at Rigel's comment.
"And that cow Pansy Parkinson." Ginny made a face, slipping her hand into Harry's. "I think Dumbledore has finally lost what little a bit of sanity he had."
"Who's the other perfects?" Harry asked.
"Well, Paverti Petal's is the girl perfect for Gryffindore, Hannah Abbott and Ernie Macmillan is the Hufflepuffs and Anthony Goldstein is the boy for Ravenclaw." Teddy said. Harry nodded feeling relieved that it wasn't Micheal Corner. Anthony Goldstein wasn't too bad of a kid, he talked with Harry some in their dorm and never showed any interest in Ginny, too busy doing school work to pay attention to any girl. So Harry didn't have to worry about him trying to make a move on his girl.
"We're suppose to patrol the corridors ever so often." Ginny said.
"We can give out punishments if people are misbehaving. I can't wait to get Crabb or Goyle for something." Teddy said. "And Hydra Lastrange. Think I'll make them write lines about being big gits, then make them write Werewolves are the best over and over." Harry laughed along with Ginny and Rigel smirked. But Luna glanced up over her magazine.
"You're not suppose to abuse your position, Ted." Luna told him.
"I won't." he promised. "Unless if comes to Malfoy and his mates. We all know he's going to do the same to mine, so why not get his first." Luna shook her head and went back to her magazine. They rolled on just chatting about anything ten minutes passed before their compartment door opened and there stood Malfoy along with Crabb and Goyle.
"What the hell do you want?" Rigel demanded, aggressively.
"Manners, Black, or I might give you a detention." Malfoy sneered. Rigel only snorted.
"Like I would show up for it." Rigel said. Malfoy glared.
"You would have to, because unlike you I'm a perfect." Malfoy said.
"I've skipped detention given to me by Snape." Rigel said. "You think I would show you for your detention just because you're a perfect. Please, that badge doesn't mean anything to me." Not having a reply to that Malfoy turned to Harry.
"Potter, I see you haven't been made a perfect." Malfoy sneered. "But your girl there has, aren't you a little afraid when she's walking the dark corridors all alone but for the other Ravenclaw perfect at night that she might get a little frisky with him, because we all know Weasley is nothing but a sl..." Malfoy's comment was cut short by Harry jumping out of his seat and going after him, but both Neville and Teddy held him back. While Ginny glared at Malfoy.
"I swear to god, Malfoy." Harry yelled. "The mood I am in this year you do not want to mess with me. " Malfoy sneered, but he had a little fear in his eyes from the look on Harry face.
"What's going on here." Cody's voice demanded, as he walked up. He looked at Neville and Teddy holding Harry back and at Malfoy who had Crabb and Goyle in front of him, cracking their knuckles.
"I guess, Potter here just doesn't like the fact that I am a perfect and he's not." Malfoy said. "I just might have to give him a detention for trying to attack a perfect."
"No you won't." Cody said. Malfoy glared at him and went to open his mouth, but Cody pointed to the Head Boy badge on his chest. "You might be a perfect, Malfoy, but I am Head Boy, which means I am over you, now you and your two bodyguards go away and leave my brother and his friends alone, before I gave you all three a week's worth of detentions and take points that Slytherin hasn't even got to earn yet. And don't think I can't punish you either, because as Head Boy I almost got as much power as one of the professors and I can punish a perfect. Now go, get." He waved Malfoy and them away, and then turned back to Harry, who Nevile and Teddy was now letting go of.
"Hey, Little bro, calm down." Cody said. "What did he say to get you all mad?"
"I don't want to talk about it." Harry said and sat down next to Ginny, who slipped her hand back into his.
"Malfoy was saying nasty stuff about Ginny." Neville explained. Cody sighed and walked on in the compartment and knelt in front of Harry.
"You can't let Malfoy get to you, Little Brother." Cody said. "Okay, I know how it feels when someone talks about your girl, I get it all the time, with the Slytherins calling Hermione a Mudblood, but this year you can't afford to lose your temper, the Ministry already has most people thinking you're crazy, if you go around attacking people, no matter what they say to you. You're just making it look like it's the truth."
"You didn't hear what he said, Cody." Harry said. "He called Ginny a...well, I'm not going to say and cussed her of going to do things with the other Ravenclaw perfect."
"Harry, I know you didn't like hearing your girlfriend bad mouthed." Cody said. "But don't you think you reacted the way you did because you have been scared of the same thing, Well, not of her doing...um that, but of her falling for her follow perfect and leaving you."
"What?" Ginny demanded, looking at Harry like he was crazy. Harry said nothing he just looked out the window.
"I'll see you later, Kid." Cody said, standing and heading out the compartment.
"Harry, you can't really think I might leave you for Anthony Goldstein. He's a big nerd and a bit snobbish, I can't stand him and never could." Ginny said.
"I'm sorry." Harry said. "I just can't help not liking you walking down dark halls a lone with another boy." Ginny let go of Harry's hand and rolled her eyes.
"You need to trust me." Ginny said, crossing her arms. "You're the only one I want and at the moment I have no idea why. You're too jealous." Harry scowled.
"I am not jealous." Harry said. "And I do trust you. It's the other boys I don't trust."
"Whatever." Ginny snapped and got up to leave.
"Where are you going?" Harry asked.
"To protrol the corridor like I am supposed to." She called, going out the door and slamming it behind her.
"Come on, Lightning-bolt." Rigel said. "You have nothing to worry about when it comes to Anthony Goldstein, I bet the only girlfriend he ever had was his school books." Harry snorted at that and watched out the window. Soon the train came to a stop and they all climbed out, Harry was disappointed when Ginny did not join them on the carriage ride up to the castle. When he entered the Great Hall, she was already sitting at the Ravenclaw table and Harry went over and sat next to her.
"I'm sorry." Harry said, Ginny said nothing. "I'll try to control my jealousy, I swear." Ginny sighed and leaned over and gave him a kiss.
"To tell you the truth, I would have probably acted the same way if it was you and not me the perfect." Ginny said. Harry smiled at her. "I wish it had been you. I was surprised that it wasn't actually, the way Flitwick has always kinda favored the both of us." Harry nodded.
"Yeah, well. I think Dumbledore had something to do with that." Harry said. Ginny frowned at him.
"Why do you think that?" She asked.
"Haven't you noticed how he's been avoiding me this summer, if we somehow ended up in the same room. Like in the court room, he never glanced our way, after I had come back to Sophie's and handed him that letter from her father-in-law, he never even looked into my eyes."
"Now that you point it out.. I see what you mean." Ginny said. "I wonder why, and what it means." Harry nodded.
"Did you notice it was some other guy not Hagrid getting the first years?" Ginny asked. Harry frowned he had been so moody over Ginny being mad at him that he hadn't noticed.
"What guy?" Harry asked.
"I don't know, he's never been here before." Ginny said. "He had long black hair and dark eyes. I couldn't tell what color in the dark, but they were dark. He wasn't wearing wizard robes either. Just a silk shirt and black dress pants." Ginny pointed up at the staff table. "And look, Hagrid's not up at the staff table either." Harry looked up there to see Ginny was right, but he also saw someone who made his heart stop.
"It's Umbridge." He called out. Ginny looked up to see Umbridege sitting up at the staff table. She frowned looking up and down.
"How did I miss her?" She demanded, still looking up and down the table. "Oh, Merlin, tell me he didn't?"
"Who didn't what?" Harry demanded, looking over at the Gryffindor table and it seemed Teddy had yet to discover the toad faced women he hated.
"You'll see." Ginny said. "Right now here comes the first years. And that there's the guy I was talking about." Harry looked over and watched as a tall guy about 6'2, with shoulder length black hair and dark eyes, dressed as Ginny had described left the first years and headed up to the staff table and took Hagrid's seat.
"You don't think the Ministry made Dumbledore fire him do you?" Harry asked, worried.
"Hope not." Ginny said, as the Sorting Hat began to sing. When it was done Harry and Ginny looked at each other and frowned.
"Gone off a bit hasn't it?" Harry asked.
"It's singing about wanting the Houses to unity." Ginny explained. Harry looked over at the Slytherin table and saw Malfoy sneer back at him, he glared and turned his head.
"Like that'll ever happen." He mumbled. Ginny nodded in agreement. They fell silent as all the first years was sorted, then Dumbledore stood and announced dinner to start and they ate mostly in silence but did make a comment now and then, and Harry looked over toward the Gryffidor table. Rigel nodded to him and Teddy gave a wave, and soon the dinner was over and Dumbledore stood once again.
"Well, now that we are all digesting another magnificent feast, I beg a few moments of your attention for usual start-of-term notices," said Dumbledore. "First years ought to know that the forest in the grounds is out-of-bounds to students-and a few older students ought to know by now too." (Harry and Ginny looked at each other and snickered) "Mr. Filch, the caretaker, has asked me, for, what he tells me it the four hundred and sixty-second time, to remind you all that magic is not permitted in corridor between classes, nor are a number of other things, all of which can be checked on the extensive list now fastened to Mr. Filch's office door."
"There's that long line again, eh, Gin?" Harry joked. Basically repeating something Ginny said last year. Ginny turned to Harry with a smirk and winked at him. Before facing the staff table once again.
"We have had to change in staffing this year. We are very pleased to welcome if only for a short time Professor Grimes, who will be taking Care of Magical Creature lessons; while Hagrid is on... a little vacation at the moment. He should return to school later this year. We also like to welcome Professor Umbridge, our new Defense against the Darks Arts teacher."
"Hell No." Harry heard Teddy's voice call out. "Her as a teacher." Dumbledore raised his hand. Harry noticed the Professor Grimes give a little smirk at Teddy's outburst, before pulling a silver flask out of his shirt pocket and took a small drink. Harry frowned at that. All last year the fake Moody had drunk from his own flask, and it ended up being Pollyjuice potion.
"I assure you, Mr. Lupin, it was not my idea." Dumbledore said. 'Now, would you please, keep all comments about teachers or staff to yourselves, thank you." Dumbledore said." Now tryouts for the House Quidditch teams are being held on the-"
"Hem, hem," Umbridge broke into what Dumbledore was saying and everyone, students and staff looked at her in shock, no one had every as, Harry could recall interrupt Dumbledore like that.
"Thank you, Dumbledore, for those kind words of welcome." Umbridge said. "But I must say, that, Mr. Lupin, for your outburst I must take fifty points for Gryffindor, as I perfect you should know better than to mouth off about a teacher and in front of the whole school as well. If it happens again that will be a detention."
Teddy opened his mouth to say something, but Rigel clapped his hand over it and started whispering in his ear. Harry watched as Teddy relaxed and Rigel let go of him as Umbridge went on.
"Now, children, I am not here to be an enemy." Umbridge went on. "But, you do have to learn a little respect, for the staff and teachers here at Hogwarst and for the other adults outside of the Hogwarts grounds. If you learn that there is no reason we can't all be friends." Ginny made a gagging noise and Harry had to hold in a laugh. "Now, I must say it is lovely to be back at Hogwarts." What she said next Harry drowned out and turned away from her as she went on and on about how the Ministry finds their education important and blah...blah...blah.
"Well," Ginny said. "Looks like the ministry is messing around with Hogwarst this year." Her and Harry stood. "I have to go show the first years to the dorm, wait for me before you go to bed." Harry gave a nod and they kissed, when she walked away, he saw Umbrdge staring at him with a disgusted look on her face, but then he realized she was not staring at him, but rather behind him and looked to see Teddy's little sister Britney standing there with her little blonde haired friend Tiffany, with blue eyes; who was a chubby muggle-born witch, that was very cheerful, nice out spoke, and was Britney's only friend. Harry frowned a moment, Why would Umbridge look at Britney like that. She was a good kid, a bit shy, but got good grades and not once got in trouble last year. Which was her first year here. Then it dawned on him. Umbridge didn't like Britney because she was a werewolf. That made Harry feel angry. It's not like Britney choose to get attacked by Greyback, being a werewolf wasn't something people choose to be. It just happened if you're in the wrong place on a full moon.
"Hey, Brit, Tiffy." Harry said, walking up to the girls. "Would you like me to accompany you up to the dorms?" He held his arms out to them and they giggled and slipped their arms through them. Like Harry they were both Ravenclaws.
"No one has ever called me Tiffy before." Tiffany said. "I like it." Harry gave a nod, and a smile and after shooting a glare back at Umbridge, walked the two second years up to the Ravenclaw tower, where he allowed Britney to answer the riddle to enter. He said goodnight to them on the staircase and vowed to keep Britney away from Umbridge as much as he could.
Not long after entering Ginny and Anthony Goldstein came in with the first years and Harry watched as they explained all about Hogwarts to them and then showed them what stairway went to what Dorm, after the first years left. Harry saw Goldstein and Ginny glare at one another before he went up the boy's dorm and Ginny came over to say goodnight to Harry.
"What was that about?" Harry asked, as Ginny laid her hand on his waist. Ginny made a face.
"Stupid prat." She mumbled. "He believes everything the Daily Prophet and thinks you're lying about Voldemort being back." She wrapped her arms around his waist. Harry thought he should have been upset by this but it wasn't like he didn't except it.
"I figure most people would." Harry said. Ginny nodded and laid her head on his shoulder looking sad.
"I know, but I can't help but feel angry about it." Ginny said. "After all it is my guy they're talking about." Harry smiled at that and wrapped his arms around Ginny's shoulders, pulled her closer and kissed the top of her head.
"Try not to let it get to you." Harry said. "I'm trying not to. Just ignoring them."
"How can you be so calm about people talking about you?" Ginny demanded. She pulled back and looked up at Harry with a frown, Harry just smiled at her, showing off his dimples he inherited from his mother.
"I have worse things to worry about than rather or not school children believes me." Harry explained. "Yeah, it gets to me and I hate it, but why show the gits it gets it bothers me." Ginny smiled and reached up and kissed him.
"I guess you're right." Ginny said. "I love you."
"I love you too." Harry said, and they stood there five minutes kissing passionately, before they pulled apart.
"Besides, they'll know whose lying and who's telling the truth once Voldemort finally shows himself." Harry said. Ginny laughed and kissed him one more time before they said goodnight and went to bed.
A.N. Well, they are finally back at Hogwarts, and looks like they have a New CAMC teacher along with Umbrige. He'll either be shown in the next chapter or the one after that but the next chapter will have Harry and Umbridge's fight, wonder if Teddy and Rigel will get involve in it. Anyway hope this chapter was good and sorry not much happened, but it should pick up next chapter.