THE 4th UNFORGIVABLE
DISCLAIMER: Well HP and the characters aren't mine what a surprise, if they were Severus, Albus, Fred, Remus, Mad-Eye… would all be alive. And Ron and Hermione would never be together.
A/N: Tell me what you think….
Harry's POV:
When the door to the class room opened Rus put a charming smile on and walked with a lot of security. So much that this and his elegance put Malfoy to shame.
"Let the show begin….." Mumbled Rus and Harry looked at him before looking back to the potions classroom and started to pray for his life.
As we entered I was surprised by the looks of the dungeon classroom, it had pink decorations. I shivered and sat down next to Rus in the first row. Next to us at our left where Theo Nott and Blaise Zabbini, behind us where Seamus and Dean a true disaster and somewhere in the last row where Ron and Hermione.
I sat in silence while I heard the conversations around me. I watched as the pink toad Lady walked to 'her' desk and looked at the class. She glared at me, but stopped once she noticed Rus at my side. She gave the class one last look before she sat down and cleared her throat.
"Good morning children." She said in a tad too sweet voice, it was as fake as my aunt's.
"Good morning Professor." I heard Rus answer and I felt a kick from him.
"Morning Professor." I said fast and looked at Rus from the corner of my eye, Rus gave a small almost none existent nod indicating that I had done exactly what he wanted.
Aside from us and Hermione very few other students had answered. This seemed to displease the toad lady….uhm….Professor I corrected myself. She had a grim look that could rival with Snape's-I'm-in-a-bad-mood-plus-Neville-has-melted-his-cauldon look. She quickly schooled her ugly features in something that must have looked like: a small patient smile, but actually wasn't that. My dictionary didn't have the words for how it looked and that was something being friends with Rus and Hermione.
"Well children: I know it must be hard because I'm new and you just lost your dear Professor Snape." She said sweetly voice dripping with sarcasm she took a pause. I really wanted to tell that Snape had been a dear Professor even with his way of being, but Rus stomped on my foot and glared at mw so I stayed silent but was fuming. Even so I was more than pleased by the ugly looks she got from most snakes. "But I know you can do much better than that come again: Good morning children."
This time most students greeted back and groaned. This seemed to not to please the toad lady much more, but enough for her to say silent.
"Today I'm not going to ask much of you: I will collect the summer homework and then we will introduce ourselves." She said as she stood up and started walking to the back of the classroom.
I heard how everyone started to look for their homework and decided to do so too. I got it out from my school bag and smiled a little to myself. This year I hadn't waited till the last moment to do my work: I had done most of it with Severus and Hermione's help before Rus had…well turned into Rus.
Rus had started on his homework practically the moment he heard what would happen and together with him I had finished my potions homework. It had soon become clear to everyone that Rus still held most if not all Severus knowledge. The only one that had done his homework last moment had been Ron and most of it would be E at most. Rus and I both had our homework on the desk and where waiting for the toad lady to get it (Rus was two feet longer than mine: the assignment had said between 5 and 8 feet, I had 6) when I noticed Rus had noticed something happening at our left.
I looked where Rus had been looking and saw Zabbini searching like crazy in his bag and a look toward a smirking Malfoy told me all I needed to know. Ferret boy attacked again! Rus opened his bag and grabbed a scroll from it (had I already said that Rus made his homework twice, both good enough to give to a teacher, before making a third and final? Plus that none of them where exactly the same) he used a charm on his quill, I heard him whisper: Caligrafia cambiante a mi deseo. I honestly had never heard it before and then signed Blaise Zabbini at the bottom and I saw in awe how Rus's neat handwriting changed to Zabbini's then Rus whispered the counter charm on his quill and smirked.
I looked surprised at Rus when he did as if he had grabbed the scroll from the floor next to his feet and hit Zabbini's arm with it. This caught Zabbini's attention who looked at the extended scroll then owner and raised an eyebrow in silent question while he still had a hand in his bag. Rus smiled a half smile and made a move indicating for Zabbini to grab it, the boy did giving Rus a suspicious look. Just as Zabbini had closed his hand over it and Rus let it go, I heard someone clear their throat behind the three of us. The three of us looked up to see the toad lady glaring at us. Man! She really needs to learn how to glare I want to take my eyes out and not cower in fear! Well I guess I could beg her mercy and give her some money to pay a healer to take care of her ugly face….. A glare should be intimidating not? I thought to myself really wishing I could take my eyes out of their sockets or take my glasses off, but that would be to obvious.
"May I know what is going on here?" She asked glaring at the three of us.
"Sure Ma'am." Answered Rus giving her a charming smile that I knew was false. "Mr. Zabbini was searching his bag for his summer homework when I noticed a scroll on the floor. I picked it up from the floor and opened it to see Mr. Zabinni's name on it. I put two and two together and returned Mr. Zabinni his homework." Lied Rus in a surprisingly good way…..wait a minute I don't know why I was surprised it was Rus after all.
"Is that so?" She asked at both me and Zabbini, I decided to go along with what Rus said.
"Yes Professor: I myself saw Zabbini looking for something in his bag and R…Alexander finding the scroll on the ground." I lied just as easy as Rus had done to my surprise. Rus must be both a bad and a good influence…..not dark not light, but grey…..mhmhm I like it grey suits his character even if he is more like a very light grey…What oooh she is speaking again!
"… this true Mr. Zabbini?" She asked him and Zabbini looked at Rus out of the corner of his eye before smiling.
"Well yes Ma'am I believe so: I did my homework this summer and was looking for it in my school bag as Mr. Prince hit me with the scroll and gave it back to me." Said Zabbini totally confident about what he said.
"Mmhhmm." She said as she opened the scroll and looked at it. "So if I ask you to sign your name or use a charm to verify who wrote this, the first you will do and will be the same handwriting as this scroll and the second will tell me your name?" She asked narrowing her eyes at Zabbini and if he was nervous he didn't show it.
"But of course Ma'am here." Zabbini said grabbing his quill and some parchment signing it with his name and giving it to the toad lady. She looked at both signatures nodding before performing a spell: revelo autor, soon in gold letters stood Blaise Zabbini. Blaise and I both let a breath out that neither knew we were holding while Rus just sat there as if nothing had happened. Smug bastard! I thought to myself looking at my friend.
"Good Mr. Prince 10 points to Griffindor for helping another student even if said student is from a rival house." She said and Rus nodded. "Mr. Zabbini I do apologize to you." She said with that fake sweet voice.
"No need Ma'am, you must make sure your students don't fool around." He told her with a charming smile.
"You are right Mr. Zabbini….. Mr. Malfoy 20 points from Slytherin for lying to a teacher and trying to get a house mate in trouble." She said before taking my scroll, Rus's and Nott's. I looked at Malfoys face and even if it wasn't as good as when Lucius scolded him in public it was good enough.
Once she had turned away from them Zabbini mouthed thanks to Rus who gave a small nod in response. The moment Rus sat back in the right position I decided to elbow him in the ribs softly, Rus looked at me and I gave him my best: What-The-Hell look. He just mouthed later and I decided to leave it for now. He usually doesn't do anything without raison.
The introduction part was very bored: most Slytherins gloated about how pure their blood was, who their ancestors where, what said ancestors had done and what their parents did, the only two who didn't where Nott and Zabbini. Hermione, Ron, Rus and I didn't a clear our blood status, knowing her prejudges. Some students said what they wanted to do once they graduated and Rus was the one who gave the minor information of himself: only introducing himself 'properly' as Lord Prince and his age, while Malfoy had been the one to give the most. Once they were done the Toad Lady introduced herself and it ended being the most boring speech ever! When she was done she dismissed the class early and none needed to be told twice. That was a real bless I wouldn't have been able to stay much longer there not even if I was being paid for it.
As we were leaving the room (We: Ron, Mione and Rus) I was thanking my lucky stars, our where they Rus's? , that the potions class had gone more or less well. As we were leaving the dungeons I saw Zabbini waiting for someone. I was surprised when he walked up to us.
"Prince may I talk with you for a moment?" He asked almost shyly. Rus looked at us and winked.
"Sure. Come let's go somewhere more private." Rus answered turned and then mouthed to us: see you later. I watched him go knowing he wouldn't need help and turned to walk toward the hall I hoped that both Hermione and Ron would follow me.
As we reached the first floor Ron decided to ask me a question I knew he was asking himself.
"Hey mate! What happened in potion why did that toa…." He couldn't finish that sentence because Hermione smacked the back of his head with a book.
"Professor Ron even if we don't like her she is a professor." Hermione scolded him.
"Okay! Okay! Just don't hit me with that book again!" Ron said and then turned to me. "Back me up here mate, tell her what we think about that…professor." He demanded me. Is this guy crazy we are talking about backing him up against Hermione about something I know is wrong. NO-BLOODY-WAY!
"Sorry Ron, Mione is right you shouldn't talk back about a professor no matter how much you dislike her." I told him honestly and Hermione beamed at me.
"What! Since when do you think that way?! " He asked glaring at me is he honestly that dense? "This sucks I need new Best friends because with Rus it will be three to one…" He mumbled to himself and I had to bite back a grin.
"Uhm… maybe since Mione is loaded with a heavy book and thinks so?" I answered and she gave me the evil eye.
"Ok. Ok. Let's leave how we should talk about our professors aside and could you please explain what happened in potions? And just now Zabbini wanting to speak with Rus?" Asked Ron saving me from Hermione's temper.
"Well it seems that Malfoy stole Zabbini's homework and did: I don't know what with it." I told them and noticed I had their full attention. "And you both know that Rus has spear scrolls with homework not?" At their nods I continued. "Well it seems Rus used some kind of spell that can't be detected to change his handwriting to Zabbini's signing the scroll with Zabbini's name. And he gave that scroll to Zabbini. Now I don't know why he did it, but I'm pretty sure Zabbini wants to know why he did too and asked to talk with him about that." I told them and Hermione looked thoughtful while Ron angry as we sat down in the Great Hall.
"You are telling me he gave his homework to that snake, but would let me copy one of the scrolls?" Asked Ron angry.
"Well yes he is telling us that Ron, but we don't know why Rus did that. While we do know why he didn't give it to you." Said Hermione. "That doesn't mean I approve of what he did." She added seeing Ron's glare.
"Just go and take your boyfriends side." Ron shot back angry, I saw the hurt look on Hermione's face and could kill him then and there.
"That was low Ron really low…" I told him. How could he say things like that while he knew that whatever Rus and Mione had been was probably gone now with Rus's adult memories.
A/N: Sorry for the delay I really hope you enjoyed the chapter. Thanks to all who read, follow, review and such….. Now what will happen in next CH? Why does Zabbini wants to talk with Rus? Why does Rus need Hedwig?...50 points to who guesses. 25 to those who get close. And 10 to all those who try!