Chapter 1: 3rd Year
Slowly waking up Harry groans when the sunlight shines in his eyes
Well, todays the day i have to go back to Hogwarts so i won't have to worry about the Dursleys for the rest of the year Harry thought grateful as he gets out of bed and dresses up.
Opening the door to Harry's room a rat ran past that was being chased by a cat.
What the? Harry Thought as he went downstairs.
"I'm warning you Hermione, keep that bloody beast away from Scabers" Ron orders angrily
"It's a cat Ronald what do you expect, it's in his nature" Hermione scolded annoyed
"A cat? Is that what they told you? Looks more like a pig with hair if you ask me" Ron says frustrated
"That's rich coming from the owner of that smelly old shoe brush. That's right Crookshanks, you just ignore the mean little boy" Hermione says petting her cat.
Harry watches the two argue with a smile on his face
Never gets old Harry thought internally chuckling.
"Harry" Ron smiles when seeing his friend
Hermione turns around and a smile forms and she brightens when seeing Harry
"Harry" Hermione greets
"Seems you two have been having fun" Harry teases.
Looking at the newspaper with the Weasley's waving at the camera Harry smiles and chuckles
"So Egypt? What's that like?" Harry asks curious
"Oh it was amazing, you should have seen the old stuff like mummies, tombs. Even Scabers enjoyed himself" Ron gushes excitedly
"You know the Egyptians used to worship cats" Hermione informed Ron as she holds Crookshanks who seemed smug by the information
"Yeah, along with the dung beetle" Ron says disgusted
"Not flashing that clip about us going to Egypt again are you?" George asks snatching the newspaper
"I haven't shown anyone" Ron begins to protest
"No not a soul-
-Unless you count the maid-
-the dry cleaner-
-the cook-
-the housekeeper-
-and who knows how many others" Fred and George said sarcastically.
Ron grumbles annoyed at the twins' attitude.
"It's so good to see you again Harry" Arthur says shaking Harry's hand
"It's good to see you again Mr Weasley" Harry greets
"Hello Harry dear" Molly greets smiling at Harry
"Hello Mrs Weasley" Harry greets back
"Have you got everything ready?" Molly asks
"Yes" Harry nods
"Do you have all of your books?" Molly asks again
"Yes" Harry answers
"That's good to hear dear" Molly says with a smile before going to check on her children.
"Harry, might I have a word?" Arthur asks
"Sure" Harry says and Arthur drags Harry away from everyone in the area.
"Hello Hermione" Arthur greets
"Hello Mr Weasley" Hermione greets back.
Arthur then taps Harry on the shoulder directing Harry's attention to him.
"Looking forward to a new term Harry?" Arthur asks Harry
"Yes I am" Harry answers with a bright smile. Arthur then began to lead Harry off from the group and towards a secluded part of the area.
Once they both reach the secluded part of the area and Arthur's attitude takes a steep turn
"Harry, there are some in the Ministry who would strongly discourage me from divulging what I'm about to reveal to you but I think you need to know the facts. You are in danger, grave danger" Arthur says with a serious attitude and tone.
"Has this anything to do with Sirius Black?" Harry asks worried
"What do you know about Sirius Black, Harry?" Arthur asks, leaning on a column with a wanted poster of Sirius Black next to him.
"Only that he's escaped from Azkaban" Harry shrugs
"Do you know why?" Arthur asks
Harry shakes his head and Arthur sighs heavily
"13 years ago when you stopped…" Arthur becomes hesitant
"Voldermort" Harry answers
"Don't say his name" Arthur says firmly with a slight flinch
"Sorry" Harry apologizes while a part of Harry isn't as apologetic
"When you stopped, You-Know-Who. Black lost everything but to this day he remains a faithful servant and in his mind you are the only thing that stands in his way in the way of You-Know-Who. Returning to power and that is why he has escaped from Azkaban, to find you and well…" Arthur explains before hesitating
"And kill me" Harry finishes
"Y-Yeah" Arthur says hesitantly "Harry whatever you might hear i want you to swear to me that you will not go looking for Black" Arthur demands
"Mr Weasley, why might I go looking for someone who might be trying to kill me?" Harry asks confused
"It's best that you don't know" Arthur says firmly before continuing on with his day.
Harry sighs and shakes his head
Will I ever have a normal year? Harry thought annoyed
Walking into a compartment on the Hogwarts Express Harry, Hermione and Ron see a man sleeping underneath a blanket in the compartment
"Who's that?" Ron ask curious
"It's Professor Remus. J. Lupin" Hermione answers causing Ron to look at Harry with a shock and confused expression
"How does she know everything?" Ron asks confused
"It's on the suitcase Ronald" Hermione sigh tiredly
"Oh" Ron says embarrassed.
"Guys i need to tell you something" Harry says to his 2 best friends before Harry looks outside the compartment before closing the door and explaining what Mr Weasley told him.
A few hours later the train stopped, confusing everyone, ice began to form on the windows and the air began to get cold.
"What's going on?" Ron asks worried
"I don't know" Harry answers
Soon the door to the compartment begins to open revealing a skeletal being with a black hood covering its face, Harry begins to sway before falling unconscious
Lupin then gets up and flashes a weird light from his wand making the creature fly away.
As Harry slowly began to fall unconscious he heard the sound of a woman screaming and a green flash of light
"Ah, you found yourself a hunter" a woman's voice was heard before Harry fades away into unconsciousness.
Harry wakes up with a gasp as he quickly sat up
"Hey, easy now. Eat some chocolate you will feel better" Lupin says calmly
"Thanks. What was that?" Harry asks confused
"That was a Dementor" Lupin says
"I see. Did you hear that screaming?" Harry asks
"I didn't hear a woman screaming" Ron says and Hermione nods agreeing with Ron's statement
"You didn't hear the screaming?" Harry asks surprised
"No sorry mate, I didn't hear anything" Ron answers
"He's right Harry we haven't heard any woman screaming" Hermione agrees
"I see," Harry says, slightly confused.
The rest of the way was silent thinking about what happened.
Soon Dumbledore was greeting everyone back in the Great Hall and it was time to dig in.
Nothing exciting happened besides Malfoy taunting Harry and Ron eating like a pig and before anyone realised it was time to head to bed.
As Harry begins to slowly fade away from consciousness a single sentence was heard
"A hunter must hunt" An old voice says before Harry falls asleep.
Chapter 2: Nightmares
Waking up gasping, Harry sits up and looks around before calming his heart rate.
Around him was his bed and nothing out of the ordinary
What was that? Harry thought before lying back down only to nearly gasp in pain as his back touches the mattress.
Why does my back hurt? Harry thought as he got out of bed and headed to the bathroom.
Once reaching the bathroom Harry takes off his shirt and looks at his back and he recoils in shock.
All of Harry's back was covered red marks with what looks to be claws and slashes
What the hell? Maybe it is just a coincidence Harry says attempting to calm himself down.
Shrugging it off Harry went on with his day, he had Potions which was hell for him, Transfiguration which Harry did slightly above average and for the end of the day was Astronomy.
"That wasn't to bad of a day" Hermione says smiling
"Speak for yourself. Snape was a right pain" Ron says annoyed
"Professor Snape, Ronald" Hermione scolded making Harry chuckle in amusement
"Good night Hermione" Ron and Harry says before heading to their dormitories
"Good night" Hermione says before heading to her dorm.
The next morning Harry gasps and sits up covered in a cold sweat
What is going on? Harry thought and flinched in pain, when getting into the bathroom Harry saw the marks on his back but in different places this time.
Getting a closer look at the claw mark flashes of a wolf charging at him scaring Harry and nearly making him fall down
What the heck is going on? Harry thought, gasping.
After Defence Against the Dark Arts Harry decided to learn some spells to help heal the marks on his back which surprised Ron and made Hermione beam
"Mate, why do you want to go to the library?" Ron asks confused
"I thought that it might be interesting to learn some healing spells" Harry answers
I can't tell them about these marks, they might get worried and i don't want to make it worse what with Black wanting to kill me Harry thought
Harry burrows a book on healing spells despite the glares of Madam Pince.
The rest of the day was Herbology and History which Harry used to learn the healing spells.
By the end of the day Harry was able to do decent healing spells much to Hermione's excitement.
The next morning Harry wakes up once more gasping and goes to the bathroom to see the marks on his back again.
Healing the marks which relieved some of the pain Harry continued with his day.
Sitting in Divination the two boys get scared by Hermione who appeared out of nowhere
The teacher then talks about how Harry will die and soon does a teacup task.
"What does it say?" The teacher asks Ron who is holding a teacup for Harry
"It says you're going to die, and be angry about it. And then hunt?" Ron says confused
"Odd, i think this is a sham" Hermione says angrily
"You just might not have the sight dear" Trelawney says tapping Hermione's hand which makes her angry and storm out of the classroom
The next class was Transfiguration
"What's with you all?" Mcgonagall asks confused
"Our teacher predicted Harry dying" A student says making Mcgonagall scoff, her expression showing her irritation.
"Trelawney always does this, she predicts a child's death every year and it never happens" Mcgonagall says, having everyone calm down.
Trelawney seems to be a fraud, is it worth it to be in her class? Harry thought before shrugging it off and deciding to leave it for later in favour of listening to Mcgonagall's explanation on the lesson and task.
By the end of Transfiguration and everyone was beginning to leave
I think i should be more serious, with Black after me and even Voldermort now that i remember i'm going to need to be at least more serious if i don't want to die Harry thought as he went towards Mcgonagall who was at her desk writing on a piece of paper
"Professor" Harry says
"Hmm. Oh Mr Potter, is there something you need?" Mcgonagall asks putting her quill away
"I wanted to ask if I could change Divination to something else?" Harry asks hopeful
"Oh thank Merlin, i was hoping someone would ask to change from that ridiculous class" Mcgonagall says shaking her head
"So what would you like to change it to?" Mcgonagall asks
"I don't know, can you explain some for me?" Harry asks
"Very well, there is Ancient Runes which is basically related to creating runes which are used when creating magical items such as brooms and other magical items. Then there's Arithmancy which is used to help create spells, there's Care of Magical Creatures but you already have that one and Muggle Studies which you don't need" Mcgonagall explains
"I'll take Runes" Harry says firmly
"Are you sure? It's not an easy elective?" Mcgonagall asks wearily
"Yes" Harry answers
"Very well then, i will provide a new schedule for you and then you will attend Runes" Mcgonagall says writing some stuff in her parchment.
"Have a good day Mr Potter" Mcgonagall says with a smile
Nodding Harry leaves the classroom and heads back to Gryffindor tower.
Sitting by the fire Harry relaxes before he felt a tap on his shoulder, turning around Harry sees Hermione smiling at him
"Hey Hermione" Harry greets
"Hey Harry, i heard you changed classes" Hermione says happily
"Yeah, I'm thinking of changing Divination to Runes," Harry answers.
Hermione squeals happily and hugs Harry with all her might much to his surprise
"I am so happy that your taking school a little more serious" Hermione says cheerfully
"Yeah, i guess i am" Harry says
Why was i so stupid and half assing all of this? I finally have a place away from the Dursleys and I just waste it and be lazy, why? Harry thought confused
"I am proud of you Harry, i hope you continue to improve and become an even better wizard" Hermione says and Harry felt happy
Yeah, she's right I may be the Boy-Who-Lived but in the end I'm still me. I'm still a wizard Harry thought
It was soon night and it was time to go to sleep.
Groaning Harry sits up from his bed and smiles when he was not covered in sweat
Harry then felt something drip down his back, looking behind him Harry's eyes widened in shock when he saw that his bed covers were drenched in blood.
Quickly going to the bathroom Harry sees his back covered in deep scratches which led to his back covered in his own blood.
Quickly healing the scratches to the best of his ability Harry went into the shower to clean himself off.
Meeting up with Ron and Hermione, Harry did his best to forget the incident and continue with his day.
First class of the day was Care of Magical Creatures
"This class is pathetic, wait till my father hears about this" Malfoy complains and Harry resists the urge to smash his head on a nearby rock
"Welcome class to Care of Magical Creatures" Hagrid greets happily
Harry smiles at the jolly giant and enjoys the lesson where he brought out a unicorn that enjoyed the company of the jolly giant and some students. The only ones the unicorn refused to be around were Malfoy and his two chubby bodyguards and some Slytherins.
Interesting, it seems that the unicorn seems to like some of the Slytherins. Maybe Ron was wrong and that Slytherins are not all bad Harry thought.
The next lesson was Rules and that teacher was Professor Bathsheda Babbling
"Welcome class to Runes, i know it must be odd that our elective is a bit later on the week but Mr Potter is a good example as to why we do so" Professor Babbling announces
"I assume some of you are from Trelawney's… 'Unique' vision of a student dying" Professor Babbling says pausing to find a good word to explain Trelawney's vision
"Professor, why is Professor Trelawney a part of the Hogwarts curriculum?" Hermione asks beside Harry who gets shocked and confused by the sudden appearance of his friend
When did she get here? Harry thought looking at the closed door before looking back at her.
"Headmaster Dumbledore believes that she is capable of such… Sight and refuses to let her go" Professor Babbling says slightly irritated
"Now, enough about this. Runes is a study of what is typically known as Glyphs which is typically used to help create Magical Items and they also are used to do rituals" Professor Babbling says as she began her introduction.
Hermione raises her hand
"Yes Miss Granger?" Professor Babbling asks
"Aren't rituals dark magic?" Hermione asks confused
"Yes, the ministry have banned rituals due to their dark nature" Professor Babbling answers
The ministry? I wouldn't trust them as far as I could throw a Troll Harry thought to himself
As the class continues Harry was fascinated by the runes and glyphs
I can't believe I thought going to that boring class would be better than coming here was a good idea Harry thought slightly annoyed with himself.
Lunch came around and the Golden Trio sat in the Great Hall
"Hey mate where were you?" Ron asks confused
"Ronald, Harry was at Runes with me" Hermione says slightly annoyed
"You actually changed?" Ron asks shocked
"Yes Ron, Divination was a train wreck of a class and I would rather do something better than sit around and half ass it" Harry informs his best friend.
The next lesson was Charms and the class was learning a simple colour changing charm.
Soon it was nighttime and everyone was heading to be, everyone fell asleep with no difficulty but Harry was slightly hesitant on doing so
What if it happens again? It seems to be happening every morning, Harry thought worried.
But it's not going to change anything. I will fall asleep whether intentionally or not Harry thought before he sighs and lies down on his bed and goes to sleep.
Waking up Harry arches his back in pain and he looks at the mattress to see it covered in blood.
Again, what the hell is happening!? Harry thought fearfully.
After healing the marks and removing the dry blood on his back Harry went down to the Great Hall with his friends and continued on with his day.
"And the Goblins attacked on the 5th of March in armies of thousands" Professor Binns explains to a class of sleeping students.
Harry listens but soon begins to zone out and starts to become sleepy
"Harry, you should listen" Hermione scolds
"Hermione, I can barely stay awake" Harry complains tiredly.
And just like that Harry fell asleep.
A church bell is heard in Harry's mind followed by howling in the distance and a blood red moon.
Harry's eyes snap open and he practically jumps up scaring Hermione
"Harry, what's with you?" Hermione asks worried
"What was that?" Harry thought out loud
"Harry it was probably just a nightmare, class is almost finished anyway" Hermione says confusing Harry
"But wasn't I only asleep for like a minute?" Harry says confused
"No you were asleep for over half an hour" Hermione says and just then a loud bell goes off signaling the end of class.
The Golden Trio packs up and heads to the next class.
Sitting in Defence Against the Dark Arts, Harry looks through the theory on Acromantulas and their strengths and weaknesses
"Now for homework you will need to write an essay on where Acromantulas live and their eating habits," Lupin informs the class halfway through the lesson.
Sighing Harry continues to look through the book, while staring at the book Harry hears something to his right. Looking over Harry sees nothing but the wall
Odd Harry thought as he looked forward, as he did the world instantly changes and the class was completely dark with cobwebs and broken tables before it changed once more and everything was back to normal, Harry shakes his head, confused.
What the hell is happening to me? Harry thought worried.
It was the last class of the day and one of the most disliked classes for its time, Astronomy.
Looking up at the sky Harry smiles, enjoying the view despite the late night
It's a beautiful night, Harry thought.
Soon Harry yawns and rubs his eyes while doing so Harry feels something drip onto his hand.
Looking at it Harry's eyes widened when seeing his hands covered in blood, but just before he could panic the blood instantly vanished without a trace, quickly shaking his head attempting to ignore what just happened while a part of Harry wondered what was the cause of what was happening and the other wanted nothing to do with it.
Soon it was time to go to sleep but Harry was incredibly hesitant
Whatever has been happening to me has been getting worse, if it happens again i think i might go talk to Professor Dumbledore, he might know what is happening Harry thought as he lay on his bed and soon fell asleep.