Hello Sinners, I hope you all had a very good wait. Because now is the time to have another chapter of this series. Harry and the girls fought Death Eaters pretty well and we are introduced to Mad-Eye Moody and the announcement of the Tri-Wizard Tournament that will be happening this time instead of Qudditch. By the way, I met Vivziepop at MegaCon and she did answer my question on why sinners can't try to go to another Ring. She told me that if they did, it would be like them hitting an invisible wall. Anyway, let's answer some reviews.
Freddy8712: I will Have Emily appear in the story, but she is not gonna be the Harm with Harry. They will be like cousins to one another.
Guest: Depending on the pellet he may use a regular one, or one he made himself.
Gamelover41592: He would be ready if that is the right term to use.
Jebest4781: Maybe a little bit of Empty Nest Syndrome. On the bright side, he still has Lilith.
NoxShiningAbyssal: As I said, I'm not adding Emily to the Harm, she will be like a friend/cousin to Harry.
InSaNEC: If you want some blood and gore, you will get blood and gore soon, but not much in this arc.
Joanne Frances Tiano Cajilig: Now that she is revealed to be an Angel, Vaggie's backstory may now change since her Date of Death was removed. So I think I now have a way to adapt this story for her. My top song is More Than Anything as it makes me tear up. And Yes, the Goblet of Fire would indeed use his real name as it needs it.
Bromega2477: I don't have Tik-Tok.
Mezentsevmichael: Yes indeed, they would be mad but supportive at the same time.
Perseus12: Adam will not get involved with Voldemort. He would see him as a worm. But I will have him in the story. AGAIN, Emily is more so Harry's cousin. Barbie Wire not, I'll put her in but no love.
Kill king: You mean Zestial. And He's the Overlord of Information cause he has a spider theme.
Lukarote(Guest): They will show up later.
Keyblade Warlord(Guest): Glad you like both names. And no, it will not be this year.
Nathair1: Some kids had a crush on their babysitter. Yes, that is the reason the twins prank him.
Joey Lestochi: That's a little spoiler. But I have plans for that.
Supersandman86: Now that I think about it, Harry saved their marriage. Also, Adam is a dick.
Tdy4234: I have plans for that, so don't you worry.
RevanEl1: That is a good question. I'll give a minor spoiler ahead of time. He happens to be visiting Sirius. Crowley will defend him and I can't answer the last one yet.
jubilee loves pyro: Alastor is a mystery as he is helpful yet unhelpful at the same time. There is the theory he is working for Roo to gain his freedom.
Princess Asuna: That is an interesting question. She may know something is off since Moody would have two scents coming off him. Also I do have plans when Luna Lovegood comes up.
Ghostowen: That would be interesting. And I do have plans.
Marshman101: You will get to see the BlackBee ship sail in future chapters.
Guest: Nope. I already made plans. I do like that Scythe through.
Puck627(Guest): He is taking all three of his girls to the Yule Ball, that was voted on. But he is going to have the first Dance with Octavia.
That is a lot of questions. But I'm glad to be answering them. Anyway, Let's dive into Hell!
Chapter 40: The Unforgivable Curses
The following day, Harry and his friends were having breakfast while they looked at their schedule for the new term this year. Harry decided he didn't want to take up Divination this year because of Professor Trelawney giving him a piece of false information about him dying and that it would be a horrible death. Turns out the Grim of Dark Legend was his godfather wanting to visit him. 'She probably had a big bag of weed she wanted to use all last year to get her vision,' Harry thought to himself. Besides, he had Stolas for such predictions of the stars and planets.
"It seems like we have Herbology, Care for Magical Creatures, Defense Against the Dark Arts, Potions, Magical History, and Transfiguration together," Hermione stated as she looked at their schedules.
"Yeah," Ron stated as he was disappointed that Harry dropped out of Divination and took another subject instead. "Are you sure either of you don't want to take Divination again?"
"No way," both Harry and Hermione said in unison.
"I had Master Stolas teach me a different method than what Trelawney had taught us," Harry told his friend. "Also, I want to try Ancient Runes."
"Suit yourself," Ron said as he had some sausages.
Suddenly, owls came in from the Great Hall screeching carrying letters and packages for all the students. "Mail's here," Hermione remarked. Harry soon saw Hedwig with a letter that had the Morningstar family crest on it. Once the white owl dropped the letter, the Prince of Hell saw an additional letter from Sirius. Harry opened his letter from his parents first.
"Dear Harry,
Yes, Sirius did tell us about the event of the Quidditch World Cup and we're both glad you're safe and the girls provided you with support. You managed to prove yourself as a member of the Morningstar family as well. We are a little upset that there's no Quidditch this year. We were hoping to see you play again. But we will come once in a while and maybe visit you at school or in Hogsmeade. I hope he doesn't act like the red menace. Everything is fine at home and we're looking for information on Voldemort from his former followers. Hope to see you soon.
Sincerely, Mom and Dad."
"Glad things are going well," Harry said to himself as he looked at the letter Sirus sent to him and opened the letter.
"Dear Harry,
I told your Mom and Dad about the event of the Quidditch World Cup as it felt right to tell them what happened. I am taking up my old job as an Auror to see if I can look up anything within the Ministry. I may get some information, but I can't say when. I'll be sure to inform you of the first news I know.
Sincerely, Sirius.
P.S. I got an Asmodeus Crystal from your parents, so I'll visit them with any information I can gather."
Harry nodded his head as he was glad, his godfather now has an Asmodian Crystal to use anytime he wants to see Hell. He quickly finished his porridge before the three of them went off to Herbology.
Their first lesson in Herblogy was to squeeze the puss out of some Bubotubers which was disgusting as they poured it into several vials. The class felt more like a chore for the class to help Madame Pomfrey for anyone who had bad acne. After Herbology was Care for Magical Creatures. As they made their way to Hagrids Hut, they heard many small explosions like someone set off some fireworks. As they got down the hill, they saw what looked like six-inch-long scorpion-looking creatures that had headless faces and legs sticking out from different ends.
"Hagrid, what the bloody hell are these things," Ron asked the half-giant.
"Blast-Ended Skrewts," Hagrid answered. "They just hatched, so you can raise them yerselves."
"Why would we raise them," Malfoy snarled looking at the insectoids as they shot out some sparks out of their ends. "I mean what do they even do?"
"That will be the next lesson, Mr. Malfoy. For now, you're going to be feeding them," Charlie intervened.
They all started to feed them frog livers and Dean Thomas got a small burn on his hand. Hagrid warned a little too late that the Skrewts will do that sometimes. Lavander Brown squealed as one of them had a stinger and she nearly got struck by it. Apparently, the one she got was a male and identified by the stingers. Meanwhile, the females had suckers on them to drink up the blood.
"Why would anyone want to have these things as pets? I mean who would want something that will bite, sting, and burn you," Malfoy complained.
"Just because they're not pretty, doesn't mean they're not useful," Hermione said. "Dragon blood is useful, but no one keeps a dragon as a pet. Except for Harry's family and Hagrid," she said looking at Norbert who was sleeping on the flowerbed.
"Shut up, you Mudbl-" Malfoy stopped mid-sentence as Charlie was behind the bushy-haired witch, giving the blonde wizard a disapproving look. The Slytherin shut his mouth as he didn't feel like getting in trouble on the first day.
Charlie gave him a 'That's what I thought' look before helping out with the other classmates.
After lunch, Harry separated Ron and Hermione as he had Ancient Runes with Professor Dromgoole. She was a tall witch with long red hair and grey eyes. Hermione did mention that when she had classes with her, she was practically a rookie and almost spent half of the class translating herself. But after three years, she gained experience. Harry easily translated the words thanks to him being multilingual and studying Enochian thanks to his parents. Professor Dromgoole was very impressed by the Prince of Hell as he translated the languages perfectly.
After his class was over, Harry met up with Hermione and Ron, the latter of whom looked grim. "What's with the look, Ron," Harry asked his best friend.
"Professor Trelawney," Ron muttered. "She says that we have to have a homework assignment on the planet alignment because I asked Lavender Brown to see Uranus." Hearing that, Harry had to stifle a chuckle and was failing. "What? I asked a simple question about Uranus," Ron said, confused at why Harry laughed.
"Ron, you do know it was inappropriate, right," Hermione said to him while Harry tried to calm himself down.
"What's wrong with asking about Uranus," Ron said in confusion, which made Harry laugh even more. "Harry, what's so funny? All I'm saying is this problem started with me wondering about Uranus."
It was at this moment that Harry doubled over as he couldn't contain his laughter anymore. "Y-you do know you as-s-sked Lavender to see her ass right," Harry asked in between laughs.
Ron's face looked beet red as he now realized why Harry was laughing. "Bloody Hell!"
"You realize this now," Hermione asked in surprise.
"I didn't mean it like that," Ron said with a red face from his embarassment. "I meant the planet, not… her rear."
"Well, it's funny all the same," Harry said as he tried to stop himself from laughing. Once he calmed down, he took some deep breaths before he started to apologize for the misfortune that befell the red-haired wizard. "Come on. Let's go and grab some dinner," Harry told them as they were making their way to the great hall. At the entrance of the Great Hall, Malfoy stood with Crabbe and Goyle behind him. "Oh, great… What is it this time, Malfoy?"
"I heard you easily lost your wand, Magne," Malfoy smirked as his two cronies laughed. "And to a house elf, no less."
"So? I remember kicking Death Eater ass without it. Then again, if you lost your wand, you would be cowering before the enemy begging to be spared," Harry countered. "You couldn't even throw a good enough punch," he added, insulting the pureblood before heading to his table with Ron and Hermione following behind him.
"I don't need to throw some stupid punch at someone like you," Malfoy muttered before pulling out his wand to curse Harry.
"Oh no you don't, laddy," a voice said as something passed Harry's face and hit Malfoy as he turned into a white ferret. The owner of the voice was Professor Moody as he limped towards the ferret and lifted it in the air with his wand. "You sniveling little coward. Attacking someone with their back turned," Moody growled as he continued to levitate the ferret ten feet into the air and smacking it on the floor. "Never. Do. That. Again," Moody said as the ferret hit the mable staircase with every word he said.
"Professor Moody," said Professor McGonagall with a shocked voice. "What are you doing?"
"Teaching," Mad-eye Moody said as he continued to bounce the ferret on the steps.
"I-Is that a student," Professor McGonagall asked as she watched the ferret flew into the air and bounced on the steps.
"Technically, it's a ferret," Moody said, continuing to bounce the ferret on the steps like it was a furry slinky. Harry, Ron, and Hermione tried to hold in their laughter, but were failing horribly. Professor McGonagall took out her own wand and waved it to undo the curse as Malfoy was on the stone steps on all fours.
Malfoy quickly got up from the steps and looked straight at Moody. "My father will hear about this!"
"Is that a threat? Is that a threat!?" Moody shouted chasing after the blonde who, along with Crabbe and Goyle, quickly ran to the Dungeons. "I could tell you stories about your father that will make your greasy hair stand up, boy!"
"Professor," McGonagall said to get the new DADA teacher's attention.
"This ain't over yet!"
"Professor," she raised her voice while still having her wand pointed at him. "We do not use Transfiguration as a punishment. I'm sure Dumbledore told you that."
"He might have mentioned it," Professor Moody said in a calm manner despite his artificial eye looking at the wand by his chin.
"I'm sure you will do well to remember it. Next time, give them detention or speak to the Head of Slytherin House," Professor McGonagall said before turning away and heading down to the Great Hall.
Moody stuck his tongue out and looked at the trio. "You three alright," he asked.
"Yes, we are fine. Thank you, Professor," Harry told his new teacher.
"Carry on, then. See you in class," Moody said as he limped his way to his office.
The trio went to the Great Hall and had their dinner as they talked about what just happened. "That was brilliant," Ron said, smiling as he ate some chicken. "Malfoy the bouncing ferret."
This made both Harry and Hermione laugh as they were eating some steak. "He could have really hurt Malfoy," she said. "I know the prick deserves it, but not from a teacher."
"Don't ruin this moment for me," Ron said, eating another chicken wing.
"You're going to enjoy his class," Fred said eagerly.
"It's awesome," George added.
"It's super cool," the twins said in unison.
"But we can't spoil the fun yet. You will have to see for yourself tomorrow," Lee Jordan told the Golden Trio.
"That won't be until Thursday," Ron scowled as he looked at his time chart.
Harry sighed with disappointment since he loved Defense Against the Dark Arts. Professor Lupin's lessons was by far his favorite and couldn't be beaten. Even when Lockheart did nothing but talked about himself and used his own books during his second year, Snape was a good tutor to have. This time, he wanted to know what was it like to have a veteran Auror to teach defensive magic.
The next few days were like any other day with classes like Transfiguration. The most noteworthy event up until the class he wanted to be in was during Potions. Snape gave Neville detention and made the poor boy disembowel horntoads for melting his cauldron six times. Because of that harsh punishment, Harry felt the need to talk with Neville after Defense Against the Dark Arts. Luckily, that was the next lesson and he, Ron, and Hermione got some good seats and took out their books. As class was starting Charlie got to the class room first with a pep in her step. "You can put all your books away," she told everyone in class as they looked confused.
They did what they were told and soon, Professor Moody limped his way into class. He took out a list and called out the names of each student as he looked at them with his normal eye, as his magical one swiveled around. As the last name was called, he put down the list and looked at all of them. "I had a letter from Professor Lupin about this class. Seems you had a fair tackle in defending dark creatures like Boggarts, Redcaps, Hinkypunk, Grindylows, Cappers and Werewolves. Is that right?"
"That's correct, Professor," Hermione said aloud.
"Well, you lot are behind. Very behind about certain curses. I'm going to teach you what other wizards can do to each other," Moody said to the class. "I got one year to teach you lot!"
"You're not staying," Ron asked, sounding disappointed.
Moody limped towards the red-haired wizard and gave him a smile, first one anyone seen as it gave off a grim look. "You're Arthur Weasley's son,eh? You're father got me out of a tight corner a few days ago. I'm just staying for one school semester and then, I'm off to my quiet retirement," he said as he walked back to the class. "Anyway, curses. I'm sure some of you know the minor ones. The Ministry says I'm supposed to teach you how to counter curses. To do that, I'm going to show you what they can do. You need to be prepared. You need to be ready. You need to not put your gum on the underside of your desk, Mr. Finnigan!"
The class looked at Seamus who just happened to have his hand under his desk as he was going to put his used gum under his desk. The sandy-haired Irish Griffindor put his gum into a wrapper to throw it out later and not get detention. "Sorry, sir," he apologized.
"So, does anyone here knows which curses are the most heinous and punishable offenses to the Ministry? The ones know as the Unforgivable Curses," Professor Moody asked. Several hands were up, including Ron and Hermione. Moody looking at the class picked Ron.
"...My dad, told me about one. I-it was the Imperious Curse," Ron said nervously.
"Ah yes. Your father would know about that one. Gave the Ministry a hard time with that one," Professor Moody said as he limped his way to his table and pulled out a tailless whip spider from the jar and placed it into his hand as he took out his wand. "Engorgio," he said, making the spider swell in size to be more visible to the class for the lesson. "Imperio," he said as the enlarged spider leap from his hand and was on the desk and started to tap dance which made the class all laugh. "Think it's funny, huh," Moody said harshly as he looked at the class. "Would you find it funny if I did it to you?" Suddenly, the laugher died down and fell into silence. "Total control. The removal of free will and being turned into a puppet," he told the students as the spider rolled itself into a ball and rolled itself over and over. "I can make it jump out of the window, drown itself, or even throw it down one of your throats."
Ron gave a unpleasant mutter as the image of the spider going down his throat scared him.
"Years back, there were witches and wizards being controlled by the Imperious Curse," said Moody as both Harry and Charlie knew he meant when Voldemort was still powerful. "It was a tough time for the Ministry to sort out who was under the Imperious Curse and who was acting under their own free will. The Imperious Curse can be fought and I will be teaching you how. But it takes real strength of character and not everyone's got it. Better to avoid being hit with it if you can," he said, undoing the curse and the spider stood still. "Now, anyone else has another curse?" A show of hands was thrown up in class as Moody picked Neville. "Longbottom, right? Give us a curse."
Neville swallowed a large lump of his saliva. "Th-there is one…. T-the Cruciatus Curse…." he said.
"Correct," Moody said as he limped towards the desk and pointed his wand at the spider. "Crucio," he said as the spider screamed in pain as it twitched horribly. Moody kept up the curse as the spider screamed in horrible pain. Harry looked back at Neville as he froze up as he had the thousand yard stare and was on the verge of tears. Harry was ready to say something but Charlie beat him to it.
"Professor, that's enough! Can't you see that it's bothering one of your students!" She cried as Moody looked at Neville who was bothered by it and undid the curse. The spider collapsed, twitching as it recovered.
"Pain," Moody said softly. "You don't need screws, knives or anything to make someone talk. The Cruciatus Curse, also known as the Torture Curse is all you need to make someone to talk. Now, does anyone know what the last curse is?" This time only Hermione raised her hand. "Yes, Miss Granger?"
"...A-Avada Kedavra," she whispered. Several people looked at her even the Morningstars.
Nodding his head, Moody pointed his wand at the spider and repeated the words. "Avada Kedavra!" Suddenly, a jet of green light that resembled lightning hit the spider and killed it instantly. "The last and worse of the three curses, the Killing Curse. No one has ever survived that curse. Nobody except one. And he is sitting right here in this very room," Moody said as both of his eyes looked upon Harry.
Harry felt all eyes were on him as he knew that was the curse that killed his birth parents and the one backfired on Voldemort that night. He could still picture it in his mind. How James and Lily were still in that cottage at Godric Hollow. How Wormtail betrayed them and broke into their house. How Voldemort killed his father first as Lily Potter ran to his bedroom and shielded him from the curse. And the only happy memory he had that night was when Lilith Morningstar found him and took him home to Morningstar Manor.
"Now, some of you are thinking of why am I showing you these curses if there's no way to block it or use a counter curse? The answer is simple. It's because you need to know these things. The best way is to avoid the caster of the curse. To have something really strong that can counter it. You must have constant vigilance. The three curses that you have just witnessed are known as the three Unforgiveable Curses. The use of any of them will be have you get locked up in Azkaban. That's why I'm going to teach you. Now get out your quills and copy this down," Moody barked as everyone took out their quills and wrote down the lessons on the Unforgivable Curses until class was over.
"That was a brilliant class," Ron said as he had to admit, it was better than Professor Lupin's last year.
"It sure was," Harry said but really didn't think the class was that great, neither did Hermione. But he had to admit, it was a good life lesson. as he saw Neville walking real slow, not really paying attention. It was as if he went through a horror movie's plot and was the only survivor. "I'll catch up with you guys," Harry said to both Ron and Hermione as he approached Neville. "...Neville?"
This made the boy jump as he turned quickly to see that it was Harry. "Oh, Harry…. I-I didn't see you coming…."
Harry knew what was bothering him so he decided to help out his classmate. "Would you like to have some tea in the Common Room?"
"Actually, I was going to invite him myself," Mad-Eye Moody said to Harry as he limped towards the two boys. "It's the least I owe him," he said as he put his arms around Neville and took him to his office.
Charlie walked passed them and stood by Harry. "Poor Neville. I wonder what got him all shook up," Charlie asked as Harry knew Charlie didn't know about it.
"I do," Harry said to his big sister, who looked at him. "Sirius told me everything. I didn't tell Ron or Hermione this only because I want him to open up about it. But since you're my sister, you should know," he said while he took her to an empty classroom and told her about the events that happened in with Neville's parents.
Charlie was in utter surprise as this was news to her. "No wonder why he mainly lives with his grandmother. Oh, Neville…" She couldn't imagine the horror that the Longbottoms went through of being tortured by the same curse that was demonstrated today.
"Yeah, what happened to them is terrible. Makes me think what would happen if we switched places," Harry said as he looked at his sister. "Charlie, can you not tell anyone else? Until it's safe enough to talk about it."
"Don't worry. My lips are sealed," Charlie said as the two Morningstar siblings walked together to have dinner in the Great Hall.
Afterward, Harry saw Neville back in the Common Room reading a book called Magical Water Plants of the Mediterranean. "I'm guessing the talk with Moody went well?"
"Yeah, it did," Neville said as he looked away from his book. "Professor Moody even gave me this book after tea. He may look scary at times, but he's a nice guy once you get to know him."
"I bet," Harry said as he sat down across from him. "Look Neville, I understand what happened in class." Neville looked at the Prince of Hell wondering what he ment as Harry continued on. "Sirius told me about it. I can relate since I saw the killing curse in class today. I only told my sister and no one else. I'm not gonna spread something that I think you're not comfortable talking about."
Neville sat in his chair and looked down at the cover of the book. "...How much did he tell you?"
"That his deranged cousin, Bellatrix Lestrange and three others tortured them with that curse." Harry said, not wanting to say more as he knew what happened to them next.
"They were tortured into insanity. Both of my parents refused to give them information. I try to visit them as much as possible, but it's hard when your own mum and dad can't even reconize you," Neville said, still looking at the cover of the book Moody gave him. "Harry, do you think there's a cure to help a broken mind?"
Harry didn't answer for a minute. "I'm sure there is. Just need to find and and make it. I know that plenty of Muggles would want that sort of thing for their families too," he said. "Maybe you'll be the one to find it," he said, getting out of his chair and patting Neville on the shoulder. "Have a good night, Neville." The Prince of Hell went to the boys bedchambers and prepared for the upcoming events that will bring him.
And that is where we are going to end this chapter folks. I want thank WaterDragonMaverick for editing and beta reading this chapter and many others. Also, I felt like Harry would drop Divination and take up Anicent Runes due to him knowing multiple languages including Enochian. Also I added Clodagh Dromgoole from Harry Potter Magic Awakens since she is the teacher of that time. I never played the game but had to do research. And that is all I have for you now. What will happen when the other two schools arrive? Will things play out differently or will we see that same? Read to find out. Remember to follow, favorite, and review. And like always, I'll see you all in Hell!
