The next morning as Harry, Ron, Hermione entered the Great Hall the rest of the school were staring at the Boy-Who-Lived with mixed expressions. They chose to sit with Neville, as he was the furthest from the rest of the house.
"Why are they all staring at me?" Harry asked.
"It's because you and Tracey are dating, and that you are a Gryffindor and she is a Slytherin." Neville answered.
"Well I for one think that the whole Gryffindor/Slytherin rivalry is stupid," Hermione said placing a few pieces of bacon onto her plate. "I mean none of us even know why we hate each other in the first place."
"You must be joking, Hermione. Their snakes, I say dump the Snake Harry. Dump her hard."
As Harry as about to defend his girlfriend, said person pulled him back and sat upon his lap for everyone to see and soundly snogged him. "Morning Boyfriend, miss me." Tracey said giggling.
"Morning Tracey, what are you doing." Harry said blushing.
Tracey moved to sit next him, and proceed to fill a plate with food and a goblet with pumpkin juice. After sticking a fried egg in her mouth and swallowing, Tracey turned to the four Gryffindors.
"Well I did some reading last night on the school rules, Yes Hermione you are not the only one who reads them." Tracey looked at a shocked Hermione, "Anyway I discovered that you can sitting at any of the house tables so long as it is not an important event like say start or end of term feasts and no one can say anything about it."
"Right you are Miss Davis, 10 points to Slytherin for fact checking and a further 50 points for school unity." McGonagall said with a smile, "Here are your class schedules, even yours Miss Davis. Now do keep in mind that you are at school of keep the displays of affection as low as humanly possible the both of you."
"Yes Professor McGonagall." Harry and Tracey answer as one.
"Well at least the morning will be easy, we have History of Magic, and its with the puffs." Ron stated.
Tracey finished her breakfast, hugged and kissed Harry, "I'll see you at Tech Studies class."
"Okay." was all Harry could manage.
After History of Magic, Harry and his friends had Charms with Professor Flitwick and the Fourth Year Ravenclaws. During the lesson Harry was getting death stares from all the boys and few girls, but he managed to perform the charms that Flitwick had ask for. After Charms they had a short break to change books for the next two classes.
"What books do we need again?" Ron asked.
"Serious Ron, you need to learn to pay attention to your schedule. We have Care of Magical Creatures with Ravenclaw and than our first class of Tech Studies with the Slytherins." Hermione snapped.
"Well at least lover-boy there can sit with his girlfriend." Ron replied sourly.
They collected their needed books and exited the Gryffindor common room, while making their way down to Hagrid's class they come across Neville struggle once more with his textbook, Harry walked up and brushed gently across the spine of the book. After a few moments the book fell asleep.
"Thanks Harry."
"No Problem, Neville come on or we'll be late."
The four Gryffindors just made it on time to class, as Hagrid guided them all to a small fenced off area. With everyone waiting to learn what new creature the half-giant had for them, Harry felt something hit the back of his head looking down he saw a plane made up of a piece of parchment. Picking it up and unfolding it, Harry read 'be careful during your next class Harry. D." just before he could draw attention to himself, Harry pocketed the note. Hagrid introduced the class to Blast-Ended Skrewts, six inch long pale, slimy and deformed shell-less Lobsters or Scorpions. The creatures had legs sticking out at odd angles and most if not all the class had to cover their noses as the creatures smelled of dead and rotting flesh, every so often one of the creatures would jump forward a few inches as if propelled by rocket. The Class ended with few students covered in sucker marks from the female version, while Those that had males ended up with a few stinger marks.
After making their way back up to the Castle, the four Gryffindors were meant with a small group of Slytherins outside the Tech Studies Classroom. At the centre of the Green and Silver robes stood Theodore Nott, spinning his wand through his fingers. Flanking him were the two book-ends that use to flank Draco, and standing behind him with an arm draped across his shoulder was a bespectacled girl with Blonde and an evil looking smirk.
"What do we have here, why if it is the little Boy-Who-Lived and his blood traitor and Mud-blood bitch. Where's the whore Scarhead?" Nott said.
"Who?" harry answered
"Your whore of a girlfriend, its time to teach her a lesson about House loyalty and I plan to made her mine."
"I wouldn't touch you even if you had used the Imperius Curse, Nott." Cried Tracey as she wrapped her arms around Harry from behind.
"What to test that, Davis." Nott replied
"Mister Nott, You can have detention with Professor Moody for threatening students. Would anyone else like join Mister Nott?" Williams said appearing from his classroom. No one made a move either way, "Good now inside and we will begin."
During the next Hour of the lesson Marcus showed them the wonders of Mundane Technology, from the simple telephone to the State-of-the-Art interactive gaming. Of course some of the first Generation Magicals or Muggleborns had experienced these things.
"Right now that you have an understanding of the Mundane's Technology can any of you guess at what would be the advantage to Magicals using such devices?"
Instantly Hermione's arm shot up into the air closely followed Harry and a few others students that knew. From the back of the class came a laugh.
"Why am I not surprised that Potter little Mud-Blood Whore knows the answer. Why are we learning about this shit, the Muggles or "Mundanes" as you call them Professor are nothing against us." Nott said angrily.
"While I knew that some of you have that point of view, Mister Nott. It is not the only one, and to answer your question as to why I am teaching you all of this shit as you put it… Well here is a taste of how power Mundane Technology truly is." and with that Williams pulled out what Harry and the rest of the Mundane raised knew, a handgun. Williams fired the weapon toward Nott, only to have the bullets hit the wall behind the arrogant Slytherin.
"What in the Bloody Merlin was that, you could have killed me Professor." Nott yelled.
"So Mister Nott, you know what this piece of Technology is."
"Of course I do, its a Muggle firearm, more accurately a Magnum Research Desert Eagle Mark XXI, Semi-Automatic, .50 Express action, 6" Barrel, 71 Round magazine." Nott replied shocking everyone in the room at his knowledge.
"10 points to Slytherin for your knowledge of Mundane Firearms, but 20 points from Slytherin for your insult of Miss Granger." Williams said returning his weapon to it holster.
The rest of the lesson focuses on the history of Online Gaming and to pros and cons of Technology's fast growth.
As the trio enter the Great Hall for Dinner, they were joined by Tracey, Daphne, Draco and Pansy, as one they moved toward the Gryffindor table where Neville was sitting only to encounter Nott once more.
"Hey Weasel, Looks like daddy could be fired at long last. Let's see what it says 'According to Ministry sources the current Defence against the Dark Arts teacher, Professor Alastor Moody, called Mad-Eye by some attacked someone or something at his home a few months back. First on the scene was Arnold Weasley, Head of the Misuse of Muggle Artefacts Office had this to say. 'Alastor Moody has the right to defend himself just like the rest of us and I am sure that DMLE and the Aurors are looking into the attack on the man that wrote the book on catching dark wizards and witches.' How can we as citizens expect Professor not to scare our child half to death with all his scars and horror-filled stories.' Miss Skeeter goes on to include how your fat mother wouldn't let her into your shit-hole of a home..."
"Shut it, Nott like your parents are any better. Kissing the boot of half-blood fool who is afraid of dying and facing Dumbledore in a straight duel." Harry said before taking Tracey's hand in his and leading the group away.
"Don't turn your back on me, Potter..." Nott begun only to be turned into Black Dog barking and whelping as Moody who had appeared as if out of thin air started to bounce the transfigured student.
"Professor Moody what are you doing?" McGonagall asked.
"Simple answer, teaching a lesson." Moody replied.
"What do you… Is that a student?"
"At the moment he is a Black German Shepherd."
"Alastor Moody, we do not punish students by transfiguring them. Now change Mister Nott back."
Moody flicked his wand and where the dog was a moment go sat a dishevelled looking Theodore Nott, all bar Nott's little group were laughing.
"Professor if you wish to punish a student you must speak to that student's Head of House, surely Dumbledore said something along those lines.
"Albus might of said something to that effect once or twice," Moody said reaching down and grabbing Nott by the shoulder and pulled him to his feet. "Let's go Mister Nott and have a little chat with Professor Snape."
After watching Moody and Nott exit the Great Hall, the Weasley Twin with Lee Jordan move to their section of the table.
"Moody is brilliant,"
"Had our first lesson,"
"Really knows his stuff,"
"Knows a lot, he does."
"Wicked, what things did he talk about?" Ron asked of his brothers.
"Sorry little brother,"
"Can't tell you,"
"Somethings you must experience yourself." Lee finished.
