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Chapter Twenty-one
Harry peaked through the door, as it went quiet, breathing a sigh of relive he smiled it was only Peeves. He turned back to look at Ginny grinning when the poltergeist saw him and shouted.
“I KNEW IT, NAUGHTY STUDENTS OUT OF BED”
Harry closed his eyes, and grimaced as Peeves swooped around the corridor, knocking over more suits of armour singing,
“If Potty was clever he would run, taking the girl with him, but he’s not so he’ll stay and wait for Filchy to catch them”
Harry closed the door, “we got to go now” he grabbed her hand and they ran to a corridor, he spotted a familiar tapestry and lifted it up, pulling her into the tunnel just as Filch came round the corner, Mrs Norris at his feet.. They walked through coming out a staircase away from the common room and ran to the portrait. Ginny said the password and they laughed closing the door and sitting on a couch.
“That was close” She smiled at him,
“Good job it was only Peeves, and there wasn’t a teacher” He grinned, and got up to get a glass of water,
“How long were we gone for?”She lay along the couch staring at the ceiling,
“Only an hour, it’s five” He said looking at his watch, and taking a sip of water as he sat on the arm of the couch. He leant forward and over her head kissing her upside down, she smiled sitting up as he moved to sit next to her, still holding her in the kiss and the glass in his hand.
“There’s two hours till we get up, but I don’t want to be found doing anything in here” She smiled,
He laughed, “then just sit with me, I bet you a galleon Hermione will be here at six to check up on me anyway, and Ron to check what we’ve been doing since they left us last night”
She began to giggle, “Best not to tell him about the room of requirement then”
“Definitely not, but if you start giggling when you see him I’ll have to magic your mouth closed”’
“If I told him he’ll be the one punching you”
“Then you’d better not, I don’t look good with black eyes”
She continued to laugh, as he joined in,
He stoped for a moment just to stare at her, and then he moved in and quietened her with a kiss.
*****
Harry and Ginny made there way down to breakfast before the rest of the Gryffindor’s made there way down stairs to ask questions about the night before. They saw Ron and Hermione the only ones at the table and went straight to them.
“I got your timetable first day back, but since you missed a week you’ve got some work ahead” Said Hermione handing to him,
“Thanks, im going to speak to McGonagall now; did you tell her about last night?”
She nodded; he got up and left leaving Ginny sitting with Ron staring between her and Hermione.
“Professor” he said approaching the front table,
“Mr Potter, come with me please” she led him to the chamber of the great hall. He had been in there only once before and the memories came flooding back, his name had been called from the Goblet of fire.
She sat on a chair and gestured for him to do the same as he pulled him self out of the memory.
“Miss Granger informed me of the occurrence last night”
“He knows what I did; did she tell what that was?”
“She thought it would be better for you to tell me”
“I was the one that killed Bellatrix Lestrange”
“She informed me you had spent some in Voldemort’s body, I naturally guessed it was you, but am glad you have the courage to tell me yourself”
He bowed his head not wanting to look it to her eyes.
“Harry, you may have killed one of the most evil witches in our time, yes you have killed but you did your duty as a member of the order to stop her the only way she could be stopped” His eyes remained on the ground.
“It maybe hard to accept, but with time you will come to see what you did saved countless other lives. There is only one more person for you to kill and the whole wizarding world knows who that is just as well as you do”
“It didn’t feel like me to kill, it was his body and my thoughts, but I felt his revenge, his anger coursing through my veins. It was like we where one, we were connected by more then just this scar and I felt so powerful”
“Power is tempting but you have what he lacks, the strength not go after it, not to pursue for hatred and rage but you Harry, you keep going for love. I’ve learned this in my many discussions with Dumbledore about you; he was attached to you like you were his own child and knew why you strive to continue. And now you are with Miss Weasley I’m sure you know the power of love over everything else”
He nodded again and looked up,
“The teachers have suggested that instead of catching up on the work as well as everything else they will give you there own notes, some questions to do, spell’s to practice and to ask them if you have any questions”
“Thankyou Professor, I’ll try and catch up as quickly as I can, but I may have to leave again in a few weeks”
“Are you going to tell me what you are looking for?”
“I cannot, Dumbledore told me not to tell anyone but Ginny, Hermione and Ron”
“I trust your judgement if Dumbledore himself told you, do you know when you will be going?”
“As soon as I know, you will know”
She nodded and stood up, Harry got to his feet. She led the way out to the now fuller great hall, with faces staring up at them.
“Thank you Professor” he nodded his head and made his way down the table’s faces looking at him still, he focused his eyes on Ginny smiling at him and sat down next to her.
“They still stare after seven years, surely they’ve figured out im nothing special by now”
She laughed, and put her head on his shoulder and he put an arm round her back his hand on the side of her hip,
“Well you’ve got something large and green hanging from your ear that must be what there looking at”
“Really, and I thought it was my devilishly good looks”
“That’s what im looking at” she kissed his cheek, “now eat up, you’ve got your first day of lessons today, you’re going to need your strength” he smiled reaching for the plate of toast.
“I guess so, what do you have first?”
“Double potions, old Sluggies ok”
He looked at his timetable, “Double defence against the dark arts, what’s the new teacher like”
“She’s ok too, no Lupin but pretty good she knows her stuff and completely shocked when some of the DA told her they could conjure a patronus”
“Well I hope you told her who your teacher was” he grinned,
“Of course, and now she can’t wait to stare at him”
*****
He sat in the classroom his books ready, wand out and Hermione and Ron talking next to him. The class filed in still making the secondly glances at him in case he just collapsed in front of them without them noticing. He felt there stare on the back of his neck, there eyes burning into the back of his skull.
“Why do they have to stare?”
“It’s what they do, they forget in a couple of days just like all the other times” Replied Hermione,
“But now they just think im a freak they can look at like im in a zoo”
“You did scare people last night, but im sure it will be old news in a few days” She patted his shoulder, “just let it all blow over and focus on your work for now”
He sighed, picking up his book and glancing through the first chapter, when the brown hair of a young woman walked by and the figure went to the desk. She was tall, slim and had bright blue eyes one couldn’t help but stare at. She picked up some papers and walked over to the three of them.
“Welcome to the class Mr Potter, I’m Professor Jacobs” she handed him the papers, “these are the notes on what we have been studying, the class has told me about your stint as a teacher in what you called Dumbledore’s Army, and I hope you are feeling well enough to work today after your stay in the hospital wing, though being the only one in the year to get and Outstanding in this class for your owls, im sure you’ll be fine”
He nodded and looked through the notes as she sat behind her desk,
“Right then turn to page one hundred and two and make notes on the Inferi and then we will practice some new defensive spells”
A shiver ran down his spine as he remembered the cave, Dumbledore’s bright blue eyes flashed in front of him and he looked up at his teacher, the same eyes looking back.
*****
“I’m telling you there related” Said Harry, the three of them sat in the common room on there free period going through the work they had been given that morning in double DADA and a potions lesson.
“You can’t think that, lots of people have blue eyes”
“Not ones exactly the same as his, she must me his granddaughter or something”
“Or she could just have blue eyes” Said Ron, rifling through his bag,
Harry felt deflated in defeat, they didn’t even believe there was a chance he was right.
He looked through the papers, making notes as he went not phased by what went on around him, the people staring at him crept to the back of his mind and he was so focused on his work he didn’t notice Ginny come in and sit next to him. He had just finished and caught up completely in DADA and potions and looked up to find the room empty apart from Ginny sitting next to him,
“Where did everyone go, and when did you get here?”
She smiled, “they left for lunch, and I got here ten minutes ago”
“How come I never saw you?”
“You were gone in your own world; I didn’t want to disturb you”
“You should have, I ignored you and now I feel bad”
“You don’t need to feel anything like that, I told them to go and I would wait for you to finish and then come down”
“But I ignored you”
“You didn’t you were focusing on your work like a good boy and catching up, which I have to do tonight as well”
He sighed, and she moved in to hug him. He welcomed her embrace, the warmth of her body against his own. She got up and packed his stuff into his bag, you take yours up stairs well I get a jumper and then we can get some food, im starving and I think you’re a bit peckish to”
“Ok” he picked up his bag and took it up throwing it on his bed; he walked back down to see her waiting and they walked hand in hand to lunch.
They sat down and Ron began to talk,
“Erm Harry, when are you having the quidditch team tryouts?” he had completely forgotten, he was the captain again,
“I’ll book the pitch for this Saturday” he got up and went straight to Madam Hooch at the teachers table.
She nodded and wrote it down as he returned to his seat, “all sorted, Saturday at noon, she’ll post it tonight, hope your going to try out again Ron, im sure you could beat Cormac with your eyes closed, but if he turns up I’ll have to hex him after last year”
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