Harry had just gotten out of the headmasters office when he
remembered something, he turned back around and made his way
back. He entered the office, Dumbledore and Adrian looked
surprised to see him.
"Harry" Dumbledore said "did you forget something?"
"Yes" Harry nodded "I'd like the cloak please" Dumbledore tensed a
little, while Adrian looked confused.
"Cloak? What cloak?" Adrian asked
"Our fathers invisibility cloak" Harry answered "Dumbledore has it
and I'd like it back"
"Mr Potter, you're father gave me that cloak" Dumbledore pointed out
"And you promised to give it back" Harry replied "in fact you gave a
magical vow that said you would give it back when asked by a
member of the family"
"How did you know that?" Dumbledore asked, narrowing his eyes
slightly
"I know a lot of things, for example I know that I want that cloak
back"
"Mr Potter, I had planned to give this to your brother at Christmas"
"I don't care" Harry responded "I'm the eldest son and therefore it's
my property until dad wakes up and claims it"
"Wait, you can't do that!" Adrian objected
"I can and I will, now the cloak, please"
"Mr Potter, really there is no need for this" Dumbledore said
"Look Dumbledore, I want that cloak back, and I'd like it now. Unless
you liked the public to know that you are keeping a valued
possession of the Potter house from its heir"
"Very well" Dumbledore sighed and moved to get the cloak, he didn't
want to give Harry the cloak but he couldn't risk getting more bad
publicity. He would have to change his plans, and find another way
to get Adrian to see the mirror. He picked up the cloak and gave it to
Harry.
"Thank you" Harry took the cloak "see, that wasn't so hard. Now,
goodbye" Harry turned to leave
"Mr Potter" Dumbledore said just before Harry had gotten out of the
door "how did you know about the vow and the cloak?"
"You see Dumbledore, that's a secret" Harry smiled at the
headmaster "if you want to learn my secrets, you need to give me
some of yours and I don't think you want to do that. Goodbye"
Harry left the room for the second time, Dumbledore didn't know
what to think. Somehow Harry had knew about the cloak and his
vow, he only made that vow so James Potter would let him have that
cloak. Who told Harry about it? What else did Harry know? Perhaps
next time they see each other, Dumbledore could look into Harry's
mind and see what makes him tick.
Harry took his cloak back to the common room and placed it in his
room, he exited his room and came back down to the common room.
"Potter" A voice called, Harry found Malfoy and his two goons glaring
at him. Harry glanced around and saw Daphne sitting with Blaise
and Tracy, preparing to get up and help.
"Ah, Malfoy" Harry said "how are your ribs?"
"Shut it Potter!" Malfoy snapped "You'll pay for what you've done!"
"Very original Malfoy" Harry commented "look, I'm tired and I have
better things to do than deal with you"
"When my father hears about this" Draco threatened "he'll..."
"Be disappointed in you" Harry interrupted "first you lose a wizard
duel, then you try to attack the boy-who-lived the muggle way, then
you and your goons lost against me during what was basically a
muggle fight. Tell your dad, go on, I dare you."
Malfoy paused, he realised that Potter had a point, his father would
be furious. Especially if he heard that he was fighting like a muggle,
he'd have to get Potter another way.
"This isn't over" Malfoy said before he turned and left with Crabbe
and Goyle following him.
"You okay?" Daphne asked as Harry walked over and sat beside
them
"Yeah" Harry nodded "Malfoy being a git is nothing new"
"True" Daphne agreed "where were you anyway?"
"In a meeting with the headmaster" Harry answered
"What did he want?" Tracy asked
"Well, first he congratulated me on my quidditch victory" Harry
replied "then he asked me about the marriage contract"
"He what?" Daphne asked
"He asked me about the contract and said he'd help me get out of it
if I wanted, but I told him that I didn't need his help to get out of the
contract then he asked me about the troll. I answered a couple of
questions then I left"
"By the way" Blaise said "Snape wants to talk to you about the
Malfoy incident, told me to tell you to come as soon as possible.
"I can't catch a break" Harry groaned as he stood up again
Harry had made his way to Professor Snape's office, he shook his
head and decided to get this over with so he could go back to his
room and fall asleep. He knocked on the door.
"Enter" Said the smooth voice of Professor Snape, Harry opened the
door and walked in. He found Snape sitting behind his desk.
"Hello sir" Harry greeted
"Greetings Mr Potter, sit" Professor Snape ordered. Harry did as he
was told and sat in the chair in front of the desk. "You are aware of
why I've called you?"
"You wanted to talk to me about me beating up the spoilt brat and his
pet apes" Harry answered.
"Yes" Snape nodded, hiding his amusement at Harry's description of
the two boys "firstly I'd like to say I am impressed. Beating multiple
opponents is an impressive achievement, especially when two of
them are as big as Mr Crabbe and Mr Goyle. Have you studied
martial arts?"
"A little" Harry replied
"A little?" Snape repeated slowly "from what I have heard from the
other students, you fought better than one who has studied a 'little'
bit of martial arts."
"And those students have much experience in fighting?" Harry raised
an eyebrow "They would be amazed if they went to watch a
children's karate tournament, apart from Malfoy but that's just
because he hates all things muggle"
"Have you talked with Malfoy since the confrontation?" Snape asked
"Just before this meeting" Harry answered "Malfoy tried to confront
me in the common room, he threatened to tell his father like a child. I
reminded him that his father was probably going to be more angry at
him than me"
"What makes you think that?"
"Simple, he tried to attack the boy-who-lived at Hogwarts and what's
worse is the fact that he tried to do it the muggle way, then he got
beat up in what was basically a muggle fight"
"Hmm, impressive" Snape said with approval in his voice "that's a
very Slytherin tactic"
"Well" Harry shrugged "when in Rome"
"Indeed, but I have to ask, is there anything about the fight that you
wish to tell me"
Immediately after saying this Snape looked into Harry's mind, Harry
had no defences as far as Snape could see. Snape viewed the
memory of the fight, he had to admit that Potter was impressive. His
movements were quick but powerful, he would be a great dueller if
he trained up. He picked up on Harry's surface thoughts, the boy
was starting to realise something was happening, Snape decided
that the best course of action was to leave before Harry realised
what was happening and he did so.
"Not really sir" Harry said.
Snape nodded, he was about to say more when he felt a probe on
his shields, he quickly deduced that it had to be Potter as there was
nobody else in the room. He stopped the probe with his occlumency
shields, and it retreated. He looked at Potter who had the tiniest
signs of amusement on his face, it was barely noticeable but Snape
saw it.
"If that is all, then can I go?" Harry asked
"Yes" Snape replied "you may go, but I'd advise controlling yourself
in the future. Just because you were in the right does not meant that
you can go and fight whenever you feel like it. Am I understood?"
"Yes sir" Harry stood up, Snape quickly decided to fire one more
legilimency probe to see what Potter was thinking but was surprised
when Potter had blocked him "Goodbye sir" Harry left the room.
Snape didn't know what to think, at first Mr Potter had no shields at
all but all of a sudden he sprouted shields capable of keeping him
out. Did Potter try and trick him? Even if he did it was still impossible,
those shields were strong and far beyond what a child his age
should be capable of. He wasn't sure but he pretty much decided
that he wanted to avoid looking into Potters mind again.
The rest of the year went by, Draco had chosen to ignore Harry for
the moment and Harry didn't feel like complaining about it. Their
lessons went by as normal, and soon came time for Christmas.
Harry had given Daphne some jewellery, he gave Tracy a book on
quidditch and he gave Blaise some sweets.
Harry had received a broom polishing kit from Tracy, a wand
polishing kit from Blaise and a book on hexes and curses from
Daphne. All three of his friends were a bit surprised by the tears that
became present on Harry's face but he quickly wiped them off and
the made an unspoken agreement neer to mention it again.
One day Harry and Daphne were in the library doing homework.
They had just finished their charms homework, which was perfectly
not too hard and not too easy. They had decided to complete their
transfigurations homework before they left.
"Have you done number five yet?" Daphne asked
"Yeah, the answer is weight over size" Harry replied
"Thanks" Daphne scribbled the answer down "which one are you
on?"
"Six, I'm guessing that you're on five now"
"Yes, I am" Daphne nodded
"Where's Tracy?" Harry asked
"She's off playing chess with Blaise" Daphne answered
"Again?"
"Yeah, they're both competitive and both keep demanding
rematches"
"Do you want to something after we're done?" Harry asked while
writing down the answer to his question
"Like what?"
"I don't know, anything really."
"Well I didn't really have any plans for today, other than read a book
or something."
Daphne was about to say more when she was interrupted by a large
sound, Harry's wand flicked to his wrist and they both looked
towards the origin of the sound. It was the golden trio, apparently
Hermione Granger had decided that it was a good idea to slam a
large book on the desk.
"Oi Granger" Harry called "could you slam that thing down any
harder? I don't think everyone in Hogwarts has heard you yet"
"What?" Hermione turned to them "I didn't slam it down that hard, it's
just heavy"
"It weighs less than you, that's not heavy" Harry argued
"Harry" Daphne said "leave it"
"But..."
"Look, just leave it" Daphne said "we'll finish up our homework and
we'll go"
"Fine" Harry went back to his work, but he did keep an open ear
towards the trio. He picked up a couple of words, he heard
'Flammel', 'stone' and 'immortal'. He glanced over and made a note
of which book they were reading.
Eventually the trio left the library, Harry had finished his homework
so he got up and went towards the book that Hermione put back. He
was glad to be proven right when he said it was not heavy.
"What are you looking at?" Daphne asked him
"The book that Granger was reading, I want to see what all the fuss
is over" Harry replied "and apparently it's about the philosophers
stone"
"Philosophers stone? I've heard about that, I thought it was called
the sorcerer's stone"
"That's stupid, don't know why anyone would call it that" Harry
looked back down to his book "okay, it makes an elixir of life, that's
handy. Turns led into gold, made by this famous alchemist called
Nicholas Flammel, apparently the guy is like six hundred plus in
age."
"Wow" Daphne whistled "that's impressive, it'd be worth a lot. Why
were those three looking at it?"
"Apparently they think that it's what Dumbledore is guarding in the
third floor corridor, if he is then I think he's an even bigger idiot then I
estimated. People would kill for this and putting it in a school would
be incredibly stupid...with that being said he probably did do it."
Later Harry had come out of his room when he heard the sound of
Malfoy, leaving the common room. He followed because knowing
Malfoy he'd probably end up causing problems for Harry, Harry had
taken his invisibility cloak, though he had made sure it didn't have
any charms on it before he used it. It didn't have any which led Harry
to believe that Dumbledore didn't have any time to put it on.
Probably because Harry took the cloak before Dumbledore could do
anything.
Harry followed Malfoy to Hagrids hut, Harry didn't have that many
interactions with Hagrid, mostly because he was such a Dumbledore
fan but Harry believed that he was a nice guy. Too much of a
Dumbledore supporter but a nice guy, yet Harry could understand
why. Dumbledore was powerful and Hagrid wasn't likely to get a job
anywhere else, so it made sense that he hero worshipped
Dumbledore.
Malfoy looked into the window and suddenly he began running,
Harry leaned against the hut and heard the voices of the golden trio
and Hagrid inside, Harry couldn't be bothered with being subtle and
just took his cloak off and knocked on the door. He hid the cloak just
before Hagrid opened the door.
"Harry?" Hagrid asked "What are you doing here?"
"I followed Malfoy" Harry answered "he came all the way here and
looked into your window then he quickly ran off, looking extremely
happy. Now that worries me, what did he see?"
"N...nothing" Hagrid fibbed
"Hagrid, Malfoy knows and that means that everyone will probably
know eventually, you might as well tell me now because I know for
sure that Malfoy will be bragging about it in the common room
tomorrow."
"Fine" Hagrid reluctantly moved aside and let Harry in, Harry entered
and found the trio sitting and looking at him.
"What are you doing here?" Adrian demanded
"Knitting" Harry said sarcastically before he noticed the small dragon
on the table. "A dragon, you've got a dragon on the table, that's high
on the list of things that I was not expecting."
"What are you going to do? Tell everyone?" Ron accused
"Nah, Malfoy's got that covered" Harry turned to Hagrid "Hagrid, why
do you have a dragon? Last I checked it was illegal to own a dragon"
"He's just a baby" Hagrid argued "he can't do much harm"
"Hagrid, dragons are famous for breathing fire and you've brought it
into a hut made of wood which is famous for being burnt. They also
grow quickly so someone will have found out eventually"
"Well...when you put it like that" Hagrid looked at the floor
"Anyway" Harry continued "we need to find a way to get this dragon
out of here"
"What? You're helping us?" Adrian asked
"Yes" Harry said as he examined the little dragon
"Why?" Hermione asked "why would you want to help us?"
"I'm not helping you" Harry responded as he looked at the dragons
wings "if Malfoy tells everyone then Hagrid we'll get in trouble and I
have no problem against Hagrid"
"Thank you" Hagrid looked up slightly
"Not a problem" Harry replied "plus if Malfoy's plan is ruined, it will
annoy him a lot and making Malfoy suffer gives me life. Impressive
dragon Hagrid."
"It's a Norwegian ridgeback" Hagrid said proudly
"Hmm" Harry thought of a plan "okay, I'll deal with it for you."
"Deal with it?" Ron asked
"I'll get rid of it for you" Harry said
"Get rid of it?" Hermione gasped
"I'm not going to kill it" Harry snapped before looking at the dragon,
he extended his hand "come on, you're coming with me".
The little dragon stared at him, everyone thought that he was going
to spray fire on Harry's hand but it didn't. It slowly crept forward and
rubbed it's head against his fingers, it then climbed up his hands and
kept climbing until it was resting on his shoulder. Everyone was
surprised at how easily Harry had made the dragon obey him.
"Say goodbye Hagrid" Harry instructed the half giant
"Goodbye?! You're taking him from me?!"
"Either he comes with me or somebody else will take him away and
they won't treat him as nice as me"
"But...but..."
"Hagrid, I promise you that I'll get him someplace safe" Harry hoped
to calm Hagrid down "just trust me, please"
"Oh" Hagrid cried "Fine, just promise me that t...that you'll make sure
he gets somewhere safe"
"I promise on my name as a Potter, I will get him somewhere safe"
Harry promised, and he meant it.
"Goodbye Norbert" Hagrid rubbed the little dragon's head as he cried
"I'll miss you"
"He'll miss you as well" Harry said before turning to the other three
"I'd advise you three get back before Draco comes here with a
teacher, he's likely told somebody by now so I'd be careful which
way you go."
"Wait" Adrian stood up as Harry opened the hut's door so he could
leave "what are you going to do with him?"
"Get him somewhere safe" Harry answered
"But how?"
"Now brother" Harry smiled "that would be telling, you just work on
getting back without getting caught. And if you do get caught, don't
mention me, because if you do I'll murder you in your sleep"
Harry left with the threat still in the air, the trio said goodbye to
Hagrid and left the hut. They couldn't see Harry anywhere, they
quickly ran back up to the school. They were soaked by the time
they got there because it had started raining, they were walking
through he corridor when they were stopped by Professor
McGonagall who was accompanied by a smug looking Malfoy.
The next morning, Harry had sat at breakfast with Daphne and
Tracy. They were talking and eating, then the golden trio came in,
looking down. Harry and friends noticed that the other Gryffindor's
were either glaring or not looking at them, he had a good idea why.
Then Draco Malfoy entered, instead of smirking or looking smug, he
looked incredibly angry.
"Oh, guys, guess what" Tracy whispered
"What?" Harry and Daphne said at the same time
"Apparently the Gryffindor lost a hundred and fifty points yesterday"
"How do you know this?" Daphne asked
"I have my ways" Tracy said mysteriously "anyway, apparently the
golden three got caught after hours and lost all those points. That's
probably why they're being ignored by the other lions. Oh and
apparently Malfoy was involved"
"Seriously, how do you know this?" Harry interrupted
"Secret" Tracy grinned "but anyway, Malfoy lost Slytherin fifty points
when he told McGonagall about the three because he was out as
well."
"Is that all?" Harry said sarcastically "But seriously, Malfoy is an idiot
if that's true. Staying up after hours to tell on someone who is staying
up after hours, talk about being hypocritical"
"Yes but it's Malfoy" Daphne pointed out "I doubt he could spell
hypocritical"
"True but neither can Tracy" Harry replied
"Hey, yes I can" Tracy indignantly claimed
"Prove it" Daphne challenged
"Fine" Tracy replied "H-i-p-o-c-r-i-t-a-l-e"
"Oh!" Harry exclaimed "So close"
"I hate you both" Tracy grumbled
"No you don't" Daphne said as she and Harry continued eating
"What do you think they'll have to do for their detention? Write
lines?"
"Don't know" Harry shrugged "maybe old filch will finally get his wish
and hang them from their thumbs or maybe the school will sick
Snape on them"
"What if they do something absolutely mad?" Tracy asked
"Something like cleaning the Slytherin common room, looking after
that three headed dog they apparently have in the third floor
corridor." Harry and Daphne were about to ask how she knew that
but both wisely kept shut "Oh, maybe they'll make them go into the
forbidden forest or something"
"Tracy" Daphne said "people here are a bit crazy but it's unlikely
they'll send students into the forbidden forest"
"I sort of hope they do" Harry smiled sadistically at the thought "if
there is a god, then he will do me this favour and make that happen"
Adrian Potter was not having a good time, he had been sent to
detention in the forbidden forest with Hermione Ron and Malfoy for
some reason. Why couldn't he just do lines or clean something?! The
worst part is he got paired up with Malfoy of all people when they
had to split up, luckily they got Fang the dog to come with them but
according to Hagrid, he was useless.
"I can't believe this" Malfoy whined "this is servant stuff"
"I can't believe that I have to be here with you" Adrian retorted "I'm
the boy-who-lived, I shouldn't be here with junior death eater like
you"
"Like I enjoy your company, why on earth would I want to be next to
an arrogant half blood like yourself?"
"I may be a half blood but I'm still two times better than you"
"Please, that mudblood is better than you" Draco scoffed
"Don't call her a mudblood!"
"Or what? You going to go run to Dumbledore or your brother?"
"Like I need Dumbledore to deal with you and why on earth would I
run to Harry?" Adrian asked
"Your brother is the only one who annoys me more than you" Draco
said with venom in his voice "he stole my rightful place as prince of
Slytherin and he stole Daphne Greengrass from me"
"That blonde girl? I don't blame my brother, she's not that bad,
shame she's a Slytherin. If she wasn't then I'd probably ask her out"
"You? Don't make me laugh, you're the only choice worse than your
brother. At least he has some intelligence"
"Yeah, well...did you hear that?"
"Hear what?!" Draco demanded
"Shush" Adrian whispered and moved forwards slowly, Draco and
fang followed him.
They were shocked when they found a dying unicorn on the floor, it
was bleeding but that wasn't the scary part. The scariest part was
the hooded figure that was drinking its blood, it looked up, having
just noticed the boys.
Draco screamed and ran, Fang followed after him, Adrian decided he
didn't need to run. He was the boy-who-lived, he didn't run, he took
out his wand. It was at this point that he remembered that he didn't
know any offensive spells and changed his mind, he turned to run
but tripped and fell to the floor.
Adrian looked up, the hooded figure was gliding towards him, moving
like a snake as it neared. Adrian thought that this was going to be the
end, it couldn't be, he was the boy-who-lived! He couldn't die like
this!
The hooded figure came close, Adrian prepared to draw his last
breath when a blur came out and tackled the hooded figure. Adrian
could only blink before he took in the terrifying sight in front of him.
The hooded figure was pushed against a tree and was being
punched repeatedly by a man wearing a black hooded jacket, he
was dressed in muggle clothing and had a black bandanna covering
the lower half of his face. What really frightened Adrian was the
man's bright yellow eyes, was he a werewolf?
The hooded figure pulled out a wand and blasted the yellow eyed
man who flew through the air and landed meters away with a roll
before pulling out his own wand. He fired a cutting curse at the figure
who dodged before firing a killing cure, the yellow eyed man rolled
out of the way and fired a bone breaker curse at the figure who
dodged once more.
Both combatants were brought out of their fight by the sound of
hooves, they turned to see a centaur jump over a bush and land next
to Adrian. The yellow eyed man quickly looked back to his opponent
but found nothing, his opponent had escaped.
"W...who are you?" Adrian asked the centaur
"I am Firenze" He introduced himself, before looking at the yellow
eyed man "I do not know who you are"
"Good" The man said in a low voice, he turned and began walking
"Wait?" Adrian called "Why did you help me? Who are you? Answer
me"
"No" The man refused "I don't care what you do or don't know, I
saved your life you ungrateful brat, the least you could do is be quiet
and shut up"
"Adrian!" A voice called out, Hagrid arrived along with Ron, Hermione
and Draco. Hagrid saw the yellow eyed man and aimed his
crossbow "who are ya?!" Hagrid demanded
"He saved the young Potter boy's life" Firenze spoke "he also
chased away the creature that was hunting the unicorns" Hagrid
believed Firenze but still didn't put down his crossbow.
"Who are ya? What's your name?" Hagrid asked
"Goodbye" The man walked away
"Hey!" Hagrid shouted "Stop or I'll shoot!"
"Go ahead" The man said in an uninterested voice "just remember
that there are children with you"
"What's that supposed to mean?" Hagrid asked. The man stopped,
he slowly turned towards the group.
"It means that if you hurt me, I'll have to hurt the lot of you" The man
said slowly "but I have better things to do, goodbye. Lumos Maxima"
A bright light shot out of his wand and blinded everyone, Hagrid used
his crossbow, he had hoped he hit something.
After a short while everyone regained the use of their eyes, they
looked around and saw that they were still unharmed, Firenze was
still there, so was the dead unicorn. The only problem, the yellow
eyed man had disappeared and Hagrids arrow was currently stuck in
a tree.
Adrian didn't know what to think, who was that hooded figure? Who
was the yellow eyed man? Why did he help him? How did he know
to be here? Why was he in the forbidden forest at night? What did he
want? Is he a good guy? And why the hell were his eyes yellow?