Chapter 36

The rest of the time till Halloween passed in a routine for Harry , he was very busy with his personal magic practice, classes, assignments and Quidditch practice.

There was an event when he had to teach Neville a lesson,

Flashback:

Harry was reading a text on elemental magic from the books and scrolls he had scavenged from the Chamber of Secrets when Harry felt the mirror he had given his sisters to communicate with him in case of an emergency, vibrate in his pocket.

Harry answered the mirror, to find a harried looking

Artemis, " Harry, Neville and his cronies have cornered Hya and Nebula in the third floor corridor, I don't know what to do, please come fast. " she pleaded.

Harry's face went blank as he felt an icy rage course through his veins. He had not retaliated against Neville and his cronies despite their many provocations due to the fact that his mother Alice Longbottom was Harry's godmother along with his mother Amelia, but Neville had crossed a line when he attacked his sisters.

Harry looked at the mirror vand said, " Artemis, you don't get involved. I am coming as fast as I can, you go and call Professor Flitwick or McGonagall. "

Artemis sighed in relief and raced off to find the Professors Harry asked for.

Harry flicked his wand into his hand and raced off to the third floor corridor, it only took him a few minutes to reach there and what he found had his blood boiling. Hya and Nebula were trying to fend of a multitude of spells like boil causing hex, overpowered stinging hexes etc from Neville and his cronies Neville said you them, " your brother has stolen my spotlight these past couple of years and seems to believe himself to be a hotshot, now he will learn not mess with me after we are done with you two. Maybe in the future I will even fuck you Potter, which is more than you deserve with your Mudblood mother. "

Harry felt his vision turn red as he heard Neville's words and immediately cast a shield charm infront of the girls shielding them from the spells. He then turned his attention to the attackers and fired off a blast of sonic waves at them, making them hold their ears in pain and then Harry disarmed them all and had them all dancing using the Jelly legs jinx and hit them with spells causing boils in their private areas and had them all shrieking in pain from a mild pain hex he had learned from Salazar's notes.

Harry looked at them with a cold glare and was about to continue to curse them, when Nebula arrived with McGonagall in tow. She looked at Neville and his cronies writhing in pain and immediately rounded on Harry, " Mr Potter! what do you think you are doing, attacking your fellow students like this? " she said freeing Neville and his cronies from Harry's spells.

Harry calmly replied, " these four morons had the gall to attack two members of Most Ancient and Noble Houses, who also happen to be my sisters," pointing to Hyacinth and Nebula. " I was well within my rights to defend them and could have done worse to them. What do you think the Wizengamot will do when they find that the Boy Who Lived, who is the heir of the Ancient and Noble House of Longbottom was attacking two daughters of the Most Ancient and Noble Houses of Potter and Black. Not even his hyphenated title of Boy who lived will save him. The neutral and Dark factions , and even many Houses in the Loght Faction will pounce on the chance to punish his house. What I did to them is tame in comparison to what I can do them if they don't mind their own business from now on and please inform Augusta Longbottom and the rest of the parents of these morons that if anything of this sort happens again, I will destroy them. "

Harry took his sisters and walked away, leaving behind a gobsmacked Professor McGonagall.

Harry was later asked by Professor Flitwick to report to Dumbledore's office.

As soon as Harry took a seat in Dumbledore's office, the Professor said, " Harry, Professor McGonagall told me about what you threatened to do if Neville and his friends attacked your friends or family again. Will you really do that? It will damage his reputation immensely if the media finds out about what he did. It will damage the reputation of the Boy Who Lived greatly, if the public found out how he attacked two first year girls belonging to Most Ancient and Noble Houses, which are above in Stature to House Longbottom which is only an Ancient and Noble House. Harry, there is no need to go that far for the actions of a child. " trying to appease Harry.

Harry angrily said, " Professor, I don't give a damn about what damage happens to House Longbottom, they mean nothing to me, and if the public finds out about Neville's actions, then I say good for them as they will see the true face of their Boy Who Lived, an egotistical brat who curses first year girls because he feels inferior to their brother and can't do anything to him. Remember this Professor, if he does anything like this again, I will give a copy of my memories to Rita Skeeter and will have the name of House Longbottom dragged through the mud and will have all their vaults seized as compensation by the Wizengamot, warn Augusta Longbottom to keep her grandson in line, I don't give a damn about his Boy Who lived title, if he messes with my family again , he will suffer the consequences. Also, I am sure my parents will support my actions if they find out about how Neville and his cronies attacked my sisters. Also remember that Neville's friends don't even have the protection of being the Boy Who Lived. "

Dumbledore looked pensieve, and said, " alright Harry, I will warn their parents and also thank you for not pursuing further punishment against them this time, I will punish them severely and hope that they don't repeat such incidents again, if they do then it will be out of my hands. "

The next day Harry saw that Gryffindor lost 200 points and were in the negative in regards to House points and all four of them who attacked his sisters were in detention for a month. It seemed that Dumbledore had kept his word about warning their parents, as they all looked pale, likely

from realising what the consequences of their actions could have been after attacking his sisters, but Harry also saw Neville glaring at him when he thought that no one was looking and Harry decided to be watchful around Neville. Harry had also decided to make his own Marauders Map, as it would be a dead useful artifact to have.

------ Flashback end ------

Harry was halfway through mapping all of Hogwarts, in the process of making a copy of the Marauders Map, using the help of books from the Room Of Requirements.

Harry completed his second ritual in the early morning hours of Samhain, it was a core enlarging ritual which enhanced the magical core of a person by nearly 25% of its original size, which was a rather large increase, considering how big his magical reserves were originally. The ritual was incredibly painful and Harry felt like liquid fire was flowing through his body. It took a few hours for the pain to subside completely. The increase in his magical core allowed him to be finally able to do conjurations, which were usually more energy consuming when compared to other branches of transfiguration.