Chapter 21: Give it back, Malfoy!

Hey guys if u like the fanfic and want to read 35+ chapters ahead or just want to support take a visit on my patreon.

(P).(A).(T).(R).(E).(O).(N)

http://patreon.com/Marin_kitawaga

~~~~~~~~

Harry glanced down at his broom. It was old and some of the twigs stuck out at odd angles.

"Stick out your right hand over your broom," called Madam Hooch at the front, "and say 'Up!'"

"UP!" everyone shouted.

Harry and Iris shared a grin as they were among those whose brooms shot into their hands.

Honestly, it wasn't really a great feat since both Harry and Iris had some practice in riding brooms.

Their mother had taught them little flying after they turned 11.

Madam Hooch then instructed them how to hover in one place but that was the instant when the problem began.

Neville suddenly flew up and started screaming. And a few seconds later, he fell down with a crunch.

Harry winced seeing Neville's broken wrist. Madam Hooch instructed them to not fly on their own and led Neville to the infirmary.

'Thankfully it will take just a few seconds to mend his broken bone.' Harry thought.

But his attention was dragged towards the duo of ginger haired and blonde haired boys who were fighting over Neville's remembrall. Harry realised that the ginger haired boy was Ron, his dorm mate.

"Give it back, Malfoy!" spat Ron.

"I think I will leave it somewhere for Longbottom to find. How about up a tree?" Malfoy smirked, mounting his broom.

"I think not. Give back Neville's remembrall. I will pass it to him." Harry said quietly, stepping forward and pushing his arm forward with his palm up.

"And why should I do that?" Malfoy asked with a sly grin. Harry simply smiled back and turned on the [Killer] perk.

The first-years around him suddenly felt dread well up in their stomachs. At once the courtyard was under a huge shadow, a big cloud appeared out of nowhere, hiding the sun behind it.

Ron stepped back, his face paling rapidly. The chill in the atmosphere increased while the shadows around the castle walls seemed to get darker and sinister.

All the students looked at Harry in fright.

Malfoy on the other hand froze on his spot as his grey eyes met glowing emeralds. He gulped down nervously and dropped the remembrall in Harry's awaiting palm.

The shadows, the evil chill, the dread all vanished abruptly as if it never happened in the first place.

Harry grinned happily.

"Thanks for your help, Draco? Yes, Draco. I remember your name now." Harry smiled genuinely and pocketed the remembrall.

"Come on, Iris and Hermione. Let's go see how Neville is doing. I don't think Madam Hooch will really mind now that the class is almost over."

Both the girls hurriedly followed him as Harry left the courtyard. All the students started murmuring among themselves, asking each other if they all felt it or not.

"Did you see that, Daphne?" Tracey hissed, her eyes wide and surprised.

"I think I am in love." Daphne mumbled, an excited smile on her face, blush tinting her cheeks.

"What?" Tracey gaped at her.

"Nothing."

"It wasn't nothing. I definitely heard you say the L word."

"You must have misheard it." Daphne waved away her argument.

"No I didn't."

"Hmm."

----------

"What was that?" Hermione finally whispered as the trio hurried through the hallway.

"What was what?" Harry asked instead, hiding his smile, not even stopping to address her question.

"Don't be so coy with me, Harry. I'm asking about the sudden feeling of danger you somehow managed to induce in everybody, making Malfoy almost piss himself. What was that?"

"I don't know what you are talking about, Hermione. I didn't do anything." He said, finally sparing her a single glance and again looking forward as they neared the Hogwarts infirmary.

"Iris, some help would be nice here." Hermione scowled, not believing in the least that she had imagined the sudden terror creeping in her heart back there at the courtyard.

"I don't know what you are onto, Hermione. I don't recall Harry doing anything. I think he is being honest." Iris shrugged nonchalantly, not even looking at her, taking her brother's side as expected.

Hermione, seeing no help coming from the other girl, just slumped her shoulders and scurried beside them, dropping the topic for now.

Still, she was sure that the incident did happen, that Harry did terrify their whole class, that it wasn't just a figment of her imagination.

But it was no use asking him when he was dead set on denying his involvement.

-----------

The days passed quickly. The first-year students had now settled well at Hogwarts.

The homesickness had finally diminished while the awe for the magical castle and the giddiness at the chance to use magic had consistently increased every day. But the professors seemed to have turned into demons.

The amount of homework had increased twofold as Halloween approached. The first years didn't know why they were being tortured by so much work when they were just in the beginning stage of their education.

Not a single student had expected so much studying in their first year.

In their minds, they had presumed that they would live a fairytale-ish life in the magical castle with a chance to learn amazing and cool magic with bare amounts of unwanted homework, at least until the fourth year, then they would have become serious with their studies in 5th year, since it was OWLs year.

But it was all a naive dream. Every student of Hogwarts, whether a fifth-year or a first-year, was expected to waste their precious time on unprecious homework.

It was unfair of course, but no one was bold enough to yell that on the face of Professor McGonagall or, gods forbid, Professor Snape.

One such unlucky group of first-year students were sitting around a table in the library, labouring through the useless work.

Harry was the only one who had completed his work and was just giving his friends company.

Daphne and Tracey sat by his left side and were calmly working on their work while Iris was on his right side, quickly copying down from Harry's finished homework.

~~~~~

For more faster updates plz add this fan fiction to the library and send some power stones.

~~~~~~~~

Hey guys if u like the fanfic and want to read 35+ chapters ahead or just want to support take a visit on my patreon.

(P).(A).(T).(R).(E).(O).(N)

http://patreon.com/Marin_kitawaga