Unforeseen Friends

It was now Monday afternoon, two days after the Safety Announcements. Harry had just left the Chamber of Secrets, as it was now five minutes before his next lesson.

He said a quick greeting to Myrtle, before pulling out his cloak and stepping out of the bathroom. Once he was sure that nobody else was there, Harry removed his cloak and stuffed it back into his bag.

He proceeded to run down the empty halls at breakneck speed, hoping desperately that he would not be late. He had Defense Against the Dark Arts, and had a feeling Moody would not take well to tardiness.

Besides, if I entered the classroom late, he might think I'm a dark wizard trying to kill him. I can't see a way that might end well.

Just as Harry sped into a hallway on the fourth floor, he nearly crashed into a group of students. He immediately stopped himself, opening his mouth to apologize. Before he could, however, one of the students in question opened his mouth.

"If it isn't Potty!" snarled the student. Harry mentally groaned. It was the group of Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff students that he had run into several times prior, most of the time ending with them insulting him in some way.

Harry tried to get up and push past the boy, but soon found his path to be blocked.

"Think you own the school, eh Potter?" said the boy, snarling slightly.

Harry froze, confused. As far as he knew, people rarely saw him around the school these days. In fact, he rarely spent time outside of the Gryffindor common room, classes, the Great Hall, or the Chamber of Secrets.

To be fair, they do remind me of Dudley's friends. They weren't exactly the brightest of the bunch either.

Harry was jolted out of his thoughts when he noticed the student's hand enter his cloak. By the time the Hufflepuff student could bring his wand out, Harry's wand was already between his eyes.

Before either of the two could say anything, a voice rang out through the hallway.

"And what, exactly, is going on here?"

Harry turned to the opposite side of the hall. Walking towards them were the two Aurors Harry had smiled at previously, as well as two others. The magenta haired one, Tonks, had spoken, in a sarcastic tone quite similar to Salazar's. Harry immediately flashed her a smile, pocketing his wand in one swift movement.

"Nothing of importance. We were simply on our way to our classes." said Harry, his voice smooth.

"Well, hurry up then. And to make sure none of you get distracted on the way there, we'll be accompanying you." She indicated to herself and the other three Aurors, who nodded.

A minute later, Harry was on his way to Moody's with Tonks and the pretty brunette.

"I thought Hufflepuffs were supposed to be the nice ones." Harry muttered quietly.

"They typically are." replied the brunette, having heard him, "Tonks and I were in Hufflepuff. I'm Hestia Jones, by the way."

"Harry Potter."

"As if I hadn't realized."

"I didn't think you had, in the Great Hall the other day." Harry noted.

"She didn't," Tonks informed him, "And neither did I. You look different than we thought you would. You're supposed to look exactly like your father, but with your mum's eyes. Glasses, too."

"Until a few months ago, I did. But I got contacts for the glasses, and the rest changed, I guess."

"That explains it. How'd your friends react when you told them what contacts were?" asked Hestia.

"They were horrified that muggles would stick miniature glasses in their eyeballs."

Tonks sniggered.

"You should have seen my mum's reaction when my dad showed her a telephone. She tried to send a letter with it, nearly killed our owl. Absolutely barmy."

"You've got Defense with Moody, right?" asked Hestia.

"Yup. He's the barmy one, not Tonk's mum. He told us he's trying to get Ministry approval to use the Imperius Curse on us, just so we know how it feels."

"That sounds like Moody." commented Tonks, "He taught the two of us though, and he really was brilliant at teaching us how to become an Auror. You know, with stamina and reflexes and all that stuff."

"Didn't you crash into the other Aurors when you waved at me Saturday? He can't have taught you that one." Tonks' eyes narrowed playfully, while Hestia laughed in the background.

The group eventually stopped just outside of Moody's classroom.

"If what I've heard about you is true, we'll see you soon. Unless you plan on avoiding trouble." Tonks said.

"For the record," Harry started, "I don't go looking for trouble, it just finds me."

"I'm sure it does." Hestia chuckled.

Harry waved goodbye, pleased to have at the very least made two new friends.

The following class was not nearly as fun as the journey there. Professor Moody had taken it upon himself to demonstrate all three Unforgivables on a spider. Neville appeared to nearly pass out upon watching the effects of the Cruciatus Curse, not that Harry could blame him. Besides, he felt the same way after seeing the crazed Auror demonstrate the killing curse.

Harry was rather surprised by Moody's choice of material for their fourth year class. If he taught the younger students the same thing, Hogwarts might have to open a counseling ward.

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