Harry Potter and The Sword Of The Phoenix

Title: Harry Potter and the Sword of the Phoenix
Chapter Title: A Day of Classes
Author: Ash Knight
Pairings: Harry/Draco
Warnings: Lemon Spoilers from book 5, and Sap . . .
Disclaimer: I don’t own Harry Potter and I do not make any money from these stories. So I’d like to see anyone try to sue me, lol.
s: Ts: This story takes place after book 5. Please leave a review.
Synopsis: This story takes place after my previous story “For it May Come True.”


“Draco?” Harry said as he watched his lover arise from the pensieve.

No one spoke as Harry and Draco just started at each other, neither acknowledging the potions master’s presence.

“Why didn’t you ever tell?” Draco finally said.

“Draco there is still a lot of things I never told you about myself. Something I want to share with you, while others I’m just afraid to even speak out loud. “

Draco walked over to Harry and took him in his arms, hugging him tightly.

“You don’t have to be afraid anymore” Draco whispered into Harry’s ear, but still loud enough for Snape to hear.

Just as they were about kiss:

“Hem hem . . .” Snape coughed in a very Umbrige way.

Both Harry and Draco looked up at him, finally remembering where they were.

“I’m afraid you both must excuse me since I have a potion to finish, and Mr. Potter, you are due in Herbology soon, so I suggest you get ready.”

Draco and Harrth nth nodded and Harry quickly grabbed the pensieve off the desk and walked out of the office with Draco at his side.

“I have a surprise for you” Draco said as the reached their room.

“What is it?” Harry asked.

“Well after I woke up without you next to me I decided to go and talk to Dumbledore about something.”

“About what?”

“You’ll know everything by tonight. As for right now you better get ready so I’ll see you soon” Draco replied with a swift kiss on the lips and then left the room.

*What is he planning?* Harry thought to himself with a smile.

He quickly grabbed the books he would need for the day and his things for Herbology and headed for the great hall to grab a quick breakfast before going to the green houses. No one else was in the Great Hall, which Harry found strange. Harry was certain Ron and Hermione would be there for support but didn’t dwell on it. Hermione was probably caught up in the library making lesson and study plans to help Harry, while Ron was probably still sleeping in the boys’ dorm.

Slinging his bag over his shoulder, Harry made his way down to the greenhouses only to find that Professor Sprout wasn’t the only one there.

“Surprise!” Draco said as he saw Harry’s jaw drop while Hermione giggled.

“What are you guys doing here?” Harry asked, still confused.

“Well, after I woke up I thought you would be in Dumbledore’s office, so I went to try and talk to you but you weren’t there. But, while I was there we talked for a while and I told him I wanted to take the NEWTS too, and he finally agreed. Then I asked if Ron and Hermione could take them too, but he said only Hermione could since Ron’s grades fall short of the requirements. But, when we pass our NEWTS Hermione is going to become the assistant Professor of Transfiguration while I’m going to become the assistant Potions Master.”

“That’s great but what about Ron?” Harry asked.

“Well . . . he was kind of mad he couldn’t take the NEWTS with so he sort of . . . stormed out of the common room” Hermione answered, trying to avoid the look on Harry’s face.

“Don’t worry Harry, with tonight’s sur. . .”

“Good morning” said Professor Sprout as she walked into the green house, cutting Draco off.

“Good morning Professor Sprout” the triod ind in unison.

“Alright then, today we are going to cover a plant that often comes up often in the NEWTS exams. Now which one of you can tell me what the Dykant plant is?”

The three of them almost jumped up as they raised there hands at the exact same time. They all brake out into laughter, including Professor Sprout.

“All right, Draco how about you?”

“The Dykant plant is a very large version of the common Venus fly trap. Except instead of eating insects, it eats large animals and even humans sometimes.”

“Excellent Draco! Now Harry, what is this plants magical properties?”

“The Dykant plants petals are used in potions for growing bones back, and the teeth of the plant have venom capable of paralyzing muscle tissue. The venom is used by wizard healers to paralyze their patients during very critical and delicate operations so the patient wont have to be repeatedly stunned or restrained by spells” Harry answered in a very Hermione like voice.

“Exactly! Very good indeed” Professor Sprout mussed.

“Now, Hermione, how does one actually collect the petals and teeth without being attacked by the plant?”

“The plant will stay completely motionless until something touches the very sensitive hairs inside and around it mouth. If even the slightest sensation is felt the Dykant plant will immediately clamp shut, trapping anything in its mouth and begin to devour it.”

“Yes, wonderful! Now I am going to show you how to cut off the petals of the plant and then work off some of the teeth without triggering its attack” Sprout said as she lead them through a locked door in the back of the greenhouse.

The Dykant plant was about half the size of a full size bed with razor sharp teeth, surrounding the orange opening which was its mouth, and long black petals.

“Now the way to cut away the petals is to position your shears underneath the petals and cut them at their base, where they grow out of the plant. The teeth are a bit more difficult since there are hairs very close to the teeth on the inside of the mouth. To remove the teeth you must take your shears and pinch one tooth at a time. You pinch it very tightly and then pull it away from the mouth so as not to touch the hair inside and trigger the plants defenses” Sprout told them and then demonstrated how.

There tre told to work very carefully for an hour on the plant and that she would be watching them to instruct them as well as to help if they triggered the plant to attack. The three of them worked very carefully removing the petals first, setting them aside in the containers Professor sprout provided. When they were finished with that it was time to work on the teeth. They were very apprehensive at first but Professor Sprout encouraged them to keep going. After each had pulled their first tooth they grew a bit more confident and continued until their time was up.

“That was very good work you all did. Now, before we move on to the next plant, I have here some dead pigeons in this bag to feed the plant. I want each of you to stand back and toss one of the dead pigeons into its mouth so it can have something to eat.”

They all nodded and each took a dead pigeon from the bag Professor Sprout was holding and tossed them into the Dykant’s mouth. Instantly, it sprang to life with what would have been a roar if it were an animal as it clamped its mouth shut and began to eat the dead birds in its mouth. After that, they spent the next hour working with another plant called the Aria plant and after that they work on the Tuuli flower.

When they were done with Herbology they headed for their next class, Potions. Draco and Hermione where talking about their Herbology lesson as they walked there, while Harry was only half listening. He still didn’t know what to expect from Snape, and nothing was ever really said about their feud being over and done with. When they reached the class they found that no one was there. They sat down together and began to talk about some plans to go to the library after the potions class when suddenly the door of the calls slammed open and Professor Snape charged in with his black robes billowing behind him in classic motion.

“The THREE of you are here because you wish to take your NEWTS in two weeks time. So it is my unfortunate duty to prepare you for any potions that may come up in the exam. So, unless you’re ready to ACTUALLY DO some hard work I suggest you leave now and save me from wasting my time on you. The most common NEWTS potion you will be asked to make is the Capacitor potion. When brewed correctly, the potion will make the drinker invisible for han hon hour. The instructions are on the board,” Snape said with a wave of his wand, making the instructions appear on the board. “It should take you an hour and a half to make this potion. After which, it will need to sit and cool down for another hour and a half. In that time while it is cooling down you will begin work on another potion. Assuming you can do this correctly; we will test the potions on yourselves before the class is over and see who has brewed the potions correctly, and who need to spend their lunch hour in the hospital wing. Potter! You will be working on the station in the right corner of the Room, Ms. Granger you will take the left corner. And you Draco will take the station in the center of the room. Well . . . GET TO WORK!”

They practically jumped out of their seats and ran to their assigned stations. Harry doubled checked the instructions before he added or prepared the ingredients as Snape went over to show Draco how to make sure the ingredients were ready to be added. But, then he walked away from Draco and helped Hermione, although it was clear by the briefness of their interaction there was very little to criticize. Then Snape headed over to Harry. For a moment Harry tried to ignore Snape and concentrate on his own potion as it was clear that he was being appraised.

“You must cut the balmung vertically not horizontally from the top to the bottom. Everything else is perfect, now carry on.”

He walked away just before he saw the large smile now spreading across Harry’s face, and as Harry looked up he saw Draco and Hermione were both looking at him with shocked eyes. Harry quickly looked away and began to continue his work on the potion. The time passed quickly and before Harry knew it the potion was done. He set it aside in the corner for it to cool as did Hermione and Draco.

“Now the second potion you will be working on is the mandrake potion. Since I am sure you remember its use from your second year, so I don’t need to waste time explaining what it does. Professor Sprout has provided you with 3 fully grown mandrakes for each of you to brew the potion. After you are done you will bottle a sample of your potion and Professor Sprout and I will test it, and I will give you your evaluations by our next class. You will wear earmuffs to protect yourself from the mandrakes cry, and I doubt I need to ein win why. So be careful in your work, since the last thing I need is to be left with dead students in my classroom. The instructions are on the board and your mandrakes are on my desk, as well as your earmuffs.”

They once again began to work with Snape motioning what to do to each of them since they couldn’t hear anything with the muffs over there ears. Even with all the protection stop them from hearing their cries, it was clear the mandrakes where screaming their heads off. It felt strange to chop them up and stew them but they gritted their teeth and did what they had too. Once the mandrakes were chopped up and thrown into the cauldron they took off their earmuffs and began to add the other ingredients.

After another hour and a half it was ready, and each bottled a sample and placed it on Snape’s desk. With that done it was time to test their first potion. First, Draco took a cup full of his and he slowly vanished into thin air. Next, Hermione took the amount of her own with the same effect. Then it was Harry’s turn. Harry filled a cup with his potion and drank it as fast as he could, for fear that he might gag. The potion tasted like cinnamon and Tabasco sauce mixed together, and then suddenly he felt a cool feeing spread inside of him.

“Well Mr. Potter, it seems there may be hope for you yet” Snape said with a blank look on his face.

The potions master dismissed them for lunch and they made theay tay to the Great Hall for a quick bite before going to the library, each still invisible from the potion. It felt strange to be invisible and see his bag hanging of his shoulders as if hanging on thin air, not to mention Hermione and Draco. Ron was still no where to be found and Draco said he would go find him and meet them in the library. After quickly eating some porridge, Harry went with Hermione to go over everything they had learned so far that morning as well as what they might go over the Charms and Transfiguration that day. Between them they had gotten about fifteen books off the shelves and three from the restricted section (which they now had total access to for their NEWTS). Draco then came in to join them.

“Ron was still in the dorm room pouting, but don’t worry he cheered up after I told him about tonight” Draco said.

“What’s going to happen tonight?” Harry asked, giving Draco a hard look.

“Well, Dumbledore told me about you becoming an animagus, and I insisted that the rest of us be in on it.”

“What?” Harry said, once again in shock.

“He agreed we could do it with you but only if we have an animagus form. If we choose to try and become animagi after we find out what are forms are, he will allow us to take the training with you.”

“How the bloody hell did you get Dumbledore to agree to that?” Harry asked, almost laughing.

“Simple, I told him that if he didn’t allow us to join you, that we would do it on our own with out his permission. So logically it’s safer if he helps us to do it than us doing it alone.”

Even Hermione looked at Draco as if he was crazy, but Draco just laughed in return and told them not to get their knickers in a twist. After an hour of reviewing everything that morning and reviewing anything they would need for later they head for their three hour class of Charms, and then Transfiguration.


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Authors Note:

mikochef: I’m glad you like my version of Snape, and rest assured there are going to be even more surprises later on concerning him. Thank you for reviewing and I’m glad you’re my BETA reader now. I suck at the grammar part of writing, even with spell check, lol. You’re a great fan and a great friend . . .


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