Fallen From Grace

To say James and Lily were mad would be an understatement. They were furious! They were marching straight to the headmaster’s office and demand that Harry be put in Gryffindor. Hell, they didn’t care if Dumbledore put him in Hufflepuff; they just wanted their son out of Slytherin. Saying the password, they entered the headmaster’s office. They got straight to the point before Dumbledore could say a word.

“We want Harry in Gryffindor! There is no way we will let our son become some evil wizard. Put him anywhere else, we don’t care!” James demanded.

“I’m afraid there’s nothing I can do. It’s up to the sorting hat to sort students, not me,” Dumbledore said sadly. “But there is still hope that he won’t become like Voldemort. There is always hope. Lord Voldemort will go after the Sorcerer’s Stone and being raised with such a light family he is sure to want to save it and stop Voldemort from returning.”

Lily’s eyes widened. She didn’t want her boy her but if it meant that he would be a light wizard and save them all… “Okay. See James, no reason to panic,” Lily comforted her husband.

James looked apprehensive but didn’t say anything.

“Oh, and Lily and James?” Dumbledore said. “Please don’t disown Harry. I’m sure he’ll be a great wizard and will defeat Voldemort.”

The two nodded. They didn’t disown him.

An hour and a cup of tea later the two left to go home. Once alone Dumbledore sighed. At least he hoped Harry would go along with his plans.

But Harry didn’t want to. In all honesty he wanted to help Voldemort get his power back. He heard the teachers talking about the Sorcerer’s Stone and knew Voldemort would come after it. Hours of research went into his little project but he didn’t find out anything until he consoled Ali about it.

“The Sorcerer’s Stone was made by the alchemist Nicholas Flamel. It can turn any substance into pure gold and can be used to produce the Elixir of Life which can make the drinker immortal,” Ali told her brother when he asked her about it. “Why?”

“Because, Voldemort might try to get it,” Harry explained. “Are there any side effects or anything?”

Ali’s eyes widened. “Well, your body will age normally as will youf magic. Besides, you must keep drinking the elixir if you want to stay immortal. If somebody stole it, you’d end up dead.”

“That’s probably what Dumbledore wants. We have to warn your dad,” Harry finished in a hushed whisper so nobody else would hear.

Ali plopped down into a chair by the fire in the common room. It was late and both were tired but had unfinished homework that was due the next day. Harry walked over to the table and picked up his books. He’d finish homework in the morning. Apparently Ali had the same idea because she gathered up her books and went into the girl’s dormitories. Not without a good night though.

“Goodnight to you to Ali. See you in the morning. Oh and Ali?” Harry said.

Ali turned around to face him. “Yeah?”

“What are you going to be on Halloween?”

Ali smiled sadly. “Sorry, full moon on Halloween this year. Guess I’ll be a werewolf.”

Harry frowned. “Oh.”

“What are you going to be?”

“I don’t know yet. Want to help me look through the catalogs tomorrow?”

Ali grinned. “Sure.”

Both went to bed dreaming about werewolves and the full moon.


The next day Ali was looking and bit more haggard then usual.. The full moon was nearing and so was Halloween. The weather grew colder as the days went by resulting in people staying indoors the majority of the time. The sky grew cloudy that day and it was sure to rain. Harry smiled. He just knew that Ali would be out there because she loved the rain so much.

“Hey Ali?” Harry asked at breakfast.

”Yeah?” she replied around a mouthful of cereal.

“Why do werewolves look so… sick near the full moon?” Harry asked curiously.

“Either they don’t embrace their inner wolf or they are underage and therefore the change is difficult on their young bodies. Once I turn of age it should be a lot better for me,” Ali replied matter-of-factly.

Harry mouthed ‘o’ and went back to eating his omelet. When he looked up he noticed a boy with light brown hair looking at him strangely. Harry raised an eyebrow in question.

“Your girlfriend there’s a werewolf and you don’t care? What’s wrong with you?” the boy asked angrily.

Ali looked at him sharply. “And just who are you and why are you listening in on our conversation? And I’m not his girlfriend!”

The boy looked offended at being spoken to like that by a werewolf. “I’m Seth Potter. Not related to Harry Potter next to you. And I was listening in because I caught the word werewolf and I want to know just why somebody would want to talk about werewolves. The disgusting creatures.”

Ali snapped. Her eyes glowed scarlet as she pushed the boy onto the table in one swift movement. The werewolf strength she got really helped out as the boy wasn’t exactly what you would call skinny.

“Never talk to me like that again Potter! Got it?” Ali snarled.

Everybody in the hall was watching with a mixture of fear and awe. What had the boy done to tick off somebody usually so calm and stoic and, dare they think it, friendly? Snape rushed over to break them apart. He knew just what Ali could and would do if the boy had upset her so much. He gripped both of the girl’s shoulders and pulled hard.

Both fell backwards and Ali ended up on top of Snape.

“Detention tonight at eight. Both of you,” Snape said pushing his adopted niece off of him.

Ron Weasley could be heard talking to Hermione Granger and saying that things like “The bloody git didn’t even take away house points.” This made Ali angry again but this time she remained calm. But nobody got away with talking about her family like that, no one.

A plan formed in her mind and with a mischievous grin, she beckoned Harry, Alex, and Blaise to follow her. Harry sighed; Ali’s eyes were amber again. Though he was scared about the devious plan she had obviously come up with. Having known her for years, he knew just what that mind of hers could do.

Ali took them to the Room of Requirement. Upon entering it Harry saw the exact same room he and Ali were talking in earlier that year. Everybody sat down in one of the black leather chairs while Ali and Blaise sat together in the leather loveseat.

“Okay, so here’s the plan for our revenge…” she whispered it into their ears.

Genius, pure genius.


It was the day before Halloween. Tomorrow he would start the prank. Seth wouldn’t know what hit him. Blaise knew why Ali couldn’t be there and though he was hoping to go to the Halloween Costume Dance with him but there was always next year.

Currently the group was in the Slytherin common room. They were sitting in their comfy little corner. Alex was reading as usual and Blaise was trying to figure out what the contraption Ali had in her ears was. Harry was looking for a costume.

The older students were in Hogsmeade buying costumes so there were only first and second years there. The room was relatively quiet. With a sigh Harry put down the catalog. He just didn’t know what to pick. Time to ask for help.

“Ali? Can you hear me? Ali?!” Blaise tried to contact his girlfriend who seemed to have gone deaf thanks to those things in her ears attached to the little thingy with glowing words.

Blaise tapped her on her head to try to get her attention. That worked. She pulled the things from her ears and looked at Blaise in confusion.

“What?” Ali asked.

“Thank Merlin, you’re alright. I thought that thing made you insane or deaf or something,” Blaise said, relieved that his girlfriend was alright.

“It’s an MP3 player. It plays music. That’s why I couldn’t hear you. I was listening to Eminem. Want to listen?”

Blaise nodded and Ali put the things into his ears. A loud beat was playing and a guy singing something about “feels so empty without me.”

In fear Blaise took the things out and handed them back to Ali. Before Ali could put them back in Harry spoke.

”Ali, can you help me look for a costume? I can’t find one I like,” Harry said.

“Sure,” Ali said and went over to sit next to Harry.

After about an hour they had a vampire costume picked out. Harry would have pale makeup on, fake fangs transfigured for him, and his hair would be magically lengthened. He would wear a tight black and scarlet button up shirt and black trousers. He would also have a cape that went down to his ankles.

Ali would be a werewolf.

Blaise had already figured out what he was going to go as. He would go as a giant bat which made Ali and Harry laugh while Alex rolled her eyes. Alex was going as a gothic fairy.

Though Ali was said about not going to the dance she didn’t show it. She enthusiastically helped everybody else out with their outfits. By the time Halloween came around everybody was sure they would look good in their costumes.

And Halloween came quickly. They had to get ready early so Ali could go to the Forbidden Forest to run around as a wolf so her wolf instincts didn’t take control over her if somebody got near. They were sad to see Ali go but that sadness was forgotten when they reached the Great Hall.

There were live bats flying around and HUGE pumpkins with scary faces carved into them everywhere! Everybody was in costume, even Snape. Dumbledore was a large duck. McGonagall had come as a ballerina. Snape had gone as a corpse. Flitwick came as Gimli from the Lord of the Rings.

Alex looked around for Draco who wouldn’t tell her what his costume was. Looking around, she saw him with Pansy and Blaise. He was a magnificent king and Pansy was his Queen. Blaise looked out of place as he was an overgrown bat.

Harry was looking for Seth Potter while Alex went to go get Blaise. This had to be timed just right. Looking up, Harry saw the storm outside that his sister had to be in that night. With a sigh he continued his search.

Ten minutes later the plan was about to start. But right as they were about to start it Professor Quirrel ran in screaming about a troll in the dungeon. People started to panic. Dumbledore calmed them down and told them to go to their common rooms. When they were in a hallway Harry pulled aside Alex and Blaise.

”Why are we going to the dungeon when the troll is supposed to be there?” Harry hissed.

Both of his friends’ eyes widened in realization. “What is Dumbledore thinking?” Alex whispered back.

“I don’t know but I’m out of here. You coming?” Harry said and walked off before waiting for an answer.

They were passing by the girl’s bathroom when the heard a high pitched scream. Rushing inside they smelled the troll before they saw it. It had Granger backed into a corner and the girl was desperately trying to get away without being killed.

Without thinking Harry cast the killing curse. It was powerful and penetrated the thick hide the troll had. Harry stood transfixed for a moment but footsteps coming in their direction snapped him out of it. Looking down he saw that Granger had lost consciousness, probably before he even cast the spell. Casting an invisibility spell on himself and the other two, they snuck out. They didn’t want to be caught at the crime scene for troll murder.

Wait until Ali hears about this. She’d be so proud. Of course, all Harry could think about was that he killed. He didn’t mean to. But it felt so good, so… right. He almost couldn’t wait to do it again but preferably it would be a human next time. Grinning at the thought, Harry continued on his way to the dungeons.

A/N: Another chapter so soon! Like it, love it, hate it? Plz review!