Harry Potter Back to the Past

The next morning, Harry and Malfoy met in the Great Hall for breakfast.

"Good morning, Scar Head," said Malfoy, still very tired, "can we have a little talk?"

"Oh, good morning, Malfoy. Okay, as you like," said Harry with a yawn. He did not sleep for the whole night.

"It seems that the whole school know that we are new students of the sixth year. Do you think so?" said Malfoy.

"Yes, my father told me last night," said Harry with another yawn.

"Your father? You mean James Potter?" asked Malfoy.

"Yap, he's my roommate," replied Harry, yawning again.

"Hey, can't you just stop yawning? Look at yourself. A drug-addict? What had you been doing since last night? A burglary?" said Malfoy, a bit irritated.

"Err, I couldn't sleep," said Harry with sleeping eyes, "I'm not accustomed to the bed." Apparently, he was telling a lie. He just did not want Malfoy to know that he was too much excited to study with his father.

"But who told the whole school that we are new students?" asked Malfoy thoughtfully.

"I did." As they turned their head, they found out that Professor Albun was standing behind them. "Good morning, did you have a good sleep?" asked Albun.

"Oh yeah, professor," replied Malfoy.

"Remember, don't be late for my Defence against the Dark Arts lessons today," Professor Albun reminded them as he walked quickly out of the door.

Then they saw another teacher who was also quite fat coming in the door. As the teacher walked past Albun, it seemed that they couldn't see each other. The teacher had a big belly. He was, in fact, almost bald.

"Scar Head, can you see? Total external reflection!" said Malfoy.

As Harry looked carefully at that professor, he saw that the teacher's head was almost like a mirror.

"Good morning, Harry," said James as he approached them, "You see that professor? He is Professor Sumud. It seems that there is something hidden between Professor Albun and him. One day, I'll find that out." Upon saying this, James narrowed his eyes.

"Oh, Potter, I see that you have company now so I'll just go," said Malfoy as he rose to get out of the Great Hall. In fact, jealous was pouring in his heart as he saw James approaching Harry because Harry was looking at James with an extremely gentle expression full of admiration.

"Oh, Draco, nice to see you here," said Zneeze as she entered the Great Hall, "Our first lesson is Defence against the Dark Arts with the Gryffindors."

"What? The Gryffindors? I hate the Gryffindors," replied Malfoy.

" Hello, Draco, do you know that Zneeze really admires Professor Albun? She's mad with him," said Voren as she appeared behind Zneeze. Zneeze immediately stared at Voren.

"But why? What's attractive about that bastard?" said Malfoy, very much annoyed because of his jealousy.

"One can be blind by love and admiration," said Gecko as she put her hand on Malfoy's shoulder, "for me, he has nothing good but for her, everything about him is perfect. Mad, in my opinion."

"How many time do I have to tell you? I don't love him," Zneeze said, apparently being offended by the words of Voren and Gecko.

"Okay, if you ladies excuse me, I'm going for my lesson," said Malfoy, attempting to get a place to calm himself down before his first lesson. He knew that love really made someone blind because he was experiencing that at that moment.

As the three of them entered the Great Hall, Gecko saw Harry. Gecko only felt that Harry was familiar to her but she had forgotten his name. Harry spotted Gecko.

"Good morning, Gecko," said Harry with a smile.

"Err, your name is?" asked Gecko.

"Clearly, she has forgotten your name, Harry," said James sarcastically.

"Oh, Harry, I remember now," said Gecko, "These two are my friends, Zneeeze and Voren."

"You mustn't believe in her, Harry. She never remembers people's name unless you're a close friend of hers," said Zneeze as she shook hands with Harry.

"Hello, I am Voren. Nice to meet you, Harry," said Voren with the same singing tone as the last night.

"Oh, what a nice song, Voren! I really love it," said Harry, opening his eyes widely.

"Thank God! I finally got someone to appreciate my songs. Thanks, Harry!" exclaimed Voren joyfully.

"He must be the only and the last one," said Gecko coldly in a volume that could only be heard by Voren.

"Say whatever you wanna say. I don't mind," said Voren, winking her left eye.

"Haven't I told you that you look really ugly in that way?" said Zneeze with a despising look.

"Arguing again, you three?" said a voice of a girl. They looked round but they were unable to find anyone there. "Hey! I'm here!" exclaimed that voice.

They looked at the table. They could only see a ghost head. The ghost was that of a girl's. She had quite messy hair and a pair of sincere eyes. She was quite tall. She looked much taller as she floated on the table. She was waving at them.

"Good morning, Azuya," said Zneeze.

"Wow! Wow! Wow! He is the new student, right?" said Azuya.

"Yes. Nice to meet you, Azuya," said Harry who put out his hands to prepare to shake hands with Azuya but forgot that she couldn't, "Oh, sorry."

"Never mind. You are not the only one. Better than some people already, I think," said Azuya, with a disappointed face.

"Oh, sorry, Azuya. We can't accompany you today. We've got to hurry. Come on, Harry, James, we must arrive in the North Tower in ten minute's time. Other wise, James, you know what," said Zneeze, raising her eyebrows.

"Err, I know," muttered James with a frightened expression. As he turned to Harry, he said, "Come on. Hurry up or we'll be late." Then James put the whole loaf of bread into his mouth and ran out with the three of them.

"Oh, who's going to accompany me to the North Tower?" asked Harry as they had all gone. "I need to go by myself then." He put the last piece of bread into his mouth and ran out. He turned back and said, "Good bye, Azuya. See you this afternoon."

Luckily, he was just in time to get in the Defence against the Dark Arts classroom. Harry spotted James. He intended to sit next to him but as he walked nearer, he found that the two seats beside James had been occupied by Lupin and Black already. Feeling a bit disappointed, he saw Malfoy. Malfoy was sitting all alone. As Harry drew nearer, he noticed from Malfoy's eyes that Malfoy was a bit annoyed. Harry sat beside Malfoy. As Malfoy saw Harry, a flash of smile appeared on his face but disappeared instantaneously.

"Why are you sitting beside me? What about your father? In addition, we're enemies, aren't we?" said Malfoy in a sarcastic voice.

"I... I just wanna test you. Right, to test you only. Moreover, now we are temporarily on the same in line. Um... that's it," said Harry in an awkward voice.

"Good morning, class," said Professor Albun as he entered the classroom with both of his eyes fixed on Harry and Malfoy.

"Good morning, Professor Albun."

"What's wrong with that old bastard? Why is he staring us?" Malfoy muttered to Harry.

"How do I know? Just pay attention," replied Harry.

"Today, I'm going to teach you how to deal with werewolves. Now, in this way we consider..."

Harry could see Lupin's face turned white at the moment Albun mentioned the word 'werewolves'.

"I'll give you some time to think. You think in this way. 'Put down the power. Reduce the power. Increase the power'," said Albun. This was the trickiest hint that Harry has ever heard of.

"What's that? Can you think of it, Scar Head? What's that bastard talking about? I've never heard of such kind of thing," said Malfoy, very much irritated.

"Neither do I," said Harry.

They thought for more then ten minutes. At last Professor Albun said with the same cunning look, "You can't get it, one hundred percent sure"

"Ah! I know it!" exclaimed someone from behind Harry's back. Both of them turned and saw that Zneeze was standing up. A stupid smile appeared on the face of Albun. "You know it? What's it?" asked Albun as he raised his eyebrows.

"Binomial Theorem," answered Zneeze.

"Ai, again..." muttered Gecko as she put her head in her hands.

"Again?" said Harry and Malfoy together, very much puzzled.