Harry Potter Back to the Past

"Why again?" asked Harry.

"The three of us were actually muggles before we entered this school. Zneeze liked the muggles' Mathematics very much. Even now, in her trunk, you can still find tons of Mathematics reference books. This is one of the reasons why Zneeze admires Albun so much. Albun also likes Mathematics. He even puts Mathematic calculations into Defence against the Dark Arts, just like the hint he has just given," explained Gecko.

"The reason why Gecko said again is that every time Albun gives the hints about Mathematics, Zneeze'll answer what is in Mathematics. However, every time, she's wrong. And now, you'll see the result of her answer," said Voren as she also put her head in her hands.

"Class, as your answer is wrong again, you'll have to write to me an explanation about that. The length is four feet. Don't sigh. If I hear one more noise, you'll have to write two inches longer," said Albun with a cunning smile on his face.

"Is that old bastard mad?" Malfoy said to Harry.

"Gecko, Voren, why don't you stop Zneeze?" asked Harry; very much annoyed by the homework they have to do.

"She is always too enthusiastic for us to stop and it seems that she likes to do the Defence against the Dark Arts homework," said Gecko with an innocent tone.

"Mad, she is," sighed Voren.

*

After Defence against the Dark Arts, Harry had Muggle Studies with the Ravenclaws.

As Harry entered the classroom, he found that the classroom was very much brighter than the others. When he saw carefully, he found that the teacher who taught Muggle studies was 'total external reflection', Professor Sumud. His head reflected the light and the room looked bright. Harry found a seat beside James. James smiled to Harry. Harry felt that he was the most fortunate boy in the world.

"Ha! Ha! Good morning, everybody," said Professor Sumud.

"Err, James, may I ask something? Is there anything wrong with his brain?" asked Harry.

"Well, that's what I've got to find out. I found that whenever he hears people say the name 'Albun', he jumps up with some sort of happiness mixed with misery on his face," replied James.

"James, we can just go into his office under your invisibility cloak," said Harry with a cunning expression.

"Err... Harry, how do you know that I have an invisibility cloak?" said James, a bit surprised.

"I... I just guess that because I saw that you're so confident that you'll find out what's in between Sumud and Albun," said Harry with a forced smile.

"Sirius, he's so terrible! It seems that he knows a lot about me," James said to Sirius who was sitting his other side.

"Maybe he just loves you so much that he is eager to find out more about you. A lot of your fans are like that," said Sirius with laughter.

"Well, after all, I'm the seeker of our house," James smiled to himself.

"What we are going to discuss today is about the computer of the muggles. The computers of the muggles are still in the early stage of development. They are still very primitive. Of course, with our magic, we can do a lot more than a computer can do..." said Professor Sumud.

Harry was actually not paying much attention to the lesson because he did not sleep the whole night. With the voice of Sumud, he just fell asleep. It seemed that the whole class was also sleeping until they heard the word 'homework'.

"Your homework today is to write an essay of about three feet long about why the muggles have to invent such kind of computer. Good bye, class," said Professor Sumud.

"Are they brothers? I mean Albun and Sumud. They are so fond of giving much homework to students!" said Harry.

"Who knows?" said James as he shrugged.

*

During lunch, Harry sat opposite to James, enjoying every moment that he was with James. On the other hand, upon seeing Harry's face, the feeling of jealousy flushed into Malfoy's heart. Each change of his expression was taken into Azuya's eyes. She could see that there was something hidden in the heart of Malfoy. Secretly, she decided to find out what that was. On the side of the teachers, Harry noticed that Dumbledore was also there. He had always thought that Dumbledore was very gentle to everyone, except, of course, Voldemort and the death eaters. However, now, he discovered that he was extremely gentle to a female professor.

Harry had always wondered whether Dumbledore was married. He remembered that he had once asked Hermione about it. She said that thirty years ago, Dumbledore loved a girl but then something happened to that girl and Dumbledore never married since then. Harry remembered that Hermione had told him what happened to that girl, but he could not remember that.

"Who's teaching Potions?" asked Malfoy.

"Professor Salty Fish," said Snape. His eyes were shining with admiration as he pointed to the professor whom Dumbledore was extremely nice to. The professor was slim and quite short. Her hair was quite long and straight. She was about twenty years old.

"Can you tell me more about her, Severus?" asked Malfoy.

"For me, Professor Fish is really lovely. She is great and very intelligent," said Snape.

"Err, Severus, I reckon that you admire her, right?" asked Malfoy.

"So what? I love Potions only because of her. Err, Draco, could you help me to keep back this secret? I don't want people to know that," said Snape shyly.

"Does Professor Fish know that?" asked Malfoy.

"I, of course, dare not show her that. I'm afraid that she may run away whenever she sees me."

"I understand that," said Malfoy. He understood that because he was also experiencing that.

"Azuya, what have you been doing the whole morning?" asked Harry.

"I've been finding the bastard who killed me for a revenge," said Azuya, with anger shining in her eyes.

"How..." Before Harry could finish his question, James pulled him away.

"What are you doing, James?" asked Harry, very much puzzled.

"Hey, we're going to have Potions with the Slytherins. If we don't hurry on, we'll be late," explained James.

"I see, but you don't need to pull me by my collar," said Harry who found it hard to breathe with James pulling his collar.

"Oh, I'm sorry," said James, releasing Harry, "Come on, we've got to move on." James was almost running.

Harry found it hard to keep pace with James so he rested a little and James was gone. When he was resting, Malfoy came to his way. "Scar Head, why are you here? You aren't going to the classroom?" asked Malfoy.

"Well, I'm just resting. Come, I'll go with you," said Harry as he stood up.

The feeling of happiness flushed up into Malfoy's heart. He decided to do something. "Err, Harry, I want to tell you that..." Before Malfoy could finish his sentence, Azuya suddenly appeared in front of them.

"Hi, did I disturb you? I can just go away," said Azuya.

Malfoy wanted to say 'yes', but instead he just invited Azuya to accompany them to the classroom. Azuya smiled to herself. She knew that she had disturbed them so she just went away, leaving the two alone. As they entered the classroom, they found the pretty professor there. They found a seat with Gecko, Zneeze and Voren behind them.

"Good morning, class. Today I'll give you a Potion to try. It'll give you a fresh mind. Who want to try?" said Professor Fish.

A boy instantly put up his hand, very eager to try the potion.

"Oh, Xymon again, he is always so eager to try new things," said Voren but her eyes were shining with approval and admiration.

As Xymon picked up the glass of potion to drink, Professor Fish began to explain, "In drinking this potion, you mustn't panic. Otherwise, you may die of a heart attack. This potion was first made by Anita..."

On hearing the name 'Anita', Xymon coughed a little and he spewed out the whole potion. Then he began to scream and scream.

"Oh God, Salty shouldn't have mentioned 'Anita'. See, Xymon is panicking," said Zneeze, very much worried.

"Who's Anita?" asked Harry in curiosity.

"My cat," replied Zneeze, still worrying about Xymon.

"A cat can do so much to him?" asked Malfoy unbelievingly.