Harry Potter: Eclipse.

Happy with his letters, Harry sealed them and placed charms so that they would only be legible to the intended recipients. He didn't want his mail getting intercepted and giving away his clear disdain for Dumbledore, not to mention his letter to Sirius and Remus talking about his past life.

Seeing the time, Harry, along with Hannah and Susan, left to get to Charms. The others had Transfiguration together.

Walking into the classroom, Harry took a seat next to Padma and sent the girl a smile. This term they would be working on blasting and fixing charms, as well as cleaning charms. However, before they could get onto the practical work, they would have to get through all of the theory, much to Harry's annoyance.

As the lesson was coming to an end, Harry stood and turned to face Hannah and Susan. "I'm going to talk to Flitwick, you guys go on ahead to the library without me and I'll meet you there."

"Okay, Harry," Susan said, sending him a smile.

"We'll save promised.

you

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seat,"

Hannah

"Ah, Mr. Potter, what seems to be the problem?" Filius asked when he realised Harry hadn't left the class alongside his friends.

"Well sir, if you haven't already found out, I had a bit of trouble this afternoon with Professor Lockhart. I was wondering if there was any way I could be excused from his lessons in the future?"

Filius looked at Harry in shock. He didn't really blame the boy, he also found Gilderoy to be a fool, but never had he had a child actually ask to be excused from a lesson.

"I'm not sure, Harry, I would need to ask. Is there a solid reason why you feel the need to be excused?"

"Other than the fact the man is clearly a fraud who has no idea what he is doing? Not really. His comments about me and my apparent fame I can ignore. However, I would rather not be forced to - I know that I would be able to pass the end of year tests without his so-called teaching." Harry made sure to slightly sneer the word professor and teaching, as he felt the man was undeserving of such a title.

"I see," Filius said. "I will look into it for you, but I expect you will have to go, at least for now. It is a core subject."

Harry sighed. "I thought as much."

"Is there anything else I can help you with?"

"I was wondering, as my head of House, would it be possible for you take over my detention with him tonight?"

Filius felt his eyes widen. Harry getting a detention was very unlike him. "I can. However, how did you manage to get a detention? You didn't get a single one last year."

Harry made sure to look sheepish. "Well, I refused to take part in a quiz he gave - it was ridiculous! It was a quiz about him, his favourite colour, ideal birthday gift. It had no educational value at all."

Filius nodded. "I see, that is troubling." How such a fool had gotten a job teaching, he would never know. What was Dumbledore thinking? He would have to set up extra lessons on the weekends for his 5th and 7th years. He didn't want them falling behind and failing their exams thanks to Dumbledore's ridiculous hiring standards.

"I will take your detention tonight, please come to my office after dinner," he instructed Harry.

"Thank you, sir."

~

Meeting up with his friends in the library, Harry was happy to see Luna had joined them for their study session. Although a first year, she really did have some insightful, if not always relevant, tidbits of wisdom to add to their group.

"Everything alright, Harry?" Neville asked as he noticed his best friend's arrival. He had initially been afraid when he realised their growing friend group, but Harry had quickly waylaid his fears, making sure to treat Neville exactly the same as before.

Harry smiled. "I'm fine. Flitwick said he'd take over my detention for me tonight so I don't have to see Lockhart and that he'd look in to seeing if I can self study for Defence this year."

"Really?"

"That's great, Harry," Susan said.

"Hopefully father will do something about the man quickly," Draco sneered.

"My Lord, there's a pair of nargles infested lions heading this way," Luna said, cutting into their conversation and making the rest of the group send her odd looks. They had started to notice her habit of calling Harry her Lord.

Harry sighed. "They wouldn't happen to be redheaded nargles would they, Little moon?"

Luna blinked owlishly at him. "They would. Have you been listening to the the blibbering humdingers as well, my Lord?"

"I only listen to you, Luna," Harry said, making the girl smile and the others share looks of confusion.

Looking up, Harry could see that Ron and Ginny were walking towards the tables he and his friends had taken over. "Not again," he grumbled under his breath, wondering what the two were up to and how they planned on enticing him this time. However, much to his surprise, the two ignored him and went to Luna.

"Hi, Luna," Ginny said, smiling at the girl.

Luna blinked, "Hello, Ginevra."

"Call me Ginny. We're friends after all," Ginny said.

"Are we?" Luna asked. Although they lived near each other and had been forced to have play dates as children, Luna knew they had never been friends. Ginny had actually bullied her slightly as a child, mocking her and her beliefs and calling her crazy. "Of course, silly," Ginny said, her voice sounding slightly strained.

"Yeah, you've been friends for years," Ron added, nodding his head and giving Luna an incredulous look.

"Oh," Luna said, blinking owlishly.

"So, who're your friends Luna?" Ginny asked, pretending to just then see the rest of the group.

Harry snorted slightly under his breath.

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