Chapter 30 - 30- end of September and teacher's conference

Third's pov

The next week every student was talking about Marcus Potter as not only the boy who lived but also the youngest seeker in a century. Well, everyone except Harry DJ Peverell, as not only he was not interested in talking about it, the fact that he was disinherited was on the Daily Prophet, which made him an outcast to everyone except Hermione and Neville, yet even them couldn't be with him a lot.

You see, being disinherited in the wizarding world was practically being told by the Lord of the house of the disinherited that you were not good enough to be the heir, and being forced to change your name means you are not good enough to carry the name, something which was the ultimate shame.

Usually even when you kick someone out of the family you let them keep the name, only squibs are unable to keep it.

So it didn't matter Harry was the one who chose to change the name and that he disconnected his connection to the Potters, if the papers said he was forced to change his name he was forced.

This situation changed Daphne decision to make him join her group.

She didn't want him to be part of her research group as if she ever needed an outside help she would find it much harder to get one as his name became taboo in high society.

It also lessened Snape's complicated feelings for the boy as now he wasn't James Potter's son anymore but just another Slytherin student.

It also helped confirm Voldemort's thinking about Dumbledore using the boy as a distraction from Marcus Potter and the philosopher's stone.

But the one person who those news confused more then ever was Dumbledore. He wasn't sure how the boy knew about this name and how much he knew about the deathly hollows, so he had to think hard about how to proceed from here.

Harry's pov

Harry continued his routine, he went to class, researched magical plants affects and the best ways to put them inside potions in the library, experimented with charms in the ROR, he kept studying chemistry which helped him with potions and transfiguration in History of Magic, completed his last trap in his mind in DADA and worked on magic control while draining his magical energy in the Tesla room.

After a month of that he was really glad with the results, his ingredients knowledge grew by a lot and with the help of Snape's office hours he managed to ask questions that helped him avoid mistakes in the preparation process.

His magic control and chemistry knowledge improved by so much that now he managed to complete most of first year's projects.

Yet the two things that he felt most satisfied about were magical power and charms.

His magical power after a few years of growing slowly started growing faster, yet he wasn't sure if it because of his new way of draining his energy or because of Hogwarts, after all maybe there was a reason why Hogwarts was built where it was built. 'Another thing to test' he thought

As for charms, Harry managed to completely master the four most important charms for him right now, shrinking charm, invisibility charm and doubling Charm.

One of the interesting things he found out is that there were some spells who couldn't be used with the same versatility wandlessly as they could be used with a wand. One of them was the doubling Charm as when he used it wandlessly he only managed to create a clone of himself and while it was interesting, this clone couldn't move at all and disappeared after something touched it.

Mastering the charms meant it was time to take Hogwarts's vanishing cabinet.

September 29 1991

11:30 PM

Slytherin's common room

Harry's pov

Harry charmed himself with invisibility and notice me not charms, he then moved to the first floor, after arriving near the vanishing cabinet, he casted another notice me not charming the cabinet, used the doubling Charm to make another and then he used the shrinking charm on the real cabinet, took it into his packet, and levitation charm on the fake cabinet and moved it to the exact spot the original was.

Then he went back to his room and to sleep.

October 4 1991

19:30

Teacher's lounge

Third's pov

It was the time for the first update of the first year's situations academically, while for other years the teachers did it every three months, first years got once a month so that the teachers could help them to the best of their ability to get better learning ability's, after all for all their magical world natives students it's the first time at school, while for the muggle-borns it's the first time learning about magic.

The only reason why they didn't start yet was because they were waiting for their headmaster who is always late. Even though he never talked in those meetings he still listens and calls teachers for a private chat to discuss their students.

"I'm sorry for the delay, I was stuck with the minister." The headmaster came and sat at the head of the table.

The teachers started by the names of the students.

"Miss Abbott," professor spout started "is a lovely young Hufflepuff lady...."

They continued talking about students until "Miss Granger is one of the most dedicated students I have ever had the pleasure to teach," Professor McGonagle stated "she is also smart and always willing to help a friend, especially mr. Longbottom who has become a good friend with her.

In addition, it's can be seen that she also became a friend with mr. Peverell, previously known as Potter and you can sometimes find them studying together at the library and eating together. I don't see what we can do to make her a better student."

"I don't agree entirely," professor Snape said "while she's indeed an above average student, she has some problems.

Firstly she keeps giving textbook answers, and while it means that she would succeed it tests, it also means she doesn't truly understand the subject she is talking about, as it's more about memorizing with her than understanding. It also means that while right now she succeeds in her works, in sixth year and seventh, when it's more about putting the knowledge into practice she would fail hard."

"I never saw it that way, Severus." Professor McGonagle said "Is here anything else you can add?"

While most students hated professor Snape because of his bluntness and favoritism toward Slytherin, the teachers really appreciated him.

Snape, while not the nicest man, was always able to lookout for every student and if they noticed, help them identify a way to better themselves.

As for his favoritism, the teachers themselves didn't care at all about the house points as more than a way to keep students out of control and Snape made sure to only give detentions when it's deserved as he would have to watch them.

"One more thing than, I don't know how she helps in your classes but in mine she helps Longbottom by preventing him from making mistakes, and while it's good to always be helpful, it prevents mr. Longbottom from learning from his mistakes and make sure he believes he can't do anything without her."

"I will talk to her about it Severus, you have my word."

After that they continued to talk about more students till they arrived to Neville Longbottom. "Heir Longbottom is a sweet boy though I'm not sure why's he Gryffindor, while he has difficulties with transfiguration, I can't know until a later date if it's magical problem, a talent he doesn't have or just a bad start."

"Theoreticall problems he won't have,"

Professor Flitwick said "while he doesn't have a lot of passion for studies, he is a hard worker by what I see with his homework and his friendship with miss Granger and especially mr. Peverell."

"He is also a natural with plants." Professor spout told everyone

"If I have to put my finger on his main problem," professor Snape said "it's his lack of confidence. I suggest we all try to make him have stronger confidence and a backbone, as without that he would never succeed with most spells and potions."

After a little while it was about Malfoy

"While heir Malfoy is an above average student right now," Professor McGonagle started "it feels more based on his previous studies and less like he tries."

"I will speak to him." Professor Snape told them and they continued

"Mr. Peverell Is a little more complicated I'm afraid," professor McGonagle started "while his homeworks are perfect his class work is less than average, while it looks like his wand work is almost perfect, it seems like his magical power or talent is not good enough to become one of the best."

"What?" Professor Flitwick exclaimed "he is the brightest student I have ever had the pleasure to converse with! While he doesn't answer questions in class unless asked, after class and at my office hours he comes asking some of the simplest yet hardest questions to be asked about.

He is also supremely clever, I have no idea how you got him Severus, with his mind and theoretical passion he showed, he should have been a Ravenclaw!"

"I agree with most of what you said, Filius. He has talent in potion of the best kind- a hard worker one, while he doesn't have any premature knowledge most children from magical households come with, he has passion and willingness to work hard to fill the rest. I believe he might be a potion master material."

When they finished talking about Harry Peverell, they continued to his ex-brother, "Potter is one of the worst students I have ever had" Snape stated before anyone could say anything "He does his homework half- heartedly, he doesn't follow instructions and he is sure the sun comes out every morning of his a*s"

"Severus!" Professor McGonagle yelled, "watch your words!"

"While his words are extreme, I can't deny any of them" professor Flitwick said. "Be that as it may be, he is still a teacher and he should still watch his words" professor McGonagle said "and I think that the best way to do it is by treating him like any other student" "a little too late, Minerva. As you already showed him that he can break the rules and still get a reward, did you not?" Professor Snape said snarky.

"We needed a seeker, and he is a natural"

"And if you were a coach in a professional quidditch team it would have been the right thing to do, but you are not! By giving him the spot you told everyone in your house that by braking the rules, if you succeed, you get a reward that usually should be impossible. More than that, you give the rest the feeling that as long as you have connections or if you are famous, you can do everything you want!" Professor Snape's voice was raised by the end of his speech and there was a couple of seconds of awkward silence.

"You are right," she answered him in the end with a low voice "but what am I supposed to do now? It won't matter if I take it from him now, would it?"

"No, it won't. Now we need damage control, as much as I would hate it, Potter should have his position, but we should use it to make him do his homework with the threat of taking his position. As for the other kids, we just need to make sure the rest of the year he doesn't get special treatment and they would forget it, but give him special treatment one more time and that's it, we have seven years to teach students who think being famous and rich is everything."

After that talk, for the next few students the mood sucked.

Than came the talk about Ron Weasley. "He is the laziest boy I have ever met!" surprisingly it wasn't Snape who said it but Flitwick. "Out of the four homeworks I have assigned he did one and I know for a fact he copied it from mr. Longbottom as even the name was copied.

When I asked him if he copied he told me that I asked for a written page and he wrote it, so what is the difference between coping or not. I suggest a latter to his parents and for you to talk to him Minerva."

"I agree, I will talk to him"

They finished quickly after that and at 22:30 you couldn't see a single soul in the lounge