Ch 5- Meeting Headmaster

I took Notts with me and left for my room. leaving behind the 4 figures lying down, and an impressed yet confused Sylntherin crowd

"That was idiotic" said Notts to me ,"Too Gryffindor like."

"I agree with you, but that was the best way to get them off my back, atleast temporarily, till some one Stupid (cough)Malfoy tries to come after me."I told him

"So you going to tell me what happened? who are you? someone under Polyjuice? cause i really don't think you are the same bloke." said Notts.

"Oh its me, you know encountering a basillisk and dying changes your perspective of life, you certainly realize that Malfoy or any other person isn't as dangerous as you actually believed them to be. By the way thanks for the note."

"No problem, lets go sleep, i need to process alot that has happened today."said Notts

Hogwarts life began normally, though few Slytherins tried to assert their dominance but few hexes solved them, Draco was keeping his head low, though i was pretty sure he was planning something. Well i will deal with him whenever he does something.

Classes in Hogwarts were strange if i had to say, I mean every school has good and bad teachers and Hogwarts was no exception just the thing was that the standands were very different, teachers like Minerva and Lupin were good at teaching and even Snape had a good command of the subject he taught though i won't say much about his teaching methods. But teacher like Trelawney and Binns were complete waste, I thought about dropping Divination but if i can use it to get 2 free period for myself then all the very good for me.

In the first Divination class I went to Trelawney and told her infront of everybody that I had a dream that i will fall off the stairs and die while coming for her class and to protect myself i can't attend any of her class throughout the year.

Trelawney agreed and said that she would mark me present for all her classes and that she didn't want to see me death.

I walked out of Divination with Slytherin looking amused at how can such a easy excuse could work and Ron along with the Gryffindor giving me an applause.

" Hey! Blake " I heard a call and turned around to see Hermoine who was running towards the class.

"Yo, Hermoine"

"Why are you going out of Divination?" she asked while calming her breath.

"i just avoided Divination fro the whole year, you know that Divination is pretty much crap so yeah, i could probably use this time for my additional studies. You should tell a reason like the one i told to Trelawney too, she will probably buy that too. Well wanna join me in Library?" i asked while walking with her to the Library.

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"Remind me again Professor why am i meeting with the Headmaster?" I asked Snape as he was leading me to the Headmaster office.

Sometime after while i was lazing around in the Slytherin Common Room, I was suddenly told by Flint that Snape has called me.

"Mr. Rivers, since almost all the Gryffindor suddenly had a dream of dying while on the way to Trelawney classs just after you made your one evident, the HeadMaster wants to know the credibility of your dream, and since i am your Head of House i was asked to escort you to him."

"And what about the Gryfindors Sir?" I ask.

"Professor Mcgonagall dealing with them, By the way Mr.Rivers, i heard about your little show of power infront of the other members of your house, and let me tell you that i am ignoring it for now, I hope you will not let your personal vendettas affect the whole house. You can fight as much as you want inside the Dungeons but once you are out, you look after the others, you should know about it since you too were bullied by students from other houses. There is a hatred against Slytherin which all the 3 houses share and they definitely don't hide it."

"I know Professor, but since you know about it why don't you do anything about it?" i asked

"What can i do more Mr Rivers? i can't be everywhere, i try my best to defend as many students i can, i give out as many points i can to Slytherin so as to even out the injustice they face , even in your 1st and 2nd year there were a no. of times when i had send the Prefects behind you to make sure you reach the Dungeons properly but sometimes oversights happen. I never expect Mr. Malfoy to look after those expect his own and the other are too fixated on Pureblood notion but I hope you can look past that and look after the younger Slytherin."he said.

"I understand Professor. I'll try" I told him, he is suddenly placing a lot of faith in me isn't he.

"Hmm, And if you have any problems you can come to me, My door is always open for one of my Snakes."he replied.

Snape took me to the Headmaster's office and then left.

"Lemon Sherbet, Mr Rivers?" Dumbledore offered me a tray full of sweets.

"Thank you Professor, I really have a sweet tooth." I said so while picking a handful of his sweets.

Dumbledore looked amused to see my reaction.

"Not many people do actually take me up on that offer." replied Dumbledore.

"That's probably because Mothers say its not wise to take candy from strange looking old men" I said while popping one of the candy in my mouth.

Dumbledore started laughing.

"Oh yes, that could be a reason, Mr Rivers."

"But lets talk about the event at hand, i have been told of your dream? a certain vague but specific dream that 3rd Year Gryffindors are sharing with you."asked Dumbledore.

"Headmaster you know that Gryffindors copying my predicament its is not my fault." i told him.

"I understand that Mr. Rivers and in no way i will be punishing you for their excuse. What i wanted to know was why make such an excuse? Do you want to opt for some other subject or did you need free time for some work? your grades and frequent long visit to Library do say that you would rather spend time studying than waste it."

"Well there is one thing i want to research about, i hope you can answer some of my question too Headmaster, I dont understand why Electronics dont work here at Hogwarts."

I spend the next hour with Dumbledore who patiently explained me different theories about why and how magic interfere with electronics. He appreciated my research and told me to keep working cause there must be some workaround for it. And by the end of our discussion he even gave me pass for Divination stating that He can't have a bright student like me die while going for a class.

In total it was a good day.

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