//------------------------------// // Chapter 11 // Story: The two Potters and the Three Princesses // by Vladimir //------------------------------// Griphyx was walking through the mess hall with a bored expression. It was around noon and lunch had already passed. The princesses and the others had decided to go visit Hagrid, and to call them via spell. He soon grew even more bored before leaving the empty mess hall. As he strode throughout the castle turned school, he had seen multiple students -mostly girls for some reason- watch him go past and away from their area. He walked down the large hallway and up a flight of stairs before he was stopped by Malfoy an his goons. "Well if it isn't Potter. What's the matter? Lose your own brother and friends, hm?" He questioned with a snarky attitude while his goons laughed at his overly stupid and obvious question as if it were a joke. Griphyx stayed quiet and his gaze down at the floor, his hair managed to hide his eyes well. Malfoy pushed Griphyx while he was still on the stairs. Griphyx fell backwards as Malfoy and hi goons laughed. However Griphyx grabbed the railing with a hand ad pulled himself foreword passed Malfoy an goons, knocking to the side. He continued to walk until Malfoy began to speak again. "And where do you think your going without apologizing to us huh? You dirtied our clothes!" He yelled at Griphyx. Malfoy and his goons got angrier when Griphyx merely shrugged without tuning around to ace them. "Hey! He's talking to you, you freak!" Malfoy's right goon growled out. Griphyx still didn't turn around, but listened to the idiots talk about how their clothes are dirty, and how Gryffindor is nothing but trash. Griphyx could care less what people thought about certain things, but it's when people do something wrong just because they don't like something. He tilted his head to the left, as if mocking them to continue their ramblings so that he wouldn't be as bored. At least they kept him occupied until his group returned. "So Potter..." Malfoy all but hissed out. "Why don't you apologize, hm? Perhaps I can forgive you if you do that, and polish me and my friends shoes, eh?" He said with his snobbish voice, which was starting to annoy Griphyx greatly. He let out a long, tired sigh before looking back to see Malfoy and his goons holding their wands in their hands, as if he'd bother to fight them, they didn't really matter, nor were they any real problem. Compared to his and his groups magic training, Malfoy and his group of misfits were nothing but stuck-up-fools trying to look cool. Griphyx turned back around and continued walking to nowhere. As he was about to round he corner, a bolt of magic whipped past his head. Turning his head, he saw Malfoy with a defiant sneer on his face. His wand pointed directly at Griphyx's head. "Well then Potter? Are you going to apologize?" He hissed while sneering. Griphyx let out another sigh. He knew if he was to attack Malfoy with his own magic, he'd be in serious trouble with the school, or worse, the princesses. He thought about blasting Malfoy down the stairs with a small beam, but remembered that the smaller the beam, the more damage it does. So, he did the next best thing. He punched Malfoy right in the face with some force behind it. Malfoy screamed like a little girl, grabbing his face saying how Griphyx 'broke his nose', which was highly unlikely, Griphyx had merely tapped into his actual strength -though it was hard not to punch Malfoy harder, he resisted- and walked around the corner. A grin on his face, Griphyx headed down another flight of stares with students rushing up them to find out who was screaming. Too bad they couldn't see Griphyx's grin. Griphyx had left the ground and went to Hagrid's, where he met up with the others. Harry looked at Griphyx and paled. He knew to never like Griphyx's grins unless it was towards someone they hated mutually. "What did you do this time?" Harry asked with a groan. All heads were turned towards the now smirking Griphyx, showing his fangs for all to see -though Ruby smiled at how many fangs Griphyx had-. "Oh nothing~ Just punched Malfoy in the face after he threatened me, and then shot a bolt of magic at my head. But before he did that, he tried to push me down the stairs, but the best part was when he screamed like a little girl, saying how I" -he cleared his throat- "'broke my nose'. It was hysterical!" Griphyx actually laughed. Now everyone was frightened, not from the violence, but the fact that Griphyx was laughing. Not something they see everyday. "That wasn't very nice, even if it was funny, it wasn't nice at all! Besides, you could get in trouble! What if you did break his nose!?" Hermione shrieked. This time both of the Potter brothers and the three princesses laughed. The rest of the group was stumped as to what was so funny. "Hermione, if Griphyx wanted to, he could had sent Malfoy through a wall, let alone break his nose!" Harry gasped out between breathes and laughs. The group stared at Griphyx, mouths agape, all wondering why they haven't been told this information yet, if at all. "And when ere we going to get told about this!?" Hermione and Ron yelled this time together. The five kept laughing, a knock sounded from the door. As Hermione opened the door, she paled when she saw Prof. McGonagall standing there with a crossed face, which also turned pale when she saw Griphyx laughing with a large smile on his face, his fangs showing. Griphyx fell in front of the paled teacher laughing like mad, slamming a fist onto the floor as he pounded his fist on the front of the shack, shaking it, Harry and the princesses had slightly sobered but had the giggles.. The others panicked while Griphyx was slowly starting to sober from his amusement. "Oh I needed that! Oh hey Prof. McGonagall! Did you think I was funny how Malfoy hasn't gone through a wall yet for nearly taking my head off?" He questioned. McGonagall's face seemed to go paler. "No? Just me? Meh, everyone's a critic." He stated before jumping to his feet and stretching his arms. "What do you mean he tried to take your head off?" She questioned, the others soon grew serious as Griphyx explained who everything that had happened up to the point he had been laughing like a lunatic. McGonagall scowled before looking down at Griphyx. "I see, then I will deducted 20 points rom Slitherin, but 10 points from Gryffindor. understood?" She asked. The group nodded, thug Griphyx was once again bored. McGonagall left after she said that Malfoy, his friends and Griphyx had detention n her class after their classes were over. Griphyx could honestly care less. Nightmare said that she would stay by Griphyx's side, as did Luna. The group then continued to talk while Griphyx stayed quiet, contemplating if he shouldn't have defended himself and took the bolt. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The weekend ended with the group of friends training someplace solitude so no one else could see find or see them -except for Hagrid of course-. once they had started their classes, McGonagall said she expected to see him, Malfoy and his friends back in her classroom after they finished their others classes. That time came quickly and soon Griphyx, Luna and Nightmare entered McGonagall's classroom once again. "Am I the only one that actually showed up here?" He stated before looking around the room. No one was there with him -save the princesses of course-. He let out another tired sigh before he sat at a desk, leaned back and closed his eyes. A few moments passed until the door opened. McGonagall entered the room and grew surprise to see that Griphyx had beaten her to her own classroom. She nodded in approve meant before making herself known to him by clearing her throat. Griphyx's response was a singe wave with two fingers making a mock solute. She nodded her head once again, heading to her desk and taking a seat. Another few minutes passed in silence. The two night princesses had fallen asleep by Griphyx's side, while he discretely lay his arms on their backs gently. Even McGonagall was beginning to grow tired, until she heard Malfoy and his friends laughing about how the 'old witch' isn't there yet. She heard a mocking snickers resonate from Griphyx who opened an eye before raising a finger to his lips. McGonagall seemed to understand, and as the group of fools grew closer, she decided to play along. She casted an invisibility spell onto herself just as the doors opened up. Malfoy an his friends saw Griphyx sitting alone, no teachers to 'protect' him. "Well if it isn't the Griphyx Potter. Need another lesson in almost having your head blown off by a magic bolt again?" He taunted Griphyx who stayed quiet, but his grin had vanished, a shiver went down McGonagall's spine when seeing that. Malfoy raised his wand an sent a bolt of magic, hitting Griphyx's desk, right next to his hand. Griphyx shook his head at McGonagall, telling her to not reveal herself yet. Oddly enough, she listened, well, watched to be exact. "This is a classroom fool, now sit down and be quiet." Griphyx started calmly, which made Malfoy and his friends angry. They all pulled out their wands and pointed them directly at Griphyx, who sat calmly in his seat. Malfoy growled when Griphyx didn't turn around to look at him and his friends. "We'll make sure you never cross us again, Potter!" Malfoy hissed out gritting his teeth. Griphyx stayed where he sat, not making any sudden movements. "Fine, your funeral!" Malfoy shouted at he and his friends sent bolts of magic at Griphyx. When the smoke was clear, all they and McGonagall saw was a broken desk and empty broken chair. "Where did he go!? Did we kill him!?" One of Malfoy's friends screamed in fear. Said friend was thrown passed Malfoy as he landed in a desk chair, looking around frantically as to how it happened. "You know, you are all a bunch of idiots, firing magic in a classroom? Bucking morons." They all heard Griphyx say from behind Malfoy and his gang. They turned and saw Griphyx standing on his left leg while his right was crossed behind it and a hand on the wall, his eyes were closed as if he was bored -truth be told, he was!-. "Had I decided to block your magic with my own, most of this class room, if not all of it, would be broken. Tch, bunch of fools don't you think, Professor?" He stated, opening an eye looking at an empty desk, however the group of fools gasped when they saw McGonagall shimmer out from her invisibility spell. And she looked pissed. "Malfoy and friends, detention for a week!" She bellowed. Griphyx stayed silent while Malfoy glared at him. The princesses awoke when Griphyx sneezed, they looked around lazily, wondering how their desk was now broken and burnt. "See what I was saying? They are out to kill me, not that they could, but they tried to at least." Griphyx said to McGonagall who sent a cold scowl at Malfoy and his buddies. She then nodded her head an said that Griphyx could leave. But he had other plans. "Nah, I think I'll stay here, kind of fun now that you know they were dead set on seeing me harmed. Besides, you seemed to have enjoyed the show." He explained. McGonagall nodded her head before she raised her wand, but Griphyx stopped her. "Let me fix that up." He stated. Everyone in the room but the princesses had their doubts, but soon gaped as Griphyx raised his wand, and clicked while also quickly snapping his fingers as the same time. The destroyed desk and chair reformed good as new. "Interesting, when did you learn how to do that kind of spell, Mr. Potter?" McGonagall asked. Griphyx looked her strait in the eye, before he purred softly so only she could hear. When he sat back at his desk, she rubbed her eyes, but when she opened them, she saw Nightmare and Luna sitting next to Griphyx. She gave an alarmed look at him, before he gave her the 'I'll explain later' look. She nodded her head, looking at the Malfoy an friends, but looking back out of the corner of her eye to see the princesses nuzzling up to Griphyx before falling back to sleep. When the detention was over, Malfoy and his goons left. it was just the princesses and Griphyx along with McGonagall. "How do you do my McGonagall, it is finally good to talk to you." Said a voice from behind her. McGonagall turned and saw Celestia who had a wing draped over Harry's shoulder. "I am Princess Celestia, Goddess of the sun." She said to the teacher. McGonagall nodded her head slowly, knowing there was more to it. "I am Nightmare Moon, Princess and Goddess of nightmares and part of the night." Nightmare said. McGonagall nodded her head again. "And I am Princess Luna, Goddess of the moon and partial night." Luna said. The three goddesses bowed heir heads slightly, before looking at the teacher. McGonagall stared at the three, questioning how they were connected to the Potters. "We are their friends, guardians and mentors in our magic. That is how Griphyx was able to fix his desk and chair." Celestia explained. McGonagall nodded her head before plopping down into her chair behind her desk, staring at he five. "I am assuming that Miss Granger, Mr. Weasley, and Miss star are also learning from you three?" The princesses nodded. "And does albas know of your existence, let alone that you are teaching students magic that is far greater than our own?" The princesses nodded again. "Good, than I will tolerate it, and let me guess, I must keep you three a secret till the day I pass, correct?" Once again, the princesses nodded their heads. McGonagall nodded her head back, agreeing with the terms. "If it is alright Prof. McGonagall, we are going to train tonight in our dreams, would you like to join us, and see how we do things?" Celestia asked. The professor nodded her had, softly. After an hour, the group of friends left the room and went back to their dorm, drifting to sleep. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Griphyx opened his eyes, as they were once again on the moon. Only this time, McGonagall was there now too. She looked confused until she saw Griphyx an he rest of the gang. "So you train on the moon?" The group nodded silently. "Interesting, well, come on, show me your magic." She said. Celestia took Harry, Ron and Ruby while Luna took Hermione. Nightmare and Griphyx stayed put. It had been noted hat Griphyx was farther along than the others were, so he should wait for the others to catch up. McGonagall grew astonished when she saw Harry fly around with wings, Rona and Hermione blast beams at rocks -and a few times each other-. Ruby was with Celestia learning how to create a mini sun, while Luna watched over Hermione from the air. All the while Griphyx and Nightmare were curled up against each other, resting their eyes, snoring softly. McGonagall nodded in approve meant form the way the princesses handle the kids, however, she was wondering about Griphyx. If he was so far ahead, what could he do, and if he really was as strong as he claimed, what if he were o flip, let alone the fact he went at some of his full speed going after that figure in the forest. She would need to keep an eye on him, but seeing how he hasn't harmed anyone -not too badly anyway- that he was fine. The rest of the night was filled with grunts and soft snores. While in the outside world, something began to stir in the darkness, something evil had it's sights on Hogwarts, more importantly it had it's sights on the Potter brothers.