bat, grimm and the cat can fix it (Translation)

The first exam

As expected, Skeeter's article had hit like a bomb. All over the wizarding world people began to argue. especially because six young people were ready to risk their own lives for the equality of beings. It hadn't surprised anyone with Fleur, after all she was a half vela. but Harry Potter in particular was not expected to have such a conviction. Even if everyone knew that they did not participate in the tournament voluntarily.
When Severus and Sirius read the article, they were incredibly proud of their son. but also worried. Especially Severus. He didn't want Harry to attract the hatred of narrow-minded people now. And so he watched every owl that brought the boy mail very carefully.
So far, however, he has only received letters of thanks. mostly by those affected or by supporters. Harry had particularly proudly shown them a letter from Lucius Malfoy. The man also stood behind the topic and had praised Harry for this brave step.
of course the other participants had also received the same letters. In this respect, Severus was able to sit back and relax after a few days.
He thought.

Harry was having breakfast with his friends when the owls were bringing the mail as usual.
the green-eyed man was just releasing Hedwig from the Daily Prophet when something crashed into his scrambled eggs.
"Errol," Ron commented annoyed.
The old owl lay on its back and held out its leg invitingly to Harry. he only had to take a quick look at the red envelope and his mood was at a low point.
Nevertheless, he solved the howler.
"Well then, let's hear what I did so bad," he muttered annoyed.
of course the whole hall had already noticed what kind of mail it was. It was correspondingly quiet. Nobody wanted to miss anything exciting.
And already Molly Weasley's voice screamed.

HARRY POTTER! How dare you bring such a shabby nonsense into the world? COMMIT YOURSELF TO THIS FOAM OF THE MAGICAL WORLD. YOU WAS SO DEAR BOY. WHAT ONLY HAPPENED TO YOU? YOU ARE NOTHING FURTHER THAN A PAMPERED CHILD! ...

the howler got no further. Beast had freed himself from Harry's school bag and jumped up with the book cover open. In midair, it grabbed the letter and chewed it up. it had a very satisfied expression on its face.
Harry watched the whole thing and burst out laughing.
“Beast, you are great. But please don't swallow it. You'll just ruin your stomach. "
obediently the book spat out the remains of the letter. Now all the other spectators began to laugh too. Except for Karkaroff, Moody, and the director, nobody could be serious anymore.
Well, the corners of Severus' mouth only twitched, but who knew him knew, the man was having fun.
“Harry, your book is amazing. Can my monster book do that too? ”Hermione speculated.
"If you're nice to him," Harry said. in the meantime he had cleaned Errol and gave him his scrambled eggs. The Gryffindor himself had no appetite for feathers and eggs.
Then the students began to argue eagerly. Now everyone wanted such a great book.
harry grabbed Beast and stroked it.
"Thank you. You are really great Do you understand what Mrs. Weasley said? "
The book tried its hand at a nod.
"You are smarter than some people."
"I agree."
Harry turned around, startled.
"Severus, do you want me to die of heart failure before the first exam?" The student asked reproachfully.
"Certainly not, and to prevent that from happening, we will train again today."
the boy nodded.
Then he looked at the staff table.
"Since the article appeared, the director has been looking at me as if I had forced him to eat bugs."
Severus followed his boy's gaze.
“Forget him, he's just angry because he's in a bad light again. First, because you have to take part in the tournament. And then, because you don't believe in the hunt for magical beings either. oh, don't try to lose your nerve in defense. ”With that, the teacher pointed to Harry's white streak. After this cryptic advice, Severus withdrew again.

With a loud bang, Harry slammed the door behind him and his friends. his strand stuck out again in all directions.
“It must have a bang. What does he think of teaching the unforgivable? "
Draco walked next to him and swore as well.
“Because the stupid director asked him to. But at least you were able to block the Imperio. The rest of us have made ourselves perfect idiots. "
“We'll learn that too. Did not you hear? the bastard is going to torment us with it until each of us can. Asshole! ”Hermione's anger was understandable. After all, Moody, each of them refusing to call him professor, had asked her to do a belly dance.
“These spells are not forbidden for nothing. Why does the old man want us to go through this? ”Daphne wanted to know.
"Because he's absolutely convinced that Voldemort will be back." Ron growled. He had to do a handstand. and he couldn't do it at all. The boy had bumped his back badly.
Then Draco started laughing. His friends look at him in confusion.
“The look on his face when you told him that the Cruciatus is not black magic, but white magic. I thought his wrong eye was falling out. "
Now his sister giggled too.
“And then when you asked why you don't learn that in Auror training. Wonderful. ”The others giggled too.
Harry shrugged.
“That's a fair question. I mean, they should defend themselves against spells that they don't even have a clue about. And we should allow ourselves to be protected by someone like that. No wonder that all of the work always falls on us children. "
Hermione nodded too.
“But at least you got some people thinking again. That’s worth a lot. Merlin, we are also unlucky with our defense teachers. I want Remus back. "
For this statement, the girl earned a grunt of approval.
“Come on, McGonagall doesn't like to wait. Maybe we're lucky and she doesn't like Moody either. The woman can be so upset. ”Harry changed the subject.
His friends followed, giggling.