"It is funny" Sirius griped.
"Hurry up and finish, we have to get to defense next" Remus replied with a shake of his head.
The group finished their lunch and made their way to the fourth floor corridor where they would have their first lessons with the Slytherin students, a stupid idea in Harry's opinion knowing that this was the most dangerous class and there was certainly no love loss between the two houses.
Upon entering the classroom Harry caught his first glimpse of the people he knew would one day become prominent members of Voldemort's inner circle and most vicious Death Eaters.
All of them very much looked like younger, yet healthier versions of their older selves, particularly those who had ended up in Azkaban for the duration of the Dark Lord's absence.
Among the students was Avery, Rookwood, the LeStrange brothers and Severus Snape. The most noticeable to Harry however was Bellatrix and he had to exercise all of his restraint not to curse the girl sitting there.
She was certainly the one in which the differences were most apparent. For one, she actually looked healthy and her hair was not dead and lank as he remembered. She was very regal looking with very delicate features, her near black eyes shining in their youth with more than a hint of violet within them when they were caught by the light. He grudgingly admitted that she was indeed a very beautiful witch, though the thought disgusted him to his very core.
Strangely to the teen, she was not sitting with the rest of the people he had always associated her with. She sat alone at the front of the class simply ignoring every one else in the room, something that Harry was very grateful of because he was not entirely sure that he could trust himself not to kill her if she provoked him in any way.
He shook his head and took a seat with James and the others at the back of the classroom but their entry had not gone unnoticed and Rudolphus, along with Snape and Rabastan, glared at the Gryffindor boys with loathing clear on their faces.
Harry, for the life of him, could not work out why Rudolphus was even here. He knew for a fact that the boy was two years older than his brother. 'Must have been held back' he deduced amusedly.
"Another blood traitor" Rudolphus said loudly and purposely, clearly wanting for the group to hear. "It's disgusting that you get to call yourselves pureblood's" he concluded disgustedly.
Harry quickly grabbed the back of James's robes to prevent him from attacking the boy knowing that was exactly what Rudolphus was waiting for.
"It talks" Harry returned with mock surprise. "And there was me expecting nothing more than a grunt" he sighed.
"You better watch it Potter, whatever one you are, I'll curse you" Rudolphus warned.
"How on Earth did you get sorted in to the house of cunning?" Harry questioned seriously. "You have the looks and the subtlety of a troll, not to mention the table manners apparently" he added with a shake of his head and a distasteful grimace at the boy's soiled robes.
He leaned a little closer before continuing.
"You now LeStrange, just because you have basted yourself in gravy it doesn't mean you are going to be spit roasted too, but judging by the arse kissing Snape and your brother give you, I'm sure they'd be happy to give it a go" he shrugged with a smirk.
The majority of the students were clearly trying to stifle their laughter but largely failing.
Rudolphus was clearly having to think about what Harry had said. He clearly knew that he had been insulted but he didn't quite know how.
Harry noticed this and decided to add insult to injury.
"Merlin Rudy, if you are the best that your father had to offer from his clearly lacking nutsack, then he must be as impotent as you are" he continued again with a shake of his head. "Shit, I bet even your Mother agrees with me that she should have swallowed the night you were conceived every time she sees what a buffoon she spewed from her loins" he finished mockingly.
The students in the room could not hide their laughter any longer and most of them burst into peels of it even Bellatrix's mouth twitched in amusement, though LeStrange's cohorts found no humour in the humiliation.
"I'll fucking kill you Potter" Rudolphus suddenly roared, shooting to his feet and trembling with unsuppressed rage.
The laughter stopped and Harry casually and discreetly slid his wand into his hand.
"I don't know Rudy" he deadpanned. "If your aim with your wand is anything like your aim with a spoon, I think it is every one else in the room that needs to worry" he pointed out.
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