"Oh this is so nice." Astoria said for what felt like the hundredth time.
Daphne rolled her eyes at her sister, she along with Tracy, Harry, Astoria and her two friends Jean and Scott were all outside by the lake. Jean and Scott Smith were a pair of brown haired, brown eyed twins and Ravenclaws in Astoria's year, apparently the three had become good friends. Harry, Daphne and Tracy had originally come out to the lake to complete their homework while enjoying the nice and peaceful atmosphere of the outside. Harry had just finished his when Astoria came by and introduced her friends.
Daphne did not remember exactly how it ended up happening but now Harry was in his tiger form, lying down like a lazy house cat with Astoria and the Smith twin's resting against his side. She turned to Tracy only to find that Tracy was no longer there, she looked around before spotting her.
"Traitor." Was Daphne's first response to seeing Tracy on the other side of Harry and also resting against him.
"What?" Tracy said in a defensive voice. "It does feel really nice, come and join me."
"Fine," Daphne sighed. "that alright with you Potter?" She asked Harry who nodded in response. She got up and picked up her stuff before waking around and sitting down next to Tracy, she leaned her back against Harry's side and was pleased to find that it did feel rather nice.
Harry, meanwhile, was not exactly sure how he felt being used as a massive pillow but decided that it was not a massive bother so there was no point in being angry about it.
"Oh hello." A dreamy voice said, everyone including Harry looked to see Luna Lovegood standing in front of them. "I did not know that the school allowed pet tigers in."
"They don't Luna," Astoria said. "this is Harry, he's an animagus remember."
"Oh yes." Luna said after a moment of thought. "May I pet you?" She asked Harry. Harry grunted which Luna took to mean 'yes', she kneeled down and began stroking him under his chin and behind his ear. Admittedly Harry was quite enjoying it. "I just want to say thank you for all of your help." She added, Harry made a chuffing sound which caused Luna to smile. "Yes, I suppose Karma does have her moments."
"Alright so then if you have the chance then you go for between the legs." Harry said as he was instructing Astoria on what to do if she ever got in a fight. "However don't make it obvious, only go for that part if you think you can get away with it." Harry added, Astoria was paying close attention while the others sat off to the side. Luna leaned against a tree, staring dreamily into space while Astoria's two friends, Scott and Jean, were paying close attention to what Harry was saying. Tracy looked amused while Daphne looked irritated.
"Potter, must you insist on corrupting my sister?" Daphne asked with a small glare. Harry paused his teaching and looked to Daphne with an offended expression, a fake one but still an offended one.
"Excuse me, I am not corrupting your sister, I am molding her into the toughest girl of her year thank you very much." Harry replied.
"That does not explain why you are teaching her muggle fighting."
"I am actually glad you asked, there are a few reasons for it. One, she could lose her wand, she does not want to be helpless if she losses her wand. Astoria, do you want to be helpless if you lose you wand?"
"Nope." Astoria said as she shook her head.
"The second reason is rather simple, she is a pureblood girl so nobody would expect it and it will catch her enemies off guard."
"She doesn't have enemies." Daphne pointed out.
"It is never too early to start, I have had enemies since before I could even speak English. Now who in a fight to the death would you expect to be more likely to throw a punch? Harry Potter or first year Ravenclaw Astoria Greengrass? Hint, there is a right answer. Third reason, I am bored."
"What do you know about muggle fighting anyway?" Tracy asked.
"Well there is my natural skill in it plus all that I have learnt over the years." Harry replied, while he was in no way a master at martial arts or any form of physical combat he did know a bit about fighting.
Years of being a punching bag for Dudley, Vernon, and Dudley's friends had taught Harry quite a lot about punching. Years of abuse from Vernon let Harry know where to strike for the most pain and gave him a sort of creativity as it had taught Harry to always see the potential of pain from getting attacked by something like a belt or even something as innocent looking as a book. In the chamber of secrets Harry had also discovered some books from Godric Gryffindor himself who happened to be rather adept at physical and magical combat if the books were any indication.
Harry suspected that any decently skilled and experienced martial artist would more than likely challenge if not beat him but thankfully he was fighting wizards, most of whom thought that hand to hand combat was beneath them and something for filthy muggles.
"Do you think I can beat anyone up now?" Astoria asked.
"Astoria," Daphne sighed. "you will not go out and beat people up."
"She's right," Harry nodded, Daphne looked pleased until Harry continued. "you need to let them be aggressive and make the first move or at least look like it so you don't get in trouble."
"Potter?"
"Yeah...ow!"
"That's what you deserve, now pass my book back."
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