A/N: I do not own anything, just in case you didn't know.

Chapter 11 Third Year

Over the summer, Lelouch had heard about a criminal named Sirius Black, and how it concerned Harry, thanks to overhearing a conversation between McGonagall and Snape. Hm, I'll have to keep an eye out, he'll probably try and come here, Lelouch thought.

Once the rest of the students came, they had the Sorting Ceremony, and the feast. Lelouch heard that Harry had gotten attacked by a dementor. Apparently, the new DADA teacher, Professor Lupin, had saved him. Lelouch eyed him suspiciously. Lelouch analyzed him thoroughly, making comments in his head about his behavior, speech patterns, etc. He subtly read Lupin's lips from his seat. He was talking to McGonagall about previous DADA teachers.

Lelouch went back to his meal and listened to Suzaku and Ron's conversation.

"Hagrid's our new Care of Magical Creatures Teacher?" Suzaku asked.

"Yeah, who else would have us get a book that bites?" Ron replied.

"You just stroke the spine. Lelouch told me that." Suzaku told him.

"Stroke the spine?" Ron wondered.

"Works like a charm." Suzaku affirmed.

After the feast, they compared schedules. Lelouch didn't have any elective classes with Ron or Harry, but his two electives were with Hermione, who was also taking a bunch of classes at the same time. When they got to the common room, Lelouch went to bed, ready to turn in his runic essay.

Suzaku and Lelouch entered the Ancient Runes Classroom 6A. They were very surprised to see Hermione already in her seat. They sat down by her.

"Hey, Hermione!" Suzaku said. "You got here fast."

"Oh… yeah, I know a shortcut, it doesn't show up often, but I found it today." Hermione replied.

"Do you have your essay ready?" Suzaku asked.

"Yeah, took me long enough." She answered.

Professor Babbling walked in. "Good morning class."

"Good morning."

"Please hand in your essays to me and we can begin the lesson."

Lelouch walked up with Hermione's and Suzaku's essays. He sped read Hermione's. It was nearly flawless and had a lot of detail. He was impressed, but it was nothing compared to his. He handed them in and sat back down, pulling out his four Ancient Runes textbooks, Ancient Runes Made Easy, Magical Hieroglyphs and Logograms, Rune Dictionary, and Spellman's Syllabary.

"For the first part of the semester, we will learn the runes thoroughly and what they do. Next, we will learn words in the ancient runic language. For after the holidays, we will learn ancient runic spells and how to enchant objects with runes. That will be what we cover over the entire year. Now open your Ancient Runes Made Easy textbook and we will begin with the alphabet. Does anyone know what the Runes alphabet is known as?" Babbling asked.

Lelouch, Hermione, and somewhat surprisingly Suzaku's hand all shot up.

"Yes." Professor Babbling said, pointing to Suzaku.

"It is referred to as the Futhark alphabet because the first couple of runes are pronounced f, u, th, a, r, and k." Suzaku said.

"Correct, 5 points for Gryffindor." She said.

Lelouch and Hermione looked at each other and then to Suzaku. He shrugged his shoulders and pointed at Lelouch.

The lesson went on. Lelouch had already learned the alphabet and a few words. He relaxed and enjoyed the class.

At the end of class, Professor Bathsheba Babbling made this announcement. "Any student here may go to the Room of Runes up near the North Tower and decipher some of the runes for extra credit or practice. You must specify which part you got it from. It's covered in runes. More credit is given for figuring out what each phrase does; for example, enchant an object, used as a spell, or if just for information. That is all."

Lelouch and Suzaku found C2 and went into Transfigurations. They were interested in what she was talking about, Animagi. The professor turned into a cat and back. It was silent.

"What's with you guys? This is the first time I haven't gotten applause from a class." McGonagall asked.

Hermione raised her hand, "We just had our first Divination lesson."

Suzaku and Lelouch looked at each other quickly. Lelouch mouthed, "She was with us, and she couldn't have been in Divination. Something's up."

Suzaku nodded.

"No need to say more. Which of you will die this year?" McGonagall asked.

Harry raised his hand. Lelouch began thinking about this some more. He'd have to research this after classes were over. Something about being in multiple places at once, time or space had to change.

The lesson continued on Animagi. Lelouch had earned them 50 House points during the lesson, due to his knowledge of Animagus.

"You sure know a lot about this don't you, Mister Lamperouge." McGonagall questioned.

"I've done my research this summer, thanks to the library." Lelouch replied calmly.

"Do you want to become an Animgus?" Professor McGonagall asked. "I'd be willing to help."

"No, thanks, I have two new subjects to work on. I have enough to worry about." Lelouch answered, getting out of that situation.

Class ended, and Lelouch hurried to lunch to make sure McGonagall couldn't get after him.

Potions and Defense against the Dark Arts were uneventful. Snape even gave 5 House Points to Lelouch and Suzaku for their perfect Sleeping Draught.

Lelouch was excited about Arithmancy, but he didn't show it.

A way to predict the future, huh? This is the more accepted way, better than Divination. Lelouch thought.

Professor Vector walked in. "Welcome class to Arithmancy. I do not tolerate childish behavior or immaturity. Anyone who annoys me too badly will be forced to drop this class and take Care of Magical Creatures. This branch of magic teaches how to see the future in the power of numbers. It is a more reliable way to see the future. Today we will become more familiar with some of the charts and how to use them."

The rest of the lesson went by fast for Lelouch. He learned later that Draco had been 'attacked' in Magical Creatures Class. He didn't care, and went to the library. He looked up books on time travel. He knew space travel would include Apparation, Floo Powder, and brooms. None of them would help her get to classes. He found a book on objects that send one through short amounts of time, Time Turners. It all fit perfectly. Knowing he had solved a small mystery, he finished his homework, and went to sleep.