
"Lying isn't very nice, you know," came a gentle, otherworldly voice from behind the pages of a quibbler magazine.
"Er... what?" Ben stuttered, surprised by the unexpected remark. It was then he noticed the presence of a third person in the compartment.
Ben instantly recognised the protuberant silvery eyes peering above the pages of the Quibbler as Luna Lovegood's.
"My daddy says you should always tell the truth. People don't like being lied to, you see," said the girl nonchalantly.
'Great! Daddy's girl can detect lies as well. What a drag,' thought Ben.
"Uhm-You're Luna, right?" said Ben, clearing the awkward atmosphere in the compartment.
"I am. How did you know? I don't remember ever seeing you before," asked Luna, her voice full of intrigue.
"I'm Ben. I know everything," he said, flashing a smile.
"Hello, Ben. You did it again. Are you not able to stop lying? You must have got bitten by a Perfidy Pixie," said Luna.
The two girls looked at Ben, who just shrugged.
"That sounds made up," said Hermione.
"Oh, they are real, but very small and invisible," said Luna.
"They're invisible? Then how are you so sure they exist?" asked Hermione.
"My Mommy told me. She said they build nests on the heads of politicians, but they like to bite the naughty kids the most," Luna said.
Hermione rolled her eyes at that, but she had heard weirder things coming out of Ben's mouth, and for once, she felt she had found an explanation.
"Don't worry, they're mostly harmless, and go away if you stare at them long enough, or tell the truth," she said, staring intensely at Ben.
"Umm, thanks Luna. I think I'm feeling better," said Ben, but Luna kept staring at him with her enormous eyes.
"They go away faster if you tell the truth," she said.
"Come on Ben, tell us what you're hiding, or Perfy Pixie is going to build a nest on your head too," said Ginny with a chuckle.
"Yeah, come on Ben. Don't be a naughty kid," said Hermione, joining Ginny.
"Alright, I lied. I don't know everything," he said, putting his arms up in surrender.
"But I know most things, like right now, Ron and Harry are right up there," he said, pointing his finger towards the sky.
"What, on the roof?" asked Hermione, frowning her brow, but Ginny quickly caught on the implication.
"They're flying Dad's car?" she asked.
"No way, even they aren't that dumb," said Hermione.
"Knowing that they are going to crash it into the whomping willow, I'd say they are pretty dumb," said Ben, making a hasty escape, afraid that Luna would once again catch him lacking.
"See you later, Luna. You'll be joining me in Ravenclaw, I'm sure," he said, closing the compartment door behind him.
Both Hermione and Ginny looked towards Luna, not sure if they had heard one more lie or truth this time.
"He didn't seem to be lying this time. The staring must have made the pixies shy," she said nonchalantly and once again started reading the Quibbler.
Ben made his way further down the train, towards the pantry. He did have some bacon sandwiches for lunch, but he was hungry again and the Trolly Witch only had snacks left.
On the way, he met Cho who was buying a pumpkin pastie from the trolly witch.
"Hey Cho," Ben greeted her.
"Hi Ben," she replied. Ben noticed she looked a little uneasy to see him, and unlike usual, she didn't have Marietta tagging along with her.
"Anything of the trolly dear?" asked the trolly witch, bringing Ben out of his musing.
"Oh, no, thank you," he said, and the witch pushed her trolly forward.
"See you later, Cho," he said, walking past her to continue on his quest for sandwiches.
"Uh, Ben," Cho called.
"Yeah?" he asked, turning around.
"Marietta-I mean, we, when we came to your house-" Cho said with some hesitation but got interrupted.
"Ben! We've got to help them," Came Hermione calling from the back.
"Yeah, maybe you've got to help them. I don't have to do shit, Granger," said Ben.
"Come on, they're going to get into a lot of trouble," said Hermione.
"Well, they are having a lot of fun flying the car right now. I say they deserve some trouble that's coming their way," said Ben, thinking about what he wouldn't give to be in that car right now.
"I'm not denying that they deserve some punishment for flouting school rules," said Hermoine. "I just don't want them to crash into some tree and hurt themselves badly."
"So you want me to flout school to save their skins?" said Ben, giving her an intense stare, with a raised eyebrow.
Hermione nodded, a little flustered at realising how hypocritical she sounded.
"Forget about-" she muttered lowering her head.
"I'll do it," said Ben.
"Really?" she said, looking up with her glistening, wide eyes.
"But it's gonna cost you," he said with a smirk.
"What do you want?"
"You'll write all my assignments for the year," he said bluntly.
"No way! Not happening," said Hermione, shooting him down instantly.
"Alright then, I guess Ron and Harry can handle a few weeks in the Hospital wing. Big deal," he said.
"They deserve it," said Hermione folding her arms, not sounding convincing at all.
"Yeah. They might get expelled for endangering the Statute Of Secrecy, but hey, it is their fault for getting spotted by muggles," he said and watched the colour slowly fade from Hermione's face.
"Ron's dad might get fired from the ministry for misuse of Muggle Artifacts, but that's not really our problem," he said, making her further tense up.
"But hey, none of it is our fault. It's not like we can do anything to stop it," he said, guilt-tripping her further.
Cho, who was still there listening, couldn't watch him manipulate the poor girl any further and stepped in.
"Ben, stop," she said pleadingly. At first, she thought it was one of Ben's usual antics and he was teasing the girl. She was even a little jealous, as she'd experienced nothing like that with her friends. They were all mostly yes girls, except Marietta, and even she- Anyway, Cho could see that Hermione did not find any of it funny, and even she felt Ben had gone too far.
Ben too realised that he had perhaps gone too far.
"Ahm, you know, maybe the Headmaster will cover up for them, and everything will be fine. We can always hope for the best," he said in a poor attempt to reassure Hermione.
"I get it alright, I'll do it, I'll write your stupid assignments," she said in a voice full of frustration.
"Now, are you gonna help them or not?" she said, growing impatient at Ben's dumbstruck staring.
-End of Chapter-
A/N: Do you guys have any suggestions for the story? Let me know in the comments.
Since Ben’s future predicting abilities are tied to his knowledge of the books/films, I would have Marietta take the place of Ginny when it comes to opening the Chamber of Secrets. The various beings turned to stone and other events leading up to the climax can be unique to your story, as long as we still get HP in the Chamber (maybe with an unseen Ben helping) at the end.
Hu. Ben has returned to being a little shit. Is he re-merging with his 12 year old self?
Author just pretty much seems to have forgotten how their character would act.
@Tajarim it's very disappointing.
I still cant get my head round the fact he left the Horcrux out where a nosy teen girl could steal it from him... and then failed to notice it was missing. My hope is that this is a big brain play from Ben and hes been well aware the whole time. Will be disappointed if he really lost track of a deadly dark artifact housing a soul fragment of Voldermort.
He totally did forget. He's not the same character as before the break, though. He somehow turned into the clichee stupid MC.
Uhh Author-san it has been 2 weeks! You good? Plz don't tell me the novel is dropped!!
The story is starting to take shape. If Ben could use a portal to get the car back to London before it crashes, it would provide character development. He could use Norberta the dragon to keep Harry and Ron flying. If Hermione takes a liking to Ben, that will give her more benefits than anything else. Now that Gennie doesn't have the diary, Tom Riddle's target might not be Harry Potter and the Mudbloods, but Ben and his reliable foresight. For Voldemort, the vulnerability of the Horcruxes is more of a threat than anything else. And Tom will get what Ben can do. Voldemort has more than just the basilisk as a weapon. Dragonborn is a hero, not a jerk. Make a hero out of him. You have to figure out how not to die from the basilisk's gaze or poison. He must prepare his friends for war.
Kind of frustrating that he had a damn cursed book lying around his room, when he could've shoved it into his storage island or buried it somewhere he can open a portal to.
Anyway... shame I caught up and there may not be updates for months to come...
I like this fic, I'll definitely keep readiit.
I miss the Drago(not)wifu through. I feel that growth of their bond and her getting more and more like a true Dov instead of a HP dragon would be pretty natural. And maybe in 3rd year they will be able to speak in Dovahzul with each other...
It would be pretty cool
Please keep this going it's great!
When are we getting more chapters?

More I need more