So, I just watched Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows part 2 and it inspired me to right this. I love the Harry Potter books but have not yet written a fanficiton for it yet. I am currently writing another fanfiction so I will not be updating this one every day, since I have to alternate my time between the two. ANYWAYS. I hope you enjoy. :)
I've attended Hogwarts School Of Witchcraft and Wizardry for as long as I could remember, but not once in my seven years here had I seen it like this.
The first night after summer break was usually filled with happy children and teenagers, excited to start the year and see each other again. There would be first years who would be teary-eyed about leaving there parents, but excited about going to Hogwarts. The returning students would be with their groups of friends in their dorms, laughing and sharing stories about the summer.
Not this year. The school was calm for once, which is not a word I would usually use to describe Hogwarts. Almost all the students were in their dorms instead of out milling the halls or in the great hall, eating food. The only students who dared leave their dormitories were Slytherins.
This is, of course, because Lord Voldemort was in control of everything from the school to the Ministry. I'd heard rumours that Harry Potter and his two friends were out there somewhere trying to take down Voldemort, but while he was doing that the rest of us were stuck here, attending Hogwarts under the new headmaster, Snape, and the few new teachers who I am almost positive are Death Eaters.
"Emma!" Someone called from behind me. I turned to find Cho Chang.
"What is it?" I asked, eying the girl with confusion.
"All of the heads are supposed to meet in the library. Snape's orders." She told me.
I'd almost forgotten that Cho, like myself, had been named Head Girl of her house.
"What for?" I ask as we walk together towards the library. Cho and I hadn't spoken much in the years that we've attended Hogwarts, but we got along well enough. She shrugs at my question.
"Who's Hufflepuff's head?" I ask. The only reason why I knew that Cho was head was because my father worked closely with hers.
"I think Zacharias Smith." She tells me.
She pushes the large doors to the library open and holds them for me. I thank her as I walk by.
"Hello, students." Says Professor McGonagall.
My eyes widened a bit at the sight of her.
"I thought Snape wanted us all to meet." I stated, looking around at everyone else. Ah, Carson Nigellus was head of Slytherin. It was no surprise, really, considering his grandfather was a former headmaster. It didn't make him anymore likable, though.
"Headmaster Snape," McGonagall started, saying Snape's name with a large amount of malice in her voice. "Is currently busy, so I'll be giving you the Head Of House speach."
"About the dementors-" Zacharias started, but McGonagall cut him off.
"It is your responsibility to keep yourself and the other students in your house from provoking them to attack. They are here as guards, or spies, if you will, and will not attack without reason." She adds the words 'I hope' so quietly I hardly hear it.
"This year the Heads of house will have a much harder job. With the rise in power of Voldemort-" Zacharias gasps and Carson narrows his eyes " Pull it together, boy!" She snaps. " The new staff members have requested the rights to more... violent punishment, so I suggest you stress that fact to your house. I do not suggest anyone taking a stand against them. That will be the rest of the staffs job."
"What do you mean more violent?" I asked, outraged. "They can't just-"
"They can, Mrs. Wright, and they will." She said harshly. Her eyes softened a bit. "This year is going to be one of the hardest any of us have faced, but all we can do is work hard to make it through it. Does anyone have any questions?"
"I don't think my house will have any problems." Carson said, standing up. "If that's all, I'd like to go eat."
Carson walked away without another word or a dismissal from McGonagall.
"He's right." I said angrily. "They're favored this year, the Slytherins. The rest of us will have to fight to get by while they all enjoy their time like nothings wrong! Their families aren't in danger. They aren't in danger. We all are."
"I wish I could deny that, but you are right." McGonagall replies. She looks very upset. "I wish there was more I could do, but at the moment I am doing the best I can here, trying to keep you children safe."
"Thank you for warning us." Cho says. She has tears in her eyes.
I was never like that. Never the kind of girl to cry over things that upset me. Instead I like to put all my emotion into other, more productive things.
"I'm going to go have a talk with the other Gryffindors." I said and, like Carson, leave the library.
As I walk down the hallway I notice two of my fellow Gryffindors. Two that I happen to like, and happen to know will help me.
"Neville!" I call. "Ginny!"
The two turn so quickly, their eyes wide, that I know they are discussing something that could get them in trouble.
"Sorry for starteling you." I tell them both. "But I was wondering if you could do me a favor. I'm having a house meeting. If you could find any Gryffindors not in the dormitory and send them back I'd really appreciate it."
Ginny smiles at me. "Sure, Emma."
I leave them behind me and head to the Gryffindor common room. I head right up to the girls tower first and tell all the timid looking first years to go down to the common room. All the older girls are either downstairs or somewhere else in the castle.
Then I head into the boys tower. I haven't been up here before, but it's really no different then our part of the dorm. I knock on all the doors but only get replies from two.
When I get downstairs I see Neville and Ginny are back.
"I've just come back from speaking with McGonagall." I say, my voice loud and clear. "I'm going to need everyone to listen very carefully: No one is to go near,or provoke the dementors. They will not attack unless you make them. Same goes for the new teachers."
"I heard they're death eaters!" One student yelled. A few first years looked frightened.
"I'm still not sure about that, but I am sure that Snape has given them the right to use violence when punishing us. I beg you all to please, please not give them a reason to punish you. If you do, or if you see someone else being punished, I suggest heading to McGonagall." I say. "This year is the most dangerous any of us will ever face. As Gryffindors we are strong and brave, but I ask of you to not use that bravery in a way that will get yourself hurt."
"We can't just sit by while you-know-who and the death eaters take over Hogwarts!" Seamus yells.
"I agree." I say, and he looks a little surprised. "But if we are to fight back, we must do it discretely so that we are still keeping ourselves safe."
"Harry wouldn't want us to just give up." Neville says. People whisper, some agreeing with him, some shocked at hearing Harry's name.
"You're right, but he also wouldn't want any of us to get ourselves killed." I say kindly. Neville may seem like a dork but he is one of the bravest of the Gryffindors.
"That's all I had to say. Try and stay out of trouble!" I yell as everyone starts talking.