Harry Potter And The Sword Of Gryffindor
Chapter 4 - The Hogwarts Resistance Crew
Disclaimer- I do not own Harry Potter or any of the Characters associated with this story. I will however invent my own and add them to my plot.
Harry walked out of the Defense Against The Dark Arts classroom with a smile on his face. "Wow Ginny I did not see that one coming!"
"I know, can you believe it? Wandless magic! Harry this is unbelievable, Ron and Hermione are going to be so jealous when we tell them." Ginny replied. "Now Ginny it's not nice to gloat." Harry said with a laugh.
"Are you kidding me? I'm not gloating I am good at something! That's not gloating, that's boasting and I cant wait to do it for once!"
"Same thing, really and what do you mean for once? You are brilliant, always have been!"
"Yeah, OK then Mr I'm the savior of the wizarding world!" Ginny giggled.
"Welcome ladies and gentlemen to this years' first potions class!" Professor Slughorn boomed jovially. "This year you will have several assignments that will help you make your final NEWT grades, along with your exam results of course!" As the professor finished his sentence there was a collective groan from almost every person in the room. All except Hermione of course. "Now, now, potions is not that bad, matter of fact you should all do fairly well in this class. First things first though, I would like you all to find a partner. This person will be as the muggles say, your 'lab partner' you will be partnered with this person throughout the year. Your assignments will be done together and ALL your potions will be brewed by the both of you. Homework and coursework will be done together and you may not change your partner at ANY time during this year. The partner you chose is your partner for good so chose wisely, if one of you decide to let the other person do all the work, I will find out and you will be failed on your NEWT. Good luck." With that Slughorn sat down at his desk while the student all picked their partners. Ginny immediately grabbed Harry's arm "You are with me!" Harry smiled slightly and sat down beside her. "That's fine with me."
"Hermione I'm with you." Ron gave his girlfriend a sappy smile. "OK, as long as you don't mind the hard work, don't think I'm going to let you do nothing!"
"Such faith." Ron said rolling his eyes.
As everyone got settled down Slughorn rose to address the class again. After going through the potions list for the term he explained that the potions had to be made in order, the last potion being veritaserim. All potions would have a vial sent away for examination by the exam board. Points out of 10 would be given and the score of each potion would contribute towards the final score on their NEWTs.
The next day they would be brewing their first potion, one that Harry was very familiar with:Felix Felicis. "So everyone, id like you to open your books to page 37 of your potions books and start writing your preparations for your first potion!"
As the first Transfiguration lesson of the year ended and everyone filed out of Professor McGonagle's class Hermione turned to her friends and whispered, "My goodness! There must be a shortage of teachers, the headmistress usually doesn't teach as well as the duties of the head of the school. Look at Dumbledore, he stopped teaching Transfiguration when he became Headmaster!"
"As observant as ever miss Granger, I however wished to keep on taking my teaching duties as well as my Headship duties. We do have a choice, in these matters, Professor Dumbledore stopped teaching Transfiguration because he decided to devote the remainder of his time on Voldemort, and trying to stop him."
"Oh, sorry Professor, I, I didn't mean to be rude." Hermione stammered in embarrassment.
"Not to worry miss Granger, however, we must not be to quick to jump to conclusions. Now off you go to lunch." McGonagle said with a smile.
In the Great Hall, The four friends found a seat on the Gryffindor table beside Nevill and oddly Luna,who has sneaked over from the Ravenclaw table. Other Gryffindors including Seamus and Dean were glaring at anyone who dared to mention it. "Hi Luna what has you over here?" Harry asked warmly. "Hi Harry, Nevill said I could sit beside him, he is rather lovely isn't he?" Luna asked in her usual dreamy voice. "you know what Luna, he really is." Said Ginny.
"Oh look!" a first year from the Hufflepuff table exclaimed and pointed out the group of friends on the Gryffindor table. "It's the Hogwarts resistance leaders!" Almost every head swiveled in their direction and Harry automatically ducked his head, glad it wasn't him getting stared at.
The Great Hall became rather noisy as people began to talk all at once, many pointing and staring at the group on the Gryffindor table. Harry began to entertain the idea of skipping lunch and going to the library after hearing his name a few times as well as the group everyone was talking about, when Professor McGonagle stood and asked for silence. "As most of you are aware and have so kindly pointed out to us all, we have the brave students who led the resistance here at Hogwarts last year, sitting eating their lunch. If you would please remember what I asked of all of you regarding Mr Potter at the welcome feast I would ask the same of all of you regarding the people who fought hard against the horrid year we all had here last term. It is not nice to be stared at and whispered about when you are trying to eat your lunch. Feel free to talk to them at times but do not bombard them and do not overwhelm them I do not want to see a stampede leading to the brave witches and wizards who are the only reason last term was as bearable as it was."
With that she sat back down in her seat and nodded her head towards the group, and when she spotted Luna she just smiled and nodded her head as if to say, 'if you must'. After that lunch went much easier although there were still many people staring but at least they were trying to be subtle about it.
That evening as they sat in the common room together, Harry and Ginny sat talking about lunch. "I know you don't like to talk about it, but Ginny you do know you need to open up to somebody about last year, don't you?" Ginny looked at the floor, thinking about how she could put this and not sound rude. "Harry, I don't want to talk about it yet, I cant I'm not ready. You know how it is yourself."
"Please Ginny just talk to someone, what about your mum or madam pomfrey?"
"I SAID I DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT! HOW DENSE CAN YOU BE? CAN YOU NOT JUST LEAVE ME ALONE?" with that Ginny stormed out of the common room and slammed the portrait behind her. Harry sighed as Ron and Hermione came over looking concerned. "What happened there mate?" Ron asked Harry. "I asked her to talk to me about last night. I want to be there for her, and I think her bottling it all up is bad for her."
At that both Ron and Hermione raised an eyebrow each at him. "Harry you realize how ironic that sounds coming from you?" Hermione asked.
"Yes Hermione, I realize how ironic that sounds, but in fairness I have started opening up to you lot about last year. We always talk about it, but if Ginny keeps it all in she is going to end up ill. She needs to talk to someone!"
"I hate to admit it, but the boy wonder is right." Ron said with a smile. "I'm sure she will talk in time mate."
"Harry I think I should go after her, maybe calm her down and talk to her." Hermione said biting her lip with worry.
"No Hermione, I'm going after her, it was me that upset her and she is my girlfriend." Harry replied glumly. With that he pulled out his map and his cloak, located Ginny in an empty classroom and exited the common room with his shoulders slumped. "I hate seeing him like that." Ron said sounding depressed. "Ron it was your sister you should be worried about!" Hermione snapped. "Hermione, I love you and don't take this the wrong way but I know both of those two better than anyone. Me and Ginny are closer than people think and I've seen this side of her before, when she was possessed by Voldemort, she will eventually come around, but Harry takes being shouted at by anyone other than us very personally. He wont let everyone see it, but he is still badly affected by what the Dursley's did to him. He also believes everything is his own fault. After seeing him dead in Hagrid's arms, I am more protective over him than I ever was before. I still haven't got over seeing that, it was as bad as seeing Fred's body." Tears clouded his eyes, as they did Hermione's too. Both still saw Harry's and Fred's bodies in their minds and both would never get over that.
Harry caught up to Ginny in the empty classroom she had ducked into.
"I'm sorry Ginny." Harry said sadly.
"What for?" Ginny snapped, "Not respecting my privacy or treating me like a damned child?!" Harry visibly flinched at her tone and she could see the hurt in his eyes as he mumbled "I didn't mean to treat you like a child, I just know what it's like to keep stuff bottled up in your head."
When Ginny just glared at him, Harry shuffled his feet for a second before looking down again looking completely upset, when she still didn't say anything Harry turned to leave the room and give her the space she so clearly wanted. Bowing his head further as he walked to the door Harry felt devastated. Clearly he was just irritating Ginny and she didn't want him there anymore which she confirmed by saying "Just leave me alone Harry!" Harry walked out of the door after looking back at Ginny one last time before he shut the door and ran back down the corridor. The last thing Ginny saw before the door closed was the heartbroken look on Harry's face.
Harry didn't want to go back to the common room and face Ron and Hermione so he decided to walk to the owlery,where he knew he would be alone, well aside from the owls. Shrugging his cloak on he made his way there.
As Ginny entered the common room after calming down she felt bad seeing Harry's heartbroken look before the door shut on him in her minds eye over and over again. She was just angry, she hadn't meant to hurt Harry's feelings. As she scanned the room looking for Harry she realized he must have gone up to bed already, deciding she would send Ron up to get him she made her way over to Ron and Hermione's table where they were talking together. "Hi Ron, is Harry upstairs? Can you go up and get him?" Ginny asked quietly.
"What do you mean? I thought he was with you?" Ron asked having seen that Harry didn't come in with Ginny, he had presumed Harry had gone the bathroom. "What? No! He left me about Half an hour ago!" Ginny exclaimed looking both worried and guilty. Seeing the guilty look on Ginny's face and knowing her so well Ron demanded, "What did you say to him?!"
"I was angry and I told him to leave me alone and I shouted at him."
Ginny nearly cried. "You did what? Ginny how could you! You know what Harry's like he'll probably throw himself off the astronomy tower you idiot! All he was guilty of is worrying about you. Is it that bad that he cares for you? That he bloody loves you!"
"I didn't mean it Ron! Really I didn't!" Ginny burst into tears.
"Right lets do this later and for now we just need to find Harry!" Hermione said urgently and the three of them rushed out of the common room.
"We need to see if we can find a spell to re create the marauders map." Ron grunted as they climbed to the top of the astronomy tower looking for Harry. He wasn't there as Ron had feared. They found him ten minutes later staring into the sky from the owlery looking at all the owls flying into the night. "Ron let me talk to him, I need to apologize to him." Ginny pleaded. "okay but you better not lose your temper again Ginny! I mean it he's fragile right now." Ron warned her.
"Harry?" Ginny called softly.
"Yeah?" Harry replied and she could hear the hurt and sadness in his voice. "Harry I am so sorry. I shouldn't have spoken to you like I did. I never meant a word I said." Ginny had tears running down her face as she started to talk and continued, "I love you Harry, you know that don't you?" Harry shrugged his shoulders after a couple of seconds replied "I wasn't so sure there."
"Harry I get annoyed easily, its a red head thing I think, I promise you I love you, I always have and I always will. Don't ever forget that, no matter what happens!" She said it so passionately Harry looked at her and smiled briefly. "I just wish you would trust me enough to confide in me. I hate the thought of you going through what happened last year on your own, when I am supposed to be the one person that you do talk to."
"Harry you went through enough without me adding to it all."
"That is my decision to make Ginny, it would make me feel better if you talked to me, so I knew whats going on with you." Harry said.
"OK Harry I promise I will talk but not just yet can you wait until tomorrow night? I just want to cuddle up to my boyfriend if that's OK?
"That's okay, but promise me you will talk to me tomorrow after classes?"
"Promise."
With that the two hugged tightly and Harry kissed Ginny gently, as they broke apart Ginny whispered "I love you Harry." and Harry felt a huge grin break out across his face. "I love you too, come on lets have a cheeky snog before we go back down to the common room." Ginny nodded and gratefully accepted another kiss. As they kissed Ginny moved closer and wrapped her arms tightly around Harry's neck and Harry snaked his arms around Ginny's waist. It was quite some time before the two of them appeared in the common room. "Blimey you two, we wondered where you got to!" Ron grinned. Hermione smiled as the couple as she smacked Ron on the arm. "Leave them alone Ron." she scolded. "Jeez I cant even tease my best mate about snogging my sister around here!" Ron playfully complained and they all burst out laughing.
A/N- I hope you enjoyed this chapter, and if you are keeping up with this story I'm sorry it took me so long to update, life and general craziness has gotten in the way, but I promise to get updates faster from now on! please please please read and review! This is my first fanfic so I would love some feedback! Thanks very much for reading! xxx