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Chapter Six
Harry woke up and looked at the clock. It was nine o'clock. Harry was glad that he hadn't slept his day away. He hadn't gotten to bed until about two o'clock in the morning. The night before had been very fun since he got to hang out with Dean, George, and of course Ginny. It had been different since it wasn't the usual group of him, Ginny, Ron, Hermione, and as of late, George. With no Ron or Hermione and Dean instead, it had added a twist. It had been a good experience. Harry slid off the bed and out from under Ginny's outstretched arm. If there was one thing that Harry didn't like about sharing a bed, it was the fact that Ginny moved around a lot in her sleep.
Harry walked over to the crib and found Teddy still lying there, sound asleep. Harry silently got dressed and then walked out of the room, leaving the door slightly ajar. He walked past the couch and the bed that Andromeda had slept in the night before. It was unoccupied. Harry figured she had probably already headed down to the Great Hall to eat.
Harry went down the stairs to Ron and Hermione's room. Ron was passed out in the bed but Hermione was not. Harry saw the bathroom light on through the crack in the door and knocked on it. Hermione came out fully dressed and gave Harry a morning hug.
"Since when do you give me hugs in the morning?" Harry asked Hermione at a whisper.
"Since now," she said. "Is that such a crime to give your best friend a hug?"
"No, I just… Never mind," Harry said. "So, do you want to go down and eat something? I'm starving."
"Yeah sure," Hermione said. "When are you collecting the lists?"
"Well, I told everyone that I would collect them after dinner today but I think I'm gonna get them earlier, otherwise I'll have t wait until tomorrow to figure out who's doing what. I want to figure that out sooner than that because other wise we can't start for another day again," Harry said.
"I totally understand," Hermione said taking Harry's arm and walking out of the room and down to the empty common room. "If you ever need help with the planning you can ask."
"Thanks Hermione," Harry said. They walked out of the common room and downstairs to the Great Hall. They found Charlie, Percy, and George sitting at the table and made their way to them.
"Good morning," Harry and Hermione said to everyone. They all responded with nods of their heads. Harry stood up again and muttered, "Sonorous." His voice erupted around the room. "Excuse me. I just want another moment of your time. If you recall, yesterday I told you all that the sign up for staying to help rebuild Hogwarts would be up until after dinner tonight, however, this is being changed. Instead I will be collecting it at eleven o'clock. This will make the process start a little faster and there won't be as much pressure. If you haven't signed up and want to, please do so as soon as possible. Spread the word if you can. Thank you." Harry muttered the countercharm and then sat down.
"That's one way to get their attention," Charlie said.
"It's the easiest way. They can't complain that they never heard about it," Harry said. Charlie nodded his head in agreement and then finished the last few bites of his breakfast.
"Well, I would stay but, I sort or wanna find out where mum, dad, and Mrs. Tonks disappeared to. They never left a note," Charlie said.
"Oh, I'll come with you," Percy said.
"Me too," George said. Harry smiled at the fact that the Weasleys' had some how, become closer of the past week. IT was nice. Harry had always thought that they were a close family but now, they were almost inseparable from at least one other family member. The three boys left Harry and Hermione eating their breakfast alone. This was fine with Harry. He hadn't gotten to spend much time with Hermione lately.
"So, the first thing McGonagall wants me to get done is the security around the school. Not that many people can help with it. It's up to me to choose people I know we can trust. McGonagall says there can only be five other people with me. Will you be one of them?" Harry asked.
"Of course Harry. It would be an honor. I can't believe you want me though," Hermione said.
"You were always the smartest one out of all of us. I'm sure you've read something about security," Harry said. Hermione blushed slightly. "I was thinking I would ask Bill as well. He was a curse-breaker so he should know some things that will help."
"Definitely," Hermione said.
"I don't know who else to have help though," Harry said. "Do you?"
"I'll have to think about it," Hermione said. "So how are you gonna divide what people are doing?"
"It all depends on the amount of people who are gonna stay. I'm hoping to have between a hundred and a hundred fifty people. With that number I'd be able to assign areas for certain groups to work in. If I have much less than that I might have to just assign tasks for people and they would go around the school doing that task only. It all depends," Harry said.
"Well, at least you know what you're talking about," Hermione said. "Could you imagine if Ron were in charge of all this planning?"
"No," Harry said holding in laughter. "He wouldn't get through a single day if he were in charge of something like this.
"More like if he was in charge of anything," Hermione said. They immediately stopped laughing when they saw Ron and Ginny making their way towards them. Ginny sat down next to Harry and gave him a brief kiss before helping herself to some of Harry's breakfast, just as she used to do in his sixth year.
At eleven o'clock, Harry left the table and out into the Entrance Hall. He pulled the list off the bulletin board. There were about thirty signatures on that sheet. Harry was impressed at the fact that there were so many people signing up on just the one list. Harry couldn't wait to see what the other lists looked like.
It turned out that the majority of the people had ended up signing up on the list outside the Great Hall. The four common rooms lists had ended up totaling to about thirty or so more. This was not the turn out that Harry had hoped for but he would have to make do with what he had.
He went upstairs to his office in the Headmaster's study. McGonagall was sitting at her desk working on the many things that had to get accomplished.
"Hello Harry," she said. "I heard you were picking up the sheets today for the volunteers."
"Yeah," Harry said. "They're not as good as I would have hoped but, there's enough. I think, with this group, we'll be able to finish in about a month."
"Oh, Harry that's wonderful. How did you figure that?" she asked.
"Well, I'm gonna split everyone up into groups and have them scheduled doing different things around the castle, inside and out. I will assign only a few things for each group to do. For instance, I'll have one group be working on restoring the main structure of the building, like the walls, ceilings, floors, things like that. I might have another group working strictly on classrooms, or dormitories. It would be their job to restore everything in the dormitories the way they were and maybe add a few new ideas if that's alright with you. I noticed that quidditch room in our dormitory and I thought that would be a nice idea for all of them," Harry said.
"Well, it sounds as though you've got everything under control. How about, the protection of the school on the outside? Do you have anyone assigned to that?" Professor McGonagall asked.
"Well, I'll be going around the entire school checking on stuff, but, I'll be there a lot. I've assigned Hermione Granger and Bill Weasley there so far. I figured they would both be good. Hermione was always good at knowing important stuff like that and Bill was a curse-breaker for Gringotts. He might be able to lend a hand as well. I don't know who else to have though," Harry said.
"I would suggest Professor Flitwick, if he signed up. He was always good with all the charms and I believe Professor Dumbledore confided some of his spells in him," McGonagall said.
"Thanks Professor," Harry said. "I can always speak with Professor Dumbledore directly as well, can't I?"
"Of course Harry," Professor Dumbledore said. "Do you have a portrait in your office?"
"Yeah, can you come in there?" Harry asked.
"I can go wherever there is a portrait Harry," he said. "Lets get to work."
So, I decided that I would do one more chapter on the reconstruction, and then move onto other things. I am undecided whether I should have them all go back to school for their last year or to have them go straight to jobs. Give me your opinions.