Lily's Plan
By: Sheltie
I don't own Harry Potter at all
Chapter 11: Beginning of Second Year
Dumbledore was very unhappy. How could he be so stupid to forget that Harry could claim his place as Lord Potter at age eleven. Since Harry was the last wizard in his bloodline he could do that and there was no way to overturn it since it was a very ancient pureblood law. He needed to find a way to control the boy, but how was the question. He had lost Snape, so there wasn't that option anymore. Minerva no longer saw him as a bright shining leader of light anymore and took to her own counsel more. This was going to be a very difficult year Dumbledore thought.
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Meanwhile back on the Hogwarts Express the merry band got to learn about the little blond girl that took down the thick redhead.
"So you're Luna Lovegood, your dad writes the Quibbler, right?" Daphne asked.
Luna nodded.
"So Luna, what house do you think you'll be in?" Susan asked.
"I don't know, but as long as it isn't infested with Nargles then I'll be fine" Luna said.
The others blinked at this, they had no idea what to say to this. And what is a Nargle?
"I'm sure the hat will put you in a place that doesn't have Nargles" Harry said smiling.
"I hope so, Nargles are very hard to get rid of once you're infested" Luna said seriously.
"Tell me more about these Nargles" Harry said wanting to know about a creature he's never heard about.
Luna's face brighten at this, no one had ever shown interest in the creatures she talks about. Though she was wary. She then went off and began to tell them all about what kind of creatures there was and that the Ministry tried to cover them up. Hermione thought Luna was odd, but liked her a lot and knew that Harry took a liking to the girl right away. Susan was interested in what Luna had to say and she, like Hermione, sensed that Harry liked the blond and will soon be a part of their group. Padma was curious about these creatures as she never heard of any of them before. Daphne was intrigued too. Neville listened also with interest. Astoria was glad she now knew another girl her age.
Once the train made it to Hogsmeade station they left their compartment said goodbye and good luck to Astoria and Luna. Harry and the others got onto the carriages and rode them to the castle.
"Well, we're back" Harry said as soon as he caught sight of Hogwarts.
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The group walked into the Great Hall together before splitting off to their house tables.
"Oh great that blond idiot is here" Harry grumbled.
"Harry, he did say that he would be teaching this year" Hermione said.
"I thought it was just a dream" Harry said frowning.
Neville chuckled at this as Hermione rolled her eyes though she had a smile on her face.
Up at the head table was Lockhart. He was wearing god-awful gold and purple robes and his usual giant shiny grin. He was trying to chat up Lily and she looked like she was doing her best not to hex the fool with Sinistra, who sitting on the other side of her kept laying her hand on her shoulder as in a way to calm her.
"Lily looks ready to kill him" Neville whispered.
"Yeah, I hope she does" Harry whispered back.
"Harry" Hermione chided.
"What, we all know the idiot is a fake" Harry said.
Hermione sighed and rolled her eyes, but inside she wished Lily would kill the blond idiot too.
The first years came in with McGonagall and the sorting began. The sorting went on normally Astoria was put into Slytherin with her sister, who was saving her a seat. Luna was put into Ravenclaw and Padma waved the spacey blond over. When the sorting was over Dumbledore began the feast.
"I can't believe Lockhart is our new defense professor, god isn't he just dreamy" Lavender gushed.
Parvati shook her head.
"What's wrong Parv, I thought you'd be excited to have someone like Lockhart teaching us?" Lavender asked.
"Lav, the guy's a fraud" Parvati said.
"What, that can't be? Look at what he did in all of his books" Lavender said.
"I have, and so have my sister and we found a lot of things that didn't make sense. Besides when you're fighting for your life who cares how you care for your hair or hands" Parvati said.
Lavender was shocked, her best friend had really matured over the summer.
Parvati kept her promise and didn't tell her best friend that she spend her summer with the Potters. She knew that to have the couple's trust was something not to be taken lightly.
The rest of the feast went smoothly and soon the announcements were made. Dumbledore introduced Lockhart as the new DADA teacher making a lot of the females in the hall sigh. After that the students headed of to their dorms. Harry and Hermione led their friends to their quarters. Once there they all relaxed.
"Mom, you looked like you were ready to hex Lockhart to bits" Harry said.
"I wanted to Harry, believe me I wanted to" Lily said.
Giggles and chuckles were heard at this.
"What are we going to do, I just know that we won't be learning anything with the grinning idiot teaching" Harry said.
"I don't know Harry, but we'll think of something" Hermione said.
They all chatted and relaxed before they had to return to their dorms.
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At breakfast the next morning Harry, Hermione and their friends entered the Great Hall. They went to their tables and began eating.
"Uh, Harry, I think you should know that you're being stared at" Parvati whispered.
"Huh?" Harry said.
Parvati tilted her head in a certain direction and Harry followed to only lay eyes on a little redhead. As soon as Harry spotted her she turned away blushing like mad.
"Great, another Boy-Who-Lived fan" Harry mumbled.
"She has red hair, does that mean she's related to the twins" Hermione wondered out loud.
"You mean our little sister Gin-Gin."
The others turned to find the twins standing behind them.
"Hey guys, take a seat" Harry said.
Fred and George did just that and took seat on either side of Harry and Hermione.
"So that girl is your sister?" Hermione asked.
"Yeah, her name's Ginerva, but she wants everyone to call her Ginny" Fred said.
"Yeah, she gets very angry if anyone calls her Ginerva" George said.
"She blasted Ronniekins several feet when he called her that once" Fred said.
"It was hilarious" George said.
"I'll bet" Hermione said smiling.
"So why is she staring at me?" Harry asked.
"Gin-Gin has had a crush on you since she was four. She's read every Boy-Who-Lived book that was ever published" George said.
"Bloody hell" Harry said.
"Harry, language" Hermione chided.
"But Hermione, you heard what he said, they have books about me. And they are probably full of bullshit" Harry said.
Hermione smacked her husband on the back of the head for his language.
"We'll talk to Adrian and Amelia about what we can do about that" Hermione said.
"Fine" Harry pouted.
"Well that was entertaining" Fred said.
"Yeah, but what we'd like to know is how'd you become friends with a Slytherin?" George asked.
"Oh, Daphne's mother and mine knew each other from their school days" Harry said.
"Doesn't matter she a filthy Slytherin."
They looked up to find Ron plopping down in his seat. His hair was quite wild and looked like he just got up and threw on his robes in a hurry, which wasn't that far a stretch.
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"I can't believe that idiot is the DADA teacher," Padma said.
"I take it that your first lesson with the blond ponce was thrilling" Harry said sarcastically.
It was lunchtime and it was decided that they'd all of the friends would eat together since there was no rule against it. They chose to sit at the Hufflepuff table. This of course caused the spotlight to shine on the usually least thought of Hufflepuff house.
Ravenclaws and Hufflepuff second years were the first to have Lockhart, which was the topic of discussion right now.
"You can say that. The idiot made us do a test. It was completely stupid because every question on the test was about him," Padma said.
"Sounds great" Harry said sarcastically.
"Oh yeah, that and the fact that most of the girls in the class were drooling over him" Susan said rolling her eyes.
"Great, when do we have to deal with the blow heart Hermione?" Harry asked.
Hermione looked at the schedule and sighed.
"Thursday" she answered.
"Great, that's going to be fun" Harry said sarcastically.
"So Luna, how was your first classes?" Hermione asked changing topics.
"They were quite fun" Luna said smiling.
"I'm glad you are enjoying them, if you ever need any help with your homework come to us, we have a table in the library or you can go to our quarters and we'll be there" Hermione said.
Luna nodded, she was quite happy that she had made some friends. Though granted most were older than her she did enjoy having Astoria as a partner in her classes. She and Astoria got along great.
Meanwhile up at the teacher's table Lily was doing her best not to hex the blond buffoon. But that idiot wasn't doing himself any favors. He kept flashing her grins and whatnot. She so wanted to thrust her fork into the idiot's face, but Sinistra was doing her best to make sure Lily didn't act on those impulses. Though she did really want Lily to do something to the git.
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Classes went well for the group and with them making a study group they then had first years and other second years coming in for help. Ron was eject from his first and only session when he whined and complained. That and he wanted others to do his work for him. The decision was unanimous and Ron was asked never to come back.
When it came time for Lockhart's class Harry steeled himself for what might be coming. First was the stupid test that Padma warned them of. What he and his friends didn't expect was the blond idiot unleash a horde of Cornish pixies on the class. It was total mayhem. Every student was running for their life and the idiot cast a spell that wasn't even a real one. The pixies just grabbed his wand and tossed it out the window. Then the idiot ran into his office leaving Harry, Hermione, Neville, and Daphne to deal with the pixies. They managed to get them back in their cage after casting a spell that immobilized them.
During all this the pixies grabbed Ron and hoisted him up and left him hanging on a chandelier. The thick redhead demand to be let down. Daphne did the honors, though she canceled her spell when the thicko was about four feet off the ground causing him to have a hard landing.
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When Lily heard what had happened in the defense class she stormed into the headmaster's office with McGonagall and Flitwick following her.
"I want that arrogant ponce fired!" Lily shouted as soon as she was able to enter Dumbledore's office.
"Hello Lily, Minerva, Filius" Dumbledore said pleasantly.
"Cut the crap Albus, fire that blond idiot right now. He's a menace" Lily said not losing an inch of steam.
"What do you mean Lily?" Dumbledore asked.
Lily was enraged, but Filius stepped in before Lily could get her wand out.
"Albus, Lockhart is a very poor teacher. My students have told me that he has not taught them anything that would be on their O.W.L's or N.E.W.T.'s" the Charms professor said.
"My hands are tied. I was not the one to appoint Gilderoy to the position. That was the board of Governors" Dumbledore said.
"So we have to take our complaints to the governors" Lily said.
Dumbledore nodded.
"Great, I get to see Lucy" Lily muttered.
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With the help of some of the older years Harry, Hermione and their study group learned what was actually important and needed knowing in their second year of DADA. Ginny was a part of the study group though she spent most of her time staring at Harry.
"Great, I've got a bloody stalker" Harry muttered.
"What is that girl's problem. I mean whenever Harry tries to help her she lets out this odd 'eep' sound and runs away" Daphne said.
"I don't know, but I'm getting tired of it" Harry said with a sigh at the end.
"Ginny has had a crush on you since she was four. She and I used to play pretend. We pretend that we'd get married to you. Of course Ginny was always the one to suggest this one. I, however preferred other games" Luna said.
"But she doesn't even know me" Harry said shocked.
"She knows what her mother has told her" Luna said.
"And what's that?" Hermione asked.
"Her mom always told her that she'd marry the Boy-Who-Lived" Luna said.
"Sorry, but I'm spoken for" Harry said wrapping an arm around Hermione's waist.
"Yes, but sadly Ginny is too warped. Is this right?" Luna asked as she passed her transfiguration essay over to Hermione.
Hermione looked it over and smiled.
"Good job Luna."
Luna smiled, she was quite pleased that she such good friends now. She was afraid that she wouldn't have any when she came to Hogwarts, but that all changed after she stunned Ron in the back on the train. Now she had friends and she knew that these friends would be with her forever.
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The meeting with the board of Governors was horrible. Lily, Minerva, and Filius tried their best to get Lockhart fired, but the governors wouldn't budge. Lucius sat there with a smug look on his face during the whole thing. After it was over Lily went back to the quarters that she slept in along with her son and his wife.
"Is everything okay mom?" Harry asked.
"Just peachy" Lily growled.
Harry never saw his mother like this before, and it scared him somewhat. Lily sensed this and capped her temper.
"I'm sorry dear, but I just got back from a meeting with the board of Governors" Lily said.
"What happened?" Harry asked.
"Minerva, Filius and I tried to get the board to fire that idiot Lockhart, but since dear Lucy is on the board they said that Lockhart had yet done anything wrong" Lily said fully steamed once again.
"Is there anything I can do?" Harry asked.
"I don't know Harry, right now I'm too upset to think" Lily said plopping down onto the couch.
Mother and son sat in silence when Hermione came in looking pissed. Neville followed her in looking angry also.
"What happened to you two?" Harry asked.
"That piggy, idiotic prat" Hermione spat.
Harry jumped back slightly.
"Sorry Harry, but we were in the Gryffindor common room and Ron started off on Hermione" Neville said.
"He did" Harry said as he narrowed his eyes.
"He didn't do any harm to her, I made sure if that. But he started to badmouth her for being friends with Daphne he called Hermione a disgrace to Gryffindor and other names too" Neville said.
Harry was about to get up and teach that thickheaded redhead a lesson when a look from Lily and Hermione made him stop.
"Harry James Potter, you will not go and hex that Weasley even if he deserves it" Lily said in her stern tone.
Harry sunk into his chair trying make himself look as small as possible. Hermione sighed and went over and curled up in Harry's lap, hoping for him to feel better and it also would help her too. The rest of the evening Harry spent calming his mother and wife down.
End of chapter
A/N: Well second year has begun, I'm sorry that it didn't begin with something exciting really and that it was just dull stuff. I wanted to start off normal for Harry and Hermione then it gets complicated, like how the books start. Thanks for reading and please review.
