Dumbledore managed to quiet down the concerns of the parents, the weeks dragged on, Quirrell continued to teach, and Ron became more of a recluse, he wouldn't eat with House members anymore, he would walk in, take as much as he could carry and walk out.

With the Stone removal, Quirrell didn't smuggle in a dragon's egg, and Hagrid was no longer at risk of disaster.

The Brigade members were at first bombarded with questions about the events, but with the exams, it forced people to study and thus the questioning stopped. The final exams came through, the Brigade members all scored high, Hermione of course the highest one of the first years, with second place being a tie between Harry and Daphne, third place a tie between Blaise, Millicent, and Tracey, and fourth between Susan and Neville.

Even Fred and George scored higher than their own expectations. After their first year adventure no one complained when they would meet up in the Den and work out physically and advance on the knowledge with spells, lore, and everything about defense.

On the last Sunday at Hogwarts, they gathered together under the tree where Daphne led everyone to confront Harry and Hermione, now they all sat there as friends. Hermione was laying down next to Harry, they were casually talking about their plans for the summer. When Fred asked the question bugging everyone.

"What happens next Harry?" Everyone sat up and with a quick look for privacy, scooted closer.

Harry sat up and Hermione propped herself on her elbows.

"With Peter out there, Voldemort can come back sooner." Said Harry, everyone shuddered.

"No don't do that. He is a man who believes himself a god, he can be stopped." Harry tried to force the fear out of them, "I know everyone is scared, but we can't be, not all the time. That's how he wins."

Hermione included, "Sirius is being released soon, he'll need help adjusting. We don't know if he even has a place to live, but you can come by my place any time."

"In the Muggle side?" Millicent asked with curiosity, "We've never even been there on our own will."

Hermione smiled, "It'll be fine."

"We'll train of course," Said Harry, "And Luna will be joining next year."

Fred and George nodded, "You can come visit us too." Said George.

"Yes, we'll show you some of the things we're making, they're not safe yet for Hogwarts." Said Fred, everyone laughed, Fred looked insulted, he was being serious.

Neville quietly asked, "What about the Chamber?"

"Well, the basilisk is gone, Charlie removed the remains, and Kingsley set a charm for intruders, but, there is something we need, and there are two people that can get it for us." Harry said.

"Who?" Asked George.

Harry glanced at Hermione, "The first one, Draco…"

Their reactions were justified, Draco was a bully, even if the last couple of weeks he kept to himself, he was still not a nice person.

Harry nodded, but Hermione was the one who spoke up, "Yes, we know, but that's what...Voldemort wants, to keep us fighting, we need to bridge this gap between all of us."

"Unless he continues being a prat." Said Harry and they laughed. "But speaking of unpleasant people, we need to be careful around Ron too." He looked at the twins who looked dismayed.

"He won't talk to us anymore, he's changed." Fred said sadly, he may have teased Ron constantly, but never wanted him to turn out like this.

"Ever since the truth about Scabbers came out, he just shut himself away." George explained.

"We are sorry." Hermione told them.

"Who's the second person?" Asked Blaise, after a brief moment.

"Well, depends on your beliefs, he is a person to Hermione and me, but cannot be to you." Harry said mysteriously.

Everyone was curious, "How is that possible?'' asked Susan

"Well," began Harry, "We never met someone like him since we've entered this world, and we've didn't grow up with the same beliefs you did."

"Ok, so we'll treat him like us." Blaise said, "Who is it?" He was getting anxious.

Harry looked at everyone and gave a nod, "Ok, the person we have in mind for help, his name is Dobby."

There was a loud crack, and a voice squeaked, "Did Harry Potter mention Dobby's name?"

Everyone turned to look at the voice, and were shocked that it was a houself.

"What the?" Began Blaise.

But Harry cut him off, "Dobby, I need your help, these are my friends, you are safe with any one of them if you need help. Will you help me, please?" Harry reached out his hand to Dobby.

Dobby let out a cry of joy and shouts, and said, "Yes Harry Potter, yes, Dobby will help any way he can!"