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p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px;" Harry thought the same thing. It was Dennis a girl in her year who answered. "It's because we are muggle-borns. He took 10 points from me last week for asking a question. He is somewhat nice to purebloods. But he favors Slytherins." "Harry's an exception, he's a half-blood but a Gryffindor so he gets away with it since no one will stand up for us," Colin stated sadly. "Sorry May,"/p
p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px;" "HOUSE MEETING!" Harry shouted shocking everyone and making people fall out of their seats. "What is with the house meeting Harry?" Audrey asked as Harry climbed onto a chair. "Who here thinks Snape is a bloodist?" Harry demanded. Everyone raised their hand as if it was the most obvious thing in the world./p
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p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px;" This fits well with that everyone knew, Harry however could see the wheels turning in their minds. "I have a question for everyone," Harry stated. "Why are we putting up with it? Why are we letting them bully us instead of teaching?" /p
p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px;" Everyone was shocked as Percy Weasley spoke up, "The reason is simple, all complaints first go to the head of house then the headmaster before the school board. They throw you off and no one cares. You are better off just counting the years till it is over," It sounded bad but that is how everyone felt./p
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p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px;" "Snape is tormenting the first years again and I don't like seeing people cry," Harry said bluntly. A lot of students nodded understandingly./p
p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px;" "That sounds like a good enough reason," Oliver agreed since he hated to see the itty bitty firsties cry as well. It took a lot since they were all put through a lot at Hogwarts so it was always a big deal when they broke down and cried. You could knock them down, bloody their lips. They were Gryffindors they just kept on swinging. To see them cry meant they were going through a lot./p
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p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px;" Harry looked at Colin knowing exactly why he thought like that, "I have another question, it's something that you don't have to raise your hands, who here has gone to the professors about issues with their home lives and nothing was done." By glancing around he saw a good few. He knew of others not so apparent. "Well, Harry since you are on a roll what do we do?" Dean Thomas demanded./p
p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px;" "My idea is boycotting classes," I said. "I can agree with that," Oliver said. "But its O.W.L. year. We will fail," Kaite stated. Owl and Newts were important. "Or we could learn more. Percy said bluntly. "Self-studies are always more useful. Also, it isn't like all the classes have biased teachers." He finished. "This is insane we can all get expelled!" Hermione exclaimed. "They can't expel a quarter of the school can they?"/p
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p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px;" "Ravenclaws will as well, a lot of them are angry because their grades are being affected," Percy stated. "Being lowered because the teachers don't care or just don't like them,"br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /br style="box-sizing: border-box;" / Harry looked around the room. "Boycotting all classes, Aye or Nay," Harry demanded./p
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p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px;" "What is it, Harry?" Percy asked. "Well there is this room I found on the seventh floor its a secret one and I wanted to see if you guys wanted to use it for like a dueling club, a place for the houses to meet, or a place for us to just learn everything in small groups of different houses." Harry stated while Audrey and Percy looked interested." Hmmm. Well Harry we will talk to the other prefects but do you mind taking us and how to open it cause I would assume there is a special way?" Audrey asked after having a silent conversation with Percy. Harry nodded and brought them into the Room Of Requirements after explained how it worked and Percy tried it out./p
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p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px;" That however did make sense. Just mentioning a potion explains how a first-year in Gryffindor could be let crying over a class. "Let me guess a Slytherin," She nodded and so Harry continued. "I will guess that they accused you of tossing something into their potion when they screwed up and Snape took their side," Harry demanded as she nodded again he asked. "What's your name?" /p
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p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px;" Harry thought the same thing. It was Dennis a girl in her year who answered. "It's because we are muggle-borns. He took 10 points from me last week for asking a question. He is somewhat nice to purebloods. But he favors Slytherins." "Harry's an exception, he's a half-blood but a Gryffindor so he gets away with it since no one will stand up for us," Colin stated sadly. "Sorry May,"/p
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p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px;" "Because he gets you in trouble without doing something wrong. I got ten detentions for trailing in mud when I hadn't been outside all day." A seventh year shouted. "He dislocated my shoulder when he took me to talk about my crimes." a fourth-year stated, saying crimes mockingly. "Back when I was in my second." The fourth-year finished. "He wants to whip students but we become squib haters when we complain. He wants to hang us up by our thumbs and bloody whip us. Why shouldn't we complain? I got a squib cousin. I have no problem with squibs, I have a problem with being told that he wants to whip me and that the school should return to corporal punishments." A fifth-year yelled out./p
p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px;" This fits well with that everyone knew, Harry however could see the wheels turning in their minds. "I have a question for everyone," Harry stated. "Why are we putting up with it? Why are we letting them bully us instead of teaching?" /p
p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px;" Everyone was shocked as Percy Weasley spoke up, "The reason is simple, all complaints first go to the head of house then the headmaster before the school board. They throw you off and no one cares. You are better off just counting the years till it is over," It sounded bad but that is how everyone felt./p
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p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px;" "Snape is tormenting the first years again and I don't like seeing people cry," Harry said bluntly. A lot of students nodded understandingly./p
p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px;" "That sounds like a good enough reason," Oliver agreed since he hated to see the itty bitty firsties cry as well. It took a lot since they were all put through a lot at Hogwarts so it was always a big deal when they broke down and cried. You could knock them down, bloody their lips. They were Gryffindors they just kept on swinging. To see them cry meant they were going through a lot./p
p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px;" "How exactly are we supposed to fix it," Colin demanded. "I can't get expelled. I refuse to spend more time than I have to with muggles." /p
p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px;" Harry looked at Colin knowing exactly why he thought like that, "I have another question, it's something that you don't have to raise your hands, who here has gone to the professors about issues with their home lives and nothing was done." By glancing around he saw a good few. He knew of others not so apparent. "Well, Harry since you are on a roll what do we do?" Dean Thomas demanded./p
p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px;" "My idea is boycotting classes," I said. "I can agree with that," Oliver said. "But its O.W.L. year. We will fail," Kaite stated. Owl and Newts were important. "Or we could learn more. Percy said bluntly. "Self-studies are always more useful. Also, it isn't like all the classes have biased teachers." He finished. "This is insane we can all get expelled!" Hermione exclaimed. "They can't expel a quarter of the school can they?"/p
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p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px;" "What is it, Harry?" Percy asked. "Well there is this room I found on the seventh floor its a secret one and I wanted to see if you guys wanted to use it for like a dueling club, a place for the houses to meet, or a place for us to just learn everything in small groups of different houses." Harry stated while Audrey and Percy looked interested." Hmmm. Well Harry we will talk to the other prefects but do you mind taking us and how to open it cause I would assume there is a special way?" Audrey asked after having a silent conversation with Percy. Harry nodded and brought them into the Room Of Requirements after explained how it worked and Percy tried it out./p
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