Chapter 39

The next day, people kept staring at Harry and I. I suppose Harry is used to it but it was an odd thing to me. Some people were slightly hostile but only the Dumbledore lovers. Everyone else mainly just respected us. No one out right insulted me though. I think they were a little afraid after I showed how powerful I really was.

The school governors tried to protest but I fired them too. Most of them are death eaters anyway. Or mindless Dumbledore followers. I'm not sure which was worse really. Okay no, the death eaters are worse.

The ministry had announced the cure and a law has been passed to force all werewolves to take it. I made sure that they gave all the credit to my ancestor. Her journal was actually published so others could read of her discovery. Many wizards were buying it.

On a different note, the first real meeting of the DA is today. Hermione had already put the message on the secret galleons. We are going to collect everyone from their common rooms after dinner. In the mean time I need to talk to cedric. I promised I would talk to him and it's probably better if I do it sooner rather than later.

I walked down the corridor and saw one of Cedric's Hufflepuff friends. I went over. "Hello, I'm Joanne." I said, trying to be friendly.

"Everyone already knows that." He informed me with a wink. I blushed in embarrassment at my out burst in the great hall yesterday. "What can I do for you?"

"Do you know where Cedric is?" I asked him.

"Oh yeah sure, he's in the common room." He said.

"Great thanks." I told him as I turned and started heading in the direction of the Hufflepuff basement.

The portrait entrance immediately swung open for me. I walked in and saw Cedric talking with some of his friends. He looked up at me in surprise. "How did you get in the Hufflepuff common room? Who told you the password?" One of his friends asked.

"The heir of Hufflepuff doesn't need the password." I scoffed. "Anyway, I need to speak with Cedric." Cedric stood up with a grin.

"'Bout time we talked." He said as he followed me into an empty classroom.

Once the door was closed and I had cast some privacy charms, I started telling him everything. He already knew I was from the future and how I was searching for pieces of Voldemort's soul so I didn't need to leave anything out. Especially because everyone now knows about me being the heir of Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff.

I was just getting to the part about the dragon in the cave when he interrupted me. "I don't believe you."

"Well don't believe me then." I huffed. No one else thought I was lying. I suppose it sounds a little out there but it's the truth!

"I thought you were going to tell me the truth." He said angrily.

"This is the truth!" I argued.

"Yeah sure." He said sarcastically. "You faced a dragon and came out uninjured. Out of all the things I thought you were going to tell me...this was not it."

"Hey! Uninjured?! You saw me pass out in the forest." I yelled. I can't believe this? Is he serious right now?

"What ever Joanne." He sighed. "Don't tell me then."

I stormed angrily out of the classroom and down the halls, not really looking where I was going. People were giving me a wide berth anyway so I didn't really need to. They could probably tell I was angry and I suppose my display in the great hall didn't help to ease their nerves. "I can't believe him." I found myself muttering quietly under my breath. "That was the truth...'uninjured'...pfft...I was unconscious for five freaking days...A basilisk is okay but a dragon is where he draws the line. Seriously!"

Then I found myself on the ground. I looked up apologetically at the person I had run into. Fred grinned down at me. "In a little of a mood I see." He joked as he took my hand to pull me up.

"You could say that I guess." I said dejectedly.

"What happened?" He asked.

"I told Cedric what I told you and he said I was lying." I explained.

"Wait, what did you tell him?" Fred asked.

"Everything. He already knew parts so I though he should get the whole story." I said.

"And he didn't believe you?" Fred asked sounding slightly sarcastic. "He didn't think that you actually faced a dragon and broke into the ministry." He joked as he grinned at me. That adorable grin...

"Well when you put it like that it does sound made up." I laughed. Something about that grin just blew my bad mood away.

Fred continued with me to dinner. "So where's your other half?" I asked him.

"Oh, George is probably in a broom closet with Angelina Johnson about now." He informed me with a suggestive wink.

"Okay, that I didn't need to know." I giggled as I gave him a playful shove. Wait, in the books Fred dates Angelina. Why would he not be into Angelina in this timeline?

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After dinner, Harry took us to the Gryffindor training room and we waited there while he visited all the common rooms and brought everyone in. A lot of people were in awe as they walked in. I suppose that I looked like that when I first laid eyes on it. It is an amazing sight.

Harry was teaching the first meeting. He was showing everyone how to disarm someone. I was helping as I already knew that spell. Neville did it almost instantly, being the first to master the spell. I suppose the confidence he gained in this timeline really made a difference. Also, I made sure he knew that using his fathers wand was a bad idea. Hermione and I explained to him how it wouldn't work as well and he convinced his grandmother to buy him his own. He still kept the other wand on him for sentimental reasons and you never know when a second wand will come in handy.

I was currently helping Luna Lovegood with the charm. Ron mastered the spell soon after Neville so he was trying to help Lavender Brown. In the books she came off as really annoying but she really isn't that bad. Anyway, I really wanted to get to know Luna as I always loved her in the books. I hoped we could be friends. I saw that Seamus needed help badly so I asked Neville if he could help Luna while I went and helped Seamus with the pronunciation. We did not need him to blow up the training room. However, I was curious as to whether it would repair itself or what? Is it indestructible because a room intended for it's use would probably have to be.

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Soon the meeting was over and we agreed to meet in three days. Harry wanted to get them as prepared as they could be, before the next Hogsmeade trip. Alone they probably wouldn't stand a chance but if they stay in groups they should be able to over power a death eater or two. Death eaters are, after all, incredibly thick.

Draco and Hermione had been doing research together in the Ravenclaw Library to find out if there were other ways to kill horcruxes. They didn't know what the last two were but I was thankful for their efforts. It would not be easy to try and stab a snake with a basilisk fang and I don't carry them around with me. I could use the sword of Gryffindor like Neville did in the books but again, I don't have that on me all the time and I don't know when I could encounter the snake. Or maybe I could just get Harry to summon the sword if he is around.

So basically, I had to get Hermione and Draco into the Ravenclaw Library before I could go to the common room. I wonder if there is a way to make a passage between the Ravenclaw Library and the Gryffindor training room. That would be so much easier than having to go back to the common room before going to the other place. I would have to look into that.

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It has been four weeks since the first meeting of the DA and we had covered so much stuff. We had met every third day. Hermione taught everyone the tickling jinx. You may think it's silly but it is actually so effective. I started teaching everyone the shield charm however, I couldn't do that in one lesson. It did take me weeks and they're not as powerful. I just covered the theory and told them to keep practicing. Some of them managed to make small and weak shields though. Hermione also taught them Reducto and Harry was already on Patronesses. We were meeting so often and everyone was doing great.

The Christmas holidays began in two days. Harry was going to stay with Sirius and I was so happy for him. Hermione was staying to keep researching with Draco. They have actually become very good friends. Ron, Ginny and the twins were also staying while the rest of their family visited charlie in Romania. Neville had to go back to his grandma's though.

To be honest I was a little sad to celebrate Christmas. Because of what happened in first year, Christmas has kind of become the day I think about my family. I still miss them so much but it's not as bad as before because now I know that I'm not in some other world. Maybe I'll see them again one day.

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