Harry groaned and set his head against the Gryffindor table as soon as he noticed Cho staring at him from the Ravenclaw table. She hadn't left him alone since that day he met the Sheikah Ravenclaw's aunt.
"Harry are you okay?" Hermione asked. Harry looked up slowly and nodded a moment.
"I'll be fine, it's just Cho has become oddly stalkerish. It is creeping me out." Harry explained.
"That is strange she wanted nothing to do with you last year." Hermione admitted.
"Yeah and I doubt she is truly over Cedric unless she was never truly into him, but then I can't really tell about that." Harry admitted.
"I guess that is true." Hermione stated.
"Ahh leave it alone Hermione it is not important. We already know who the important people are in your situation Harry." Ron pointed out causing Harry to frown a moment.
"Are we sure about that. There are things that are becoming active that don't just fit in place." Harry pointed out as he looked at the seventh year that now sat protectively next to Luna. Harry glanced towards Draco and saw several of the Slytherin students frowning at the blonde boy. They seemed confused and unsure about Draco at this point.
"Well, I'm sure things will be fine Harry." Hermione said.
"I guess, It will definitely be nice to get out of here. Christmas is coming soon. I am so going to snuffles." Harry stated with a grin. Ron and Hermione grinned as well with a bit of excitement.
"I can't wait to see my family and get out of here. Wish we were closer than we are." Ron admitted with a sigh. Harry laughed as he got up from the table only to jump as Cho ended up next to him smiling eyes shining brightly.
"Harry please come with me to Hogsmeade? I really want to get to know you more!" Cho exclaimed.
"Cho I'm not interested in spending time with you. I have enough things to do." Harry replied.
"Come on Harry just a little of your time. I think it would really be nice to get to know you." She leaned closer to him smiling brightly. Cho lifted her hands up and spread them palm up to Harry revealing a small upside down Sheikah eye within her hands. Harry jumped back and frowned at the symbol recognizing the Sheikah nature of it but at the same time, it was wrong.
"What is that?" Harry asked as he looked at the smiling Cho.
"We serve of course, always." She whispered smiling before she shut her hands over the symbol and ran off with a grin.
"Harry, what was she showing you?" Hermione asked as Harry ignored her and walked over to Luna and Kinara.
"Question for you Kinara…" Harry said as he reached and grabbed her necklace for a moment and tapped it.
"What is the importance of this flipped upside down?" Harry asked with irritation. Kinara stiffened at his words and quickly stuffed it into her shirt.
"Where did you see that?" She asked in response.
"Cho, when she ran up to me, showed it to me. Like an offering to a god. She is freaking me out in a way I've never imagined. The only time I ever…." Harry trailed off and shuddered, remembering Demise's old influence on him.
"Luna whatever you do make sure there are other students around you if you see Cho. She can not get you alone." Kinara warned as she looked at Harry with a frown.
"Yiga… I thought they hadn't survived. I mean at the end of the cycle we hunted them down." Luna murmured.
"I'm guessing this is one of the cycles I wasn't around for as I truly don't remember it." Harry stated.
"It was a male Gerudo that triggered it, but things did not fit with your ways from what little I can remember, but it was the trigger for the Sheikah to split into two factions. One the Yiga worshipped well the enemy that had attacked Hyrule." Luna explained as Kinara growled.
"Seems some escaped capture and have continued through that ages just as we have." Kinara said. Luna groaned and shook her head.
"And to know that the Ravenclaw 6th year prefect is one. She'll really want to kill me soon, you also need to be careful Kinara." Luna reminded her. Kinara laughed softly as she slowly stood.
"We will not be caught unaware, princess." Kinara replied.
"Great so she is going to be stalking me due to my past self asserting itself. Lovely." Harry growled with irritation.
"It could be worse oh desert king. It could be a tribe of Lizalfos." Luna said laughing. Harry glared at Luna before turning and walking away while rubbing at his face. Really Luna knew just how to be irritating with her comments though now he had another group to watch for. A group that wanted him back to the Demise influenced power obsessed fool.
"Harry we need to get going. There is a new classroom for History and apparently a new teacher!" Hermione exclaimed in excitement.
"Hermione there is only so much they can do to make that class good." Harry responded before grabbing his bag.
"Still it will hopefully be an improvement over Binns. He was really really hard to stay awake with his almost constant repeat history." Hermione explained.
"Hermione are you okay? You are actually criticizing a teacher!" Ron exclaimed. Harry just stared stunned. Hermione just growled before standing up quickly grabbing her bag and stalking out of the great hall leaving a stunned Ron and Harry behind her.
"I think you may have insulted her Ron." Harry said then rushed after Hermione. Ron blinked then followed after the other two quickly. Hermione had stopped outside the class causing Harry to pause next to her as Ron rejoined them.
"Hermione I think you just shocked Ron. You know he can be a bit thick when it comes to emotions." Harry pointed out as he leaned against the wall and shut his eyes to wait.
"It is wonderful to see some are interested in history." Harry stiffened recognizing the voice of Kinara's aunt and bites back a groan.
"I was excited to find out about a new teacher at this point!" Hermione declared with a bright smile.
"Well thank you." She said.
"Great you are now going to be here constantly." Harry growled causing his two friends to look at him then look at the professor.
"Yes but as long as you keep your nose clean I will not act." She stated before opening the classroom door letting the three in before heading to the front of the class herself. Harry sat with his friends nervously glancing at the woman standing in front of the class as other students wandered in.
Harry kept his eyes mostly on the new teacher who nodded once everyone was inside the classroom. She smiled then frowned seeing how the class was split with each house being on different sides of the room and shook her head a moment.
"I wish to ask one thing before I introduce myself and start the lesson. Is it the norm to split yourselves by house?" She asked as Harry glanced and saw the green sea of Slytherin's on one side and the Gryffindor's on the other like normal. He also watched as everyone nodded he himself joining in.
"Always. Then again especially with the two houses you have in here, there is a very large rivalry, that is at least partially encouraged by the faculty." Harry admitted. Several of the Slytherin's looked at him in surprise and frowned in thought. Most had never even thought of how the rivalry was encouraged.
"Why do you say it is encouraged?" She asked as she looked suspiciously at Harry.
"Some teachers show obvious preference to their own house. Some show absolute hatred to any house that is not their own, and some seem to not care at all, but those seem to be rarer." Harry responded. The Slytherin's glared at him as Harry sighed realizing right away that they were taking his words wrong.
"Stop this and think about what he said not just what you perceive." The professor snapped causing many of the students to jump.
"What the hell are you talking about? He said exactly what we have known for a long time now. That Slytherins are ignored and hated by everyone except our own head of house." Nott growled from his spot.
"Nott that is not true and you know it. Professor Babbling gives and takes points equally from all students, as does Professor Vector. The favoritism is more the heads of houses and the headmaster." Hermione countered.
"And Hagrid, and Burbage!" Nott snapped back.
"I was pointed out the few that were neutral Nott. That is what Harry is talking about. Most of the teachers are biased when they shouldn't be." Hermione stated causing Nott to blink in shock as Harry nodded in agreement.
"Exactly and this has been going on for generations. Not sure how long ago but I know it started before any of us started in the school." Harry explained. Nott growled at Harry and clenched a fist as though to go threaten the Gryffindor before the Professor coughed at the front.
"I suggest you sit down both of you. We will not have fighting in my classroom but I can see where one of the problems for this school is. Anyways we shall start as your history lessons as I have learned have been abysmal, but first, you may all call me Professor Sheir. Now all these lessons on the Goblin rebellions are useless and worthless in this modern age." She stated causing many students to stare in shock as she looked suspiciously at Harry who sighed.
"We shall start on the origin and how the Statute of Secrecy came about. Now how many of you know what your present history books say about this ICW ruling?" Professor Sheir asked and watched as the majority of the students raised their hands. She nods and points at Malfoy who has his hand up. "Tell me what is stated."
"The statute of Secrecy was put in place so that we would not be noticed by muggles and thus not come under the risk of being killed by people that hated us for no reason. It was a measure that passed easily and was rapidly adopted by all ICW countries." Draco said with a shrug.
"That is what the texts presently say. I have a question have any of you looked at the history books from shortly after said Statute came into effect?" She asked. The class frowned at her question as Harry chuckled shutting his eyes to wait. He himself hadn't but he understood the reasons for the question.
"What are you talking about? History books should repeat what previous ones state unless there is proof of one being wrong." Hermione stated.
"That may be true, but many people wish to push their own beliefs and views through their books. This is a history book written shortly after the Statute was put into place. WIthin it speaks of how it narrowly passed within the ICW as most believed the issues Europe was facing with witch hunts were minor and would never spread into their own countries. The author himself stated that truthfully the witch hunts hadn't stopped as quickly as was expected and many young muggle-borns were still being killed for being different from the average muggle." Professor Sheir stated holding up and obviously ancient tome. She placed that back down on her desk as many of the Slytherins stared in shock at what she had announced. She then picked up another old tome though obviously newer than the previous.
"This one mentions that the Statue passed and had shown that it was the best choice as no wizard had to fear being killed anymore. Though the author does not speak of muggle-borns at all nor does he specify that it was close on the Statute passing." She continued before placing that book down and then picking up an obviously modern history book.
"Now we get to today's history book. Does anyone wish to tell me what it speaks of about the passing of the Statute?" the Professor requested. Hermione timidly raised her hand already seeing what the teacher had been speaking about. She motions to Hermione to answer since so many of the other students are sitting in pure shock.
"Today's texts state that the motion for the Statute passed with a majority of votes and that it was immediately apparent that it had been the right choice for the magical community." Hermione summarized quickly. The professor nodded slowly then smiled at everyone.
"So we all see how history can be twisted. Even the written versions. Thus my lessons will not just be history that is important but also the ability to look at multiple sources to discover if what you are reading is the truth or a tinted version." the professor announced, shocking all the students for a second time.
"I have another question this is more about viewpoint. How many of you believe that muggles would restart the witch hunts if we came out of hiding?" Professor Sheir asked and watched as all Slytherins raised their hands and a few of the others did as well even a few of the muggle-borns which obviously shocked the Slytherins.
"How many of you believe they would not restart?" The professor asked and watched as none of the Slytherin's raised their hands yet many Gryffindor's did even a few of the ones who had their hands up during the same question.
"Hey, you can't hold your hand up for both answers!" Nott cried and glared at Harry who was one of the people to do so. Harry rolled his golden eyes.
"I held my hand up for both as it very much depends on what group is in control at the time. Many muggles have become more open-minded but many still hold hate for what they do not understand. Some would try to start the witch hunts up again and yet others would try to stop it seeing as we are human as well." Harry explained. He glanced towards Professor Sheir who nodded as did many of the muggle-borns.
"So muggles can't make up their mind?" Draco asked from his spot making several Slytherin's laugh.
"Not exactly. It is that muggles for the last 50 years have been rapidly changing and have many different viewpoints now. Many actually encourage such variety but some still fight said things too. It will depend on location and what group are in control. Even then some would attack randomly out of hatred." Harry attempted to explain. Really it was much like what used to happen between the Hylians and Gerudo. Also what history said would sometimes happen between the other races when tensions were high.
"Please people do not change that fast!" Nott snarled. Harry groaned as did many of the muggle-borns. Why couldn't the Slytherins and other purebloods understand how things changed.
"Tell me how do you know what they are saying is not true? Have you gone to check on what is happening beyond the wizarding world?" Professor Sheir asked.
"Humans do not change. We have followed and changed very little since the statute was put into place." Nott pointed out. Harry shut his eyes a moment shaking his head.
"To understand why things have changed so rapidly among muggles you have to know and actually believe some of the histories that have happened since Victoria was queen." Harry said and Hermione nodded.
"All the changes within that time period are what has echoed and allowed changes. The other 2 major events were two major wars both within the last 100 years. One that echoed at the same time as the war with Grindelwald within the magical world." Hermione added quietly.
"And how would those things cause such change?" Snarled Nott.
"Because they brought up questions of morality, philosophy and how we treat each other. Muggle's also started to take more of an interest in history and what was true versus what was taught." Hermione added and shifted.
"It is because truth has become so important in the muggle world many muggle-borns take what is written as gospel truth. They don't realize many of the muggle laws in journalism and on what is considered textbooks doesn't exist within the wizarding world." Harry added.
"What do you mean laws on journalism?" Draco asked in surprise.
"In the muggle world, a Journalist has to have proof that their sources are truthful and that what the are reporting is the truth or the company can be fined and the journalist arrested for breaking the law. They may make opinion pieces but they are to be clear in that they are opinion pieces." Hermione explained. All the purebloods in class stared at her and began to wonder about such laws being in place. The professor smiled seeing the students starting to talk over what had already been learned, and grinned. Perhaps a change could be triggered with this class far more than she had thought and in a strange way she had the reincarnation of Ganondorf to thank for this.