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As dinner ended and everyone left Harry pulled out his mirror. He watched how to get into his new house and then went to a corner of their new common room to watch it with Draco at his side. They both wanted to see what Dumbledore would be talking to the Gryffindor students about. To their surprise he actually looked furious. They didn't know if it was because of them or some other reason. He descended the table and looked at them all in deep fury.
"You know in my day we were more well equipped to hide our emotions or if not we did at least try to do that. Now I realise you might be mad that Harry Potter is no longer in your house but you could have at least attempted to hide that rage. Everyone in the entire school saw it and we will all be judged because of your recklessness in showing your emotions too easily. It is in the rules or charter if you will that any student may request a resorting which is what he did. Now will someone please tell me what is going on?" he snapped as a student Harry didn't recognise who was older than him shouted out.
"We're not angry that he's gone we're angry that these two fools cried about him being gone. How many times has he lost us house points huh? Professor Snape hates him sir and for a Slytherin he sucks at hiding it. We all know how excellent they are at hiding their emotions too so it's weird that he shows them so much. We're hated by the school because he breaks more rules then most and always gets away with it simply because of who he is. If I did any of those things I'd be expelled for sure but not saint Potter!" he snapped as Dumbledore reeled. Another student Harry didn't recognise shouted out too.
"And YOU! You don't help matters by very obviously favouring this house because it was your own house and was the house of Harry Potter at least. You know there are rumours that McGonagall favours us Griffins but it's not actually true because she knows how bad that would make us all look. Clearly you don't know that yet. People hate us because you always randomly decide to give us enough house points to win the cup so we've never legitimately won it. On all accounts we should have lost and Harry should have been expelled!" he snapped.
"We don't want him here. Hell we didn't want him here last year either and I have no idea what Weasley is crying about because he hated him enough last year for us all. What an utter hypocrite. You're only crying now because he's not actually here and you won't get away with breaking the rules now. Oh shut up Granger you broke the rules too so don't even try the whole I'm so offended thing with me because that will not work!" shouted Adrian Mole a fourth year.
"If I did half the things Harry had done I too would be expelled. You know Professor Snape blatantly favours his house but at least with him you know where you stand. With you we never know will today be the day we randomly get one hundred points for him recklessly breaking rules yet again which are there by the way for a reason. There's not one rule for him and twenty others for the rest of us. If you'd spent less time worrying about him and more time worrying about us you'd have seen that there was detrimental bullying going on here all of last year! I had to intervene and that's not cool. I don't hate Harry Potter and actually think he's lovely but because of your very obvious favouritism of him and anything he did we are hated by the rest of the school. We know the Slytherins hate us almost as a given but we didn't truly realise it was the other houses until they told us. They said while Harry Potter is in this house and you are in charge here we'll always win the house cup. It might be nice to actually earn it!" Angelina Johnson snapped fed up that not only had they lost their best quidditch team member but that he had asked to go as well. What did that say about them all if he'd requested to leave. To be honest right now she felt utterly ashamed.
"Angelina! You can't say that to the headmaster! He's the headmaster! We didn't always get away with things as you so eloquently put it. We did get in trouble. Now I do admit that Professor McGonagall was not always as helpful as she could have been to us. Hopefully that gets better with time. Sir no offense but she is right about the other houses disliking us as I overheard some people from Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff saying there is no point putting in work anymore as you will just find a way to give us enough house points to win the cup anyway. They even said they don't find the cup of any importance any longer! They said it should be renamed the Gryffindor cup and simply handed to us by you at the start of the year. Their words obviously not mine. I mean I would never disrespect you by saying such vile things" Hermione said weakly feeling awful to have to even speak with him like this at all. She hated it so much.
"Look I don't hate Harry Potter. He's an awesome guy and amazing quidditch player to boot but I will not sit here like a fool and watch Weasley cry about him being gone when he hated him last year. Harry Potter is a real person with real feelings and didn't deserve that. Someone very dangerous put his name into that cup last year and you were so busy being jealous you didn't even see that he could have died. Hermione let's face it you could have been a better friend. You didn't need to force him to forgive Ron who didn't say sorry or earn that forgiveness. You're so beautiful and all that and I do hope that over the summer you've learned to be a better friend to him!" said Cormac as she blushed deeply at his compliment and then blanched totally at him saying she'd been a bad friend.
"I meant Cormac that he wouldn't have been able to focus on the tasks ahead if he still harboured bad feelings towards Ron. Ron wasn't right and does know that might I add. I'm sorry we cried but it was shocking because I do know he couldn't be resorted unless he asked for it. I mean what kind of person asks to be resorted? Someone who didn't feel good I'd wager! What's more we didn't hear from him properly all summer and he didn't even tell us he was planning to change houses. How the hell am I supposed to feel?" Hermione responded seriously as he grabbed her hand and held it which others didn't even notice. She blushed madly as he winked at her and felt her insides go all funny. He was so mesmerising to look at wasn't he?
"Why the hell does Professor Snape hate him so much anyway? You know we lost so many points because Professor Snape loathed him so much and wasn't able to contain or control himself. That man is very scary always shouting at people in his class to make them jump and add too much into the cauldrons so that they explode and then he hammers you for getting it wrong. The second we step foot in that class and he sees that we're Gryffindors we're doomed. He is less abhorrent with the other houses but it's not fair and Harry never deserved his ire. Like me he just wanted to do well!" Colin said in defence of Harry as Harry teared up slightly at that. Even in that moment he was braver then most around him.
"Professor Snape is a fool! I mean He was Neville's boggart for goodness sakes. While we're on the subject Neville is a weak idiot! It's a wonder he even has magic. A bit like that other fool Quirrel Neville was afraid of his own damn shadow! I was always terrified his magic would lose control and hurt me. I mean everything bad always happened to him. Not to sound like Trelawney but it was like he was a bad omen" Dean snapped as Harry reeled. He hadn't expected Dean to go off on Neville like that. He had thought they liked Neville.
"Yeah Dean is right. I liked Neville actually and he's an ace at Herbology but the fact that awful things always happened to him did terrify me. Also Draco Malfoy was the cause of one of them once. I mean what's up with that guy? Even he left Slytherin to get away from Snape. That doesn't say much about him now does it. I'd ask you to talk to Snape but much like McGonagall I can see it wouldn't get me anywhere. I'm not Potter and therefore not important although having said that she didn't help him either when he asked for it. He was just told to keep his head down or something" Seamus said as a horrified Dumbledore watched it all crumbling before him.
"Was any of it even real? I mean did any of us truly ever earn house points for the things we'd done or was it just to make up for all the house points Snape was taking from Potter unfairly? Is that why you did it? I find myself very insecure all of a sudden. I am sorry to you all for saying this but this year I'd actually like to lose the house cup. Gryffindor needs to redeem itself and actually start earning things again! It's time to eat some damn humble pie people!" Alicia Spinnett said seriously. Dumbledore was further stunned when people actually agreed with her nonsense or what he perceive as nonsense any way.
"I mean the last headmaster before you Professor Dibbett was a Ravenclaw himself and he never favoured that house. In fact because he was a Ravenclaw he was always harder on them expecting much more from them then he did any other house. Now that's not perfect but anything is better than your favouritism of us. Will that end because Harry is no longer here huh? Will Ravenclaw randomly win the cup now? Also why is Professor McGonagall never there? I asked a prefect last year how to even find her office because she didn't tell us how. I needed help and much like Harry was told to keep my head down and stay out of trouble. I needed help and not a damn lecture!" Lavender scolded as McGonagall who had entered ages ago gasped her hand flying to her mouth in awe.
"Yeah none of us know where it is or why she thinks we'd always be in trouble. We're not Potter and it might be nice to see our head of house in our house from time to time. She might be able to actually help us too if she ever felt so inclined. Padma told me that Professor Flitwick is in their house every week for one or two hours each evening depending on how his schedule is and the amount of help others need. It's not fair!" Parvati whined as some others agreed with her.
"Yeah because she wasn't available I asked a prefect how to help me. He's not here anymore but he was a Weasley and he snapped at me for interrupting his studying. He shouted and raved at me so much it made me cry and I felt awful!" Dennis said as loads of other people agreed saying he'd snapped at them too. McGonagall stepped forward then shocking everyone as they'd been so focused on Dumbledore in front of them they hadn't seen anyone behind them.
"For those of you who are not in the know my office is on the second floor beside the statue of Mildred the unfortunate. As I am the head of your house and was until recently the vice headmistress of this school I was often too busy to help out. That role I am now tendering. I am sorry Albus but you will need to find another vice headmistress. I have often been asked to do so much that I can't be available to you all. Unfortunately for Mr Potter he did get into trouble so much that any time he did come to see me I did tell him to keep his head down. I always assumed he was yet again in trouble because quite frankly he often was. I am wrong though and I can admit it. I am sorry everyone. For now there is going to be no Gryffindor prefects. I will evaluate you all and then decide. I will be renovating the house interior too! It's a bit old and tired like us all and needs a good sprucing up" she said as everyone gasped at her. She had admitted she was wrong and apologised. It did go a long way to making them feel better about her.
"Will you be in the house to help us out in the evenings too?" a shy second year girl asked flushing hard and looking awkward as McGonagall sighed. That poor girl shouldn't have had to fear asking her that question. She was just a second year.
"Please calm down. You are a second year and a damn good one too. Madeline there is no need to fear repercussions from asking me questions. Because I was often asked to do so much that I never had any free time before to even consider going to the house I can see why you would ask though. Yes I will be there for two hours each evening. This house will be changing from the top down. It starts with me and ends with you. I must be an example to you all. In light of that I must remove one hundred and fifty points from Gryffindor now because of the heinous bullying which went on last year. If your points reach the positive levels this year at all it will be a good thing. As Alicia said we need to work on our humility. Let's rebuild better than ever. We can win the cup another year!" she said as everyone smiled at her. At last they were getting what they needed from her. She was showing them the kind of leader she could be. It was refreshing to say the least.
"Oh and before I forget Mr Wood no quidditch practices before nine am any longer. I will not tolerate sick students who cannot focus in their classes because you have exhausted them before nine. Please note my use of the phrase before nine. After nine you can do with them as you like. So long as they are not totally exhausted for classes it will be fine!" she said as loads of eyes turned to him and he blushed deeply before accepting what she had said and thanking her for it. Then Dumbledore spoke for the first time in a while.
"Thank you for that Minerva. I shall find a new vice headmistress who doesn't teach here to take on that role. It will certainly be a help to me and I am sorry I always asked so much of you. It wasn't fair. I can see that most of you do not truly understand why Harry Potter earned the house points he did but he truly did earn them for saving the school. I have not always wanted to say that as I feared he'd get a big head if I did. As a former member it is inevitable I would slightly favour my old house out of habit. I will endeavour to do better on that front and I am sorry about it. Try to not hate Harry Potter please. He doesn't need this right now. He has enough going on!" he said as everyone sighed.
"Are you going to do something about Professor Snape though and take the fact that he's vile in his classes seriously? Please don't say you trust him because it offends us all and no one here trusts him as far as they can throw him. I only say that because Harry told me you always told him you trusted Snape when he brought it up. I don't and I want him taken in hand! Quite frankly sir and I'm sorry to say this but your words of trust mean nothing when they are about that thing known as Professor Snape" Fay Dunbar said seriously as Albus sighed.
"Well Fay I do trust him personally but to be honest I had thought Harry was being dramatic considering Severus seems to dislike him so much. I didn't truly realise it pertained to all of you as well. For this week there will be no potions class for anyone in the school as I am having the rooms for potions updated. It is high time we got warded tables so that if an accident happens no one is harmed!" he said as Ron then spoke.
"Sir I discovered this summer I don't learn normally. I cannot read a book and obtain any information unless I use a spell to make it read aloud to just me at which point I do take everything in. Maybe we should be allowed to cast that spell on the blackboard Snape uses so it can read the instructions to just us while we brew. It might save on accidents because it really is difficult to brew when you need to keep looking up at the board and away from your potion!" he said as Dumbledore seemed intrigued.
"I never thought of that Ronald. That is a good idea and I think you would all benefit from that spell. I will have words with Severus about his conduct all right. I am sorry I didn't believe Harry when I really should have. I want you all to have a long look in the mirror because your conduct today was most disturbing and indeed disgusting. I will work on my image and I will talk to the other houses one by one. No house anywhere should feel that they shouldn't even try because they won't win the cup. That's not good at all. Now we're all tired and to be honest I've had enough of you for one night. This has given me much thought. Off to bed now good night all of you" he said sounding disappointed and angry at the same time. With that he stalked from the hall angrily to digest it all as the mirror call ended and Harry put it away. Now he'd need to check out his new house. This would be interesting.