Okay, here is the 13th chapter, and the 14th will be out soon. I had this ready on Friday actually, but there is some major troubles when I have to transfer files between computers. It's a big pain... but here it is anyways! My chapters are getting longer, so there will be fewer then I anticipated. I'm almost at the part where the RPG enters, so it'll take me even longer to get them out.
And I warn you, ~*Ginny*~ is quite crazy, so disreagard what she says... though reading her reviews do make you laugh.... oh, what was I gonna say... oh ya, and though she is nuts she is a great writer! It was her who actually got me hooked on HP fics and ff.net, so I thank her. (Though I don't think she realized this)
Disclaimer: I don't own any of the Harry Potter characters. I do own however, the families of the Marauders, some of the teachers, and Kimball Zenobia (who comes in later) Also, my fellow RPGer Morgan owns Xanthe Shannon, and is allowing me to use her in this story (and up-coming ones of this series) and some other characters like Deveral, and umm... others ya.
This story is based on an RPG called Before the Downfall (http://clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/beforethedownfall)
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Chapter 13 - Student Government
Finally the school day ended. After their double Potions class, the group had lunch and onto double Herbology with Hufflepuff. When that ended, they had nothing to do until 7, when they would have a dueling class.
Dueling was something new this year. They had had a dueling teacher their first year at Hogwarts, but he left before teaching anything. Sirus, James, Remus and Peter did know a lot about dueling though. Most was self-taught, in harmless battles against each other. Some was self-taught for pranks against others. Either way, they knew what they were doing and the class was a breeze.
The new dueling instructor was Professor Madison Audrey. She was a young woman, looked about 30 years old. She was very agile, and the first thing she went over was avoiding curses. Not blocking them, getting out of their way. After that she just covered the disarming curse, which most students, if they hadn't already, mastered that day.
Right after dueling was the Student Government meeting. Sirus, being already nominated, had to attend, as did Lily and James, being Prefects. Remus decided to tag along, to check it out. Peter disappeared right after class.
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"Good evening students." Professor Dumbledore said that night at the meeting. "Welcome to our student government information meeting." He surveyed the large crowd. "I'm glad to see so many people have shown up." he chuckled.
"This year we will be having a student government. This group of students will be organizing social events for the school, meaning balls, theme days, etc, and raising money. They will be taking the suggestions for you, the student body, and relaying it to the teachers. The government will consist of a president, vice-president, 8 council members, two from each house, a treasurer and a secretary." Dumbledore paused. "The teachers have pre-selected 5 students to run for the student government president. May I introduce Sirus Black, Gilory Hevens, McKenzie Smitty, Rachel Delifrin, and Gretchen Kensler." Sirus strolled to front with the rest of the people called.
"These five were chosen by the teachers, but are not the only ones aloud to run. There is a box set out outside the Great Hall in which you may nominate your fellow classmates. Choose wisely, the teachers will be going through the nominations and removing those we don't believe are up for the position." Dumbledore motioned for the 5 to sit back down, which Sirus was happy to do.
"We will also be accepting nomination for council members, the treasurer and the secretary. When nominating, write the position, name of the person you are nominating, year and house." Dumbledore went on to describe the positions.
"The President is the highest spot on the student government. They will be present at all the staff meetings as your voice. They take your ideas and make them happen as good as possible. They are responsible for organizing meetings and special events. They will be able to give points reasonably, and will be required to address the school on occasion, and the board of elders. They also will be able to dismiss government members, with approval for the staff, and assign new positions if needed."
"Next is the vice-president. They support the President and step in when needed. They work with the council on projects and handle business affairs. Questions will go to them, and they will take them to the President."
"There are 8 council members, 2 from each house. They will do the main planning and putting events into effect. They will handle specifically their house, and then collaborate the ideas to form things that please the whole school. They also may form a mini-counsel in their houses, if they choose to."
"The Secretary will record the minutes of all the meetings, and keep the notes. Mail for the government will go to the secretary, and they will forward it to the appropriate person. They are required to keep track of what the council is planning, and have a copy of all the plans available. They will make a report each month with the minutes of any meetings, and any planning for the President."
"Last is the Treasurer. In order to have events, the council must earn money. They will keep track of the money, starting with a balance of 300 galleons, which will be repaid to the school fund at the end of the year. They provide a treasury report to the President each month so that they may inform the staff and elders of their financial standings."
Dumbledore watched the students who were listening intently to what he had to say. He cleared his throat. "The staff has decided that first years will not be able to run, for equality in the upcoming years." A few faces frowned at this. "Any other year is allowable, from 2nd to 7th. Nominations open tonight, and will run until Saturday. As I said before, choose responsibly."
"After that time is over, staff will go through the nominations and choose the candidates, to be announced Sunday morning. They will have 2 days to campaign, and we will have a debate next Monday. Tuesday will commence, during morning classes." Sirus smiled, that was during Potions. "Tuesday night the results will be announced." Dumbledore smiled.
"It may seem like a rush, and it is. We want the government up and running as soon as possible. In future years, nomination and voting will be in June for the following year. All current government members will automatically be nominated, but new nominations are always welcome." Dumbledore waved hand and McGonagall brought forward a box. "This is the box that will be used for nominations. A person may only be nominated once, and if somehow they are twice, this box moves the duplicates to another compartment. It also sorts the nominations into proper slots." Dumbledore paused. "You may nominate someone now, or wait until later. But hurry if you plan to soon. Also, one last thing, Prefects are not eligible to be on the government, now and ever. If someone who is voted in the spring becomes a Prefect, the government position will go to the runner up."
Dumbledore left the classroom, and the teachers and some students filed out. Sirus remained seated, thinking. Lily and James were out, they were Prefects. That left Remus, Peter, and Arabella. Sirus smiled. and grabbed a piece of parchment.
Remus Lupin
Treasurer, Council Member
5th Year
Gryffindor
Arabella Figg
Secretary, Council Member
5th Year
Gryffindor
He ripped the paper in half and folded them over. Sirus thought about nominating Peter, but decided against it. He didn't think the boy was up to an authority position. He placed his nominations in the box, which seemed to eat them. He watched as his fellow friends did the same.
Lily had a sad look on her face. Sirus wrapped his arm around her shoulder. "Cheer up Li." he said softly. "Being a Prefect is better then being on the government."
Lily tried to smile. "I guess. But I would have liked the chance. But thanks anyway Si." Lily gave him a hug, and they walked towards the common room arms around each other's shoulder, despite the looks that Arabella and James gave them.
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Saturday the nominations were announced. At the front of the Great Hall was an enlarged poster.
President
Sirus Black - 5th Year Gryffindor
Rian Le Vette - 7th Year Gryffindor
Gilory Hevens - 7th Year Ravenclaw
McKenzie Smitty - 6th Year Ravenclaw
Rachel Delifrin - 7th Year Hufflepuff
Gretchen Kensler -6th Year Hufflepuff
Kevin Usler - 6th Year Slytherin
Tansy Parkinson - 5th Year Slytherin
Vice-President
Astrid Black - 3rd Year Gryffindor
Julia Kent - 6th Year Gryffindor
Aria Herdly - 5th Year Ravenclaw
Inga Adair - 4th Year Ravenclaw
Ester Duffle - 6th Year Hufflepuff
Ophelia Jenerkins - 2nd Year Hufflepuff
Deveral Stryker - 4th Year Slytherin
Westly Smith - 3rd Year Slytherin
Secretary
Arabella Figg - 5th Year Gryffindor
Pomela Anderson - 7th Year Gryffindor
Jule Sendra - 6th Year Ravenclaw
Martha Juniper - 4th Year Ravenclaw
Crystal Brown - 7th Year Hufflepuff
Emeline Pember - 5th Year Hufflepuff
Regina Drithler - 4th Year Slytherin
Jezebel Jones - 6th Year Slytherin
Treasurer
Remus Lupin - 5th Year Gryffindor
Samantha Salisbury - 6th Year Gryffindor
Gorge Heller - 4th Year Ravenclaw
Jake Smith - 5th Year Ravenclaw
Nathaniel Doltra - 6th Year Hufflepuff
Sean McVincent - 3rd Year Hufflepuff
David Skinner - 5th Year Slytherin
Lucas Procknow - 7th Year Slytherin
Council Members
Gryffindor
Remus Lupin
Arabella Figg
Clara Wesley
Violet Powell
Jeffery Parkinson
Daniel Downs
John Frisco
Rachel Bolt
Ravenclaw
Martha Juniper
Crystal Brown
Jake Smith
Lauren Walker
Ohad Essterdil
Robert Overby
Tanya Stacey
Matthew Rock
Hufflepuff
Quintin Andrews
Hosee Redmond
Mac Abbot
Andrea McXavier
Lacey Jones
Jackson Wade
Jasmine Colton
Laurence Cassidy
Slytherin
Alecia Dennison
Brendon Tanner
Moira Farrell
Lola Kenyon
Bryce Lennon
Nolan Jackson
Allison Dempsey
Conner Jagger
Sirus was glad to find his friends names on it. They'd have a chance. Beside it was a small paper announcing that campaigning would be held Monday. Sirus smiled and grabbed some toast. He strolled out of the entrance and headed towards the lake.
"Sirus!" A voice shrilled out. "Where you going?"
"Arabella, how nice." Sirus glared at her. "I'm going for a walk, or did I forget to sign out with you?"
Arabella scowled. "I just wanted to know." she said. "I was nominated for Secretary you know." she said boldly.
"Yes you were." Sirus said unenthusiastically. "Congrats. Now if you excuse me," he made a motion to leave, but Arabella stood in his way.
"What, got a date?" she sneered, half playfully.
Sirus looked at her. "You know it. Got a hot blond waiting in the broom shed." he smiled deviously.
"You are such a dog Sirus Black!" Arabella yelled at him. "I can't believe you." she spun on her heel and stomped off.
"At least I'm not stiff like you." he called after her. She stopped, but then fled for the castle. Sirus smiled, he loved pulling her chains.
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So, what'dya think? PLEASE Review! I'd like it alot alot alot! If no one reviews, I'll stop posting my stories here, since it takes me extra time to, since all my stories are on my website first.
CassidyRai
cassidyrai@hotmail.com
http://cassidyrai.tripod.com/stories
And I warn you, ~*Ginny*~ is quite crazy, so disreagard what she says... though reading her reviews do make you laugh.... oh, what was I gonna say... oh ya, and though she is nuts she is a great writer! It was her who actually got me hooked on HP fics and ff.net, so I thank her. (Though I don't think she realized this)
Disclaimer: I don't own any of the Harry Potter characters. I do own however, the families of the Marauders, some of the teachers, and Kimball Zenobia (who comes in later) Also, my fellow RPGer Morgan owns Xanthe Shannon, and is allowing me to use her in this story (and up-coming ones of this series) and some other characters like Deveral, and umm... others ya.
This story is based on an RPG called Before the Downfall (http://clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/beforethedownfall)
__________________________________________________________________________________________
Chapter 13 - Student Government
Finally the school day ended. After their double Potions class, the group had lunch and onto double Herbology with Hufflepuff. When that ended, they had nothing to do until 7, when they would have a dueling class.
Dueling was something new this year. They had had a dueling teacher their first year at Hogwarts, but he left before teaching anything. Sirus, James, Remus and Peter did know a lot about dueling though. Most was self-taught, in harmless battles against each other. Some was self-taught for pranks against others. Either way, they knew what they were doing and the class was a breeze.
The new dueling instructor was Professor Madison Audrey. She was a young woman, looked about 30 years old. She was very agile, and the first thing she went over was avoiding curses. Not blocking them, getting out of their way. After that she just covered the disarming curse, which most students, if they hadn't already, mastered that day.
Right after dueling was the Student Government meeting. Sirus, being already nominated, had to attend, as did Lily and James, being Prefects. Remus decided to tag along, to check it out. Peter disappeared right after class.
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"Good evening students." Professor Dumbledore said that night at the meeting. "Welcome to our student government information meeting." He surveyed the large crowd. "I'm glad to see so many people have shown up." he chuckled.
"This year we will be having a student government. This group of students will be organizing social events for the school, meaning balls, theme days, etc, and raising money. They will be taking the suggestions for you, the student body, and relaying it to the teachers. The government will consist of a president, vice-president, 8 council members, two from each house, a treasurer and a secretary." Dumbledore paused. "The teachers have pre-selected 5 students to run for the student government president. May I introduce Sirus Black, Gilory Hevens, McKenzie Smitty, Rachel Delifrin, and Gretchen Kensler." Sirus strolled to front with the rest of the people called.
"These five were chosen by the teachers, but are not the only ones aloud to run. There is a box set out outside the Great Hall in which you may nominate your fellow classmates. Choose wisely, the teachers will be going through the nominations and removing those we don't believe are up for the position." Dumbledore motioned for the 5 to sit back down, which Sirus was happy to do.
"We will also be accepting nomination for council members, the treasurer and the secretary. When nominating, write the position, name of the person you are nominating, year and house." Dumbledore went on to describe the positions.
"The President is the highest spot on the student government. They will be present at all the staff meetings as your voice. They take your ideas and make them happen as good as possible. They are responsible for organizing meetings and special events. They will be able to give points reasonably, and will be required to address the school on occasion, and the board of elders. They also will be able to dismiss government members, with approval for the staff, and assign new positions if needed."
"Next is the vice-president. They support the President and step in when needed. They work with the council on projects and handle business affairs. Questions will go to them, and they will take them to the President."
"There are 8 council members, 2 from each house. They will do the main planning and putting events into effect. They will handle specifically their house, and then collaborate the ideas to form things that please the whole school. They also may form a mini-counsel in their houses, if they choose to."
"The Secretary will record the minutes of all the meetings, and keep the notes. Mail for the government will go to the secretary, and they will forward it to the appropriate person. They are required to keep track of what the council is planning, and have a copy of all the plans available. They will make a report each month with the minutes of any meetings, and any planning for the President."
"Last is the Treasurer. In order to have events, the council must earn money. They will keep track of the money, starting with a balance of 300 galleons, which will be repaid to the school fund at the end of the year. They provide a treasury report to the President each month so that they may inform the staff and elders of their financial standings."
Dumbledore watched the students who were listening intently to what he had to say. He cleared his throat. "The staff has decided that first years will not be able to run, for equality in the upcoming years." A few faces frowned at this. "Any other year is allowable, from 2nd to 7th. Nominations open tonight, and will run until Saturday. As I said before, choose responsibly."
"After that time is over, staff will go through the nominations and choose the candidates, to be announced Sunday morning. They will have 2 days to campaign, and we will have a debate next Monday. Tuesday will commence, during morning classes." Sirus smiled, that was during Potions. "Tuesday night the results will be announced." Dumbledore smiled.
"It may seem like a rush, and it is. We want the government up and running as soon as possible. In future years, nomination and voting will be in June for the following year. All current government members will automatically be nominated, but new nominations are always welcome." Dumbledore waved hand and McGonagall brought forward a box. "This is the box that will be used for nominations. A person may only be nominated once, and if somehow they are twice, this box moves the duplicates to another compartment. It also sorts the nominations into proper slots." Dumbledore paused. "You may nominate someone now, or wait until later. But hurry if you plan to soon. Also, one last thing, Prefects are not eligible to be on the government, now and ever. If someone who is voted in the spring becomes a Prefect, the government position will go to the runner up."
Dumbledore left the classroom, and the teachers and some students filed out. Sirus remained seated, thinking. Lily and James were out, they were Prefects. That left Remus, Peter, and Arabella. Sirus smiled. and grabbed a piece of parchment.
Remus Lupin
Treasurer, Council Member
5th Year
Gryffindor
Arabella Figg
Secretary, Council Member
5th Year
Gryffindor
He ripped the paper in half and folded them over. Sirus thought about nominating Peter, but decided against it. He didn't think the boy was up to an authority position. He placed his nominations in the box, which seemed to eat them. He watched as his fellow friends did the same.
Lily had a sad look on her face. Sirus wrapped his arm around her shoulder. "Cheer up Li." he said softly. "Being a Prefect is better then being on the government."
Lily tried to smile. "I guess. But I would have liked the chance. But thanks anyway Si." Lily gave him a hug, and they walked towards the common room arms around each other's shoulder, despite the looks that Arabella and James gave them.
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Saturday the nominations were announced. At the front of the Great Hall was an enlarged poster.
President
Sirus Black - 5th Year Gryffindor
Rian Le Vette - 7th Year Gryffindor
Gilory Hevens - 7th Year Ravenclaw
McKenzie Smitty - 6th Year Ravenclaw
Rachel Delifrin - 7th Year Hufflepuff
Gretchen Kensler -6th Year Hufflepuff
Kevin Usler - 6th Year Slytherin
Tansy Parkinson - 5th Year Slytherin
Vice-President
Astrid Black - 3rd Year Gryffindor
Julia Kent - 6th Year Gryffindor
Aria Herdly - 5th Year Ravenclaw
Inga Adair - 4th Year Ravenclaw
Ester Duffle - 6th Year Hufflepuff
Ophelia Jenerkins - 2nd Year Hufflepuff
Deveral Stryker - 4th Year Slytherin
Westly Smith - 3rd Year Slytherin
Secretary
Arabella Figg - 5th Year Gryffindor
Pomela Anderson - 7th Year Gryffindor
Jule Sendra - 6th Year Ravenclaw
Martha Juniper - 4th Year Ravenclaw
Crystal Brown - 7th Year Hufflepuff
Emeline Pember - 5th Year Hufflepuff
Regina Drithler - 4th Year Slytherin
Jezebel Jones - 6th Year Slytherin
Treasurer
Remus Lupin - 5th Year Gryffindor
Samantha Salisbury - 6th Year Gryffindor
Gorge Heller - 4th Year Ravenclaw
Jake Smith - 5th Year Ravenclaw
Nathaniel Doltra - 6th Year Hufflepuff
Sean McVincent - 3rd Year Hufflepuff
David Skinner - 5th Year Slytherin
Lucas Procknow - 7th Year Slytherin
Council Members
Gryffindor
Remus Lupin
Arabella Figg
Clara Wesley
Violet Powell
Jeffery Parkinson
Daniel Downs
John Frisco
Rachel Bolt
Ravenclaw
Martha Juniper
Crystal Brown
Jake Smith
Lauren Walker
Ohad Essterdil
Robert Overby
Tanya Stacey
Matthew Rock
Hufflepuff
Quintin Andrews
Hosee Redmond
Mac Abbot
Andrea McXavier
Lacey Jones
Jackson Wade
Jasmine Colton
Laurence Cassidy
Slytherin
Alecia Dennison
Brendon Tanner
Moira Farrell
Lola Kenyon
Bryce Lennon
Nolan Jackson
Allison Dempsey
Conner Jagger
Sirus was glad to find his friends names on it. They'd have a chance. Beside it was a small paper announcing that campaigning would be held Monday. Sirus smiled and grabbed some toast. He strolled out of the entrance and headed towards the lake.
"Sirus!" A voice shrilled out. "Where you going?"
"Arabella, how nice." Sirus glared at her. "I'm going for a walk, or did I forget to sign out with you?"
Arabella scowled. "I just wanted to know." she said. "I was nominated for Secretary you know." she said boldly.
"Yes you were." Sirus said unenthusiastically. "Congrats. Now if you excuse me," he made a motion to leave, but Arabella stood in his way.
"What, got a date?" she sneered, half playfully.
Sirus looked at her. "You know it. Got a hot blond waiting in the broom shed." he smiled deviously.
"You are such a dog Sirus Black!" Arabella yelled at him. "I can't believe you." she spun on her heel and stomped off.
"At least I'm not stiff like you." he called after her. She stopped, but then fled for the castle. Sirus smiled, he loved pulling her chains.
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So, what'dya think? PLEASE Review! I'd like it alot alot alot! If no one reviews, I'll stop posting my stories here, since it takes me extra time to, since all my stories are on my website first.
CassidyRai
cassidyrai@hotmail.com
http://cassidyrai.tripod.com/stories