Dropping a Couple of Bombs
"Ahhh, what a wonderful summer" Hermione stated simply
The group was sitting in front of the lake at Hogwarts, the sun was shining and Dumbledore had worked out an agreement with the press that they would be allowed a ten minute interview each, and they would only take place if there was complete privacy, otherwise the press would have to find out the story hearsay.
It would only be a few more days until the rest of the students arrived and the freedom would be gone. There would be no worries about Draco, somehow his father had not been in the large group that attacked them. Probably because he is more of a spy than a warrior.
Harry couldn't imagine how it could have gone better, Neville was now an official part of the group, Ron and Hermione had grown slightly stronger from their night escapade due to the spell that they used. Even a week later they occasionally complain about a nagging soreness that they couldn't get rid of. Harry eventually explained the positive side effect of the spell and for the last few days of summer, it wasn't odd to see Hermione and Ron walking around with furniture following them in a single file line.
Harry and Hermione spent the rest of the summer getting used to the prefect situation. (memorizing passwords, getting the first year dorm ready, etc) While Harry and Hermione were 'bonding' (flirting) Ron was getting his first chance to really get to know Neville. Ron figured that Neville was the best person to hang around with during the last few afternoons mostly because he was the only one that wouldn't sent him to a small cage as a yellow bird if he bothered him. Neville was very content by himself, since he had grown up that way but he still preferred company over none and welcomed Ron into his studying. Ron wasn't in the mood to study and suggested that they wreak some havoc for the Slytherins. Thanks to the Marauder's Map, they knew exactly how to get to the Slytherin common room.
One of Harry's biggest goals for the year was to strengthen the Gryffindor-Slytherin relationship, if there was one thing that he didn't want through the next year. It was for Hogwarts to be divided into two. The best way he could figure out was to gain the respect and admiration of the Slytherin first years, and while he was at it, get all the other houses respect too. Children follow people that they can look up to. There were negatives to the mass apprehension, it would only make the Slytherin house angry.
Meanwhile...
"I got an idea, lets make the ground really slippery." Ron exclaimed
"Yeah, and I think I know a spell that will make their stairs turn into a slide whenever someone steps on the top step." replied Neville from the other side of the damp, dark Slytherin common room.
The duo dashed from one side of the room to the next, setting hidden traps and invisible trip lines. When they were finished Neville came very close to unleashing the hidden giant of a trap on himself and Ron. (he tripped!)
Harry sat alone late into the night thinking of what could gain the trust and respect of the Slytherins, nothing could come to mind and tomorrow would be the last day of break. Finally falling asleep in a mood chair (I am leaving you to come up with your own color and texture of frustration, everyone has a different one. Mine being a tall menacing wooden chair, no padding makes my butt go numb and that frustrates me... lol)
The next morning Harry finally decided that he would leave a ring on each bed, a real mood ring. Not the type Dudley used to get out of muggle vending machines, but one that took a bad mood and improved it by showing a hologram of something that would improve their mood. For example if they were angry, they would see something funny. Harry considered making it so that only he and the wearer would be able to see what cheered them up but eventually decided that it would be kind of a private thing to see.
He conjured up the rings in a few seconds and took them to the Slytherin common room, using the Flying Brigade spell for fun. Just before he entered the Slytherin room, he found the room filled with a lot of jinxes and he was lucky to see it coming or it could have hurt a lot. He got all of the spells with a single swish of his wand or so he thought, Neville had set a very strong spell on the door that when it was touched from the inside, it would make the person who touched it very... destructive for a few minutes, then they would forget everything. After setting all the rings down on the beds, Harry turned to the door with the intent to go scold Neville and Ron for their traps when he brushed his hand on the door.
The day ended and the four gathered for a special last-night-of-summer-dinner. The dinner had everything from burgers to brussel sprouts. Ron, who used the excuse that he was a growing boy, ate a helping of almost everything at the table, except for a large deformed cake that had a large sock on the top of it... Dobby.
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The group had stayed up really late the last night (I sometimes like to call it 'staying up early') and had only a few hours time before the rest of the students arrived, Ron used it to touch up on a few spells he would use to impress his brothers and sister. (AN: His brothers were what you would call late bloomers and hadn't gone through a drastic magical transformation like Ron had yet. They may never go through one and grow in strength until they are in their early forties, A magical growth like Ron's is usually only found once in a magical family every few generations.)
Hermione used the time to escort a long line of bookshelves and books around the school grounds. She was now able to lift ten (average human weight) book shelves in a row and was almost ready to add another one. She had learned a spell that would ease the magical soreness but the spell had a side effect... she was unusually pleasant to everyone, usually sprinting down a long hallway to open a door for someone. A funny sight when the person sees her in a dead sprint toward them and runs away, (thinking she is crazy) she just shrugs and goes back to whatever she was doing.
Harry and Neville spent the time enjoying the peace and quiet of the lake discussing the summer and how it had twisted into the best one yet. Eventually their discussion lead to how Neville was to control his powers. The review lasted until they looked across the lake to see that the boats were magically lining up, waiting for the first years. Harry helped Professor Dumbledore (Who mysteriously had be gone for a long time during the summer doing something that he wouldn't even tell Harry) set up the decorations for the ceremony that was to take place in an hour. Harry started a conversation about the summer that he lead to what Dumbledore had been doing the whole summer.
"So, are you gonna tell me what you were doing this summer while we were training and having a good time?"
"Harry, I will tell you now so that you don't go looking for the solution because I know you will. I am setting up a school for future aurors, the school will only be just beyond the forest, it is to be completely hidden. You Harry are to be one of the first students, Ron and Neville are welcome to go there too. It won't be easy, there will be the best students from all around the world joining you in the training. I already have students coming from as far as South Africa to America."
"Why didn't you tell me?"
"It was built by the best wizards from all around the world, even they were on a need to know basis. Only now that it is finished do they know what they helped build. It is a fortress, the school will open in October. Your classmates will think that you have gone to a foreign school to study DADA with a private expert tutor. I have given out over two hundred applications to the best magical students in the world, they will have to come the school and show me what they can do, only the top 50 will be accepted, so if Ron and Hermione want to get accepted, they will have to work incredibly hard to get in. You and Neville are already accepted if you wish."
Harry informed Hermione, Ron, and Neville about the school. Hermione said that as exciting as being an auror would be, she isn't interested in becoming one after she leaves Hogwarts. Ron agreed with Hermione adding that he is looking into the Detective Bureau of the Ministry of Magic. Neville, who Harry had expected most to take up the challenge declined also.
Neville reasoned in his mind, 'I probably would have gone in the beginning of the summer, but now... I feel accepted by Ron and Hermione. I don't need to hide behind the great Harry Potter anymore. I have real friends now, anyways I don't really have aspirations to become an auror, though I do want to see the world. Who knows what is in my future, but I want to shape some of it. Maybe I will go discover a new magical plant or animal...'
Harry concluded "I guess that I'm going at this all alone than."
Suddenly he felt like they had all grown up and gone their separate ways, lost touch, forgotten. No, he wouldn't let that happen. He would go to the school, become as powerful as he could become and destroy Voldemort. There would be no more worries about surprise attacks on his friends. He would see to it.
AN: Another chapter, another day. I have been writing a lot, mostly because I have had a lot of time on my hands. No soccer, not summer yet (wakeboarding), no work till friday. Who knows when the next chapter will be out? I am loving all of the reviews I am getting. I know this gets annoying as a person reading through these but when you see your name you get all excited... lol so here it goes
Bill Weasley: I am writing as fast as I can and thanks for the reveiw
Starlight: Thank you for the review and jumping around in joy is ok...
Nappa: All you people can thank him for pestering me to continue this story, thanks for the encouragement
Phil: I'm putting more and more out whenever I can. Thanks for the review.
Mikel: Thank you for the comment, it is a little problem less (if that is a word) I am trying to spice it up with the auror school, possibly practice battles, that develop feuds... sort of a set up like a parallel to the book Enders Game, if you haven't read it... DO!
Pampered Princess: I love your reviews, they are pretty funny. I wish that I could figure out something clever or funny to say but I cant :(
Dumbledore: I will try not to take sooooo long anymore, I sort of got very little response from reviewers and took that silence as disinterest, (blame my impatience) so I came back and found a bunch of people asking for more, so I was bored and sat down. Oh, yeah if anyone cares this story is developing totally different than I expected
Claudia Ramorez: Thank you for the review, no matter how short they are, they mean more to the author than anyone who doesnt write could imagine
the golden dragon: Thank you for the nice long review, it gave me the idea for the death eater attack. Can you believe that your one review put Harry, Ron, Neville, and Hermione on easy street... lol.
janibo: What can I say but thank you for the review
Arianne:IM GOING AS FAST AS I CAN!
vipergts: Thank you for the reviews!
susan: Thank you for the review, im getting tired of saying this...
Marla: Thank you for the review, is this getting repetitive?
Cr1Ms0n^D3v1L: Thank you for the review, is anyone still reading this?
Arianne: Thank you for the review, I wrote some more but that doesn't mean stop reviewing
TO EVERYONE ELSE THAT I DIDN'T WRITE A THANK YOU TO:
(Insert name here): Thank you for the review, I am sorry that I couldn't finish this thank you thing but, you gotta admit, that it is long and boring. This doesn't mean that you aren't important enough to get your name in here, it just means that I dont like you... jk, lol.
Cya
Jason
"Ahhh, what a wonderful summer" Hermione stated simply
The group was sitting in front of the lake at Hogwarts, the sun was shining and Dumbledore had worked out an agreement with the press that they would be allowed a ten minute interview each, and they would only take place if there was complete privacy, otherwise the press would have to find out the story hearsay.
It would only be a few more days until the rest of the students arrived and the freedom would be gone. There would be no worries about Draco, somehow his father had not been in the large group that attacked them. Probably because he is more of a spy than a warrior.
Harry couldn't imagine how it could have gone better, Neville was now an official part of the group, Ron and Hermione had grown slightly stronger from their night escapade due to the spell that they used. Even a week later they occasionally complain about a nagging soreness that they couldn't get rid of. Harry eventually explained the positive side effect of the spell and for the last few days of summer, it wasn't odd to see Hermione and Ron walking around with furniture following them in a single file line.
Harry and Hermione spent the rest of the summer getting used to the prefect situation. (memorizing passwords, getting the first year dorm ready, etc) While Harry and Hermione were 'bonding' (flirting) Ron was getting his first chance to really get to know Neville. Ron figured that Neville was the best person to hang around with during the last few afternoons mostly because he was the only one that wouldn't sent him to a small cage as a yellow bird if he bothered him. Neville was very content by himself, since he had grown up that way but he still preferred company over none and welcomed Ron into his studying. Ron wasn't in the mood to study and suggested that they wreak some havoc for the Slytherins. Thanks to the Marauder's Map, they knew exactly how to get to the Slytherin common room.
One of Harry's biggest goals for the year was to strengthen the Gryffindor-Slytherin relationship, if there was one thing that he didn't want through the next year. It was for Hogwarts to be divided into two. The best way he could figure out was to gain the respect and admiration of the Slytherin first years, and while he was at it, get all the other houses respect too. Children follow people that they can look up to. There were negatives to the mass apprehension, it would only make the Slytherin house angry.
Meanwhile...
"I got an idea, lets make the ground really slippery." Ron exclaimed
"Yeah, and I think I know a spell that will make their stairs turn into a slide whenever someone steps on the top step." replied Neville from the other side of the damp, dark Slytherin common room.
The duo dashed from one side of the room to the next, setting hidden traps and invisible trip lines. When they were finished Neville came very close to unleashing the hidden giant of a trap on himself and Ron. (he tripped!)
Harry sat alone late into the night thinking of what could gain the trust and respect of the Slytherins, nothing could come to mind and tomorrow would be the last day of break. Finally falling asleep in a mood chair (I am leaving you to come up with your own color and texture of frustration, everyone has a different one. Mine being a tall menacing wooden chair, no padding makes my butt go numb and that frustrates me... lol)
The next morning Harry finally decided that he would leave a ring on each bed, a real mood ring. Not the type Dudley used to get out of muggle vending machines, but one that took a bad mood and improved it by showing a hologram of something that would improve their mood. For example if they were angry, they would see something funny. Harry considered making it so that only he and the wearer would be able to see what cheered them up but eventually decided that it would be kind of a private thing to see.
He conjured up the rings in a few seconds and took them to the Slytherin common room, using the Flying Brigade spell for fun. Just before he entered the Slytherin room, he found the room filled with a lot of jinxes and he was lucky to see it coming or it could have hurt a lot. He got all of the spells with a single swish of his wand or so he thought, Neville had set a very strong spell on the door that when it was touched from the inside, it would make the person who touched it very... destructive for a few minutes, then they would forget everything. After setting all the rings down on the beds, Harry turned to the door with the intent to go scold Neville and Ron for their traps when he brushed his hand on the door.
The day ended and the four gathered for a special last-night-of-summer-dinner. The dinner had everything from burgers to brussel sprouts. Ron, who used the excuse that he was a growing boy, ate a helping of almost everything at the table, except for a large deformed cake that had a large sock on the top of it... Dobby.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The group had stayed up really late the last night (I sometimes like to call it 'staying up early') and had only a few hours time before the rest of the students arrived, Ron used it to touch up on a few spells he would use to impress his brothers and sister. (AN: His brothers were what you would call late bloomers and hadn't gone through a drastic magical transformation like Ron had yet. They may never go through one and grow in strength until they are in their early forties, A magical growth like Ron's is usually only found once in a magical family every few generations.)
Hermione used the time to escort a long line of bookshelves and books around the school grounds. She was now able to lift ten (average human weight) book shelves in a row and was almost ready to add another one. She had learned a spell that would ease the magical soreness but the spell had a side effect... she was unusually pleasant to everyone, usually sprinting down a long hallway to open a door for someone. A funny sight when the person sees her in a dead sprint toward them and runs away, (thinking she is crazy) she just shrugs and goes back to whatever she was doing.
Harry and Neville spent the time enjoying the peace and quiet of the lake discussing the summer and how it had twisted into the best one yet. Eventually their discussion lead to how Neville was to control his powers. The review lasted until they looked across the lake to see that the boats were magically lining up, waiting for the first years. Harry helped Professor Dumbledore (Who mysteriously had be gone for a long time during the summer doing something that he wouldn't even tell Harry) set up the decorations for the ceremony that was to take place in an hour. Harry started a conversation about the summer that he lead to what Dumbledore had been doing the whole summer.
"So, are you gonna tell me what you were doing this summer while we were training and having a good time?"
"Harry, I will tell you now so that you don't go looking for the solution because I know you will. I am setting up a school for future aurors, the school will only be just beyond the forest, it is to be completely hidden. You Harry are to be one of the first students, Ron and Neville are welcome to go there too. It won't be easy, there will be the best students from all around the world joining you in the training. I already have students coming from as far as South Africa to America."
"Why didn't you tell me?"
"It was built by the best wizards from all around the world, even they were on a need to know basis. Only now that it is finished do they know what they helped build. It is a fortress, the school will open in October. Your classmates will think that you have gone to a foreign school to study DADA with a private expert tutor. I have given out over two hundred applications to the best magical students in the world, they will have to come the school and show me what they can do, only the top 50 will be accepted, so if Ron and Hermione want to get accepted, they will have to work incredibly hard to get in. You and Neville are already accepted if you wish."
Harry informed Hermione, Ron, and Neville about the school. Hermione said that as exciting as being an auror would be, she isn't interested in becoming one after she leaves Hogwarts. Ron agreed with Hermione adding that he is looking into the Detective Bureau of the Ministry of Magic. Neville, who Harry had expected most to take up the challenge declined also.
Neville reasoned in his mind, 'I probably would have gone in the beginning of the summer, but now... I feel accepted by Ron and Hermione. I don't need to hide behind the great Harry Potter anymore. I have real friends now, anyways I don't really have aspirations to become an auror, though I do want to see the world. Who knows what is in my future, but I want to shape some of it. Maybe I will go discover a new magical plant or animal...'
Harry concluded "I guess that I'm going at this all alone than."
Suddenly he felt like they had all grown up and gone their separate ways, lost touch, forgotten. No, he wouldn't let that happen. He would go to the school, become as powerful as he could become and destroy Voldemort. There would be no more worries about surprise attacks on his friends. He would see to it.
AN: Another chapter, another day. I have been writing a lot, mostly because I have had a lot of time on my hands. No soccer, not summer yet (wakeboarding), no work till friday. Who knows when the next chapter will be out? I am loving all of the reviews I am getting. I know this gets annoying as a person reading through these but when you see your name you get all excited... lol so here it goes
Bill Weasley: I am writing as fast as I can and thanks for the reveiw
Starlight: Thank you for the review and jumping around in joy is ok...
Nappa: All you people can thank him for pestering me to continue this story, thanks for the encouragement
Phil: I'm putting more and more out whenever I can. Thanks for the review.
Mikel: Thank you for the comment, it is a little problem less (if that is a word) I am trying to spice it up with the auror school, possibly practice battles, that develop feuds... sort of a set up like a parallel to the book Enders Game, if you haven't read it... DO!
Pampered Princess: I love your reviews, they are pretty funny. I wish that I could figure out something clever or funny to say but I cant :(
Dumbledore: I will try not to take sooooo long anymore, I sort of got very little response from reviewers and took that silence as disinterest, (blame my impatience) so I came back and found a bunch of people asking for more, so I was bored and sat down. Oh, yeah if anyone cares this story is developing totally different than I expected
Claudia Ramorez: Thank you for the review, no matter how short they are, they mean more to the author than anyone who doesnt write could imagine
the golden dragon: Thank you for the nice long review, it gave me the idea for the death eater attack. Can you believe that your one review put Harry, Ron, Neville, and Hermione on easy street... lol.
janibo: What can I say but thank you for the review
Arianne:IM GOING AS FAST AS I CAN!
vipergts: Thank you for the reviews!
susan: Thank you for the review, im getting tired of saying this...
Marla: Thank you for the review, is this getting repetitive?
Cr1Ms0n^D3v1L: Thank you for the review, is anyone still reading this?
Arianne: Thank you for the review, I wrote some more but that doesn't mean stop reviewing
TO EVERYONE ELSE THAT I DIDN'T WRITE A THANK YOU TO:
(Insert name here): Thank you for the review, I am sorry that I couldn't finish this thank you thing but, you gotta admit, that it is long and boring. This doesn't mean that you aren't important enough to get your name in here, it just means that I dont like you... jk, lol.
Cya
Jason