Chapter 2 - Changes
The rest of the journey was uneventful, apart from when whilst teaching Ginny the door closing spell, Hermione nearly broke Neville's nose as he stuck his head round the door looking for them. Harry soon found himself seated in the Great Hall with his fellow Griffindors, and tucking in to the feast. However Harry was surprised to see that when the feast ended it was Professor McGonagall that rose to talk to them all, not Dumbledore. " Hogwarts student. In the light of recent events a few changes have been made to the castle. I hope you will pay attention to these changes and not discard any new rules. Firstly the north tower where Divination takes place is now out of bounds, instead lessons will take place on the 2nd floor main corridor." Harry looked at Ron and grinned. They both hated their Divination classroom and now they would have no need to enter it again. "Secondly the owlery is now also no longer in use. Special areas have been built in the common rooms to house your owls, as you will see when you retire tonight. Thirdly Quidditch training is now limited as the pitch is very exposed. As I said before these measures are for your own safety and we hope you will honour them." Harry felt a sinking feeling in his stomach. He knew that these measures were in place for his safety mainly, and they wouldn't please many people especially the Quidditch players. These measures were in place because the most evil wizard of the century who had met his downfall through Harry was now back, and Harry needed to be kept more safely than before. By the whispers coming from some people he knew they must have realised this too. However these whispers were coming form the Slytherins, everyone else in the Great Hall had great respect for Harry after the courage he had shown at the end of the previous term. Professor Dumbledore then stood up. "After that bad news, I now have some good. As you know we have had a lot of bad luck where our Defence against the Dark Arts teachers are concerned, but his year I have re-employed Professor Lupin to fill this position. Your parents have been notified and we have had no complaints. He will be arriving next week, and I hope you will all great him warmly." Harry glanced over at Professor Snape, who loathed Professor Lupin and himself. But Snape's expression hadn't changed at all. "Well, I think it is time you all went to bed," said Dumbledore. As everyone left the Great Hall, Harry said to Hermione "why do you think Lupin isn't coming until next week?" however Hermione didn't answer. She was busy pulling the first years out of the trick step she forgot to warn them about, when she gave them her Prefects speech about the route to the common room.
The rest of the journey was uneventful, apart from when whilst teaching Ginny the door closing spell, Hermione nearly broke Neville's nose as he stuck his head round the door looking for them. Harry soon found himself seated in the Great Hall with his fellow Griffindors, and tucking in to the feast. However Harry was surprised to see that when the feast ended it was Professor McGonagall that rose to talk to them all, not Dumbledore. " Hogwarts student. In the light of recent events a few changes have been made to the castle. I hope you will pay attention to these changes and not discard any new rules. Firstly the north tower where Divination takes place is now out of bounds, instead lessons will take place on the 2nd floor main corridor." Harry looked at Ron and grinned. They both hated their Divination classroom and now they would have no need to enter it again. "Secondly the owlery is now also no longer in use. Special areas have been built in the common rooms to house your owls, as you will see when you retire tonight. Thirdly Quidditch training is now limited as the pitch is very exposed. As I said before these measures are for your own safety and we hope you will honour them." Harry felt a sinking feeling in his stomach. He knew that these measures were in place for his safety mainly, and they wouldn't please many people especially the Quidditch players. These measures were in place because the most evil wizard of the century who had met his downfall through Harry was now back, and Harry needed to be kept more safely than before. By the whispers coming from some people he knew they must have realised this too. However these whispers were coming form the Slytherins, everyone else in the Great Hall had great respect for Harry after the courage he had shown at the end of the previous term. Professor Dumbledore then stood up. "After that bad news, I now have some good. As you know we have had a lot of bad luck where our Defence against the Dark Arts teachers are concerned, but his year I have re-employed Professor Lupin to fill this position. Your parents have been notified and we have had no complaints. He will be arriving next week, and I hope you will all great him warmly." Harry glanced over at Professor Snape, who loathed Professor Lupin and himself. But Snape's expression hadn't changed at all. "Well, I think it is time you all went to bed," said Dumbledore. As everyone left the Great Hall, Harry said to Hermione "why do you think Lupin isn't coming until next week?" however Hermione didn't answer. She was busy pulling the first years out of the trick step she forgot to warn them about, when she gave them her Prefects speech about the route to the common room.