Chapter 34-The Staff meeting and the flipout
It is about two weeks before Christmas break, the last staff meeting before exams. Hermione has to go to be half of the voice of the students, Harry is the other half. This came on a particurly rotten day for Harry, he practically scared his first and second years to death, after one of them let out a scream of fright at being shown the subject matter. Harry exploded, annoyed, and with a very short fuse at the moment, after only getting about an hour of sleep the night before, meaning he could break at any moment.
After about half the meeting Dumbledore asked Harry a question, "Mr. Potter, how are your classes doing?" No response. "Sir, I think he's asleep," Hermione said from her seat next to Harry. "Well, wake him up then." She shook him, "Whaz tha matta?" "Mr. Potter, I asked you a question, and you were asleep. How are your classes doing?" "Fine." "Would you care to elaborate?" "No." "Why is that?" "Fine, there going fine until someone makes a stupid comment and I bite there head off, happy now?" Harry snapped. "Potter, calm down," McGonnagall said. "I am calm, just, just leave me alone," he yelled and stormed out of the staff meeting.
Then Dumbledore asked, "About how long has he been acting like this?" "A few months," Hermione answered. "Hermione, you spend the most time with him, and see him the most, has he not been like this in the time period?" "Yeah, he was alright the week after Halloween," everyone nodded there heads in agreement, "and he wasn't as bad when he first started teaching, but got progressively worse as time wore on, and he became horrible, a few weeks after Halloween, he's stressing out over everything, not eating or sleeping, he was actually all right after he came out of the meeting with you sir, last week, he seemed a little better, because I brought him up some food. But he was back to his depression the next day, he's even angry with Quidditch, and he loves flying." "Does anyone have any ideas, what exactly is the matter with him?" "Yes," Hermione answered, "I have a theory, he's being weighed down by teaching, correcting papers, homework, classes, Quidditch, head duties, and now the upcoming exams, but there also seems to be something else that's the matter, that I can't pinpoint, and he won't talk about, he also gets maybe an hour of sleep per night and, he practically lives off caffeine." "Ms. Granger, since you are his house mate, will you please keep an eye on him, and let us know if he gets worse, or if anything seems odd?" "Of coarse, I wouldn't want to see anything happen to him, he's my best friend." "All right that's settled, Ms. Granger, you may leave, Thank you for the insights." She nodded and left.
After storming out, Harry went outside and started to wander the grounds trying to clear his head, and wondered, 'How did I ever start acting like this?' he settled in the middle of the snow covered quidditich pitch. While sitting there he came up with exactly what he needed to rid himself of it all. (No not suicide.), RESIGN. If I resign, I can go back to just being normal, just homework, head duties, classes, and quidditch.
"If I do it then I can." Hermione came up behind him after looking for him for a good 30 minutes, "If you what, you can what?" she asked. "Nothing," he said quickly. "Your hiding something, Harry, why can't you just tell me this, why are you so jumpy, snappy, quick to explode.?" "I don't know." "I have my theories Harry, I would say it's lack of sleep and too much caffeine." "Your half right." "Half right?" "Yeah and how do you know I don't sleep?" "Harry have you seen your bed lately?" "No" "My point exactly, now let's go inside before we freeze," and she hugged him, he hugged back feeling so much better, a weight lifted off his shoulders. 'Now,' he thought. 'I have to think of the best way to break it to Dumbledore.' He decided he'd send Dumbledore a letter of resisgnation, and a recommendation before Cheistmas.
Chapter 35- The Letter
Dear Professor Dumbledore:
I would like to formally resign from my position as Defense against the Dark Art Professor. I do however have a recommendation of who my successor should be, and I know from fact he does not have a position, at the moment. I would like to nominate Remus Lupin to be my replacement.
Thank You,
Harry Potter.
Dumbledore received this on Wednesday, the week of exams, he was shocked, he scanned the Gryffindor table for Harry, who was actually seated with Hermione, Ron, and Lavender, eating breakfast, looking far more cheerful then he had been, and now Dumbledore knew why, Harry had resigned, he had been overwhelmed with to much. Dumbledore stood up and the hall quieted. "Good morning students, I would like to announce that I have just received a letter of resignation from one of your teachers, so next term, you will have a new teacher," his eyes fell upon Harry, "And I plan on contacting the recommended person about the job, Thank you, have a good breakfast and Good Luck on your exams."
"Well he got it," Harry said. "Who got what Harry?" Hermione asked. "Dumbledore, he got my letter of resignation." "You, you resigned," Ron said in shock. "Yes." "Why?" asked Lavender, and the rest of the table seemed to want to know to. "Because if I kept it up, I would have destroyed myself."
Harry proctored the D.A.D.A. exams this day before every exam he announced to his students, he resigned, that they would have a new professor, next term. Malfoy asked him Thursday, "Potter, why did you resign?" "So I wouldn't self destruct." Understandable," and he shook Harry's hand.
Harry took his exams Thursday, and Friday morning. Dumbledore himself proctored Harry's D.A.D.A. exam on Friday. The next two weeks are vacation, Ron and Lavender are going home, and Harry and Hermione are staying for there final Christmas at Hogwarts, it will for sure be a memorable one for all four, even if they aren't all together. ~~~~ Thank you to all my reviewers. I would like to let you know, I'll be gone Wednesday and Thursday, so I won't get to update until Friday or Saturday, then I'll be gone some the nest week, so I'll work on advancing the story when I'm away. Thank you all. Please review. -ears91
It is about two weeks before Christmas break, the last staff meeting before exams. Hermione has to go to be half of the voice of the students, Harry is the other half. This came on a particurly rotten day for Harry, he practically scared his first and second years to death, after one of them let out a scream of fright at being shown the subject matter. Harry exploded, annoyed, and with a very short fuse at the moment, after only getting about an hour of sleep the night before, meaning he could break at any moment.
After about half the meeting Dumbledore asked Harry a question, "Mr. Potter, how are your classes doing?" No response. "Sir, I think he's asleep," Hermione said from her seat next to Harry. "Well, wake him up then." She shook him, "Whaz tha matta?" "Mr. Potter, I asked you a question, and you were asleep. How are your classes doing?" "Fine." "Would you care to elaborate?" "No." "Why is that?" "Fine, there going fine until someone makes a stupid comment and I bite there head off, happy now?" Harry snapped. "Potter, calm down," McGonnagall said. "I am calm, just, just leave me alone," he yelled and stormed out of the staff meeting.
Then Dumbledore asked, "About how long has he been acting like this?" "A few months," Hermione answered. "Hermione, you spend the most time with him, and see him the most, has he not been like this in the time period?" "Yeah, he was alright the week after Halloween," everyone nodded there heads in agreement, "and he wasn't as bad when he first started teaching, but got progressively worse as time wore on, and he became horrible, a few weeks after Halloween, he's stressing out over everything, not eating or sleeping, he was actually all right after he came out of the meeting with you sir, last week, he seemed a little better, because I brought him up some food. But he was back to his depression the next day, he's even angry with Quidditch, and he loves flying." "Does anyone have any ideas, what exactly is the matter with him?" "Yes," Hermione answered, "I have a theory, he's being weighed down by teaching, correcting papers, homework, classes, Quidditch, head duties, and now the upcoming exams, but there also seems to be something else that's the matter, that I can't pinpoint, and he won't talk about, he also gets maybe an hour of sleep per night and, he practically lives off caffeine." "Ms. Granger, since you are his house mate, will you please keep an eye on him, and let us know if he gets worse, or if anything seems odd?" "Of coarse, I wouldn't want to see anything happen to him, he's my best friend." "All right that's settled, Ms. Granger, you may leave, Thank you for the insights." She nodded and left.
After storming out, Harry went outside and started to wander the grounds trying to clear his head, and wondered, 'How did I ever start acting like this?' he settled in the middle of the snow covered quidditich pitch. While sitting there he came up with exactly what he needed to rid himself of it all. (No not suicide.), RESIGN. If I resign, I can go back to just being normal, just homework, head duties, classes, and quidditch.
"If I do it then I can." Hermione came up behind him after looking for him for a good 30 minutes, "If you what, you can what?" she asked. "Nothing," he said quickly. "Your hiding something, Harry, why can't you just tell me this, why are you so jumpy, snappy, quick to explode.?" "I don't know." "I have my theories Harry, I would say it's lack of sleep and too much caffeine." "Your half right." "Half right?" "Yeah and how do you know I don't sleep?" "Harry have you seen your bed lately?" "No" "My point exactly, now let's go inside before we freeze," and she hugged him, he hugged back feeling so much better, a weight lifted off his shoulders. 'Now,' he thought. 'I have to think of the best way to break it to Dumbledore.' He decided he'd send Dumbledore a letter of resisgnation, and a recommendation before Cheistmas.
Chapter 35- The Letter
Dear Professor Dumbledore:
I would like to formally resign from my position as Defense against the Dark Art Professor. I do however have a recommendation of who my successor should be, and I know from fact he does not have a position, at the moment. I would like to nominate Remus Lupin to be my replacement.
Thank You,
Harry Potter.
Dumbledore received this on Wednesday, the week of exams, he was shocked, he scanned the Gryffindor table for Harry, who was actually seated with Hermione, Ron, and Lavender, eating breakfast, looking far more cheerful then he had been, and now Dumbledore knew why, Harry had resigned, he had been overwhelmed with to much. Dumbledore stood up and the hall quieted. "Good morning students, I would like to announce that I have just received a letter of resignation from one of your teachers, so next term, you will have a new teacher," his eyes fell upon Harry, "And I plan on contacting the recommended person about the job, Thank you, have a good breakfast and Good Luck on your exams."
"Well he got it," Harry said. "Who got what Harry?" Hermione asked. "Dumbledore, he got my letter of resignation." "You, you resigned," Ron said in shock. "Yes." "Why?" asked Lavender, and the rest of the table seemed to want to know to. "Because if I kept it up, I would have destroyed myself."
Harry proctored the D.A.D.A. exams this day before every exam he announced to his students, he resigned, that they would have a new professor, next term. Malfoy asked him Thursday, "Potter, why did you resign?" "So I wouldn't self destruct." Understandable," and he shook Harry's hand.
Harry took his exams Thursday, and Friday morning. Dumbledore himself proctored Harry's D.A.D.A. exam on Friday. The next two weeks are vacation, Ron and Lavender are going home, and Harry and Hermione are staying for there final Christmas at Hogwarts, it will for sure be a memorable one for all four, even if they aren't all together. ~~~~ Thank you to all my reviewers. I would like to let you know, I'll be gone Wednesday and Thursday, so I won't get to update until Friday or Saturday, then I'll be gone some the nest week, so I'll work on advancing the story when I'm away. Thank you all. Please review. -ears91