CHAPTER ELEVEN: A Start

Ron woke with a start. He looked around his unfamiliar surroundings as he sat up trying to remember where he was. At seeing the red and gold drapes of the curtains in front of him, it all came back to him. He pulled on his school uniform, and robe, and ran out into the Nursery. He wasn't the only one, he found Hermione already there, feeding her twins, and Harry heading for his two. The Nannies were both sound asleep on beds by the walls. Harry lifted his two babies and smiled down at them. Pulling out his moon pillow he began to feed. Ron did the same thing. It was only seven o'clock, so they had time to spend with their children before they would need to get to the Great Hall for there own breakfast and schedules. It was five till eight when the Nannies woke up and looked at the happy parents, rocking their children back to sleep. Carefully placing them in their cribs, they began to walk out.

"They have been fed, and changed. They should sleep for a few hours." Hermione explained to them.

"We all left notes in each of the babies cribs to tell you what each likes and dislikes." Harry added.

"We will try to be back for lunch." Ron stated with a smile. They waved their goodbye and left for the Great Hall. They were ten minutes late, but no one seemed to notice. Sitting down, they said what they wanted for breakfast, it instantly appeared in front of them. They ate as if they had not eaten in weeks.

At twenty till nine, Professor McGonagall walked up and passed out schedules. A note was attached to all of them.

Harry/Ron/Hermione Schedule:

Monday/Wednesday

09:00-10:30 Charms Professor Flitwick

11:30-01:00 Potions Professor Snape

01:30-02:30 Lunch Great Hall

03:00-04:30 D.A. Dark Arts Professor Adrian

Tuesday/Thursday

09:00-10:30 Transfiguration Professor McGonagall

11:30-01:00 History Professor Binns

01:30-02:30 Lunch Great Hall

03:00-04:30 Herbology Professor Sprout

Friday

09:00-10:30 Magical Creatures Professor Hagrid

11:30-01:00 Double Divination Professor Terlawney

Arithmancy Professor Alka (Hermione)

01:30-02:30 Lunch Great Hall

03:00-04:30 Study Period Library/Common Room

Dear Gryffindor Students,

I am pleased to announce that our three new Prefects: Mrs. Granger, Mr. Weasley and Mr. Potter will be starting a tutoring group for Gryffindor. All Gryffindor students are to report to the Common Room tonight for dinner, where we will be having a house meeting.

Your head of house,

Professor McGonagall

The three looked at each other and smiled nervously. That evening all of Gryffindor went to the common room where tables had been set up to fit everyone. As soon as the majority of the house was there, food appeared on all the tables. Every one grabbed for anything they wanted, and started to eat. The trio took their food into the Nursery so that they could see their children. They only stayed until they saw McGonagall nod at the door. They quickly stepped out, and walked over to their Head of House, who tapped her glass to get their attention.

"This years Gryffindor Prefects have decided to start something new, I will let them explain." Harry, Ron, and Hermione explained their tutoring idea, and how it would all work. The idea went over well by most, much to the relief of the three teens. "I am rather excited at this tutoring idea and can't wait to see the results. Now a word from Harry, the new Quidditch team Captain." There was loud applause as Harry stepped back up and smiled. He placed his index finger to his mouth and everyone got quite.

"Now, knowing that I might have been taking over position as captain, I decided to do some research on how professional teams work. I found one big thing in common in all-professional teams, both magic and Muggle alike, they all volunteer together in different places. I wrote Victor Krum, being he is the only professional player I know, and asked him if it helps, he said that it seems to bring the team together even more, and gave me some tips. Now some of you might not like the idea, and if it dose not work out, then we will drop it. But as of now, the Gryffindor Quidditch team will not only play and practice Quidditch but will play an active part in our house and school. As a team, we will be volunteering our services to help Hogwarts become better. In addition, everyone on the team will be required to volunteer their time at least once a month somewhere on campus, or, if given permission, off campus. Now stop-groaning. Volunteering to tutor will be counted as volunteer time. Now on to the perks. After every group volunteer session we have permission to have a team party. At the party, we will eat, have fun, and award players for whatever we decided needs to be awarded. I feel that the closer our team is, the better we will play. Like I said, if it does not work out, we can stop. Now I felt like I should tell you this before try-outs, which will be held this Saturday straight after breakfast. Plan to be out there all day." Harry smiled, as everyone clapped.

"Okay, dinner is over. Everyone get to doing...whatever you do after dinner...I'm not sure I want to know." McGonagall walked out of the Common room.