By Ron Potter
Chapter 4: Early Godric Gryffindor
POV = Harry
In the common room we were all gathered around the table smothered in homework. It was amazing how even Hermione was swamped.
"So you regret taking all these classes?" Ron asked swallowing a chocolate frog.
"Don't be silly," Hermione chuckled. "I like a good challenge. Unlike you who prefers eating chocolate frogs all the time."
"Hey chocolate frogs are said to heal witches and wizards," Ron argued. "It makes me feel better. Harry knows because of the dementors, right Harry?"
I suddenly remembered two years ago when Lupin taught defense. I had been afraid of the dementors that whole year and how Lupin helped me perform a stag patronus to help me conquer my fear and how when I was knocked down he always handed me a chocolate frog. So I said, "Yeah of course."
"Hey Ron your brother's amazing!" a voice exclaimed from somewhere in the common room in a big crowd surrounding the notice board.
"My brothers are the biggest gits this side of Gringotts!" Ron shouted over the crowd.
The crowd cleared up and a short stockily built red haired man with rough hands appeared and Ron's eyes seemed to widen at his brother, Charlie Weasley who finally said, "Is that what you think of me?"
"Of course not!" Ron shouted looking over the crowd. "I thought Colin meant Fred and George!"
"Why are all the Weasley children here except Percy?" Hermione asked.
Ron dropped his voice so only the three could hear. "I guess so Dumbledore has more Order members here protecting you, Harry and your siblings. Percy's not here 'cause he's doesn't even know the Order ex– What are you doing you little brat!"
Just then Dennis Creevey appeared from under the table and apparently had heard every word Ron had said. Ron seemed like he was going to explode and take a few swings at him but I strained him back while Hermione pointed her wand at Dennis (everyone else was too busy fussing over Charlie's amazing dragon tales).
"Obliviate," Hermione muttered as a red jet beam shot out of her wand at Dennis as Dennis flew asleep onto the next chair. "There that should fix his memory."
The following morning, Gryffindors had care of magical creatures and everyone was so excited to see who the new teacher would be especially since Hagrid didn't show up for any meals. When Gryffindors arrived at Hagrid's hut, Charlie Weasley stood there with the Slytherins all neatly assembled.
"Welcome class," Charlie said. "Today I thought we'd start with learning the exact combination of spells to tame a dragon. Now since Dumbledore won't let me bring a real dragon on campus, we're going to have to practice on miniature models."
Charlie took a sack full of dragon dolls that were exactly like the ones the champions last year had to know, which dragon they got. He passed the bag around so each person could pick a moveable dragon doll and everyone could move into his or her own areas. Once the bag got to me, I picked out a Welsh Green…. Ron picked out a Herbridean Black…. Hermione picked out an Antipodean Opaleye. The three of us went into a little shaded area under a tree to the side of Hagrid's hut.
"Impedimenta!" Ron yelled waving his wand furiously at the dragon but all it did was bite his finger. "Impedimenta! Impedimenta!"
"Petrificus Totalus!" I shouted as the dragon stopped breathing fire and tried biting but froze in midair.
"Relashio!" Hermione shouted as red beams shot out binding the dragon so it will do what she wants.
"Excellent, Miss Granger has gotten the spell down! Now Miss Granger try another one!" Charlie exclaimed flicking his wand so the binds came off.
An hour later the bell rang and yet very few people except Hermione, Parvati, and Neville couldn't get there dragon to do anything where Hermione did 7 different spells and Neville did 4. Then after Care of Magical Creatures, we had potions with Madam Delacour who started the class by talking about the War of Godric Gryffindor and Salazar Slytherin….
"It happened a thousand years ago in these very dungeons. You all know how Slytherin wanted only purebloods and left the school, well he did something before sealing the Chamber of Secrets. He killed his own Slytherin student who blabbed to Gryffindor about his teachings and his master plan. Now this death striked Gryffindor right away as a call that Slytherin couldn't be trusted anymore. So Gryffindor went to the other two founders immediately who agreed that Salazar Slytherin should be executed for all his wrong doings: teaching the dark arts, being so pureblood, torturing muggle borns and half bloods, and killing his own student. But the night before he was set to be executed by the Wizard's Council, he challenged the Great Godric Gryffindor to a duel in the dungeons to the death. Gryffindor could have said no but he couldn't give up his brave little heart in front of so many first years so he agreed. In the process of the duel Slytherin was losing big time so before Salazar Slytherin made a puff of smoke for his departure he said 'The Wizarding World will pay the heir of Slytherin deeply and the Wizarding World's light shall be the last ones standing before Salazar Slytherin's noble followers murder.'"
"What's the light mean?" I asked.
"I don't know, that's all Professor Dumbledore and McGonnagall told me before I started here," Madam Delacour replied. "It was a long time ago and no one takes it seriously now." Madam Delacour looked very scared now at the words she said Slytherin had said last. Did something happen to her and this light? Was she the light that'll stand up to Slytherin but die trying? Or was someone else here the light?
After classes that day Hermione, Ron, Charlie, and me set up in the library looking for details about Godric Gryffindor and perhaps he left clues in his life to track down this light. Charlie gave us permission to go into the restricted section but we found nothing at all there about this light. Perhaps the light is the weapon Remus told me about, yet it sounded more like the weapon was a materialized object or spells not a person.
After about three hours of searching and finding nothing, we finally decided to turn in and forget about it. It was sort of strange how Charlie was helping us look for information on the light and Godric Gryffindor when he was an Order member. But what if the Order is searching night and day for this light as well. Perhaps this light is supposed to use this weapon. The light is probably most likely Dumbledore (he's the only one who stands up to Voldemort) and he uses the sword of Gryffindor to stand up but Voldemort's followers will kill him.