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Chapter 5: Taking a Stand
"You did what?!" Ginny exclaimed the next morning at breakfast.
"I can't believe everyone's been ignoring them," Harry said, ignoring Ginny's comment.
"You don't love me anymore do you?" Ginny asked.
Ron coughed, and milked squirted out of his nose.
"What?" Harry asked. "I never said that."
"But that's what you mean," Ginny replied. "You going around fraternizing with this Muggle-born girl and all…"
"I'm going to help them," Harry said.
"I don't know, Harry." Ginny said. "Muggle-borns… they're not like us."
"Rubbish," Ron spat at her. "Dirty blood, pure blood, its ridiculous…"
"Will you please answer me," Ginny snapped at Harry.
"What?" he asked, distracted.
"I knew it," Ginny said. "This Muggle girl… she has you all crazy."
"She's a witch, Ginny." Ron stated.
Ginny rubbed her temples. "Harry, what are you doing? Three days ago everything was fine…"
"Nothing has been fine for them for years," Harry told her.
"This is not about us!" Ginny yelled. "It has nothing to do with us! It's the law!"
"Harry has the power to help change the law." Ron grinned.
"Look, I saw them, Ginny. I saw where they live, what they go through… it's not right. They should have the same things we do." Harry told her.
Ginny shook her head. "But why? Why now? We should be planning our future…"
Harry gave her a sympathetic look. "We will. I just have to do this."
"You don't Harry, you really don't."
"You have influence over Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff, and it's the majority rule that counts. We could bring the proposition to them, I know they'd agree with us," Ron said. "Slyhterin, however…"
"Doesn't matter." Harry said. "If we can get Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff to agree to let Muggle-borns in, Slytherin will have to go along with it."
Ron nodded. "I think it's time to arrange a meeting with Ernie and Cho."
Harry grinned, feeling for at least once, he'd make good of his gift.
Harry peered around at Ernie and Cho. Their guards stood in back of him, as well as his own. They were for show, mostly. Cho looked stern, and Ernie looked nervous. He knew that Malfoy wouldn't show up for the meeting, he placed himself above all rules.
"The reason why I called you all hear today is a matter of the upmost importance," Harry started. "The Muggle-borns have been treated unfairly for many years now, and it is time for a change."
Cho opened her mouth. "A change? What do you mean a change?"
"I want them to be sorted, and encorporate them into our kingdoms." Harry said.
Ernie gave a nod. "I think you're right, Potter."
"Look at the facts, Cho." Harry said. "The fact is, pure-blood is becoming more scarce nowadays. We need them as much as they need us. They're no different from us. You can't deny them no longer."
Cho made a face.
"You're half blood as I am," Harry told her. "What if the pure-bloods shunned against you? How would you feel?"
Cho frowned. "I'd feel terrible."
"Where's Malfoy?" Ernie asked.
"Malfoy, is not present, nor do I care." Harry said. "It's the majority rule that decides."
"Wait," Cho said. "You know how the Sytherins hate Muggle-borns. If we being them in, what will they do?"
"It shouldn't matter." Harry said.
"Shouldn't matter?" Ernie yelped. "Them and their association with the dark arts is enough to make your head spin!"
"You're right, Ernie. Harry, you have my sympathy, and your heart is in the right place, but you know the Slytherins will play dirty. You know it!" Cho said.
"There's safety in numbers," Harry told them. "Malfoy would have all kingdoms against him. He'd have no choice."
"Malfoy doesn't care WHO is against him!" Cho yelled. "Just who is with him."
"So, you're just willing to let the Muggle-borns die? Because that's what's happening. You've all been blinded by your fame. Every day, they are dying." He pounded his fist on the table. "Are you ready to take a stand or not? I'm sure as hell not afraid of Malfoy, and you shouldn't be either." He pushed the contract toward Ernie and Cho. "The time is now."
Here we are!! End of chapter 5!!! Heeheehee!