Alright, so her's me, making up for the extremely short chapter, I didn't realize exactly how short it was, and I am extremely sorry, I hope this makes up for it at least a little. Thank you for all of your feedback and I hope to hear from you all again!
Harry awoke the next day in his sleeping chamber, put on his robes and meandered down to the Great Hall for breakfast. He walked in and saw that McGonagall had created a new table for the Order in the front of the Great Hall, and so Harry decided to go and eat with the Order, and more importantly, Ginny. Harry kissed Ginny lightly on the cheek as he sat down beside her; she blushed slightly, "Hello," she paused, "honey."
"Good morning how was your sleep?" Harry asked her quietly.
"It was pretty good, peeves woke me up several times, but I managed to get him to leave."
"Oh really? How did you do that?" Harry inquired.
"Oh well, let's just say he won't be bothering me too soon… Unless he wants some more bubblegum up his nose." Harry and Ginny chuckled while they ate their breakfast of scrambled eggs and toast.
"So, what do you have to do today?" Harry asked, interested.
"Ah, well I don't think I have anything to do today, except survey the school, and watch out for Death Eaters, Dementors, Giants, you know, the usual." Harry laughed.
"I see, well I was thinking we haven't been taking much time together lately and maybe we could go and walk around the grounds after lunch, because I don't have any classes to teach after that." Harry invited.
"Are you asking me on a date Potter?" Ginny giggled lightly.
"Well, I, I guess so…" Harry whispered, pretending to be nervous. Ginny found this funny and was now laughing profusely, and Harry couldn't help but laugh with her. Once they had both settled down Ginny agreed. Harry said goodbye to her and told her that he had to go and teach a class of first years in half an hour and he needed to get ready. Ginny nodded and they shared a short kiss before he left for the Defense against the Dark Arts classroom.
He entered the classroom and walked to his desk in the front of the first room in his classroom, this would be to room he would be using today. He sat silently as the first years filled the room noisily. Once he had decided he had waited long enough he motioned towards the doors and they closed as he rose from his seat and the class became deathly quiet.
"Good morning class, I am under the well-found assumption that this is you very first class, is it not?" The first years nodded, "well speak up, I promise I won't bite." The class giggled nervously and said in unison, 'yes.'
"Good, I am Har- Professor Potter. I will be your Defense against the Dark Arts teacher." He looked around the room, "now, if you will open your copy of The Standard Book of Spells Grade 1, we shall begin learning about the Flipendo spell, please read to yourselves. After you are finished you may join me in the practice room, just beyond this door. Yes? What is your name?"
"Miranda Horchuck Professor, I have a question. Do you think we should be practicing on the first day? Shouldn't we learn more theory?" She said matter-of-factly.
"Yes, Miranda, I know what you're saying, but I am a firm believer that one learns best from practice and not from knowledge, please read the three pages and follow me into the second room." Harry said politely and walked through the door behind him.
It was now lunch hour and Harry was, once again sitting next to Ginny in the Great Hall. Harry had already taught three classes, one of each of the first years, second years and fourth years. As Harry taught each of the classes, he thought of what he had to deal with and overcome in those years, and as the classes were practicing their new spells in the practice room, he told them the story, and intertwined his basic lesson plans with it to tell the students what they would be learning that year.
"Hey babe, how did your teachings go?" Ginny questioned.
"They went quite good actually, I was wondering, in your walks around the school, could you maybe tell all of the old DA members that we will be getting back together this year? Tell them that we will still be using the Room of Requirement this year, and would you let them know that we will be having our first meeting at 6:30 PM tomorrow?" Ginny nodded in response.
"Of course Harry, no problem. It will be kind of cool having the DA back and running don't you think?"
"I completely agree with you, it will be good for them to learn things from the other Order members as well, they have so much experience you know?" Ginny smiled.
"Yes they do, but so do you Harry." Harry stared at her solemnly and nodded slowly. "On a brighter note, are you ready to go walking?"
"Of course." Harry led Ginny out of the hall hand in hand and they walked across the grounds, he conjured a bench by the lake and they sat down.
"I miss this." Harry told her sadly.
"Miss what?" Ginny asked.
"Just being able to spend time like this together, I mean, let's be honest Ginny, we haven't spent practically any time together lately." Ginny nodded.
"Yes, but we're spending time together now, and I've never known you to be someone who dwells within the past, Harry." Harry smiled at her and leaned in to kiss her, she gladly accepted the kiss and his tongue slid into her mouth gently. Their tongues danced around each other, they stopped for air once in a while, but nothing could end this moment. That is, until Fred came bursting out of the castle.
"Harry, there's an attack in progress at the Ministry!"
"Ginny I want you to rush inside and alert the rest of the order, Fred and I will meet you at the Ministry okay?" Ginny nodded quickly and rushed inside. Fred and Harry ran to the gates of Hogwarts and dissapperated to the Ministry, where they found at least thirty Death Eaters. "Fred, I want you to get whoever you can upstairs and lock the doors as best you can, I don't want any more injury, understand?" Fred nodded and ran to the rest of the witches and wizards to guide them upstairs. Since the attention had gone from the people to Harry it was relatively easy for Fred to get to everyone. Harry conjured himself a strong shield, which he fixated in between himself and the Death Eaters. He began to fire stunning and binding spells at all of the Death Eaters, he was joined immediately by the rest of the Order who did the same. Soon, all of the Death Eaters were stunned and they tied them up with magical pieces of rope, which, once tied, did not release. All breathing hard, they continued upstairs to find Fred and the rest of the magical people, all safe. There were only a few minor injuries.
"We have to find, some way, to throw, multiple, stunners." The Order nodded in agreement.
"Good thing we had those muggle security cameras, we would not have known about the attack otherwise." There was a chorus of approval and then, silence.
"Well ladies and gentlemen," Harry looked around, "it's begun." Everyone nodded solemnly and made their way back to Hogwarts. Once back Harry remembered something, he had not checked for a letter from his parents in at least a week and a half. He quickly dissapperated to his house and rushed upstairs, where he saw his letter, glowing red, he had never felt so happy. He hurried to the mantle and took out the letter.
Dear Harry,
It seems you have been through a lot, even more than you had gone through in the graveyard I am sincerely sorry that we were not there to help you through it. I want you to know that it's not your fault, Harry. It was not your fault that Dumbledore died, I know you probably heard this before, hell, you've probably heard it from Dumbledore himself, but it's true. I hope you will continue to write to us in the future, so that we can at least feel like we are there for you. So, on a brighter note, Seeker eh? Best one in the league I expect, if you've got any of my genes in you. Your mother never really took much of a liking to the game, but it's invigorating, isn't it? I hope you will continue to play, especially in these times, because you can use all of the happiness you can muster. We hope to be hearing from you soon.
James and Lily
Harry smiled at the paper; he then gathered both the letter and the Meligna and apperated back to Hogwarts gates. He then continued back into his living quarters, where he put them on his desk and walked out. He found Ginny on the bench he had made by the lake and he sat beside her, quietly putting his arm around her, she leaned into him and they watched the sun set on the world's battlefront.
Harry awoke early the next morning and got dressed quickly. He had decided to talk to Dumbledore, and the only time he would have a chance to do that is now. He walked over to the desk and touched the Meligna. He felt the familiar pull and he was once again sitting in a room with Dumbledore.
"Ah, Harry, what draws you to me so early?" Dumbledore asked inquisitively.
"Well sir, we had our first attack on the ministry yesterday." Dumbledore raised his eyebrows, "nobody was seriously injured, but it's a lot to think about you know? For instance, what if next time we aren't so lucky? What if there are serious injuries? Or even deaths?" Dumbledore nodded solemnly
"I know exactly what you mean, Harry. There were attacks when I was leading the Order as well. However, it is a bit odd that they would attack for the first time at a place of such magnitude and importance." Harry made a small smile. "Harry, I want you to know that no matter what happens, I will always believe you did the right thing," Harry looked up, "well, except joining Voldemort or something like that." Harry chuckled gravely.
"Thank you sir, it was just really worrying me, almost like I might not be enough for this world." Dumbledore shook his head.
"Harry, you will always be enough for this world. Now go and teach your classes." Harry smiled and nodded. He was now back in his sleeping quarters.
Harry had taught five classes today, one of the sixth years, seventh years (which he had only just passed himself,) third years, second years and fourth years. They had all gone well, much to Harry's liking. It was now time for the DA meeting and Harry was considering how he would address them, and what he would tell them. Harry walked down to the room of requirement at 6:00, a half an hour early, where he walked past the area in which the room inhabited, and he was pleased to see it appear quite quickly, he then waited for the students and the Order to arrive, which they did at exactly 6:30. Harry entered and saw a room he was quite pleased with. There were huge pillows everywhere, and foldable desks, which were quite practical. He laid out the pillows in a circle, as he had decided to begin the class with a discussion. Harry smiled at everyone.
"Hello, and welcome to the first meeting of the DA in a very, very long time." He looked cheerfully around the room. "We started this club to protect ourselves when Dumbledore was taken from us temporarily. Now, I am afraid, he has been taken from this world permanently." He gazed about the circle. "And it is now time for us to start teaching ourselves protection techniques again; however, we will also have a strong focus on dueling this year. I hope you will tell all of your friends about it, as we would like to reach as many people as possible. It will still be called Dumbledore's Army, however, exactly how secretive it is, is up to you. Please raise your hand if you would like it to stay fairly underground." Almost everybody raised their hands, "alright, in that case, you must inform your friends of its hushed-up nature." The circle nodded simultaneously, and Harry grinned. "Alright, now a few things have changed. All of the adults, as well as Ginny Weasley, Ron Weasley, and Hermione Granger are part of an organized group called the Order of the Phoenix. Now, you must understand that this group is also quite covert, and should also be kept under wraps. All of the Order members will be teaching you as well as myself. We will be having biweekly meetings on Mondays and Saturdays. I believe that is all I have to say. I would like you all to show the order members, besides Ginny, Hermione and Ron, what you learned last year, as it is important they know what has been taught." The DA members rose to their feet and each of them selected an order member and began to show them what they had learned. They showed them the numerous counter-curses, jinxes, binding charms, and shield charms, among others, that they had learned. After they were done Harry dismissed them and everybody left until there was only Harry and Ginny left.
"That went well." Ginny grinned.
"You think so?" Harry replied.
"Of course it did! Everyone was ecstatic to be back in the DA, they loved it here, and they felt safe here." Ginny eyed Harry closely. He smiled back in return but looked at the ground, Ginny walked over to him and kissed him lightly, and he deepened it quickly but smoothly. He felt the room change beneath his feet, when he opened his eyes; he saw a canopy bed in a luxurious red and gold bedroom, Ginny smiled at him.
"Are you sure?" Harry asked nervously, Ginny nodded.