After arriving at the station in Hogsmeade, The group got of the train and ran into Hagrid.
"Firs' years this way!" Hagrid boomed while waiting for all the new students to gather around. "Harry! Good ter see yer. How yer holding up?" Hagrid asked as her looked for the first years. As Hagrid went off to get a first year who had been thrown into the water, the rest of them had gotten into a carriage as they pulled away towards the magnificent castle.
Once inside, the kids split up to sit down at their respective tables for the sorting and the welcoming speech. After a few minutes of waiting, the new first years came piling in with Mc Gonagall at their lead. Mc Gonagall placed the ragged old hat on top of the 3 legged stool as usual.
The founders once they built,
The magnificent school you see,
Gave each their qualities,
Through spells unto me
Brave Gryffindor, The wizard who is so bold,
Wise Ravenclaw, the smartest witch you see,
Loyal Hufflepuff, the sweetest of the bunch,
Shrewd Slytherin, the most ruthless you could be,
United under noble cause,
Build a school for learning,
The students soon came,
For their appetite was yearning,
Each started their own house,
Belonging to each their beliefs,
Of how the students are to be sorted,
From their ideas underneath,
Sir Gryffindor, got the bravest of the best,
Lady Ravenclaw, Got the smartest to be,
Lady Hufflepuff, Got the loyal students there,
Sir Slytherin, Got the cunning to the T,
Now here I am,
Come try me on,
And you will see,
To what house you belong.
Everyone Clapped as the first years stood in awe. The sorting hat, as usual, impressed all in attendance with another cunning opening to the new school year. Harry looked up towards Dumbledore and noticed his usual gleaming eyes were dull. Harry guessed it was due to the death of both Sirius and Remus. All of a sudden he felt the feeling of depression come forth after thinking of his friends.
"I have to protect my friends. I can't let this happen again." Harry said to himself as he looked down at his plate. "Abers, Stewart!" Mcgonagall yelled as a small boy with blond hair came forth and put the hat on. "HUFFLEPUFF!" The hat screamed and the boy walked down to join his housemates.
"Bruart, Steven!"
"SLYTHERIN!"
"Byrtel, Michael!"
"GRYFFINDOR!"
"Cedron, Lewis!"
"GRYFFINDOR"
When the sorting had finally come to an end, and the stool removed, Dumbledore stood. "Now as many of you may know. There are dark times ahead of us. I want each of you to proceed with caution from this day on. Choose wisely your friends. Now as for you teachers. A new young women that will be teaching Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher is Nympthadora Tonks. Now the assembly some have come to known as the DA from last term has closed, but I shall ask that it's founders join together once more." He said as he looked towards the golden trio. Harry, Ron and Hermione nodded their heads absently. No one noticed the annoyed expression on Tonks face
"Once again the Forbidden Forest is just that, Forbidden. And Mr. Filch has added a few more items down to the restricted items list. This list is currently available in the caretaker's office. Now if there is nothing else to say, I shall say the two words everyone is waiting for. Tuck in!" He said as the tables were filled with all assortments of food.
Harry, who usually cannot wait for those words, stared at his empty plate, and mad no motion to fill it.
"Whaz uuf hawy?" Ron said through a mouthful of steak and kidney pie.
"Nothing. I'm just not hungry is all." Harry exclaimed with a sigh.
"More for me then, mate."
For the first time in his years at Hogwarts Harry could not wait for the feast to be over, so he could be alone. This summer had been a lot to handle, and the last thing he wanted to do was think about it. When the feast finally came to a close the trio trekked up to Gryffindor tower. After giving the new password 'Devils Snare', Harry was through the portrait hole and into his dormitory before the other two knew what hit them.
"Something's bothering Harry" said Hermione
"Ya think?" Ron said sarcastically
"Don't get a tone with me Ronald. I just want to know what's up." She said
"Yeah well I think we should approach him about it later. The poor bloke's had a long summer."
"Alright. Goodnight then." Hermione said as she walked up the stair to her dorm
Harry heard Ron come into the dormitory but said nothing. Oddly, Ron was the last person he wanted around at this moment. Right there and then he wanted to be in a totally different place. Before he drifted to sleep Harry saw this place. He saw Sirius, Lupin, and his parents. 'I'll get who did this to you….I'll get Voldemort…' Then he was asleep.
In the bed next to him Ron had his own thoughts.
"Everyone is always concerned with Harry. Every time he has a little pain the world jumps. What about me? Does anyone jump for Ron? No. I could be being eaten alive by dragons, but everyone would leave me and run to him if his scar hurt…..stupid scar…" He said before he rolled over and passed out
The next morning dawned with the fresh feeling of a new year begun. At breakfast the course schedules were handed out, much to everyone's disgust.
"Ahhhh double potions, double divination, and defense against the dark arts. Peachy. Lucky I didnt make it into potions this year" Muttered Ron.
"Hey defense against the dark arts shouldn't be horrible this year we have Tonks. Maybe we'll learn something." Hermione coutered.
The day passed very slowly. Potions had been a blur. An annoying one to. Snape had yet again begun to talk about Harry's father and what a pitiful excuse for a wizard he was. The class ended for once without any blown up cauldrons. Divination was confusing to say the least. Once again Trelawny had gone on about how people born at the end of July were in extreme danger. Finally was his favorite class of the day. Defense Against the Dark Arts.
Everyone walked into the class quietly. The trio sat at the front of the class. Due to having Umbridge as a teacher last year, no one withdrew their wands. They all waited patiently for Tonks to arrive. Finally 5 minutes later she walked out of her office. Harry noted her puffing eyes and told himself to stay after class.
"Hello class." She said as she walked down the stairs. The entire class said hello back in unison. Tonks jumped back in suprise when they did so.
"No need for that. Now some rules. No spell casting unless I say and only the spell I say to cast. The only exception to that rule is when a duel is taking place. In which case only level six or lower spells are to be used. The only other rule is to NEVER call me by my first name." She said as she took out her wand and waved it at the board starting the lesson
45 minutes later, the class was over. Everyone began to pack their bags as they talked to their neighbor about the exciting lesson. Harry took extra time to pack and told Ron and Hermione he would catch up to them. He walked up to the front of the classroom and looked at tonks.
"Hey Tonks, Hows everything?" He asked to break the ice.
"Everything ok I guess Harry. How are you feeling?" She asked knowing losing Sirius and Remus must have hurt.
"To be honest I want to hunt down every last death eater at the moment. I noticed how you looked when you entered the class. How are you feeling?" He asked as he leant against the front desk.
"You could tell? It's so hard. Sirius was like a brother to me. And Remus. I miss them both so much Harry." She said quietly as tears ran down her face. He picked up a tissue from the desk and wiped the tears ago before suprising himself and pulling her into a hug. After a few minutes they broke apart. Harry brushed some tears away from his eyes as well.
"Thank you Harry. Anyway I have to get going." She said as she wiped the rest of her tears away and began to get ready to leave
"Ok. And if you ever need to talk Tonks, you know where to find me." He said as he began to walk out of the room
"Thank you again Harry. And I might just do that." She said with a smile.
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