1Chapter Two: DA
Classes this year were harder than ever for Harry; he just couldn't get his mind to concentrate on anything besides ways to attack Voldemort. The first thing he did though, was round up the old DA. Harry had no intentions on bringing any of them into his battle against Voldemort, but he knew he wouldn't always be around to help, so he just wanted everyone to be prepared. This time around, though, the DA seemed to be attracting more and more followers. Finally he took his dilemma to the Headmistress.
"Professor, I have a bit of a problem." said Harry.
"I believe you do, you're attracting to much attention to yourself, Potter, with all the DA business." Said Headmistress McGonagall.
"I can't exactly turn everyone down, though, it's what I want." said Harry.
"That's why I've taken action to help you Potter. I have arrange for special Workshop Classes, to be held after the regular school hours, from 7-9, to teach anyone who wishes to attend, and in good standing with their grades, to be taught special defense from one of our Resident Aurors."
"But Professor, I mean Headmistress, I still would like to have a hand in the class"
"As you will, you will help along side our Auror, but since she is much more trained than yourself, and yes Mr. Potter, she has also battle against Voldemort, she will be teaching the class, but since you already are more advanced, you are to help the other students."
"Okay Professor, may I ask, though, who will be teaching the class?" said Potter.
"Demeter will." And that was the end of the conversation.
Harry couldn't believe he wouldn't be heading the DA, or the workshop class as McGongall had called it. Harry went quickly up to Gryffidor Tower to tell the others.
"You mean you're not teaching us? Well that's stupid." said Ron.
"I don't know, Demeter is a skilled Auror. I was actually reading about her in The Heroic Tales of Young Aurors, and she is very talented." Hermione stated.
"You can find a book about anything can't you!." said Ron.
"I know you're right Hermione, but I know another about Demeter, and she didn't seem so welcoming when we first met. I hope these class go smoothly." Said Harry, in a very skeptical voice.
It was the first class of the DA, and Harry was a little nervous. He came fifteen minutes early, and Professor McGongall had asked, and when he entered he couldn't find Demeter anywhere.
"Hello? Demeter?" Said Harry.
"Oh Sorry, I'm up here." A voice said
Harry walked, not two steps, to find a figure floating in mid air above him. Harry was taken back, he knew there was a levitating spell for objects, but he never knew it could be used on other witches and wizards. He watched as Demeter floated gracefully back to the ground.
"Just trying to find some book and stuff for the class. I couldn't call for them because, well, I didn't know if they'd be here. So... hello Harry, Nice to see you again." Said Demeter.
"How, how... how did you do that?" said Harry.
"What? Levitate? Oh it's simple really... well I guess it isn't, since only about 10 people in the wizarding world can actually do the spell to themselves, but, enough about that, let's get down to business."
So Demeter and Harry began to discuss what would be going on in the meetings. Harry told Demeter all about the DA in his 5th year, and everything he had already taught. She didn't say much, Harry noticed, and was very professional, not treating him like a friend, more like an associate. After he was finished she discussed her idea for the meetings. He was impressed at all she wanted to teach everyone, how to be an animagus, a metamorphous, how to say spells in your head so your opponent doesn't know, and even how to do a spell with no wand at all. Of course, she was going to teach everyone proper defense spells, from simple jinxs to powerful protective spells. Harry was so impressed at her knowledge of the wizarding world, he blurted out...
"You must be a Pure-Blood then." Once he said this he immediately regretted it. He hated to stereotype of Pure-Blood, Half-Blood, and Muggle Born witches and wizards. Demeter, though, took not offense and answered:
"No actually, I'm, I guess, less than a half-blood, but more than just a quarter." Said Demeter.
"How did you learn all this so quickly, you seem more powerful and knowledgeable then most fully-grown wizards I've met."
"Powerful... not really, I'm not nearly as powerful as a fully-grown wizard, but knowledgeable, I guess I just had this extreme motivation to be the best witch I could, that I pushed myself really hard to understand everything." said Demeter.
Harry was in sheer amazement of Demeter. H just stared at her for a moment, and while looking at her, saw something familiar in her eyes, but he was quickly interrupted because people had already started coming into the class and Demeter had gone up to greet everyone.