1Chapter 4: He Returns
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For the next months, the DA classes became increasingly hard. Demeter had split everyone into what she thought they could accomplish. Only one person had been successful at becoming a metamorphous, and Demeter knew it was a slim chance that anyone would successfully transform into an animal, since it took years to do. Now, a few students got as far as sprouting some extra hair or a tail here and there, but only Hermione actually changed one of her arms into a wing, though she was so startled that she could actually do it, she didn't have the strength to change it back and Demeter had to use a spell. Harry was becoming frustrated, his father had been an animagus, why can't he?
"You're very skilled with your wand Harry, sometimes it's better to just focus on one thing, then just be okay in everything." Demeter said.
With this, Harry was determined to be the best with his wand. And Indeed he was, he was the first to accomplish not using his voice for spells, and without using his wand either. Demeter was so impressed, she started teaching Harry how to practice the spells on himself, for instance, levitating himself. This got to be a bit more difficult, for Harry doesn't have the best concentrating, and he thought being able to not use his wand was the best of his abilities.
"Harry, I know you can do this, I believe in you." Said Demeter.
"You believe in me?" Asked Harry.
"Of course I do, you've got so much to fight for, to live for, and it's great to see you working so hard and not just giving up and allowing Voldemort just take control of your life." said Demeter.
Harry notice that she didn't flinch when she spoke Voldemort's name. Harry thought anyone who was able to say his name with that much confidence is a strong witch. After that, he ebgan working extra hard, before his classes, after, in the hallway, during meals, right before bed, but he wasn't the only one. Hermione was determined to transform into, well, whatever winged creature she was suppose to, and Ron, well, Ron was just excited to be so advanced in class. He was beginning to learn Occulmency and secretly was excited because he was advancing much quicker than Harry was when he took it.
Demeter took a lot of notice in the progress of all her students. Demeter had a special system, that if a student didn't meet the requirements after the specific lessons, they were to be placed back into her regular DA class, while the rest got placed in her advanced class. In the beginning you would have thought the entire school was apart of these meetings, but now, in the middle of they last term, there were only 5 people in the advanced class, Harry, Ron, Hermione, Ginny, and Neville, all people in the Gryffindor Tower.
Harry noticed something in their most recent class, that Neville and Ginny had gotten much more closer then before. At the end of class, Harry noticed Ginny and Neville walk out, holding hands. Harry couldn't help feel a horrible pain in his stomach, but when Ginny looked back at him and smiled, he knew that it was all for the best, so he smiled back and mouthed the words, "I won't forget, " Ginny simply mouthed back, "I won't either." And Harry knew that this was the end of that.
The next morning there was a sign outside the door of the classroom for the DA meeting which read:
Due to Unexpected Circumstances, all further DA classes have been canceled.
Everyone was shocked, and no one knew what to do. Harry ran to the Headmistress's office to ask.
"Headmistress, what's going on? Why are classes canceled?" asked Harry.
"Harry, I'm sorry to tell you this, but Voldemort has been spotted only a few miles away from the school. It's just like we have been expecting, so most of the Aurors have been asked to go and investigate, and Miss Demeter was one of them."
"Is she going to be okay?" asked Harry, in a tone full of worry.
"Harry, don't be so worried, she is an Auror, she is in fact a very skilled one too, and I have every inch of faith in her to keep you protected."
"Keep me protected? Why just me?"
The Headmistress got very red in the face and started fussing with a rather large book.
"Harry, I've got so much to do right now, to keep the school safe, would you please.."
"Oh sorry Headmistress." And with that Harry left, but he couldn't help get that phrase out of his mind. "To keep you protected" Why just me? He thought. Why would they put Demeter as my protector, I'm sure they would've put someone I knew better, someone else. Harry just didn't understand why there was so much mystery surrounding Demeter. Harry suddenly realized he knew nothing about Demeter, when she graduated from Hogwarts, if she even went to Hogwarts, all he knew was that she, just like himself, had no more family left in the world. Harry has long ago placed to idea of grandparents out of his mind. If he really did have grandparents who were alive, they would've contacted him by now. No, he thought, it's just me, and it will always be me, I've got to realize that. Still, he wanted to know more about Demeter. While he was thinking about this he ran right into Tonks.
"Geez Harry, what the hell are you trying to do? Scare the shit out of me?" said Tonks
Harry just laughed, but then realized this was the perfect opportunity.
"Tonks, can you tell me about Demeter?"
"Why would you need to know?" said Tonks, rather defensively.
"I'm just curious, and why are you being so defensive?"
"I'm not being defensive and why are you asking so many questions?" And with that, Tonks practically ran away from Harry. At this moment, Harry knew that somehow, someway, he and Demeter were linked and he needed to find out right now.