Ch 3: Hogwarts
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Harry had prepared for this day a long time. Today was the 1st of September. He would go to Hogwarts. Had it changed? He was just to find out. He went by a muggle taxi to King's cross. There he looked around. It looked the same when he were there the first time. He looked around that no muggle would see him and then walked through the wall that he had walked through many times before.
He looked around. There were a lot of kids. A brown-haired small boy looked at him like he recognized Harry. Harry went in to the train and sat down in a empty compartment.He started to read a book. A little later he heard a knock on the compartment's door. It was the other teacher, Jacob Owski.
"Can I sit here?" Jacob asked "The others are full"
"Sure" Harry replied confidently.
They didn't talk much on the trip, just a little small-talk and got to know each other. Harry fell also asleep at the trip. But when they came to Hogwarts Jacob woke him up. Jacob seemed decent. Harry and Jacob went to an empty wagon and it took them up to the castle. Harry saw the first year students sail over the lake with Hagrid. Harry remembered his own first time there.
The Great Hall was pompously decorated as usual. Harry sat now in the teachers' table and saw the whole hall in front of him, all students all tables, everything. Harry saw that two steps left from him sat Ginny. She looked gorgeous as usual. 'I can't fall for her, I can't … she's with Smith now… I can't … she don't even like me, she doesn't look at me' Harry tried to convince himself the whole feast the best he could. McGonagall had a speech right now.
"…and let me present the new teacher's:" she said "Ms Ginny Weasley in transfiguration" Ginny stood up and winked to the students. Many clapped. "Mr Jacob Owski instead of Madam Hooch in flying and as quidditch judger" Jacob stood up and nodded smiling. Many clapped again. "And finally" Harry knew he was coming up "Mr Harry Potter in defense against dark arts" Harry stood fastly up nodded and sat down. Everyone stared at him, then many started to clap. Harry assumed they thought he was dead.
The next day Harry had his first class, it was with the fifth graders. They looked oddly at when they entered the classroom.
"Welcome to your first defense against dark arts class" Harry began "I am professor Potter and today we'll have a practical lession, we'll practice the disarming charm, does anyone know what it is?" There were four hands up "Good, What's your name?" He continued gestured at a small sand-haired boy.
"Terry Donovan, sir" the boy answered.
"And what's the disarming charm?"
"Expelliarmus, but can I ask you something, professor?"
"Good answer. Go on" Harry replied.
"I've heard that you fought you-know-who with the disarming charm, is that true sir?"
"Yes, but I can tell you later about my experinces…"
"Why can't you tell us now, sir?" a blonde girl interrupted him.
"Because today we're going to practice 'expelliarmus', I'll mark one class this week to tell you about all that" Harry replied frustrated. Teaching was harder than he had thought.
"Ok, but that's a promise, professor" A black-haired boy said.
"It is. Now we'll practice, build couples and do like this:" Harry said, took his wand and screamed 'expelliarmus'. It's quite simple. The rest of the class went well while they practiced. The rest of the day's classes went quite the same way. Harry saw Ginny a few times but she just ignored him, sometimes he saw her shot a hatring glare at him.
"Ginny we need to talk." Harry said the next day when they met in an empty passage.
"We don't" she replied
"You can't just walk around hating me like that!"
"Yes I can after all you've done"
"Tell me what you I've done you just can't stand? Ginny looked just angry at him but after the question she started to look a little bit sad also.
"It's just…" she began "you never wrote!"
"Yeah, I regret I went to Finland… and why I was there so long and everything, I shouldn't had"
"And you didn't say goodbye!"
"I mentioned to Hermione and Ron that I was going somewhere"
"But… ok let's forget this… I just… I can't just get that you're alive after I thought you were dead for so long…."
"It's ok, everyone thinks I'm dead" Harry said and Ginny laughed ironicly. "Could you please forgive me?"
"I'll try" she replied looking him deep into his green eyes.
"Thanks" he said quietly looking into her eyes as deep as she did.
"I'm already late" Ginny said a few seconds later "Have to go to class, bye"
Harry was stunned by that so he didn't really pay attention at the students at the classes that day. Harry thought there were something in the way she looked at him… Or maybe it was just wishful thinking.
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