A/N: Happy Easter! (I know, it's a bit late). and thanks to my beta: azntgr01! And now worries: no tears in this chapter, it's a rather happy one.

Chapter Fifteen: Changes

Harry was woken up by Ron the next morning, and because he wasn't sure he could stand up for so long, he went down to the Great Hall in his wheelchair, together with his friends. They arrived somewhere in the beginning of breakfast, and so Harry had a wonderful opportunity to see how all the students would react to the changes.

At first the older students were to sleepy to notice some of the younger ones changing tables and meeting in mixed groups, but eventually it caught their attention, and breakfast was forgotten for a while when they looked around and spotted Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff, Gryffindor and Slytherin students talking and eating together. Some of the students came up to Harry to ask him for advice on one thing or the other, while others were just enjoying eating together.

At the Slytherin table, it appeared to go wrong, when some Gryffindor students were invited to come over. The older students wanted to chase them away, but Draco stopped them, and even moved over so they could sit. The rest of the Slytherin League took over as well, and the other students were left staring.

Eventually when the confusion set in big time, Dumbledore stood up, and addressed the students once more. "Good morning everyone. As you might have noticed there have been some changes this morning. It appears that one of our students (he looked towards Harry) had made some plans to unite our school. Last night we found out, and the students involved decided to get it out in the open. This is why students are now sitting at other House tables, and are mingling. I am very proud of al these students and wish to say that you only need to be with your House for classes and to sleep. All students are allowed to eat at other tables and go into each others Common rooms if they are invited over. I hope the older students will join in as well."

Everybody clapped, especially the ones who knew Harry was responsible. As soon as the clapping stopped, the Slytherin League walked over towards Harry. As Draco had sat with them last night his visit didn't come as such a big surprise, but the others did. Harry smiled up at them, and was slightly shocked when Pansy suddenly hugged him, and cried. He started murmuring soft nonsense to her, and comforted her. It seemed Draco had told them.

"Oh Harry, everything does happen to you, doesn't it?" she murmured. He just grinned up at her, shrugging to show there wasn't much he could do about it.

Blaise sat down next to Harry. "We have been thinking it over, and perhaps it is a good idea if you start combining the DA with SL lessons. It would mean you can spend more time resting and besides, there is no need to keep us separate now."

Harry looked down, thinking about it. It was his wish to have the two groups together, but what if his friends from the DA didn't agree? He looked up at them. Seamus decided to act his age for once and spoke up: "I believe Harry, that we all agree on this move. It would save you some time, and besides, we'd like a chance to get to know each other better." He smiled to Pansy, who huffed.

"Very well then," Harry murmured. "Tomorrow will be the first meeting of both groups.

A loud chorus of 'Yes!' went up, and it seemed most agreed on this statement. Besides, they had been filled in on Harry's illness, and were worried about him. This way they could all keep a close eye on him.

The rest of the day was filled with questions about Harry's changed appearance, until most students had heard via the gossip mill. Then he was flocked with questions about lessons, problems that needed solving, and oh yes, Harry still needed to go to classes. He couldn't go to Charms though, as he was too tired after lunch. Petunia made him sleep for over an hour, and then was with him while he went into the Common Room. There hadn't ever been so many people in there, and even though there was snow lying outside, there were even students going out into the garden. They all came up to Harry to tell him what they thought of this room, and a lively discussion sprouted between Ravenclaws and Slytherins about the portrait. They wondered if it wouldn't be possible to animate it, so they could talk to the Founders. Unfortunately when they brought the idea up with Professor Flitwick, he had to disappoint them. The animation would have to be done while the portrait was made, and it couldn't be done afterwards.

However, this didn't deter the students, they had enjoyed the chance to discuss something like this, and managed to get Professor Flitwick inside the Room and involve him in the discussion about animating objects. The man thoroughly enjoyed himself, as his students seemed quite willing to learn, and offered some interesting theories themselves.

When it was dinner time, they were still going strong, but Professor McGonagall had decided to chase them into the Great Hall, amidst great laughter.

Hardly anyone noticed Harry take several painkillers, and him going to bed more than two hours earlier than normal.


The next day proved to be just as tiring and fun. Most teachers had some trouble getting everyone's minds back on track, but Snape especially didn't have any trouble with that at all. He did keep a good eye on his house though, but it appeared only a small group of seventh years was against the unity, and he was saddened to think they were already in too deep with the whole Dark Lord story. But he would try, and if they didn't change, than he would keep them away from harming his other students.

That evening the meeting of the DA en SL was held, and they had a bit of a problem trying to come up with a new name. Finally Harry was so frustrated he just called them the Hogwarts Quibbeling Bunch, and they liked the short version of it. HQB, which they would never explain to anyone else (at least, that's what all members swore). So the newly instated HQB listened to what Harry had planned.

And he had planned a lot. He wanted to expand the group, to cover as much students as possible, from first to seventh years. He was going to make mixed groups with students from all Houses, and all years together, as they would be able to work together the best. This night he just made mixed groups of different Houses, as there were hardly any age differences between them. He didn't know that the next meeting would have to be held in the Great Hall.

Hermione and Draco demonstrated many of the spells they were to practice, as Harry was tired. He could work his magic just fine, but he nearly fell asleep in his dinner, so his friends wanted him to have a rest. The evening went just fine.

So continued everything for the rest of the week. Harry would call meetings with the HQB, or go to the Common Room, but everyday he would sleep several hours during the day, and he needed to move around in his wheelchair, as all the stairs and hallways were to tiring for him. Within three meetings of the HQB the group had to go into the Great Hall for practices, as they didn't fit into the Room of Requirement any more.

What nobody knew was that Harry was looking up information on how to kill Voldemort. He had thought he had found a method, but there was too much magic needed, and when Hermione caught him looking so sombre, while poring over an old dusty book, he told her that it was important, but that he wouldn't tell her just yet.

They didn't know they were going to need this information pretty soon.


A/N:I totally forgot the Room of Requirements could expand. So the lessons of the HQB wil still be held in the Great Hall. thank my beta for pointing this out to me.