I DO NOT OWN HARRY POTTER
The group of four stared in shock, the students having fallen deadly quiet. "Did I-"
"-hear right?" Gred and Forge asked, glancing at each other before turning back to Harry, who nodded seriously at them.
"Yes gentlemen, you did hear right. So, yes or no?" Harry asked, raising an eyebrow.
"Wait wait wait. That means that Gryffindor will have...six people representing them. That's unfair." Angelina pointed out. Harry face-palmed as he muttered a few words under his breath.
"I forgot to mention that you guys won't be coming back into Gryffindor, you're going to be your own mini house. You won't be representing Gryffindor if you join, you'll be representing a separate mini house, as well as giving us a new point of view. One that has been outside of Hogwarts." Harry explained patiently, ignoring the exclamations of protest from Gryffindor.
"I see..." Alicia muttered. They all glanced at each other, silently communicating. Angelina turned back to Harry, who gave her a "well?" look.
"We accept Harry." Angelina said grinning, getting a wide one in return. Cheers exploded from the students as Harry shook her hand. "You better help my chances in getting in a pro Quidditch team, Potter." she teased. Harry just laughed and hugged her.
"Missed you too Angelina."
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Luna grinned mischievously as Susan turned away from her with a small huff. "Why are you so mad at me?" she asked, getting no response from the redhead. "Is it because...you're jealous that I was on Harry's team?" Luna's blue eyes blinked innocently, not that Susan could see. Susan's eyes widened in shock at the question. Her face flushed, and she whirled around to protest only to find that Luna had vanished.
"What was that?" she thought, breathing hard as she turned back around to start walking back to her dorm. "There's no way I'm jealous right?" she wondered, wincing at the thought. She knew well what Luna was implying with that statement, and had no idea how to respond to it. She thought back to her interactions with the younger blond, and her eyes widened as she realized that Luna had been subtly leading her onto this path since the beginning. "I was so jealous." she realized miserably, turning around and running for the Owlrey. She had to talk to her aunt about this.
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"Neville, do you have any lionsprouts?" Ron asked, getting a confused shake of the head from his fellow Gryffindor.
"I don't, but I have a few at Longbottom Manor. Why?" Neville asked.
"Professor Sprout and our new CoMC teacher want to do a joint presentation of one." Ron explained, opening his bag to grab his partially written charms essay. Neville hummed thoughtfully as he stood.
"I can pop over to grab one." Neville said, summoning a house elf to inform Harry of where he was going. With that, he flooed from the fireplace to Longbottom Manor. Stepping out into the entrance hall, he started on his way to the greenhouses, extremely wary of bumping into his grandmother.
"Neville? Is that you?" Neville winced, a pained expression appearing on his face before he wiped it away.
"Yes Gran, it's me." he replied, carefully keeping his face blank.
"Why are you home? Never mind, they must have kicked you out. Your father would be so ashamed of who you are Neville." she spat, getting no response.
"I'll have you know that I actually only came to grab a Lionsprout from the greenhouses. I have not been kicked out, and never will be." Neville growled as he took a threatening step forward. For once he didn't feel an ounce of fear as she glared at him furiously.
"How dare you boy-" she started, but Neville cut her off.
"Shut up Gran. I, as Heir-Lord Longbottom, am placing you on watch, and should you step one toe out of line towards me or my friends again, I will kick you out of the house of Longbottom," Neville said coldly, gripping his wand tightly, "you've always belittled me, taken me down, and allowed uncle Algernon to do whatever the hell he wants when it comes to me. Dropping me out of a third store window, calling squib every chance he gets…..you call me a squib, and weak, but you're the one who's been causing that. You've hindered me for so long, from forcing me to use Dad's wand, to putting me down at every chance you get." Neville stated, and Augusta flinched at the obvious magic that was swirling around Neville in droves.
Augusta Longbottom stared at her son in shock, and mild pride. Finally, he was standing up for himself. She nodded slowly and walked out of the room. Neville breathed a sigh of relief and quickly left back to Hogwarts.
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Harry was sitting in the RoR meditating quietly, focusing on his magic. A small pop broke him out of his meditative state, and he raised an eyebrow at the elf. "Master Longbottom wants Apple to bes tellings yous that he bes going to Longbottom Manor to gets big cat plant with lots of hairs on head." the elf squeaked before popping out again.
"Ok then." Harry thought, blinking as he stared at the spot the elf once stood. He slowly stood up, and stretched before heading out to the Hospital Wing. He had an appointment with a group of Mind Healers to attend. As Harry walked down the long hallways, with students all in their classes, he noticed that Hogwarts had appeared beside him. "Hello Hogwarts," he said politely. Daphne had been coaching him in pureblood ways so he could represent the Potter house better.
"Hi Harry," she replied brightly, "I just wanted to join you in your meeting with the mind healers." she explained, getting a nod from the boy as he continued on his trek to the Hospital Wing.