Youth of the Nation

Chapter 001 – The Birth of an Idea

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Harry notices something while in his second year. Wizard kind, at least most of it, is prejudiced. With this in mind, Harry decides to create his own side; a side for outcasts and pariahs, loners and freaks, the unloved and unwanted, a place where all are equal. The consequences of his idea will shake the Wizarding world to its very foundations.

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Harry realized something his second year, when he had been thought to be the Heir of Slytherin. Wizard kind is prejudiced. Just because he had a certain magical ability, he was ostracized and made a pariah. Because of that, he wondered. How many others were out there, made fun of and ostracized, just because they had an uncommon ability, because of their looks, because they refused to follow the path of conformity, or any other reason?

It was because of this that nearing the end of his second year in the magical world he had an idea; a crazy, insane idea, but one, if succeeded, would change the world for everyone. He had once read in a book somewhere that when Rome was created, Romulus let Rome become a haven for the exiled, the unwanted, the pariahs, and all the rest of the unloved and unwanted. It had been a haven for the all the unwanted, a safe spot for anyone who needed it (and hadn't committed a crime against Rome).

Because of this, because of his past, and likely the past of several others throughout the world, he got the idea for a new haven, a haven for everyone who didn't fit in with the regular requirements of the world, a side for every outcast and pariah, every loner and freak, the unwanted and unloved, where everyone was equal, and no one is made fun of, or worse.

By the end of Third year, there were a few he had secretly recruited to his cause. One in particular was a girl named Luna Lovegood, a Ravenclaw who was in the year below him. He had recruited her about halfway through Third Year. She had been made fun of by her fellow house mates, who hid her stuff all over the castle. He had met her while she was searching for her books, and helped her out. Though she acted a bit weird, and saw stuff no one else saw, he liked her. She was funny, energetic, and never let anything get her down. Harry also had a thought that her 'insane delusions' was not delusions, but something more. He had read somewhere that there were a rare few people who had something called the Second Sight, who could see things, beings that most couldn't.

He had also decided to see if Dobby was willing to join, which the House-Elf was more than willing to do. The enthusiastic little guy had also given him some good ideas which, when he thought back on it, wondered why he didn't think of them. One of the ideas was having a safe-house in Hogwarts in case anything ever went wrong, be it because of his idea or just to stay out of the crossfire of any other situation (he decided to use the Chamber of Secrets for this, although it turned out to be more like the Catacombs of Secrets when he decided to go back and explore).

For some reason, he didn't let Hermione, Ron, or Professor Dumbledore in on his plan; he just knew that it wouldn't end well. Plus, he was suspicious of Dumbledore. The man had screwed up with too many things for it to be just coincidence, or just plain mistakes.

First off, Dumbledore had left the Philosopher's Stone in Hogwarts, which at first thought sounded ok, but when you thought it over, not only was that endangering the lives of hundreds of students, but the protections on the stone had been bypassed by three first years, which had also allowed Quirrell-mort to get to the stone; the only protection that worked at all was the Mirror of Erised. Harry wondered why Flamel didn't come to get his stone the second he heard about the trouble; after all, if he had lived for so many years, there had to be so many Dark Lords (and Ladies) that wanted the immortality and richness that would be provided by it, and he had kept it for that long so he had to have some good defenses.

In second year, Dumbledore could have (and should have) evacuated the school as soon as Mrs. Norris was petrified. There could only be so many things which could petrify things, and once they added in Harry's ability to understand it and him being a Parseltongue, that should have knocked the list to just two or one beings. They should have placed roosters throughout the school, except for one part, both to see if it was a basilisk, and if it was, to herd it there, where it could be contained or killed.

Lastly, in this past year, they should have put up protections against animangus and other things, not Dementors, beings that eat souls and love to suck the happiness out of beings, happiness which would be prevalent in kids, to guard against Sirius (even though Harry knew he was good, the rest of the world didn't). The second the framed escapee clawed the Fat Lady's (and why did they even call her that anyway?) portrait up, they should have quarantined the castle into segments, not letting anything in or out except for the teachers or Ministry officials, and searched section by section to see if he or anything suspicious was there before giving the ok to go back in.

All this added up to the conclusion that either Dumbledore had a hidden agenda in mind, one that was so important that he wouldn't care if innocents were hurt to complete it, or his age had finally gotten to him in the condition known as Senility. Either way, Harry knew that he should deal with Dumbledore as little as possible.

Harry sighed as he felt the train stop; he had gone into the same compartment as Ron and Hermione, but for some reason, they had seemed nervous being around him, and made excuses to leave before the train even left the station (Ron saying his brothers had told him they needed him before they got home, and Hermione stating that she had made some new friends, and didn't want to lose them because she didn't hang out with them). He had sat alone for a few minutes before being joined by three people, one of the three being Luna. The other two, Sally-Anne Perkes, and Megan Epps, were apparently friends of Luna's, though Sally was in his year, while Megan was the same year as Luna.

After a few minutes, the four had become friends. Sally was about 5'4", with slightly tanned skin, and brownish-red (not the orange-like color of the Weasleys) hair to her shoulders, which she specified was natural and not dyed. She had ice blue irises, the colored part of the eye, and Harry was sure she had a crush on him…something that he wouldn't be too upset about as long as she liked Harry Potter the Person, not Harry Potter, the Boy-Who-Lived.

Megan was a tall 5'7", with curly black hair that was in a ponytail to her waist, hazel eyes, and pale skin, something that was surprising to her and her family because the fact her mom was of Indian descent, though her father was white, a fact that she thought may be why her skin had become how it was. She was apparently just over four or five points on the I.Q scale concerning the level needed to be considered a genius, and was genius-level in Mathematics, apparently something that was to be expected based on heritage, according to the black-haired girl. According to her, she had two younger siblings, a brother named Larry who had apparently turned 11 over the school year and was a possible wizard, and a 9-yr. old sister named Margaret. Harry had befriended the two of them, but had decided to not let them in on his plan…not yet anyway.

Harry smiled as the three ladies hugged him before leaving to their respective guardians; Luna to a blonde, older looking man, Sally to who she has said was her uncle, and Megan to a family of four; a young blondish brunette girl, and a boy who looked to be a younger version of the father. The father was an older-looking man who had short, curly hair, and the mom who looked to be of Indian descent, like Megan had said, also having curly black hair like her daughter, but the older woman's was to her shoulders.

Harry sighed as he saw the Dursleys, and started heading over there with his trunk. "Well," he muttered to himself as he pulled his trunk behind him, "Whether or not my idea works…this is going to be an interesting next few years."

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Hey all, it's Zoanzon again! I know a few people will be shocked that a new chapter us out so soon, but this has been in the making for a while. Everything before the mini-mental speech on Dumbledore's faults was made a while ago, and just sitting there, but I got a burst of creativity (and boredom) and added the Bumble-Dork Speech and everything under it in one go, so, unfortunately, don't just be expecting a new chapter within the week.

Now, two things; one, if anyone spots an error, be it a typo or anything else, please let me know either by Private Message (which is open to Anonymous messages so non-registered or people not logged in can let me know too) or by Review (which is also open to Anonymous messages). This is for two reasons; one, I want my work to be legible and understandable. Secondly, some people use spelling as a tool to measure someone's intelligence, which isn't right (for example, my Mom is a very smart lady, but she has admitted to me that her spelling is crap, and her dictionary is a good friend).

Secondly, can anyone guess where Sally and Megan are from; Sally is a character who had been made by a certain author, but she may not be noticed if you don't pay attention (try to check your books before looking it up online). However, Megan is a character I created, but she is from a series I loved which has now ended (luckily, it was completed, and not discontinued). Her parent's description, along with some facts I dropped, should hopefully give you the clues you need to get you on your way. The people who guess correctly shall be gifted a cyber-cookie jar (which is actually filled with said cyber-cookies and not just an empty cyber-jar). Also, since I won't post where Sally and Megan are from except in PM to the winners, you can keep guessing after I post more chapters (the same for last chapter too), so you can keep going with your guessing, and not lose out just because you're a new reader. Well, see you all later! Zoanzon out!