Chapter 7

"Welcome to Defense Against the Dark Arts and I'm Professor Potter. Now I'm afraid I'm being biased but the only person who can call me something different is Harry. Now for today, we will be going over wordless spells so you can refresh your memory on how to do them. I also want to see if you need to work on them still. Alright stand up and move around the classroom" James said.

After that, one student raised her hand.

"Yes?" James asked.

"Professor Potter, if you have been alive all this time, why didn't you show yourself until now?" the student asked.

"Do you all want to know?" James asked the whole class.

The class rang with the word 'yes'.

"Alright then sit down. Ok well the reason is because---" James was cut off by Minerva walking in the classroom.

"James, sorry to interrupt but I need to speak with Harry a moment" Minerva said.

"Ok, go on Harry" James told him, smiling a small smile that said 'you can't possibly be in trouble this early on, and if you are it won't be that bad. It's my grandmother who you're talking to'.

Harry stood up and left the classroom.

"Yes Gran?" Harry asked.

"Your father will be training you privately because you are more advanced than the others and you need more knowledge than the others do, to defeat Voldemort. Now stay in the class for right now but when you have this class next don't go. Come to me and I'll tell you why when you get there. The password is 'orange sherbert'. Alright you can go back to class" Minerva told him.

"Alright Gran" Harry said.

"Oh and don't tell anyone but your friends" Minerva said.

"Ok Gran" Harry said before going back inside the classroom.

"Now that's why we waited so long. Now stand, move around the room and practice" James said as Harry came back in.

As everyone was practicing, Harry went up to his dad.

"So dad, how does it feel to be a professor?" Harry asked.

"It's alright but I'd rather go back to being an Auror. Don't get me wrong this is a good job, I love teaching Defense Against the Dark Arts but I just like being an Auror better. Now go and practice I want to see what you can do" James answered. He smiled at his son.

"Alright dad" Harry smiled back.

After class Harry, Ron, and Hermione went to the common room before their next class.

"Harry, why did Professor McGonagall take you out of class?" Hermione asked.

"Well she took me out to tell me that my dad will be teaching me privately because I'm more advanced than you guys. So I won't be joining you in class" Harry answered.

"That's good Harry. You'll need all the help you can get so you can defeat Voldemort. I wish we could get the help too, I mean since we are going to be right there with you when the battle gets heated" Hermione said.

"Yeah I'll see what I can do. Oh please don't speak of this to anyone else" Harry said.

Hermione and Ron both nodded in agreement.

One of them was going to say something when the porthole opened.

"Oh hey guys" the person that came in said.

"Hey Ginny" Ron and Hermione said in unison.

"Hello Ginny" Harry said rather slowly and quietly.

"Harry could we speak together for a moment, privately?" Ginny asked.

"Sure" Harry responded.

There was awkward silence.

That gave Hermione and Ron the clue to leave.

Once Harry and Ginny were alone, Harry spoke.

"Ginny, I'm sorry. I shouldn't have told you that we needed to break our relationship off, without letting you speak for yourself. I am such and idiot. Can you ever forgive me?" Harry rambled.

"Harry, I forgave you after we broke up. I realized you were right. I would have been in more danger if we stayed together. I know now that I'm safer, that we're all safer here. But you are right I don't think we should be together right now if anything bad should happen. All we can do is be friends. I'm sorry. Forgive me" with that, Ginny left Harry stunned.

"Wait Ginny----" but it was too late, Ginny had already exited the common room.

Alright that's it! I'm going to be as prepared as I can be for this battle, if it's one of the last things I do. I will do it! Damn it! I'm going to be late for Transfiguration! I hope mum won't get mad at me.

Harry took his Transfiguration things and got there as fast as he could.

Luckily he wasn't yelled at by his mum. Especially since his mum is Head of Gryffindor.

Harry couldn't pay attention in class. His mind was working over time.

But all he can do now is be as ready as he can be.

A/N: I hope you liked this chapter. Thank you for all of the reviews. I wrote this chapter with a different approach. I hope it worked. If not I'll go back to my original one. PLEASE REVIEW!