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The journey to kings cross was chaotic, between the lost books and the lost people they were all amazed that they made it in time. Especially after Ginny refused to leave because she couldn't find her dress robes, which they still hadn't found but Mr. and Mrs. Weasley promised to send via owl as soon as they found them.
But they made it, and they were all comfortably seated in their own compartment on the train, laughing over the chocolate frogs and Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Beans. When the compartment door slid open towards the end of the journey Luna walked in on the jubilations.
"Wow, I didn't know there was a party going on down here or I would have come down sooner." Luna said in a laughing tone. At first glance, she was almost unrecognizable. She had cut her hair to frame her face, her eyebrows were much more distinct, and her eyes were normal now, instead of being stuck in that surprised look like last year. Not everything about her had changed however, she still stowed her wand behind her ear for safe keeping, and she still wore the same necklace of butterbeer caps.
"We do have a lot of stuff, don't we Harry...." Said Hermione
"What?" said Harry trying to look innocent.
"You bought all of this, we didn't ask for it." said Hermione in a joking tone.
"But still, thanks man." Said Ron.
"Hey Luna, how was your summer?" asked Ginny
"I went to France with my dad, we had so f\much fun, we got to stay in the Eiffel Tower!" said Luna
"Ooooh, isn't it a beautiful view, I didn't get to stay there, cause my parents are muggle, but I still got to go to the top." Hermione said.
None of them noticed when the compartment door opened and blond haired boy walked in.
"Well, well, well, look who it is. And how was your summer Potter, did u go somewhere with your daddy too?? OOOHH no wait, your daddy is dead, oh but you probably went somewhere with that godfather of yours. No hold he's dead too, wow you really have no one do you." Malfoy commented, the hatred in his eyes was enough to burn.
"Oh well, yeah that's true, but see at least I can still have respect them cause they died to protect a bunch of people from dying. I mean, it's not like they're wasting away in some jail cell because they followed a loser like Voldemort. Ooh, wait isn't that what happened to your dad?" said Harry with just as much hatred radiating from his voice.
Draco's hand made a twitching movement, as if to reach for his wand but stopped. "Well at least my dad will come back you see since the Dementors are gone, there is really nothing stopping him and all the other deatheaters from walking out, like I said last year Potter, he will get out. Can you say the same?" he only paused for a minute, letting his words sink in, but he continued when Harry stood up and made a move toward him with his fists clenched. "Watch it now Potter, beating up a prefect is no way to start off the new school year."
"Harry don't, he isn't worth it just let it go." Hermione said, trying to squash the fight she knew was about to erupt. It seemed as if she succeeded because Harry sat back down.
"That's right Potter, listen to your little mudblood slut." As soon as the words were out of his mouth Harry and Ron were both on there feet. Their fists collided with each side of Malfoy's face at the same moment. There was a sickening crack as Malfoy's jaw slid out of socket and his nose broke, just before he collapsed in a heap on the floor.
"Harry, Ron!! Oh god, you didn't kill him did you?" said Hermione as she bent over to check for a pulse, "oh, good, you didn't..jerk." And with that she kicked Malfoy in the stomach.
As if on cue the train began to slow down. "Come on, let's get our stuff and get out of here. We'll just leave this filth for the cleaners." Ron said.
As they walked out of the compartment each person made sure to kick, or step on Malfoy. Ginny went out of her way to make sure, with the heel of her boot, that he could never have children.
"I don't envy him the pain he's gonna feel when he wakes up." Commented Harry upon seeing this.
"Stupid git." Ron said.
Together the five of them made their way of the train to the Thestral drawn carriages. As soon as they reached them they all squeezed into one and started there climb to Hogwarts castle.
When the Thestrals came to a stop they climbed out and headed up the stone steps to the front doors along with everyone else and into the Great Hall. The ceiling was a rich blue with little white dots all over it tonight. They took their seats at there table and waited patiently for the first years to arrive on the lake.
After what seemed like only a few minutes the doors to the great hall opened, but it wasn't Hagrid with the first years, but instead there stood Professors Snape and McGonagall. They headed straight for the Gryffindor table, and stopped right in front of Harry and Ron.
"Mr. Weasley, Mr. Potter, come with me please." Said McGonagall. Harry and Ron exchanged worried glances before standing up.
"Professor?" asked Hermione
"Oh, all right you may be useful in this Miss Granger come along then." Said McGonagall, and the five of them scampered off down the hall into the dungeons and Snape's office.
There, all cozy in front of the fire, sat Draco Malfoy a smug grin on his face like knew what was coming. He probably did thought Hermione, and she had a good idea what this was about.
"Mr. Potter, Mr. Weasley, give me one good reason why I shouldn't expel you right now."
"Now, now Severus. That isn't called for; let's here there side of the story before we take such drastic steps." McGonagall said. "Now, what happened on the train to make you both do this to Mr. Malfoy?"
In the briefest terms possible, Harry described exactly what happened on the train. "Well Mr. Potter that is an interesting story, what is even more interesting is the scene I found upon walking into my office tonight. About ten House elves tending to Mr. Malfoy's wounds, wounds that you inflicted." Snapped Snape.
"Here now Severus we need to get up to feast, we'll come back and deal with the punishments after the sorting, come on, they can stay here and wait for us to return." McGonagall said. And with that Snape gave Harry one last glare and walked out of the room, followed closely but McGonagall.
The four sixth years just stood there, not moving, not wanting to cause another scene, especially since they were already in trouble for getting into one fight today, no matter how one sided it had been.
It seemed like ages before their heads of Houses returned, but they finally did and released some of the pressure that had been building since they left.
"Right now I think a detention each for Mr. Weasley Mr. Potter and Miss Granger should do." Said Snape.
"WHAT!!" "Professor!" "NO!"
"Don't forget Mr. Malfoy Severus." Said McGonagall. Malfoy who had been sitting quietly trying to suppress his laugh now looked like he had just been slapped, a mixture of fear and hatred played across his face. He still remembered his last detention with Harry and Ron, in their first year. "Professor McGonagall, I don't understand why I should get a detention, I didn't do anything" Malfoy pleaded.
"Oh to the contrary Mr. Malfoy, you dealt out just as many low blows as you got back in return. You are just as at fault here as any of these three. Now I suggest your all get back up to the Great Hall for the remainder of the feast." McGonagall explained. And with that they all left the office.
The feast went by very quickly, and before they knew it Harry Ron and Hermione were on their way up to Dumbledore's office. Their feet were dragging by the time they reached the statue of the stone gargoyle.
"Earwax." As Harry said the password the gargoyle jumped to life and sprang out of their way, giving them a full view of the stairway that stood beyond.
"Well now hello, how are you three? Other than angry." Spoke Dumbledore to the three young people who had just entered his office.
"Excited to start our real defense training." Stated Hermione
"Really excited." Mimicked Ron.
"Yes, I guessed that you would be. So they will start immediately. In six weeks you will report to the Defense against the Dark Arts classroom at 8:00 p.m. for your first lesson. We will work out the rest of the details then. Well it looks as if you all are about ready to pass out, and I dare say it has been an exciting day," said Dumbledore with a meaningful look at Ron and Harry. "You all should get to bed, after all, big days ahead of you."
Harry and Hermione got up, as if to leave but one look from Ron had them turning around to discuss one more thing with the headmaster.
"Umm. Professor we were all thinking that maybe it would be a good idea to include Ginny in all of this, I mean if Voldemort would be smart enough to go after Hermione and Ron to get to me, then wouldn't he be smart enough to attack Ginny, to get to me?" asked Harry, trying to be as matter of fact as possible.
"Well I do believe that you are right Harry. If you wish, you may bring Ginny along with you to your lessons. But she must keep silent, if anyone found out about these lessons it could leak to Voldemort, and if this plan is going to work, we have to have the element of Surprise." stated Dumbledore in a voice full of command, yet at the same time that same old youthfulness that they had missed so much last year.
"Alright, then its set," said Ron. "I think we should be leaving, right Hermione?" he laughed as Hermione tried and failed to stifle her yawn.
"Yeah, yeah, yeah." said Hermione once she had gotten a hold of herself. "Bye Professor."
"Yeah bye." said Harry and Ron as they walked out the door and down the stairs.
As soon as they were outside the office Ron once again voiced the Question they were all thinking. "So, who do you think will be teaching us?"
They laughed over the possibilities as they walked back to the common room. When they reached the portrait of the Fat Lady, Hermione muttered the password and they scrambled in. Spotting Ginny over in the corner by herself, absorbed in a paper on her lap, they walked over to her, and proceeded to tell her everything about the Defense lessons. When they were finished Ginny just stared open mouthed at them all.
"So, you're telling me that Voldemort might try to kill me?!?!?!?!?!?!?! Urgh, I knew I was born into the wrong family." said Ginny jokingly. "So it all starts in six weeks. Wow!"
They all sat there in silence for a few more minutes until Ginny let out a great yawn. At which point they all stood up and separated to their various dorms.
The first few weeks of classes flew by. Snape tried to make up for not being able to expel Harry and Ron by taking off more points than usual during class. But it was on one dreary day in their fifth week of school during double potions that Hermione was called to the Headmasters office to receive a message that would change her life forever.
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Hey sorry if it isn't any good. But please review it.
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The journey to kings cross was chaotic, between the lost books and the lost people they were all amazed that they made it in time. Especially after Ginny refused to leave because she couldn't find her dress robes, which they still hadn't found but Mr. and Mrs. Weasley promised to send via owl as soon as they found them.
But they made it, and they were all comfortably seated in their own compartment on the train, laughing over the chocolate frogs and Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Beans. When the compartment door slid open towards the end of the journey Luna walked in on the jubilations.
"Wow, I didn't know there was a party going on down here or I would have come down sooner." Luna said in a laughing tone. At first glance, she was almost unrecognizable. She had cut her hair to frame her face, her eyebrows were much more distinct, and her eyes were normal now, instead of being stuck in that surprised look like last year. Not everything about her had changed however, she still stowed her wand behind her ear for safe keeping, and she still wore the same necklace of butterbeer caps.
"We do have a lot of stuff, don't we Harry...." Said Hermione
"What?" said Harry trying to look innocent.
"You bought all of this, we didn't ask for it." said Hermione in a joking tone.
"But still, thanks man." Said Ron.
"Hey Luna, how was your summer?" asked Ginny
"I went to France with my dad, we had so f\much fun, we got to stay in the Eiffel Tower!" said Luna
"Ooooh, isn't it a beautiful view, I didn't get to stay there, cause my parents are muggle, but I still got to go to the top." Hermione said.
None of them noticed when the compartment door opened and blond haired boy walked in.
"Well, well, well, look who it is. And how was your summer Potter, did u go somewhere with your daddy too?? OOOHH no wait, your daddy is dead, oh but you probably went somewhere with that godfather of yours. No hold he's dead too, wow you really have no one do you." Malfoy commented, the hatred in his eyes was enough to burn.
"Oh well, yeah that's true, but see at least I can still have respect them cause they died to protect a bunch of people from dying. I mean, it's not like they're wasting away in some jail cell because they followed a loser like Voldemort. Ooh, wait isn't that what happened to your dad?" said Harry with just as much hatred radiating from his voice.
Draco's hand made a twitching movement, as if to reach for his wand but stopped. "Well at least my dad will come back you see since the Dementors are gone, there is really nothing stopping him and all the other deatheaters from walking out, like I said last year Potter, he will get out. Can you say the same?" he only paused for a minute, letting his words sink in, but he continued when Harry stood up and made a move toward him with his fists clenched. "Watch it now Potter, beating up a prefect is no way to start off the new school year."
"Harry don't, he isn't worth it just let it go." Hermione said, trying to squash the fight she knew was about to erupt. It seemed as if she succeeded because Harry sat back down.
"That's right Potter, listen to your little mudblood slut." As soon as the words were out of his mouth Harry and Ron were both on there feet. Their fists collided with each side of Malfoy's face at the same moment. There was a sickening crack as Malfoy's jaw slid out of socket and his nose broke, just before he collapsed in a heap on the floor.
"Harry, Ron!! Oh god, you didn't kill him did you?" said Hermione as she bent over to check for a pulse, "oh, good, you didn't..jerk." And with that she kicked Malfoy in the stomach.
As if on cue the train began to slow down. "Come on, let's get our stuff and get out of here. We'll just leave this filth for the cleaners." Ron said.
As they walked out of the compartment each person made sure to kick, or step on Malfoy. Ginny went out of her way to make sure, with the heel of her boot, that he could never have children.
"I don't envy him the pain he's gonna feel when he wakes up." Commented Harry upon seeing this.
"Stupid git." Ron said.
Together the five of them made their way of the train to the Thestral drawn carriages. As soon as they reached them they all squeezed into one and started there climb to Hogwarts castle.
When the Thestrals came to a stop they climbed out and headed up the stone steps to the front doors along with everyone else and into the Great Hall. The ceiling was a rich blue with little white dots all over it tonight. They took their seats at there table and waited patiently for the first years to arrive on the lake.
After what seemed like only a few minutes the doors to the great hall opened, but it wasn't Hagrid with the first years, but instead there stood Professors Snape and McGonagall. They headed straight for the Gryffindor table, and stopped right in front of Harry and Ron.
"Mr. Weasley, Mr. Potter, come with me please." Said McGonagall. Harry and Ron exchanged worried glances before standing up.
"Professor?" asked Hermione
"Oh, all right you may be useful in this Miss Granger come along then." Said McGonagall, and the five of them scampered off down the hall into the dungeons and Snape's office.
There, all cozy in front of the fire, sat Draco Malfoy a smug grin on his face like knew what was coming. He probably did thought Hermione, and she had a good idea what this was about.
"Mr. Potter, Mr. Weasley, give me one good reason why I shouldn't expel you right now."
"Now, now Severus. That isn't called for; let's here there side of the story before we take such drastic steps." McGonagall said. "Now, what happened on the train to make you both do this to Mr. Malfoy?"
In the briefest terms possible, Harry described exactly what happened on the train. "Well Mr. Potter that is an interesting story, what is even more interesting is the scene I found upon walking into my office tonight. About ten House elves tending to Mr. Malfoy's wounds, wounds that you inflicted." Snapped Snape.
"Here now Severus we need to get up to feast, we'll come back and deal with the punishments after the sorting, come on, they can stay here and wait for us to return." McGonagall said. And with that Snape gave Harry one last glare and walked out of the room, followed closely but McGonagall.
The four sixth years just stood there, not moving, not wanting to cause another scene, especially since they were already in trouble for getting into one fight today, no matter how one sided it had been.
It seemed like ages before their heads of Houses returned, but they finally did and released some of the pressure that had been building since they left.
"Right now I think a detention each for Mr. Weasley Mr. Potter and Miss Granger should do." Said Snape.
"WHAT!!" "Professor!" "NO!"
"Don't forget Mr. Malfoy Severus." Said McGonagall. Malfoy who had been sitting quietly trying to suppress his laugh now looked like he had just been slapped, a mixture of fear and hatred played across his face. He still remembered his last detention with Harry and Ron, in their first year. "Professor McGonagall, I don't understand why I should get a detention, I didn't do anything" Malfoy pleaded.
"Oh to the contrary Mr. Malfoy, you dealt out just as many low blows as you got back in return. You are just as at fault here as any of these three. Now I suggest your all get back up to the Great Hall for the remainder of the feast." McGonagall explained. And with that they all left the office.
The feast went by very quickly, and before they knew it Harry Ron and Hermione were on their way up to Dumbledore's office. Their feet were dragging by the time they reached the statue of the stone gargoyle.
"Earwax." As Harry said the password the gargoyle jumped to life and sprang out of their way, giving them a full view of the stairway that stood beyond.
"Well now hello, how are you three? Other than angry." Spoke Dumbledore to the three young people who had just entered his office.
"Excited to start our real defense training." Stated Hermione
"Really excited." Mimicked Ron.
"Yes, I guessed that you would be. So they will start immediately. In six weeks you will report to the Defense against the Dark Arts classroom at 8:00 p.m. for your first lesson. We will work out the rest of the details then. Well it looks as if you all are about ready to pass out, and I dare say it has been an exciting day," said Dumbledore with a meaningful look at Ron and Harry. "You all should get to bed, after all, big days ahead of you."
Harry and Hermione got up, as if to leave but one look from Ron had them turning around to discuss one more thing with the headmaster.
"Umm. Professor we were all thinking that maybe it would be a good idea to include Ginny in all of this, I mean if Voldemort would be smart enough to go after Hermione and Ron to get to me, then wouldn't he be smart enough to attack Ginny, to get to me?" asked Harry, trying to be as matter of fact as possible.
"Well I do believe that you are right Harry. If you wish, you may bring Ginny along with you to your lessons. But she must keep silent, if anyone found out about these lessons it could leak to Voldemort, and if this plan is going to work, we have to have the element of Surprise." stated Dumbledore in a voice full of command, yet at the same time that same old youthfulness that they had missed so much last year.
"Alright, then its set," said Ron. "I think we should be leaving, right Hermione?" he laughed as Hermione tried and failed to stifle her yawn.
"Yeah, yeah, yeah." said Hermione once she had gotten a hold of herself. "Bye Professor."
"Yeah bye." said Harry and Ron as they walked out the door and down the stairs.
As soon as they were outside the office Ron once again voiced the Question they were all thinking. "So, who do you think will be teaching us?"
They laughed over the possibilities as they walked back to the common room. When they reached the portrait of the Fat Lady, Hermione muttered the password and they scrambled in. Spotting Ginny over in the corner by herself, absorbed in a paper on her lap, they walked over to her, and proceeded to tell her everything about the Defense lessons. When they were finished Ginny just stared open mouthed at them all.
"So, you're telling me that Voldemort might try to kill me?!?!?!?!?!?!?! Urgh, I knew I was born into the wrong family." said Ginny jokingly. "So it all starts in six weeks. Wow!"
They all sat there in silence for a few more minutes until Ginny let out a great yawn. At which point they all stood up and separated to their various dorms.
The first few weeks of classes flew by. Snape tried to make up for not being able to expel Harry and Ron by taking off more points than usual during class. But it was on one dreary day in their fifth week of school during double potions that Hermione was called to the Headmasters office to receive a message that would change her life forever.
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Hey sorry if it isn't any good. But please review it.