A/N - im not going to lie, i was very disappointed in the response to last chapter.. i really hope this one gets better reactions... i dont own anything
"Charlie what are you doing here?" Ginny asked as her and Hermione walked down the stairs of the Order headquarters.
"Well 'lil bit, I got an assignment for the Order. I know I'm not suppose to tell you guys this stuff but I'm going to be teaching Care of Magical Creatures this year while Hagrid is away on a mission for Dumbledore. Don't say anything to anyone here I could get into serious trouble okay?" he said and the girls nodded before throwing themselves at second eldest Weasley. "Hey Mia." He said when he released the two girls back to their feet.
"Hey Char. How have you been?"
"Good, you?"
"Good." She said and smiled at him.
"Well as much as I love watching you two reunite," Ginny began in a sarcastic tone of voice, "Hermione and I have somethings we have to do. Lets go Mione." Ginny finished pulling Hermione with her back up the stairs as they laughed. When they got into the room Hermione pulled out what she needed to write a letter to Harry. "Who are you writing to Hermione?" Ginny asked.
"Harry."
"You know we aren't suppose to. Dumbledore said."
"I know but he is my best friend and I don't want him to feel alone after what happened with Cedric. I haven't told him anything just asking him how he is doing and if those relatives of his are treating him proper." Hermione finished giving Ginny a pointed look. Hermione knew how upset Harry was that he hadn't gotten any letters from Ron or anyone else letting him know what was happening. She also knew he was upset that Hermione wasn't telling him anything that was going on in the wizarding world at the moment, only asking how he was and if he needed anything. Ginny just looked at her and Hermione knew she wanted to talk to Harry badly but didn't want to get in trouble. "I'll tell him you said hi okay?" Ginny nodded giving a sad smile. Hermione tied the letter to Eros leg and told him where to take it before patting his head and watching him fly away.
"When does Harry get here anyways?" Ginny asked.
"Next week sometime I think. He doesn't even know that Moody and them are coming to get him. They're trying to expel him from Hogwarts but they just can't."
"Can you believe that Charlie is going to be a teacher this year? I just can't see it! I mean he hated school." Ginny said completely changing the subject.
"I think it will be great. You'll get to see him more than you usually do." Hermione said shaking her head as she saw Ginny smile. Hermione knew for a fact that Charlie loved school because he had told her but he didn't want anyone to know because he thought it made him look like a nerd. Hermione smiled at the memory of the day that sat under the tree last summer and he told her.
"What?" Ginny asked
"Oh nothing Gin. Just thinking is all."
The rest of the week flew by and Hermione and Ron were sitting in the room upstairs waiting on Harry to get there. They heard the door handle rattle and Hermione was up and attacking Harry before anyone could blink an eye. "They can't do this Harry they just can't I've looked it up."
"Well they seem to think they can. I've gone all summer without a scrap of news."
"We couldn't write to you Harry." Hermione said loud enough for Ron to hear. Then she looked at Harry and said, " I wasn't even supposed to be writing but I couldn't just let you think I wasn't there after everything that happened last year." So that only he could hear.
"Yeah mate. We wanted to write but Dumbledore told us not to." Ron said looking sheepishly at the boy in front of him. Before Harry could reply Fred and George apparated into the room and stared cracking jokes on Harry to get him to smile.
"Now want to hear something really interesting?" George asked. They nodded.
"Then follow us." Said Fred. They walked out of the room and gathered around the banister as Fred slowly slid what looked like an ear on a string down just at the bottom of the door and they suddenly heard voices. "Extendable Ears."
"Created them ourselves." They said before high-fiving. They got quiet as they listened to Kingsley and Lupin talk to the group inside before Sirius said,
"He needs to know." Hermione saw Harrys face brighten up a little bit upon hearing Sirius.
"Dumbledore will tell him when the time comes." Snape said in his monotone drawl.
"Snape? Snape is apart of the Order?" Harry asked looking at them incredulously.
"He's Dumbledores spy Harry." Ron said. When they looked down they saw Crookshanks swatting at the ear.
"No Crookshanks! No! Stop Crookshanks!" Hermione whispered furiously trying to get the cat stop. The cat smacked the ear and it fell to the ground. The cat picked it up and walked away looking smug. "Bad Crookshanks bad!" Hermione said as the door opened and Molly stepped out looking up at the group.
"Well time for dinner dears." With that the twins apparated down and landed beside their mother. "Just because you can use your magic doesn't mean you need to whip your wands out for everything!" she scolded as they ran into the dining room laughing. Hermione shook her head and walked down the stairs passing Sirius as he came out of the room. She looked back and saw as Harry wrapped his arms around his godfather and they talked quietly, the whole time a huge smile on Harry and Sirius's faces. As they sat down for dinner Tonks entertained Ginny and Hermione by changing her hair and face using her powers. The girls were in hysterics as Hermione looked over at Charlie and saw a big grin light up his face and make his shining blue eyes lighten as he looked at her. Hermione looked over just as Molly said, "Enough. He's just a boy."
"If he's back then I want to join. I want to fight." She saw Sirius give Molly a look that clearly said 'I told you so'. She gave Harry a look telling him to drop it for now. He did and they all started piling up their plates and talking to one another as the night continued on.
"So who do you think it's going to be this year?" Ron asked as they sat in their compartment on the train.
"I don't know but I hope they aren't terrible." Hermione said.
"Or an imposter." Harry finished and they all three began laughing thinking about who could have gotten the cursed job as DADA professor this year. When they got to the station in Hogsmede they walked over to the carriages and Harry stopped.
"What is it mate?" Ron asked.
"What is that?"
"What is what Harry?" Hermione asked worried.
"What is pulling the carriages?"
"They're pulling themselves like always Harry." Hermione said giving him a strange look.
"I can see them to. Your just as sane as I am." They heard a dreamy voice say and they looked over at a petite girl with long, wavy blonde hair. They climbed into the carriage.
"Guys this is Loony Lovego… I mean Luna Lovegood." She finished looking away in embarrassment. The boys snickered and said hello. When they got to Hogwarts Harry looked behind him one last time then to Luna.
"What is it?"
"A Threstral."
"Why can't the others see them then?"
"They can only be seen by those who have seen death."
"Oh. Who did you see die?"
"My mother. Bad potions experiment. I was nine." She said looking off into space.
"Oh I'm sorry Luna." She smiled at him as they caught up with the others. As they sat at their tables Dumbledore got up and made his speech. The first years were sorted and Dumbledore got back up to introduce the new teachers. "This year we have two new staff members, Mr. Charles Weasley, who will be teaching Care of Magical Creatures while Professor Hagrid is away." The Gryffindor table burst into applause at the red head standing before them. Hermione and Ginny made eye contact with him and were both bursting with pride. "We also have Ms. Dolorous Umbridge, who will be teaching Defense. I think we all shall wish her good luck." They laughed and Dumbledore began to speak again but was interrupted by a girlish squeak. A woman with a toad-like face stood at the front of the room.
"Hello, how wonderful it is to see all your bright, smiling faces looking up at me. I think we will all be great friends. Now the Ministry has appointed me to teach a…" Hermione tuned her out as she looked over at Draco and rolled her eyes at him. He nodded but turned his attention back to the woman speaking.
"What does this mean?" Harry asked.
"It means that the Ministry is interfering at Hogwarts." Hermione said as everyone got up to go to their dormitories.
"So according to you Cedric Diggory dropped dead on his own accord!" Harry yelled as Hermione tried to calm him.
"Cedric Diggory's death was a terrible accident." Umbridge said.
"No it wasn't I was there. Voldemort killed him!"
"Now enough! I want you all to listen to me very, very carefully. There are rumors that a certain dark wizard is back. These are lies."
"No there not!"
"Enough Mr. Potter! Detention! Meet me in my office tonight at 7." With that she turned around and began class again.
"Calm down Harry. It isn't worth it." Hermione whispered to him.
"I haven't got anybody that calls me a liar Hermione." He said and turned away.
" Hello class. I'm Professor Weasley. I worked in Romania ever since I graduated Hogwarts. I'm a dragon keeper. Dumbledore asked me to teach this year because Hagrid is away, so that's why I'm here. Any questions?" he said. Hermione could tell he was nervous. She had picked up on his nervous habits over the years. Like how he held his arms behind his back, or how he would scratch behind his left ear and couldn't stand still. Hermione tried to give him a reassuring smile but it just seemed to make him even more nervous. "Now today we are just going to review what you've learned so I know what I need to cover." The rest of the class was pretty entertaining as Charlie fidgeted around answering questions and going over the creatures he was told we had learned about. Hermione stayed after class was over since she had a free period and waited for everyone to clear out.
"Good job today 'Professor'" she giggled at the face he pulled when she said that.
"Please don't call me that when you don't have to Mia!" he groaned.
"How was your first day?" she asked.
"I miss my dragons." Was all he said and at the look on his face Hermione burst into laughter. "I'm serious Mia! I knew what I was doing with them. Today some third year asked me about vampires and I had no idea what to say to them. Do I tell them the truth about how they are dangerous and crap? Or do I tell them the sparkle and have gold or red eyes?"
"Did you just make a reference to Twilight dear Charlie?" Hermione asked not believing that he had watched or read the books.
"Yes actually I did. I heard you and Ginny talking about it and wanted to see what it was about. By the way I'm totally team Edward." He said with a hand flip at the end. Hermiones jaw dropped and she stared at him like he was from a different planet. He gave a hearty laugh at the look on her face before putting his hand on her head and messing her hair up.
"Hey! Charlie! You're going to pay for that!" she yelled as she chased him around Hagrid's hut.
"Umm, hi, you all know why we're here. We need at defense teacher, well a proper teacher."
"And you think Potter is it?" someone shouted from the back of the room.
"Come on Hermione, I told you this wouldn't work." Harry whispered as Luna asked,
"Is it true you can perform a Patronus Harry?"
"Yes."
"Blimey Harry, I didn't know you could do that." Said Dean.
"It's true. I've seen it. And last year he really did face Voldemort." She watched a shudder go through the crowd at the sound of his name. Everyone started saying things that they had seen or heard of Harry doing.
"Stop. It all sounds great when you put it like that but, out there when your within a second of dying or watching a friend get killed," he said looking over at Cho, "it isn't great. It sucks."
"Is he really back?" a Hufflepuff asked. Harry nodded and looked down.
"Bloody hell." Said Seamus.
"Now if you want to sign up come over here and write your name down. We'll need a place to practice so everyone be looking. They walked over to a table and everyone lined up. As they were walking back to the castle Hermione said, "It's a bit of a rush isn't it? Breaking the rules?"
"Who are you and what have you done with Mione?" Ron asked with a bright smile on his face.
"Guys I found a place." Neville said as walked up to the trio. They got everyone together that was in Dumbledores Army and they stood outside a brick wall. Suddenly a door appeared and Hermione looked at Neville.
"Brilliant Nev!" she said as they all walked into the room to begin their first lesson.
"What have you guys been up to? I'm not stupid Mia. I know something is going on and if it helps get rid of the toad then I want in." Charlie said.
"You'll have to ask Harry. But I wouldn't if I were you I would just act like you don't suspect anything. Things could get ugly and I have a bad feeling there going to." She said with dread written all over her face. And how right she was. Three weeks later during one of their meetings Dobby gave them a warning about the woman in pink coming. They left in groups of three or four as fast as they could without looking suspicious. When it was only the trio, Ginny, Neville, Luna, and Dean left the wall was blown to pieces and Umbridge stood there with her squad of idiots.
"Detention all of you, for a week." She watched all of them leave and when Harry passed Cho he gave her the coldest look Hermione had ever seen him give. That night all seven of them went to the defense classroom for their detention. She made them sit at different desks. "Now I want you to write lines. Write 'I will not break the rules' until the hour is up. You may begin." She turned and walked over to her desk. She sat down and watched as the all squirmed in their seats at the pain in their hands. When the detention was over they all gave her a look and left the room not nursing their hands until they were out of sight. Hermione saw Charlie making his way over to them, he held out his hand and gave Hermione a look telling him he was serious. She had just watched him put the cream on his sisters hand and she gave him her hand. When the cool cream touched the raw skin she instantly felt some of the pain ease away.
"Thanks Char." She said giving him a small grin. He just looked at her.
"Please be more careful Mia." She nodded and gave him a hug before walking into the common room to prepare for the O..
The week of detention was finally over and at the start of next week they had their exams. The trio was talking about what had happened over Christmas and about how Harry needed to block Voldemorts thoughts and feelings out of his head as they walked to their first exam in the Great Hall. "I'm trying Hermione." He said agitated.
"I know Harry. I'm just worried is all." She said as she sat in her desk in front of Harry. The got their packets and began but not ten minutes into the exam they heard a noise in hall and Umbridge walked over to see what it was just as the twin terrors flew into the hall on brooms throwing fireworks into the air. They sent a long dragon at Umbridge and she ran as fast as she could on her stubby little legs. The twins blew everyones papers into the air as they flew out into the sky with a flaming W. Everyone cheered as they flew off. Hermione looked back just to see Harry falling to the ground. She ran over to him and heard him mutter Sirius. They took off towards the floo so that Harry could make sure Sirius was all right. Just as Harry was making the call Umbridge and her idiots walked in the room. Draco grabbed Hermione and whispered,
"Flower, I have everyone waiting by the forest with your rides. Get there as soon as possible okay?" she nodded and he loosened his grip on her arms as she relaxed against him.
"You were contacting Dumbledore weren't you? Weren't you?" she yelled they argued and Hermione stopped her from using the Cruciatus on Harry by leading her out to where Grawp was suppose to be chained to a tree. The Centaurs carried toad-face away. The couple ran to the forest where everyone was waiting and they flew to the Ministry.
When they got into the room with all the glowing orbs Hermione saw Harry pick one up and then they revealed themselves. The Deatheaters disillusioned themselves and Lucius Malfoy stepped up. "Hand me the profecy Potter."
"Why Voldemort couldn't come get it himslef?"
"You dare speak his name! You fithy half-blood!" yelled Bellatrix.
"Now now Bella calm down. He's just a curious boy." Lucius said. Harry stepped back and hit Hermiones foot. She whispered just loud enough for the group to here but not the Deatheaters.
"When Harry says 'Now' send Reducto at the shelves"
"NOW!" Harry yelled. They fired the spells and took off running. The battle had begun. Whe the Deatheaters found them they were in a room with a stone archway in the middle. She was battling a Dolohov and he hit her with a purple curse that she didn't know how to shield. She was hit in the chest and the world went black.
She woke in the Hospial Wing at Hogwarts with all the DA members Dumbledore and Charlie, who was gripping her hand, surrounding her. "What happened?" she asked. They launched into an explination of what happened after she was hit. When they told her that Sirius had fell through the Veil after Bellatrix hit him with the Killing Curse she reached over and grabbed Harrys hand. He smiled at her with tears in his eyes. Whent hey were done Madame Pomfrey shooed them all out of the room. Charlie was the last to leave,
"I thought I told you not to do anything stupid Mia." He said.
"I'm sorry. I had to protect him. He is my brother Char."
"I know I know. Just get some rest okay?" she nodded at him. He lent down and kissed her forhead, "Bye Mia. I'll see you this summer okay? Love you." He said smiling at her as he walked out of the room.
"Bye Char. Love you too." She said smiling at him as he turned around at the doors.
A/N - I hope you enjoyed it. please review so i know if you liked it or not.. i'll take critisism just dont burn me to pieces please. to respond to reviews...
Strawberry Moon Bunny - im sorry if i sounded rude, i just got burned really bad in a couple reviews and it made me a little upset.. im glad to know that you like it though and i hope you continue to read it
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