Chapter Fifteen part two: Hogwarts part two
Harry floo'd back to the old castle and quickly made his way to the Great Hall. He was wearing his finest dress robes and was trying to fix his untidy hair, but to no avail. The old hourglasses were set up again with jewels and the Sorting Hat was on its old stool waiting impatiently for new students.
"Five minutes to spare Professor Potter," Dumbledore said smiling. He gestured to a seat between Headmistress McGonagall and Madam Hooch. Harry quickly took his seat and waited with a small smile on his face. Hundreds of students took their seats at their respective house tables and waited for the feast to start themselves.
Professor Sprout had taken over the duties of taking the first year students to the sorting. She entered the Great Hall with fifty nervous looking children. The children formed single line and waited to be sorted. The Sorting Hat made a small speech instead of bursting into its usual song.
We are all here finally back here, in the school which taught us all. We have all suffered in the battle. Students were lost for a time and but they returned to their loved ones. We lost the castle for a year but we never lost its ideals. I often speak of the founders with the highest respects but the one house I speak to now is Slytherin; the time has come to get rid of the old ways and to focus on new ones. We are all students, but all of us hold different ideals, no more. All of the houses shouldnow act as one. To the rest of you who fought or tried to in this castles name, I thank you. Now let us sort these new students.
The crowd applauded loudly as the hat finished his Slytherin students went and apologized to students in other houses. Harry saw Draco Malfoy apologize to Professor Dumbledore and then take his seat.
The sorting took a half-hour and by the end many of the students were happy with where they were. Twelve students went to Gryffindor and Slytherin a piece, Ravenclaw received fifteen students and eleven students went to Hufflepuff. Dumbledore then stood to make his address and before he could even get a single word out, there was a roar of applause and cheering.
"Thank you, thank you. Yes all the deaths have been reversed but now let us discuss the school rules before we are all stuffed by the feast. We have three new teachers this year, first Professor Simon Keegan who will be teaching Muggle Studies." A small applause broke out.
"Second Professor Ariana Dumbledore who will be taking over History of Magic as Professor Binns has decided to retire." Another small applause was done.
"And finally our new and hopefully permanent, Defence against the Dark Arts teacher; Professor Harry Potter." A huge applause broke out and any of the confused first years were told the story by older students.
"And now one new rule in this school, anyone who uses the terms mudblood or blood-traitor against any student will cost their house one hundred points," Dumbledore said looking his usual self. "Now on to the final thing before our feast, the Ministry of Magic has offered me the position of Minister of Magic. Well I have accepted and will commence after this year.I now have one final thing to say this to all of you; treat each other equally and remember muggle-born, half-blood, pure-blood it doesn't only thing that matters is friendship and love," He said extending his arms to them all.
"Now let us eat," he said waving his hands and making a feast appear before their eyes.
Harry noticed how all tables were now enjoying themselves and joined in eating a lovely roast duck with mashed potatoes and then enjoyed several pieces of treacle tart which astonished Madam asked how he used to fly like he did with an appetite like that.
After the feast Harry returned to his office where Ginny had sent him a note which was attached to Ignotus.
Harry,
Ron and Hermione had a falling out. He's after returning home to Mum at the Burrow.
I thought I'd tell you because I asked Hermione to stay over at the house.
Please get in touch when you get this.
Love,
Ginny
"Bollocks! Ron's being a prat again," Harry said as he grabbed the nearest paper and a then took out some ink and wrote.
My dearest Ginny,
I will talk to Ron as soon as I'm finished writing this. I will Floo to your mothers and bring him to Hogwarts so that we can talk in private for a bit and straighten this mess out.
I'm missing you and Teddy already.
Love,
Harry
"Ignotus please bring this to Ginny my friend," Harry said tying the note on the owl's leg. Ignotus nipped him affectionately and then left at once to Potter manor.
Harry then used the Floo and went to the Burrow. Harry saw that Ron was sitting in an armchair slumped over. "Harry dear, what are you doing here?" Molly asked coming over to give him a hug.
"Ron and Hermione had a falling out and I decided to talk to Ron. We're going to my office in Hogwarts to talk," Harry explained. Ron who had heard everything went to the fireplace and Floo'd to Harry's office. Harry watched him then turned to Molly and said, "I'd better go Molly bye." He quickly disappeared in the fireplace and was going back to his office.
"Alright Ron, what happened?" He asked pouring two glasses of Firewhiskey and handing one to Ron.
"It's nothing couples stuff mate," Ron said downing the glass and placing it on nearby table.
"Like what Ron? Come on it's me you're talking too."
"Okay you're right. Well we had a fight about our relationship wants us to get married. And as soon as we can at that."
"I see," Harry said pouring another two Firewhiskeys.
"Look mate I love Hermione and everything and you know that, but I'm not ready for marriage," Ron said refusing the drink Harry had offered him.
"Ron…I think you're not afraid of 's something else isn't it?" Harry asked putting the Firewhiskey back in the bottle and taking out two pumpkin juices.
"What if she leaves me for someone better?" Ron asked looking down at the floor with tears in his eyes. He tried to hide the fact that he was crying from Harry by refusing to look at him.
"Bollocks! Ron every day after you left during the hunt for the Horcruxes she cried because she wanted you for a time I thought she was going to leave to find you, but she didn't because she made a promise to stay. But it killed her mate. It really did," Harry said sitting beside his friend smiling and reassuring him.
"Thanks mate," Ron said wiping away his tears and looking at his friend. "So, how did the students react?"
"Well I think I'm going to have an eventful first day tomorrow," Harry said with a slight laugh in his voice. Ron laughed along. He offered Ron the Floo and said, "She's at the manor." Ron gave him a nod and the powder. He left, leaving Harry to go to bed and wake up in the morning for his first class which was sixth years.
Harry woke up the next morning and quickly got went to breakfast and then went to his classroom, where he knew that all the Ravenclaw and Gryffindor students were waiting for him. He decided to give them an entrance and morphed into his Animagus went into his classroom and he went straight to his morphed back to his human form and a thunderous applause erupted.
"Welcome to sixth year D.A.D.A class. Since you are all here you received at least exceeds expectation on your O.W.L.'s, so I welcome you. Now who can tell me the spell used to deflect a Dementor?" He asked. A nervous looking Ravenclaw girl raised her hand. "Yes Ms.?"
"Lovegood sir, Alexandra Lovegood," she answered.
"Are you related to Luna Lovegood by any chance?"
"Yes sir, she's my cousin. And the answer is the Patronus Charm," she said. The girl looked nothing like had brown hair and green eyes that looked attentive and caring.
"Very good Ms. Lovegood, five points to Ravenclaw. Now who can tell me the effects of a Dementor?"
A very large Gryffindor boy raised his hand.
"Yes Mr.?"
"Bagshot sir, Michael Bagshot and yes I am related to Bathilda Bagshot sir."
"Okay Mr. Bagshot, please explain the effects."
"Well sir, Dementors live off of good suck them using their leech like mouth and make you relive bad can also remove one's soul leaving them an empty shell. They're also able to create an icy environment around them," The boy said looking straight at Harry.
"I'm impressed, ten points to Gryffindor for that amazing description Michael," Harry said smiling at the young man. "Now this term we will be studying Dementors and how to repel them."
The rest of the class was sent explaining the counter effects and Patronus charm. And Harry even demonstrated his own against a fake also offered points to anyone who could produce even a wisp of Patronus one could produce anythinghe stillgave a point to everyone who tried.
The rest of his classes studied things depending on the first and second year students learned basic spells that could protect them against dark spells. The third and fourth years worked on advanced spells and deflections. The fifth and sixth years learned about Dementors and other dark creatures, as well as defences against the seventh year students were allowed to learn how to deflect the Unforgivable Curses and learn to identify those under the Imperius Curse.
He received another note from Ginny later that night.
My love,
They worked it out Ron proposed they went for the ring today!
I hope that your classes are going well.
With love,
Ginny
A/N: the third part will be a kind of shock. And will be posted on Tuesday instead of Wednesday.
P.S: My schedule is by Irish time so it may be Sunday or Tuesday already but its Monday here.