Harry Potter - Series Fan Fiction ❯ Harry Potter and the Bad Wish ❯ School Bells ( Chapter 5 )

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Harry and Hermione go back to school for their sixth year, again. How will a new year go? Who will be the new fifth year Prefects, will Professor McGonagall really take over Dumbledore's position as Headmaster?
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Non Anime: Harry Potter - Series Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Angst / Romance / Fantasy | Type: Continuation | Uploaded On: 12.12.2005 | Updated On: 12.13.2005 | Pages: 4 | Words: 5.5K | Visits: 267 | Status: Completed

Chapter 5: School Bells

They were going back to school, but who else would? Many parents had signed a petition to keep their kids from going back since they claimed Hogwarts wasn't safe, and all the students who were killed, especially Ravenclaw.

“Are you kids ready?” Mr. Granger had gotten them up early to make sure they would be ready, the others anyways, he knew his little girl always packed the night before and had everything ready.

“We are.” Monica came down the stairs with her things followed by Hermione.

“I am too.” Devin had his things ready; they now just needed to wait for Harry. They stood for a few minutes before Hermione got impatient.

“I'll go see what's taking him so long.” Hermione walked to Harry's room knocking on the door, no answer. She knocked again harder hoping he hadn't fallen asleep. “Harry get up!” Hermione opened the door finding that Harry wasn't in his room but his trunk and bottomless pouch were still there. “Dobby.” Crack

“Yes Miss Hermione Granger Ma'am.”

“Go to Harry; tell him to get back here now!”

“Yes Miss Hermione Granger Ma'am.” Crack. Hermione waited, she knew where Harry had to be, but why he would go there now, they had to leave soon and they weren't there, not anymore. A few seconds passed when the world started to `move' and then Harry appeared.

“Sorry Hermione I didn't know that much time had passed.” Hermione saw Harry was wearing his watch, was he lying?

“Well your things are packed right?” Harry nodded. “Then come on my Dad has to give the signal to the Order members before they come to pick us up.” Harry grabbed his things and followed Hermione to the front door.

“About time, bet you fell asleep didn't you?” Harry just nodded, he didn't want anyone to know where he was. “Well I guess its time, uh, pull this string and then point it out the door, right Kid?” Hermione turned the device around then gave it back to her Dad. “Ok here goes.” He pulled the string and waited for anything, you never could tell with magic what would happen could you? Surprisingly only a small puff of purple smoke came out followed by the noise of three people apparating.

“Ok, coast is clear.” Moody and his eye were looking everywhere. Now a loud popping noise was heard as a Ministry car appeared. “Come on and get on, don't need to be in the open any longer then needed.” The teens went to the car after Hermione turned around and hugged her Dad goodbye.

“Bye Kid, and keep safe, don't break the rules, and maybe see you for Christmas.” Tom wasn't sure; he hadn't seen her a lot for Christmas ever since she went to that school. The teens got in the car which was like all Ministry cars magically enhanced.

“Now when we get there you will need to break up into two groups, Hermione and Harry since you are Prefects will head to the front of the train with Me and Tonks while Devin and Monica head to the back with Remus and Dawdles. Don't worry about your things other Order members will put those away; we need you to get on the train as soon as possible. And Harry,” Harry looked at Moody's good eye. “Your Owl has been checked over to make sure she hadn't been infected by Voldemort, Hagrid still has her and kept her safe.” Harry couldn't believe it, he had forgotten all about Hedwig, he felt horrible, he left her with Hagrid since he was planning on going into the Muggle world, then the attack in Diagon Alley, he had forgotten about her completely. The car did what the others had done, obviously Order modified, getting them to the train station with close to half an hour before they had to get on.

“Now we got you here early, traffic is light, we had our people scout the place out, gave them special devices to check for Invisibility Cloaks and spells.” Remus got out of the car and waved his wand in a specific way. Three people came out of the train station. “Report.”

“Safe Sir, no Death Eaters, we are ready to bring the cargo and the passengers on the train, if you are ready Sir.”

“We are, their things are in the trunk.” The three Order members went to the back of the car and grabbed their things rushing back to the train station platform. “Alright Monica and Devin you are with me and Dawdles, Moody and Tonks take flank on Harry and Hermione.” Harry wanted to talk to Remus before they left.

“Wait Remus.” Harry stood next to the car not going with Hermione.

“Come on Harry we have to go now while we can.”

“Then just wait and listen alright? I need to talk to you.” Harry had to see if the memory spells Dumbledore were still on, no point if Harry and Hermione were back to keep them on, right?

“I don't think I should be alone with you.” This caught Harry off guard, what was wrong with Remus?

“But I just wanted to ask you something Remus, about something that happened.” Or didn't if Remus didn't remember it.

“Really? Harry I know how much your parents mean to you but if you do what he told you to you won't live long enough to have what he promised you, not that he could give it to you it is impossible to bring the dead back to life.” Remus was talking about what Ron had said, what Ron wanted Harry to do, he didn't trust Harry.

“That's not what I wanted to…”

“Get on the train Harry you are keeping us off schedule.” Moody interrupted the two as his eye saw more wizards and witches coming, sure they looked like parents with children but Death Eater would have no problem using the Imperius Curse on children to give them a better cover and a meat shield, Moody had seen it enough times during his years of fighting Grindlewald followers and Death Eaters. Harry and Hermione went with Moody and Tonks to the front of the train getting on quickly and heading to the Prefect car.

“Harry what did Remus mean?” Hermione had been hiding when the attack on the wedding happened; she hadn't heard the deal Ron was trying to make with Harry. Harry fought over it inside, should he tell her the truth? If he didn't and she found out later she would be mad at him, but would she trust him if he told her the truth?

“I, when the wedding was attacked, Ron, he said he had something precious to me, if I wanted it I would have to kill the last of the Marauders.” Harry didn't want to say Remus Lupin, he couldn't.

“He has their bodies doesn't he?” Harry nodded, he didn't know but he knew his parents were held by Voldemort, their bodies. “That bastard! Harry I'm sorry, but you won't do that, you love Remus, he is alive, and you aren't a killer, a murderer.”

“I am Hermione; I will be, but not Remus, there is another Marauder out there, Wormtail.” Harry clenched his fist saying that name. “But it won't be murder, it will be vengeance!” Harry pounded his fist against the wall.

“Harry don't say that you are a good person and good people don't kill.” Hermione grabbed Harry's hand.

“Dumbledore has killed, are you saying he isn't a good person?” Harry had her with that one; Hermione was the one to tell him about Dumbledore beating the last Dark Lord before Voldemort came to power.

“He had to, Grindlewald was trying to wipe out an entire race of people, he was using Muggles to do it, but he was going to succeed. It wasn't until 1945 that Dumbledore defeated him in a duel that broke the spells Grindlewald was using to control several Muggles who killed themselves afterwards, they were monsters, they were forced to be monsters, and they knew they wouldn't be allowed to live. Thanks to Dumbledore we were able to stop a World War that could have killed millions more, the Americans though, they weren't done.” Harry didn't know what she meant; didn't the Americans win when the Germans fell to?

“Well, it's the same for me, I have to do this, Wormtail, Ronald, and Voldemort, they are my Grindlewald, and what did the Americans do?”

“You don't have to kill them, all of them, I'm sure we can save Ron, he was our friend before we can save him, and the Americans used two bombs to end the war in the east.” Hermione didn't want to say anything about Voldemort, she would kill him if she got the chance for what he had done.

“East? East Germany? In school, Muggle School, they taught that when the Germans surrendered it was over, and the Russians had taken the capital, not the Americans.”

“That's because they only teach you our involvement in the war, the Japanese were still fighting and the Americans didn't want to invade the island, it would kill millions of their men and probably kill millions of Japanese civilians, not that you could call them that since the government was training all of them, even the women and children, to fight in case the Americans invaded so the Americans used two bombs to wipe out two cities, over a hundred thousand dead with each bomb.”

“Wow, I knew guns could kill, and some bombs could kill a lot of people, but that many with one bomb? Must have been a lot of tnt.” Harry tried imagining that much black powder, would have to of been huge, fireworks could make loud bangs but even the black powder would only take a hand off, not kill that many people.

“It wasn't a normal bomb, they used nuclear power to do the job, it was the first and last time they were ever used in a war, they turned thousands of people into ash in an instant, people just vanished as though they never existed.” Wow Harry thought, the Muggles may not have magic but not even Voldemort could make thousands of people vanish like that.

“Just hope Voldemort never finds out about them, imagine if he had that kind of power.” Harry shuddered at the though, Voldemort could kill well enough with what he had, Voldemort didn't need any help.

“Harry hush, you're upsetting me.” Hermione put an arm around Harry resting her head on his shoulder.

“Sorry Mione.” Harry and Hermione sat like this until more people started to board the train.

“So who do you think are the new Head Boy and Head Girl?”

“I guess we're about to find out, I bet Cho would have been the Head Girl if she hadn't…” Harry stopped himself; he didn't need to upset Hermione.

“She would have made a good Head Girl, if she had the chance.” Hermione looked out the window watching the people get on the train; she recognized one family, the Weasly's, as Ginny got on the train. People started coming into the Prefect car and saw two familiar faces. “Ginny, Luna, you made Prefect?” They both nodded and nearly ran over to hug Hermione then Harry.

“I got it, I couldn't believe it! I am the 5th year Prefect!” Ginny showed her badge, newly shined, and smiled some more.

“Good job Ginny, you to Luna.” Luna just took a seat barely showing a smile on her face. More people came in, then two more, a boy and a girl with Head Boy and Head Girl Badges on their chests.

“I am Nicholas Nuther, this is Janis Kopli, and we are the new Head Boy and Girl. This year there will be some new rules after what happened last year.” Everyone became quiet, they all remembered what had happened, they had lost friends in the attack, and some had lost family in the other attacks across the country and at the Ministry. “There will be absolutely no Hogsmeade weekends, probably never will be, safety and parts of Hogsmeade still require construction have made those trips to dangerous.

“The second new rule deals with Quidditch.” Janis had taken over. “Trials and practices will be only on Saturday and Sunday, the Head of House for the teams will set up the times the teams try out for new players and practice, along with no extra practices or extended practices, we hope the different teams will not bicker over these new rules.”

“The third new rule will fall on new students, last year a Prefect had a good idea to help the first years out.” Nicholas motioned towards Hermione. “They will all carry maps, new ones, and will be required to carry them for the first month. These new maps were made by Professor Dumbledore and have been marked to help new students, the seventh year Prefects will give them to the new students in your House as they step down and join the table.”

“The last new rule will fall on you, if you notice anyone in your house acting different, covering something up, planning something; report them to your Head of House. We had several students controlled last year and others becoming Death Eaters and if any more are being controlled or become Death Eaters we must know before it is to late!” Janis got her wand out. “A spell Dumbledore has taught Nicholas and I will let you contact your Head of House, or other people, wherever you are. Do this with your wand,” she waved her wand “and say their name while picturing their face and then say Hibi Voca, if this person has allowed you permission to contact them they will hear you. This keeps you from playing pranks on people; your Head of House will give you permission after dinner.” Janis put her wand away. “Are there any questions?” No one raised their hand.

“Alright you may go meet up with your friends now, tell them about the new rules so they won't be expecting Hogsmeade trips.” Nicholas then walked out of the train car with Janis and a couple other people.

“Well I guess we should go find Monica and Devin.” Harry and Hermione left the Prefect car to find the Twins. Harry noticed people were staring at him, they knew what he had done during the attack, he had put his life on the line to save others, and then the news about his friend Ron, Harry was now more then the Boy Who Lived, he was respected by many, and held in awe by everyone else. Walking through the train Harry and Hermione went through a car full of Slytherin students, one of them Pansy Parkinson.

“There they are, aren't they so cute together?” Pansy blocked their way. “You let him die, you could have saved him, I know you could of, but you let my Dragon die.”

“Pansy, Draco was dead before we even knew the castle was under attack, he was considered weak to Voldemort,” everyone but Harry and Hermione flinched, “and was killed because of it.” Hermione pushed Pansy out of the way since she knew Harry wouldn't do it.

“That's not very Prefect like Bush Hair!”

“10 points from Slytherin.” Hermione wasn't going to argue with Pansy and figured this would shut her up.

“Damn Mud-Blood! You just wait Mud-Blood; your kind will be taken care of when our side wins!”

“30 more points from Slytherin.” Hermione walked away letting Harry cover her back in case Pansy decided to get physical. They walked farther passing another Slytherin filled car but weren't accosted. Getting to the back car they found Monica, Devin, and Neville.

“Was Ginny with you?” Hermione nodded.

“She didn't follow us though; she said she wanted to talk to Luna about something. How was your summer Neville?”

“Alright, I guess, my OWLs came in.”

“How you do?” Hermione wanted to hear, she knew Neville had gotten at least five or he wouldn't be on the train, but he did struggle with classes, would it be good enough to be allowed to take the sixth year classes? Yes an Acceptable passed, but most Professors wouldn't let you take their sixth year class with just an Acceptable.

“I got seven OWLs, missed my Transfiguration and Divination.”

“Oh, well, what classes are you taking?” Neville talked about what he was taking for a few minutes when Luna and Ginny got to the train car.

“Ginny!” Monica got up and went over to hug Ginny. “I know you told me at the wedding but still, congratulations for getting made Prefect!” Monica hugged Ginny again. “Oh and you to Luna, sorry.”

“Its fine, I was glad to see you and your Brother are doing fine.” Luna walked over to where Devin was sitting and sat down next to him.

“It was a beautiful wedding Ginny, thank you for inviting me and my Brother.” Monica and Ginny sat down talking to each other.

A couple hours later the train was getting close to Hogwarts. “Better change into your robes, we are almost there.” They did quickly anxious to get off the train.

Getting into the station they followed the procedures they were given, Harry noticed Order members were stationed everywhere. Getting to the castle and then in the castle Harry noticed some odd things. Normally the castle felt warm but now it was cold, even in the warmth of summer it felt cold. The Great Hall was normally decorated but wasn't now, making the castle feel even colder. Getting to their seats they sat through the Sorting, Harry didn't know why but it felt wrong, maybe it was that there were less then two dozen new students, the emptiness of the school with so many students missing, or maybe it was that Ron wasn't there, Harry wouldn't have his best friend that year.

“Children, students, Professors, this is a new year and a new job for me.” Professor McGonagall, Headmaster McGonagall, was going to give her first speech. “I will continue teaching Transfiguration this year and might next year until I find a teacher who can fill my position. I must tell you that the Forbidden Forest is forbidden, anything and everything made by the Twins, you know which ones I mean, is forbidden. Every Weasly item found will result in 5 points taken and a detention for the offence. Now there are some new rules, the first one is no more Hogsmeade weekends.” Many people grumbled about this, the third years being the loudest. “It is too dangerous and many parts of Hogsmeade are still under construction. Second is Quidditch will be strictly regulated, practices and tryouts will be watched by a teacher and your Head of House will determine when you will have them. For you first years we have something special for you, a Prefect from my old House came up with the idea of giving maps to first years. You have already received your map and you will be required to carry it for at least one month. I will need to speak to the Prefects and Head Boy and Girl after dinner about something else, please enjoy your meals and head to your Common Room when you are done.” Harry noticed she didn't clap her hands like Dumbledore would who was now sitting at the Staff table, he was the new DADA teacher.

“Harry want to go see Hagrid when we are done?” Hermione had already finished and was trying to get out of the Great Hall.

“No, not today, maybe tomorrow, besides we need to talk to Headmaster McGonagall after dinner.” Harry didn't want to leave the castle; he knew the Order members would probably follow them.

“Oh, well, I'll wait until you are done.” Harry finished and they went up to Headmaster McGonagall. When Headmaster McGonagall saw them coming over she got her wand out.

“Good, I give Hermione Jane Granger and Harry James Potter permission to contact me.” She touched Hermione then Harry on their foreheads with her wand. “You may go to your Common Room now.” They went to the Gryffindor Common Room quickly. Together they relaxed on the couch wondering what this year would bring them, the rest of it anyways. They had already done two months of it in 1974 but would they be teaching the same things? Different teachers, different time, they may have learned nothing that would help them this year.

A/N I call McGonagall HeadMASTER instead of Head MISTRESS for a reason, this is in the 90's, before the PC police made you say “Person hole cover” instead of Manhole cover or “Peoples Person” instead of Ladies Man. Ditto for Police Person instead of Policeman and Mail Carrier instead of Mailman.