章 2: Chapter 2
CHAPTER 2
MINERVA MCGONAGALL
McGonagall had been a teacher for the better part of three decades now and Deputy Headmistress for over a single one. Over the years she had taught and tackled a lot of students. From the infamous Marauders to the rambunctious twins. From careless delinquents to excessively studious. She had taught them all. A lot of them held a special place in her heart, Lily Evans for one had been a brilliant student bright and hard working. The Marauders also had their brilliance. McKinnon remembered the quiet and hard-working girl. There were many more over the years.
She felt saddened. The war had been cruel, destroying so many futures and damaging countless others. It had caused a divide in their society. The destruction and devastation. Hundreds of dreams were destroyed and many more stifled before taking form. She shuddered.
She had thought that she had seen them all, and this had been the case for some time. That was until Edward Wright, a muggle-born orphan who had come to Hogwarts, enchanted and amazed by the Magical castle like many others. It had started from the sorting and since then he had been an amazement to watch.
Slytherin, it had shouted after some time. The staff had been shocked, it had been a long time since a muggle-born had been sorted into the house of snakes. The boy had been shocked himself, she still remembered the shift in his features. She had decided to keep an eye on him, to help the boy settle in. After some time, it was evident that the boy was special. How special? Well, Very special.
"Professor, you have to help me. I can not do this. I still have my NEWTS and a plethora of other stuff to complete. I even wrote a letter to you regarding this. You know I rejected being a prefect last year due to my special workload. Please, professor, I am sure there are many other students more worthy and hungry for such an opportunity," from his tone, she could tell that he was tired and that much was evident from his unkempt hair and his half-closed eyes.
"SOOO," he said while placing the badge on the table, "You can have it and I will be on my merry way." And he had immediately taken off, she did not miss the small fist bump by him on the way. She just shook her head at his antics and spoke.
"Wright! If you step out of that door, you are getting detention with me," he stopped, "for the whole year," and she could hear him groan. He turned back and made his way back to the seat.
She looked at him, and there was a slight wish in her heart that the Sorting Hat had shouted, Gryffindor, that day. She had seen many brilliant students in her time, yet Wright was a different kind of prodigy. His performance with a wand had left a large portion of the staff baffled, while there had been some altercations within the House according to Severus. But, by the end of the year, they had learned not to mess with him. And according to Severus, most of the purebloods began to adopt a policy of quiet disregard.
"Now, as I previously remember mentioning in the letter despite noting your vehement protests the Headmaster was confident, that you were the best student for the job. So, you are going to take that badge and carry on with all the duties," She said, while sliding the badge over, he was pouting.
She smiled triumphantly, and spoke," If you are still not satisfied, you can take it up with the Headmaster." She said with a raised brow, her voice carrying perhaps a hint of amusement. "He will be in his office on Thursday."
He sighed as he took the badge, pocketing it as he got up. "It seems that I will have to,"
As he was about to leave, she spoke for the last time, "You should probably have someone else help you with the makeup. It was quite poorly done."
She could see her words register, as he left her office with more vigor than he came in with.
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HARRY POTTER
Harry yawned as he made his way towards the Great Hall. Last night's dream of winning the Triwizard Tournament and the smile of a very specific girl, still gave him butterflies. He spotted Hermione in front of her and rushed to join her.
"Hello, Hermione," he spoke testing her temper.
"Hello, Harry." She gave him a short reply.
"I just wanted to apolog –" he was cut off by her. "You don't have to do that for him. If he wants to he can do that himself." She said, her words harsher than usual.
This is going to last a while. "Are you excited about the Triwizard Tournament?" Harry questioned her as they sat down. "Oh--. A little bit. But according to Edward" he noted the slight smile on her face as she continued," that there might be some plans to have something a bit more exciting."
He connected the name to the face of the Slytherin prefect. Harry was curious about him as well, so he asked, "Who exactly is he? I don't remember seeing him over the years?"
At this, Hermione looked at him. Her eyes went over to the slithering table, the boy in question absent from their tables.
"Well, he is usually at the table at this time." She muttered. "Hermione," he had to get her attention once more, once her focus was on him again. He asked her once more.
"Oh-, it's funny you don't know him." She was laughing as she continued," According to him, he was the most popular student at Hogwarts, and then came another one taking my place."
Harry found himself laughing at the weird tone, "You mentioned exam scores, was he famous for those." He said while taking a small bite of the egg, their timetables were getting distributed.
Hermione handed him his timetable while continuing," Well, academics are a part of it but it is more because of his sorting. He was the first muggle born to be sorted into Slytherin, in more than three decades."
At this, Harry looked at her. Perhaps, expecting her to say that it was a joke. He found her looking at his shocked face with a small smile. When no such rebuttal came he tried to question, " But everyone says-"
"That Slytherin is evil," she finished his words. "According to him, this has just become popular recently, previously there were many muggle-born sorted into Slytherin. This division came out more after the war." At this, he could see her expression becoming grimmer. She then looked up and said in a small voice," People just started calling everyone from Slytherin, Evil. He also mentioned that a lot of his followers were from other Houses."
At this, Harry thought about a certain rat. He had been in Gryffindor, yet he had betrayed them. They had trusted him, but despite being sorted into the house of the brave, Wormtail had betrayed them.
Suddenly Hermione got up," Excuse me." And left joining a couple of girls further up the table. Ron joined him with Dean and Seamus a couple of moments later, looking at Hermione, he spoke "What is wrong with her?" Ron questioned him. Harry looked at his friend and saw him piling up food on his plate. He just shook his head at his antics. He had not changed at all. The Hall was beginning to fill up, so he focused on his breakfast ignoring the tattle around him.
He started going over his timetable, yet his mind lingered on the conversation with Hermione. Herbology, Divination, and Care. It seems that he will have to wait till tomorrow to get his first lecture with the new DADA professor.
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