28 House cup
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All the students picked their seats in the Great Hall with a magical ceiling. It was the time for the last feast of the year or the term year for Hogwarts students.
There are Navy Blue and bronze banners with the Ravenclaw symbol above their heads, already indicating the house with the most points.
Professor McGonagall links her spoon to her glass to ask for attention from the students. The crowd falls silent. She stands up and casts a silent Sonorous to speak with her magically magnified voice.
"With the feast, we end another year of our life gone. Without a doubt, we enjoyed ourselves, made friends, and got into detentions. The year has been monumental and magical for all of you.
This is an important moment. For you, those who graduate from Hogwarts to enter their independent life, for those who will get ready for a new year and new adventures.
This evening, together, we will celebrate each of you and your accomplishments and our connection to one another and everyone in this room. Congratulations, graduates!" The Newt and graduating OWL students clapped, and it was followed by every student in the hall.
"Now, as I understand it, the house cup needs awarding. In fourth place, Hufflepuff with 412 points." There is a medium applause from the crowd.
"Third place, Slytherin with 416 points. " The Slytherins clap for themselves.
"In the second place, is Gryffindor with 426 points." Applause again, this time with a slight cheer from some students.
"And in the first place, with 472 points, the Ravenclaw house." The Half Goblin teacher puffs his chest with pride.
The Great Hall explodes with applause, not only from the Ravenclaws but also from the Gryffindors and the Hufflepuffs because they are glad that for the first time in seven years, someone other than Slytherin has won the House Cup.
"It is also my pleasure to say that MR. Yeager will be continuing at their post as the Defence against the Dark Arts professor. For the first time in many years, Hogwarts will not be having a different professor for the post." Minerva said and sat down.
"Nah she jinxed it, Fred."
"I am George." George lied.
"Why jinxed it?" Harry asked.
"Don't you know?" George looked with a frown. "The post is cursed// You-Know-Who cursed it// so that great misfortune comes// to those who accept the position."
"Hogwarts has not had the same professor for it for so long," Percy added, coming out of nowhere. "No pranks brothers?" He asked, doubtful if he would receive the truth.
"Don't be perfect now Perc// You should probably go// and Clear your water-// if you know what Fred means."
"Hey, I am George!" Fred called him, truthfully. Percy blushed, and left the place, knowing better.
"Ready George?" George asked.
"No Fred, I had to share my readiness when I was born," George relied, and with a flick of a wand and a burning rope, they sat in silence.
Minerva stood up, to see to the leaving children. "Again my congratulations to the-" As she was calling the Ravenclaw students, a bang sound came from the ceiling.
The banners of the Ravenclaw wining changed. And a loud voice read out the new winner.
"SIX HUNDRED POINTS TO AZKABAN! AZKABAN WINS THE HOUSE CUP!"
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At Hogsmeade station, students are walking around, getting on the train.
Without a doubt, the headmistress was not pleased last night.
"Harry hands Hedwig to a trainman and walks to an open door of the train with Hermione. Hermione waves to Hagrid, who waves back."
"Thought you were leaving without saying goodbye, didja?" Hagrid takes a red album out of his coat pocket and hands it to Harry.
"This is fer you." Harry opens the album and sees a picture, moving, of him as a baby with his parents. They are all smiling and waving.
"Thanks, Hagrid." He shakes Hagrid's hand, then hugs him tightly, almost lost in the big man's chest.
Harry walks away, back to the train door where Hermione and Ron are waiting.]
"Feels strange to be going home, doesn't it?"
"I'm not going home. Not really."
"Then where are you going, Potter?" A gruff voice comes from behind, where Eren is standing.
"Professor."
"Miss Granger." Hermione blushed, no one called her Miss Granger, it felt too odd for her. The train whistles and they climb aboard. As the train starts to leave.
Eren enters the compartment, while Harry and his friends leave for another empty seat, too hesitant to sit with a teacher.
But they return back.
"Can we sit here, professor? Everywhere else is full." Hemione asked.
"It's empty come in." They all enter but don't talk for a while, feeling strange with Eren there.
"So how was your year?" Eren asked, breaking the awkwardness.
"It was magical!" Harry giggles at Hermione.
She continued "I want to show my parents all this- they would be surprised. But we are not allowed to do that." Her smile vanished in the end.
"Why don't your parents shift to a magical neighbour?" Eren asked.
"Will I be allowed to?" "We use magic all the time in our home," Ron added.
"But I cannot ask them to leave their job for it."
"That will be their decision, Hermione. Your job as a child is to ask for everything from them. It's their job as guardians to weigh what is feasible. You Harry?"
"Oh, my relatives will never agree."
"They hate magic?"
"Yes sir," Harry answered, rubbing the back of his head. Eren stared at him, observing him.
"Do they beat you?" Harry flinched. Ron and Hermione were silent, anticipating a no.
"S-Sometimes"
"They can't do that." "You should have told the headmaster!" "I should tell my mom- she will set Dumbledore!" "Headmaster Dumbledore Ronald!"
"Do you have anywhere else to stay?"
"No sir."
"I will see what I can do."
"But-" "Beating children due to reasons they can't control is never a good thing Harry, and I can tell they are worse." He looked at Hermione and Ron, understanding Harry did not want to talk more about this in front of them.
"We will talk about this later."
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A/N Year one end. Bonus chapter today with the summary so far. A lot of things went unnoticed and were not given the same amount of importance, the summary will see to it.
Powerstones. The ranking is falling, we lost our top 20 ranks today. I hope next week we can stay in the top 5 for most of the week. Do that and I will throw extra chapters out of the blue besides the regular chapters.
Extra chap in 55 minutes
