Harry Potter Promise NR.4
Date: 12/17/2016,
Categories:
Fiction
Fan fiction,
Author: zimbi
... eat supper first. It would last an hour and a half, giving everyone plenty of time to make it back to their common rooms before curfew. The meeting of the leaders took place over the weekend before, and included Minerva and Flitwick, as they hammered out last minute plans. All told, it was a rather large group, consisting of Harry, Hermione, Ron, Ginny, and Neville from Gryffindor; Susan and Cedric from Hufflepuff; Cho and Luna from Ravenclaw; and Blaise and Daphne from Slytherin. The Slytherins were wary of the rest of the group, but they soon relaxed slightly when they realized that no one was judging them, and they were actually trying to involve them. Ron had been a bit of a challenge, but Harry had given him a very stern warning not to start anything, and to actually get to know them personally before he judged based on a thousand year old feud that probably had nothing to do with what they fought about now. It was Daphne who suggested they needed a better name than 'Inter-House Study Group', but no one could come up with anything good. Finally, Blaise suggested the Defense Association. "I know we're not strictly talking about defense," he reasoned, "but it sounds good, and we are going to be helping them be able to better defend themselves." Everyone stared at him, and he looked down. "We could call it the DA for short," he mumbled. Harry grinned. "I like it," he declared, and just like that, the DA was born. XXX The meeting was a great success. Minerva and Flitwick ...
... stayed in the background, ready to help if needed, but letting the students take control. Harry started out rather nervously, but he soon gained momentum. He was pleased with how many students came. They were beginning with the first and second years, hoping that they might gain some older students with time, but the younger years were the ones who were more likely to need the assistance. All in all, the majority of the first years had come, and about half of the second years. He introduced the leaders from each house, and asked them to form twelve groups, which would each consist of four or five students each. He told them to make sure there was at least one student from each house if possible, and if not, there had to be at least three houses represented in each group, and then waited as they formed up around the small round tables that had been placed in the room. Each leader then took one group, and they spent the next fifteen minutes just getting the students to introduce themselves and getting to know each other a bit. Harry had decided that they would spend some time each meeting doing this, having the students form different groups each week, until everyone was familiar with their classmates. This wasn't just a study group, he really wanted these kids to get to know their peers. It was about forming friendships, and bonds that would last longer than the seven years they spent in school. After fifteen minutes, the leader for each group would ask what they wanted to go ...