𝗦𝗛𝗢𝗢𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗥𝗦 ( 𝗗𝗥𝗔𝗖𝗢 𝗠𝗔𝗟𝗙𝗢𝗬 )¹

𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐲-𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐞

Ginny, Fred and George were still continuing their chanting, "He got off, he got off, he got off-"

Mrs Weasley gave her children a warning look, "That's enough - Fred- George- Ginny!"

She prepared a plate full of food and then placed it infront of Harry, "Harry, dear, come and sit down, have some dinner, you hardly ate anything."

Harry sat down and while he started eating, he told his friends every little detail that had happened while his hearing.

"Course, once Dumbeldore turned up on your side, there was no way they were going to convict you!", Ron exclaimed excited once Harry had finished his story, a large smile on his face.

"Yeah, he swung it for me", Harry stated, his eyes wandering down to his plate. "I wish he'd talked to me though. - Or even looked at me."

Suddenly he clapped his hand over his forhead. Annabeth frowned at him in suprise, "What's up?"

Harry's voice was only above a mumbling, "Scar." He made eye contact with his sister and saw her worried look. "But it's nothing- it happens all the time now-"

There was silence filling the room before Fred and George suddenly started once more, "He got off, he got off, he got off-"

"Shut up!"

The evening went by pretty quick after that, mostly because Mrs Weasley shooed them upstairs shortly after their chat in the kitchen.

Annabeth felt like a huge weight was lifted off her shoulders when she went to bed that night.

She was relived that Harry hadn't been expelled and that he would be there for their fifth year at Hogwarts.

In the morning Annabeth awoke by the door to her room flying open.

Ron had stuck his head inside the room, shouting, "Booklists have arrived!"

Harry, who had followed behind him opened the door fully and say down besides Annabeth, "About time, I thought they'd forgotten, they usually come much earlier than this-"

The letter contain two pieces of parchment, one that usual reminder that term started on the first of september, the other telling her which books she would need for the coming year.

"Only two new ones", Harry stated before he went on. "The Standard Book of Spells, Grade 5, by Miranda Goshawk, and Defensive Magical theory, by Wilbert Slinkhard."

Suddenly a loud cracks could be heard and Fred and George appeared besides them. Annabeth fliched and shit both of them a dark glare.

Fred sat down besides Annabeth and gave them a questioning look, "We were just wondering, who set the Slinkhard book."

Ferd shrugged while he glanced at Annabeth's book list, "Because it means Dumbeldore's found a new Defence against the Dark Arts teacher."

George nodded, "And about time too."

Annabeth frowned at them, "What d'you mean?"

The twins gave her a glance, "Well, we overheard Mum and Dad talking talking on the Extendable Ears a few weeks back - and from what they were saying, Dumbeldore was having real trouble finding anyone to do the job this year."

"Not suprising, is it, when you look at what's happened to the last four?", George stated while they all exchanged looks.

Harry nodded his head, "Yeah, I see what you mean."

Annabeth suddenly realized that Ron had been particular quiet for the last five minutes, "What's up with you, Ron?"

Now Fred stood up and was now moving around Ron to look over his shoulder at the parchment, "What's the matter?"