I Know Your Secret

Is there a Secret in a New Career?

It was a few days after everything had settled down and just a few days until the ball when Hope was called to help Ginny and the twins as their mother had finally arrived but hopefully everything would work out well as Hope was a very cunning girl and had a ploy to show Mrs. Weasley the error of Dum-Lore.

"You'll love it at Dumbledore's new school!" Molly Weasley was saying as she tried to keep her anger in check speaking to her daughter and sons in the Entrance Hall as they resisted and she likely knew if it came down to magic she was surely out matched.

"This place has gone downhill since McGonagall took over and started changing everything!" she said coldly.

However, she was obviously just listening to what Dumbledore said and repeating that when in fact since Dumbledore left, and then Snape the school had started improving even in such a short time as there were a few new teachers here and there to take in the slack already as it was surprisingly but teaching positions were actually like gold as there weren't many enough positions in the world, not like with how many muggle schools existed, but then there were a lot less mage in the world.

They had even found two new potions teachers within a couple of days of Snape leaving. It went to show that potions teachers weren't that hard to find, both of whom were muggleborn's who had gone on to get teaching degrees in other subjects to work in the muggle world but readily accepted positions at Hogwarts instead.

The students and head teachers had never realised how bad Snape was doing before when the new teachers reported plenty of no-no's during the classes. None of them even knew how to place up the simplest of barriers to protect their potions that should have been first year, first lesson stuff. It was a surprise that there had not been any major incidents.

However, McGonagall would cringe as she looked into that and discovered the truth. The 'incidents' were all brushed under the carpet. Two boys had actually died under Snape's classes but she had been informed that they had transferred, and even had what she then knew were faked transfer papers, she would later investigate more to discover that their deaths were blamed on themselves and quidditch which would warrant Snape and Dumbledore for their neglectful homicide.

"You haven't a clue how hard it is to teach fifty students a class!" McGonagall interrupted the woman's tirade and jogged herself out of her own thoughts of what Dumbledore let that greasy THING get away with because she knew she would not stop until they were both in jail, once the ministry was under control. "And then we have to spend our weekends making sure they're safe with no break for ourselves, and then holiday's too," McGonagall said from where she stood protectively of her students as she could finally do what was right by them. "Dumbledore refused constantly to give us help or divide our classes! He's even refused us our rightful paid holidays because he didn't want to get substitute teachers in."

"Dumbledore is a Great Man!" Molly retorted, but she faltered a little. "You've all betrayed him and stolen Hogwarts!"

"Mrs. Weasley," Hope interrupted while looking at her in sadness. "Why is he a Great Man?" she asked her in curiosity because so many people gave that reason with no explanation.

"Because he is!" she retorted with a glare.

Hope sighed and rolled her eyes. "That isn't a reason ma'am," she replied shaking her head as she walked over to her. "Come with me... let me show you something," she said holding out her hand.

Molly moved back as if Hope might attack her.

"Ginny, you can come with us too," Hope said and Ginny didn't hesitate to take her offered hand. "I promise Mrs. Weasley, it'll be worth your time," she finished off turning and leading the way up the stairs. She could sense Molly was following though so smirked.