Expelled (Harry Potter x Glee)

Rallying the Troops

"Oh, uh, what is it?" Harry asked, nervous about what Hermione was going to say.

"Well, according to this book, Doyle Gaunt died 10 years ago in a duel with Gellert Grindelwald."

"But that's good - I mean, that means that the Doyle Gaunt I found is an imposter."

Hermione shrugged. "But we don't really know that, do we? I mean, lots of people believed You-Know-Who died, and he wasn't."

"I guess so."

"Wait, but why is Gaunt in Lima? He could be anywhere else in the world," Ginny asked.

"He's got to be there for Harry," Ron answered. "Why else would you go to a small town like that and make an antique shop?"

"And he probably placed that sign about hiring right outside his window just for me to see it. He knew I needed money. It was obvious." Harry was star-struck.

He turned to Hermione, who had her finger on the page, reading about Doyle Gaunt. Her face kept twisting up into different expressions as her eyes glaze over each sentence.

"What is it?" he asked.

"It's just, all this history seems to be wrong, from everything that you've told us. According to this, Voldemort wasn't Gaunt's cousin, he was a distant relative."

"Then how do we know who's right?" George asked.

"We don't," Hermione said firmly. "So we need to find out. We need to find him."

"But we can't do it on our own," Ginny added.

All of them looked at each other, smiles forming on their faces.

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When they got back to the Burrow, they all stood in a circle.

"I can go get Luna by Xenophilius's house," Ginny said, walking away and grabbing a bag from the small closet by the entryway. "We can trust her; she's very nice."

"Okay," Ron agreed. "I can go to Neville's."

"Who else can we get we can trust?" Harry asked, turning away from Ron and facing the rest of the group.

Hermione tilted her head. "Lupin, Sirius, Hagrid - there are a lot of teachers we can find too."

"That's true," Harry said.

"Also, we could get Draco."

Harry's mouth fell open, and he stared at Hermione, waiting for her to say it was a joke. "Draco? Draco Malfoy? Are we talking about the same person here?"

Hermione rolled her eyes, blushing slightly. "He's nice now, okay? After you got expelled, he started treating us really well, and he stopped being such a bully."

Harry squinted at her. "Do you think he'll even help if he sees I'm back?"

"He'll help us. I know he will."

Hermione seemed confident with her answer, so Harry just shrugged. "I'll come with you then to get him. Fred, you go get the teachers, if you can find them. George, is there anyone you know?"

"Maybe Oliver Wood, Katie, Angelina - all the Quidditch people? They could help us track him down."

"Okay. Everyone knows where they need to be. Let's go!"

Harry and Hermione walked out of the Burrow, and went to the broom shed by the side of the house.

"Are we using invisibility charms this time?" Harry asked, pulling out an old Cleansweep.