i know the end ,, harry potter

chapter forty

"THIS IS MAD." harry spoke as the four of them neared the hogs head. alyra walked beside harry with one hand in her coat pocket and the other in harry's hand, "who'd wanna be taught by me?"

"you're awfully smart, i don't see why people wouldn't wanna be taught by you." alyra told him in response

"i'm a nutter, remember?" harry asked, thinking back to what the other students called him over the whole situation with voldemorts return

"look on the bright side." ron told him, "you can't be any worse than old toad face."

"thanks, ron."

"i'm here for you, mate."

"who's supposed to be meeting us then?" harry asked as ron pushed open the door

"just a couple of people." hermione shrugged, looking inside

"lovely spot." ron spoke sarcastically and alyra chuckled beside harry

"it's awfully beautiful in here, isn't it?" she held back a louder laugh as they stepped inside

"i thought it would be safer somewhere off the beaten track." hermione told them, the four of them walking in and awaiting the arrival of everybody else.

alyra felt the smile she wore while whispering quietly with harry drop a little when she saw estella walk in with luna, the two girls smiling and laughing with one another as their schoolmates filled the area

"are you okay?" harry whispered softly, noticing her change in demeanor

"huh?" she looked back at him before pulling on a fake smile, "yeah, yeah, i'm okay."

"okay." harry didn't believe her but knew it wasn't the time nor place and just kissed her on the cheek as hermione began speaking at the other students

"um... hi." hermione spoke awkwardly, "so... you all know why we're here. we need a teacher. a proper teacher. one who's real experience defending themselves against the dark arts."

"why?" one guy, zacharius was his name, asked in response

"why?" alyra repeated his question, "becuase voldem- you-know-who—" she corrected herself, knowing others got uncomfortable at the mention of his full name, "is back, and professor umbitch— sorry." she widened her eye at her own words, making the other hogwarts students laugh at her, "umbridge.. isn't gonna teach us anything that will actually be of any value to us."

"where's the proof?" zacharias asked in response to her, "if potter could tell us more about how diggory got killed..."

alyra looked towards stella and saw a frown on the girls face at mention of her brother, and shot her a tiny smile her way, which stella returned

"i'm not gonna talk about cedric." harry told as he stood up from his chair, "so if that's why you're here, you might as well clear out now." he looked between hermione alyra and ron before speaking again, "come on, let's go, cause they think i'm some sort of a freak."

"harry, wait." alyra whispered back, grabbing his hand as he tried to walk off and out of there

"is it true you can produce a patronus charm?" luna lovegood suddenly spoke out, making alyra smile at the ravenclaw girl as harry stopped in his tracks

"yes." hermione answered for him as harry chose to go completely quiet, "i've seen it."

"blimey, harry, i didn't know you could do that." dean thomas looked at him with a look of shock and also interest

"uh-uh, and he killed a basilisk." neville spoke as well, standing up for harry, "with ha sword in dumbledores office."

"it's true." ginny nodded