Changing from within

Chapter Ten

Changing From Within

Chapter Ten

Issues

AN: Warning, Louise has a bit of a temper in this chapter, and she is hurtful to her friends. Not every person is perfect however, and I myself do experience serious anger issues, It can either make or break a friendship how they deal with the mood swings. I feel adding this is a great way of showing just how close these friends are – Just like I am with my real friends. I could not have made it this far without them.

Saying that – My friends that are reading this, you know who you are, Remember, this is my CHARACTER talking, not me.

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"Before you get mad," I quickly say, facing the Deputy Headmistress head on, the rest of the school being wooses behind me, "Notice the inter house unity that's happening right now!" McGonagall's frown doesn't vanish like I had hoped, instead it deepens.

"What I saw," She states slowly, "is students firing spells at each other,"

"It was a game!" I inform her, glancing back in the hopes of someone coming to help, but no luck. "There was no danger, we only cast the Impedimenta jinx, as you would have saw, only that jinx was cast."

"No magic is allowed-" McGonagall begins, but I quickly cut her off, smirking at the large loophole she just dug up.

"In the hallways, we are outside, not in the halls." McGonagall opens and closes her mouth wordlessly, worried she may end up giving me detention, I quickly try and console her. "What if we make a club out of it?" I ask, "Like a duelling club?"

"Yeah, and it can be supervised as well," Gregor adds, stepping forward to stand next to me.

"And at the end of the month we can have tournaments to see who is the best," The Ravenclaw adds, I turn to look at her, realising I have no idea what her name is.

"We can't allow-" McGonagall tries again, but more people are looking up to the idea, adding their own inputs.

"It's a great way to test how everyone is doing in classes," A male voice calls from the centre of the crowd.

"And it will increase our studying habits," Another voice adds, I take a rough guess it comes from a Ravenclaw.

"Yeah, as we will be studying spells to try and win." Someone else shouts.

"Maybe we can have, like we had today, house teams, where the best team can win."

"No, what about interhouse teams?" I grin in triumph at the last shout-out. It hadn't come from my circle of friends. In less than two days, we have managed to create a group of people that want to work together. All it took was a little push.

McGonagall seems to be debating now. Finally, after another round of suggestions, she holds up her hand, we all fall silent at once.

"I will have to ask the Headmaster about this. Who came up with the idea originally?" Gregor, Adam, Steph, the Weasely twins and I step forward. "Come with me."

Without another glance back, McGonagall turns on her heels and heads back into the castle. We glance at each other, wide eyed but follow after her, the large group behind us still standing in complete silence, watching our march back into the castle.

For the second time since arriving at Hogwarts, I find myself back in Dumbledore's office, this time with more people and actually on my own choices. I refuse to make eye contact with the Headmaster as we file in behind his Deputy.