Book 5: Harry Potter reader insert

Chapter 14: Hog's Head

(Y/n) had to deal with Fred and George's gloating while they waited for the others to turn up.

"This is a pretty nice hand" Fred said waving it in front of (Y/n).

"Yeah, and it has these compartments, think about how much stuff we could nick and hide in here Fred" George added sticking his hand into one of the compartments on (Y/n)'s arm.

"Oh sod off already!" He said trying to grab his arm back, but the twins pulled it out of his reach.

"Here" the bartender said slamming a small shot glass in front of (Y/n).

(Y/n) looked at it wide eyed, and smiled widely "Why thank you" He said to the bartender who simply grunted.

(Y/n) paid for the firewhisky and was about to drink it when Hermione saw him.

"(Y/n)!" She scowled him, taking the glass out of his hand.

"Oh come on Hermione, let me drown my sorrows! I've only got one arm take pity on me!" He said to her, trying to grab the glass from her.

"(Y/n) it's illegal!" Hermione said to him, carrying the glass back to the bar.

"Hermione I already paid for it! Plus he served it to me already, oh come on 'Mione!" He cried as she gave it back to the bartender and ordered him a butterbeer.

"It's for your own good" she said, kissing him on the cheek.

"Fine but you owe me" (Y/n) poured crossing his arm and stump.

Finally (Y/n) got his arm back from the twins, although it cost him twenty galleons.

It was only a few moments later that people started to arrive. First there was Neville, Dean and Lavender, followed by Parvati and Padma, along with Cho Chang and one of her friends.

Next Luna came in and then she was followed by the Gryffindor chasers Katie Bell, Angelina Johnson, and Alicia Spinnet. After them Colin Creevey and his brother Denis came followed by a group of Hufflepuffs, including Ernie Macmillan, Justin Finch Fletchley, Hanna Abbott.

Following them were Anthony Goldstein and a few other students including Ginny. And bringing up the rear were the only three Slytherins that had shown up, (Y/n)'s brother Richie, his sister Rose, and Rose's boyfriend Marc.

"You guys made it!" (Y/n) said, hugging his brother and sister, and high-fiving Marc.

"Course we did, you think we'd miss an opportunity to mess with Umbridge?" Richie said to him.

"Can we have... twenty five butter beers please?" Fred said counting everyone that had shown up.

The bartender looked shocked, (Y/n) assumed that the bar probably had never been this full before.

"Well um hi everyone" Hermione started standing up. "Um Well you know why we're all here, Harry had the ide-" Harry glared at her. "Well I had the idea that we should um get together and actually study Defense Against the Dark Arts, unlike the rubbish Umbridge is teaching."

"Yeah down with Dolores!" (Y/n) shouted out, getting a few cheers from the crowd.

"I thought it might be best to take things into or own hands, and actually learn defensive spells, not just the theory. This is important, because..." her voice faltered for a second and she looked at (Y/n) who gave her a reassuring smile. "Because Voldemort is back"

The crowd reacted immediately to this, a few people shrieked and one person even spilt their butterbeer.

"Who said he's back!" A blond boy said in an aggressive tone.

"Well Dumbledore believes it-" Hermione started.

"You mean Dumbledore believes him" he said pointing to Harry.

"Who are you?" Ron asked turning on him.

"Zacharias Smith" He said proudly "and I think we have a right to know the proof"

(Y/n) scoffed. "We've told you the proof many time before, I bet you wouldn't even know it if it slapped you in the face... speaking of which" (Y/n) said taking his arm off and slapped him in the face.

Zacharias stood there stunned. "There's your bloody proof, I went in the maze with two arms I came out with one. And it sure as hell wasn't Harry who took it."

"I saw him" Harry said and then he pointed to (Y/n) "he saw him too"

"Yeah and I wish I hadn't, he. Is. Hideous."

"If you don't believe me you can leave cause I'm not wasting my time trying to convince you otherwise."

"All Dumbledore told us was that you-know-who killed Cedric Diggory, he didn't saw how, he didn't give details-" Smith started.

"If you've come here to hear exactly what it looks like when Voldemort kills, you can just leave. I don't want to talk about Cedric, so if that's what you're here for you can leave!" Harry said angrily.

After a while though Harry caved in and basically told them his life story, starting with the philosopher's stone and ending with the graveyard.

"Are you trying to tell us you can't do those things?" Smith cut in after Harry tried to deny all the things he did.

"You know what Smith" (Y/n) Said throughly annoyed with him "just shut up before I jam my foot so far up your-"

"Moving on" Hermione said cutting off (Y/n), but he just spoke up and drowned out her voice.

"Arse that you'll be tasting the gum on my shoe for a week!" He finished giving a rude hand gesture to Smith.

Smith opened his mouth to retaliate. "You think I'm bluffing?" (Y/n) asked standing up and taking a step closer to Smith who flinched back.

"Well moving on..." Hermione said nervously trying to defuse the situation. "Are we all in agreement to take lessons from Harry?"

The crowd all seemed to be in agreement, except Zacharias, who was trying to keep as many people between himself and (Y/n).

"We just need to make sure it doesn't conflict with quidditch practice" said Angelina.

"Or ours" added Cho.

"Nor with ours" Smith said.

"I'm sure we'll find a suitable time" Hermione Said. "But this is very important, we're talking about Voldemort here"

Hermione then pulled a piece or parchment and a quill out of her bag. "I think everyone should write their names down. I also think that we need to agree not to tell Umbridge about this, so if you sign you're agreeing not to tell Umbridge or anyone what we are doing"

After everyone had signed, some more reluctantly than others, and one person needed a gentle reminder about a shoe in a certain place to sign, they all filed out in twos and threes.

"Well that went rather well" Hermione said as the four of them left the inn.

"'Crept that Smith kid, I wish I could get his hand on him. He Harry can we use him as a training dummy? Please?" (Y/n) said.

Hermione then grabbed (Y/n)'s hand. "I think we're going to go this way" she said to Harry and Ron.

Harry immediately understood "Well we'll see you back at school" he said with a wink.

Ron however didn't get the hint. "How come? There's not much over there" Ron said. "Why don't you come with us to Zonko's or the Three broomsticks."

"Ron" (Y/n) said to him "you remember Cho Chang and the tornadoes badge?"

"Yeah what about it?" Ron asked still not getting the message.

"Same situation here mate" (Y/n) said to him.

"What do you-?" Harry grabbed him and dragged him the other way.

"You two have fun" Harry said to them dragging a very perplexed looking Ron.