Harry groaned and fell back, lying across the foot of the bed. "How lousy can a romantic relationship get? Seriously, I date a girl out on a first date and we get along great but now I can only remember it from her point of view. Then we kiss, my FIRST kiss by the way, and now she's being whisked off to India."
"It does sound like something out of one of those muggle romance novels Susan's so fond of," commented Hannah.
"You're not helping." said Harry.
"Ok," said Hannah as she sat up. She scooted down to the end of the bend and looked down at Harry. "Would it help if I pointed out that you are not the only one who is upset that Padma is leaving."
"What do you mean?"
"Well, there's Lisa Turpin and Su Li for a start. They've been best friends with Padma since first year. Then there's that Luna Lovegood girl. She gets bullied a lot, but Padma always did her best to stick up for her."
Harry thought for a few moments before saying "No. Your pointing that out does not make me feel better."
"Of course it doesn't," said Hannah. "I was just trying to make you realise that you're not going to be alone in missing Padma. I'll miss her –she was great to have patrol duty with. Then there's Parvati, we're losing her too. Think how lost Lavender is going to be without her best friend?"
"I'm sensing that you are trying to make a point here but I can't seem to find it."
Hannah rolled her eyes before explaining herself. "My point, Harry, is that we are going to lose people over this. After what Dumbledore and sycophants did we were always going to lose people. But the important thing is that those of us who remain must stick together. Our school, no, our world has been turned upside down by this. But so long as we stick together, we'll pull each other through it."
Harry nodded, but remained silent.
Seeing that she had gotten through to him, Hannah swung her legs off of the bed and stood up. "I'm going to contact mum. I know the Healer said for you to live with my family, but we're all living with the Bones' at the moment while we wait for better wards to be put around our home."
"Ok," said Harry, making himself sit up. "I'll start packing my stuff up."
Dear Miss Hermione Granger,
We are writing to invite you to attend the Waxwings School for Magic to continue your magical education until such a time that your usual school, Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry is deemed fit to be re-opened.
Hogwarts students will be arriving at our school to begin their education on Wednesday 17th September; however as a Hogwarts prefect we request that you arrive on Monday 15th September in order to further aid the transition.
By no means are you required to attend, but if you wish to do so then please send a letter of confirmation by owl post at your earliest convenience so that we may send you a supply list and a copy of the school's syllabus.
We look forward to hearing from you,
Sincerely,
Professor Jennifer Winston, Headmistress, Waxwings School for Magic.
Hermione looked down at the parchment in her hands and felt resolve steeling itself within her. A new magical school meant a new chance, a chance that she was determined not to waste. She ran downstairs to discuss this development with her parents.
Pansy Parkinson was having similar thoughts about her letter. Her time at Hogwarts had always been about sucking up to Draco Malfoy and making sure that she was the queen bee in Slytherin house. Well, not this time. She was going to use this opportunity to reinvent herself and become a better person. If she didn't… well, she didn't like to imagine the consequences.
Up and down Wizarding Britain many other students were holding their letters, inviting them to attend Waxwings School for Magic. Many had already accepted the offer, some others had rejected it and still others were in two minds about the whole thing.
No matter what, though, Hogwarts was on a collision course with Waxwings, and only time would tell just how well each school would fare.
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