Title: Hogwarts High
Author: Michelle Kay
Disclaimer: Of course these are JKRs wonderful characters. I have no money if you'd sue me anyway.
Summary: The students of Hogwarts have been informed that their school is no longer safe. How will they fair when they're transferred to scattered high schools across Europe temporarily and will the trio be split up?
A/N: This is basically the same story as the prologue before only elaborated more. I thought more people would read an intriguing prologue and stay with it than if they read a drawn out one ;)
The italics are parts of the dinner before and the plain text is present time (or 9 years ago if you prefer - but let's not make things complicated.)
Chapter One:
"Harry, do you know what this means?" Hermione asked. The students of Hogwarts were moving back towards their common rooms after an eventful dinner. They had been eating peacefully when Dumbledore had announced out of no where that Hogwarts was no longer safe. They'd have to be transferred.
"Sorry to interrupt our wonderful feast," Dumbledore stoop up getting the attention of the students of Hogwarts. "But there is something I think you might like to know. I have come upon some information that requires immediate attention. Hogwarts is no longer safe." Dumbledore said pausing to catch a reaction.
The students were out of their seats talking loudly and looking panicked.
"Do not panic!" Dumbledore shouted. The room quieted. "Now, you are not in any immediate danger. However, your professors and myself feel we should transfer you temporarily to another school." Dumbledore was engulfed with shouted questions from the group below.
"We're going to Beauxbatons?" Harry tried. Ron had run up ahead to talk to Ginny about the news and Harry and Hermione were just outside the common room. When they stepped inside everyone seemed to be talking at once. They'd have to leave Hogwarts.
"Silence!" Dumbledore shouted again. The room became deathly quiet. "We feel that a magical school would be just the wrong place to send you. We have decided that in this case you should be sent to what muggles call - high school." Dumbledore finished and quieted the students down again. "The younger students will be sent home." He finished.
"No, Harry! Didn't you listen to him at all? He said we'd be going to high school!" She sat down holding her head.
"High school? No high school could hold 1,000 students." Harry said pointedly.
"Well, he did say we'll have to be split up." Hermione said realization dawning on here. "You don't suppose we'll be split up…right?" Hermione asked looking up at Harry.
A voice spoke up in the quiet room. "You mean to say…that we'll be taken to muggle schools?" None other than Draco Malfoy asked.
"Why, yes, Mr. Malfoy - that would be the case." Dumbledore said - a familiar twinkle in his eye. When the room quieted once more Draco spoke again.
"I will not be confined to a room full of muggles!" Draco exclaimed his voice full of disgust.
"I am afraid, Mr. Malfoy, that you have no say in this." Dumbledore said. With that Draco stormed out of the Great Hall followed by some (what would be assumed as) pure-blood Slytherins.
"No, we couldn't possible be… Dumbledore wouldn't do - " Harry was cut off.
"Harry, Hermione! I found you! Ron yelled. The common room seemed to be getting fuller and fuller by the minute. "Ginny said that there are rumors that we're going to muggle high schools!" Ron said looking slightly pale.
"What did you expect?" Hermione asked.
"I mean…that means…no Quidditch!" Ron exclaimed.
"Well, yes…" Hermione said. "Ron, don't you get it? We could be split up! You might not see Ginny, me, or Harry…It could be months." Hermione said leaning into Harry who'd just sat down beside her on the floor.
"You will be divided into five different schools." Dumbledore said. The room again became very loud. Dumbledore smiled and cast a `sonorous' on himself. "Two are private schools and the rest are common public schools. They are Smelting's Academy, Hill Ridge Private School, Bristol High, Stonewall High and Clarington High School." Dumbledore's voice droned out the shocked yells of the students of Hogwarts.
"What? No Dumbledore wouldn't do that…" Ron said with confidence. Maybe Dumbledore really wouldn't do that. Maybe everything would be fine. But the again… Maybe not.
"I don't' know what I'd do without you two." Hermione said sadly.
"Well, you did it before… Before you came to Hogwarts." Harry said running his hand through his hair. Hermione didn't say a word.
"What's wrong?" Ron asked with concern. He sat down on the other side of her dodging someone running past him.
"Well, see, before I came to Hogwarts… My social life wasn't that great… Who am I kidding?" Hermione asked no one in particular. "I didn't have a social life." She said with a sigh.
"I realize that this may come as a shock for all of you but please remember - this is temporary. You'll be back to Hogwarts as soon as it is possible. I know this is short notice but you will need to pack your belongings tonight. You'll be leaving in the morning." Dumbledore said. There were yells even from the teachers. They had no idea it would be so soon. "You will find the name of the school you'll be going to in an envelope on your beds when you get back to your dormitories. Enjoy your dinner." And with that Dumbledore sat down and ate the feast before him with a grin on his face.
"We'll be fine. If we're split up I'll transfer to your school. When we get back - we'll have a little word with dear old Dumbles." Harry said with a grin.
"Yeah, `Mione, it'll be fine." Ron said comfortingly.
The trio sat there - in the midst of all the yelling and screaming coming from their classmates contemplating what they would do if they really were split up. None of them had ever attended high school and they weren't sure what to expect. Would it be like Hogwarts…minus the magic of course…? Boy, were they in for a surprise.
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