Harry Potter and What Happened After - Sahits

up nodded a greeting to each of them in turn.
There was a few moments of silence, none of the teens knew what to do or say, the only on who had
ever had a Hogwarts Headmistress come to their home was Harry.
It was Hermione who broke the silence, "Um…Professor, I have a question. Why haven't we received
our Hogwarts letters yet, is there something wrong with the rebuilding effort?"
"No," said McGonagall. Harry noticed that the weary tone in her voice had gone; instead it was
replaced by one of surprise. Then Harry realized what Hermione had said, it was true, the Hogwarts
letters usually arrived by his birthday. Harry had been too happy yesterday to notice that they hadn't,
and he had been chalking the absence of the letters up to how much work was going into rebuilding
Hogwarts.
"Actually," said Mrs. Weasley as she started to pile four plates high with eggs, bacon and toast, "that's
what Professor McGonagall is here to talk to you four about." Mrs. Weasley finished putting the food
on the plates, and with a wave of her wand she sent the plates flying to the table, where they landed in
front of the four chairs that best faced McGonagall.
After a few seconds Harry moved to the table and sat down. He was soon followed by Ginny, then
Hermione and finally Ron, all of whom seemed a bit nervous.
Professor McGonagall looked at all of them with a piercing gaze that Harry still found a bit
disconcerting. That gaze had been turned towards him on the occasions when he had forgotten, or
neglected to do, a homework assignment in her class. And despite what they had all seen and done in
the last year, Harry, Ron, Hermione and Ginny were still a bit scared of that look.
Suddenly her gaze softened and her lined face broke into a smile. "Mr. Weasley, Miss. Granger, I
understand you're to be congratulated. It's so good to see two people that are so happy together."
Hermione blushed and Ron looked down at his food, which he still hadn't touched. "Thank you
Professor," said Hermione. She poked Ron in the ribs and he looked up and muttered his thanks.
After a few more moments of tense silence Harry said, "I don't want to be rude, but I assume that
giving your congratulations to Ron and Hermione isn't the only reason you're here."
"You'd be assuming correctly Mr. Potter," said The Headmistress, she became all business again, "but it
is the basis of my visit. I came her to talk to the four of you about the positions of Head Boy and Head
Girl this upcoming School year."
Ron's head shot up, "Professor, are you saying that Hermione and I aren't going to be Head Boy and
Girl?"
"Not at all Mr. Weasley," Professor McGonagall said softly. "What I'm saying is that because you and
Miss. Granger are engaged I think it might be necessary to have two extra head students, to make it
more likely that the jobs will get done to both the staff's and the student's satisfaction."
"And you want Ginny and I to be the other Head Boy and Girl." Harry said, his tone making it more of
a statement than a question. McGonagall just nodded. "Professor, you are aware that Ginny and I are…
going out?" asked Harry. McGonagall just nodded again.
"Professor, won't that be a bit weird?" asked Hermione after a second. "I mean not only will there
suddenly be four head students, but they will all be from Gryffindor."
McGonagall smiled, "We, that is the teachers and I, were planning on telling anybody who asked that
the extra head students were so that Hogwarts can have a bit of extra protection from any attacks by
Death Eaters that are still at large. As to the fact that you're all from the same house, I don't think that