Hello, little midgets!! Sorry I didn't update yesterday. My evening was jam-packed, and I was tired. So here's a chappie for you. It's probably going to be boring. I dunno. Read to find out.

READ ON, MY LITTLE MIDGETS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Third Person POV

There was a silence that had settled over the people in the Great Hall. No one talked, except for the occasional sneeze, cough, or Ron rubbing his nostril, muttering. For one of the first times, the Great Hall was completely silent while people quietly ate their supper.

Then, Dumbledore broke the silence. "May I have your attention? We are all tired, but we have some good news, along with bad news. Which new would you like first?"

There was a little murmuring, and the request of bad news was given.

"Okay, then," Dumbledore consented, "Then would Ginny Weasley please come up?"

A bit of murmuring broke out again, but Ginny Weasley was soon standing at the owl-themed podium. Her eyes were puffy, and her face was tear "I - I'd like to start," she began, "with thanking our friends, the demigods. Without them, we would have had no idea of what was coming for us. We'd all be dead. So a round of applause for them." Half-hearted applause broke out, and Ginny continued, "I'd also like to thank my brother, Ron, for suggesting to go to Camp Half-Blood for a break. Unfortunately, we didn't get a break. But still, thank you, Ron." More applause. "But I have something to tell you. Sylvia Rutho had been my friend. My best friend. She had been bullied, and she hated her bullies. She'd felt unwanted. If she hadn't been bullied, this entire war wouldn't have happened. These eighteen lives wouldn't have been claimed by the Underworld. Because of all her bullies, all those people died.

"So I want to hear it from you - all of you - no more bullying. You've seen what it can do. You've seen how much damage it can blow. You've seen it all. So tell me that you won't bully anyone anymore. Think about those people that died today and yesterday. Some of those seventeen might have been your friends. I know that the eighteenth was my friend. So swear that you won't bully anymore. For your friends."

A solid voice came from the crowd: "I swear that I won't bully anymore."

Ginny looked a little satisfied, and she wiped a tear from her cheek as she softly smiled. "Thank you. That's all I wanted to hear from you. Thank you. But I still have a little more. From now on, we are going to make people feel good about themselves. Like they're wanted here. Like they're needed.  We are going to be good people." She walked away from the podium, and hearty applause broke out. It lingered for a long time, and it would have stayed for longer if Dumbledore hadn't stopped it.

"Yes, yes. Thank you, Ms. Weasley. But here is the good news. This year, we will have no House Cup winner." Groans broke out, but Dumbledore interrupted, "The reason is, we feel that you are all the winners. For the first time ever in Hogwarts history, we will have four winners of the House Cup!"

There were some groans, and some agreeing statements before the Headmaster added, "Oh, and all the tests and exams are cancelled for the rest of the year."

Cheers broke out, and so did laughter. Hogwarts was starting to have a new start - a new beginning - a new age.

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And, that's the short chapter! Sorry that it's so short; I've got another coming, maybe tomorrow.

-da dam author