The Anger .

Huh!" replied Harry. "No one told me that. I just called for one and one came. He told me that the house elves normally don't come when called by a student but he somehow - knew why I was calling and came. They're allowed to do that."

"Hello?" called a voice from the door.

Turning to look, both Harry and Daphne saw a First Year Gryffindor standing in the doorway looking around.

"Come in!" said Daphne. "You're the first to arrive." Harry gestured to a ledger he had on the nearest desk with a quill and bottle of ink ready and said, "Please write your name in the ledger, and the House you belong to, and take a seat where you like."

Over the next half hour over two dozen students ranging from new First Years up to even Fourth Years came in. Over forty percent were Ravenclaws; about a quarter each were Gryffindors and Hufflepuffs, and there were a couple of Slytherins. Just about all of them ooh'ed and ahh'ed at the decor. They were also joined by the full contingent of 'The Seven', as they were coming to be known.

At 4.30pm on the dot, Harry and Daphne moved to the head of the meeting room and waited a few moments to allow the noise to die down.

"Welcome, all of you," said Harry. "For those who do not know, my name is Harry Potter; and this most charming lovely lady with me is Daphne Greengrass. We're the two who asked for permission to form this club."

Harry gestured to Daphne to take it from there while he picked up a small pile of parchment and started walking around the U-shape handing out a sheet to each.

"Harry and I were disappointed to learn that many of you, if not all of you, are unaware of the etiquette and traditions of the wizarding world. What they are, why they are, when and how they apply. We also know it's not your fault. The purpose of this club is to work with you to rectify that.

"Children who have grown up in the Wizarding world are quite aware of most of what we're going to help you with. As they've grown up with this, it's a fundamental part of their lives. They live it. However, as muggleborns you weren't even aware of the wizarding world until you received your Hogwarts letters. A such, those of us with a lick of sense understand you aren't aware of our etiquette and traditions."

Returning to the front, Harry said, "However, it is the considered opinion of the populace of the wizarding world that it is your responsibility to make yourselves aware of the etiquette and traditions. So, when you make a mistake relating to one, they hold you responsible for it. They do not consider it their responsibility to teach you what you need to know. Though you may not agree with that viewpoint, they're right.

"Like me, as I was muggle-raised, you're pretty much a migrant to this world. To put that into perspective; before you came here, you were living as a muggle Brit. If someone emigrated into Britain, you would have been of the mind that it was the migrant's responsibility to learn how to live in Britain. They made the choice to come here, so it's their responsibility to fit in. The same applies to the wizarding world and you. Harsh, I know; but, no less true."

Daphne asked, "As an explanation of why it's so important, who here remembers what happened at breakfast last Saturday between Harry and Professor Snape?"

Almost all sitting before them raised their hands.

"Good. Now, who here knows what it meant?"

All but three hands went down.

Nodding, Daphne asked one of those who had their hand raised on the second question, "How did you come to understand what it meant?" "I - err - went to the school library and found a book about it," said the Second Year Ravenclaw.

"A wise move," said Daphne. "Did either of you other two know what it meant as it happened? Or, did you also have to wait until later to find out?"

"Later," both replied.

Again nodding, she said, "Then none of you knew at the time that Professor Snape had committed a deliberate major breach of etiquette. And that, as a result of that breach, he could have been lawfully killed for it, do you?"

That elicited a few gasps around the room, together with a few talking to others sitting nearby.

With a smirk, Harry asked loud enough, "It all just became a much more serious issue for all of you, hasn't it?" Not expecting a response he said, "What I handed to each of you is a general overview of what we'd like to discuss with you, show you, and where necessary demonstrate for you.

"We've included general subject ideas we can go over. However, if there's a specific subject matter you'd like to know about, or know more about, then we can discuss it. But you also need to consider that Daphne and I would like to run this club each year. And that each year will see the influx of another batch of First Years who would benefit from this club.

"That means we're starting from scratch each September to allow the new cohort of First Years to participate. However, if we haven't imparted upon you want we want to by June next year, then we may well continue for you on the Sundays opposite those where we'll be starting from scratch." "Any questions, so far?" asked Daphne.

A Gryffindor First Year, Fay Dunbar, asked, "Harry, is it true you head-butted a Killing Curse?"

Giving a small snort and shaking his head, he replied, "Two things. First, no one really knows what happened when Voldemort cast the Killing Curse at me, because everyone butme is dead who would know. Anything you have read that states otherwise is only a guess at best and a blatant lie at worst.

"Secondly, I'm sorry to say, you have just committed a serious breach of etiquette. I'm not having a go at you for it because you didn't know and that's why you should be here. But, do you know what it was?"

"Errr - no; sorry," she meekly replied.

"Does anyone else?" asked Harry looking around. No one knew or guessed. "Not surprising, really," said Harry. "The breach occurred when you used my first name when you were not given leave to do so. That is, I did not say you could call me by my first name before you used it.

"Properly, you should have asked, 'Potter or, Mister Potter - is it true you head-butted a Killing Curse?'. There are some in the wizarding world who take great offence when you use their first name when they haven't said you can do so. It's referred to as being overly familiar and is considered disrespectful.

"Because we don't want any of you to feel uncomfortable in here, and because we want each of us to consider the others friends; please, call me Harry, all of you."

"And I give you leave to call me Daphne," said Daphne. "But, only in this room. I still expect to be called Miss Greengrass outside that door; alright?" After receiving a number of verbal nods Daphne asked, "Please, are they any more questions; specifically, about what we hope to accomplish in here?"

Another Gryffindor, Seamus Finnegan, asked, "Yeah, why do we need to ride the Hogwarts Express to come to Hogwarts? It takes me and me Dad ages to travel all the way down to London just for me to have to ride all the way back to south western Scotland on a train."

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