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James Potter is an arrogant toerag (

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Giving a little mental cheer at the support he got from Sirius, and even surprised that Lily would be publically curious about his idea, James grinned and prepared to get on his soap box. Taking another look about the room, he noted the rapt attention from most.

"You can bet Merlin's bollocks that I have a plan. I know it doesn't seem like it now, but this could get a lot worse really fast. It's a Muggleborn who was attacked, got it? That means that a number of you," his eyes trailed over Lily and a few others, but then returned to her face as though he were speaking directly to her, "are at risk, and I don't know about anyone else, but I won't stand by and let that happen to anyone I know and care about." Giving her a genuine, heartfelt smile, he turned back to everyone else and then glanced over at Sirius, giving him the thumbs up in thanks for his support.

"So what I'd like to propose is that we take the initiative and start here, at Hogwarts, where we can prepare ourselves. If you think about it, a load of us aren't far from graduation, which means we'll be out in the real world soon. Who's to say the next attack won't be on us? Or on any student that visits Hogsmeade? Diagon Alley is a hot spot for all sorts of Wizarding kind, but so is Hogsmeade, and it's a bloody lot closer to us. We need to take our defence into our own hands and practise whenever, wherever we can." The tone of his voice steadily rose as he got more and more pumped about what he was saying. He truly believed in his words and he hoped that he could infuse some of the others with his conviction.

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