Note: Harry Potter belongs to J.K Rowling.
Harry was looking at his Defense against the Dark Arts book. He flipped through the pages but his mind wasn't focused on the words in the book. His mind was focusing on Hermione Granger. She was sitting opposite Harry in the library filling up her Astronomy Chart. He tried to concentrate on his book although he wasn't really reading the words. Finally, he shut his book closed and went out of the library. He climbed up the marble staircase pass the portraits.
"Password?" said the Fat Lady. "Tazmania." The portrait swung open and Harry climbed in. He sat down on a couch near the fireplace and stared into space until Ron came in. "Hey, watcha doing, mate?" Harry's attention went back to Ron. "You look kind of.. Like as though a dementor has sucked out all your happiness." "I'm fine." Said Harry as he took out a blank piece of parchment and began writing his essay on werewolves. He could not seem to concentrate and spilled over his bottle of ink onto his parchment. "Are you troubled over something? Don't tell me you're still brooding over Cho?" grinned Ron. "Shut up." said Harry as he cleared up his parchment with a swish of his wand. "Well, see you in Care of Magical Creatures ten minutes later." Ron said as he went through the portrait hole. Harry rolled up his half-written essay and stuffed it in his bag. He got up from the couch and put his Care of Magical Creatures book (although difficult, because it kept trying to bite Harry) into his bag. He swung his bag over his shoulder and went out of the portrait hole too. He climbed down the moving marble staircases. He did not look where he was going and CRASH!!! Bumped into Hermione. "Watch where you're going, Harry" Hermione said angrily as she rubbed her forehead and ran up the marble staircase. Harry took a deep breath and shouted "Hermione!" Hermione turned around and looked at Harry. "Yes?" "I...I...I..." "What?" said Hermione. "I'm in a hurry, you know!" Harry let out his breath. "Nothing..." Hermione looked at Harry curiously and continued walking to the Gryffindor Common Room. Harry swore to himself and walked through the castle doors across the castle grounds to Hagrid's hut. Halfway through walking, he bumped into someone again. He got up and saw that it was Cho Chang, his ex-girlfriend. Cho Chang scolded "Watch your- oh, hi Harry..." Cho Chang's face started to grow red. "Hi, Cho... I hope you won't mind about what happened between the two of us last week..." Cho Chang's eyes started to fill up with tears upon hearing what Harry said. She ran away from Harry, wiping her tears along the way. Harry continued walking towards Hagrid's hut, turning around once in every seconds to look at Cho Chang's disappearing figure.
"Al' righ' ev'rybody! Today, we're gonna learn abou' this." Hagrid pointed to a moving box. Everyone backed away from it. "These are called Battuffs." They are little creatures which can heal blind people with their blood. And don't worry, they won't bite." Hagrid let out the Battuff and the girls screamed and scampered around. Hermione hid behind Harry. "Don't worry!!!" Hagrid shouted to the girls. The girls stopped scampering around. "I told you these won't bite! Now, does anybody dare to touch this little creature here? 'ow about you, Malfoy?" "I'm not gonna touch those ugly things! What if it attacked me like your whatever Hippo thingy did to me last three years?" said Malfoy angrily. "Buckbeak didn't do it on purpose. You were just rude to it." said Hagrid. "Now, do we have any volunteers?" Nobody volunteered. "Then I'll just pick two. Harry, Ron, how about the two of you?" asked Hagrid. Harry and Ron looked scared. "Don't worry. Come on!" Hagrid pulled the two of them in front. "Now, you must first bow to the Battuff. If it bows back at you, it means you could touch it. If it dosen't, then you can't touch it. And don't ever pull out its hair. It will get nasty. Who wants to go first? Ron, how about you?" Ron nodded his head, although quite reluctantly. He stepped forward and bowed. The Battuff bowed back at Ron. "Well done! Now, go and touch it." Ron stepped a few steps forward and touched the Battuff catiously. "Good!" Hagrid clapped loudly. "It's your turn, Harry." Harry stepped forward. "Wish you good luck, mate." Ron winked at him. Harry bowed at the Battuff. He waited for about ten seconds but there was no response. "Ha! The Battuff dosen't like you, Potter!" said Malfoy, giving an evil smirk. "You're wrong, Malfoy." said Hagrid. The Battuff bowed at Harry right after Hagrid's sentence. Hagrid once again clapped loudly. Malfoy looked taken aback. "All righ', that's all for today. Get back to the castle for your Transfiguration lesson." Everybody walked back to the castle chatting about Harry and Ron along the way. Harry walked through the castle grounds and was about to push the castle doors open when he heard a voice say "Well, Potter. Don't think that I don't know you like Hermione Granger. Trying to win her heart by touching the Battuff. Well, too late. Did you hear Dumbledore say that there will be a ball tomorrow? Well, Granger's going with me." Harry was astonished, but he pretended not to. "Maybe you could choose Ginny Weasly to go with you. Hahahaha!" Malfoy gave Harry a sort of evil grin and pushed the castle doors open. "I can't believe it! Hermione's going with Malfoy to the ball!" Harry thought. He pushed the castle doors open too and ran up the marble staircase to the Gryffindor Common Room. "Tazmania" said Harry to the Fat Lady. The portrait swung open and Harry rushed inside. Harry looked around for Hermione and saw that she was packing her Transfiguration book into her bag. "Hermione, you can't go with Malfoy to the ball!" Hermione turned and looked at Harry. "Anything wrong with that?" "There is something wrong with that!" said Harry. "It's because I lov-" "What's going on in here?" Ron had just came into the Gryffindor Common Room. "Nothing," said Harry. "Hermione was just telling me off because I kept copying her homework." "Ok. I thought it was some big problem. Well, see the two of you in Transfiguration later." Ron put his Transfiguration textbook into his bag and got out of the Common Room. Hermione gave Harry a stern look at got out of the Common Room too. Harry sighed. "I guess I have no more hope now..." Harry too packed his Transfiguration book into his bag and got out of the Common Room down the marble staircases to the Transfiguration classroom.
"Class, today we are going to transform candles into rabbits. The spell is Beniforlum" and with a swich of Professor Mcgonagall's wand, all the notes appeared on the blackboard. "You can cast your spells once you have finished copying your notes." As usual, Hermione was the first one to finish copying her notes. Hermione swished her wand and said "Beniforlum.". The candle turned into a rabbit successfully. "Ten points to Gryffindor" said Professor Mcgonagall. One hour later, everyone managed to turn their candles into rabbits except for (as usual) Harry and Ron. Harry and Ron were about to step out of the classroom when Professor Mcgonagall called out to them. "Potter, Weasly, the two of you seem to be troubled over something and have not been able to concentrate on your work." "I'm fine." said Harry and Ron together. "Since there's nothing wrong with you, then you'd better go to the Great Hall for your dinner." Harry and Ron went out of the classroom and climbed down the marble staircases to the Great Hall. Harry and Ron sat down at the Gryffindor table next to each other. Dumbledore clapped his hands for attention. He said "As you know, there will be a ball tomorrow. So you will have to choose a partner to go with you. Of course, the partner must be of opposite sex." Harry and Hermione looked at each other. Dumbledore continued "That's all I have to say. Let the feast begin!" Food appeared in front of all the students. Harry took some liver steak and poured some pumpkin juice into his goblet. Twenty minutes later, Dumbledore said "Now, for the desserts." All the food disappeared and desserts of different kind appeared. After all the students had their fill, the prefects lead the students back to their common room. Of course, Hermione is one of the prefects in Gryffindor. She lead the Gryffindor student back to their houses. When she reached the Fat Lady portrait, she said "Tazmania" and the portrait swung open. "I don't get it, what's Tazmania?" asked Ron. "It's a muggle cartoon character." said Harry. "Funny name." said Ron as they climbed into the portrait hole. They went up to the boy's dormitory and changed into their pyjamas. "Hey, who do you plan to go with to the ball tomorrow, Harry?" asked Ron. "I plan to go with Hermione, you know." Harry said "Too late, mate. Hermione's going with Malfoy to the ball..." "What!? Did I hear wrongly? Hermione's going with that idiot?" said a flabbergasted Ron. "Ron, do you like Hermione?" Ron's face grew scarlet red. "Well, actually, y-y-y-yes..." said Ron, looking embarrassed. "Well, to tell you the truth, I like her too, Ron..." Ron was taken aback at Harry's words. "Look Harry, from today onwards, you're no longer my friend. Hermione's not gonna be Malfoy's, not gonna be yours, but it's gonna be mine, ok?" and with that, Ron pulled his blanket over his head. Harry sighed. "Look, Ron, if you want our six years of friendship to end just because of Hermione, fine." Harry said as he went to sleep, thinking about who to go with to the ball tomorrow...
Harry was looking at his Defense against the Dark Arts book. He flipped through the pages but his mind wasn't focused on the words in the book. His mind was focusing on Hermione Granger. She was sitting opposite Harry in the library filling up her Astronomy Chart. He tried to concentrate on his book although he wasn't really reading the words. Finally, he shut his book closed and went out of the library. He climbed up the marble staircase pass the portraits.
"Password?" said the Fat Lady. "Tazmania." The portrait swung open and Harry climbed in. He sat down on a couch near the fireplace and stared into space until Ron came in. "Hey, watcha doing, mate?" Harry's attention went back to Ron. "You look kind of.. Like as though a dementor has sucked out all your happiness." "I'm fine." Said Harry as he took out a blank piece of parchment and began writing his essay on werewolves. He could not seem to concentrate and spilled over his bottle of ink onto his parchment. "Are you troubled over something? Don't tell me you're still brooding over Cho?" grinned Ron. "Shut up." said Harry as he cleared up his parchment with a swish of his wand. "Well, see you in Care of Magical Creatures ten minutes later." Ron said as he went through the portrait hole. Harry rolled up his half-written essay and stuffed it in his bag. He got up from the couch and put his Care of Magical Creatures book (although difficult, because it kept trying to bite Harry) into his bag. He swung his bag over his shoulder and went out of the portrait hole too. He climbed down the moving marble staircases. He did not look where he was going and CRASH!!! Bumped into Hermione. "Watch where you're going, Harry" Hermione said angrily as she rubbed her forehead and ran up the marble staircase. Harry took a deep breath and shouted "Hermione!" Hermione turned around and looked at Harry. "Yes?" "I...I...I..." "What?" said Hermione. "I'm in a hurry, you know!" Harry let out his breath. "Nothing..." Hermione looked at Harry curiously and continued walking to the Gryffindor Common Room. Harry swore to himself and walked through the castle doors across the castle grounds to Hagrid's hut. Halfway through walking, he bumped into someone again. He got up and saw that it was Cho Chang, his ex-girlfriend. Cho Chang scolded "Watch your- oh, hi Harry..." Cho Chang's face started to grow red. "Hi, Cho... I hope you won't mind about what happened between the two of us last week..." Cho Chang's eyes started to fill up with tears upon hearing what Harry said. She ran away from Harry, wiping her tears along the way. Harry continued walking towards Hagrid's hut, turning around once in every seconds to look at Cho Chang's disappearing figure.
"Al' righ' ev'rybody! Today, we're gonna learn abou' this." Hagrid pointed to a moving box. Everyone backed away from it. "These are called Battuffs." They are little creatures which can heal blind people with their blood. And don't worry, they won't bite." Hagrid let out the Battuff and the girls screamed and scampered around. Hermione hid behind Harry. "Don't worry!!!" Hagrid shouted to the girls. The girls stopped scampering around. "I told you these won't bite! Now, does anybody dare to touch this little creature here? 'ow about you, Malfoy?" "I'm not gonna touch those ugly things! What if it attacked me like your whatever Hippo thingy did to me last three years?" said Malfoy angrily. "Buckbeak didn't do it on purpose. You were just rude to it." said Hagrid. "Now, do we have any volunteers?" Nobody volunteered. "Then I'll just pick two. Harry, Ron, how about the two of you?" asked Hagrid. Harry and Ron looked scared. "Don't worry. Come on!" Hagrid pulled the two of them in front. "Now, you must first bow to the Battuff. If it bows back at you, it means you could touch it. If it dosen't, then you can't touch it. And don't ever pull out its hair. It will get nasty. Who wants to go first? Ron, how about you?" Ron nodded his head, although quite reluctantly. He stepped forward and bowed. The Battuff bowed back at Ron. "Well done! Now, go and touch it." Ron stepped a few steps forward and touched the Battuff catiously. "Good!" Hagrid clapped loudly. "It's your turn, Harry." Harry stepped forward. "Wish you good luck, mate." Ron winked at him. Harry bowed at the Battuff. He waited for about ten seconds but there was no response. "Ha! The Battuff dosen't like you, Potter!" said Malfoy, giving an evil smirk. "You're wrong, Malfoy." said Hagrid. The Battuff bowed at Harry right after Hagrid's sentence. Hagrid once again clapped loudly. Malfoy looked taken aback. "All righ', that's all for today. Get back to the castle for your Transfiguration lesson." Everybody walked back to the castle chatting about Harry and Ron along the way. Harry walked through the castle grounds and was about to push the castle doors open when he heard a voice say "Well, Potter. Don't think that I don't know you like Hermione Granger. Trying to win her heart by touching the Battuff. Well, too late. Did you hear Dumbledore say that there will be a ball tomorrow? Well, Granger's going with me." Harry was astonished, but he pretended not to. "Maybe you could choose Ginny Weasly to go with you. Hahahaha!" Malfoy gave Harry a sort of evil grin and pushed the castle doors open. "I can't believe it! Hermione's going with Malfoy to the ball!" Harry thought. He pushed the castle doors open too and ran up the marble staircase to the Gryffindor Common Room. "Tazmania" said Harry to the Fat Lady. The portrait swung open and Harry rushed inside. Harry looked around for Hermione and saw that she was packing her Transfiguration book into her bag. "Hermione, you can't go with Malfoy to the ball!" Hermione turned and looked at Harry. "Anything wrong with that?" "There is something wrong with that!" said Harry. "It's because I lov-" "What's going on in here?" Ron had just came into the Gryffindor Common Room. "Nothing," said Harry. "Hermione was just telling me off because I kept copying her homework." "Ok. I thought it was some big problem. Well, see the two of you in Transfiguration later." Ron put his Transfiguration textbook into his bag and got out of the Common Room. Hermione gave Harry a stern look at got out of the Common Room too. Harry sighed. "I guess I have no more hope now..." Harry too packed his Transfiguration book into his bag and got out of the Common Room down the marble staircases to the Transfiguration classroom.
"Class, today we are going to transform candles into rabbits. The spell is Beniforlum" and with a swich of Professor Mcgonagall's wand, all the notes appeared on the blackboard. "You can cast your spells once you have finished copying your notes." As usual, Hermione was the first one to finish copying her notes. Hermione swished her wand and said "Beniforlum.". The candle turned into a rabbit successfully. "Ten points to Gryffindor" said Professor Mcgonagall. One hour later, everyone managed to turn their candles into rabbits except for (as usual) Harry and Ron. Harry and Ron were about to step out of the classroom when Professor Mcgonagall called out to them. "Potter, Weasly, the two of you seem to be troubled over something and have not been able to concentrate on your work." "I'm fine." said Harry and Ron together. "Since there's nothing wrong with you, then you'd better go to the Great Hall for your dinner." Harry and Ron went out of the classroom and climbed down the marble staircases to the Great Hall. Harry and Ron sat down at the Gryffindor table next to each other. Dumbledore clapped his hands for attention. He said "As you know, there will be a ball tomorrow. So you will have to choose a partner to go with you. Of course, the partner must be of opposite sex." Harry and Hermione looked at each other. Dumbledore continued "That's all I have to say. Let the feast begin!" Food appeared in front of all the students. Harry took some liver steak and poured some pumpkin juice into his goblet. Twenty minutes later, Dumbledore said "Now, for the desserts." All the food disappeared and desserts of different kind appeared. After all the students had their fill, the prefects lead the students back to their common room. Of course, Hermione is one of the prefects in Gryffindor. She lead the Gryffindor student back to their houses. When she reached the Fat Lady portrait, she said "Tazmania" and the portrait swung open. "I don't get it, what's Tazmania?" asked Ron. "It's a muggle cartoon character." said Harry. "Funny name." said Ron as they climbed into the portrait hole. They went up to the boy's dormitory and changed into their pyjamas. "Hey, who do you plan to go with to the ball tomorrow, Harry?" asked Ron. "I plan to go with Hermione, you know." Harry said "Too late, mate. Hermione's going with Malfoy to the ball..." "What!? Did I hear wrongly? Hermione's going with that idiot?" said a flabbergasted Ron. "Ron, do you like Hermione?" Ron's face grew scarlet red. "Well, actually, y-y-y-yes..." said Ron, looking embarrassed. "Well, to tell you the truth, I like her too, Ron..." Ron was taken aback at Harry's words. "Look Harry, from today onwards, you're no longer my friend. Hermione's not gonna be Malfoy's, not gonna be yours, but it's gonna be mine, ok?" and with that, Ron pulled his blanket over his head. Harry sighed. "Look, Ron, if you want our six years of friendship to end just because of Hermione, fine." Harry said as he went to sleep, thinking about who to go with to the ball tomorrow...