-Harry Potter and the Emerald Witch-
A/N: This is my first fan-fiction ever. I apologize if this is not very good but please, bear with. Anyways in this life or the next I will never own any of the Harry Potter characters. That goes to Ms. J.K. Rowling. I do however, own this plot, the Emerald Witch, Preeti Patil, and Professor Malwungy.
"HEY look, Parkinson and Malfoy skipped class to go snog in the Eastern corridor. They are real creeps aren't they Harry?" Ron asked. "Bloody posers."
"What, Won-Won misses Lav-Lav alweady?" Hermione snarled. Piss off.
The Golden Trio, in their Seventh year, trailed along the first day with total boredom. Having a new headmaster just made the atmosphere less and less inviting. Professor Malwungy, what a stupid name, probably cleaned animal dung off the floor before working here. To think, they actually had classes on the first day of school. What rubbish!
His dream last night did not help either. It wasn't scary, just very peculiar. In his sight, he just kept on seeing a repeated light flash in his eyes. He couldn't really describe the sensation he felt when he saw that last great flash of light.
He decided it wasn't important. No more worrying for Ron and Hermione.
As they slugged by, up came cheerful Parvati and Padma Patil. They were headed towards Lavender Brown.
"Lavender! Lavender! Guess what?! This is fabulous news!" The Golden Trio's ears perked up as they leaned in close to listen to the fresh slab of gossip. The Patil twins always delivered.
"Our cousin is coming to Hogwarts this year!" Padma's face was glowing so much that Harry could barely watch. What a delivery. Harry thought, the last thing we need here is another annoying Patil. Could this day get any worse? "Oh how exciting!" twinkled Lavender. "We can all be best friends, -Hermione gags- what house is she in?"
"She's actually arriving tomorrow afternoon. And she's going to stay with me." Parvati replied. "Hey, we have Divination with Harry and Ron at 12:30 tomorrow, right? Would it be alright if we all went together, so you know, she gets a bit comfortable? I've told her all about you and the boys."
Lavender giggled. "What exactly did you say about Harry, hmm? Maybe that your heart burns for him like the intensity of a thousand suns?" Parvati blushed, "Hardly."
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Fragment of a Conversation between Harry and Ron
WALKING away, Ron and Harry discussed whether they should or shouldn't skip Divination. Harry already was getting a terrible average, and Ron didn't even want to talk about his grades. "We should just go to class, I mean we're kinda over-reacting, right? Parvati isn't THAT bad. I'm just afraid of Padma. Did you see her at the Yule Ball our Fourth year? Where she does that thing with her eyes when she's mad? Yeesh." Ron shuddered.
"Ha-ha, you were actually looking at your date? I thought you were gawking at Hermione the whole time." Harry mimicked a petrified, jealous Ron, all shock and goofy-ness included. Ron blushed and elbowed Harry, "And I'm sure you were quite jealous of that Cedric Diggory boy, the one who was with Cho?" Ron chuckled. But Harry was white faced. His teeth were clenched tightly in his mouth. The mere mention of Cedric made him stone cold. In his Fourth year, Cedric Diggory died in attempt to destroy Lord Voldemort. Unfortunately, Harry had to bear all of it. "Oh, sorry, I forgot." Seeing the expression on Harry's face at that moment only made Ron flood with guilt.
"Let's go to bed, shall we? It's been a long day."
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Divination...Shit!
Harry slept soundly, no horrible "Voldemort Dreams" -as Tonks used to call 'em- tonight. He sat up, smiling brightly, and turned around to look at the grandfather clock. His face saddened as he stared at it. 12:15. 12:15! Harry looked around to see that nobody woke him to get ready for classes, not even Ron! "RON!! WAKE UP MATE! WE SKIPPED HALF THE WHOLE BLOODY DAY OF CLASSES!" Ron, still drowsy, muttered softly. "In five…minutes Mum. Only… five minutes." Harry stared plainly at him and shook his best friend vigorously. "I'm not your Mum! I'm Harry! And we'll be even MORE late if you don't get your damn ass outta bed!" Ron squirmed around in bed and squinted at Harry, then at the clock. "BLOODY HELL!" He yelped. "GET YOUR CLOAK ON!"
12:18- Dressing like two crazy madmen.
12:25- Running to the porthole and sprinting down the corridors while bumping into one another.
12:29- Phew! Made it to the ladder.
12:29- Ron's shoelace gets stuck on one of the pegs. Yells to Harry for help.
12:31- Harry helps Ron untangle himself. Officially late. Shit.
12:32- Climbs up the ladder and reaches class. Gets two second lecture about being late by Professor Trelawney. Plus detention. Great.
Abruptly, the two sit down and fill in the notes, as told.
"Well class, today we will be talking about the myriad of stars that adorn our skies, what they mean, how the--", CRACK. The candles go out, all is dark.