CAMP! Summer camp! It was what Hermione, Ron, and Harry had been waiting for since - well, since forever! It was the end of their fifth year, and they had all just turned sixteen. They were all excited about the next few weeks at Camp Merlin's Spellbook!
"Ron! Harry! Ginny!" Hermione exclaimed.
She ran up to the three of them and gave Ginny a large hug.
They all said, "Hi!" back.
"I'm guessing you stayed with Ron again, Harry?" Hermione inquired.
"Yeah. You can bet your bottom dollar that the Dursley's didn't want to take me to camp. Ron's dad picked me up a week ago and I hung out at Ron's house," Harry explained quickly.
"Really! You must have had so much fun!" Hermione replied.
"We did!" piped in Ron's younger sister, Ginny.
She looked affectionately at Harry, and Hermione frowned a bit.
Oh, honestly! Why do I care if Ginny likes Harry? It's not as if I like him. Oh, rubbish! That would be simply crazy. How would anyone think of such a crazy thing? I've only known him forever, and he's been a friend - nothing else! Me, like him? That's a laugh!
"Well, that's good," Hermione replied without missing a beat.
"So, who all signed up for camp?" Ron asked wearily.
"I'm not quite sure. I just hope Cho and her snotty little gang doesn't show -" Hermione began.
"Hello Harry-kins!" a loud voice exclaimed.
Hermione, Harry, Ron, and Ginny flipped their heads around and saw Cho Chang, Parvati Patil, and Lavender Brown walking towards them, grinning, and wearing slutty clothes with way too much make-up.
"Hey," Harry said grinning.
Hermione frowned again.
Cho pulled Harry towards her with a tight hug and squeeze. Harry blushed a bit.
"How have you been doll face?" Cho asked in a way that made Ginny and Hermione shudder.
"Doing okay..." Harry drawled.
"Just okay? I'm so sorry that you had to go live with your awful cousins this summer - again! Maybe next year, well, we'll all be older... maybe next year you can come over to my house for the whole summer. We would have a lot of fun," Cho said seductively.
Hermione rolled her eyes. Harry was positively on fire now.
"Yeah. Too bad..." Harry trailed off.
Oh, honestly!
"Well, there's the Slytherin gang," Ron muttered.
Suddenly Padma Patil came up from behind a corner, and the Slytherins were being drawn to the island in a big ship.
"Hey everyone!" Padma exclaimed good-naturedly.
"Hi Padma," Ron said, straightening his shirt and trying to look smooth.
Padma arched an eye brow and looked quizzically at him.
She might as well have said, "And you are talking to me???"
"There are four cabins for the students from Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. They are cabins nine, ten, eleven, and twelve. Cabins nine and eleven are for the boys. Ten and twelve are for the girls. We will give you a map showing you where all the cabins are and such in just a few seconds," a plump witch announced.
"So, we've already been assigned cabins, I'm guessing," Hermione said grumpily.
"Right you are Miss Granger!" said Professor McGonagall.
She handed everyone a list of their roomates and which cabin they were to be rooming in.
"Cho! Guess what? Lavender, me, you, Padma, Shiree, and Lydia are all together!" Parvati exclaimed.