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Black and White Chapter 1 By Lunar Ice
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"Hannah Abbot!" The skinny Hufflepuff girl gracefully approached Dumbledore and shook his hand. She took her diploma and descended down the other side of the stage.
"Can you believe that we're graduating already?" Hermione whispered to Harry and Ron while clapping for the next graduate. "I mean, doesn't it just seem like we were on the train looking for Neville's toad in first year?"
"Not really." Ron said flatly, smiling widely as Lavender Brown got her diploma.
"Hermione Granger!" Professor McGonagall's voice called Hermione to her feet. She walked down the row of her fellow students and climbed the stairs to Dumbledore on the stage. Hermione received her diploma and winked at Harry and Ron.
Hermione took her seat at Harry's left just as he was being called up. A few names later, Ron went up. There was an odd squeak coming from behind them. Hermione and Harry turned to see Lavender and Parvati squealing as the handsome Ron walked on the stage.
Graduation was over and the Great Hall had begun to empty. Students trudged back to their dormitories, but the Graduates headed outside for a little party.
"Hello, ladies!" Ron strolled up to Lavender and Parvati. They squealed and each took a hold of Ron's outstretched arms. "I'll see you guys outside." Ron winked at Harry and led the two girls outside.
"He always was a chick magnet, wasn't he?" Hermione giggled at the sign of Ron.
"Well, you were the only "chick" what wasn't attracted to him, right?" Harry asked.
Hermione blushed and laughed at Harry's remark. "Yea, but I bet you were jealous. That's the only thing he has that you don't." The two friends laughed as they walked outside into the setting sun.
"Oy! Harry!" Harry wheeled around to see Dean, Seamus, and Ernie Macmillan heading towards them. "Hey, Hermione."
"Harry, I'm going to go find Ron and see if I can squeeze an answer out of him." Hermione walked away from them, her long red graduation robes trailing after her. The graduates' robes were the color of their houses.
"You've got a damn fine girl there, Harry."
"What-oh, we're not together. Just friends."
"Excellent," Seamus muttered. "I mean, uh..never mind."
"Why are you asking? You're not going to ask her out are you, Seamus?" A sly smile spread across Harry's face as Seamus blushed. Dean and Ernie hid their faces in their robes so Seamus couldn't hear them laughing. "Well, are you?"
"I-er-wasn't planning-er-um." he trailed off and blushed deeper. Dean and Ernie tried harder to stifle their chuckles, but covering their mouths with their robes didn't help. Their laughter exploded throughout the grounds, which caused everyone to look their direction. Hermione and Ron came over, followed closely by Lavender and Parvati.
"What's so funny?" Hermione asked, looking at each of their faces. At this, Harry, Dean, and Ernie exploded with another loud round of laughter. "What?"
"Um, Hermione, I think we missed something." Ron spoke up after watching the three laughing boys fall to the ground, holding their stomachs.
"Harry! Just tell me what's so funny! I want to know!" She grabbed Harry's arm and pulled him to his feet.
"Sorry." He said, trying to put on a straight face. "It's just that, oh my god this is so funny, Seamus-has-a-question-for-you!" he said, laughing between each word.
"Harry! I said don't say anything about it!"
"No you didn't!" Dean squeaked through his fit of giggles.
"What Seamus? If it's embarrassing, we can go somewhere else." She soothed over the laughter. "Will you three cut it out!" she screamed. The three immediately stood up straight and stopped laughing.
"Hermione? I was, uh, wondering if you would, uh, like to, uh-"
"Stop laughing!"
"-go out with me?" Harry, Dean, and Ernie had burst into another fit of laughter.
"Really?!" Hermione threw her arms around Seamus's neck in a hug. A smile of relief spread across his face. At the same time, the other three stopped laughing and stared in awe at Hermione's answer.
Across the grounds, a certain Slytherin boy looked at the group of friends laughing and having fun. Tomorrow, he was going to ruin that fun once and for all, under the Dark Lord's orders.
Black and White Chapter 1 By Lunar Ice
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"Hannah Abbot!" The skinny Hufflepuff girl gracefully approached Dumbledore and shook his hand. She took her diploma and descended down the other side of the stage.
"Can you believe that we're graduating already?" Hermione whispered to Harry and Ron while clapping for the next graduate. "I mean, doesn't it just seem like we were on the train looking for Neville's toad in first year?"
"Not really." Ron said flatly, smiling widely as Lavender Brown got her diploma.
"Hermione Granger!" Professor McGonagall's voice called Hermione to her feet. She walked down the row of her fellow students and climbed the stairs to Dumbledore on the stage. Hermione received her diploma and winked at Harry and Ron.
Hermione took her seat at Harry's left just as he was being called up. A few names later, Ron went up. There was an odd squeak coming from behind them. Hermione and Harry turned to see Lavender and Parvati squealing as the handsome Ron walked on the stage.
Graduation was over and the Great Hall had begun to empty. Students trudged back to their dormitories, but the Graduates headed outside for a little party.
"Hello, ladies!" Ron strolled up to Lavender and Parvati. They squealed and each took a hold of Ron's outstretched arms. "I'll see you guys outside." Ron winked at Harry and led the two girls outside.
"He always was a chick magnet, wasn't he?" Hermione giggled at the sign of Ron.
"Well, you were the only "chick" what wasn't attracted to him, right?" Harry asked.
Hermione blushed and laughed at Harry's remark. "Yea, but I bet you were jealous. That's the only thing he has that you don't." The two friends laughed as they walked outside into the setting sun.
"Oy! Harry!" Harry wheeled around to see Dean, Seamus, and Ernie Macmillan heading towards them. "Hey, Hermione."
"Harry, I'm going to go find Ron and see if I can squeeze an answer out of him." Hermione walked away from them, her long red graduation robes trailing after her. The graduates' robes were the color of their houses.
"You've got a damn fine girl there, Harry."
"What-oh, we're not together. Just friends."
"Excellent," Seamus muttered. "I mean, uh..never mind."
"Why are you asking? You're not going to ask her out are you, Seamus?" A sly smile spread across Harry's face as Seamus blushed. Dean and Ernie hid their faces in their robes so Seamus couldn't hear them laughing. "Well, are you?"
"I-er-wasn't planning-er-um." he trailed off and blushed deeper. Dean and Ernie tried harder to stifle their chuckles, but covering their mouths with their robes didn't help. Their laughter exploded throughout the grounds, which caused everyone to look their direction. Hermione and Ron came over, followed closely by Lavender and Parvati.
"What's so funny?" Hermione asked, looking at each of their faces. At this, Harry, Dean, and Ernie exploded with another loud round of laughter. "What?"
"Um, Hermione, I think we missed something." Ron spoke up after watching the three laughing boys fall to the ground, holding their stomachs.
"Harry! Just tell me what's so funny! I want to know!" She grabbed Harry's arm and pulled him to his feet.
"Sorry." He said, trying to put on a straight face. "It's just that, oh my god this is so funny, Seamus-has-a-question-for-you!" he said, laughing between each word.
"Harry! I said don't say anything about it!"
"No you didn't!" Dean squeaked through his fit of giggles.
"What Seamus? If it's embarrassing, we can go somewhere else." She soothed over the laughter. "Will you three cut it out!" she screamed. The three immediately stood up straight and stopped laughing.
"Hermione? I was, uh, wondering if you would, uh, like to, uh-"
"Stop laughing!"
"-go out with me?" Harry, Dean, and Ernie had burst into another fit of laughter.
"Really?!" Hermione threw her arms around Seamus's neck in a hug. A smile of relief spread across his face. At the same time, the other three stopped laughing and stared in awe at Hermione's answer.
Across the grounds, a certain Slytherin boy looked at the group of friends laughing and having fun. Tomorrow, he was going to ruin that fun once and for all, under the Dark Lord's orders.