Owl Pals

Disclaimer: Harry Potter and all its characters belong to J.K Rowling. The idea and basic plot line is mine though.

Summery: In Harry's 5th year Dumbledore comes up with an idea to have 'Owl Pal's'. They each pick a person and write to them by using a pen name. What could become of this?

Category: Romance

Ships: H/Hr, R/L, G/D

Part 1

"Attention please" Harry Potter looked up to see Professor Dumbledore standing up at the staff table. After a rather uneventful summer Harry had returned to Hogwarts unharmed. "To bring the school closer in this time of need, the teachers and I have come up with an idea to have owl pals" The hall erupted with noise and Hermoine Granger looked at Harry in excitement.

"Do you think they'll be like pen pals?" Harry shrugged his shoulders in response.

"Attention" Professor Dumbledore said again. "You will each be given a different person and you will pick a name out of the sorting hat, each person will be using a school owl to deliver the letter, this will also be done in secret so no-one can tell anyone who they get." Professor Dumbledore explained. Ron Weasly, Harry's other best friend looked at Harry happily.

"Bill did this in his last year of school, he got Cha Chang and they've been friends ever since, they where something more at one stage but it cooled off. I wonder who where going to get" Ron said to Harry.

"Would everyone please line up and come and get a name out of the Sorting Hat" Professor Dumbledore spoke once again.

Hermoine stood nervously at the sorting hat. She wondered whom she was going to get, she hoped it wasn't Malfoy or one of his goons. She reached into the hat, pulled out a name and sat back down at the Gryffindor table. She opened the bit of paper and stared. Ron Weasly was written in green ink.

Harry stood at the sorting hat he didn't really mind who he got really. (Well he was actually hoped it would be Cho but he didn't really mind) He pulled out the bit of paper and sat back down by Hermoine who was grinning about something. Harry opened up the bit of paper and stared at the name in shock. It had on it: Hermoine Granger in green ink.

Ron went up to the sorting hat with ease. He didn't care who he was going to get, well not really. He had noticed Hermoine was staring at the name she got and Harry was looking like the world had ended or something like that. Ron got the bit of paper and sat back down next to Harry. He opened it and inwardly grinned. On the bit of paper he had Lavender Brown. Ron quickly glanced over at Lavender who was giggling about something.

Draco sighed. He couldn't stop looking at the bit of paper. He couldn't believe he had gotten HIM of all people and worse of all he had gotten a GRYFFINDOR, not just any Gryffindor but his worst enemy. This really bits. Draco thought to himself. For Draco had gotten Harry Potter.  

Ginny was wondering the same thing. How could she be nice to a Malfoy? Malfoy's where evil conniving people, perfect for Slytherin.  She wondered what she was going to write in her first letter.

To be continued.