Unfortunately, I'm not as brilliant as J.K. Rowling as none of these characters belong to me…except for the obvious few that have been made up.
Title: Harry's Promise
Rating: PG-13 Because then nobody will read it and there is going to be a bit of language.
Summary: Harry makes a promise in his final year that will affect his future. Ten years later, the promise comes back to haunt him. Please read and give good reviews!
Main Characters: Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, Ron Weasley, and Olivia Grand
As you probably already know, Harry Potter is not your average boy. So it wasn't strange for the people watching him to see a seventeen-year-old dodge a flying black ball on a broomstick. They gasped, not with surprise and awe, but with anticipation as he made a graceful dive, his hand outstretched. The scarlet robes behind him made annoying flapping noises, and he could see Draco getting closer, gaining speed. They raced to the glinting gold ball. It seemed like slow motion as Harry clasped his hand around it and landed on the ground, cheering.
The crowd whooped with delight as they flooded out to the stadium. Those in robes that weren't green were excited, but the ones with green robes were skulking about, hissing at the excited Quidditch fans who swarmed around Harry. One in particular.
A girl with bushy brown hair and a shining smile. Harry's girlfriend Hermione. She was proud of Harry for having won the Quidditch Championship and the House Cup. He was proud of her for having achieved the title of Valedictorian (though he wasn't surprised). He put his arm around her and cheered. A tall, red-headed wizard clapped him on the back and cheered with him. Ron Weasley, who was sweating from the effort to keep bludgers off of his best friend's back while he won the game, was just as proud to be on the team and to be best friends with Harry Potter.
"Way to go Harry!" said the headmaster of the school, Albus Dumbledore.
"Thanks Professor!" Harry said, smiling again.
He, Hermione and Ron traipsed away from the crowd to the edge of the forbidden forest. Hermione and Harry clung to each other happily and comfortably. Ron, who didn't currently have a girlfriend, wasn't fazed by the PDA. In fact he was quite used to it. Nor did it bother him that he had once dated Hermione. It didn't matter though, because that had been fifth year for only three weeks. Then Ron had met Olivia Grand, who was a transfer student from America. They ended up together and dated all through fifth and sixth year, then through some of seventh. Then Olivia Grand moved away. Back to America.
Hermione and Harry had been together for three months now. They were happy as can be, but Harry sometimes felt that Hermione was still hurting from Ron's rejection. Who knew? Hermione wouldn't admit it, but she missed the relationship she and Ron had, even after so long. Ron however, didn't notice because he was too busy writing Olivia letters every day.
"Great game Harry!" Ron said, smiling.
Hermione's heart skipped when she saw Ron smile, but she covered up this feeling by kissing Harry's cheek and saying, "You did wonderfully! This game's going down in the books. 290 to 300, honestly Harry! That was an amazing save!"
"Thanks guys, but I couldn't have done any of it without you." Harry said modestly.
Just then, the great form of Hagrid, the caretaker, loomed into view. Beside him was a slimmer, slighter figure who was much shorter.
"Ron! Got a lil' summat fer ya!" Hagrid said, pushing the smaller person forward.
It was Olivia Grand. Hermione's heart instantly dropped, but she pasted on a smile to save face. Neither Harry, Ron, or Olivia need know that she still had feelings for Ron. Ron whooped and scooped Olivia up in a huge hug. Olivia squealed and hugged Ron back, kissing his cheeks and nose.
"I missed you so much!" Ron exclaimed, setting Olivia down.
"I missed you much more!" Olivia cried.
Harry looked at Olivia. When she'd left, she had been a sickly pale color and her hair had been long and somewhat stringy. The last month before she'd moved away, something had gone wrong with Olivia. But now she looked like her old self instead of the skinny, ghoulish girl that she'd turned into.
Olivia had grown and inch or so. She was now about five feet, six inches. Harry guessed that she was about 120 pounds or so, which put her on the thin side, but she looked healthy. Her hair was shinier. Now it looked like its normal chesnut color instead of the ugly dull brown color it had been. Her complexion was darker and her eyes had their glint back to them. Harry could not guess what had gone wrong and what had made her look so much better. He supposed getting away from whatever it was had healed her.
"Hello Olivia." Harry said, smiling.
"Hi Harry! Hermione! I missed you both as well!" Olivia said, flashing her white smile.
Harry felt a small pang somewhere in him. But it might have been from Hermione resting her head on his shoulder, not from Olivia smiling. He hugged Hermione closer.
"I see you two have found a match." Olivia said, winking.
She'd been gone already when Hermione and Harry had gotten together. It wasn't what Hermione had planned. She'd wanted Ron, but then things just went the way they did and she and Harry found themselves in the library, kissing behind Encyclopedia of Mushrooms.
Now Olivia was back. What would happen? Hermione hoped she'd go away and not come back ever. She'd already ruined things once, and Hermione had the feeling that Olivia Grand would ruin things again.