DISCLAIMER: I don't own any of these characters that are from the Harry Potter series. I do this for my own enjoyment and I am in no way profiting from this.
Author's Note: In this story, I'm going to TRY to put in some more background on Natasha, Shannon, and Jenny. And you'll also notice that throughout the story I'm going to switch back and forth between the characters' points of view, but it's still going to be in third person. You'll understand more when you read!! So, I'll shut up and let you read!! Please review if you do read!!
THE SIXTH YEAR SEQUAL
Chapter One
"NATASHA!!" Shannon Peters yelled at her sleeping cousin, Natasha Herring. The two girls, and Shannon's sister Jenny, had stayed the previous night at Natasha's house. It was the summer before their sixth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, and they all wanted to go back very badly. They missed their boyfriends. Shannon had been dating Harry Potter for about 11 months, as Natasha had been dating Draco Malfoy that long too. Jenny and Seamus had been together about 7 months.
"I'm getting up!" Natasha said groggily. She threw her legs over the side of her bed and walked into the bathroom. Her reflection was very different from the previous year at school. Last year Natasha's reflection would have showed a short girl with a short frizzy brown bob and eyes brows a little thicker than her liking. Her current reflection showed a deep brown, muscle-toned girl with long high-lighted hair. After splashing some cold water on her face, Natasha retreated back out into her basement bedroom, only to find it empty.
"Hello?!" she yelled.
"WHAT?" she heard Jenny scream back from upstairs. Natasha laughed and ascended the stairs.
"Don't tell me you guys are already eating my food," she kidded. Sure enough Shannon and Jenny were chowing down a box of Cocoa Puffs.
Shannon rolled her eyes, "Like you're gonna eat it."
"I don't eat breakfast!" Natasha snapped defiantly.
"You hardly eat period woman!" Jenny yelled.
"Yeah, well…at least I'm skinny!" Natasha replied, pulling her shirt up and patting her stomach. She didn't want to resort to anorexia, but she had gained quite a lot of weight since the end of the school year. She had been in deep depression since the summer began, missing Draco. She missed him so much that it felt like a hole in her heart. So, she stayed inside all day, watching re-runs of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and gorging on all the food in her house. After four weeks of doing this non-stop, she woke up and realized what she was doing to herself, how big of a slob she had become. Exercise alone didn't work for her, so Natasha had quit eating almost entirely and started doing all sorts of exercises to lose the extra weight. She did eventually lose it all, and then some, but she still didn't eat. And that bugged Shannon and Jenny. They were worried about her, but no matter how much they told her to eat, Natasha refused.
"Anyways!" Shannon said forcefully. "We got letters from our guys today!" In one lightning fast second Natasha had grabbed the letter out of Shannon's had, ripped it open, and began reading,
Dear Natasha,
Hey baby! I miss you so much! How are you? How has your summer been? Mine has sucked with out you. But guess what? My father is going to Bulgaria for the rest of the summer and said that I could invite you over!! Do you want to come and stay? Jenny and Shannon are welcome as well. I invited Harry, Seamus, and Ron. Yeah, I didn't really want to invite Ron, but Harry was staying with him so I kind of had to. But owl me ASAP with your answer. I miss you so much Natasha. Stay beautiful like I remember.
Love always,
Draco
Natasha hugged her letter as she smiled happily and waited for her cousins to finish their own letters. Natasha smiled happily as she hugged the letter. Meanwhile, Shannon was reading,
Shannon,
Hi! How are you? You don't know how much I've missed you. What have you been up to this summer? Ron says hullo by the way. He's been going on ALL summer about wanting to see Natasha in a bikini, but don't tell him I told you. Draco invited me, you, Natasha, Jenny and Seamus over to his manor for a few weeks. Interesting…Can you go? Owl me when you find out. Well, Ron and the twins want to play Quidditch, so I'll see you later. I miss you and I love you, Shannon. Write me back soon!
Love,
Harry
"Can you guys go?" Natasha prodded anxiously.
"Probably," Jenny said with a grin. Both sets of parents just happened to be out of the country also. They had gone on an African safari together.
"Oh my gosh! This is gonna be soooo fun!" Natasha was shrieking, "We have all changed like, a ton since they last saw us. In a GOOD way,"
Shannon smiled. Then a flash passed through her mind. She saw herself and Natasha arguing, looking quite perturbed.
"Looks like we might get in a fight…" Shannon said to Natasha. She nodded knowingly. Shannon was an Oracle and she had been getting premonitions quite rapidly now. So far, she has saved Jenny from a bee sting and Natasha from skinning her knee. Woo-hoo. It seemed that her oracle powers were going downhill since she has helped save her friends for Voldemort at the end of last school year.
"You know what this means?" Jenny said energetically. Her and Natasha exchanged glances.
"Shopping!" they squealed in a high, ditzy-blonde-mall-rat voice. Shannon started laughing, spitting milk on her shirt in the process.
"Look what you made me do!"
"The world's smallest violin, do you hear it's tune?" Jenny said, rubbing her thumb and forefinger together.
"Come on! Let's get ready to go to the mall!" Natasha said before running to the shower.
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After all three girls were ready, they met in front of Natasha's house.
"I thought you said you would get us to the mall!" Jenny retorted, looking at the empty driveway.
"I know. Each of you grab my arms." Both sisters reluctantly grabbed her arms. Suddenly the air around them was a swirl of colors. Then, the local mall came into focus, and Natasha grinned widely.
"Girls," she smirked. "Let's get shopping!"
"You can apparate?!" Shannon asked.
"Yeah…come on!" Natasha blushed.
"That is so illegal woman!" Jenny said, but she was smiling.
"Yeah…well, who's gonna tell?" Natasha snapped. She knew that her cousins would never turn her in.
"Just be careful…" warned Shannon. Natasha nodded, and then the group started through the mall.
They all picked out new bathing suits, and an extra-special outfit to wear when they went to Draco's manor. Natasha was especially selective about her 'perfect' ensemble, but she found it never the less.
Then they went and bought new shoes and accessories. All three girls were thoroughly pleased with their purchases. After french fries and a soda at the food court, they were on their way back home.
"You guys can stay the night again," Natasha said as she threw her bags aside and searched for a sheet of parchment. She used an ordinary muggle pen and began writing,
Dear Draco,
Hey! I miss you more! But guess what? We can come!! The parental units are in Africa, so…yeah! All three of us will be in front of your manor at noon on July 2nd. Be sure to invite Harry and Seamus! Love you and see you soon!
Love forever,
Natasha
Her writing was quite sloppy, as it always is when she's thoroughly excited.
"Okay ladies, it's all set!" she exclaimed after she sent her owl with her response.
"We're leaving in two days!" Natasha said loudly when she didn't hear a reply.
"What?!" Jenny shrieked.
"Two days. We leave," As though talking to a small child.
"Well then, I have to start packing!" Jenny retorted, having computed the sentence. She stood up and stalked out of the house quickly.
Shannon laughed as she watched her sister leave, then said, "I need to write Harry back. Do you have a pen and paper I can use?" Natasha fished through some drawers before handing Shannon some notebook paper and a pen. "Thanks," She wrote,
Dear Harry,
How are you? I miss you so so much! I can't wait to see you at Draco's! It will be so much fun. So far I've spent the summer listening to Natasha complain about missing Draco. I'm telling you it never stops! Well, anyway, I'll be at the manor by noon. I really can't wait to see you. Send Hedwig my love.
Love, Shannon
She folded the letter neatly, placed it in a small envelope and sealed it with a kiss. Then she sent the family owl out Harry.
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The day finally came. When Natasha apparated them there, they found themselves out on the lawn. Natasha dropped her things and ran to give Draco a big hug and kiss. He scooped her up and carried her into the house calling "This way," over his shoulder at Shannon and Jenny. Shannon just shook her head and levitated Natasha's things to the porch.
"Where's Harry?" Shannon asked. She was now standing in the entryway of the biggest house she'd ever seen. There was no sign of Harry anywhere.
"He's not here yet," Draco shrugged, not looking away from Natasha.
"Oh," Shannon sighed disappointedly.
"Why don't you drop your things here. I'll have them brought up to your room. You can go wait by the fireplace, it's just through there," Draco pointed, finally tearing his eyes away from Natasha. Shannon smiled and did as she was told. She quickly ran to the room Draco had pointed out. It was a large, white room, with a stone fireplace and a fluffy looking loveseat. Shannon quickly straightened her hair in the mirror hanging over the fireplace, then sat down on the loveseat. She kept her eyes on the fireplace.
"This should be interesting," Natasha laughed. She stood in the doorway, watching Shannon. Draco had his arms around her. He wanted to take her up his room right then.
"Don't think I don't know you're there," Shannon said. "And Draco, please try to stop thinking about Natasha naked when I'm in the room," she glanced over her shoulder, giving Draco a cool look over the rims of her glasses. Natasha faked annoyance and slapped Draco in the arm, then laughed. There came a low popping sound and Harry appeared in the fireplace. Shannon shot out of her seat and quite literally jumped on Harry. He nearly fell over, dropping his bags on the floor.
"Hi," Harry smiled through Shannon's kisses. She set her feet back down on the floor but kept her arms around him.
"I missed you so much!" Shannon squeezed Harry as hard as she could for emphasis.
"Shannon-can't breath-crushing ribs-pain," Harry gasped.
Shannon let him go, "Oh, sorry about that,"
"Told you it would be interesting," Natasha remarked as Draco pulled her away from the room, laughing.
"Let's give them some privacy now," Draco said. If they were going to start ripping clothes off, he certainly didn't want to be there to see it. Natasha glanced back to see Harry and Shannon sitting on the love seat, talking. Draco wrapped his arms around her again.
"How about we go upstairs and I'll show you my bedroom," Draco whispered, kissing Natasha's neck lightly.
"Still not far enough away!" Shannon yelled at Draco. He rolled his eyes, then led Natasha up the stairs.
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The three couples and Ron spent most of the afternoon reuniting, then ate a delicious steak dinner. Natasha was picking at her potato after only a few bites of meat. Draco had never known Natasha to refuse a good dinner like this before, but he shrugged it off. After taking turns with all the dishes and ice cream (which Natasha said she was too full to eat) they all went to bed and fell asleep with full tummies and happy hearts. (Yeah that sounds gay sorry but…yeah)
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Natasha and Draco were in their room, kissing passionately and being fully happy for the first time all summer. When they finally got tired and their eyes drooped, they fell asleep clinging tightly to each other. They awoke early the next morning, before the sun had even risen, to talk about their summers and how much they had missed each other.
"Well, I spent the first half of the summer sitting on my fat arse missing you, then when I realized how pathetic that was I decided to get on with my life." She distinctly left out the part of her struggling anorexia. She knew it was dishonest not to tell Draco, but she didn't want to ruin the moment with something as stupid as that.
"Oh, did I tell you?" Draco said with a big grin, "My father retired from being a deatheater! He said that even though Voldemort had once again disappeared, the whole group was still loyal and he didn't want to be a part of it."
Natasha could tell that this had made Draco very happy. His father being a deatheater wasn't something that he enjoyed. "That's so great!" Natasha said, giving Draco a big kiss on the cheek. He grinned devilishly and then pulled her chin toward his, locking their lips, and claiming her mouth tenderly; stroking her tongue with his. Natasha smiled through the kiss, comforted by being in the arms of her boyfriend FINALLY.
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Shannon and Harry lay in their room, quite unaware of the events across the hall. Harry had woken Shannon up with a kiss on her neck. She smiled and turned toward him.
"You've changed so much," he whispered, lightly touching the scar on her cheek. She leaned over and kissed him more passionately than she had before. Harry pulled away, looking surprised, yet pleased.
"You said it yourself," Shannon smirked. "I've changed a lot," Again she leaned toward him, claiming his lower lip with her own. Slowly his hand moved up past her hip, his fingers hooking in the waist of her flannel boxers. She only giggled and kissed him more as he began to pull at them. Then, the door burst open.
"Ron," Harry groaned, as he rolled away from Shannon.
"What's wrong with your nose?" Shannon asked, squinting in the dim light.
"Ron! I don't believe you! You promised not to go in there," Harry shook his head.
"Come here," Shannon sighed. She had spent quite a lot of time learning first aid from Madame Pomfrey during her last few weeks at Hogwarts. Ron did as he was told, and knelt by the bed, facing her. Shannon grabbed a tissue and dabbed lightly at the blood above his upper lip.
"I'm going to get her," Ron stated. Harry rolled his eyes. "Ow!" Ron winced as Shannon pressed a little too hard on his tender nose.
"No you're not," Shannon said sternly, holding his chin so he was forced to look her in the eye. "So forget it," She waved her hand past his nose and then shoved him backward as if to emphasize her point. "The bleeding should be stopped."
"Ron, Natasha wants Draco, not you. Please just give it up. The guy was nice enough to invite you here. Don't make yourself more unwelcome than you already have." Harry pleaded.
Ron sighed and walked to the door, "I love her. I'll do whatever it takes," With that, Ron left the room, closing the door behind him.
"What are we going to do with him?" Shannon asked, resting her head on Harry's chest. Harry didn't reply. He just sat there, stroking her hair.
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Meanwhile, in the other room, Natasha and Draco had been kissing madly. They were stripping layers of their clothes off as they went, but luckily Ron barged in when they were at least in their under-garments.
"Ron!" Natasha yelled as she pulled the sheet over her half-naked body. Draco got up and lunged at him, connecting his fist with Ron's nose.
"Stay. The hell. Out." Draco said sternly, ignoring the veins that had begun to pop out of his neck. Ron showed him a finger and walked out of the room, holding his face in his hands. Draco turned back to see Natasha rolling her eyes and looking very annoyed.
"What a dolt. Has he ever heard of knocking?" she growled.
"Apparently not," Draco said, "But let's just pick up where we left off…" then he climbed into bed and under the covers, leaving Natasha giggling hysterically.
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After Natasha and Draco had showered and dressed, they went down to the kitchen to make breakfast. Harry, Shannon, Jenny, Seamus, and Ron were already sitting at the table eating some scrambled eggs and sausage.
"Hey," Natasha said with a smile. When her gaze shifted to Ron she glared, then sat down next to Shannon. Draco sat down next to her. He noticed that Ron was checking out Natasha. He couldn't exactly blame him; she looked pretty hot, wearing a heather gray mini-skirt and a tight white t-shirt. But the little bastard could at least not make it so obvious.
"So, what are we gonna do today?" Shannon asked, offering the plate of eggs and sausage to Natasha. She passed it on to Draco.
"I was thinking that we could like swim or something," She looked at Draco, who nodded and threw some food on his plate. He couldn't understand why Natasha had refused to eat again; she never did this before.
"Cool," Ron grinned. He would get to see Natasha in a suit, and that would be great fun.
"Yeah," Draco eyed him suspiciously. After they finished in the kitchen, the couples retreated to their rooms to change. Draco figured that this was the perfect time to confront Natasha about her eating.
"I just-don't eat breakfast…"she said hesitantly.
"It wasn't just this morning, it was last night too," Draco said, turning her back to him and looking in her eyes seriously, "Natasha, what's going on?"
"I told you!" she said angrily, a few tears falling down her cheeks, "I just don't eat breakfast!"
Draco shook his head, "Why can't you tell me? I'm always going to be here for you. Please, just tell me what you're doing to yourself,"
"I can't!" Natasha screamed and ran into his bathroom, locking the door behind her. Draco ran after her and pounded on the door.
"Open up!" he yelled. Shannon and Harry could hear the yelling from their room and ran in.
"What's going on?" Shannon asked.
"I don't' know!" Draco said, still pounding on the door. "She wouldn't tell me why she won't eat and then freaked out." Shannon grimaced and the door to the bathroom flew open with a short hard gust of wind. She grabbed Harry's arm and left the room to leave Natasha and Draco to sort things out.
"Natasha," Draco said as he walked in the bathroom. What he saw startled him. Natasha was lying on the floor, her long hair tangled over her face and her cheeks were red with tears. He had never seen her cry like this, never.
"Why are you doing this to yourself?" he asked, taking her into his arms and holding her baby-like.
"Because," she sobbed, "I want to be skinny."
"You are," he said, "and you were. Natasha, you were perfect. You look great now, don't think I'm saying you don't, but you have to eat and be healthy. Please start eating again."
"No!" she cried, pushing herself out of his arms. "I can't. I'll lose everything that I worked for."
"But you have to eat."
"No! This is something I have to do for myself." Natasha waved off all of Draco's attempts.
"Fine," he sighed. "Just promise not to get sick." She nodded and then walked out to change into her bathing suit.
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Ron was in his room at Draco's mansion. The one he had to share all by himself. And it sucked. He wanted to bring Natasha there and make her cry out his name. He wanted her to look at him the way she did Draco. He wanted to talk to her, pour his heart out to her and have her do the same. He wanted her soddit! And he couldn't even touch her.
He walked out onto Draco's porch that overlooked his public-sized pool. Natasha was rubbing herself down with some tanning lotion. Not that she needed it really. She was pretty dark as it was. But he couldn't help but feel violently sick when he saw Draco taking some lotion and rubbing down her shoulders, lower back, and the back of her thighs. Why the ocard yoflam couldn't he be her one and only? He'd have to prove it to her then. And a brilliant idea popped into his head.
"Draco," Ron called innocently, "I accidentally flooded your bathroom and I'm not sure where everything is. Could you fix it?" Draco sighed and then nodded reluctantly as he walked toward the house.
"I'll be right back out," he called to Natasha before he shut the door. Ron grinned and walked cooly to Natasha.
"Hey," he said. She threw him a dirty look before jumping in the pool. Ron bit his lip. She looked even hotter when she was wet. He took a deep breath and jumped in after her. He swam toward her and grabbed her waist with his hands and pulled her until she was touching his body. His lips traveled to her neck and he ate along her jaw line carefully, ignoring the water flooding his mouth. She kneed him right in the ball sac, forcing him to let go of her in a hurry.
"What the hell was that?!" she screamed when they surfaced. Ron shrugged and swam after her to the edge of the pool and got out. They sat on the edge, breathing fastly, catching their breaths before Ron spoke.
"Natasha, why can't you love me?"
"Because," she snapped, "I am in love with Malfoy. Can't you just face the fact that I'm not going to give in to you? I know Parvati broke up with you at the end of last year, but I'm not going to date you! Face reality Ron, it could be the smartest thing you've ever done!" Suddenly Malfoy burst out of the door and his face was flushed crimson with anger.
"Ron!" he snarled, charging at the red-headed boy, "You're going to pay for that you little prat!" Draco suddenly lunged at Ron, pulling him by his neck into the water. The two boys began to wrestle like old friends, laughing and pulling each other underwater viciously. Natasha watched in utter horror. When they were finally exhausted, Draco and Ron surfaced and got out of the water. Draco shook his head playfully at Natasha, splattering her with water droplets. He wore a 'what-the-mother-did-I-just-do?' sort of look on his face and she could tell he was trying to move on. Quickly.
"Where are Shannon and Harry?" he asked, a little color fading into his cheeks. Ron shrugged.
"I'll go get them," he replied before jogging into the house, clicking his heels before he opened the door.
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Shannon and Harry hadn't gotten very far into changing. In fact, they had only managed half of it. Shannon lay in her under-things and Harry in his boxers. They were kissing quite more passionately than the previous year. Shannon supposed that they had changed, matured. She was just going to remove a few more articles of clothing when they were interrupted by a knock on their door.
"What?!" Harry cried angrily.
"Where are you guys?" Ron's voice came from outside the door.
"We're in here you idiot," Shannon groaned.
"Oh, well I was sent to see where you were," he said stupidly, "Oh, and to tell you to come out and go swimming with us." Shannon waited until his footsteps couldn't be heard to turn to Harry. She grinned devilishly and removed her bra, carefully and slowly. You could practically see Harry's eyes widening with every inch that it took. Once she had it completely off, she reached for her suit top and put it on. Harry's eyes drooped with disappointment. Shannon smiled sympathetically.
"Later," she said firmly, and Harry was once again surprised at his girlfriend's frankness.
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AUTHOR'S NOTE: Wow, Shannon getting kinky…never thought I'd see the day!! *wink, wink* There is more to come so, if you read, please review and come again. Thank you for reading Natasha and Shannon's story!!