Here's Chapter 2, I hope you like it. I didn't really change much in this chapter. Enjoy!
"Talking"
'Thinking'
"SPELL CASTING"
"Parseltounge"
Flashback
Harry Potter fanfic
The Love of Three
Chapter 2: Ron, the team and OWL's
It took a while for the threesome to get to a place where they were all comfortable with one another, though it was easy with Harry and Hermione since they've always had a dynamic between them. It was the addition of Daphne that they needed to get used to. It helped that Ginny kept Ron out of the way. But that of course didn't last.
"What the bloody hell is going on?" Ron shouted. This startled the threesome who were playing twister and laughing. Harry was smiling one of the biggest smile he had ever had, Daphne waist was really close to his while his face was awfully close to Hermione's, who was also smiling. The youngest Weasley son looked like he was ready to blow
"What business is it of yours Ronald? As you've made it quite clear of your feelings." Hermione said as she tried to untangle herself from the others
"Why are you hanging around with that?" Ron sneered as he pointed to Daphne
Harry glared at his former best friend "I'm playing a game with my Harry and my new friend." Hermione said
"New friend!" Ron sputtered not catching the 'my Harry' part
"Yes, my new friend!" Hermione affirmed
"But she's a Slytherin!" Ron bellowed
Hermione rolled her eyes "Ronald, not all Slytherins are evil that's just a dogma that Voldemort started!" Hermione said
"They're evil, I know it!" Ron shouted
"Ron, if you having nothing nice to say then leave now!" Harry said coolly
Ron glared at his former best friend "She's brainwashed you into her slave and now she has Hermione also, I have to do something before it goes too far!" Ron said. Daphne couldn't help, but snort at this "What's so funny you piece of filth?" Ron sneered
Harry was ready to attack the redhead, but Hermione held him back knowing that Daphne could handle herself against Ron. "You know, you do a very good impression of Malfoy." Daphne commented. This made Ron's ears turn red "Yes, in matter of fact if we changed your hair to blond and got rid of the freckles, I think you could be mistaken as Malfoy!" Daphne said in deadpan
This only increased the redness in Ron's face that was now turning purple. Harry and Hermione were holding onto one another as they collapsed to the floor laughing. Daphne stood up and circled the furious redhead and tapped her finger to her chin in thought "Yes, you'd make a good Malfoy with the right changes; in fact let's try it out to see!" Daphne said puling out her wand
"I'd hex you before you could!" Ron growled as he pulled his wand also
Daphne snorted "Please! You wouldn't have enough time to think of a hex before I cast mine." Ron just glared at her "Harry has told me all about the DA meetings and he told me that you were all right, but that you didn't have the guts to actually do something about it!" Daphne said. This made Ron turn even more purple if that was possible "Yes, and he said that you don't put enough power into your spells and even if you did they'd be mediocre at best." Daphne said, though Harry never actually said this she did just to rile the redhead up
"I'll show power! REDUCTO!" Ron snarled as he unleashed the most powerfulstate of the blasting curse at Daphne, who dodge it with ease
"Unlike some purebloods, my parents made sure I stayed in shape." Daphne taunted. Ron was panting a bit after unleashing such a powerful spell "What's wrong Weasley, don't have another one in you?" Daphne taunted. Ron again readied another hex, but before he could utter it he was in a full body bind and silenced without a word from Daphne. "That Weasley is called silent spell casting and we start learning about it this year, but sadly you'll have trouble with it like all other things that isn't Quidditch or eating." Daphne said coolly. Harry got up and took Daphne's hand as he held his other out to Hermione, which she took. They left Ron bound on the floor of the lounge.
The summer progressed and Harry was teaching Daphne all the spells they covered in DA last year and Hermione and Daphne helped Harry prepare for next year by reading ahead. Harry found that having two girlfriends was difficult as they both pushed him to have his homework done and not wait for the last minute, but he found out that if he did what he was told he'd get rewarded by both of them. This made him more motivated in his studies.
Daphne stood in the Dulling room and held her wand tightly in her left hand. Harry was behind he and Hermione was of at the side, watching with a smile "Okay Daph, just remember what I said." Harry explained, taking her hand in his and held the wand out, pointing it forwards "Think of the happiest memory you can and focus it into your wand. Allow the memory and the feeling associated with it spill from your wand and into the physical world."
"Okay." Daphne said, taking a deep breath "I'm ready."
Harry let go of her and smiled "Now."
"Expecto petronum!" Daphne said and a bright silver mist escaped her wand which soon formed into her fully corporal Patronus. It was then that the three found out that Daphne's Patronus was a snake. A King Cobra to be exact
"That's wonderful Daph; I knew you could do it!" Harry said before he span her around and kissed her deeply a reward
Hermione smiled before she held out her wand to cast her Patronus since she hadn't done it in a while. "Expecto petronum!" she said calmly what happened caused a gasp of surprise to escape her mouth. Harry and Daphne pulled apart to see a shinning silver doe Patronus standing in front of the brown haired bookworm "B… But my Patronus is an otter?" Hermione said
"I guess it changed." Harry said with a shrug
This set Hermione to head into research mode, as Harry called it. Later they found that a Patronus can change when something has changed in your life that was significant. Neville, Luna, Ginny, Harry, Hermione, and Daphne were sitting in the living room lounging when one of them decided to ask.
"Who do you think is going to be our new Defence professor?" Neville asked out loud
"Who knows, but I hope it isn't Snape that's the last thing I need!" Harry said. Hermione glared at her boyfriend
"I agree with you Harry, Snape would be a drag on Defence. Not that we've had great teacher in the past minus Professor Lupin." Daphne said. Hermione's jaw dropped "Oh come on Hermione! Snape is a greasy git that should never teach children in the first place!" Daphne said noticing Hermione's expression. Everyone except Harry were looking at Daphne with shock and a bit of awe also "What? He may be my head of house, but that doesn't mean I like him. He's petty man, who likes to bully people by using his position. I can't understand why Dumbledore keeps him around unless they are lovers or something!" Daphne said
The lovers comment made everyone turn green "Uh, Daphne, I don't think we needed that mental image!" Ginny said as she tried to rid the horrific image from her mind
"Sorry, but he really is a useless teacher that only likes to abuse his position." Daphne said with a shrug "Plus why else would Dumbledore have him around?" she added with a smirk This only reinforced the mental image of Snape and Dumbledore, which made everyone turn a dark shade of green.
"Dumbledore says he's trusts Snape and if by saying that is supposed to make everything better." Harry said. Daphne snorted
"Yeah right, it's like saying that I trust Malfoy" Daphne said. Hermione was still in shock as she was used to hearing Harry and Ron berates Snape and then reprimanding the two for it, but how was she going to do that to Daphne. "Oh Hermione, you shouldn't completely trust authority figures. I thought you'd learned that by now!" Daphne said when she saw the look of shock on the brunette's face
"But if we can't trust them who can we trust?" Hermione asked exasperatedly
"I trust Harry." Neville said steadfast. This made everyone looked at the boy with intrigue
"You trust me Nev?" Harry said with shock
"Of course I do Harry, if it weren't for you I would still the clumsy weak wizard I was, but you gave me confidence that not even my Gran could give me. I learned that if you want something done then you need to do it yourself with or without the help of adults." Neville said
"Well said Neville." Daphne said smiling at the once shy Gryffindor. Neville blushed a bit at the praise. Harry looked at the others
"I trust you also Harry." Luna said "Before I met you I was either picked on or just ignored, but you helped me find a place where I belong and I can final say that I have friends." Luna had tears in her eyes as Ginny pulled the blond into a hug
"I'll stand by you Harry; you saved me in my first year and never did anything to hurt me at all unlike my prat of a brother." Ginny said
Harry then finally turned to Hermione. He knew he needed her on his side if he had any chance whatsoever. She also knew this. "Harry, you know that I'm a stickler for the rules and believe our professors know best, but I've always stood by you. Ever since you saved me from that troll in our first year, I've never abandoned you, not even when your name came out of that goblet fourth year and everyone was against you. I always believed in you and knew that you'd be a great wizard. And my belief in you is as strong as it was in first year, so if we have to tackle not only Voldemort, but the Order and the Ministry then you can count me in!" Hermione said with conviction
Harry smiled "Thanks Hermione, I'd never be here if it weren't for you!" Harry said hugging and kissing his best friend/girlfriend and held her hand after they parted
"Even though I only joined this merry band recently, I know that Harry will beat Voldemort." Daphne said with confidence. Harry smiled and pulled Daphne into a kiss then held her hand with his free one
"So this is it, we stand as one?" Harry said looking at all of his friends
"Absolutely, but don't you think we need help of some kind?" Hermione asked
Harry thought for a moment "I'll contact the twins, I'm sure they'd love to join." Harry said
"But wouldn't they side with their family?" Daphne asked knowing who Harry was talking about
"No, Fred and George never ever went with the flow of things and I think they'd like to help." Ginny said. Luna nodded in agreement with Ginny
"Good because I know with their clever minds they can come up with some interesting weapons for the war." Harry said
"What about Ron?" Neville asked knowing that the redhead's name would eventually come up
"Ron is still the same immature prat that he was when he was younger!" Ginny said frowning
Luna again nodded in agreement with Ginny, this time sadly "Yes, he hasn't played chess with me since I beat him and that was when he was six and I was five." she said
"Okay, we don't include Ron unless he changes." Harry said with a sigh Hermione knew this was hard for Harry to do since Ron was Harry's first friend, so she gave Harry a gentle squeeze of his hand to know that's he's not alone. Harry smiled at Hermione as a thank you.
The new group began to train, first by learning Occlumency, which thankfully Daphne knew and helped teach. When she learned of Harry's lessons with Snape this made Daphne very angry and muttered a few choice words about the potions professor.
Hermione was shocked that Dumbledore would willingly allowed Harry to be tortured by the man that hated him the most. This of course made her along with Daphne want to hex the greasy git to bits. It took some time to get the two girls to calm down, but Harry did it. Though he had a feeling that he was only delaying the inevitable. Ginny had start from the beginning, which was hard for her because she had to relive her first year all over again. Her friends comforted her when she needed it.
Luna seemed to be a natural at Occlumency and didn't need much guidance. As for Neville, he struggled a bit, but Harry and Hermione kept encouraging him along with the other three girls. Hermione didn't need much help either with Occlumency as it required to organize your mind and Hermione's mind as nothing, but organized.
When they weren't working on Occlumency they were reading ahead and research various spells in the Black Library. Sirius found this out and gave them freedom to roam, but made sure the most dangerous books were hidden. Remus also helped when he could by subtly suggesting certain books. The only hard part was to keep Molly out of the way since they all knew she could destroy their progress.
"She's like a ghost! I mean we have no peace with her!" Daphne said after a run in with the Weasley Matriarch
"I know, I thought we'd be caught for sure!" Hermione said wiping the sweat from her brow
"We can't give up, but we have to do something to distract her." Harry said
"Why don't we use my dear brother?" Ginny said
"What do you have in mind Gin?" Harry asked
Ginny just smiled "Leave it to me!"
Ginny got her mom to hassle Ron into help cleaning Grimmauld Place, so freed up the library for the teens use. The meeting with the twins was what they expected. "So what do you…" Fred said
"… Need oh, great business partne.r" George said. Fred and George then bowed after this
Harry rolled his eyes at the twins' antics "We want you to join us." Hermione said
"You guys joined the Order?" Fred asked
"How'd you do that?" George asked
Harry shook his head "No, we didn't. We decided that we need to go a different way from the Order." Harry said
The twins nodded "What we want you guys to do is help make some weapons we can use for the war not to mention if you hear anything let us know." Hermione said
"We're in!" they both said
"But what about your family?" Daphne asked curiously
"We love them, don't get us wrong, but we, like you know that the war is not going to be won their way." George said with Fred nodding in agreement
Daphne nodded. Harry and Hermione were exchanging a couple glances with one another and nodded "We also want you to do some recruiting for us also because we know we need more people to be able to win." Hermione said
"You can count on us!" the twins said with a salute Hermione sighed as she shook her head while Harry chuckled. Daphne was amused by the twins' antics.
The group maintained their training schedule with Remus and Sirius now taking a more active approach. The two marauders began to teach the teens all they knew and even told them what went on during the Order meetings, which wasn't much.
"So Dumbledore isn't doing anything with the information that the Order has gathered?" Hermione asked incredulously Remus shook his head
"Not really, it appears that he's trying to do convert captured Death Eaters to the light side." Sirius said with a sigh
Harry snorted at this "Harry?" Hermione chided
"What? Come on, Hermione that is stupid! They're Death Eaters they should be killed for what they have done!" Harry said
Hermione paled slightly. Everyone else was quiet and watched "You don't believe that, do you?" Hermione asked shocked that her best friend/boyfriend would suggest killing
"I do, because they'll keep killing and raping. It doesn't matter if they say they've changed they are who they are!" Harry said
Daphne nodded in agreement "You're right Harry." she said
Hermione whipped her head toward her friend "But they are still humans!" Hermione argued
Ginny and Luna stayed silent as they listened "No they aren't Hermione, they're animals that need to be put down!" Neville said firmly
"Neville is right Hermione. I know you want to see the good in everyone, but not everyone has it within them. Plus this is war and in war there will be death." Remus said sombrely. Hermione couldn't believe it
"Hermione, I know this bothers you, but we can't win this without dealing with Voldemort's supporters like this. I mean we could lock them up, but then Voldie will find a way to free them. Plus, even if we win they will try to buy their freedom like the last war!" Harry said trying to get Hermione to understand
Hermione frowned, but nodded "You're right Harry, we have to do the right thing and that is take out as many Death Eaters as we can so they can't harm anyone else." she said sadly.
Harry pulled Hermione into a hug and a kiss "After we're done I'm taking you away from this and all we'll be worried about is if you need more suntan lotion." Harry whispered in Hermione's ear Hermione smiled at this and kissed Harry
"And what about me?" Daphne asked because she heard what Harry said though the others didn't
"You're invited as well if you like." Harry said smiling. Daphne smiled before playfully punching him in the shoulder. She then pulled Harry into a kiss
Harry and his friends were having a nice talk about their favourite memories at Hogwarts when they heard a tapping sound. Luna, who was closest to the window opened and five owls flew through.
With a flurry of owls marked what would be an interesting day. Four of them landed by them and the fifth flew upstairs. "Our OWL's!" Hermione squeaked as she took her letter from the owl with a shaky hand
"Well there's no way to avoid it. Let's see how badly I did." Harry said taking his without any nerves at all
"I'm sure you did fine dear." Daphne said as she took hers
OWL's Results for Harry James Potter
Subject-Theory-Practical-Overall
Transfiguration-O-O-O
Charms-O-O-O
Potions-A-EE-EE
Defence against the Dark Arts-O-O+-O+
History of Magic-T-N/A-T
Astronomy-A-A-A
Care of Magical Creatures-EE-EE-EE
Divination-A-A-A
OWL's-11
Harry smiled at his results as he was expecting worse. Mostly from potions, but he did well enough. "How'd you do Mione?" Harry asked turning to his girlfriend
"I got almost all O's except for Astronomy and History of Magic."
Hermione said frowning slightly
"That's better than me." Neville said as he looked through his results
"I think Hermione beat everyone!" Daphne said closing her letter
"What about you Daph, how'd you do?" Hermione asked looking away from her results
"Not as good as you Hermione, but I did well enough." Daphne said smiling
Their peace was broken by an overly loud shout "HOW COULD YOU ONLY GET ONLY ONE OWL?" Molly Weasley bellowed
"Looks like mom saw Ron's results." Ginny commented though she really didn't need to
"She's like a living howler!" Daphne said with a bit of awe
"That is what her unofficial nickname is." Luna said fiddling with her Butterbeer cap necklace
"YOU LOST YOUR PREFECT BADGE BECAUSE OF YOUR POOR PERFORMANCE AND MCGONAGALL THREATEN THAT YOU'D LOSE YOUR QUIDDITCH PRIVILEGES IF YOU KEEP THIS UP!" Molly bellowed
"Well if Ron isn't a prefect, then who is?" Ginny asked
At that time Harry decided to look at his school list and out fell a Prefect badge "Oh Harry, congratulations I knew you deserved it!" Hermione said pulling Harry into one of her bone-crushing hugs
"Thanks, but I don't think Ron's going to like this." Harry said as he stared at the shiny silver badge in disbelief
"Who cares what that prat thinks; you deserve that badge more than him!" Ginny said hugging Harry also
"That means Hermione and you will be patrolling together." Daphne said sadly
"I may be with Hermione more than with you, but that doesn't mean I love you any less." Harry said giving Daphne a kiss. Daphne brighten at this
"So who is the Quidditch captain I wonder?" Ginny asked curiously
"It's Katie Bell, she's the most senior member of the team." Harry said right away
"You think she's any good?" Neville asked since he didn't know the girl that well
"Definitely, she my favourite Chaser!" Harry said brightly
"Your favourite Chaser?" Hermione said arching an eyebrow
"Yeah, she and I get along great, and I know she'll be a great Captain." Harry said smiling
"Is that all she is?" Daphne asked suspiciously.
Harry blinked in confusion "What are you two going on about?" Harry asked
"Harry, did you and Katie ever, you know?" Hermione asked waving her hand at the end
Harry's eyes widen "No! We're just good friends that's all! Besides I think she is seeing Fred." Harry said
Hermione brighten up at this "That's good or I would be having some words with Katie." Hermione said
"I don't think you need to worry about that Hermione, since everyone in Gryffindor figured that it would only be a matter of time before you and Harry got together." Ginny said
"I don't think anyone will believe that Harry's got two girls and the other is Daphne." Neville said. Ginny nodded in agreement
"This is going to be an interesting year!" Harry said. Ginny and Luna where both made fifth year prefects. Once they found this out smiles spread on their faces and they hugged each other, smiling and laughing together
Thank you for sticking around to the end, it means a lot to know you at least read this story. Tell me if you liked it or hated it. Please, I really enjoy working on this story so please, tell me what you think.
Also, I can't think of a name for Harry's group, so if you have an idea just put it into a review or send me a PM.
And remember, the Fleur thing is still on and end two days after I post that last chapter that the old story got to. Come back for the next chapter!