Book 1 chpt. 2
Looking ahead to sixth year, Hogwarts changed very little. That Harry
Potter kid fought Lord Voldemort again and he lived. Sitting during Charms,
Legolas and I talked until Professor Flitwick came in. "Are you staying
over Christmas?" he asks. "Yeah, are you?" I answer. "I sure am," flashing
that killer smile I have come to know and love. Later on, at Defense
Against the Dark Arts, Professor Hayes was talking about something to do
with the Unforgivable Curses. Something about weird effects during Wizard's
Duels when they are used. "There is only one known person that this effect
has happened to and he survived Avara Kedavra, beat it too, twice,"
pointing to Harry Potter in the second seat, 5th row. Now this is a full
Griffindor class, so naturally everyone started a standing ovation. The
class ended at that tone. "Have a happy Christmas, all!" Professor called
after a rush of students who were all pushing at once to get out of the
doorway. Legolas and I talked on the way to Griffindor tower. "Isn't this
great? No more listening to Snape take away House points. No long and drawn-
out History of Magic lessons, for a whole two weeks!" he says. "Bezoar
stone," we call to a painting of an extremely fat woman in a livid pink
dress. "And the same to you too," she replies as the painting swung open.
We walk into the common room. There are only 4 Griffindors staying the
break; Harry Potter, his friend Ron Weasley and ourselves. They probably
went to talk to Hagrid again. We were all alone in the room. A fire sat
before us, burning before us. We sit on a double couch and reminisce about
our childhood. "Remember when we were like 8 and you tried to teach me how
to work your bow?" I ask. "Yeah, Princess," (AN: his given name is Legolas,
son of King Thuranduil, so he calls me "Princess") "My bow never quite
recovered from that encounter. I had to replace it," he says, laughingly.
We sit Indian-Style on the couch. Our eyes meet unexpectedly, as a hush
falls on the room. A silent kiss, as our lips meet silently toward each
other. His tongue resting on my own, the faint taste of mint leaves fills
my mouth. His hand placed on my cheek, I subconsciously follow his
movement: my hand across his cheek. Our embrace is short lived as Harry and
Ron stumbled into the room. "Malfoy tried to curse us again," they explain,
rushing up to the boy's area of the tower. "We'd better get down to the
Hall," Legolas says, a bewildered look on his face. "Ummm.yeah," is all I
can reply, oh only about ½ a second later. We walk slowly to the Hall in
silence. Greeted by Professor Hayes, we take a seat at a long table, Staff
and Faculty mingle with the students (AN: all except for Slimeball Snape,
of course. If he did mingle, I'd send him up to Madam Pomfrey in the
hospital wing for a temporary insanity cure). There are only about 20
students who decided to stay the Break, so we all sat at one table.
"Minerva.errr. Professor McGonagall went home to see her sister this
Christmas and will not be joining us," Dumbledore says, blushing.
