A/N: Oh My Wizard God, I have 158 views, 4 great reviews, and 0 not-great reviews! Thankyouthankyouhankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouhankyouthankyouthankyou!
brooke- Thank you, I just thought that Draco was putting a little too much effort into being the perfect pureblood for nothing else to be going on.
Harry1675- Thanks, me too! When I saw your review, I was having the worst writer's block ever, and had absolutely no idea where to take this, so we'll wait together.
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invisibleCheshire- Thank you for the advice, but I was thinking, hey, Harry's a Gryffindor, why not let him trust easily, but your comment on how quickly it was progressing does make a lot of sense. I was actually going through some very bad writer's block as to where I was going to go with this, but when I saw your review, it gave me an idea, so I'm dedicating this chapter to you! P.S. Canon gets a little boring after you've read all the books five times!
Disclaimer: If I owned Harry Potter, then Sirius would be alive and somehow Snape, Dumbledore, and/or Voldemort would end up in bright pink tutus and/or raindeer suits. Yes, I just said that.
Harry slowed down once he was out of sight. Should he really be trusting Malfoy, just because he read a couple of books on muggles? 'It could be a trick, a way to gain my trust and ship me off to Moldywort at the first opportunity.' he tried to convince himself. But somehow, he suspected that that wasn't the case. He was so lost in his thoughts that he didn't notice that he was already at the portrait of the Fat Lady. As soon as he stepped inside the common room he was ambushed by Ron and Hermione.
"Bloody hell, mate! Where've you been?" Ron asked quickly, obviously crazed on sweets.
"Language, Ron!" Hermione butted in.
"Hello Ron, hello 'Mione. How was Hogsmeade?" Harry asked distractedly. His friends didn't seem to notice as they happily prattled on about how great Hogsmeade was and how wonderful Honeydukes was "They have all the candies you can imagine Harry, anything you can think of, they have it!"
Harry was so distracted that when they entered the Great Hall for dinner he had to ask what the decorations were for.
Ron looked stricken and said "Blimey, have you been living on another planet? It's Halloween!"
while Hermione just looked at him suspiciously.
"Harry, are you feeling alright?" she asked him, feeling his forehead to see if it was warm.
"Oh don't worry, those are just the nargles clouding his thoughts," a dreamy voice said from behind them. "It's a bit odd though, normally they nest in mistletoe because of the vibes they get from first love. Malfoy's head is surrounded by them too." She added, more to herself than them.
"Yeah, it's the nargles that are odd." Ron muttered under his breathe.
Hermione rolled her eyes and elbowed him before saying "Hello Luna, how are you? And for the last time, nargles do not exist."
"Yes they do, they just prefer for humans not to see them."
"You're a human too, you know." Hermione pointed out exasperatedly
"Who said that I was completely human?" Luna asked before gliding away
"What does she mean, not completely human?" Harry asked
"Well, she is a pureblood, and from what I've read about purebloods in our History of Magic textbook, it was once considered extremely elite to have a humanoid magical creature married into the family. I wouldn't be surprised if she did have some creature blood in her veins, though I still refuse to believe in nargles." Hermione said stubbornly
"It would explain why she's completely barmy," Ron said
"Goodness Ronald, do you have to be so snarky!" Hermione scolded "Honestly, you're starting to sound like Malfoy!"
"I am not! You're always taking things so seriously, Mione, it was just a joke!"
Before Hermione could respond, Harry cut in "Wizard God, you guys, Hermione, you should lighten up a little, and Ron, you should be a little nicer." He loved his two friends to death, but sometimes they made him want to tear his hair out.
"Wizard God?" Hermione asked
Harry turned bright red "Well, um, you see, uh, when I came into the wizarding world, I thought a lot about what the muggles' god would say about it, and I kind of thought that there must be a separate god for wizards. I know now that there isn't, but still, it kind of stuck in my head."
Ron started laughing so hard he nearly spit his pumpkin juice across the table. Harry just glared at him until he finally shut up. "C'mon mate, I was just having a bit of fun!" Ron complained before finishing his treacle tart. "Ugh, I'm stuffed, let's head up to the common room."
"Wait, did I hear that right, Ronald Bilius Weasley, the Shaggy Rogers of the wizarding world, is done eating? It's a miracle! C'mon Harry, let's get him out of here before he changes his mind!" Hermione said sarcastically before they stood up and left.
"Who's Shaggy?" Ron asked, and on the way to the common room Harry and Hermione tried to explain who Shaggy was, but when they got to the portrait of the Fat Lady, however, they stopped dead in their tracks in shock. The portrait had been ripped to shreds and the Fat Lady herself was nowhere to be seen.
"Hermione, you get Professor Dumbledore, Ron and I will stay here and make sure that whoever, or whatever, did this doesn't come back." Harry said with a voice of steel. Hermione, still in shock, nodded and hurriedly obeyed. Harry stepped back to see the full extent of the damage and saw that the slashes weren't random like they appeared, they were in the shape of what looked like… a dog? His mouth dropped open. No, not just any dog. A grim.
A/N: I know that this might not make sense, but it was necessary. Luna was giving some foreshadowing as to something that might be revealed in a couple of school years (If I make this a series) and I needed a situation like this to set something up that I can't tell you about yet! Sorry to be so ridiculously vague, but you'll find out what I mean soon, I promise. Also, please R&R, so that I know to fix mistakes, wherever they may be! Until I stalk see you again, bye!