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Chapter 3

Dear Draco,

I assume that you were successful in gaining The Weasley Boy alliance. I want to meet with you and him this Thursday night to go over the plan with him. I will send you a portkey in the next few days that will transport you to our meeting/hideout. Do not fail me, Draco!

Lucius Malfoy

Draco sighed, reading the letter his father sent him a few days ago. He was going to have to explain to his father that he was going to make a deal with Weasley to make him totally on board with the plan. Draco knew it wouldn't go over well. When Draco initially came up with the plan of getting back at Potter, Lucius was livid with the idea saying that it was ludicrous. Even going so far as to send Draco a howler, which, lucky for him, only yelled at him in the owlery.

Draco looked over to the red vase that his father sent him. This was the portkey that was going to transport him and Weasley to the hideout. It was expensively beautiful, to say the least. With this beauty and expense, it almost said that his father really wanted Weasley to be overwhelmed with the glory and luxury that he could not say no. But that was the least of his problems. If Ron behavior toward his father is negative all bets are off.

He knew there was going to be repercussions when Weasley and his father met that day. Weasley already made his mind the first time that he wanted to join but working with Lucius turned him away, and his father wanted nothing to do with a family that was so beneath him. So, he thought of a plan to soften the blow a bit to what his father wanted when Weasley went to him. In order to get Weasley to go with him, if he couldn't persuade his father to be nice, he could show that Weasley could be worth his father's presence. Weasley needs to be in his father good graces for him to approve of him. Also, he didn't want Weasley to be scared off again this had to work no matter what happened.

Draco had given a handwritten note to Weasley that morning, letting him know to meet him in another discreet place on the 5th floor in the castle so they could transport to their meeting. In the note, he scheduled Weasley to be there by sunset and wear dark clothes so both of them could be inconspicuous in the night.

"I'm here, Malfoy," Ron announced coldly as Draco's back was turned.

"It took you long enough," Draco snared and looked him up and down examining his clothes to make sure he was ready for the journey. Ron wore black trousers with a dark red jumper. It was acceptable.

"Now, Weasley, we are leaving by portkey, which is this red vase over here. Once you look behind you and see if the coast is clear, we are going to both touch the portkey at the same time and leave."

After checking that the coast was clear, Draco and Ron simultaneously touched the vase and were transported to the outskirts of Hogsmeade. That part of Hogsmeade was completely deserted with a bunch of abandoned shops and houses thoroughly creeped Ron out.

"Are you sure he wants us to meet him here?" Ron asked. "Are we even allowed to be here?"

"Shut up Weasley and just follow me," Draco said as he lifted up his dark cloak hood over his head and began the walk to an abandoned shack which was odd, compared to the other buildings, it was losing its paint chip by chip while the rest were just black in color. Draco opened the heavy wooden door and held it open for Ron to go in as well. Once the Gryffindor was in the room, he inspected the place to check for anything to pop out. Even though it was fairly dark in the room.

Draco rolled his eyes and cast a Lumos bright enough to shine on everything in the room. Everything to the chairs and the tables that were spread out all over the room to the back bar indicating that the shack used to be a pub, "There are no tricks here, Weasley just continue to follow me."

Ron whipped his head around to give Draco a well-deserved glare but Draco was none the wiser as he continued with his wand out to a back door. He went in leaving the door opened as an invite for Ron to continue in his footsteps. Ron was still uncomfortable with this whole idea working of with the Malfoys, but as he was already on the outskirts of Hogsmeade, he had no choice in following the blonde haired boy into this other room which was oddly descending downward as Ron watched Draco step down. To Ron, the whole plan was too good to be true in the end. Getting harry his well-deserved revenge did not call for Lucius Malfoy to join in but he was willing to do anything to make this revenge a reality.

Ron followed Draco downstairs, which was made out of the best black marble that he has ever seen in his life with gold trimmings and had a railing a rich copper. The staircase was lit by candlesticks that hung on the wall as they descended down to this hideout.

When Draco reaches the bottom, he noticed that his father had not arrived yet, so he could conduct his plan of making Weasley better presented to his father.

"Weasley! I want you to go wash your hands in the restroom over there," Draco instructed, pointing to a closed-door that sat at the other end of the room which was fairly small. Enough for it to be a narrow dining table for four which was half true since it had a glass table and wooden chairs sitting in the middle of the room with a small chandelier above it. "My father will be here any minute and he wants cleanliness over everything else!"

"What? Your father can't touch a blood traitor?" Ron snarked.

"Just go do it. You want this plan the work, don't you?"

Ron rolled his eyes and headed to the restroom as Draco started casting spells all around the room so that his wand was not the only thing lighting this place.

Once finished lighting the room Draco was startled when his father spoke about how well he was doing with the lighting up the room. Small talk really.

"Draco, you have really outdone yourself," Lucius started with a booming voice. Lucius stood at the bottom of the stairs with his cane in hand. He wore a black cloak that with his stature made Draco immobilized with his head down. "I can see every spider web that hangs in every corner."

Draco continued to bows his head, not saying anything as Lucius continues. "Is Weasley here?"

"Yes, Father, he is in the restroom," Draco answered. Lucius hit Draco on the shin with his cane in which had Draco starting to hunched over and hiss in pain. Lucius grabbed Draco by the collar, and he whispered into his face. "That was for your first fuck up for your first attempt in getting Weasley anything like that again this whole cane will whip your back!" Lucius quickly shoved his son out of the way as Draco stumbled a bit to stand up straight. Lucius changed his attitude to one of a very disappointed stern father to his son to the Weasley boy with a smirk on his face. Lucius had to keep up appearances so nothing of his real nature comes to light to anyone.

"Good boy," Lucius said as he wiped his finger across the glass table for any dust. Ron comes out of the restroom, and he and Lucius make eye contact.

"Weasley, I see that you have taken on the plan of avenging Potter. Is that correct?"

"Yes, but I want to know why this revenge plan includes you?"

"It is a bigger plan than you think. Didn't Draco explain this to you?"

"No, the first time we talked he belittled me, so I told him that I didn't want to work with him."

"What about the second time?" Lucius glanced over his shoulder to see the blond haired boy still bowing his head. Sensing his lookover, Draco flinched.

"I only agreed to join was because we would make an unbreakable vow on you to not berate me every chance you got; I want some respect in working with the both of you. If you don't then I won't do anything you want me to do with this plan," Ron gave a stern look as he cut the air with his hand.

"Sounds like a good deal, but I want to explain what this plan entails," Lucius gave a sly smile. In Lucius' mind, He thought of a way to sell the plan to the youngest Weasley boy and he knew how to do it. From how Draco described his and Potter's relationship before their friendship ended, Lucius knew how to get Weasley on board with the plan.

The older Malfoy invited the two fourteen-year-old boys to sit with him at the glass table.

"First of all, I should explain this plan will get Harry expelled."

"Expelled?" Ron asked. "That's mad; how are we going to get that to happen?"

"Yes, this plan seems a bit excessive but you did say that Potter is always in the spotlight for all the heroic things that he has done?" Lucius calmly explained.

"I haven't said that."

"Oh, I think it's my mistake; Draco's explains a lot to me. "

Ron glared at Draco as a blonde haired boy just glanced at him. "I guess that's true; he is always the heroic one that ends up in all the papers."

"Since all of the news coverage of Potter is positive, why don't we make him Public Enemy Number One?"

"That's not an easy thing to do; the Wizarding World sees him as a savior."

"That's where you come in Weasley. We want you to make Potter around Hogwarts more disliked by more people than yourself and Draco here?"

"By who exactly?"

"Professor McGonagall and Headmaster Professor Dumbledore are mainly the key people for this expulsion to happen."

"How about Professor Snape; he would be a good enough candidate?"

"I think it would be a good starting place," Draco chimed in still feeling the wrath of his father's glare. "He hates him already."

"Yes, good idea, why not push Professor Snape into hating him a little bit more?" Lucius agreed with a hint of animosity.

"What does this have to do with me?" Ron asked, confused.

"We know our plan needs to take some time, but if you are patient with us, it will fall through very swiftly."

"How much time do you think this will go on for?"

"A year and a half maybe even two."

"A year-and-a-half?! Why so long?!"

"Weasley, we know Professor McGonagall will treat him unconditionally well so to change her mind will take some time. Also, this goes for Professor Dumbledore but also included in our plan we need for you to befriend Potter again."

"What?!" Ron growled banging his fist onto the glass table; almost breaking it.

"Weasley, it takes you out of people of interest if our plan is discovered."

Ron rolled his eyes to the idea that the Malfoys would let him hide from this if shite hits the fan. "I don't believe you when you say that!"

"We know that we will not get caught with this plan because we always work in the shadows, so by you befriending Potter again, you will serve as the weakest link to the connection of us working together. To Potter and the whole Wizarding World. The betrayal won't be noticed by anyone. Also, we want to keep tabs with Potter through you we don't want him to think that he is alone in this and kill himself off. That's not part of our plan."

"I don't think he'll kill himself; he's too much of an egomaniac," Ron waived as he thought back and thought more about the proposition at hand and made a small nod in understanding. If Harry is alone for too long this may come true. "B-But I still don't understand how are you going to get Harry expelled from Hogwarts?"

"My plan has an idea once we get there but everyone has to turn their backs to him first, mainly the staff," Lucius said.

"He is not really going to do anything outrageous like you Malfoy so how are we going to do this?"

"We have a series of mishaps as you would say to set up for Potter," Lucius explained, putting his hands together and laying his chin on top of them.

"So, if I join you I'll be setting Potter up for failures until he gets expelled?"

"No, not all the mishaps will be class related. We're looking into getting him caught breaking one of the school rules and some other things that are morally wrong as well."

"M-Morally wrong?"

"We are thinking on what degree we will put him in for the moral transgression we want him to commit now."

"The more horrible the better," Draco said. Lucius rolled his eyes for his son's precipitousness.

"We will have meetings throughout our time together with this plan to explain what happens next to get Harry in trouble again," Lucius said

Ron folded his arms and thought to himself, this could be the most ultimate revenge that he could ever think of but with Harry's likability, there's no way he could ever devise a plan to virtually get Harry out of his life. He could just imagine Professor Dumbledore kicking Harry out for all the trouble he'd caused and the life that he, Ronald Weasley, could live without him. No more playing sidekick to his hero! No more of his mother's favoritism towards him! No more of stories of the Harry Potter, a hero to The Wizarding World! If their plan goes right Harry Potter will be the most hated man of the Wizarding World, so no more savior! His name will be a bitter taste in people's mouths! But there were a few things that needed to be addressed before he made the unbreakable vow with the Malfoys.

"First of all, I want the respect that I should have with this plan. No berating no calling of me blood traitor or that I am poorer than you I want teamwork from both sides. Agreed?" Ron declared.

"If we are asking for promises we want you to work with us no matter what we asked of you. No 'no, I can't do it' for any reason."

Ron extended his right arm to officially accept their offer to join them. Lucius was the first to shake his hand.

"Thank you, Weasley, it will be a pleasure to work with you," Lucius grinned a callous grin. Lucius, Draco, and Ron all made a pact that day with two successful unbreakable vows spells cast between Lucius and Ron and Draco and Ron.

That day commemorated Ron's betrayal of his best friend Harry Potter.

"Mr. Potter, I need to speak to you," Professor McGonagall said as the rest of her class packed up their books and parchment to leave. Some of the other students started to murmur in gossip as Harry signaled to Hermione with a nod to just wait outside. Once all the other students left out of the room.

"Mr. Potter, can I ask you about your flying skills?"

"Yes, Professor, but what about them?" Harry asked, confused to what she was alluding to.

"I say that you are the best flyer I have ever seen at Hogwarts since I have started teaching. I think since there isn't any Quidditch games this year. I think you should work on your speed."

"My speed, Professor?"

"Yes, go and practice your speed, it will help you in the future." Professor McGonagall said nonchalantly. Harry was aware of his skills on Nimbus 3000; he could do flips and tricks that would wow a whole stadium, but Professor McGonagall was telling him to work on his speed. What whatever she was trying to get him to understand, he didn't.

"Uh, thank you, Professor, I will do that..."

"Can you send in Ms. Granger?"

While having the conversation with McGonagall, Hermione was standing outside the door, waiting for Harry to come out. She was staring off in space just patiently waiting for him as a few other students passed her, minding their own business when a girl with jet black hair approached her.

"You're Hermione, right?" the girl said. Hermione found herself talking to Cho Chang, the Ravenclaw girl that Harry had a crush on.

"Uh, yes?" Hermione replied.

"I want to ask you what your relationship with Harry is?"

"Oh, we're just friends nothing more. Why have you been reading the daily prophet?"

"Yeah, I just wanted to know if it was true or not thank you," Cho smiled and waved to leave the bushy-haired girl alone before the door to transfiguration opened. 'Why is everyone believing the Daily Prophet? Mrs. Weasley with her threats and now Cho Chang! Why don't they see that nothing is going on between us?'

"Hermione, Professor McGonagall wants to talk with you too," Harry said.

Confused she went in as Harry switched places with her. As Harry stood outside and watched other students pass by. He saw a few of the first year Slytherins walked past with very big buttons that said: "Support Cedric Diggory" with his face underneath the words. then the button started to change with a flash to "Potter Stinks" with an unflattering picture of Harry rolling his eyes with his tongue out.

Harry gave a sigh 'if everyone believed me now it wouldn't matter now. It would be impossible to win these people back now I'm virtually robbed Cedric Diggory of winning for Hogwarts. I wish Professor Dumbledore would look into this and not let me play in Triwizard Tournament.'

In the meantime, Hermione and Professor McGonagall start of their conversation just says as Harry's was, confusing to the student but to the professor a small hint was given.

"Excuse me, Professor, you want me to show you how well I do the accio spell?" Hermione puzzled.

"Yes, child, I know you can do it, see how well you can do it," Professor McGonagall said, pulling out an apple and setting it on her teacher's desk. "Do it on this apple here make it come to your hand and take a few steps back to the fifth desk in the centre row."

Hermione did as she was told and took out her wand and got in position to start the spell. She made a frown like shape line in the air with her calling out the Accio Apple. The Apple flew across the room to Hermione's hand and she caught it with precision inturn Professor McGonagall applauded her on skill.

"Absolutely brilliant, Miss Granger! Now that I know you can do that I want you to take time out of your day to tutor Potter until he gets good at it."

"But why does he need to know the accio spell doesn't he need to do something for the tournament?"

"As one of the coordinators of the tournament I cannot disclose what will happen and what is needed for the first task but enough about that; ask me about the weather?" Professor McGonagall smiled.

"Uh, how is the weather?"

"It's very cloudy today, very gloomy, but did you know witches and wizards can control the weather just by teaching 'the clouds' to do as such?"

"No, I did not Professor McGonagall. Uh, how would you go about teaching one?" Hermione asked feeling confused as she tried to keep up with the conversation.

"Just like every other wizard and witch has done before teach each other!" Professor McGonagall raised an eyebrow and signaled her head two points at the door hoping Hermione would get it.

"Oh, I see Professor I'll do my best to teach the 'clouds'!" Hermione said finally understanding that Professor McGonagall meant by 'clouds' as in Harry. Teach Harry.

"Thank you, Miss Granger. Don't tell the clouds that I'm doing this." Professor McGonagall said. Hermione smiled and nodded.

As Harry and Hermione started the walk to their usual picnic spot away from glaring eyes and stuck up noses. Harry started to notice a lot more students with the buttons of 'Potter stinks' pass them and began to worry.

"Have you seen all the badges that people are wearing around school today Hermione?" He asked.

"No, I haven't noticed," Hermione replied. "Do the badges have a saying?"

"Support Cedric Diggory, then it changes to Potter stinks."

"Let's not worry about that for now, Harry, I know you don't have much support but the tournament will not require you having support or not. You need to focus on surviving the task."

"I guess you're right. From hearing from Professor Dumbledore's explanation of why the tournament was canceled first that should be motivation to focus on staying alive in it."

Hermione gave a faint smile to him as she tried to somewhat change the subject, "Harry, how are your skills with the Accio spell?"

"I am not as good at it as you are." Harry replied. "Why?"

"I think we should practice that spell just so you can be good at it," Hermione offered.

"Uh, okay, do you want to start now?"

"Yes, but once we're in the courtyard."

"So have you talk to Mrs. Weasley?"

"No, she won't talk to me, but I think I have some good news for you; Cho Chang asked for you."

Harry gained a curious look, "Brilliant, what she say?"

"She was asking if I was dating you. and I told her I wasn't."

"So, she's still my side she doesn't believe that I put my name into the goblet!" Harry gleamed.

"Well, I didn't say that, but she did want to know if we were dating or not so that's a positive."

Harry felt very content in that moment; three people were on his side and believe him when he said that he didn't put his name in the Goblet. Hermione watched him smile to himself and was starting to muster up the courage to admit to liking the idea of seeing him smile.

Once settled into their lunch, Hermione picked up an apple and told Harry to go to the nearest tree and try to practice a spell. Good for them the nearest tree was several yards away, so this was good practice for Harry to start on. Hermione signaled with her other hand for Harry to start. Harry took a deep breath and started his stance with his wand at the ready.

"Accio Apple!" Harry called as he waves his wand in a frown shape. It barely wobbled in Hermione's hand, and Hermione shook her head to Harry, saying to him that he should try to call the spell again. This time the apple flew through the air and Harry catches it. Hermione applauds him as Harry runs back to Hermione giving her apple back.

"Let's try that one more time for Old Times Sake," Hermione said.

Harry ran back to the tree with a bit of a boost of confidence. He tried again but this time the spell cast the Apple to fling out of Hermione's hand backwards to the stone wall of the castle and smashed it into mush. Hermione turns back to Harry with her jaw dropped.

"Sorry!" Harry called. 'Professor McGonagall was right; he does need practice…' Hermione thought.

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