Okay. She had gotten rid of Ron. Obviously, she now wanted to get rid of Seamus.

Now, she needed to hatch a plan to get rid of Seamus.

As Harry, Hermione, and Adelina did their homework together, Harry suggested, "Why don't you do the same thing you did to Ron?"

"Because, Harry, it will look fishy," Hermione answered for Adelina, who nodded and looked pointedly at Ron's rat. The rat was lounging on the floor at Ron's side. Ron was sitting far away with Seamus, Dean, and Neville.

"So, we need to think, Adey." Adey was Adelina's new nickname. Hermione tossed her bushy brown hair and smiled at Adelina.

"How about we… set fire on his robes?"

"No. I did that to Snape at the match already."

Harry also had a lot on his mind. He was still trying to work out the Sorcerer's Stone and Snape, but he loved Adelina with all his heart. And it was that, precisely, that kept him away from the Stone.

"I know!" Hermione cried suddenly. She wrote out the plan on a piece of parchment very quickly and passed it to Adelina, who passed it to Harry.

They all smiled.

At dawn the next morning, when everyone was asleep, Hermione met Adelina and Harry in the common room.

"Harry, do you have your cloak, and Adelina, wand?"

"Sure."

"Okay."

"So, Harry, you go and wake Seamus and Adelina, come with me. We need your voice."

Hermione created an orb that had a hole.

"Now Adelina, do your thing."

Adelina whispered, "Seamus… I don't like you. I never did. I'm in love with Harry. You breathe one word of this to your friends… you will experience the fiercest revenge…"

Hermione sealed the orb and waved it up the staircase with her wand.

"Now, we go back to bed. And Adelina, meet me at seven thirty for breakfast." It was the weekend. "We need to witness Seamus' reply."

They met each other in the entrance hall considerably earlier, waiting for Seamus.

Seamus came down the staircase, looking disappointed. He was being comforted by Dean.

"Quick, Adey, Invisibility Cloak!" hissed Hermione, shoving the cloak on Adelina.

"So, hi, Seamus. Why are you so down?"

"That Adelina girl. She sent a message saying she didn't like him."

"Oh, really?" said Hermione. "Maybe it just wasn't meant to be."

"Maybe." Dean led Seamus to the Great Hall.

Hermione pulled the Cloak off Adelina and said, "Wow."

"I know," Adelina replied. She shook her hair and stalked into the Hall with Hermione. The plan hadn't gone as well as she had expected, but at least Seamus was out of the way.

After a hearty breakfast of bacon, eggs, pancakes, toast, potatoes, pumpkin juice, and coffee, the girls left the Hall with Harry.

"Should we catch up on our homework?"

"Absolutely."

"Nah," Harry disagreed.

"Why?" asked Adelina.

"Quidditch practice. And I need to talk to Ron."

"Oh, well, that's cool."

"Sure. Bye Harry!" Adelina called.

"Bye!" shouted Hermione as Harry walked out onto the school grounds.

Harry waved hastily and ran.

Back in the common room, Hermione and Adelina did their homework.

"So, who do you fancy now?"

"Well, I really like Harry, but I kind of miss boys chasing me. You know?"

"Yeah. Well, in the Great Hall…"

And the girls plunged into a gossip session.

At dinner, the girls sat nearest the Great Hall doors, sipping their clam chowders eagerly. Harry was planning to go and get the Sorcerer's Stone tonight. Which ends the chapter here.