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Chapter 6 - Holidays
The term ended, bringing holidays and free time. Hermione left to go with her parents to Rome the day after school broke up and Ron left to go to The Burrow. Mrs Weasley had invited Harry to come to as he was "part of the family" but he declined. A certain blonde haired boy was staying behind too.
By the end of the first week of the holidays, most of the students had left Hogwarts. Only a couple of Ravenclaws, a few third year Hufflepuffs and Gryffindors remained. Harry and Draco could do what they wanted… almost as Filch still prowled the corridors even though Mrs Norris had gone.
Mrs Norris had died during the previous school holidays and the old caretaker made the whole school go into mourning for weeks in memory of his beloved cat. He gave countless obituaries at breakfast, interrupted classes for minutes of silence and generally disrupted the school before Professor McGonagall sent him off on a vacation to the Bahamas. He returned sunburnt and very smug as he had acquired a new cat, christened Mr Paddyfoot. This large, fat cat was as sly as its predecessor and everyone hated it, including the teachers. However, Mr Paddyfoot was destined to remain. Everyone just hoped that someday it would be hit with a good Stunning Spell, by 'accident' of course.
Life was bliss for the two teenage boys. Hogsmeade was open for the older years to explore so they would often walk down and have a look at this small village. It was summer so the Lake was warm enough to swim in. Moonlight star gazing from the roof (not the Astronomy Tower, even though classes had resumed there), games of Quidditch as both the boys were expert players. One time they went for a flight over the Forbidden Forest, right to the edge of the school's magical boundaries. At night they would often go to the Room of Requirement, sharing meals and telling stories. There they would fall asleep in front of the fire in each others arms. Everything else had dissolved- Voldemort, the war. Everything. Until…
Sorry to leave you on such a cliffhanger but... you will have to wait to hear what goes wrong!