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I'MNOTCRAZY1- I looked up your and you're so I hopefully won't make that mistake again. Also, I left an author's note a couple weeks back explaining I made a mistake on that. My fault entirely.
Author's thoughts: Reeled is a strange word associated with a strange face with strange motions. It is my favorite word today.
I do not own Hp
"Harry!" Ginny called as Harry walked in the door. "Come over here!" He sighed. He wasn't looking forward to the conversation that was bound to happen. He turned and walked in the direction of her, Ron, and Hermione. He'd just gotten news from McGonagall that the new members of the Quiddich team would be posted on the Gryffindor board in the morning. He knew he'd probably made the team, as well as Katie, and he hoped Ron had too.
"So Harry," Ginny said as he plopped into an armchair. "When are you taking me on that next date?" Ron looked distinctly uncomfortable. He had figured it out on his own that Harry and Hermione had probably gotten together. Harry sighed, and said "We won't be going on any more dates, Ginny. I love you like a sister, and I'd much rather keep it that way." Ginny looked like she'd swallowed a whole beaker of Skele-grow. "What?" she sputtered. "Why not?"
"Because," Harry said and lazily leaned over and grabbed Hermione's chilled hand in his own. She cast him a small smile as Harry continued. "I think I've found the right person for me."
"Her!" Ginny said a touch too loudly and said people started to stare and point fingers. "Why would you ever want to go with her?! She's not even human!"
"Ginny, people are staring." In a much, much quieter tone he added "I suppose you'd say the same for your brothers?" Ginny turned red. "Don't you bring them into this! This is between you and me and her, Harry Potter! And I think I deserve a better answer than "I think I've found the right person for me!"
"But I have!" Harry said, quite loudly. He squeezed Hermione's hand a little more and then said "She's smart, and pretty, and she understands me!"
"I understand you!"
Fred and George appeared in the corner of Ron's eye. They watched the scene worriedly, which wasn't a look he was used to seeing on them.
"No, you don't! You don't see the whole me! You just see the Boy-Who-Lived! You seem to think that all there is to me is Voldemort and living through the killing curse!"
"I do not, and what makes you think the SHE doesn't see that!?"
"Oh, please. You know vampires are easy as pie to read! It's why they operate in the shadows! So no one can see what they're doing!"
Ron whispered "Fred." and his brother's head snapped up. He looked toward Ron and Ron mentally thanked vampiric increased hearing. "Get McGonagall. Now." Fred turned to George and after a silent agreement, both twins slipped out. Ron's attention was then drawn back to his best mate and sister. "Oh, that's a hunk of bull shit! You and I both know she's smart enough to mislead you into believing that easily!"
Hermione piped up and said "And why would I want to do that? Harry is my best friend."
"You just want him all to yourself! You foul, loathsome, bitch!"
And with that Ginny launched herself at Hermione. The two went tumbling over the couch. Hermione simply wasn't heavy enough to have anything else happen. Ginny landed a good punch on Hermione's cheek which healed instantly and Hermione whipped her arm out and caught Ginny's next punch. She pinned both the younger girls arms down and then placed her feet on Ginny's ankles. The younger girl had a small cut on her lip where a small trickle of blood was, but thankfully Hermione had taken Fred and George's scent block a while ago.
"Ms. Granger!"
Her hair flew up as Hermione whirled around and saw McGonagall, Professor Umbridge, and Professor Dumbledore in the portrait hole.
"You will unhand Ms. Weasley now!" McGonagall barked and Hermione carefully stood up and released her steel grip on Ginny's wrists, to which the younger girl swung her fist toward Hermione's nose, which healed some 30 seconds afterwards. Ginny screamed in rage as Hermione felt the outside of her nose, and held the other girl in a choke hold, which had no effect whatsoever than make McGonagall mad. "Ms. Weasley!"
Dumbledore held up his hand and said "Harry, Ronald, Ginevra, Mr. Weasley and Mr. Wealsey, and Ms. Granger, if I could see you all in my office a moment? "The rest of you, off to bed." Then he gestured with his hand. Harry walked over and stood in between Ginny and Hermione. Ginny glared at him. Dumbledore led them out of Gryffindor tower, down the staircases, and through the doors to the headmaster's office. "Delores, we can take it from here." He told her. "I think not, Headmaster. You see, the ministry has appointed me the first ever Hogwarts High Inquistador. The announcement will be made tomorrow."
"The Ministry doesn't control Hogwarts." Ron said in the back of the group. "Be quiet Mr. Weasley." Umbridge said.
Dumbledore sighed and nodded tiredly. "Come on you six. We are going to have a chat about your behavior this evening. Ice chips." The gargoyle leaped aside and let them pass. Fred and George started whispering excitedly. "It appears I shall have to change my password after our meeting tonight." Dumbledore said amusedly.
"What are Ice Chips, Albus?"
"An American muggle candy that cleans your teeth and tastes scrumptious."
McGonagall rolled her eyes and gestured the six kids up. They walked into the office and Dumbledore conjured chairs for everyone. "Now. Harry, Please tell me who started the quarrel this evening."
"Ginny did sir. I told her I had no wish to go on any more dates with her. I love her like a sister. Furthermore, I told her I was courting Hermione, At which point she caused a large scene in the common room. Hermione denied one of Ginny's accusations, and Ginny launched herself at Hermione. Hermione simply rendered Ginny harmless, at which point you three walked in."
"Ronald? Is there anything else you would like to add?"
"I told Fred to go get McGonagall."
"Mr. Weasley and Mr. Weasley, Anything else?"
"Ginny pointed out that Hermione wasn't human and Harry whispered that 'Would she say the same for us?'"
"You weren't even there at that point! How could you have heard that?!" Ginny said venomously.
"We heard you from the Slythrin dorms."
McGonagall's eyebrow twitched. "The Slythrin Dorms, Mr. Weasley?"
"You can't honestly expect us not to retaliate after all the things Malfoy said about Vampi-I mean, Hermione!"
McGonagall put a hand to her head and muttered something that sounded like "Paperwork." At this point Umbridge jutted in. "Would she say the same for you? The things Mr. Malfoy has been saying about Vampires? And you heard her from the Slythrin dorms?"
Fred and George blanked for a second and then said "What? When did we say the same for you? And Madame Umbridge, Ginevra inherited Mother's lungs. She can scream from the ministry to here. And of course we would get Malfoy back for the things he said about Hermione. When did we say anything about vampires?"
It was then Harry realized that Umbridge had no clue Fred and George were vampires. What would happen if they went bloodthirsty in her class? Fred caught Harry's eye and winked.
"Ms. Granger, anything you would like to add?"
"Only that I'm sure Ginny was acting in anger and there need not be any punishment on her part."
Ginny looked startled. Even Umbridge reeled in surprise. Dumbledore's eye twinkled. "Be that as it may, I'm afraid we must issue some sort of punishment. Usually, a case like this would be handled by your Head of House, but due to the severity of the different species and the fact a witch was injured in a fight with a ministry classed dark creature, (Harry's eyebrow twitched) I'm afraid this falls into the hands of the headmaster. Therefore, there will be a twenty point deduction each from Gryffindor house, and Ms. Granger and Ms. Weasley will each serve a two-week detention with Professor Umbridge."
Hermione nodded solemnly but Ginny wiped her eyes. "It's not fair! Why would Harry ever choose her over me? I can't believe it!" She turned and stormed from the headmaster's office. Dumbledore shook his head and said "You are all dismissed."
Her room was quiet and tidy, like it always had been, but after the first week Hermione realized it wasn't really a room as much as it was a prison. After 10:00 you couldn't get in or out until 6:30 the next morning. She had asked Fred and George about it and they said it was because the Professors couldn't afford to be up every second of every night to watch the three Gryffindor vampires. This way they ensured that the students were safe and the three weren't off somewhere. It really was a lot easier. However, Fred and George weren't allowed out till 7:00, 30 minutes after Hermione. No one wanted to get up early to watch two pranksters.
Hermione sat on the edge of her bed and thought about the events that had transpired that evening. She took the antidote for the anti-scent pill and then as the bloodlust came back full force, reached under the bed and pulled out her canteen. She didn't even bother to carry it around anymore. It was just extra baggage.
Ginny had asked why Harry would choose her, a vampire, over a beautiful red head like the younger Weasley. Hermione wondered that herself. What did she have that Ginny didn't Ginny was pureblood, a human, gorgeous, and fun. She played Quiddich, had a large family, and-
She pushed herself up off the bed and walked over to the door. She pushed on it, and it didn't budge. Of course it wouldn't, it was 10:26. "The trick," She thought. "Is to be outside before 10. Then the teacher's logic is flawed and I can run out under the moonlight like any other vampire. Out in the moonlight with Harry. And maybe Fred and George. It would be fun to race them across the rolling hills and through the forbidden forest. She wondered what the other creatures reactions would be to a vampire. Then again, Hagrid had told Ron that he'd spent half of his life chasing the twins from the forest. Maybe they were okay with it.
Then again, you should never place bets on the twins. They were unpredictable. Maybe they just liked to go near the forest because the other creatures that lived there hated it? She sighed for the hundredth time that evening and closed her eyes.
I want your boyfriend, not gonna lie, I'll be his girl when he tells you goodbye.
Don't worry I won't take him cause I ain't that that low...
But she was that low. No, Ginny and Harry had been on one date. They weren't exactly an 'item'. She hadn't done anything wrong. Harry had picked her, the vampire, over Ginny. It was as easy as that. Why was she reading so much into it?
She slipped under her bed covers to try and sleep, even though it was pretty pointless. Her last thoughts of the night were 'Why was Umbridge freaking out about the vampires joining Voldemort if she believes there is no Voldemort?"
Ministry Seeks Educational Reformation
Delores Umbridge appointed High Inquisitor.
In a shocking move last night the Ministry of Magic passed a new piece of legislation, giving itself an unpreceded level of authority at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
"The Minister of Magic has been growing uneasy about the control, or lack of, at Hogwarts for some time." said Percy Weasley, Junior Assistant to the Minister of Magic. "He is now moving to respond to concerns voiced by numerous anxious parents, including Lucious Malfoy.
This is not the first time in the past two months Fudge has used new laws to improve standards at Hogwarts. The most recent was educational degree number 4, which allows for the Ministry to select a Professor for a post should the Headmaster not be able to select one. "That's why Delores Umbridge came to be appointed on to the Hogwarts teaching staff." Said Weasley. 'Dumbledore couldn't find anyone competent, so the Minister put in Umbridge, and she's been an immediate success, of course."
"It is this last function which formalized with the passing of Educational degree 5, which officially creates the position of Hogwarts High Inquisitor.
This is an exciting stage in the Minister's plan to bring Hogwarts standards up to par. The High Inquisitor will have the power to inspect fellow teachers to make sure they are coming up to scratch with Ministry standards.
The Minister believes that Professor Albus Dumbledore is behind the falling standards at Hogwarts. Several accusations against the esteemed Headmaster of Hogwarts accuse him of making the school a dangerous place. Mr. Lucious Malfoy wrote to the Daily Prophet stating that Dumbledore's eccentric ideas include the hiring of Remus Lupin, a werewolf, a half-giant by the name of Rubeus Hagrid, a delusional ex-auror Mad-Eye Moody, and the continued acceptance of vampire student Hermione Jane Granger.
"I think the appointment of the High Inquisitor is the first step on the road to undoing all of Dumbledore's wrongs and ensuring Hogwarts has a headmaster we can all place our confidence in."
Dear Harry,
I should like to meet you in my office tomorrow night to speak to you about a matter I should have spoken to you about a long time ago.
Albus Dumbledore.
P.S. I still enjoy Ice Chips.