12. Hogsmead Bet

"Harry where are you going? We have to sit down." said Hermione. "I'm going to get fresh air." "That's what you said last time and may I remind you, you came back with a bloody nose." "I know but I'll be extra careful." "It's about Grace isn't it?" "Fine Hermione I'm going to see where she is." "Harry she's probably with Draco nothing to worry about." "No that's what I'm worrying about." "Huh! Fine but we'll be right here." And Hermione sat down. Harry walked down the aisles of the compartments until he found them in one. Grace was laughing and then turned and saw Harry and her smile faded away. She said something to Draco that made him laugh and then she motioned him to come in. "Why in the world are you here?" she asked. "I just wanted to say hi." "Like that was the only reason." Said Malfoy. Grace laughed and Malfoy rolled his eyes at Harry. "Good one Draco." She said. "Well I see your fine so I'll be going." "No Harry why don't you sit while I go get some candy off the cart and I have to get a book from Hermione anyways." Then she left. "Grace you just left me in the oddest position in my life." "No I'm helping you now you talk or I do the talking with my wand on your face is that clear?" "Yes" "So how's Slytherin?" "Fine how about Gryffindor?" "Oh ya we're great." "That's good" "Yep." There was a long pause. "So it's cold outside huh?" said Harry. "Ya very cold, freezing." Then Grace walked in at Harry's relief and Draco's, too. "I think you can go sit down now Harry, Hermione's worried about you." "Ok wait I have something to give to you." Then they walked out. "That was very odd." "Well at least you talked. How's the weather? Harry your funny I'm sorry." Then Harry noticed she was wearing a Slytherin scarf. He pointed to it. "Oh ya it's Draco's I was cold and he gave it to me." "You're wearing trader robes you know." "Don't you say anything some of our ancestors are from Slytherin. Did the sorting hat suggest you in Slytherin the first time? Yes it did! It did to me, too so I wouldn't talk." "Fine I wasn't." "Now what do you have to give to me?" "Oh nothing I just wanted to talk to you." "About?" "Just be careful." "Huhhh yes father." "Thank you." Then they walked their separate ways. "There you are," Hermione said. "We were worried about you. The last time you came injured it was done by the same person you just talked to." "You should have been there she made me talk to him alone and she's wearing his scarf." "Ya we know she came and told us." "I just wish she picked like Seamus or someone like that not Draco Malfoy the Death Eater." "Face it Harry she has inherited your danger." "Ya I wish she hadn't." "Well were almost there Harry best be getting ready." "Your right Ron and I'm going to spy on them again." "No you're not Harry you're going to the three broomsticks with us." "Must I?" "Yes you must and you don't have your invisibility cloak." "huuuh" "Now sit down and get ready ok" "Fine." Then the train stopped and they got off. Harry stopped and saw Grace and Draco but Hermione pulled him along her way. "Hermione one day he's going to kill her do you care?" "He is not going to kill her Harry Merlin's Pants!" "Fine lets go to the three broomsticks." They walked to the three broomsticks and order three butter beers. When they sat down Ron said "Oh bloody hell!" Grace and Draco were sitting behind them. They were laughing as usual. "Harry don't look over or you'll just get more angrier than you are." Said Hermione. "Wasn't planning on it I had too much of them today." "Well good for you. Anyways they're leaving." "Good I'd thought I'd have to see them snogging." Said Ron. "I've I'll ready seen that Ron." Said Harry. "I want to go to the joke shop if we can. I don't want to see them again." "Fine let's go Ron lead the way." Said Hermione. Then when they walked out about ten snowballs hit Harry in the face and he fell down. Then he could hear something walking close to him. Grace took off his invisibility cloak and handed it to him. "Payback" she said with a grim smile on her face. "Hermione and Ron were in on it." "Now it's my payback time." "Ohh what you going do? Hit me with something? May I remind you that I beat you in D.A.?" "How about in potions tomorrow the person who has the best potion gets to shoot the other with any curse for an hour after school." "You'll regret your decision Potter." Said Draco walking up. "Draco you're offending me, too." "Sorry." "Why are you so sure Malfoy?" asked Ron. "Because when I got stabbed by a Hopkins Rainier your sister knew the potion right away." "How do you know that wasn't just luck?" challenged Ron. "Oh come on Draco lets go. We'll let Harry have time to regret his decision." "I will not regret anything." Said Harry. Then they walked to the joke shop and then it was time to get going. The next morning he and Grace caught up in the hallway "Ready to lose and get the jelly leg curse for an hour?"said Grace on their way to potions. "No but are your ready to get the body blind curse?" Harry said back. "Harry I wouldn't be so sure." "Why have you memorized all the possible potions?" "Maybe" Then they got in Professor Slughorn was setting up. "Oh you're here ok let's get started. Today we'll be making peace potion. This one is hard but I think you can do it. We will be testing on a cat and a dog. Grab your books and get started." Grace sat down next to Harry and started. She wasn't even looking at her book and she started. "Why aren't you using your book?" "Harry it's like you said I memorize all the possible potions." "But how?" "I've started when I was about five until now." "Unfair!" shouted Ron which made a few people look over. "Ron it's not unfair Harry could have used the intelligence potion. I could've made it for him." After an hour Professor Slughorn went around to test the potions. Harry's was the best but he hadn't tested Grace 's. Harry's stopped the fighting for five minutes. "Ok Miss. Potter you're the last one. You have to beat your brother." He put a drop on the cat and the dog. He waited five minutes and they still weren't fighting it took about thirty minutes. "My word this is one of the best student potions I've seen and you didn't even use your book when I saw. You've won." She turned and had the same grim smile on her face. Harry heard her say something that sounded like jelly legs but he wasn't sure. At the end of class everyone filed out. Then to Harry's surprise Professor McGonagall was rushing over towards him and Grace . She was calling "I need the two Potters, the three Weasley's and Miss. Granger!" Grace was the first to walk over. "Yes Professor?" she said. "Where's your brother? Oh there he is thank heavens. Hurry up! It's Professor Trelawney." She said. Grace turned around to Harry with a worried look in her eye. Harry knew what it was, Professor Trelawney predicted her death.