[a/n] Liked Susan from seeing her in HPSS. A review said she wore the badges. Decided a bash was in order.

Harry Does Different Zh

Splinched

"Volunteers? Thank you Miss Bones." Wilkie Twycross announced "And remember one has but to recall The Three D's: Destination, Determination and Deliberation. One must be completely determined to reach one's destination, and move without haste, but with deliberation!"

The redhead Sixth Year looked at her best friend, nodded, closed her eyes. Just as everyone in the room noticed the air begin to twist, Susan sneezed. "She must've splinched!" Hannah Abbott yelled "Where is she!?"

"Help me." Susan was laying in a hallway in a state of shock. She looked around and noticed her left leg propped against a wall some five feet away and screamed "SHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIT!"

Harry Potter, meanwhile, was late to Defense Against the Dark Arts class cursing "I bloody hate bloody Snape!" And, he faintly heard a voice. He stopped and cautiously headed down the empty corridor. Someone was whimpering.

"Hello?" sobbed Susan "Someone there? I splinched muh-self!"

He ran up, knelt down, asked "Are you alright?"

"Well for someone whose leg is out of reach!" snapped Susan

Flustered, he looked and said "Wow. Ooops. I see….errr maybe get you …to uhhhmm…Madam Pomfrey."

"Sorry, Harry" she said "Just been here a while. Can I trouble you for some help?"

He walked over, looked at the girl's detached leg, scratched his head a bit. Opted to just pick it up by the knee then back to the girl. Now, Harry was several inches taller than Susan, at least 30 pounds heavier, and an athlete. But still not used to thinking like a wizard. So, without too much effort, he picked her up off the floor and started walking.

"You know, Harry, there are spells that make things lighter." She offered after a couple minutes.

Harry replied, a little crossly "You might've mentioned it sooner."

"Sorry." She answered sheepishly, changed the subject "Everyone seems to be doing better in Potions."

He nodded "Five years of Snape makes any teacher look good."

"Even Lockhart?" she asked.

He retorted "Right. You had to find the exception."

"I dropped Divination a week after you did." She offered "Ran out of ways to die."

He said lightly "Death by Voldemort should be enough."

"Ehh!" she flinched.

He apologized "We do have that in common. But fear of a name only increases fear of the thing itself."

Susan fell silent, thinking on the matter.

"Madam Pomfrey!" Harry called out, pushing open the Hospital Wing door.

All too soon in Susan's opinion. She found being carried by Harry Potter to be a rather pleasant experience "You know, a girl usually has to get married to have a boy carry her all around." She flirted lightly.

"Umm" grunted Harry, not noticing the flirt.

In came the Mediwitch yelling "What now Mr. Potter! Oh! Not you for a change! Well, set her down here. Miss Bones, nothing serious, You'll be good as new in a couple hours."

"You don't need me anymore? Do you Madam Pomfrey? I missed most of Defense and Snape will hang me as it is." asked Harry. He didn't have much desire to hang around Susan Bones, or many Hufflepuffs for that matter.

Madam Pomfrey replied "Not at all, stay and I will give you a note."

"Thanks for carrying me, Harry. Very gallant of you." Susan said, brightly. She was rather disappointed by his lack of response. Tried a rather blunt [especially for her] come on "Not every day you get to squeeze a girl's legs."

He gave a mostly blank look and asked "Huh?"

"Subtlety doesn't work on Harry. Got it." She commented, then turned on her winningest smile [she didn't waste it on anyone] "There's a Hogsmeade weekend coming up. Day after tomorrow. Wanna go together?"

That, of course, got Harry's attention. He answered, rather curtly "No. I don't think that's a good idea."

"Why not!?" she demanded. She certainly had not expected the refusal, or the tone. She used her anger to hide the hurt.

Harry's look was decidedly unpleasant, he asked "Remember what else the Support Cedric badges said? Thanks for the note Madam Pomfrey. See ya 'round, Bones."

***********Great Hall, Dinner

"It looks like you really upset Susan Bones, Harry." Hermione observed the Hufflepuff table from her seat "She's barely eating."

Harry showed little interest, while Ron commented "No law against refusing a date. I wouldn't go out with anyone who wore those badges." To that, Harry grinned.

A bit later, when they weren't paying attention, Hannah Abbott came up from behind, suddenly yanked on his hair and yelled in his face "NO ONE HURTS MY BEST FRIEND!"

"GET OFF!" Harry snarled. Someone having a fistful of your hair can really hurt. He grabbed Hannah's hand, twisted her wrist and shoved the blonde down the aisle. Screamed at her "YOURE A BITCH AND SO IS YOUR BEST FRIEND!"

Susan was looking on in horror this wasn't what she wanted. Not at all. She wanted to make it right…for all the Hufflepuffs wearing badges.

"I HOPE YOU-KNOW-WHO GETS YOU!" Hannah screeched as she charged and slapped his face so hard it immediately began swelling.

Harry blocked her second swing, pushed her head down, kneed her in the stomach and face, then kicked her in the back after she fell to the floor "Here's a lesson for the DA in muggle fighting." He said coolly, not breathing heavy "Punching someone in the face can break knuckles. Hit the soft spots."

"Mister Potter!" Professor McGonagall's voice echoed through the Hall "Clean yourself up and be in my office in one quarter of an hour!"