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Parvati Patil

Rita was flying around the castle grounds in her animagus form, on the lookout for gossiping students. Any form of gossip was like a goldmine for the egomaniac of a journalist. After having bad luck in finding students closer to the castle, Rita flew into the woods and spotted Harry accompanied by an indian girl. The journalist flew towards the two and landed on a picnic basket that Harry was carrying in his left hand. The indian girl was grasping Harry's other hand while carrying some kind of blanket in her right hand.

"I'm happy you accepted a picnic with me, Parvati," Harry told the girl in a grateful voice. "It was really stupid of me to desert you in favour of watching Cedric and Cho dancing at the Yule Ball. I should've made sure that night would be one of your most memorable moments."

"Your apology is accepted, Harry," assured Parvati. "With this picnic, we can make a fresh start. Watching squirrels and rabbits pass by will be a fun activity to do in this nice weather."

Rita realized that the indian girl accompanying Harry was Parvati Patil, his date for the Yule Ball. The dishonest journalist heard talk going about that Harry pushed Parvati to the side because of his disappointment that Cedric asked Cho first. Deciding that that would make an excellent story, Rita stayed on the basket in her beetle form to continue eavesdropping. As Harry and Parvati reached a clearing in the woods, Parvati spread the blanket out while Harry set the basket down next to it. Then the raven-haired teen looked down at the so-called and studied it's face, quickly developing a suspicious look on his face.

"Parvati," Harry started informing the indian girl. "This beetle is strange. It has markings on it's face resembling red glasses."

"Well, let's see!" Parvati replied as she plucked the fake beetle off of the basket and studied the face, too. Then she widened her eyes in a mixture of shock, suspicion, and anger while whipping her wand out, aiming it at the 'beetle' and incantated. "Finite Incantatem."

Then the beetle transformed back into Rita's normal form. The slandering journalist darted her over to Harry and then to Parvati repeatedly, with a terrified look on her face. Harry and Parvati both shot venomous glares at the journalist as they folded their arms across their chests. Rita knew her secret in being an unregistered animagus was revealed to the wrong people.

"To what do we owe the pleasure, Skeeter?" asked Harry sarcastically, contempt dripping from his voice.

"I don't recall seeing your name on the animagus registration, Skeeter," snapped Parvati. "Harry and I are here for our time alone and we don't appreciate you intruding in on it."

"You really think Granger would approve of this?" Rita sneered.

"Leave Hermione out of this," Harry and Parvati growled at the egomaniac of a journalist. "She was actually fine with this anyway!"

"I was under the impression that Granger would've gotten protective of Harry associating himself with other girls," Rita claimed. "And that she would be proud of me for chastising other girls for talking to Harry without her permission."

"Well, we have just the reward for you," said Parvati slyly, opening one of the lids on the basket, reaching in, pulling out a banana and handing it to the journalist. "Here's a banana, on the house."

Rita mindlessly grabbed the banana, unpeeled it and ate the thing in three bites. It took a minute or so for the journalist's teeth to quickly turn black and rot away, causing them to fall out. Rita felt her jaw drop open in shock, which also exposed her toothless gums to the teens (both who began laughing like crazy). Then Harry reached in the basket, pulled out a container of vanilla pudding and a plastic spoon, and handed them to the journalist.

"This can reverse your lost teeth." Harry claimed.

Rita mindlessly grabbed the pudding and plastic spoon before opening the pudding container and consuming the tasty dessert. The pudding actually caused Rita's hair in elaborate curls to fall out and leave her bald. When she felt the top of her head and felt nothing but bare skin, she screamed like crazy (which sounded a bit comical because of a lack of teeth). Then Parvati reached into the basket and pulled out a bottle of strawberry-flavoured sparkling water.

"Here, drink this," said Parvati, handing the beverage to Rita. "It'll make you feel good."

Rita mindlessly took the bottle and chugged the sparkling water down. It actually made her feel sluggish, but then Rita quickly felt the sensation in her arms and legs disappearing. Now that she was quickly becoming paralyzed, Harry and Parvati looked down at the journalist lying there staring up at them in utter fear.

"Oh, such a shame that you suffered a humiliating experience!" Harry told Rita in mock sympathy.

"Those foods we gave you were charmed to give you what you received for your comeuppance," Parvati informed Rita while trying to suppress her giggles. "But that's not the best part, since Harry and I will show you without any trouble."

Harry and Parvati picked Rita up by the ankles and wrists to carry her over to a river. Then they dropped the paralyzed journalist into the roaring water and she flowed away with her face in the water. Then the teens went back to their picnic spot, opened the other lid on the basket and brought out food and drink that didn't have any charms placed on them. As the teens began having their picnic, some of the squirrels and rabbits scurried past. A smaller number of the animals even kept Harry and Parvati company. Now that Rita was out of the picture for good (through drowning in the river), the employees at the Daily Prophet were now free to start repairing the reputation. Things were finally looking up for the wizarding world.

The End!

Author's note: Another one-shot finished! I'd like to give a shoutout to the user 'Aurora Nightstar' for suggesting that Harry find a way to make it up to Parvati for the way he treated her at the Yule Ball. Which girl should Harry be paired with in the next one-shot? Please let me know in a review or a PM, happy reading!