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Padma Patil

Rita was flying outside at night in her animagus form. Since it was 10:45 PM, being in her beetle form was extremely risky given how nocturnal animals such as owls and bats are out and about looking for prey. Rita had to fly to the ground to change back into her normal form in order to cast the night vision charm and be able to see well in the dark. Once that was done, Rita transformed back into her animagus form and flew around, hoping to find students wandering the school grounds after curfew. Upon hearing some talking, Rita flew in the directions of the voices. She spotted a clearing in the woods and saw Harry Potter laying down on a blanket with an indian girl, and the teens were looking up into the sky.

"Thanks a bunch for suggesting this, Padma," Harry told the girl in a grateful voice. "I never would've realized how much fun it is to look at the stars at night!"

"You're welcome, Harry," the girl named Padma replied. "This kind of activity is good for you. It can help distract you from your troubles, very beneficial for your mental health."

Assuming she was near a goldmine of a story, Rita flew closer to Harry and Padma to see if they had anything else to say. Since it was a full moon, Rita's silhouette flew in front of it. That resulted in Harry and Padma jumping up in fright, thinking it was a moth or something. Padma kept swatting her hands around trying to get the creature to go away, but Harry managed to grab ahold of it with his left hand.

"This can't be a moth," Harry deduced as he looked at the supposed creature. "It doesn't feel like it."

"Better investigate." said Padma.

She whipped her wand out, cast the wand-lighting charm and moved the tip of her wand near the creature and realized it was a beetle, or so it seemed. Harry and Padma both raised an eyebrow with suspicious looks on their faces when they spotted the red markings resembling glasses that Rita wore. Getting an itchy feeling in their spines, Padma cast the spell that cancelled charms and Rita immediately reverted back to her normal form.

"Gahh!" exclaimed Rita, shielding her eyes with her hands.

"Well, well," Harry sneered while Padma kept the light on the egotistical journalist. "It looks like we found a snoop in the form of Skeeter wandering the grounds despite being banished."

"Well, you two are out past curfew," Rita foolishly retorted, before blackmailing Harry and Padma. "I could report this to Professor Dumbledore unless I can get an article about you two written and published in the Daily Prophet."

"In your dreams," Padma sneered. "Because we now know that you're an unregistered animagi. Any more slandering articles about Harry and any about me, and we'll make it known to Amelia that you haven't registered as an animagus."

"If that happens, I'll be sentenced to Azkaban or be fined." Rita complained.

"Actions have consequences, Skeeter," Harry reminded the journalist. "Didn't anybody ever teach you that one?"

"It doesn't seem like it, Skeeter," said Padma. "You must've been a spoiled brat when you were growing up. Your complaining appears to prove it."

"I think we have a more suitable punishment for you, vile woman!" Harry told Rita in a mischievous voice, as a smirk developed on his face.

Before the egomaniac of a journalist could escape, Harry and Padma cast some spells on her starting with the full-body bind. Then Padma cast a charm to make Rita transform back into her animagus form unwillingly. Once that was done, Harry and Padma even cast a charm to ensure Rita couldn't revert back into her normal form. Then the journalist was freed from the body bind and she flew away as fast as possible. As soon as the beetle was no longer in sight, Harry and Padma went back to star gazing.

"I doubt Skeeter will make it far from here," said Harry. "Since she enjoys poking her nose where it's unwanted, she'll be getting some unexpected guests very quickly."

"Yeah, but at least she won't be a bother to anyone anymore," assured Padma. "And we can get back to our star gazing."

Then teens laid back down on the blanket to resume looking up into the star-covered night sky. Rita continued flying in her beetle, unaware that Harry added a sweet-scent charm to her wings. It wasn't until she heard bats flying in her direction and turning around did she find out about the sweet-scent as she caught a whiff of it. That was when Rita tried flying away at a faster speed in a bound-to-be futile attempt to outfly the bats. More and more of them began swarming around Beetle Rita by the second. It didn't take long before one of the bats managed to chomp down on the beetle that was Rita and ate her in three bites because of the sweet scent. Now that Rita was gone for good, the Daily Prophet can start taking steps to repair it's terrible reputation. Things for Harry were also starting to look up for once.

The End!

Author's note: Another one-shot finished. Which girl should Harry be paired with in the next one-shot? Please let me know in a review or a PM, happy reading!