A/N: Hey guys! I'm back again! Just to let you know, my school is starting soon, so updates are going to be few and far between for a while until I figure out my schedule for school and fanfiction. But I promise that I will not abandon this story. I hope your loving it so far. There's some Hermione and Draco action in here as well as Pansy and Ron. Enjoy!
The Newspaper & A Guest.
The next morning, the Golden Trio got up refreshed and happy. They met up in the Common Room, ready for the day ahead of them. Potions, Double Defence, Transfiguration, Divination for the boys, and Double History of Magic. They walked down to breakfast talking and laughing about the day ahead and what they would be doing in classes. They sat down and ate, taking Sirius' advice and waiting for the owl post to come in. Hermione was taking the Daily Prophet anyway, so they didn't have to worry about stealing someone else's.
Hermione was about to put some more food into her mouth when she heard the Owls enter to deliver the morning mail. She looked over to the Slytherin table behind her to see Draco and Sierra watching the mail and them. Hermione took the newspaper from the post owl and paid it. The boys crowded around her and read the article on the front page. Their eyes widened at the huge picture of none other than Sirius Black on the front page. They read the article together.
'Early this morning, long time mass-murderer, Sirius Black made
an appearance at the Ministry of Magic claiming that he had Peter Pettigrew with him at that moment. He was taken straight to the
Minster himself without argument and holding a rat in one hand.
The rat appeared to be struggling. I followed them in and was allowed to overhear the proceedings to go in the Daily Prophet. Black said that he had Peter Pettigrew with him. The Minister looked around and only saw the struggling rat that Black held up with a triumphant grin on his face. The Minister eyed the rat and asked him what the big deal was. Black explained that Pettigrew could turn into a rat and had blown up the street himself, to prove his theory all he needed to do was turn the rat back into Pettigrew and question him. The Minister got one of his bodyguards to do it and the apparent rat turned into Peter Pettigrew himself! Pettigrew, upon seeing Black, scampered into the furthest corner of the Ministers office. Black had a look of triumph on his face at catching the rat and looked expectantly at the Minister. Fudge looked in disbelief at Pettigrew and took him directly into custody to await questioning.
After questioning Pettigrew, they found out that he was, in fact, the Potters' Secret Keeper instead of Black, had been an illegal animagus since he was in his fifth year, had killed all of those muggles instead of Black and had been in hiding with He Who Must Not Be Named since the end of the year that Black escaped. He is also in debt to Harry Potter for saving his life in Harry's third year, making Sirius Black innocent of all charges and is going to be given a new wand to replace the one that was broken when he was taken to Azkaban 14 years ago. Black will soon be allowed to walk the streets as a free man and as Harry Potters' legal guardian.
'Yes! He did it! He's free!' Harry shouted, laughing his head off and jumping around. Everyone in Gryffindor was laughing at him, but a few people from Slytherin, Gryffindor and the Staff Table were laughing with him. Draco and Sierra were hi-5ing each other, Lupin was laughing at his friends genius, Dumbledore was laughing at the hilarity of Harry's antics, as well as Hermione and Ron. For the rest of the day, Harry was in a better mood than he had been in all year so far.
In the next few days, Harry got non-stop letters from Sirius and all that he had done, how much he used his new wand, and how much he was enjoying being free. Harry laughed at all his antics around his home and how he was enjoying life now that he could go outside. He was still stared at, though he didn't mind that as much, but when he left the house, he usually left as a dog, found an alleyway, then changed into a human. He may not mind the stares, they got on his nerves sometimes. The muggles had been notifies about his innocence and he was accepted, though he was still an outcast. Though, he had still been on a couple of dates with a couple of witches that remembered him from school and what his reputation was. Harry laughed at this and remembered the stories that Professor Lupin had told them about him at school. He found classes more manageable when he was happier too. He was even getting better grades in Potions, much to Professor Snape's disgust. Actually, Professor Snape hadn't been very happy since the article about Sirius had come in the paper. Apparently, he wasn't very happy about having his enemy free to do what he pleased in the world of normal people. Unfortunately for him, his month would only get worse.
It was one dinner during November that Professor Snape got a huge surprise, although he was a member of the Order of the Phoenix. But not many people had been told about what was to happen until Christmas.
Dumbledore got up just before everyone was to start eating their dinner.
'I hope everyone is happy and content and is ready to jump into eating the dinner that has been prepared for you. But, before you dig into the meal, I have a piece of information that will excite or scare most of you. Over the next few weeks, we will have a guest at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Please welcome Sirius Black.' The Great Hall's doors opened all of a sudden and a very fit, smiling and happy Sirius Black walked up to Professor Dumbledore and shaking his hand tightly, exchanging greetings. Harry's eyes were as wide as dinner plates and his mouth had dropped open. His expression was mirrored by Hermione, Ron, Ginny, Fred and George, and Draco. The rest of the school had started whispering about this new development on Dumbledore's part. Hermione caught snippets of some of the things the girls were saying and it was mostly who handsome he was. Hermione nearly choked and started laughing silently to herself. She had never thought of Harry's Godfather as handsome.
Harry was staring up at his Godfather with an amused and questioning expression. He seemed to be asking why he didn't tell him that he was staying at Hogwarts until Christmas. Sirius just winked and took his seat beside a very annoyed Professor Snape with Professor Lupin on the other side. He talked animatedly with Professor Lupin and avoided even looking at Snape. Harry noticed and laughed. He caught Draco's eye and they both laughed at Snape's predicament. After dinner, the Weasley's, Harry, Hermione and the Malfoy's went up to talk to Sirius.
'Why didn't you tell me that you were staying at Hogwarts?' Harry asked accusingly.
'What a nice way to say hello to your godfather.' Sirius said. Harry went up and gave him a big hug before backing up and asking the question again.
'Well?' He asked.
'I can see I'm not getting out of this one quickly. I didn't want to tell you because I didn't know until yesterday and I wanted it to be a surprise, since you don't get many surprises in your life apart from death, and I wanted it to be a good surprise.' Sirius explained. Harry laughed.
'Well, your not the first to surprise me this year.' Harry pointed to Draco and Sierra. Draco smiled and held out his hand for Sirius to shake, but he pulled him in for a hug instead. Draco nearly tripped and fell, but caught himself and hugged Sirius.
'Thanks for letting me stay with you.' Draco said.
'No problem. As long as you don't hurt Hermione, or I'll hurt you.' Sirius said. Hermione hit him in the arm, making him laugh a bit before turning to her and giving her a hug as well.
'Hi Sirius.' Hermione said. He let go of her.
'My, I never thought that you'd fall head over heels for a Malfoy. This is going to be written down somewhere.' Sirius joked. Hermione rolled her eyes.
'Trust me, neither did I.' Hermione teased. Draco shot a playful glare at her. Sirius turned to Ron next and pulled him into a hug. Ron hugged back reluctantly.
'You seem to be incredibly happy about being let off.' Ron commented after Sirius had let go of him.
'You have no idea.' Sirius said. 'Ginny!'
'Sirius!' Ginny yelled back and went to hug him as well. They laughed as they hugged and Sirius let her go again. He smiled down at the young girl.
'Haven't been getting into trouble for doing inappropriate things have we?' He asked.
'Of course not, why would I do that?' Ginny asked cheekily. He grinned at her before turning to the twins.
'Fred and George!' He yelled opening his arms to them.
'Sirius!' They yelled back. They ran up to him and enveloped him in a massive hug. They laughed and jumped around a bit. Sirius let go of them, smiling widely.
'I hope you two haven't got that many detentions off teachers already?' Sirius asked. They boys acted shocked and covered their mouths with their hands.
'As if we would ever do that Sirius!' They cried. Sirius laughed a hearty laugh and turned to Sierra.
'This must be Sierra Malfoy. I've heard about you. Your in most of Harry's letters. Nice to meet you.' He said. He pulled her in for a hug too. Harry had gone a very bright red and was looking at the floor to try and hide it. Hermione noticed and started giggling. Harry shot a glare at her and calmed himself down and turned back to Sirius again. Sirius had seen the red that graced Harry's cheeks at his comment about Harry's letters. Sirius pulled him in for another hug. Harry smiled and hugged him back again.
'Been good have you Harry?' He asked.
'Of course. Annoying Professor Snape, talking with Lupin, getting reasonable grades, the usual.' Harry said.
'That reminds me. I should go and drop in to have a chat with old Snivellus. For old times sake.' Sirius added. Harry laughed.
'I'll get a deliberate detention with him, tell you when it is and you can help me annoy him.' Harry said. Sirius laughed his bark of a laugh and gripped Harry's arms.
'Just like your father, Harry, never miss a moment to annoy Snivellus.' Harry grinned at being compared to his father and started laughing.
'So will you join me if I accidentally get a detention with him?' He asked.
'Of course! Wouldn't miss it for the world!' Sirius said. They all laughed at this and they talked for a little while longer before making their way to bed for a comfortable nights sleep.
Since yesterday was indeed a Wednesday, it was another Thursday for the five of them. They walked into History of Magic with high spirits and was actually able to stay awake during it. Next, was Potions, which Harry easily landed a detention in because Snape was already in an incredibly bad mood. All he had to do was talk back a little bit. So at Lunch that day, Harry went up and told Sirius when his detention was, which was tomorrow night. Sirius winked at him and Lupin looked at them both suspiciously, but they didn't tell him what they planned to do to poor Severus Snape.
The next day went all too slowly for Harry, who was happily looking forward to his detention tonight at 7.00. Hermione didn't think it so wise to tempt fate by annoying him.
'Harry, you are tempting fate to breaking point. You know what he's going to do once he sees Sirius! He'll crack! Then we'll have to put up with a lunatic Potions Master for the rest of the year until re either resigns from strain or is able to see a Therapist.' Hermione said at dinner that night before Harry's detention.
'Come on Hermione, it's just a bit of fun. And anyway, Snape probably got a lot worse from my dad. That's what Sirius said anyway. That reminds me, I wonder if we're staying here for Christmas, or going back. I'll ask Sirius later.' Harry muttered to himself. Hermione rolled her eyes and continued eating her dinner.
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That night, at his detention, Harry practically skipped down he was that excited. When he got there, he knocked on the door loudly and heard the usual call of, 'Enter.' He went inside with a huge smile on his face.
'Hello Professor!' Harry said cheerfully. Snape looked up from his work to see a very perky, happy, Harry Potter. He eyed him suspiciously before telling him what he was to do for today.
'You will be cleaning out the store cupboard for me tonight, Mr. Potter. Get to work.' He snapped. Snape went back to grading the papers on his desk.
'Of course, sir.' Harry said, still very cheerful. Harry set to work immediately on the store cupboard. When he opened it, his smile instantly faded. It was a mess. Probably made deliberately by Snape himself for Harry to fix. He groaned and set to work. He could just tell that Snape was smirking at making Harry clean out the pigsty of a store cupboard. After five minutes of shuffling the stuff around, Harry started to wonder where Sirius was. Wasn't he supposed to help me annoy Snape? That might actually work if he turned up! Just as he stopped thinking about his forgetful Godfather, there was a knock on the door.
'Enter.' Snape drawled, not taking his eyes off of the papers. Sirius walked wearing a grin similar to the one that Harry wore when he walked in. Snape looked up and groaned.
'What do you want Black?' Snape asked.
'Oh, I just thought a visit to an old school mate was in order.' Sirius said, still giving off that mischievous grin. Snape groaned again and looked back down at his papers.
'Well, if you can't already tell, I'm babysitting your godson and I have papers to grade. Why don't we arrange this visit to another time? How about never?' Snape said, not looking up from his grading.
'Oh, I have an idea, how about I help you? I could look after Harry while you do those papers that your so keen to get done! How about that?' Sirius asked, apparently proud of his own genius.
'Black, you do know that if you were to look after Potter then it wouldn't be a detention at all? It would be more like a chance to slack off and Mr. Potter has to learn to do detentions without the help of others.' Snape said.
'Professor, I have done more detentions with you than my father could have possibly done in his whole life at Hogwarts. I think I've learnt how to do detentions with out other peoples help.' Harry said. While Snape and Sirius where talking, Harry was trying to hold in his laughter at his Godfathers obvious happiness at upsetting the teacher just by his presence.
'20 points from Gryffindor for back-talking to a teacher, Mr. Potter. And you will not be getting any help from Black, you two are worse together than all four of the Marauders put together.' Snape muttered under his breath.
'Thank you, sir.' Harry said, he was rather proud at being called worse then the Marauders.
'Harry! That means we have to make you an honorary member! I'll tell Remus tomorrow and you'll be a Marauder before midnight.' Sirius exclaimed.
'What about Ron, Hermione and Ginny?' Harry asked.
'Of course! A new generation! Too bad Remus and I never had kids. There could have really been a new generation of Marauders.' Sirius mused.
'Thank Merlin is more like it.' Snape muttered again. 'Get back to work Mr. Potter, you have clean out that whole cupboard before you leave for the night. And if you get caught by Filch then it's not my problem.' Snape said to Harry. He rolled his eyes and went back to work. Sirius walked over to where Harry was cleaning out the cupboard and gasped.
'What the hell did you do to this cupboard, Snivellus. Looks like you put an exploding device in it, but the contents where in unbreakable jars so they just got thrown all over the place.' Sirius said.
'Do you mean a bomb Sirius?' Harry asked. Sirius shot him a curious look. Harry just shook his head and continued with the detention.
'Here, this'll get you out earlier.' Sirius pointed his wand at the cupboard and the ingredients in there sorted out on their own. Harry smiled up at his Godfather.
'Thanks Sirius.' Harry said. 'Well Professor, I'm done. I'll see you in class tomorrow.' Harry said. Snape looked up and shot glares at both men before they left. Once outside the dungeons, Sirius and Harry started roaring in laughter.
'That was brilliant Sirius.' Harry said once he had calmed down from his maniacal laughter.
'Thank you, I always loved annoying him at school, and now I have the chance at home and at his workplace. I swear, me being here is going to send him up the wall.' Sirius said. Sirius walked Harry up to Gryffindor Common Room, bid him goodnight and walked back down to his room for a brilliant nights sleep about annoying Snivellus.
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The next week was filled with fun as Sirius joined Lupin in teaching in Defence Against the Dark Arts, making it a more interesting lesson than they had ever had before. By the end of the month, the whole school was talking about how cool Sirius was and how interesting he was. Harry, Ron, Hermione and Ginny had been made honorary Marauders. They were also animagus just like the first Marauders. Harry was a lion, and his nickname was Hercules, Hermione turned into a wolf and her name was Silver (that was the colour of her fur.), Ron was a Badger and his name was Stripes. Ginny was a red fox, and her name was Red. They went around the school pulling pranks like the first Marauders did, but only when Hermione felt like it. She was the one that usually came up with how to pull the prank off. Some of the pranks they did for fun on Draco and the fifth year Slytherins and they would get them back for it later, but it was all in good fun. They would get their ideas from Lupin and Sirius, though, mostly Sirius because they feared that Lupin would lose his job if he got caught. One particular prank got them in a little bit trouble.
One Thursday night, they sat around the fire thinking up something that would bring them enjoyment and not the usual boredom they were currently experiencing. Harry got a brilliant idea.
'Hey, why don't we pull a prank on the Slytherins, all in good fun, but just something for a laugh.' Harry suggested. Ron and Ginny nodded and looked at Hermione to see whether she was in or not.
'Fine, what did you have in mind?' She asked, putting down the book she had in her hands. Harry got that mischievous glint in his eyes and that huge grin on his face that said he had the perfect prank in mind.
'Well, I heard about this one that Sirius and Lupin and Dad and Pettigrew did before Christmas, I think it would be good to keep up the tradition.' Harry said. They raised their eyes at him and wanting to know what this daring prank was.
'Okay, what we'll need is for Hermione to get the Slytherin password to get into the Common Room, and a switching spell, Hermione, can you teach us those?' Harry asked. Hermione shrugged.
'I suppose so, they're easy enough, though you'd be able to do them if you paid attention in Charms.' Hermione chastised. Harry rolled his eyes.
'Tomorrow, can you get the password from Draco? He's sure to give it to you if you give him the right reasons.' Harry said cheekily. A huge grin was spread over his face. Hermione glared at him evilly.
'I hate you Harry James Potter.' She hissed. Ginny giggled and Ron smirked.
'I'll tell you the rest once you get the password, so make it quick, I don't want to hold back much longer.' Harry said.
The next day, after dinner, Ron and Hermione walked down to Slytherin dungeons to pick up Draco and Pansy. They split off in there separate ways, Ron and Pansy going off down to one side of the school, and Draco and Hermione went to the side of the school with the lake. They walked around, hand-in-hand, for a while before Hermione decided to ask the question assigned to her by Harry.
'Hey Draco, I was wondering, what is the password for Slytherin? I mean, what if I need to talk to you immediately, or I want to have a midnight gathering or something? I'll need to know the password so as not to wake the others.' She said innocently. Draco turned to look at her with a mischievous glint in his eyes.
'What type of gatherings?' He said, spinning so that he was standing in front of her and had his hands on her lower waist. He had his head very close to hers and she could feel his hot breath blow against her face. Hermione got the same glint in her eyes as Draco did.
'Oh, just wanting to say a proper goodnight without having the unnecessary friends around. And Ron wants to take away Pansy's innocence.' She said cheekily. Draco started to laugh uproariously.
'Pansy hasn't been innocent since third year. She lost that Blaise Zabini just before the end of the year.' Draco explained. Hermione looked a little downcast at this.
'Oh, well, Ron wants Pansy to take it from him. He's an innocent as a little puppy. He knows nothing.' She said.
'What about you? You seem to be innocent.' Draco said. Hermione blushed slightly.
'I'm not as innocent as you think. I lost it to Victor Krum just before he left.' She mumbled, looking at her feet. Draco started to laugh and made her look him in the eye again.
'Are you serious?' He asked. Hermione nodded and looked him in the eye to make him believe her.
'I would have never expected that. I didn't even think you'd had your first kiss yet. I wanted to have that privilege.' Draco sulked. Hermione giggled lightly and looked back into his eyes.
'Well, at least you'll have a girl that knows her stuff.' She whispered to him. He smiled back at her slyly and leant down to kiss her. She leaned forward, noticing his movement, and felt her lips get caught in his. The kiss was the best that Hermione had ever had. Victor liked his kisses to be rough and demanding, Draco's were soft until she wanted to make it more, he liked to comply with her wishes, instead of it being the other way round. She liked it. Rough kisses were never that nice, but soft ones were romantic, and she liked that sort of thing. Hermione could have sworn that she could see fireworks behind her closed eyelids. When they pulled apart, they just stared into each others eyes for a couple of moments, before Draco cracked a smile.
'That, was the best kiss I have ever had in my entire life.' He said. Hermione laughed a little and looked at her feet. When she looked back up, she had a bright smile on her face.
'So, do I get the password?' She asked cheekily, wrapping her arms around his waist. He followed suit and rested his forehead on hers. He was smiling brightly as well.
'Only if I get more of that.' He whispered slyly.
'Of course.' Hermione answered.
'Then the password is Salazar Slytherin, too typical if you ask me. Now, do I get to find out what yours is? I think if your allowed midnight visits then I am.' He said. Hermione looked like she was deep in thought.
'I'll tell you, but there isn't much of a point. You won't be able to get up the stairs to the girls' dorms. They turn into a slide when a guy steps onto them. Harry and Ron found that out the hard way when they had to talk to me urgently. They were the talk of the Gryffindor Tower for a week.' She said, smiling.
'Is there anyway that the stairs won't turn into a slide?' He asked.
'Well, a spell would probably do it, like a freezing one or something. But I don't know, any way, the password is Angel. You know, like the Angel on the top of the Christmas tree?' She asked. He looked at her confusedly.
'You never had a Christmas Tree, did you?' She asked softly. He shook his head and looked down. Hermione brought his face up to meet hers. She gave him a deep kiss to try and make him feel better, which worked, because a huge smile lit up his face and bent low to whisper something into her ear.
'Expect regular visits.' He took his head back and found that she was breathing deeply and had her eyes closed. He realised what that must have sounded like and turned red.
'I didn't mean, that, way, I just meant that I would see you. I wouldn't expect that. I'm sorry.' He mumbled. Hermione opened her eyes to see a very red and shocked Draco.
'That's okay. I was just imagining what have you would be like. I've decided it would be nice. Not like Victor at all. For mu first, it wasn't that great.' She admitted. Draco had turned even redder at her speech, but he was even more shocked by the last thing that she said.
'Really? That's not what I've heard from others.' He said. Hermione laughed slightly.
'What, do you get all of Victor's ex's?' She asked. He glared playfully at her. She laughed at him.
'No, I don't, but I've talked to some of them. Apparently they came back satisfied. Looks like he had a bed customer.' He teased. Hermione sighed.
'Yep, oh well. I'll get some one that's good someday. Come on, let's go inside, it's getting cold out here.' She said.
'One thing first.' He said. He pulled her in for a very passionate kiss. Hermione moaned lightly and pulled him in tighter. Draco slipped his tongue against her bottom lip and was allowed to enter willingly. As soon as Hermione felt his tongue touched hers, she instantly felt a spark. He was hers, and she wasn't about to let him go.
Draco explored Hermione's mouth like he had no other. He wanted to make her his. He loved her like he had no other. He held her tightly to him and moved his hands further down to her hips, making her gasp lightly at the movement. He had the instinct to move them, but didn't have it in him, she also wasn't complaining.
When they needed air, which they were rather attached to, Hermione looked at the watch she had on her wrist and gasped.
'I'm so sorry, Draco, I have to go. Harry said to meet him in the Common Room at noon to discuss some stuff. I would have loved to stay longer, explore more of side I just saw, but I better go, apparently it's important.' She said, smiling ruefully at him. He smiled back at her.
'I understand. We'll do this again some time, heh?' He whispered. She smiled.
'Hopefully inside, it's much too cold out here in winter.' She said. Draco pulled her in for a tight hug.
'I know that I probably shouldn't say this yet, but I love you Hermione, like I've loved no other person.' He whispered. Hermione smiled to herself.
'I love you to Draco. So, so much.' She answered in a whisper. She pulled away from him and gave him a quick peck on the lips before turning around and running back towards the castle. Draco groaned and followed her at a walk and went into the Great Hall.
Hermione went looking for Ron, who she knew wouldn't be in the Common Room yet, most likely in an empty classroom snogging Pansy. Which was exactly where she found them. She walked past a classroom that was apparently groaning. Hermione rolled her eyes before shutting them and opened the door.
'Alright, stop snogging so I can open my eyes. And if an articles of clothing have been removed, so please put them back on. I'd rather not see any unwanted pieces of skin.' She said, standing in doorway.
Ron and Pansy had broken apart as soon as the door had opened; they had panicked that one of the teachers had caught them at it. When they heard Hermione's voice, they calmed down a little bit, but still quickly put shirts back on and stepped away from each other.
'Is it safe to open my eyes now?' Hermione asked them impatiently.
'Yes, Hermione, you can now look.' Ron said. Hermione opened her eyes slowly, first peeking through one, then the other.
'Come on Ron, we have to go see Harry about the plan.' Hermione said, pulling Ron out of the classroom. He muttered a quick goodbye to Pansy before she was out of sight.
'What was that for?' He asked once they were out of earshot of the classroom.
'I was not watching you snog her goodbye, it could have got very dirty if I'd have let you.' She said. She was walking very fast up the stairs to the Gryffindor Common Room. When they got there, they found Ginny and Harry talking in one corner of the Common Room. They went over to join them and greeted them.
'Hey guys. I got the password!' Hermione said in an excited whisper. Harry, Ginny and Ron all cheered quietly.
'Yes, great, what is it?' Harry asked. Hermione had a wicked smile on her face.
'Salazar Slytherin. Draco said it was too typical for Slytherins to have that password.' Hermione said.
'So it is Salazar Slytherin?' Harry asked. Hermione rolled her eyes.
'Yes Harry. Now what's the rest of your plan?' Hermione asked.
'Well, first we need you to teach us how to perform a switching charm. We can start that right away. Please?' Harry innocently.
'Fine, take out your wands.' Hermione instructed. They took out their wands and held them at the ready.
'Now, repeat the incantation.' Hermione told them the incantation and they repeated it.
'The wrist movements are as shown.' Hermione made the wrist movements, a quick flick of the wand, and they all tried together. Harry got it almost immediately, but Rona and Ginny had more trouble. Ginny for obvious reasons, she wasn't supposed to know this magic yet, and Ron was just a dunce when it came to learning things quickly.
Hermione spent the rest of the night helping them perfect the spell, which turned out harder than Ron had initially thought.
'I can't do this Hermione.' He complained. Hermione sighed. This was the thirtieth time she had heard it that night. She put on an innocent smile and turned to face Ron.
'You'll get it Ron, just keep trying.' Hermione said. She turned back to help Ginny with the wrist movements.
'Can we go to bed, I'm tired.' Ron complained again. Hermione sighed deeply again.
'You know what, go to bed Ron, you might be willing to try properly in the morning.' Hermione answered him. Well, it was 12 at night. Harry and Ron walked up to the boys dormitory and Hermione and Ginny walked quietly up the girls. They bid each other goodnight and went to bed.
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The next day, after classes, the worked on the charm some more, and Ron eventually perfected it. He just needed to be in a better mood. They waited until midnight that night to put the plan in action.
When the time came, they slipped under the cloak and made their way to the Slytherin dungeons. When they got there, Hermione said the password and they passed through the apparent solid brick wall. Hermione and Ginny saw the Slytherin Common Room for the first time that night. It was completely green with silver banners draped around the place. There were a number of green armchairs by the fire that was still crackling. They looked around the place for a bit to make sure that there was no one still hanging around after midnight, then Harry whipped the cloak off of them and pointed to the girls to be look out. They nodded. Harry motioned to Ron to follow him and the made their way to the seventh year boys dorms. Hermione and Ginny stood waiting outside for the guys to finish and took a good look around the room.
So this is where Draco sits and talks to his Slytherin friends. Hermione wondered to herself. She saw a couple of Butterbeer bottles in one corner of the room and looked away, disgusted at their immaturity. The boys came back a little while later with huge grins on their faces, Ginny and Hermione gave them confused looks, but decided not to think anything of it. They slipped under the cloak again and made their way to their beds, thinking that tomorrow was going to be an interesting day.
I hope you guys like that chapter. It took me a while to write, but it was worth it. You get to find out what happened to the Slytherins in the next chapter, so just keep reading! Review, review, review!