The Deceiving Truth
Ch. 5 – "What?!?!"
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"I am waiting!"
"Yes Mi…"
"I never said you could speak. Did I?"
"No Mi…"
"I told you NOT TO SPEAK. What do you have to say for your self?"
There was a moment of silence.
"Well?"
"I'm Sorry Mi…"
"I didn't give you permission to speak you incompetent fool. Crucio!"
A high-pitched laugh and screams filled the air.
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"It's so good to know that I'm not alone in this world," said Harry as he sat with Esmeralda in the Heads' Common Room.
"I know." Esmeralda started to cry.
"What's wrong?" Harry asked with concern lacing his voice.
"Nothing. It's just that I'm so happy to have a brother."
Harry pulled her into his arms and started to hug her. "You mean a boring brother."
At this Esmeralda had to laugh. "Do I have to call you Harry?"
"What did you have in mind?"
"James, Jamie, Jamsie, Prongs, Harry…"
Harry laughed. He sure did enjoy her company. "Sure lil' Lily."
Esmeralda laughed with Harry.
"Harry, are there any cute girls in this school?" asked Esmeralda.
"Esmeralda! I didn't know you felt that way."
"No you idiot. I wanna know if I'll have any competition."
"With what?"
"Getting Draco Malfoy."
"Malfoy!?!?!" asked Harry, stunned.
"Yes. Draco Malfoy. He is cute… for a Malfoy."
"What do you mean for a Malfoy. I thought his sister was pretty cute. I mean… I don't want you to date Malfoy."
Esmeralda pouted. "Which one?"
Harry sat there speechless while still hugging her.
She started to hug him back.
"HAROLD JAMES POTTER! I AM ASHAMED OF YOU! YOU ARE ALL READY DATING AGAIN. YOU JUST BROKE UP WITH GINNY!"
Harry and Esmeralda looked up from their hug to see Hermione standing there with her hands on her hips.
"Miss, I know that you are currently jealous of the situation here, but we are very busy now. Please leave," said Esmeralda.
Hermione stood there shocked. This girl. This new girl. Hermione was seething with anger.
Hermione turned to look at Harry. "Harry how could you? Get involved on the first day of school. And with the new girl?" Hermione spoke the last bit with disgust in her voice. "You don't even know her!"
"Two things Hermione. One, I never dated Ginny. Two, I know her better than you think."
"You didn't date Ginny?" asked Hermione.
"Didn't you just hear the man say so," Esmeralda shoot back.
"I wasn't speaking to you," said Hermione. "Harry, how long were you in Dumbledore's office? What did he want to talk to you about? And why is Esmeralda here?"
"Umm…" Harry looked at his watch. "I got back about twenty minutes ago. Esmeralda is staying here for about a week, and Dumbledore just wanted to tell me more about my family."
"Ok. I get why Remus and Sirius were there, but why was she there and why is she staying here?"
"That is none of your business Ms. Granger," answered Esmeralda. She was sick of this girl's questions.
"Harry?"
"She my sister."
"WHAT?"
"You heard him. He's my brother, I'm his sister," said Esmeralda.
The door to Hermione's room opened. "Hermione, you coming back soon?" asked a male voice. Terry Boot walked out of her room with a lipstick smug on his cheek.
"Terry, go back to your dorm now," ordered Hermione.
"But my girlfriend just broke up with me!" whined Terry.
"Talk it out with your friends. You crying in my room for half an hour is not what the Head Girl is here for." With that Terry trudged out of the room.
Ron walked through the portrait hole before it totally closed from Terry leaving. "Hello Harry, Miss d'Raven, Herm…"
Ron, realizing what he just said, looked over at Harry and Esmeralda again. "What are you doing here?" he asked Esmeralda.
"I could ask you the same thing."
"So, Harry, when were you going to tell me about your new girlfriend. I must say, she is hot."
Harry gaped at him, Hermione said "RON!", and Esmeralda, well, and she had something to say about that.
"EWWWWWW. Me with Harry? You think I'm dating Harry? That is nasty."
Harry gaped at Esmeralda. "What do you mean by that? Do you think that low of me?"
"I meant that it would be nasty for us to date. If I thought that low of you I would be dissing myself."
"Are you saying that I would be a bad boyfriend?"
"No."
"STOP YOUR BICKERING! Ron, Harry and Esmeralda are-" said Hermione who was interrupted.
"Hermione!" shouted a fed up Esmeralda, "SHUT UP!"
Hermione looked stunned. "What did you say to me?!?"
"You heard me. It is none of your business to tell Ron that. It's for me and Harry to do. Now since you have been good through this little speech, here is a doggy treat." Esmeralda searched through her pockets and found what she was looking for. She took the dog treat out of the pocket and threw it at Hermione.
The dog treat hit Hermione in the head, leaving a red spot on her forehead.
"10 points from Gryffindor for throwing something at me and telling me to shut up," Hermione said darkly.
Ron and Harry gasped.
"Ten points to Gryffindor for keeping a secret that needs to be kept," said Harry while glaring at Hermione.
"Harry, you're not allowed to stick up for your sister!" cried an outraged Hermione.
Ron stared at them in shock. "But Harry doesn't have a sister."
Esmeralda turned to look at Harry. "Harry one of your friends is really stupid while the other can't keep a damn secret."
Ron, having watched this exchange, gasped. "You… Harry…? You're not dating? You're related? OH!" Ron looked as though he had made a discovery.
"Like I said, he is stupid. But also slow!" Esmeralda sounded like she wasn't too happy with Harry's friends.
Harry glared at everyone. "Esmeralda, these are my friends like it or not. We do not keep secrets. Well, except for the fact that RON AND HERMIONE 'FORGOT' TO TELL ME THEY WERE DATING!!" Harry's glare turned from Esmeralda to Ron and Hermione. "And you two. I have found out more important and discrete things before, why wouldn't I figure this out? Hermione I wish you would have let me tell Ron, seeing as it is my business. Both of you. I just found out that I had a sister about thirty minutes after the feast and we were called to Dumbledore's office."
The portrait opened. "This is where the Heads rooms are housed. The dream team will be in here often, seeing as two of the members are the Heads. But it sounds as if they are fighting. The next room…" floated to everyone in the room.
"DRACO MALFOY!" yelled Harry. "GET IN HERE NOW!"
Draco's pale face appeared in the entrance. "Yes?" he asked innocently, a little to innocently for Harry's liking.
"What are you doing here?" asked Hermione.
"I'm giving my sister and her friends a tour of the castle. We are also looking for their other friend Miss d'Raven."
"Ethelinda. SAVE ME!" cried out Esmeralda.
"Ez?" three voices asked from behind Draco. Three heads appeared behind Draco's. "EZ!" The three heads were joined by bodies that ran into the room, knocking over Draco.
Ethelinda, Rubena, and Saphira ran over to Esmeralda and gave her a big, suffocating hug.
"Guys… I sorta… kinda… need to… BREATHE! Get… off!" yelled the suffocated Esmeralda.
The girls jumped off their friend in lighting speed. "Where did you go with Professor Dumbledore? What did you talk about? Why are you here? What are Professor Dumbledore, Professor Lupin, and Professor Black like?"
"Do Professor Lupin and Black have hot bods? Like Harry?" asked Ethelinda.
Draco, Ron, Harry, Hermione, and Esmeralda gasped. A Malfoy liked a Potter!
"Umm, Eth, do you like Harry?" asked Esmeralda.
"Umm, did I say that out loud? Of course… NOT!" Ethelinda blushed.
"Ewwwwww!" squealed Esmeralda. "You like my brother! That's nasty and wrong. You're my friend!" She shivered at the thought. She then looked thoughtful (A/N: really, it's possible?). "You know if you were to marry Harry then you and I would be, like, SISTERS! Wouldn't that be cool?"
Harry tackled his sister. He placed his hands on her shoulders and started to shake them. "We were not going to tell anyone else. Four more people now know."
Draco started laughing. "She's to good looking to be a Potter," he stated.
Harry got off Esmeralda and walked up to Draco. He punched him in the face. "That's for insulting me and my family!" He punched Draco again. "That is for looking at my sister!"
Esmeralda pushed him off Draco and slapped Draco on the left side of his face where both of Harry's punches had landed. "That's for insulting my family!"
Esmeralda let go off him, but, Draco, being a little hurt, got grabbed by his sister.
She slapped him on the left side of his face. 'That's for looking at my friend!" She slapped him again. "That's for insulting her and Harry!" She slapped him again. "That's for treating me like a little kid." She slapped him again.
"What was that for?" asked Draco when his sister didn't say anything.
"Oh, I just thought I would get an even number of slaps in."
Than Saphira, Rubena, Hermione and Ron took their turns at Draco.
Once everyone stopped Draco smiled, his eyes fixed on Esmeralda.
His sister see this, slapped him on the left side of the face again. "That's for looking at her. AGAIN!"
"You only slapped me once. What happened to the even number of slaps?" he asked her.
"Oh." She lifted up her hand and slapped his face again. "Now it's even. Good bye."
Draco walked out of the room holding the side of his face.
Esmeralda, Harry, Ron, Hermione, Saphira, Ethelinda, and Rubena sat up late into the night talking about Harry and Esmeralda, other things, and getting to know one another.
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The next morning at breakfast, Draco was sporting a red, swollen, left cheek. However, the rest of the left side of his face was also red and swollen, but not as noticeable. This caused everyone to wonder about what had happened last night, but seven seventh year Gryffindors just laughed.
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"Mi…"
"Shut up. I want to kill that Harry Potter."
"It can be done Mi…'
"I never told you to SPEAK!"
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