Author's Notes: In this chapter: We learn more about those three aurors, Sirius and
Remus chill with everyone else, we find out what happened to Snape (I forgot
about him in Chapter 1- sorry Snape fans!), we see some Hermione (again- sorry
I forgot about her), and we leave for Cyprus! Sorry, but it's mostly everyone hanging out at the Three Broomsticks.
Disclaimer: See Prologue.
Severus
Snape sat under an inconspicuous bush that lay about a mile from
Hogsmeade. In a dead run, he made it
there in about eight minutes. From
then, he had been watching for more death eater activity.
'I left
towards the probable end of the fight, I hope they're not deserted by me,' were
his thoughts. Severus Snape may be a
mean teacher. He may dislike the
Potters, Sirius, Remus, and the Weaslys. But he didn't desert anybody for anything.
"So
basically, you were out looking for trouble," concluded Robert. The Three Broomsticks was particularly empty
that night; the Weaslys, Harry, Arabella, Mundugus, Sirius, Remus, and our
other auror friends had the place to themselves.
Remus
smiled. "That's about right. It usually finds Sirius though."
Sirius
grinned wide and sat back in his chair. "Well, I do have a knack for getting out of it."
At the other
end of the table, Ginny asked Rebecca, "You were at Hogwarts one year older
than me!"
She
answered, "Yeah, in Ravenclaw. I wasn't
a great student, though; I was just good at DADA. But I did have a little Quidditch talent- chaser."
Harry said,
"Same here. Got top marks in DADA, wish
I could've done better in potions and some other subjects. I was Gryffindor seeker. I think I remember playing you're team-
yeah."
Sirius
smirked and punched Harry in the arm playfully. "Don't kid yourself; you were Head Boy!"
Harry
blushed slightly at Sirius' remark. "Anyway, didn't you score eighty points in that one game I bailed on
that attempted Wronski Feint?"
Ron put in his two cents. "He was probably too busy staring at Cho Chang to pull off-" Harry looked quite embarrassed.
"Shut up,
Ron," he interrupted. "She was just,"
Harry paused. "A crush. That's all." Rebecca looked like she was about to crack up in laughter at the
two boys' argument. "Remember when you
had a thing for Fleur Delacour?" Ron
blushed quite a bit at this comment.
Hermione was
very amused also. "Come on, guys, stop
arguing," she said in between laughs. "Harry, you did like Cho, and Ron you did make a fool of yourself
asking Fleur out."
Harry was
glad about Hermione's intervention. "Settled."
Ron looked
relieved also. "Fine, I don't want to
argue either." Rebecca and Hermione
were still laughing at Harry and Ron's argument.
Between
laughs, the auror said, "So you like Cho Chang?"
Harry was a
little annoyed. "No, I liked
her. Not now," he sipped his butterbeer
a little. "Not anymore."
Fred patted
Harry on the back and smiled. "Don't
worry, we all have had similar experiences. Except I never got turned down that nice before…"
Bill
suddenly became interested in the conversation. "Who turned down a ladies man like Harry Potter?" he said
playfully.
Hermione
quickly informed Bill of what happened. "And so then, in his sixth year, he finally built up the courage to ask
her out again. And she turned him down,
extremely nice. It was amazing. If she was going to be so nice, it's weird
she didn't say yes."
"Well some
lucky things do happen," added Rebecca, looking thoughtful.
Ron elbowed
Harry and whispered, "I think she's got a thing for you," with a grin.
Harry
shrugged it off. "Nah," he replied.
Charlie was
having a discussion with Nereus about the Dragons from
Romania, and Percy was sitting in his chair looking very lonely. The third eldest Weasly boy sat back in his
chair, drowning his sorrows in butterbeer. (A/N: and btw, if butterbeer is
alcoholic, which I don't really think so, but if it is or not, dealing with
your feelings by drinking is not the way to handle things. Sorry, back to the story.)
Bill,
sitting next to his younger brother, said, "Perce, anything wrong? You seem pretty sad."
Percy
shrugged it off. "Nothing, Bill. Just want to keep to myself, that's all."
"Fine. I'll leave you alone, Percy," responded
Bill.
"Ok, so let
me get this straight. You," Rebecca looked
at Ron, "actually said to her face," she then looked at Hermione, "that she was
a girl?" Ron went rather red.
"Well, yeah,
but I was pretty stupid then," responded Ron.
"Yeah, you
were, Ron," said Hermione with a grin.
"I'd have to
agree- Hey! You're not supposed to
agree with me!" he said with a smile.
"Well, it's
hard not to sometimes," answered Hermione jokingly.
Rebecca was
still having a great time of hearing about Harry and Ron's embarrassing moments
at Hogwarts. "And while Ron was
figuring out that Hermione was a girl, you just asked someone to the Ball?"
Harry
grinned. "Hmmmm. That sounds about right."
That night,
everyone had rooms at the The Leaky Cauldron for free. The next morning, everyone awoke in a nice
mood, which was good, since a long ride awaited them, to Cyprus.
Author's Notes: Sorry that was shorter than
usual. I just didn't feel like writing
a whole big chapter, and this is sort of filler and important for stuff you don't
know is going to happen in the future of this story. Please review this, and read the next chapter!