Chapter 7: Break
¡§I should have gone home!¡¨ Ron groaned, ¡§It¡¦s so boring!¡¨ Hermione had to agree with Ron. Without Harry around everything is just not the same. There is still one more days till Christmas Eve, till Harry and Sirius would return to Hogwarts. It¡¦s only been one day and Harry has already sent them an owl.
Early morning that very day Hermione awoke to Hedwig¡¦s taps against the girls¡¦ dormitory window. Hedwig had two letters one for Hermione and Ron and the other one just for Hermione. Hermione opened her letter first. It said:
Dear Hermione:
Sirius and I are now in the Light House south of Hogsmeade own by Sirius¡¦s old friend Jordan Fair. Professor Lupin is here too. The three of them are having tea inside right now. I¡¦m glad to see Sirius so happy. He hasn¡¦t been happy for years. I¡¦m now sitting outside on the balcony of the lighthouse. Do you know how clear you can see the stars here? And the moon! You should have come with us! It¡¦s a bit cold now, but it would be wonderful in the summer. Jordan has invited us to come again in the summer. You and Ron should come. I miss you. I must stop writing now or Sirius would have my neck. I promised him I¡¦d go to bed an hour ago. Good night! Or Morning. Since I can¡¦t find Hedwig now I¡¦ll have to send it later.
Love Harry
Hermione didn¡¦t show this letter to Ron. They haven¡¦t exactly told Ron about them being together. In the other letter the content was basically the same with out the mushy parts. Hermione was broke out of her thoughts by Ron¡¦s moaning.
¡§Oh Ron!¡¨ Hermione exclaimed when she finally had it. ¡§Aren¡¦t you happy for Harry? I mean he finally gets to go home and spend time with what little family he has!¡¨ Hermione sighed. ¡§Besides he is coming back in two days!¡¨
¡§Yeah. Harry deserves to be happy.¡¨ Said Ron in a tone Hermione had never heard him use before. ¡§He¡¦s been through so much since he was only a baby. He deserves as much happiness as he can get.¡¨
¡§Wow!¡¨ Hermione just stared at Ron in amazement.
¡§What? Did I say something wrong?¡¨ Ron looked at his friend nervously.
¡§No¡KI just never knew you were mature at all?¡¨ Hermione shook her head as she spoke her words.
¡§Hey!¡¨ Ron protested and made a face at Hermione.
¡§I take that back!¡¨
¡§Yeah you better!¡¨
¡§No I mean the part about you being mature.¡¨ Hermione laughed.
¡§Why you little¡K¡¨ said Ron laughing chasing Hermione around the common room. ¡§Now I can see why Harry likes you!¡¨ Hermione blushed and she accidentally knocked a rolled up piece of parchment off the table. It sprang open to revile the map of Hogwarts castle and school ground.
¡§Hey! Look!¡¨ said Ron beckoning Hermione over as he picked up the map.
¡§What is it?¡¨ Hermione asked looking over Ron¡¦s shoulders.
¡§It¡¦s a complete map of every where in Hogwarts!¡¨ Ron was really excited, ¡§every single secret passage, hall and door! Think of what we can do!
¡§How did it get here?¡¨ Hermione wondered, but Ron wasn¡¦t listening.
¡§¡KWe could sneak into every teacher¡¦s office for answers¡K and¡K and¡K¡¨
¡§RON!¡¨ Hermione cut him off. ¡§Be serious for a minuet won¡¦t you?¡¨
¡§Alright! What!¡¨ Ron shouted irritated by Hermione¡¦s nagging.
¡§It can have belonged to a student. It¡¦s way too detailed.¡¨ Hermione observed.
¡§Maybe Fred and George stole it off of Filch. I don¡¦t know.¡¨ Said Ron.
¡§I think we should hand it in to the teachers.¡¨ Said Hermione, ¡§After all it could be dangerous. You know like a bate to lure us into trouble.¡¨
¡§Do you really think Filch would go through that much trouble just to get us into trouble? I mean be reasonable Herm!¡¨ Ron said with much sarcasm.
¡§Well no. That¡¦s not what I meant.¡¨ Hermione said irritated hoping Harry was here so she would have some one on her side. (Or would she?) ¡§I mean someone might be trying to lure us out of the castle so they can kidnap us or something.¡¨
¡§Well we won¡¦t leave the castle.¡¨ Ron said simply, ¡§But before we hand it in can we find a short cut from Divination to Potions? We¡¦ve been late now that we have Potions right after Divination.¡¨ That was true it wasn¡¦t just because the fact that their Divination classroom happened to be on the other side of the castle. Professor Snape likes to consider the class officially started as soon as all of the Slytherins (Whom they shared their Potions with, again.) The Slytherins happen to have History of Magic in the room just above the dudgeon where Potions is held.
¡§Well¡K I suppose we could¡Kfor the sake of all¡K¡¨ Hermione started.
¡§So what are we waiting for?¡¨ Ron was already climbing through the portrait hole with the map in his hands ¡§Let¡¦s go!¡¨
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¡§I¡¦m sure it down here¡K¡¨ said Ron his face buried in the map ¡§that¡¦s what it shows anyways.¡¨
¡§Are you sure?¡¨ Hermione looked around the dim hall. This is a part of Hogwarts she had never seen. There were no windows and the halls were only lit dimly with torches on the walls. Hermione shivered. ¡§Do you know exactly where we are Ron?¡¨ Hermione was getting really unsure about this. She¡¦s not sure she would be able to get back. ¡§Here let me see the map!¡¨ Ron hand it over with out protest.
¡§It¡¦s all my fault.¡¨ Ron started as Hermione looked at the map. ¡§I shouldn¡¦t have been using the map. If I hadn¡¦t suggest coming here non of this would have happened.¡¨ Hermione sighed at the map.
¡§Oh Ron! It¡¦s okay. I don¡¦t know where we are neither. I¡¦ve never been to this part of Hogwarts before.¡¨
¡§I wish Harry¡¦s here now.¡¨ Hermione heard Ron say from behind her. ¡§He would know what to do. He always knew what to do.¡¨
¡§Oh come on we can¡¦t always rely on Harry!¡¨ Hermione said hopping to cheer Ron up. Although she too wished Harry was here. Ron was right; Harry always knew what to do. Or at least he pretend to and that make everyone much braver.
¡§Hey that door looks kind of like the last one we came through!¡¨ Ron said exited pointing at a wooden door with a silver ring shape handle on it. It does look like the one they had just went through. Or was it the one before that? Hermione was confused. The twisting and turning path they took had been way too long to remember. Hermione sighed again.
¡§Alright! Let give it a try. It¡¦s better than nothing.¡¨ Said Hermione. The walked up to the door, it was unlocked. They easily pulled opened the door and stepped in. The passage was no larger than the door was Hagrid probably wouldn¡¦t have fit through it. Inside was total darkness.
¡§Lumos.¡¨ Hermione and Ron lighted their wands. They advance into the dark passage. The passage twisted and turned again and again, they walked for about twenty minuets before reaching a clearing.
¡§Oh great! A dead end! That is just what we need! A dead end!¡¨ Ron kicked the wall in frustration. A section of the wall, next to the part where Ron had kicked, slid open to reveal an entrance to another chamber. Hermione stuck her wand through the door, but the light of her wand was not enough to reach the far edge of the chamber.
¡§Should we go in?¡¨ Hermione wondered out loud.
¡§I guess.¡¨ Ron replied, ¡§It¡¦s worth a try and we¡¦ve got nothing better to do.¡¨ They stepped cautiously through the door. Hermione walked towards the center of the chamber. She held up her wand like a torch. The light barely touched the edges of the walls but Hermione could see there were letters carved on the walls. There was a circle on the ground. As soon as Ron joined Hermione in the circle Hermione felt something in the air altered. Suddenly their wands went out.
¡§Quick let¡¦s go!¡¨ Hermione called to Ron. They ran toward the door they had just come through. Only now it¡¦s closing. ¡§No!¡¨ Hermione cried as they reached the closed door, which shut them in. The wall they touch glowed with white light. Soon all the walls to the circular chamber were glowing. Hermione and Ron backed away form the walls and into the center. A blue ring at their feet circling them started to glow. Around the ring patterns that extend out all the way to the walls forming some kind of crest started glowing blue too. The floor and the ceiling lighted up. Hermione and Ron soon found themselves floating in the cloud of white light beneath them was the crest glowing sky blue. A glorious sounding music could be heard getting louder and sadder. Tears soon flooded Hermione¡¦s eyes for she had never heard such depressing piece being played. She was overwhelmed by the music she didn¡¦t even move her hand to wipe way the tears that are now streaming down her face. Ron next to her was evidently feeling the same thing, only he did not cry. The music stopped. There was silence with in the light and it seemed to have dim a little. A voice started singing. It sounded nether young or old, male or female but it sounds magnificent. The voice sang in a language Hermione didn¡¦t know, but she could tell the voice was sad. Sad yet beautiful like a weeping lark. When the song ended blue words started appearing in the space. The voice read it out.
¡§After 14 years the unlucky one still lives to stand for the light.
But on the 14th year faith shall decide, who shall win the evil or right.
May the 14th year not be his last is all¡¦s hope.
If he fails all is lost and then we shall all mope.
The only ray of light that may aid him is the only thing he¡¦s got.
And the Dark Lord has not.¡¨
When the voice had disappeared everything went black and the last thing Hermione felt was her body falling down and down into darkness.
***
Not far away form Hogwarts in the Light House south of Hogsmeade. Harry Potter bolt straight up in bed damp with cold sweat and a burning pain in his for head. That was one weird dream.
***
When Hermione opened her eyes again she was lying on her bed in the Gryffindor Girls¡¦ dormitory. She slowly sat up. Was that a dream? If that was a dream it sure is strangely real. She looked down at her clothes. She was not in her pajamas and her school robe was covered in dirt. Her hands and shoes were also covered in dust. That wasn¡¦t a dream! Hermione quickly rushed down the stairs. At the foot of the stairs where the two staircases meet she almost ran straight into Ron.
¡§Oh! Ron!¡¨ Hermione gasped breathlessly.
¡§It wasn¡¦t a dream was it?¡¨ Ron asked seeming to know what she had thought.
¡§I don¡¦t think so.¡¨ Said Hermione, ¡§Look at my hands.¡¨
¡§And my robe. And the map¡¨ Ron held out the piece of parchment.
¡§How did we get back here?¡¨
¡§I have no idea.¡¨
***
Twenty minuets later Ron and Hermione sat in the Gryffindor common room by the cozy fire. It was half pass midnight they had been gone fore a whole day. They are now calmer than they were twenty minuets ago. Hermione¡¦s brain was filled with thoughts. Well, they were more questions than thoughts. The worst part was that she couldn¡¦t answer any of them. What was that they saw? How did they get back? What did it mean? Were we meant to see it? Hermione was feeling extremely frustrated.
¡§Ron do you remember what the words said?¡¨ Hermione asked reaching for a quill and a bit of parchment, ¡§I want to write it down.¡¨ Hermione hadn¡¦t forgotten what the words said. For the matter of fact she wasn¡¦t sure she¡¦d ever forget it, but anything to get Ron talking again. It was getting quite freaky. Ron has been so quiet that it felt like Hermione was sitting all by herself.
¡§After 14 years the unlucky one still lives to stand for the light.¡¨ Ron started now leaning close to look of the parchment as Hermione scrawl down the words.
¡§But on the 14th year faith shall decide, who will win dark or right.¡¨ Hermione recalled out loud as she wrote.
¡§May the 14th year not be his last is all¡¦s hope.¡¨ The next line flowed out of Ron¡¦s mouth.
¡§If he fails all is lost and we shall all mope.¡¨
¡§The only ray of light that may aid him is the only thing he¡¦s go and the Dark Lord has not.¡¨ The two friends recited the last lines together.
¡§Well one thing we can know for sure is that the Dark Lord is probably You-Know-Who.¡¨ Said Hermione.
¡§But who would be the unlucky one? The one that stands up to the Dark Lord?¡¨ Ron wondered staring once again at the sheet of paper. Just then something accrued to him. ¡§Hermione. Could the unlucky one be referring to Harry?¡¨ Hermione looked up. Her face filled with shock and worry. Ron didn¡¦t notice this he was reading the paper again hopping for more clues.
¡§I can¡¦t be Harry.¡¨ Said Ron ¡§it¡¦s says 14 here and Harry¡¦s 15.¡¨ Hermione lighten up a little.
¡§Yeah unless.¡¨ She trailed off.
¡§Unless what?¡¨ Ron asked yawning. ¡§The scroll of Birth is never wrong.¡¨ But that didn¡¦t make Hermione feel any better. Hermione try to stay awake but tiredness over took and soon she too fell asleep after Ron.
***
The portrait hole swung open. The Weasley twins walked into the Gryffindor Common Room Where they found Hermione and Ron asleep in the armchairs. As they try to creep closer the two sleeping figures woke up.
¡§Where have you guys been?¡¨ Fred asked loudly.
¡§Yeah! We flipped the school inside out and upside down searching for you!¡¨ George added helpfully.
¡§You told the teacher?¡¨ Hermione asked fully awake now. She didn¡¦t want to get in trouble. What would they tell Professor McGonagall?
¡§No.¡¨ Fred replied, ¡§We went searching for you ourselves. When we came back from dinner last night the map that we made was gone and so were you two.¡¨
¡§You made the map?¡¨ Ron sounded pretty amazed.
¡§Of course. Anyways. We thought you might have gone off the search for a short cut to Snape¡¦s dungeon¡K¡¨ Hermione gaped at George¡¦s comment.
¡§How did you know?¡¨
¡§Well what else would you two be looking for?¡¨ Fred answered, ¡§But you see we just put that on there as a protection.¡¨
¡§So you mean there is no short cut?¡¨ Ron looked furious.
¡§Precisely! We don¡¦t want every one to be able to use this map. Incase it falls into the wrong hands so we put on a spell that scrambles up the map.¡¨
¡§Declaudo.¡¨ Said Fred pointing his wand at the map. Some lines vanished and others appeared. When the change is complete Fred held it up for Hermione and Ron to see. They were enchanted.
¡§Wow! I¡¦ve never thought you guys can come up with something like this!¡¨ said Ron looking at his brothers.
¡§Well baby brother here¡¦s your proof.¡¨ George smiled, ¡§See, now that Harry¡¦s got the Maruder¡¦s map we¡¦ve got to have something for ourselves.¡¨
¡§Speaking of Harry isn¡¦t he coming back today?¡¨ Fred asked. And as if it was a cue Harry stepped through the portrait hole.
Harry looked at his friends two of them were covered in dust and the other two looks well as normal as any Fred and George Weasley would look.
¡§Hi you all!¡¨ Harry greeted their friends as he walked over to join them. ¡§You miss me?¡¨
¡§Yes.¡¨ Hermione answered quickly folding up the piece of parchment that contain the writing from the adventure they just had. There would be no point giving Harry something to worry about. ¡§Ron here missed you the most.¡¨ Ron¡¦s face turned pink. As he opened his mouth to protest George chimed in.
¡§Yeah! He was pacing this rug counting the days. We thought he¡¦d worn a who through it!¡¨
¡§Harry?¡¨ Sirius called on the other side of the portrait hole. ¡§Would you come out here for a bit?¡¨ Harry stepped out followed by the others.
¡§What is it Sirius?¡¨
¡§You see something urgent has come up and¡K¡¨ Harry¡¦s smile had disappeared from his face. ¡§Oh¡K I¡¦m so sorry Harry.¡¨ Sirius didn¡¦t know what to do.
¡§It¡¦s okay.¡¨ Said Harry. He looked up at Sirius again now smiling. ¡§There will always be next Christmas!¡¨ Sirius had lost control of himself. A young boy like Harry could not and would not do anything like this. Sirius cried. Such a kind, kinder sprit should not have to suffer. Harry stepped forward and to Sirius¡¦s surprise the boy put his arm around him and hugged him in front of all his friends.
¡§I¡¦ll see you in the summer then!¡¨ Harry said cheerfully to Sirius.
As Sirius walked out of sight Harry dropped his smile. This was the first decent Christmas Sirius had in a long time. Just before Christmas he has to leave again. He didn¡¦t want Sirius to go. Harry¡¦s tears are threatening to burst out, but he wouldn¡¦t let it win. He could feel his friends¡¦ anxious gaze on his back. He couldn¡¦t cry now.
Even if Hermione couldn¡¦t see Harry¡¦s face she knew what he was going through. So she decided to quickly change the subject.
¡§Come on!¡¨ she said to all her friends, ¡§I doubt anyone has had breakfast. Let¡¦s go before they clean it all way!¡¨ Harry turned. But he was smiling now.
¡§Yeah! Come on let¡¦s go! I¡¦m starving.¡¨
***
The little group of Gryffindors stepped out of the castle. With a bundle filled with all sorts of food they had snuck out of the kitchen. They had decided to walk out to Hagrid¡¦s hut and have breakfast instead. The snow crunched beneath their boot as they walked across a snow-covered field. Apparently it had snowed the night before only they¡¦ve all been so busy they didn¡¦t notice. Halfway across the field little white fluff descended from the gray sky above drifting down all around them.
¡§It¡¦s snowing!¡¨ Hermione was really excited. She stared to dance around the field over come with joy, until a snowball hit her lightly on her back. She turned to see the boys were pelting each other with handfuls of snow and her attacker was Harry Potter. ¡§I¡¦ll get you!¡¨ Hermione set down the bundle and quickly picked up some snow packed it into a ball and pelts it at Harry. He ducked and the snowball hit George on the head.
¡§Hermione¡¦s playing!¡¨ George bellowed. The next thing she knew snowballs flying at her from every direction. As the Weasleys bent down to make some more snowballs each of them hit with one in the head. They all looked up at Hermione, who shook her head vigorously trying not to laugh. Their gaze turned to the laughing boy beside her. Harry had pelt them with the snowballs.
¡§It¡¦s the Weasleys against you two!¡¨ Ron declared. The friends spend the whole morning in the snow chucking snowballs at each other their breakfast forgotten.
***
On Christmas morning Harry awoke shivering at the coldness of the room. Ron had insisted on leaving the window open so Hedwig could come in with Harry¡¦s present from Sirius. Harry looked around Hedwig was not there but there¡¦s a heap of packages.
¡§Merry Christmas!¡¨ said Ron sitting up in bed as Harry got out of bed and closed the window.
¡§Merry Christmas!¡¨ Harry replied.
¡§Oh!¡¨ Ron remembered something, ¡§Hermione said you have to open your presents here before you go down to the common room.¡¨ Ron had a smile on his face.
¡§Alright.¡¨ Harry sat on his bed and stated to open his presents. The first package he on the top of the pile was from Harry¡¦s aunt and uncle. They were so happy to get rid of Harry they sent him two 50-pence pieces. The next package Harry opened was from Hagrid. Inside the thick brown paper was a white wolf fashioned out of a stone ¡V obviously by Hagrid himself. Harry knew as soon as he picked up the next package that it was from Mrs. Weasley. Inside was a green jumper hand knitted. Every Christmas Mrs. Weasley has given Harry one.
¡§Oh!¡¨ Harry looked up at Ron¡¦s excited shout. He was holding up his jumper. It was like all the other ones he had received, but it wasn¡¦t maroon this time. It was sky blue. ¡§She finally changed the color.¡¨ Ron took off the note pined to in and read. ¡§I¡¦m sorry but I couldn¡¦t get anymore maroon yarn so I had to use blue. Well it looks like I lucked out this time!¡¨ Ron quickly pulled it on. Harry did the same before they tear into the delicious fudge and pasties Mrs. Weasley has sent with the jumper. Harry opened his next present it was from Ron and his brothers. Under layers of paper lay a box that looks like a book. On the cover it read ¡¥Weasley¡¦s Wizard Wheezes¡¦ Harry smiled as he opened the box. He had funded George and Fred last year. On the inside cover it said ¡¥funded by Harry Potter ¡V The boy who lived¡¦. Inside the box was tongue toffees, fake wands, canary creams, hair twister gum, disappearing bookmarks, the book of insults ¡V which insults anyone that reads it, and a lot of other things Harry has never seen before. Harry knew he would have fun with this.
There were only two parcels left at the foot of Harry¡¦s bed. He reached for the bigger one. He tore off the first layer of brown paper to reveal a rectangular package wrapped in beautiful muggler wrapping paper. It was from Hermione. He carefully opened it. Inside was a large box of Chocolate Frogs ¡V Hermione had always given him sweets every Christmas. Under that there was a book. The title almost made Harry fall off his bed ¡¥Harry Potter ¡V The boy who lived¡¦ but the author done the job of getting Harry to fall off his bed. Harry was so shocked. He rubbed his eyes vigorously, but the letters on the cover didn¡¦t change a bit. It still read ¡¥by Hermione Granger¡¦. Ron was laughing so hard that he too fell of his bed.
¡§You know about this?¡¨ Harry asked his best friend. Ron was laughing so hard at the expression on Harry¡¦s face he couldn¡¦t answer all he did was nod. ¡§So this is what you two have been trying to hid from me.¡¨ Harry sounded a bit angry.
¡§Don¡¦t worry though.¡¨ Said Ron, ¡§there¡¦s nothing embarrassing or personal about you in there. It¡¦s a really big hit too! Flourish and Blotts sold out 700 copies on the first day. Which was two days ago.¡¨ Ron held up a newspaper clipping for Harry to see. ¡§People are bagging for a copy of the book with both Hermione and Your signatures on it. Hermione told her readers that it would have to be some times during the Christmas break in Hogsmeade. That is if you agree to go.¡¨ Harry just stared. ¡§Open your last present! Hurry up and we¡¦ll go down to the common room. Hermione¡¦s waiting.¡¨
Harry quickly took his last bundle. It too was rectangular. On the paper in familiar handwriting said ¡¥To Harry From Sirius¡¦ Harry tore off the paper and inside was a black case. Inside the case there were three necklaces. Each of them had a very special stone strung on a gold chain. The stones themselves were almost transparent. On it was their names. Inside the stone was a whirl of color. Harry¡¦s was gold and green. Ron¡¦s was silver and blue. Hermione¡¦s swirled silver and pink. Harry shut the box and started collecting up his present.
¡§Come on!¡¨ Harry said to Ron, ¡§lets go to Hermione. It¡¦s a present from Sirius to all of us!¡¨
***
¡§Merry Christmas!¡¨ said Hermione as the boys enter the common room. Hermione was wearing a pink sweater obviously given to her by Mrs. Weasley.
¡§You look great in your sweater.¡¨ Said Harry. He could feel his face turn red.
¡§Harry did you like your surprise?¡¨ She was blushing.
¡§Well. It was a surprise.¡¨ Harry said with a smile. Hermione blushed some more. Harry quickly remembered the box in his hand. He sat down on an armchair next to the fire. His friends sat around him.
¡§What¡¦s in the box?¡¨ Hermione asked looking at the black case in Harry¡¦s hands. ¡§Who is it from?¡¨ Harry opened the case.
¡§It¡¦s from Sirius.¡¨ Harry replied turning the box to his friends so they can see. They both gasped, dazzled by the color of the stone. ¡§Sirius got one for each of us.¡¨ He took out the one with Ron¡¦s name on and gave it to him.
¡§Wow! Thanks!¡¨ Ron studied the stone. ¡§It¡¦s got my name on it!¡¨
¡§Here is yours!¡¨ Harry said holding the pink one out to her. ¡§You¡Ker want me to put it on for you?¡¨ Hermione nodded turning pink. Harry knelt on the floor next to where Hermione sat and he put his arm around her neck to fasten the necklace. Harry felt Hermione¡¦s soft brown wavy hair on his hands. The hatch on the necklace caught on, but Harry¡¦s hands didn¡¦t let go they stayed around her neck. Hermione reached into the case and took out Harry¡¦s necklace. She fastened it around his neck. They gazed into each other¡¦s eyes for a long time forgetting Ron¡¦s presence. In the end Ron, Fred and George¡¦s giggle broke their long gaze.
¡§Don¡¦t mean to break you two love birds up, but if we don¡¦t get dress and get down to the Great Hall we will miss the feast.¡¨ Said Ron.
***
The Great Hall was filled with many Christmas trees all decorated with different themes. A thousand candles floated in mid air and sparks kept appearing in the space around them. One single table was covered with piles of every kind of potatoes, mounds of buttered peas and corn, huge fat roast turkeys placed all down the long table. There were wizard crackers lined up in heaps down the table. The teachers were already seated on one side of the table. Professor Lupin was sitting among the teachers. The other students were there too. There were very few people staying this year. There were one-seventh year from Slytherin, two Hufflepuff third years, and two Ravenclaw sixth years. The Gryffindors had the most with five people.
The feast was great as it always was. After they had their dessert of Flaming Christmas Pudding something white began to fall from the sky. Harry was the first one to notice the snow. He looked up the ceiling was no longer there. Snow started to fall faster and harder. Soon there was at least three feet on snow on the Great Hall floor when the snow stopped. Harry picked up a hand full of snow and pelted it at Professor Lupin. He shouted ¡§Students against teachers!¡¨ Soon the teachers and the students of Hogwarts were throwing snowballs at each other. Even Professor Snape joined in on the teachers while the seventh year Slytherin joined the other students on the fight against the teachers.
Hours later everyone lay wet and exhausted on the on the ground. (The snow has disappeared and the roof was covering them again)
¡§Alright!¡¨ Dumbledore said finally getting to his feet, ¡§I think we should call it the day and get off to rest.¡¨ Every one in the hall stood up and made their way back to their common room. The five friends from Gryffindor too made their way down the hall into their common room. Laughing the whole way until they all separate and moved to their beds.
¡§Good night Harry.¡¨ Ron said sleepily. ¡§You had fun?¡¨
¡§Yeah¡K¡¨ Harry said feeling too exhausted to keep his eyes open. ¡§Good night.¡¨
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¡§I should have gone home!¡¨ Ron groaned, ¡§It¡¦s so boring!¡¨ Hermione had to agree with Ron. Without Harry around everything is just not the same. There is still one more days till Christmas Eve, till Harry and Sirius would return to Hogwarts. It¡¦s only been one day and Harry has already sent them an owl.
Early morning that very day Hermione awoke to Hedwig¡¦s taps against the girls¡¦ dormitory window. Hedwig had two letters one for Hermione and Ron and the other one just for Hermione. Hermione opened her letter first. It said:
Dear Hermione:
Sirius and I are now in the Light House south of Hogsmeade own by Sirius¡¦s old friend Jordan Fair. Professor Lupin is here too. The three of them are having tea inside right now. I¡¦m glad to see Sirius so happy. He hasn¡¦t been happy for years. I¡¦m now sitting outside on the balcony of the lighthouse. Do you know how clear you can see the stars here? And the moon! You should have come with us! It¡¦s a bit cold now, but it would be wonderful in the summer. Jordan has invited us to come again in the summer. You and Ron should come. I miss you. I must stop writing now or Sirius would have my neck. I promised him I¡¦d go to bed an hour ago. Good night! Or Morning. Since I can¡¦t find Hedwig now I¡¦ll have to send it later.
Love Harry
Hermione didn¡¦t show this letter to Ron. They haven¡¦t exactly told Ron about them being together. In the other letter the content was basically the same with out the mushy parts. Hermione was broke out of her thoughts by Ron¡¦s moaning.
¡§Oh Ron!¡¨ Hermione exclaimed when she finally had it. ¡§Aren¡¦t you happy for Harry? I mean he finally gets to go home and spend time with what little family he has!¡¨ Hermione sighed. ¡§Besides he is coming back in two days!¡¨
¡§Yeah. Harry deserves to be happy.¡¨ Said Ron in a tone Hermione had never heard him use before. ¡§He¡¦s been through so much since he was only a baby. He deserves as much happiness as he can get.¡¨
¡§Wow!¡¨ Hermione just stared at Ron in amazement.
¡§What? Did I say something wrong?¡¨ Ron looked at his friend nervously.
¡§No¡KI just never knew you were mature at all?¡¨ Hermione shook her head as she spoke her words.
¡§Hey!¡¨ Ron protested and made a face at Hermione.
¡§I take that back!¡¨
¡§Yeah you better!¡¨
¡§No I mean the part about you being mature.¡¨ Hermione laughed.
¡§Why you little¡K¡¨ said Ron laughing chasing Hermione around the common room. ¡§Now I can see why Harry likes you!¡¨ Hermione blushed and she accidentally knocked a rolled up piece of parchment off the table. It sprang open to revile the map of Hogwarts castle and school ground.
¡§Hey! Look!¡¨ said Ron beckoning Hermione over as he picked up the map.
¡§What is it?¡¨ Hermione asked looking over Ron¡¦s shoulders.
¡§It¡¦s a complete map of every where in Hogwarts!¡¨ Ron was really excited, ¡§every single secret passage, hall and door! Think of what we can do!
¡§How did it get here?¡¨ Hermione wondered, but Ron wasn¡¦t listening.
¡§¡KWe could sneak into every teacher¡¦s office for answers¡K and¡K and¡K¡¨
¡§RON!¡¨ Hermione cut him off. ¡§Be serious for a minuet won¡¦t you?¡¨
¡§Alright! What!¡¨ Ron shouted irritated by Hermione¡¦s nagging.
¡§It can have belonged to a student. It¡¦s way too detailed.¡¨ Hermione observed.
¡§Maybe Fred and George stole it off of Filch. I don¡¦t know.¡¨ Said Ron.
¡§I think we should hand it in to the teachers.¡¨ Said Hermione, ¡§After all it could be dangerous. You know like a bate to lure us into trouble.¡¨
¡§Do you really think Filch would go through that much trouble just to get us into trouble? I mean be reasonable Herm!¡¨ Ron said with much sarcasm.
¡§Well no. That¡¦s not what I meant.¡¨ Hermione said irritated hoping Harry was here so she would have some one on her side. (Or would she?) ¡§I mean someone might be trying to lure us out of the castle so they can kidnap us or something.¡¨
¡§Well we won¡¦t leave the castle.¡¨ Ron said simply, ¡§But before we hand it in can we find a short cut from Divination to Potions? We¡¦ve been late now that we have Potions right after Divination.¡¨ That was true it wasn¡¦t just because the fact that their Divination classroom happened to be on the other side of the castle. Professor Snape likes to consider the class officially started as soon as all of the Slytherins (Whom they shared their Potions with, again.) The Slytherins happen to have History of Magic in the room just above the dudgeon where Potions is held.
¡§Well¡K I suppose we could¡Kfor the sake of all¡K¡¨ Hermione started.
¡§So what are we waiting for?¡¨ Ron was already climbing through the portrait hole with the map in his hands ¡§Let¡¦s go!¡¨
***
¡§I¡¦m sure it down here¡K¡¨ said Ron his face buried in the map ¡§that¡¦s what it shows anyways.¡¨
¡§Are you sure?¡¨ Hermione looked around the dim hall. This is a part of Hogwarts she had never seen. There were no windows and the halls were only lit dimly with torches on the walls. Hermione shivered. ¡§Do you know exactly where we are Ron?¡¨ Hermione was getting really unsure about this. She¡¦s not sure she would be able to get back. ¡§Here let me see the map!¡¨ Ron hand it over with out protest.
¡§It¡¦s all my fault.¡¨ Ron started as Hermione looked at the map. ¡§I shouldn¡¦t have been using the map. If I hadn¡¦t suggest coming here non of this would have happened.¡¨ Hermione sighed at the map.
¡§Oh Ron! It¡¦s okay. I don¡¦t know where we are neither. I¡¦ve never been to this part of Hogwarts before.¡¨
¡§I wish Harry¡¦s here now.¡¨ Hermione heard Ron say from behind her. ¡§He would know what to do. He always knew what to do.¡¨
¡§Oh come on we can¡¦t always rely on Harry!¡¨ Hermione said hopping to cheer Ron up. Although she too wished Harry was here. Ron was right; Harry always knew what to do. Or at least he pretend to and that make everyone much braver.
¡§Hey that door looks kind of like the last one we came through!¡¨ Ron said exited pointing at a wooden door with a silver ring shape handle on it. It does look like the one they had just went through. Or was it the one before that? Hermione was confused. The twisting and turning path they took had been way too long to remember. Hermione sighed again.
¡§Alright! Let give it a try. It¡¦s better than nothing.¡¨ Said Hermione. The walked up to the door, it was unlocked. They easily pulled opened the door and stepped in. The passage was no larger than the door was Hagrid probably wouldn¡¦t have fit through it. Inside was total darkness.
¡§Lumos.¡¨ Hermione and Ron lighted their wands. They advance into the dark passage. The passage twisted and turned again and again, they walked for about twenty minuets before reaching a clearing.
¡§Oh great! A dead end! That is just what we need! A dead end!¡¨ Ron kicked the wall in frustration. A section of the wall, next to the part where Ron had kicked, slid open to reveal an entrance to another chamber. Hermione stuck her wand through the door, but the light of her wand was not enough to reach the far edge of the chamber.
¡§Should we go in?¡¨ Hermione wondered out loud.
¡§I guess.¡¨ Ron replied, ¡§It¡¦s worth a try and we¡¦ve got nothing better to do.¡¨ They stepped cautiously through the door. Hermione walked towards the center of the chamber. She held up her wand like a torch. The light barely touched the edges of the walls but Hermione could see there were letters carved on the walls. There was a circle on the ground. As soon as Ron joined Hermione in the circle Hermione felt something in the air altered. Suddenly their wands went out.
¡§Quick let¡¦s go!¡¨ Hermione called to Ron. They ran toward the door they had just come through. Only now it¡¦s closing. ¡§No!¡¨ Hermione cried as they reached the closed door, which shut them in. The wall they touch glowed with white light. Soon all the walls to the circular chamber were glowing. Hermione and Ron backed away form the walls and into the center. A blue ring at their feet circling them started to glow. Around the ring patterns that extend out all the way to the walls forming some kind of crest started glowing blue too. The floor and the ceiling lighted up. Hermione and Ron soon found themselves floating in the cloud of white light beneath them was the crest glowing sky blue. A glorious sounding music could be heard getting louder and sadder. Tears soon flooded Hermione¡¦s eyes for she had never heard such depressing piece being played. She was overwhelmed by the music she didn¡¦t even move her hand to wipe way the tears that are now streaming down her face. Ron next to her was evidently feeling the same thing, only he did not cry. The music stopped. There was silence with in the light and it seemed to have dim a little. A voice started singing. It sounded nether young or old, male or female but it sounds magnificent. The voice sang in a language Hermione didn¡¦t know, but she could tell the voice was sad. Sad yet beautiful like a weeping lark. When the song ended blue words started appearing in the space. The voice read it out.
¡§After 14 years the unlucky one still lives to stand for the light.
But on the 14th year faith shall decide, who shall win the evil or right.
May the 14th year not be his last is all¡¦s hope.
If he fails all is lost and then we shall all mope.
The only ray of light that may aid him is the only thing he¡¦s got.
And the Dark Lord has not.¡¨
When the voice had disappeared everything went black and the last thing Hermione felt was her body falling down and down into darkness.
***
Not far away form Hogwarts in the Light House south of Hogsmeade. Harry Potter bolt straight up in bed damp with cold sweat and a burning pain in his for head. That was one weird dream.
***
When Hermione opened her eyes again she was lying on her bed in the Gryffindor Girls¡¦ dormitory. She slowly sat up. Was that a dream? If that was a dream it sure is strangely real. She looked down at her clothes. She was not in her pajamas and her school robe was covered in dirt. Her hands and shoes were also covered in dust. That wasn¡¦t a dream! Hermione quickly rushed down the stairs. At the foot of the stairs where the two staircases meet she almost ran straight into Ron.
¡§Oh! Ron!¡¨ Hermione gasped breathlessly.
¡§It wasn¡¦t a dream was it?¡¨ Ron asked seeming to know what she had thought.
¡§I don¡¦t think so.¡¨ Said Hermione, ¡§Look at my hands.¡¨
¡§And my robe. And the map¡¨ Ron held out the piece of parchment.
¡§How did we get back here?¡¨
¡§I have no idea.¡¨
***
Twenty minuets later Ron and Hermione sat in the Gryffindor common room by the cozy fire. It was half pass midnight they had been gone fore a whole day. They are now calmer than they were twenty minuets ago. Hermione¡¦s brain was filled with thoughts. Well, they were more questions than thoughts. The worst part was that she couldn¡¦t answer any of them. What was that they saw? How did they get back? What did it mean? Were we meant to see it? Hermione was feeling extremely frustrated.
¡§Ron do you remember what the words said?¡¨ Hermione asked reaching for a quill and a bit of parchment, ¡§I want to write it down.¡¨ Hermione hadn¡¦t forgotten what the words said. For the matter of fact she wasn¡¦t sure she¡¦d ever forget it, but anything to get Ron talking again. It was getting quite freaky. Ron has been so quiet that it felt like Hermione was sitting all by herself.
¡§After 14 years the unlucky one still lives to stand for the light.¡¨ Ron started now leaning close to look of the parchment as Hermione scrawl down the words.
¡§But on the 14th year faith shall decide, who will win dark or right.¡¨ Hermione recalled out loud as she wrote.
¡§May the 14th year not be his last is all¡¦s hope.¡¨ The next line flowed out of Ron¡¦s mouth.
¡§If he fails all is lost and we shall all mope.¡¨
¡§The only ray of light that may aid him is the only thing he¡¦s go and the Dark Lord has not.¡¨ The two friends recited the last lines together.
¡§Well one thing we can know for sure is that the Dark Lord is probably You-Know-Who.¡¨ Said Hermione.
¡§But who would be the unlucky one? The one that stands up to the Dark Lord?¡¨ Ron wondered staring once again at the sheet of paper. Just then something accrued to him. ¡§Hermione. Could the unlucky one be referring to Harry?¡¨ Hermione looked up. Her face filled with shock and worry. Ron didn¡¦t notice this he was reading the paper again hopping for more clues.
¡§I can¡¦t be Harry.¡¨ Said Ron ¡§it¡¦s says 14 here and Harry¡¦s 15.¡¨ Hermione lighten up a little.
¡§Yeah unless.¡¨ She trailed off.
¡§Unless what?¡¨ Ron asked yawning. ¡§The scroll of Birth is never wrong.¡¨ But that didn¡¦t make Hermione feel any better. Hermione try to stay awake but tiredness over took and soon she too fell asleep after Ron.
***
The portrait hole swung open. The Weasley twins walked into the Gryffindor Common Room Where they found Hermione and Ron asleep in the armchairs. As they try to creep closer the two sleeping figures woke up.
¡§Where have you guys been?¡¨ Fred asked loudly.
¡§Yeah! We flipped the school inside out and upside down searching for you!¡¨ George added helpfully.
¡§You told the teacher?¡¨ Hermione asked fully awake now. She didn¡¦t want to get in trouble. What would they tell Professor McGonagall?
¡§No.¡¨ Fred replied, ¡§We went searching for you ourselves. When we came back from dinner last night the map that we made was gone and so were you two.¡¨
¡§You made the map?¡¨ Ron sounded pretty amazed.
¡§Of course. Anyways. We thought you might have gone off the search for a short cut to Snape¡¦s dungeon¡K¡¨ Hermione gaped at George¡¦s comment.
¡§How did you know?¡¨
¡§Well what else would you two be looking for?¡¨ Fred answered, ¡§But you see we just put that on there as a protection.¡¨
¡§So you mean there is no short cut?¡¨ Ron looked furious.
¡§Precisely! We don¡¦t want every one to be able to use this map. Incase it falls into the wrong hands so we put on a spell that scrambles up the map.¡¨
¡§Declaudo.¡¨ Said Fred pointing his wand at the map. Some lines vanished and others appeared. When the change is complete Fred held it up for Hermione and Ron to see. They were enchanted.
¡§Wow! I¡¦ve never thought you guys can come up with something like this!¡¨ said Ron looking at his brothers.
¡§Well baby brother here¡¦s your proof.¡¨ George smiled, ¡§See, now that Harry¡¦s got the Maruder¡¦s map we¡¦ve got to have something for ourselves.¡¨
¡§Speaking of Harry isn¡¦t he coming back today?¡¨ Fred asked. And as if it was a cue Harry stepped through the portrait hole.
Harry looked at his friends two of them were covered in dust and the other two looks well as normal as any Fred and George Weasley would look.
¡§Hi you all!¡¨ Harry greeted their friends as he walked over to join them. ¡§You miss me?¡¨
¡§Yes.¡¨ Hermione answered quickly folding up the piece of parchment that contain the writing from the adventure they just had. There would be no point giving Harry something to worry about. ¡§Ron here missed you the most.¡¨ Ron¡¦s face turned pink. As he opened his mouth to protest George chimed in.
¡§Yeah! He was pacing this rug counting the days. We thought he¡¦d worn a who through it!¡¨
¡§Harry?¡¨ Sirius called on the other side of the portrait hole. ¡§Would you come out here for a bit?¡¨ Harry stepped out followed by the others.
¡§What is it Sirius?¡¨
¡§You see something urgent has come up and¡K¡¨ Harry¡¦s smile had disappeared from his face. ¡§Oh¡K I¡¦m so sorry Harry.¡¨ Sirius didn¡¦t know what to do.
¡§It¡¦s okay.¡¨ Said Harry. He looked up at Sirius again now smiling. ¡§There will always be next Christmas!¡¨ Sirius had lost control of himself. A young boy like Harry could not and would not do anything like this. Sirius cried. Such a kind, kinder sprit should not have to suffer. Harry stepped forward and to Sirius¡¦s surprise the boy put his arm around him and hugged him in front of all his friends.
¡§I¡¦ll see you in the summer then!¡¨ Harry said cheerfully to Sirius.
As Sirius walked out of sight Harry dropped his smile. This was the first decent Christmas Sirius had in a long time. Just before Christmas he has to leave again. He didn¡¦t want Sirius to go. Harry¡¦s tears are threatening to burst out, but he wouldn¡¦t let it win. He could feel his friends¡¦ anxious gaze on his back. He couldn¡¦t cry now.
Even if Hermione couldn¡¦t see Harry¡¦s face she knew what he was going through. So she decided to quickly change the subject.
¡§Come on!¡¨ she said to all her friends, ¡§I doubt anyone has had breakfast. Let¡¦s go before they clean it all way!¡¨ Harry turned. But he was smiling now.
¡§Yeah! Come on let¡¦s go! I¡¦m starving.¡¨
***
The little group of Gryffindors stepped out of the castle. With a bundle filled with all sorts of food they had snuck out of the kitchen. They had decided to walk out to Hagrid¡¦s hut and have breakfast instead. The snow crunched beneath their boot as they walked across a snow-covered field. Apparently it had snowed the night before only they¡¦ve all been so busy they didn¡¦t notice. Halfway across the field little white fluff descended from the gray sky above drifting down all around them.
¡§It¡¦s snowing!¡¨ Hermione was really excited. She stared to dance around the field over come with joy, until a snowball hit her lightly on her back. She turned to see the boys were pelting each other with handfuls of snow and her attacker was Harry Potter. ¡§I¡¦ll get you!¡¨ Hermione set down the bundle and quickly picked up some snow packed it into a ball and pelts it at Harry. He ducked and the snowball hit George on the head.
¡§Hermione¡¦s playing!¡¨ George bellowed. The next thing she knew snowballs flying at her from every direction. As the Weasleys bent down to make some more snowballs each of them hit with one in the head. They all looked up at Hermione, who shook her head vigorously trying not to laugh. Their gaze turned to the laughing boy beside her. Harry had pelt them with the snowballs.
¡§It¡¦s the Weasleys against you two!¡¨ Ron declared. The friends spend the whole morning in the snow chucking snowballs at each other their breakfast forgotten.
***
On Christmas morning Harry awoke shivering at the coldness of the room. Ron had insisted on leaving the window open so Hedwig could come in with Harry¡¦s present from Sirius. Harry looked around Hedwig was not there but there¡¦s a heap of packages.
¡§Merry Christmas!¡¨ said Ron sitting up in bed as Harry got out of bed and closed the window.
¡§Merry Christmas!¡¨ Harry replied.
¡§Oh!¡¨ Ron remembered something, ¡§Hermione said you have to open your presents here before you go down to the common room.¡¨ Ron had a smile on his face.
¡§Alright.¡¨ Harry sat on his bed and stated to open his presents. The first package he on the top of the pile was from Harry¡¦s aunt and uncle. They were so happy to get rid of Harry they sent him two 50-pence pieces. The next package Harry opened was from Hagrid. Inside the thick brown paper was a white wolf fashioned out of a stone ¡V obviously by Hagrid himself. Harry knew as soon as he picked up the next package that it was from Mrs. Weasley. Inside was a green jumper hand knitted. Every Christmas Mrs. Weasley has given Harry one.
¡§Oh!¡¨ Harry looked up at Ron¡¦s excited shout. He was holding up his jumper. It was like all the other ones he had received, but it wasn¡¦t maroon this time. It was sky blue. ¡§She finally changed the color.¡¨ Ron took off the note pined to in and read. ¡§I¡¦m sorry but I couldn¡¦t get anymore maroon yarn so I had to use blue. Well it looks like I lucked out this time!¡¨ Ron quickly pulled it on. Harry did the same before they tear into the delicious fudge and pasties Mrs. Weasley has sent with the jumper. Harry opened his next present it was from Ron and his brothers. Under layers of paper lay a box that looks like a book. On the cover it read ¡¥Weasley¡¦s Wizard Wheezes¡¦ Harry smiled as he opened the box. He had funded George and Fred last year. On the inside cover it said ¡¥funded by Harry Potter ¡V The boy who lived¡¦. Inside the box was tongue toffees, fake wands, canary creams, hair twister gum, disappearing bookmarks, the book of insults ¡V which insults anyone that reads it, and a lot of other things Harry has never seen before. Harry knew he would have fun with this.
There were only two parcels left at the foot of Harry¡¦s bed. He reached for the bigger one. He tore off the first layer of brown paper to reveal a rectangular package wrapped in beautiful muggler wrapping paper. It was from Hermione. He carefully opened it. Inside was a large box of Chocolate Frogs ¡V Hermione had always given him sweets every Christmas. Under that there was a book. The title almost made Harry fall off his bed ¡¥Harry Potter ¡V The boy who lived¡¦ but the author done the job of getting Harry to fall off his bed. Harry was so shocked. He rubbed his eyes vigorously, but the letters on the cover didn¡¦t change a bit. It still read ¡¥by Hermione Granger¡¦. Ron was laughing so hard that he too fell of his bed.
¡§You know about this?¡¨ Harry asked his best friend. Ron was laughing so hard at the expression on Harry¡¦s face he couldn¡¦t answer all he did was nod. ¡§So this is what you two have been trying to hid from me.¡¨ Harry sounded a bit angry.
¡§Don¡¦t worry though.¡¨ Said Ron, ¡§there¡¦s nothing embarrassing or personal about you in there. It¡¦s a really big hit too! Flourish and Blotts sold out 700 copies on the first day. Which was two days ago.¡¨ Ron held up a newspaper clipping for Harry to see. ¡§People are bagging for a copy of the book with both Hermione and Your signatures on it. Hermione told her readers that it would have to be some times during the Christmas break in Hogsmeade. That is if you agree to go.¡¨ Harry just stared. ¡§Open your last present! Hurry up and we¡¦ll go down to the common room. Hermione¡¦s waiting.¡¨
Harry quickly took his last bundle. It too was rectangular. On the paper in familiar handwriting said ¡¥To Harry From Sirius¡¦ Harry tore off the paper and inside was a black case. Inside the case there were three necklaces. Each of them had a very special stone strung on a gold chain. The stones themselves were almost transparent. On it was their names. Inside the stone was a whirl of color. Harry¡¦s was gold and green. Ron¡¦s was silver and blue. Hermione¡¦s swirled silver and pink. Harry shut the box and started collecting up his present.
¡§Come on!¡¨ Harry said to Ron, ¡§lets go to Hermione. It¡¦s a present from Sirius to all of us!¡¨
***
¡§Merry Christmas!¡¨ said Hermione as the boys enter the common room. Hermione was wearing a pink sweater obviously given to her by Mrs. Weasley.
¡§You look great in your sweater.¡¨ Said Harry. He could feel his face turn red.
¡§Harry did you like your surprise?¡¨ She was blushing.
¡§Well. It was a surprise.¡¨ Harry said with a smile. Hermione blushed some more. Harry quickly remembered the box in his hand. He sat down on an armchair next to the fire. His friends sat around him.
¡§What¡¦s in the box?¡¨ Hermione asked looking at the black case in Harry¡¦s hands. ¡§Who is it from?¡¨ Harry opened the case.
¡§It¡¦s from Sirius.¡¨ Harry replied turning the box to his friends so they can see. They both gasped, dazzled by the color of the stone. ¡§Sirius got one for each of us.¡¨ He took out the one with Ron¡¦s name on and gave it to him.
¡§Wow! Thanks!¡¨ Ron studied the stone. ¡§It¡¦s got my name on it!¡¨
¡§Here is yours!¡¨ Harry said holding the pink one out to her. ¡§You¡Ker want me to put it on for you?¡¨ Hermione nodded turning pink. Harry knelt on the floor next to where Hermione sat and he put his arm around her neck to fasten the necklace. Harry felt Hermione¡¦s soft brown wavy hair on his hands. The hatch on the necklace caught on, but Harry¡¦s hands didn¡¦t let go they stayed around her neck. Hermione reached into the case and took out Harry¡¦s necklace. She fastened it around his neck. They gazed into each other¡¦s eyes for a long time forgetting Ron¡¦s presence. In the end Ron, Fred and George¡¦s giggle broke their long gaze.
¡§Don¡¦t mean to break you two love birds up, but if we don¡¦t get dress and get down to the Great Hall we will miss the feast.¡¨ Said Ron.
***
The Great Hall was filled with many Christmas trees all decorated with different themes. A thousand candles floated in mid air and sparks kept appearing in the space around them. One single table was covered with piles of every kind of potatoes, mounds of buttered peas and corn, huge fat roast turkeys placed all down the long table. There were wizard crackers lined up in heaps down the table. The teachers were already seated on one side of the table. Professor Lupin was sitting among the teachers. The other students were there too. There were very few people staying this year. There were one-seventh year from Slytherin, two Hufflepuff third years, and two Ravenclaw sixth years. The Gryffindors had the most with five people.
The feast was great as it always was. After they had their dessert of Flaming Christmas Pudding something white began to fall from the sky. Harry was the first one to notice the snow. He looked up the ceiling was no longer there. Snow started to fall faster and harder. Soon there was at least three feet on snow on the Great Hall floor when the snow stopped. Harry picked up a hand full of snow and pelted it at Professor Lupin. He shouted ¡§Students against teachers!¡¨ Soon the teachers and the students of Hogwarts were throwing snowballs at each other. Even Professor Snape joined in on the teachers while the seventh year Slytherin joined the other students on the fight against the teachers.
Hours later everyone lay wet and exhausted on the on the ground. (The snow has disappeared and the roof was covering them again)
¡§Alright!¡¨ Dumbledore said finally getting to his feet, ¡§I think we should call it the day and get off to rest.¡¨ Every one in the hall stood up and made their way back to their common room. The five friends from Gryffindor too made their way down the hall into their common room. Laughing the whole way until they all separate and moved to their beds.
¡§Good night Harry.¡¨ Ron said sleepily. ¡§You had fun?¡¨
¡§Yeah¡K¡¨ Harry said feeling too exhausted to keep his eyes open. ¡§Good night.¡¨
Hi it's me again! thanks to all of my wonderful readers and yes that's you! I know I took a long time to post this chapter up and it's really mushy. I don't know why. Please review it more! I don't think I will post the next chapter unless at least 15 people wants to read it.
In the next chapter school will start and Harry would start to show signes of power lost... oops said too much! :) if you want to read it review! bye bye!
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