Sorry if I hadn't been able to post anything for the past week. I have been extremely busy with schoolwork and homework. Ugh…stupid teachers! Anyway, this is chapter 25. It's sort of slow right now. Couldn't think of anything.

Chapter 25

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It was March and the weather turned into a windy. During that month, the Gryffindor team faced the Ravenclaw team for a quidditch match. The Gryffindors won, though very narrowly. It seems that the seeker, Harry, had his mind somewhere else, Cho. During the game, Harry couldn't help but glance at her in between his search of the snitch. He was almost crashed into George because he was staring at Cho.

Throughout the day, the Gryffindors were celebrating. It continued well into the night. That evening, Harry was sitting next to Ron and Hermione in the far corner of the room next to the window. A soft tapping at the window distracted him. They turned around and saw an owl outside the window carrying a letter. Hermione stood up and opened the window to get the owl. She read the letter and turned incredibly bright red. Ron gave Harry a curious look and went over to read Hermione's letter. Hermione, seeing what he was about to do, hid her letter quickly.

"Don't you know that reading other people's letter is very rude?" she said sternly.

"Come on, Hermione, it's just me. Who is it from, anyway? Who gives you letters?" asked Ron curiously, narrowing his eyes. Hermione was silent. "Fine, don't tell me who it is from. I'll just go and get more sweets."

He to double backed around Hermione and snatched the letter away from her.

"Ron! This is childish! Give me my letter!" she shouted. Half of the room fell silent and watched them run around the common room. Ron was reading the letter and suddenly halted that he bumped into Dean. He turned around to Hermione, who looked like she was about to cry.

"Viktor Krum is writing to you?" he asked in a dangerous and soft voice. Hermione was silent. "Why didn't you tell me? Did you spent half the summer holidays with him?"

"Well, I was going to tell you, Ron. But I know how you were going to react-"

"You know how I was going to react? Oh, that's right, you're very smart, aren't you? You don't need to tell me anything because you know how I'll react. Well, do you know how I'm feel right now, Hermione?" Hermione's eyes were tearing.

"Ron, I'm sorry. I just know that you would react this way and…I know that you don't like him…Ron, I'm so sorry…I didn't mean to."

Harry looked at his two friends. He knew that he shouldn't interfere with anything right now. He watched as Ron gives Hermione her letter back.

"Here, write back to him. I don't care. Maybe he'll invite you to live with him forever. That's what you want right?"

"No, that's not what I want, Ron," she mumbled. "Don't say that!" She ran to the girls' dormitory. Ron, mumbling to Harry about not feeling very well, went up to the boys' dormitory. Everybody fell silent for a moment. Parvati whispered something to Lavender and giggled. Harry, also not feeling like celebrating, decided to go to walk outside to visit Hagrid. He left the portrait hole and went out to the corridor. He was halfway towards the entrance hall when he remembered his promise to Sirius about not going outside at dark. He then decided to visit Professor Sullivan. He went to her office and was about to knock when he heard a conversation inside.

"How did this happen?"

"It's him. He told me to go up the fence. I didn't know I was to land down in thorny bushes."

"It wasn't my fault that you didn't find another way out."

"Maybe you should have just told me that the gate was open."

"Well…"

"Alright, that's enough. Honestly, it's like living with you two back in Hogwarts. I'm going to mend these. Now, hold still."

"Well, Annie, we are in Hogwarts."

Harry opened the door carefully. He found Remus and Sirius with Professor Sullivan in her office. Professor Sullivan was holding her wand out and mending Remus's wounds on his arms, which he was holding out. Sirius was leaning on her desk with his arms folded, looking very mischievous.

"Sirius?" said Harry out loud. The three looked at him, surprised.

"Harry? What are you doing here? Aren't you supposed to be celebrating with your friends?" asked Professor Sullivan.

"Er, I didn't really feel like celebrating anymore," he said, coming in.

"Well, can you please close the door?" she said as she continues to mend Remus's wounds.

"What happened?" Harry asked.

"Long story, Harry," said Remus. "But let's just say that old Padfoot here just pulled a "innocent" prank on me."

"Are you all right?" asked Sirius to Harry. He nodded.

"There, all better. No more. Now, I don't want you two to ever do this again, understood?" she said strictly, shaking her finger to Sirius and Remus.

"Hmm…Annie, you sound like our mother," Sirius teased as he approach her to give her a kiss. Before he did, there was a knock on the door.

"Er, who is it?" called Professor Sullivan.

"It's me, Severus," muffled the visitor behind the door.

"Er, be right there," she called back. She turned to Remus and Sirius and mouthed, "Hide behind the desk, quickly."

Sirius turned into a black dog and trotted behind the desk. Remus hid inside a large cupboard. After they were all hidden. Professor Sullivan opened the door.

"Hello, Severus," she said breathlessly as she opened the door. "What can I do for you?"

"What took you so long?" asked Snape suspiciously. He looked around the room and saw Harry standing there.

"Er, I was just showing Harry a complicated curse. It was a little bit messy so I, er, we tidied things up."

Harry was glad that the professor was a good liar because he saw the desk moved next to Snape. Snape saw it and was looking at it curiously.

"Did your desk just moved?"

"Er, I don't know what you are talking about," she said as she went behind her desk. "I didn't see it move? I'm misleading you. What are you here for?"

"The headmaster asks if you are coming to the grand counsel meeting a Sunday after Easter." He said still looking at the desk.

"Yes, yes, I will be. Is that all?" she kicked the thing that was Sirius under her desk. Harry stifled a snigger.

"Yes, that's all. Good night, Briana," he said. He gave the desk one more curious look and a glance at Harry, as if putting two and two together. After a while, he decided it was nothing and left the office.

"Well, that was close," said Professor Sullivan sighing. Harry wondered what the grand counsel meeting was.

Well, that was short. But I had to squeeze this in between my homework. Anyway, please leave and review. Thank you! Oh, I did omit the quidditch part again. The final quidditch game won't be omitted, trust me. It's kind of important. Anyway, that's all! I don't own anything, by the way!