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A/n- ::jumps up and down in a hyper-sort of way:: YESSSS!!! WE WON THE HOUSE CHAMPIONSHIP! UH-HUH, WHO DA BOMB!??! GRYFFINDOR WONNNNN!!!!! Okay, I'm fine now. My school is doing this sort of Harry Potter activity thing and we were Sorted into different houses I, by chance, got in Gryffindor (although, unlike Harry, I was saying, "Not Gryffindor, not Gryffindor—Slytherin please!"). We were like, last place in points all semester, until the Harry Potter trivia game (today, November 16), and Gryffindor got into the top two (the other was Slytherin…ironic huh?!)!! Then we won the game, beating Slytherin by 20,000 points!!!! (okay, we betted all our points (36,900, yes we get a lot of points) and Slytherin only betted 10,000) I was one of the representatives of Gryffindor (one from each period, I'm per. 3) and I got these questions: "What sort of hide do your gloves need to made of? (A: dragon)" "How many heads does Fang have? (A: one)" "What sort of charm protects you from most poisons? (A: bezoar)" "How many beds are in Harry's dormitory? (A: 5)" (I got 1 more but I cant remember…-_-;;;) and the last one was actually the final and we discussed it all (five beds—Harry, Ron, Seamus, Neville, and Dean!) together.
And then after that we went to see the movie!!!!! (at the Krikorian Theater in Monrovia) …my opinion of it? So-so, too many altercations and scenes left out (the last part with Quirrel was grossss! …but Tom Felton looked dreamy and that's all that matters—I love the scene where he screams when Quirrel announced the thing about the troll…I was laughing like crazy!!!)
Miste~* Romania *~
The beast stirred. Her enormous left foot gave a slight twitch and her gigantic yellowish-red eyes blinked a couple of times in sleepiness.
~* The Burrow *~
"Owch!" Ronald Weasley clasped a hand to his left arm.
"What is it now, Ronniekins?" Fred said in high-pitched voice.
Grimacing, Ron made a face back at Fred, "Shaddup, Fred."
"Aww does ickle Ronnie-poo have a headache? Mummy kiss it and make it better?" George mimicked Fred.
Ron flicked a piece of hash brown at George with his spoon, giving off a loud twang! and alerting Mrs. Weasley.
"Ron, Fred, and George! What are you three up to now?!" the housewife scolded, whapping a ladle against the porcelain countertop.
Ginny stared into her cup of tea, "Mum, what date is it today?"
"August 25th, m'dear." Mrs. Weasley added a portion of French toast to Percy's plate.
"Six more days 'til Hogwarts." Ginny responded happily, sipping out of the cup.
~* Romania *~
The beast was half-awake now. She had been asleep for a long, long time, but she shall rise again soon. She gave off a soft bellow and shook off decades of sleep. She stumbled up onto its four scaly feet and emitted a loud roar.
~* The Burrow *~
The pain was sharper now, so sharp Ron could practically feel it cutting into his skin. "Ouch, bloody hell—this hurts!" he cursed out in anguish.
"Ron!" Mrs. Weasley reprimanded, shooting an angry look at Ron.
"Oh…sorry, Mum." Ron cast a guilty look to Ginny, who was staring at him with wide eyes.
~ Fast forward to September 1st ~
~* Platform 9¾ *~
Ron looked around him for familiar faces. He didn't catch anyone but Neville Longbottom at the Muggle stations.
A well-known face suddenly appeared in view.
"Harry!" Ron cried out, thrusting his baggage cart into the dark-haired boy's.
"Oh—jeezus Ron! You didn't have to impale my cart to get my attention!" Harry Potter laughed, and scanned around. "Say, you haven't seen Hermione anywhere, have you?" Ron mentioned.
Harry shook his head, "Nuh-uh. Wonder what happened. She's usually the first on the train."
"Hm." Ron thought over this for a moment. "Must be some last minute extra credit assignment she had to rush or something. Truly, she needs to sort out her priorities."
Harry laughed again, and then stopped midway. "Perfect timing, look who's here."
Ron looked in Harry's direction and found Draco Malfoy parting with his mother (who looked especially teary-eyed). Draco was looking embarrassed and trying his best to shoo his parents away before any honorable Slytherin can see him as the pathetic thing he really was. (in Ron's POV—definitely not in mine, if it was then it would be "before any honorable Slytherin girl can see him for the fantastically crazily cute guy he really was.")
~* Romania *~
She was free now. The beast stretched her wings in sheer relish of final freedom. Whoever imprisoned her inside that dungeon would pay. She sniffed. Yes, she could catch the scent. Faintly, barely there, but there, in a sense. She stretched her wings and flapped them once, levitating her in the air. Now she was headed for London.
~* Hogwarts Express *~
Harry, Ron, and Hermione munched away on Cauldron Cakes and Chocolate Frogs, discussing their new year as 6th years. It was going to be rough, but they'll live.
"Seriously, though, Harry, did you see the look on Malfoy's face when Pansy gave him that heart-shaped box filled with chocolates tied with a ribbon and a rose? It was classic! He looked 100% pure horrified!" at this Hermione let out a snort and then a loud laugh, toppling herself back into Ron, who was sitting behind her.
"Dude 'Mione control yourself!" Ron laughed and pushed Hermione into Harry.
"Hey!" Harry pushed her back.
"You guys I'm not a ping-pong ball!" Hermione protested shrilly, but her voice cracked and she started giggling as she bumped into Ron again.
Harry stood up abruptly, feeling in his pockets, "Oh bloody—I forgot to give this to Neville!" he held out a bottle entitled "Toad Tonic". "He asked me to buy it for him in Diagon Alley…wait for me while I go look for him."
Harry slid the compartment door open and slipped out, hollering for Neville.
~* Indian Ocean *~
The beast sniffed the air again. Ah yes, she was getting closer. So close…
~* Hogwarts Express *~
"Um…Hermione?" Ron pushed away locks of Hermione's toffee hair.
"Yes?" she looked up at him expectantly.
"Can you—er, get off me now?"
"Oh! Yes, of course." She leapt off him at once, straightening her robes and trying to hide her face, which turned a scarlet shade of red.
Suddenly Ron clamped his hand over his left arm again, "OW! Blimey what's wrong with this thing?!"
"What?" Hermione scootched closer.
Ron lifted his hand to reveal to Hermione a small gash on his left arm, just below the crook of his elbow.
"Ouch…how did that get there?"
"Mum said I was born with it, but I don't think I believe her."
Hermione's finger traced over the cresent-shaped scar. "It's so…" she struggled for the right word, "exquisite."
Ron shrugged, blushing. "It's been hurting since the 25th."
"What, you think this is from You-Know-Who too?" Hermione joked and affectionately rubbed Ron's arm. "Don't worry, I think it's just one of those birthmark defects. You know."
"No, actually I do not know."
"Haha funny."
~* London *~
She was here at long last. Finally, after so many years of "hibernating" and curses, she can finally get her revenge. She remember the wizard who put her under the charm vaguely. All she recalled was red hair and freckles.
~* Hogwarts, the Great Hall *~
Ron breathed in the sweet smell of cooking pastry.
Hermione had squealed gleefully when the plates filled right after the Sorting, as always, and Harry had shook hands with at least fifty new Gryffindor first-years, all clamoring for autographs.
But the scar was still bothering Ron, because he knew it was not a birthmark. It was not there on accident. It has some special meaning…but what?
A/n- just a little cliffhanger there for you readers (hopefully soon-to-be reviewers)! My first ever HP adventure story! (mingled with R+H romance, as you can see in the hints here above)
So, review!
Thanksssssss amigo!
Later dayzzzzzz (ok ok I'll quit it now),
CyberSSSSSSSerpent .~ (^_~;;;;)
PS. Fellow Tom Felton/Draco Malfoy fan? PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE send me a screenshot of Draco screaming when Quirrel announced the troll thing via DigimonGoddess@aol.com if you by any chance come across it! I want it soooo bad! I'll swap you pics even! Give you another one of my Draco pics! Good deal?!
PPS. Dang this was short! don't worry ch. 2 will be even longer~!!!
