Harry Potter and the Troublesome Evie

By Trephinia Cealyn

Chapter 7 | Hogsmeade

          "Evie want Hogsmeade to Dracky!" Evie pulled on Draco's robes. "Evie want Hogsmeade!"

          "Evie, only 3rd years and up can go to Hogsmeade." Draco said patiently. He pulled the girl off his robes. "Hermoine isn't going, she has work or something to do… why don't you go down to the library and study?"

          "Mionie, well why didn't you say so Dracky!" Evie ran out of the Great Hall.

          "Finally." Draco said smiling as Evie ran off. "Now to find Ginny."

          "Mionie, Mionie" Evie sang. "Mionie!" she pushed open the door to the Library. She spotted Hermoine and sat down across from her. "What's Mionie doing?"

          Hermoine looked up. "Oh hi Evie." She picked up her quill dipped it into the ink and started writing. "I'm researching prophecies."

          "But Mionie turned that in ages ago!" Evie protested. She picked up one of the books and skimmed through it. "Why is it all poemie Mionie?"

          "What? Oh, that's how they said it I guess." She returned to writing. "Don't you have any work to do?" Hermione said chewing and the end of the quill.

          "Yes! Evie have work… Evie like work!" Evie ran over to the shelves and read the titles of a few books then pulled some off the shelves and ran back over to Hermoine's table. "Mionie, can Evie borrow a feather thingy and some parchyment?"

          "Yes." Hermione handed her an extra quill and some parchment. Evie grabbed the quickly and opened the first book. Soon the two were totally engrossed in what they were doing.

          "Harry I don't know if this is such a good idea." Ron said. Harry and Ron stood outside the Shrieking Shack underneath the invisibility cloak.

          "Shh." Harry crept around the back. Ron followed quickly.

          "Harry, are you sure Sirius is there? What if Remus is a werewolf?" Ron asked trying to hide his fear.

          "Ron it's daylight, Sirius told me he would be here now SHUT UP." Harry said as quietly as he could. Harry counted the windows on the bottom floor and walked over to the second one over. He pushed the third board from the top and pulled on the second board that crossed the 5th dimension when Pluto was at its greatest height. Then he pulled at exactly 2:30 on Neptune and the window opened.

          "Confused … yes?" Ron said noting what Harry had done.

          "Come on." Harry said climbing through the window. Ron followed whispering about planets and the molecular configuration of wands.

          Draco stood outside The Three Broomsticks waiting for Ginny. Ginny, where are you? He thought silently. Finally he spotted her walking with other fourth year Gryffindors. He walked over to her and ignored the giggles from the other girls.

          "Hi." Ginny said shyly. She grabbed his hand and he pulled her into The Three Broomsticks.  They sat at a table in the corner, ordered Butterbear and sat with their heads close together talking. After they finished their Butterbears, and then some, they started walking around Hogsmeade, holding hands, smiling, and doing normal 'I'm in love with you,' related activities. Then with a little convincing on Draco's part he convinced Ginny to visit the Shrieking Shack.

          "I'm not as scared when I'm with you." Ginny said quietly.

          "It's not like it's actually haunted Ginny." Draco reassured her.

          "I know but, still." She twirled a strand of her hair around his finger.

          "I won't let anything hurt you," he promised looking down at her fondly. She looked up and smiled. He pulled her into his arms and kissed her swiftly.

          "Bye Sirius, bye Remus." Harry and Ron called softly. They climbed out of the window and it closed behind them. They walked around to the front of the building and saw Draco and Ginny kissing. Harry thinking quickly grabbed Ron's robes.

          "Harry let go!" Ron said rather loudly.

          "Ron no remember the invisibility cloak?" Harry pulled him down the street and into an alley and pulled off the invisibility cloak. Ron stormed off with Harry following him.

          "MALFOY." Ron boomed. "I SAID I ACCEPTED THE FACT THAT YOU WERE DATING NOT SNOGGING IN BROAD DAYLIGHT!" Ginny and Draco kept kissing unaware of Ron's screams. Ron red in the face pulled Malfoy off Ginny. 

"What in the name of all that is sacred are you doing?" Draco asked his voice dangerously quiet.

"FOR BLOODY HELL MALFOY!" Ron yelled.

"My name is Draco, Ron, and I don't advise yelling at me." Draco said his voice still quiet.

"I'll bloody yell at you all I bloody want!" Ron said a bit quieter.

"Let's go." Draco said to Ginny. She glared at her brother and Draco put his arm around her waist.

"I'm not done with you Malfoy!"

"Yes, but I'm done with you Weasley." Draco said over his shoulder. He kissed Ginny on the cheek much to Ron's disapproval and they disappeared into Zonko's.

"Well that was a tad bit stupid." Harry murmured.

"WHAT?" Ron said turning on him.

"Nothing, let's go."

"Hermoine, are you a necromancer?" Evie asked her.

"What? No of course not!" Hermoine said taking offense.

"Well I'm a necromancer." Evie stated.

"What?!" Hermoine said shrilly dropping her quill. "Are you serious?"

          "'Course Evie is serious." Evie said. She pulled out her wand. "Would you like to see ghosties?"

          "No Evie." Hermoine said firmly. "Does Draco know about this?" she asked carefully.

          "Maybe." She said and put her wand away.

          "Have you… have you told your daddy?" Hermione asked carefully.

          "Daddy… daddy?" Evie looked at Hermoine blankly. "Daddy…" Evie started to cry, "DADDY!" she screamed and stood on her chair. "Daddy, daddy, daddy, daddy."

          "Evie? Evie what's wrong?" Hermoine stood up and rushed around the table. She reached for Evie's hand.

          "Back!" Evie shouted and pointed her wand at Hermoine. "Peragito recessus," a flash of light threw Hermione into a wall. "I want my Daddy!" Evie shouted. She jumped off the stool and advanced on a sixth year Hufflepuff. "I… want… my… daddy." She pointed her wand at him and said, "Peragito consurgo," the boy smashed into the ceiling. "Lemures," she shouted and the Bloody Baron along with Peeves and Nearly Headless Nick came floating through the walls.

          "You called?" the Baron said demurely. Evie nodded.

          "Have you seen my daddy?" she asked quietly. The Baron shook his head sadly.

          "Evie what… what happened?" Draco said standing in the doorway of the library. Hermoine stood behind him clutching her arm.

          "Dracky I want my daddy!" she ran over to him and he pulled her into a hug.

          "Shush Evie, it's okay, it'll all be okay." Draco patted her on the head reassuringly.

          "I want my daddy." Evie sobbed.

          "I think she wants her dad Malfoy." Harry said sarcastically from behind them.

          "Shut up Harry." Hermoine yelled at him.

          "Why do you care so much Hermoine?" Harry asked surprised by her outburst.

          "Why not!? Just because you and Draco are enemies doesn't mean you have to be mean to Evie! She's never done anything to you! You're horrid Harry!! Bloody Evil!" Hermoine shouted. Harry just stared and after a moment he said:  

          "Uh,  Hermoine love, she was- she was brought up by Voldemort." He said in the sweetest voice he could manage. "Doesn't that bother you?"

          "HARRY SHE'S MAD??? HOW CAN A CRAZY  PERSON BE EVIL?"

          "Voldemort is mad though!!" Harry said calmly. Clearly Hermoine was suffering from some ailment.

          "But, but he was always evil!! Harry she's – she's only a little girl! She doesn't even know the difference between evil and good!"

          "When you were 11 Hermoine did you know the difference between a poisonous snake and a little kitten?" Draco asked mockingly. "Evie may be crazy and she may be 11 but she's not stupid." She looked at Hermoine coldly. "When you grow up around Voldemort you have no choice but to be evil… if Evie was anything but evil she'd be dead." He walked towards the door. "I think I'll take Evie back to the common room now." He said more to himself than anything.

          "Hermoine." Harry said quietly. "I still think she's evil."

          "Harry…" Hermoine said quieter. "You're an idiot." Hermoine left him.

          "But- but- but it doesn't- it – ARGH!" he stormed out after them.

          "Ron have you seen Draco? He left suddenly talking about - "

          "No I don't keep track of your bloody boyfriend Ginny. That's your job." Ron pushed through the crowds and Ginny ran after him.

          "Wait Ron are you sure?" Ginny said in a worried voice.

          "Even if I did see him why would I tell you? So you can go snog in broad daylight!" his face was turning bright red.

          "Well at least I have someone to snog with." Ginny said defensively.

          "What's that supposed to mean?" he sounded hurt.

          "Elementary my dear Watson."

          "Ginny sometimes… sometimes you're so childish."

          "You shouldn't talk Ron! You don't even have the courage to ask Hermoine out!" Ginny screamed.

          "YOU'RE IN MALFOY'S BLOODY PANTS!" Ron screamed back.

          "I AM NOT!"

          "Well you would have if I hadn't shown up!" Ron said calming down a little.

          "Ron you're so mean!! I hate you!! Liar!!" she ran off pushing through the crowds heading for the school.

          "Nice one little brother." Fred said sardonically.

          "You can't say you accept that she's- she's – dating that filth!" Ron protested.

          "No we don't… but at least we're not idiots about it." George patted his brother on the back. "Well, we'll be leaving now." They left Ron standing there feeling like the idiot he was.