Harry Potter
no5-part 5
(A/N: yo folks! This is the fifth part of the series
and I still haven't got a title. Gimme a suggestion!!!!!!! In this part the
person Harry, Ron and Hermione see will be revealed…am I talking weird?
Anyways..plz r&r as usual. In this part Vicky doesn't come in the
story…she'll cum later…)
…Draco Malfoy! His hair was all messed up and his robes
were torn. He was also bleeding. The three looked down at him in shock, while
he looked up at them defiantly. "What's the matter, Potter, Weasley, Granger?
Haven't seen a normal boy before?" Malfoy said, sneeringly, despite the pitiful
state he was in. Hermione, whose face was almost relaxed into pity, hardened
her features once more.
All three of them glared at him. "What're you doing
here, Malfoy?" said Ron, spitting out the word 'Malfoy' with obvious disgust.
"Just like you isn't it? Running away from school without doing anything?"
continued Ron, leering at Malfoy. "If you don't mind, maybe you could move to
let me get up…" spat Malfoy. "The trio moved backwards slowly, leaving Malfoy
to struggle by himself out of the bush.
Finally, Malfoy managed to free himself from the bush
and stepped out, bleeding and thorns stuck all over. Harry, Ron and Hermione
were still looking at Malfoy warily. Harry whispered something to Ron who
whispered something to Hermione. Hermione listened to Ron and straightened up.
"Stay here," she said to the pale-faced Malfoy and she moved away with the
others to talk.
"What're we gonna do?" asked Ron anxiously once they
were out of earshot of Malfoy. "We can't have him tagging along with
us!" "I dunno, what d'you reckon Herm?" said Harry. "Well…maybe we should take
him along with us…who knows? He might be useful," Hermione said thoughtfully as
Ron pretended to puke. "It'd be totally inhuman to leave him here!" she
continued, glaring at Ron. Harry nodded after some time. Then both of them
looked over at Ron who looked back defiantly. Finally, he conceded. "OK, he can
come, but he's gotta promise to be polite to us…Herm can you ask him for a
temporary truce?" he said in a defeated voice. Hermione looked at them,
outraged. They looked back at her pleadingly. "Fine, but you guys owe me one,"
she said waggling her finger in front of their faces. Then the three went back
to facing Malfoy. "Done yet?" Malfoy said. "Or does the famous trio need some
more time," he said sarcastically. "Shut up Malfoy. We've decided to let you
come along…" started Hermione, only to be interrupted by Ron who was saying, "I
can't believe I'm doing this," over and over again. She gave him one of her
famous looks and when he fell silent, she continued. "So, we've decided to make
a temporary truce with you…that is, no name-calling and rude stuff…" she said.
Then she put out her hand and forced Harry and particularly Ron to do the same.
Malfoy seemed to be thinking it over. Finally he said, "Fine, but this is only
temporary," shaking each of their hands in turn.
Then the four of them, with Malfoy lagging a bit
behind, returned to the previous clearing to have a conference about what to
do. They sat down in one corner and Ron made it evident that he was trying to
not sit near Malfoy. After some silence, "So, what d'you suppose we do?" said
Ron finally breaking the silence. "Maybe, we could light a fire first, get some
nuts and berries or something and then grab some sleep," suggested Hermione.
"Sounds logical…" muttered Harry to no one in particular. Malfoy nodded too.
They sat there just staring at each other when Hermione
practically shouted, "So, what're we waiting for?!" That got them. Harry, Ron
and Malfoy got to their feet at once. "OK…Harry, you'll come with me to get the
food. Ron, you and Malfoy get some wood to use for a fire…" said Hermione. Ron
heard this and made a sound of outrage. He glared at Hermione. "Look Ron…I have
no patience for this babyish nonsense…you just declared a truce with him now!"
said Hermione furiously, gesturing to Malfoy. "Just…just go with him…it's not
like he's gonna EAT you or something…" she continued, staring frustratedly at
him. "Fine…whatever…c'mon Malfoy…" Ron muttered, evidently amazed at how
Hermione had shouted at him.
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Harry and Hermione had already left. Ron looked at
Malfoy and said, "So…got any ideas?" "Dunno…let's go that way…" said Malfoy,
pointing to a path that led out of the clearing. "Yea…ok," Ron muttered feeling
awkward as Malfoy led the way into the pathway. They walked side by side for
some time. Then, suddenly Malfoy broke the silence. "Weasley, how come you hate
us great Malfoys so much. Are we really that revolting?" Ron gawked at him.
Then he sensed that Malfoy was waiting for an answer.
"I dunno…I guess it just runs in the family…"he said
quietly. There was silence. Ron assumed Malfoy was thinking over what he had
said. Then, as suddenly as before Malfoy said, "Ron, can we be friends? I mean,
I have no friends at Hogwarts and if I had asked Harry, he would have laughed
at me. Hermione would have just…I don't know, I guess 'cause she's a girl?
So…?" he prompted, looking at Ron anxiously. Ron stared dumbstruck at Malfoy.
Just a few seconds earlier, this pale boy, who claimed to be Draco Malfoy, had just
called him, Harry and HERMINOE by their first names! And now this boy, whose
father hated their families and them, was asking him to be friends with him.
Wordlessly, he reached out and touched Malfoy's head as if checking for
temperature. And he couldn't believe his ears, for Malfoy actually laughed in a
sardonic way! "I dunno…maybe we could, but whadda you mean 'you have no friends
at Hogwarts? What about the Slytherins? Crabbe? Goyle? Hello?" Ron shouted
waving his hands in front of Malfoy's face.
"Well...they're not REAL friends. They just tag around
a lot like irritating stupid gorillas who can't make one interesting
conversation at all!" Malfoy said as if it were obvious. Ron stared at him and
chuckled. It was infectious. In no time, both of them were cracking up.
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"Why'd you pair Malfoy up with Ron?" asked Harry,
breaking the silence. "Why? You want to go with him?" asked Hermione. "No, but
just asking..." replied Harry. "Well...'cause I wanted to talk with you.
Something important...I mean it could change all our lives, including
Malfoy's,"Hermione said quietly. "How?" Harry asked, his impatientness showing
in his voice. (A.N.Is there such a word as impatientness?)"Ummm...I read a book
about the four founders of Hogwarts. There were many true predictions about the
founders. And...one of them said that...well the main gist was that there would
be four descendants in the year that we were born and that they became intimate
friends. It also said that each heir will have special talents; stuff like
being talented in divination and having special powers such as being able to
cast spells without any potions or wands or stuff like that. Ummm...it stated
that...."here, Hermione hesitated. "What?"asked Harry, intrigued. "Ummm...that
another fifth person will bear the sign of being the Heir of Gryffindor and
that two of the real heirs will have potential to be the heir of two founders,
namely Godric Gryffindor and Salazar Slytherin. And, that the fifth person and
the real heir will have to battle to determine who will be the eventual heir.
The two heirs who have the potential to be heirs of two founders will soon go
through the ultimate test to determine who will be which one; that is after the
battle," Hermione said, drawing a huge breath at the end of her speech.
"So how's that gonna affect us?" Harry asked curiously.
"We-ell...it's possible that we could be the four heirs; me, you, Ron and
Malfoy!" excalimed Hermione excitedly. "That's a brilliant theory, Hermione,
but there's just one flaw...we aren't intimate friends...Malfoy's the odd one
out!" Harry said heatedly, waving his hands about. "OH...I forgot to tell you
something. The prophecy also stated that one of the heirs will be a stranger to
the group at first but will slowly make friends one by one; first with the Heir
of Hufflepuff, then Ravenclaw and finally, the hardest person to make friends
with for the odd one out will be with the Heir of Gryffindor. It said that this
will be achieved when the odd one saves the heir of Gryffindor from the
clutches of death," said Hermione. "That fits in, doesn't it?" "Yeah..."Harry
said slowly. "Who'd you think is who? And who's the imposter?" "Well...I was
thinking that you were the Heir of Gryffindor, I'm Ravenclaw, Ron's Hufflepuff
and Malfoy's Slytherin. The imposter...we-ell I think it's Vicky. The book said
that the imposter would have just met the four heirs recently and would meet
them again in a short while," replied Hermione.
Harry chuckled. "Herm...do you really think that RON
would make friends with MALFOY first? Get off it!" "Anything could happen...and
it's just a theory. For all you know, it could be true for you...you know
'cause you're a parselmouth and you've escaped Voldemort a few times..." said
Hermione. "I guess so...hey! We haven't gotten one piece of food yet!
C'mon,"Harry said, realizing for the first time that they were just standing
there, talking and not making any progress at all.
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