It shall be bliss
To realize what true love can do
In the face of Dark pursuit."
~*~
Hermione jerked back to the real world. She had been
having a weird dream - she was in the Forbidden Forest - and she heard someone
saying a poem. As she strained to remember what it was, she realized that the
sun was setting, and she was snuggled up to Harry, who was throwing pebbles
into the lake, which was in front of them.
"Harry! How long have I been asleep on you?"
she asked, feeling the warmth from his body seep into hers. He put an arm
around her shoulders.
"For about -" he checked his watch "-
twenty minutes. Don't worry. Nobody's missing us," he whispered, pressing
his lips to Hermione's. She shivered.
"Are you cold?" Harry asked.
"How could I be, when I'm with you?" Hermione
asked herself, but instead, she answered with a "no".
"Ooh! Somebody's getting cuddly by the lake,
aren't we?" they heard somebody squeal from behind.
"PEEVES!" yelled Harry, letting go of
Hermione and pulling out his wand. Peeves cackled, popping some chewing gum.
Then Harry remembered a spell that Professor Lupin - his Defense Against the
Dark Arts teacher in his third year - used.
"Waddiwasi!" he murmured, pointing his wand at
Peeves the minute he popped another bubble of chewing gum. The gum flew out of
Peeves's mouth and up his left nostril.
"You'll pay for that one, Potter!" Peeves
choked, zooming away.
"Well done, Harry, but you'll never be left
alone, now!" Hermione giggled.
"Oh well. As long as he pays for spying on us,"
Harry said, looking at Peeves's back as he zoomed up into the castle.
"Now, where were we?" Hermione asked,
pulling Harry to her and kissing him softly again. He squirmed away.
"Harry! What's wrong?" Hermione asked him.
"Somebody's out here," Harry murmured,
pulling his wand out again.
"You think so?" Hermione asked, pulling her
wand out and clutching Harry's arm.
"No, I know so,"
Harry answered, looking into the Forbidden Forest. They heard a rustling in the
bushes nearby. "RUN!" Harry shouted, pulling on Hermione's arm and
sprinting full pelt towards the castle.
"Harry! What are you doing there's nothing there
- AAARRRRGGGHHHHHH!!!!!" Hermione screamed as a Death Eater jumped out of
the bushes where they had heard the rustling. He ran after them, shooting
Unforgivable Curses at them.
"Nyster!" Harry yelled, throwing a curse
over his shoulder. The Death Eater fell to the floor, but quickly got back up
again.
Harry kept shooting curses at the Death Eater over his
shoulder as he dragged Hermione behind him by the arm.
"Get in front of me and run as fast as you can to the
castle. If I don't follow you a few seconds after, go and get Dumbledore!"
Harry yelled to Hermione, pushing her in front of him. He gave Hermione a quick
kiss on the lips.
"Just in case I don't get out of this,"
Harry said, as he ducked a Cruciatus curse that came at them. "GO!"
Hermione didn't want to move, but she did anyway. She ran to the castle, only
to see Dumbledore rushing out and down to Harry.
"Help him, Professor!" Hermione shouted to
Dumbledore. He didn't answer but continued to rush to Harry, who was having a
duel with the Death Eater. Hermione couldn't move. Harry was dodging, ducking
and diving away from the Cruciatus Curse and the Imperius curse. He was
shooting painful-but-legal curses to the Death Eater. Dumbledore joined them,
but Hermione didn't see any more, as an arm grasped her wrist and pulled her
into the safety of the castle. Hermione didn't turn around to see who was
pulling her, but struggled to get away from the person and to Harry's side.
Tears were streaming down her face.
"Harry...Harry...Harry..." she kept on
whimpering, struggling to get out of the strong grip of the person who was
pulling her to an office.
The person locked the door, and sat Hermione down in a
chair opposite a desk. The person sat on the other side of the desk. It was
Professor McGonagall. But all Hermione could say was,
"Harry…Harry…Harry…"
"Shh! Granger! Calm down! Dumbledore is there! Potter
will be fine," Professor McGonagall soothed.
"It's not okay! Harry's out there…" Hermione's voice
trailed off as she gently touched her lips where Harry had kissed her before he
told her to run.
"Harry isn't dead, and nor will he die! Trust me,
Hermione!" the Professor said firmly.
"All – all right. What's going on?" Hermione asked.
"Well, you and Harry were sharing – ah – quality
time together," McGonagall began, trying to hide a smile, "but then I
believe that a Death Eater came out, and chased you. How he got the nerve to
come near a place with Dumbledore there, I'll never know. Anyway, I believe
this Death Eater had orders to bring Harry to He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named. If
Harry didn't have the reflexes he has from being an extraordinary Seeker, then
he would probably be in You-Know-Who's clutches by now," Professor McGonagall
finished. Hermione was shaking from fright. Suddenly, the door burst open, and
Professor Dumbledore came in, dragging a Stunned Death Eater into the office.
"HARRY!" cried Hermione, seeing her boyfriend come in,
clutching his right arm. "Harry, what happened?" she asked, looking at Harry's
arm. Harry took away his hand, and Hermione gasped. Harry's hand was covered in
blood, and his arm had a deep gash in it. His robes (which were torn from the
duel) were flecked with blood. "Oh my God!" shrieked Hermione.
"Take him up to the Hospital Wing at once!" Dumbledore
ordered. Hermione nodded, put one arm around Harry's waist and helped him to
the Hospital Wing. Harry was breathing deeply, but his emerald eyes had a fire
in them that Hermione had never seen before.
Once they reached the
Hospital Wing, Madam Pomfrey gasped, then sighed.
"Oh, it's always you,
isn't it Potter? Just like your father," she said, helping Hermione lower him
onto a bed. Despite the searing pain, Harry laughed.
"Well, trouble always seems to
find me first, before I find it," he said, then grimaced at the majority of
pain that was coursing through his body. Hermione was still crying, and she
knelt beside Harry's bed.
"Hermi, don't cry, it's okay,"
Harry whispered, stroking Hermione's head.
"I know, but…oh, why
does You-Know-Who have to destroy the world?" hermione said, crying into
Harry's good shoulder.
"He won't destroy the world, believe me,
I'll make sure of it," Harry said, clenching his teeth. Hermione looked up
worriedly, her tears stopping.
"No, no! Harry! Don't you dare
go after him! He'll kill you!" Hermione cried.
"It's my destiny to defeat him,
but I won't necessarily die, and if I do…well…at least I did it for the world,
especially for you, Mum and Dad," Harry said, closing his eyes, letting Madam
Pomfrey tear of the arm of his robes as she worked to restore his arm to it's
full strength. Hermione stayed quiet.
"Okay, you're done!" Madam
Pomfrey declared after a few minutes. Harry got off the bed, and saw a huge
puddle of blood on the floor.
"Er…sorry about that, Madam
Pomfrey," he said.
"It's alright, but promise
me that you won't need to come in here for the rest of the year!" Madam Pomfrey
said sighing.
"I promise," Harry said in
between laughs. He and Hermione walked back to the castle, Harry's arm back to
normal.
"Hermi, I'm sorry that I scared
you by saying 'in case I don't get out of this'," Harry said, as they walked
through the castle. Many students and teachers stopped, gawked and gasped at
Harry, who was flecked with blood.
"It's alright, Harry," Hermione
whispered to him.
"Okay, then, Hermi," Harry
said, giving the password (frilly buttercups) to the Fat Lady and entering the
common room.
"OH MY GOD!" Ron yelled, seeing
Harry in the state that he was in. Harry told them about what happened, and
went to have a shower. As soon as he was out of the room, Hermione burst into
tears. Ron hugged her, saying everything was alright, and that Harry was fine.
Hermione kept on touching her lips where Harry had kissed her before Harry had
told her to run, and Ron asked why she kept touching her lips. She explained,
blushing, and then Harry came back, wearing jeans and a blue shirt.
"He looks so cute wearing those
clothes," Hermione thought to herself,
hugging Harry.
Suddenly, the portrait burst
open, and Professor McGonagall walked in.
"Harry! This came for you," the
Professor said, handing Harry a piece of parchment. It read:
Dear
Mr Potter,
We
are pleased to inform you that you are the newest Professional Dueller. You
have been on our list ever since you attended Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and
Wizardry, and are now authorized to become a Professional Dueller. You have
passed all tests required, and are already in stage ten, out of ten. In this
stage, you are a Duelling Champion, and your wand tip will have a different
colour. This tells the public that you are a Duelling Champion.
Congratulations! Please meet the Duelling Leader, Mr Georgio, in Professor
Dumbledore's office on the 14th December.
Yours
sincerely,
Dan
Harrison.
D.Harrison
"Whoa…you sure that this isn't a hoax,
Professor?" Harry asked.
"I'm sure, Potter. Professor Dumbledore
is a Duelling Champion, too," McGonagall answered.
"But we've never seen his wand tip a
different colour!" Hermione argued.
"That's because his colour is a very,
very pale blue. Your parents, Harry, were Duelling Champions, and they had a
powder blue wand tip," the Professor said.
"So what colour will mine be?" Harry
asked.
"Well, you get the colour that runs in
the family, so you'll get powder blue, like your parents!" McGonagall answered.
"Oh…thank you for bringing this to me,
Professor," Harry said, stunned at what was happening.
"You're welcome, Harry," she answered,
ducking the roof as she climbed out of the portrait hole. Harry looked at
Hermione, who was speechless. The whole common room (who had been listening)
was speechless. After a few minutes of silence, Ron and Rachel walked out of
the common room, only to return with heaps of lollies and butterbeers.
"PARTY!!!" yelled Rachel, and the whole
common room started to dance to the Backstreet Boys "Larger Than Life" while it
blared out of a cd player, which had been conjured up.
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Author's Note:
Yes, I know that they didn't have the Backstreet Boys in Hogwarts, but I don't
know any wizard's songs!
Well, I really hope you liked it, and
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It's really great, and it's a Harry
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