Disclaimer: I own Harry Potter… books! Oh, this is to prove that I don't own Harry Potter himself. Okay, then Harry Potter isn't mine. And even if it was, I wouldn't tell you. So :-P on you.
A/N - Like last chapter, this is still part of my gift fic/prize for Taito-sterone. Last chapter introduced the background of Harry and his friends. Read that before you read this. And read Taito-sterone's contest winning fic, Wake up to a New Day. It was really good. It's a Digimon fic (Yamori). Well, please read and review this story.
Revenge is Sweet
By: Hopeful Writer
Harry sat down very hard. Tears burned his emerald eyes. So Malfoy knew if was all Harry's fault. I knew there were some students who blamed me, he realized, clenching his fist to keep himself from crying.
"Harry." Harry's head jerked up at Hermione's soft voice.
"What?" he demanded, rather harshly.
Hermione pulled back like she'd been slapped. Recovering from the surprise, she swallowed hard and said, "Don't listen to Malfoy, Harry. He's not worth it."
"He's right," Harry stated bleakly. "It was all my fault. I've been telling you that since last year. Why won't anyone listen to me? Is Malfoy the only person who understands?"
Ron's eyes widened. "Harry, listen to yourself! 'Is Malfoy the only person who understands?' Blimey, Harry, you've gone off the deep end."
"Ron, you're not being very sympathetic," Hermione scolded.
"He's nuts," Ron defended. "Who are you going to listen to, Harry? Malfoy? Or your friends?"
Harry finally met Ron's eyes. "My friends would say anything to make me feel better. Malfoy wouldn't sugarcoat it. In this case, I believe Malfoy."
Ron's jaw dropped, and Hermione let out a little gasp. Ginny paled. They all knew there was nothing they could do to change Harry's stubborn mind. "He gets the weirdest ideas," Ron whispered to Hermione and Ginny. They nodded.
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Harry soon nodded off to sleep, much to Hermione and Ron's pleasure. "We need a plan to get back at Malfoy for saying that stuff," Ron declared.
"We need to make him confess to Harry that it wasn't really his fault," Hermione agreed.
"And it has to be embarrassing," Ginny chimed in, having been curiously quiet since Malfoy had made the comment to Harry.
"Yeah!" her older brother exclaimed excitedly.
"Leave it to me," Hermione suddenly ordered. "I've got an idea and I've got a way to pull it off. It only takes one person to pull off, but I'll need some help preparing. It could get us into serious trouble if we're caught. I have a pretty clean record, so I'll get off the easiest, I assume."
"Hey!"
"Ron, if you get into anymore trouble, Mum won't let you live to get expelled," Ginny pointed out. "And I'll get into worse trouble with her than with Professor Dumbledore, so it's only right that Hermione gets to do it."
"Okay, but at least tell us the plan," Ron begged.
"Well, first we…" And the three plotted the rest of the way to Hogwarts.
TO BE CONTINUED…
A/N - What are you waiting for? Read the next chapter. And review this chapter. I hope you like it so far.
