Snowballs
Part 3
A fan fic made by: Pikachu
Author's notes: Hey people!!!! Back here, again, with my third chapter, Outside the Walls: Gryffindors' Snowball Fight. That's the answer to my last question. Anyway, I really thank you!!! As always, you encourage me to continue this fic. And Porkypop says I must make it into 10 chapters. Do you agree? Anyway, I really thank all of you who reviewed. Sorry I can't mention you all, but hey, there's always the next chapter! Imagine, 30+ reviews in two days. THANKS YOU GUYS!!!!!!! (I'll find time to e-mail ya'll personally. If I can.)
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The next day, the sky was clear, and snowflakes fell down on the ground silently. Waking up, Hermione rubbed her eyes open. The sunlight streamed through the scarlet curtained windows, bathing all their faces in sunlight.
"What time is it?" Parvati asked groggily, eyes half-opened.
"Umm…8:30." Hermione replied, standing up. "C'mon. Let's have breakfast."
"What, this early?" Lavender cried, standing up too.
"You do want to see Ron, do you?" Hermione teased.
"What do you mean?" Lavender asked sharply.
"Oh c'mon Lav, it's pretty obvious you like Ronniekins." Parvati teased her. "No. Wait, correction please. Your dear Ronniekins."
"What, you turned to Fred and George?" Hermione laughed as she made her way to the bathroom. Now that the two best friends were throwing their pillows and stuff toys at each other (Considering the fact that Lavender accidentally threw her 'Ron' doll that Hermione gave her last year. Parvati noticed it and started to tease Lavender again.), Hermione can have a bath before any of them did.
Hermione reminisced on the event that happened yesterday. Viktor coming, Harry hiding her, her talk with Professor McGonagall, Harry hiding her again, Harry's arm swung around her and their chat last evening that lasted until eleven.
She couldn't help noticing that Harry was sometimes deep in thought when he didn't have to answer Ron and the others' questions. Of course, she already knew him by heart., his face, his smile, his eyes, his laugh. He was just like a book she wanted to read all her life. But of course, he wasn't a book. He was Harry Potter.
But then, something was bothering her, a fact not about herself but about Harry. Well, of course she wanted him to know she loves him, but not that for now. It's like Harry was having troubles of his own.
After some minutes drowned in thoughts and bubble bath water, Parvati knocked on the door.
"Hey Herm, we have to take a bath too! It's not yours." She complained.
"What? I've been here only ten minutes!" Hermione defended, catching a flying bubble.
"No-uh! You've been there for half an hour." Lavender cried at the other side of the door.
"She's thinking about Harry, that's why she's so long in the bath." Parvati snickered.
"I did not!!" Hermione cried, dressing up and walking out the bathroom door.
"Did so! It's obvious Herm! You like Harry. As obvious as Lavender having a crush on Ronniekins!!" Parvati shouted as she made a move to go first into the bathroom.
"Don't you dare call him Ronniekins!!" Lavender shouted back as the door slammed shut.
"Gotcha! You're protective of him!" Paravti stated triumphantly. Lavender groaned and walked down to sit on her bed, turned to Hermione.
"You really like him, don't you?" Lavender asked kindly.
"Umm…Yeah. Just don't tell anyone, okay? Or I'll tell the whole world that you have a crush on Ron." Hermione chuckled. "I'll wait for you guys okay?"
Hermione turned to leave, but Lavender held her back.
"Make sure Ron's there, okay?"
Hermione grinned. "Okay." She turned to leave, and left successfully.
Down the common room, Harry sat beside Ron, who was busy thinking about Lavender. As they heard a dormitory door open, Ron steadied himself, hoping it wasn't Lavender. Harry chortled.
"Hi guys!" Hermione greeted the two. Ron frowned. "What?"
"You're not Lavender." Ron said depressingly.
"I thought you didn't want her to be Lavender?" Harry snorted.
"I did but—you know what I mean!" Ron said a bit irritably, making Harry and Hermione laugh out loud. Just then, Lavender came down with a disgruntled Parvati, who was obviously irritated that Lavender hurried her up in the bathroom.
"Hi! I'm starving. Want to go down?" Lavender asked the three.
"Sure. Aren't you starving, RON?" Hermione said, laughing. Ron grunted and Harry snorted. Paravti just smiled a bit too wide and left Lavender looking disgruntled.
*** The Great Hall…***
Hermione glanced fearfully around the Great Hall, apparently afraid that Viktor were there. And Viktor was indeed, there, looking glum at the Slytherin table. He immediately noticed Hermione and his face lit up, and he went to her.
"Good morning, Herm-own-ninny. I vas vaiting for you." Krum said in his usual accent.
"Er…. Good morning too." Hermione said uncomfortably. She gripped Harry's arm.
"Can I speak vith you now?" Krum said happily.
"Well…um…I don't know. I mean, I have to eat first." Hermione replied uneasily.
"Vell, okay. I'll just see you all later." Krum said disappointedly. He walked back to the Slytherin table looking sulky.
"You alright Herm?" Harry said a bit protectively. Hermione grinned. "Yeah. I am. Let's just go eat, okay?"
"Okay. Wait…where's Ron?" Harry said, searching the hall for Ron. Then they saw him being teased by the Weasley twins.
"Where's Ron?" Lavender asked.
"Weasley family business. Not to be interrupted." Harry said simply.
"We should know. Interrupt and you can turn to a huge canary." Hermione added. They proceeded to eat their oatmeal, not bothering to look at Krum.
***Later that day…***
The Gryffindors went outside the chilly castle to have a snowball fight. The other students, mainly from the Houses, were watching. The Ravenclaws were cheering the girls on, the Hufflepuffs cheering the boys on, and the Slytherins cheered both teams to lose. The Durmstrang students just watched them.
A while later, the snowball fight started. Harry threw a snowball at Hermione, who tried to get revenge by throwing a huge snowball at both he and Ron that hit them both flat in the face. Lavender ducked to avoid a speedy snowball thrown by Fred and George Weasley, only to be hit by a snowball threw by Ron. Ginny avenged the hit by hitting her three brothers on the sides of their heads. The three Weasleys turned to Ginny who ran to Colin for protection. Instead, Colin and his brother, Dennis, aimed a charmed snowball at Ginny, who was later ambushed by snowballs thrown by her brother. As usual, Lee Jordan was commentating.
"And it's the Weasleys in possession, nice hit there by Fred and George Weasley, turning their sister into a huge clump of snow. Now it's the girls in possession, ambushing Harry Potter, the Weasleys, Seamus Finnigan, Dean Thomas and the Creevey brothers with icy snowballs. Hey wait! Don't INCLUDE ME!!!!!!!" Lee Jordan yelled as Angelina, Katie and Alicia threw snowballs at him.
The teachers were watching with delight on the second floor. And, Professor Dumbledore and Professor McGonagall weren't there.
***Dumbledore's Office…***
"Let's say we make Potter trip and fall into Miss Granger?" McGonagall suggested, peering at her orb.
"No, no. Let's make Miss Granger fall into Mr. Potter. Now that would be amusing." Dumbledore said with a smile. Then the door opened.
"Professor! You don't believe what I just saw in my crystal ball! (Can you guess who it is?) The whole Gryffindor house is having a fight!" Professor Sybil Trelawney cried.
"Oh shut up. We know you just peered out of the window." Snapped Professor McGonagall..
"Oh you lie! I did see it in my—" Professor Trelawney continued.
"Oh for the love of matchmaking, shut up!" McGonagall cried, freezing Trelawney in her place.
"I did not know you can be so aggressive, Minerva." Professor Dumbledore said amusingly.
"Oh I can." McGonagall smiled. "Sometimes I wonder how you can withstand her nonsense, Dumbeldore."
"Patience, my dear. Patience." Dumbledore replied, looking at his orb again. The door snapped open, and this time Snape came gliding in.
"You know, Professors, the Gryffindor house is having a snowball fight. And Potter started it. Surely you wouldn't like that to happen? Surely you'd want Potter to be expelled?" Snape complained.
"You always say that, Severus. You must not judge a book by its cover." Dumbledore said calmly. He looked at Snape.
"I know very well what I am talking about, Professor." Snape replied.
"Well then. I you do know, kindly step out of my office. I am doing something very important."
"Go then, if you do not like to be Professor Trelawney who tested my patience." McGonagall snapped, not bothering to look at Snape. Snape glanced weirdly at Trelawney, who was color blue and had her mouth open. He glided back out of the room and shut the door behind him.
"Now, let's make a rock appear, shall we?" Dumbledore said, taking out his wand and pointing where the rock should be placed. McGonagall did the same.
"One…two…three."
***Outside…***
Hermione was advancing toward Harry with a very huge snowball floating beside her.
"Oh no you wouldn't, Herm. You wouldn't." Harry pleaded, backing up. Hermione smiled and took a step forward. Harry took a step backward once more. She advanced.
Out of nowhere, a rock appeared, making Hermione trip and be caught by Harry. They fell into the snow, laughing as Hermione smudged the huge snowball at Harry's perfect face. They looked absolutely perfect. Hermione blushed and Harry found himself lost inside her cinnamon brown eyes…. 'I do love her…'
Viktor grimaced, looking angry. 'Vat the hell does he think he's doing?' Krum thought angrily.
Harry laughed again, picking up a handful of snow and smudging it back at Hermione's face. Hermione giggled.
Lavender nudged Parvati and Ron to look at the pair.
"Picture perfect." Ron said. "Anybody got a camera? I can't imagine my best friends are in love with each other. ]
"They are in love with each other! Look, Herm's blushing! And Harry's starting to blush too!"
"ANYBODY WHO HAS A CAMERA???????" Ron cried.
"I do!" Lavender said, handing him her magical camera.
"Told you she brought that to get pictures of Ronniekins." Parvati snickered to Ginny's ear.
"Since when did you start calling my brother Ronniekins?" Ginny managed to say before getting hit by a snowball.
"Since I knew Lavender had a crush on Ron." Parvati mumbled, therefore getting hit by a snowball thrown by Lavender.
"You're not supposed to throw snowballs at your teammates!!!!!!!!!" Parvati cried.
***Dumbledore's office***
"Perfect. Absolutely perfect." Dumbledore stated, clapping his hands together.
"Yes. Now what will we do next?" McGonagall chuckled. "I never knew matchmaking is so good, yet so hard."
"Want some help?" Nearly Headless Nick said, floating through the wall.
"I did not know you were interested at matchmaking, Sir Nicholas." Dumbledore said.
"Oh I am. I really am!" cried Nearly Headless Nick. "Now this should be fun…"
Author's notes: Yay!!!!! This chapter is finished!!!! Chapter Three, Outside the Walls: Gryffindors' Snowball Fight. Now, are some questions answered? Here's a new set of questions: Will Nearly Headless Nick improve the matchmaking incidents? Will Professor Trelawney ever shut up? Will Snape get his hair un-slimed? Will Viktor be mad at Harry? And will I continue this fic??????????????? Anyway, as always, PLEASE REVIEW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Any questions or problems just e-mail me or review in that little box right there.
