Snowballs
Part 11
A fan fic made by Pikachu
Author's notes: Thanks so much!!! I already have reviews that exceed the number 200!!! I am so grateful!!!!!!!!! Anyway, I will not put the names of those who reviewed chapter 9 and 10 here. I'll put it in the final chapter. Thanks anyway!!
***start***
They left Krum's huge mansion and drove back to U.K. Hermione was silent, Ron, Sirius and Lupin were laughing about something and Harry was deep in thought.
***Hermione's P.O.V.***
He saved me again… and I didn't do anything for him. He has saved me from the troll, from the dementors, tried to save me down the lake last year… And still I haven't done anything for him. I owe him so much yet he owes me nothing. Nothing.
I have to do something for him, even if it hurts.
***End of Hermione's P.O.V.***
They arrived at Hogwarts thirty minutes later. They entered the grounds while Sirius parked his car at the edge of Hagrid's pumpkin patch. Hagrid heard a rumble, went outside and shouted:
"Professor, Black's here! I tell yeh the truth!!"
"Don't worry Hagrid. He is free now." Dumbledore said. They entered the castle and headed to the Gryffindor Tower.
"So, see you Harry. I'm going to talk to Professor Dumbledore and McGonagall." Sirius said to Harry. Harry nodded, and entered the Gryffindor Common Room. It was late, already midnight, and the fires were already out. He was very tired, first because of the Quidditch practices and then Viktor Krum. He headed for his dormitory without even saying good night to the two.
"Good night Harry." Ron and Hermione said. Harry just nodded and went inside.
"Well, Herm. Good night. See you tomorrow." Ron bid her good night and set off for his own dormitory. Hermione did the same, and went to the girls' dormitory.
***The next day…***
Hermione got up, took a bath, dressed herself and went to the Great Hall. Ron was already there and so did everybody else.
"Hey guys! Good morning!" Hermione greeted them. She sat down next to Ron and glanced around. "Where's Harry?"
"Down the Quidditch field, getting ready for the second part of the Christmas Special. I heard from Gred and Forge – sorry – Fred and George that it'll be more wonderful and interesting than yesterday!" Dean Thomas said, swallowing spoonfuls of corn flakes.
"And I heard there will be an exhibition match between Gryffindor and Slyhterin!!" Seamus added.
"Someone told me that they'd do air stunts like the Starfish and Stick maneuver." Neville said, gulping milk.
"I wonder if Harry's going to do the Starfish without Stick one." Dean wondered.
"Don't be a fool, Dean. He'd fall out of the air as soon as he let go." Ron said, choking on his sugar-glazed corn flakes. The Quidditch Special talk still went on for about ten minutes, and Hermione wasn't listening. She was busy thinking about what to do for Harry. Then her eyes saw an Asian girl in the Ravenclaw table.
***Quidditch Christmas Special…***
Hermione, Ron and the other Gryffindors were up the stands shouting and cheering the Gryffindor Quidditch team. The Quidditch Exhibition Match just ended and, as usual, Gryffindor won. After some time, after Harry was through parading with the struggling Snitch in his palm, McGonagall's voice boomed over the field.
"As we all saw, and heard from Lee Jordan, Gryffindor has won. The maneuver special of the House Quidditch Teams will begin momentarily. Thank You."
Meanwhile, Ron and Dean were betting if Harry would do the Starfish without Stick maneuver.
"I'd bet you ten galleons that Harry would do it!!" Dean said.
"I'd bet that Harry wouldn't do it!" Ron cried.
"DEAL!"
"Shh. The exhibition's about to start!" Hermione hissed at them. The noise began to fade as the Teams walked onto the center of the field. Seven wore scarlet-red, another seven wore deep green, another set of seven wore sapphire-blue and the last set wore canary-yellow robes.
Four people were standing in the center of the circle. Hermione recognized that they were the Quidditch captains, since Harry was one of them.
"Three, two, one!!!" Madam Hooch's voice was heard. At her whistle, the teams set off upward, the other ones zooming off to other directions at the approach of 50 feet, the ends of their broomsticks emitting different colors of smoke. At 60 feet, the Quidditch Captains separated.
"Look! They look like fireworks!!" Lavender squealed. They performed all sorts of tricks. Then Harry sped upwards and did the Starfish without Stick maneuver. Dean yelled triumphantly and Ron groaned.
After the show, Harry went to them and said: "Liked the show?"
"Well, yeah, sort of. It cost me 10 galleons." Ron groaned again.
"They were betting if you'd do the Starfish thingy." Hermione said. At that, Cho and her friends approached them.
"Hey Harry! Great job!" Harry turned around and saw the flirty little git called Cho Chang.
"Umm… yeah thanks." Harry said, grinning sarcastically. "C'mon guys."
The rest of the holidays went smoothly. At the start of the term, Hermione talked to Ron when Fred and George called Harry.
"Umm…Ron?" Hermione said nervously.
"What?"
"Um… you know, Harry saved me so many times."
"Yes, I know that."
"Well, I wanted to repay him and…well…"
"Yeah?"
"I wanted to pair him and…"
"And?" Ron said hopefully. 'Me…me…me…'
"Cho." Hermione finished.
"What? Cho? No, Herm. NO!! She doesn't deserve Harry. Not even and inch of Harry!! But I know someone who likes Harry very much and Harry likes her as much as she does!!!!!!!!" Ron cried, dropping his books.
"Who is she then?" Hermione asked Ron. But at that time, Harry showed up.
"C'mon guys! Lupin is expecting us!!!" Harry said, walking towards the classroom.
They entered the classroom and saw a Professor Lupin sleeping on his desk. Good thing they were the only ones who were there.
"Professor Lupin…" Hermione said, attempting to wake him up. But Lupin just stirred.
"Professor Lupin…" Ron said, but Lupin just slept on.
"PROFESSOR LUPIN!!!!!!!!" Harry cried, making Lupin jump out of his chair.
"Sorry about that. Did class start already?" Lupin said, fixing his hair.
"About to." Harry sighed. They went to their seats and the class started a while later. Sometime later, someone knocked on the door.
"Yes?" Lupin said, holding a huge textbook containing the picture of a Kelpie devouring a human.
"Umm…Remus?" Sirius said, poking his head through the doorway.
"AAAAAAHHHH!!!!!! SIRIUS BLACK!!!!!!!!!!!! HE'S COME TO KILL US ALL!!!!" Malfoy screeched, running through the doorway and out of sight.
"Is he that Malfoy kid?" Sirius said, staring after Draco.
"Yeah. Well, Sirius," Lupin said, making murmurs run through the class. "What is it that you want?"
"Professor McGonagall wanted you to come to Dumbledore's office. Ron too." Sirius said. "You know Remus, you look like a very funny teacher."
"Ha ha." Lupin said sarcastically. "Let's go Ron." With that, they set off, leaving the whole class clueless.
***Dumbledore's office…***
"Well, well, well, I hope it is not true." Dumbledore finished explaining what had happened earlier with Ron and Hermione.
"Our matchmaking plans are going to flunk." Lavender sighed.
"After all we did."
"After all our hard work…"
"After all my scrolls…"
"Wait, are we going to give up on this?" McGonagall demanded them.
"Well…it's over. We can't tell Granger what is happening. I can't believe I just said that." Snape grumbled.
"Well, there is still another way…and it's still snowing." McGonagall smiled at them.
Author's notes: Now, there's the answer to that bugging question "What does SNOWBALLS have to do with it?" If you consider this a cliffy, don't worry. I think the last chapter is Chapter 12. Well, PLEASE, REVIEW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Any questions or problems (just don't say it in a mean or disrespectful way or I'll treat that as a flame.) e-mail me at alex_pikachu1822@hotmail.com or just review in that little box right down there.
-With sincere gratitude,
A. Pikachu
