[AN: Thanks for all the reviews. I'm not really happy with this chapter, though. lol.]
"Whoa, that's rough." Ron said as they waited for Hermione to come down from the girl's dormitory.
"Yeah, I know." Harry said and Ron continued to stare at him. "What?"
"How was it." Ron said, raising an eyebrow and Harry grinned.
"Awesome." He said, laughing.
"Really, Harry?" Hermione's voice came from the doorway and both girls were standing there, laughing.
"I'm that good?" Erika teasingly said. "Damn! Careful! I'm on fire! Come on, Hermione, touch my arm." Hermione put a finger on her arm and jumped back, screaming.
"Whoa!" All four friends started laughing.
"Ready to go down for breakfast?" Ron said.
"Hell yeah."
"Starved." Everyone walked toward the door and Erika walked over to Harry and draped her arm around his shoulder.
"We cool?"
"Coolest." She grinned at him and ran to catch up with Ron. Harry looked at her and deeply sighed.
"Damn."
"Damn what?" Harry looked up and saw Hermione looking at him, her brown eyes wide.
"Nothing." Harry stammered and Hermione raised an eyebrow as she looked at him.
"Okay." She said and smiled slyly. "Nothing."
"You don't believe me, don't you?"
"Well, if you want to be technical about it...nope."
"Believe what you want, Hermione."
"Okay. I will."
"Good...Wait." Hermione laughed.
"It's kind of obvious, Harry."
"Really?"
"No, not really. Well I can see it. I don't think she knows though."
"And so we're on the same page who is the she you speak of?"
"Erika. I'm right aren't I? I am right, right?"
"Yes, you're right."
"She's confused Harry."
"What?"
"Just think about it." She said and opened the doors to the Great Hall. "And Harry?"
"Yeah Hermione?"
"I know exactly how you feel." She said and Harry followed her gaze to where Erika and Ron were already sitting, eating.
"Really? Ron?" Hermione nodded, miserably. "Talk to him."
"I will...eventually."
"Eventually...right." Harry said and the two stood there in the doorway looking at the two.
[AN: Okay, I don't have enough ideas to write six months of stuff, so we're fast forwarding lol]
Slowly, the cold winter turned into a warm spring. All Hogwarts students had finished exams and were getting ready to leave the following week. Harry, Hermione, Ron, and Erika had found themselves on the Quidditch field along Neville, Seamus Finnigan, Dean Thomas, Parvati Patil, Ginny Weasley and Lavender Brown. The boys were all flying around on their brooms and the girls were sitting on the grass watching them. Erika was also answering questions from the girls while Hermione looked over a bunch of papers.
"What's it like in America?" Parvati asked.
"It's alright. It's very different from here."
"Where do you live?" Ginny questioned wide eyed.
"I live in a town called Hoboken in New Jersey."
"Is it near New York?"
"Yeah, from my loft window I can see the whole city."
"Wow." All the girls breathed.
"Do you know any famous people?"
"A few." Lavender gasped.
"Who?"
"Umm...Frankie Muniz. Julia Stiles. Sarah Michelle Gellar. They're all from the city."
"That's so cool. What's wizardry school like there?"
"It's very much like this. Just a lot more laid back."
"Do you miss it?"
"Horribly. It's great here though."
"Done!" Hermione said and Erika turned toward her.
"Which ones did I get wrong?"
"Well, you would have gotten a totally perfect score but what did I tell you about the difference between a toad and a frog?"
"Dammit!" Erika laughed. The lunch bell rang and all the girls gathered up their things and called the boys down. Together, they all walked to the Gryffindor table and sat down, still talking. They all ate lunch and when they finished, Ron and Harry grabbed Erika and Hermione.
"Come on." Ron said and they started pulling them back outside.
"Where are we going?" Hermione asked.
"It's about time you two learned how to fly." Harry said as they burst onto the Quidditch field.
"I don't want to." Erika said.
"Don't be scared. Come on. Accio Firebolt!"
"Accio Nimbus!" Ron shouted.
"A-Accio Firebolt!" Choked out Erika.
"Accio Nimbus." The friends waited and suddenly, four brooms came flying toward them. Harry and Ron helped Erika and Hermione onto their brooms and minutes later, the four friends were zooming around the air, laughing.
Two hours later, they all finally came back down to solid ground. They sat down on the side of the field and watched the sunset as Hermione pulled a bag of Bertie Botts Every Flavor Beans out of her jacket and passed it around.
"It's beautiful." Erika said, as the sun cast a soft red glow on their faces.
"I can't believe we leave in five days." Harry sighed. "I don't want to go back to the Dursley's."
"Just think," Hermione commented. "This is the last summer you have to go to the Dursley's."
"Good point." Harry laughed.
"Don't worry. We'll come save you." Erika said and cast a smile in Harry's direction.
"You're right though. This year passed so fast," Ron said, popping a Jelly Bean into his mouth. "I mean, it seems like just yesterday we were under the invisibility cloak listening to Malfoy say he was going to knock Erika off her broom." Harry and Hermione's eyes went wide and Erika jumped up.
"What did you just say?"
"Nothing! I said nothing!" Ron said realizing, but it was too late. Erika took a step backward, betrayal flashing across her face.
"You...you guys knew what he was planning to do?" She asked, her voice shaking. Slowly Harry nodded and stood up.
"Yes. We did. We wanted to tell you..."
"Then why didn't you?!" Erika screamed. "You wanted to kill me?"
"You know that's not true." Hermione said and stood up along with Ron, but Erika took another step backward.
"I trusted you all." Harry took a step toward her, but she pulled her wand out of her jacket and pointed it at Harry.
"You touch me, I'll kill you." She said as she began to walk backwards, her wand still pointed at the three. Quickly she spun around and began running off toward the forest.
"Erika! Wait!" Harry said and began sprinting after her. Hermione and Ron stood frozen in their spots watching the two run off.
Erika ran through the forest, her eyes stinging as she dodged trees. She paused for a second and when she heard Harry yelling her name, she continued running, forgetting to duck under a tree branch. It stabbed her underneath her eye and she fell to the ground. Suddenly, a hand grabbed the neck of her jacket and picked her up. She felt herself being pulled backward then flung through the air, landing heavily on her arm. A shooting pain went up her arm and everything went fuzzy. Last thing she saw before she saw before she passed out was another figure being flung next to her.
"Whoa, that's rough." Ron said as they waited for Hermione to come down from the girl's dormitory.
"Yeah, I know." Harry said and Ron continued to stare at him. "What?"
"How was it." Ron said, raising an eyebrow and Harry grinned.
"Awesome." He said, laughing.
"Really, Harry?" Hermione's voice came from the doorway and both girls were standing there, laughing.
"I'm that good?" Erika teasingly said. "Damn! Careful! I'm on fire! Come on, Hermione, touch my arm." Hermione put a finger on her arm and jumped back, screaming.
"Whoa!" All four friends started laughing.
"Ready to go down for breakfast?" Ron said.
"Hell yeah."
"Starved." Everyone walked toward the door and Erika walked over to Harry and draped her arm around his shoulder.
"We cool?"
"Coolest." She grinned at him and ran to catch up with Ron. Harry looked at her and deeply sighed.
"Damn."
"Damn what?" Harry looked up and saw Hermione looking at him, her brown eyes wide.
"Nothing." Harry stammered and Hermione raised an eyebrow as she looked at him.
"Okay." She said and smiled slyly. "Nothing."
"You don't believe me, don't you?"
"Well, if you want to be technical about it...nope."
"Believe what you want, Hermione."
"Okay. I will."
"Good...Wait." Hermione laughed.
"It's kind of obvious, Harry."
"Really?"
"No, not really. Well I can see it. I don't think she knows though."
"And so we're on the same page who is the she you speak of?"
"Erika. I'm right aren't I? I am right, right?"
"Yes, you're right."
"She's confused Harry."
"What?"
"Just think about it." She said and opened the doors to the Great Hall. "And Harry?"
"Yeah Hermione?"
"I know exactly how you feel." She said and Harry followed her gaze to where Erika and Ron were already sitting, eating.
"Really? Ron?" Hermione nodded, miserably. "Talk to him."
"I will...eventually."
"Eventually...right." Harry said and the two stood there in the doorway looking at the two.
[AN: Okay, I don't have enough ideas to write six months of stuff, so we're fast forwarding lol]
Slowly, the cold winter turned into a warm spring. All Hogwarts students had finished exams and were getting ready to leave the following week. Harry, Hermione, Ron, and Erika had found themselves on the Quidditch field along Neville, Seamus Finnigan, Dean Thomas, Parvati Patil, Ginny Weasley and Lavender Brown. The boys were all flying around on their brooms and the girls were sitting on the grass watching them. Erika was also answering questions from the girls while Hermione looked over a bunch of papers.
"What's it like in America?" Parvati asked.
"It's alright. It's very different from here."
"Where do you live?" Ginny questioned wide eyed.
"I live in a town called Hoboken in New Jersey."
"Is it near New York?"
"Yeah, from my loft window I can see the whole city."
"Wow." All the girls breathed.
"Do you know any famous people?"
"A few." Lavender gasped.
"Who?"
"Umm...Frankie Muniz. Julia Stiles. Sarah Michelle Gellar. They're all from the city."
"That's so cool. What's wizardry school like there?"
"It's very much like this. Just a lot more laid back."
"Do you miss it?"
"Horribly. It's great here though."
"Done!" Hermione said and Erika turned toward her.
"Which ones did I get wrong?"
"Well, you would have gotten a totally perfect score but what did I tell you about the difference between a toad and a frog?"
"Dammit!" Erika laughed. The lunch bell rang and all the girls gathered up their things and called the boys down. Together, they all walked to the Gryffindor table and sat down, still talking. They all ate lunch and when they finished, Ron and Harry grabbed Erika and Hermione.
"Come on." Ron said and they started pulling them back outside.
"Where are we going?" Hermione asked.
"It's about time you two learned how to fly." Harry said as they burst onto the Quidditch field.
"I don't want to." Erika said.
"Don't be scared. Come on. Accio Firebolt!"
"Accio Nimbus!" Ron shouted.
"A-Accio Firebolt!" Choked out Erika.
"Accio Nimbus." The friends waited and suddenly, four brooms came flying toward them. Harry and Ron helped Erika and Hermione onto their brooms and minutes later, the four friends were zooming around the air, laughing.
Two hours later, they all finally came back down to solid ground. They sat down on the side of the field and watched the sunset as Hermione pulled a bag of Bertie Botts Every Flavor Beans out of her jacket and passed it around.
"It's beautiful." Erika said, as the sun cast a soft red glow on their faces.
"I can't believe we leave in five days." Harry sighed. "I don't want to go back to the Dursley's."
"Just think," Hermione commented. "This is the last summer you have to go to the Dursley's."
"Good point." Harry laughed.
"Don't worry. We'll come save you." Erika said and cast a smile in Harry's direction.
"You're right though. This year passed so fast," Ron said, popping a Jelly Bean into his mouth. "I mean, it seems like just yesterday we were under the invisibility cloak listening to Malfoy say he was going to knock Erika off her broom." Harry and Hermione's eyes went wide and Erika jumped up.
"What did you just say?"
"Nothing! I said nothing!" Ron said realizing, but it was too late. Erika took a step backward, betrayal flashing across her face.
"You...you guys knew what he was planning to do?" She asked, her voice shaking. Slowly Harry nodded and stood up.
"Yes. We did. We wanted to tell you..."
"Then why didn't you?!" Erika screamed. "You wanted to kill me?"
"You know that's not true." Hermione said and stood up along with Ron, but Erika took another step backward.
"I trusted you all." Harry took a step toward her, but she pulled her wand out of her jacket and pointed it at Harry.
"You touch me, I'll kill you." She said as she began to walk backwards, her wand still pointed at the three. Quickly she spun around and began running off toward the forest.
"Erika! Wait!" Harry said and began sprinting after her. Hermione and Ron stood frozen in their spots watching the two run off.
Erika ran through the forest, her eyes stinging as she dodged trees. She paused for a second and when she heard Harry yelling her name, she continued running, forgetting to duck under a tree branch. It stabbed her underneath her eye and she fell to the ground. Suddenly, a hand grabbed the neck of her jacket and picked her up. She felt herself being pulled backward then flung through the air, landing heavily on her arm. A shooting pain went up her arm and everything went fuzzy. Last thing she saw before she saw before she passed out was another figure being flung next to her.