1.1 Chapter 4
Of Love and of Lust
Valentines Day
The singing trolls interrupted the lessons that everyone had.
Draco Malfoy received one from Pansy Parkinson.
'Your blonde hair shines in the moonlight
An evil smile you possess
I love you Draco Malfoy
You're totally the best'
He heard it and smiled, then he gave the troll a galleon to repeat it again.
He heard it once more and his smile became wider as he saw Holly walking down the corridor although he was smiling straight at Pansy Parkinson, he was looking through her arm.
Pansy spotted him and walked off feeling pleasantly surprised and extremely pleased.
Holly got stopped walking down to the Great Hall for lunch.
'Holly I love your hair shining blue
And your lovely eyes too
I like the way you smile
If you'd smile for me
You'd know my identity
I'd turn invisible so no one could see us kiss
This is an opportunity I don't want us to miss'
Holly was baffled. But Hermione wasn't. She knew it was from Harry because only Harry had an invisibility cloak. It had seemed to have slipped Holly's mind. Hermione kept the identity to herself, letting Holly silently work it out.
What surprised Holly was that on her way to Herbology with the Hufflepuff's she was stopped again, both of them were.
'Holly you're cute well a total babe
The password will give me away
To miss out on you I'd be whacko
Hugs and kisses Draco'
Hermione held back the tears of laughter as she saw how mad Holly was.
She had just started her practical magic and she also got stopped.
'Hermione Granger you're a top girl
Smart Pretty and funny
I'd buy you everything in the world
But I don't have a lot of money
You're sweet and you're witty
Extremely pretty
You are clever enough to work this one out
When you're done come and give me a shout'
Her eyes whisked around the room and she smiled at Ron, who gave her a shy smile back.
Charlie and Katie had just finished lunch when an owl swooped in with a box and an envelope
'Thanks Hoots' she smiled patting her barn owl affectionately.
Hoots stuck his head in her cup and had some Pumpkin juice before flying off again to the Owlery.
'As if I need to ask' Katie grinned.
Charlie opened the card and grinned, it was from Oliver.
'Meet me on the quidditch pitch at midnight I have to ask you something, hope you like these, they're as sweet as you love Ollie xxx'
She opened the box and in them were a big pack of the strawberry toffees with the cream in.
She offered one to Katie and set off to find Oliver.
Holly burst into Potions absolutely furious.
'Get my valentine babe?' Draco asked, smiling.
'SLAP'. There was an audible gasp as Holly slapped him and then silence. Draco held his hand to his face where an angry red mark was coming up, which against his white skin looked even worse.
'What's the point Malfoy?' Holly shouted. 'What is the point in sending two? You know I don't fancy you.'
'Two? I only sent one,' Draco replied, still rubbing his cheek.
'God, one's bad enough! Haven't you got the message Malfoy? I hate you; I'll never go out with you. Even if we were the last man and woman on earth, I'd rather let the human race die out than be with you,' Before Draco could reply, Professor Snape walked in to start the lesson. Snape immediately noticed the red mark across Draco's pale face. But Holly wasn't worried. She knew that however many times she told him she didn't fancy him, Draco would never tell on her.
'What's that mark on your face Draco?' Draco was the only person in the class Snape called by his first name.
'Oh nothing Sir, insect bite. Had a rather bad reaction.' Draco lied as the whole Gryffindor fifth years sniggered. Snape gave Draco a look that said 'I don't believe a word of that' and got on with teaching the class.
2 That night
It was midnight. Harry watched Holly walk past the boys' dormitory. He got up silently and pulled the invisibility cloak over him. He followed her out. They reached a birch tree where Harry watched Holly climb up with great ease and sit on a branch. He pulled off the cloak.
'What you doing?' He asked her. Holly jumped slightly and looked down. She smiled.
'Sitting. What's it look like?' Harry climbed up and sat with her.
'You could sit inside,' Harry said.
'I like it here.' Holly said, stroking the trunk of the tree. 'The birch tree was my mum's favourite tree.'
'I hope you don't think I'm being nosy but what happened to your parents?' Harry asked.
Holly sighed. 'They were killed by a Death Eater,' she replied, tears forming in her eyes. 'They weren't far away from finding out where Voldemort was hiding. They were near enough ready to tell the Ministry of Magic. Then he sent the Death Eater to kill them,' Tears were silently rolling down Holly's cheeks. Harry was slightly taken aback. Holly was the first young person he had heard say Voldemort instead of You-Know-Who. Then Holly continued. 'My dad could sense that the Death Eater was coming. He put a charm on Charlie and me to make us undetectable and hid us in a cupboard. Then it entered. Killed them as quick as a blink. With the Adava Kedavra curse. Just like that. Green light. And they were dead.' Harry instinctively held Holly up as she was crying so much he thought she might fall out the tree. 'I thought it might search the house. But it didn't. It just left.' Holly wiped her eyes on her dressing gown.
'I…I don't know what to say…' Harry struggled to find words. Holly just smiled.
'Don't say anything then.' She answered. Harry chuckled slightly.
'What's so funny?' Holly asked, her eyes turning a less friendly, darker, hard green.
'Oh I was just thinking about Malfoy's face when you slapped him earlier.' Harry noticed the colour change but didn't say anything. Holly smiled, her eyes returning to their normal colour.
'Yea, that was funny,' she said, laughing. Then she looked up at the sky. 'My mum and dad said Charlie and me were the prettiest girls in the world. But, ha, look at me now. Charlie's got the Quidditch captain running after her like a little dog and who have I got? Draco Malfoy, a little gluehead scumbag.' Harry laughed at Holly's vivid description. 'I mean I'm gonna have to feed the whole fit male population love potions and put a lifetime of Entrancing Enchantments on myself before I ever get anyone.'
'No, you don't. You're…' Then Harry stopped. He went bright red.
'What?' Holly said, her heart skipping a beat. The valentine rhyme suddenly clicked. Harry was the only one who could 'turn invisible so no one could see us kiss.'
'Oh…um…the other valentine card…well…um,' But Holly silenced the stuttered explanation Harry was giving by putting a finger to his lips.
'Shhh,' she said and she kissed him lightly. He kissed her back, and in no time they were kissing full on, well as full on as you can get balancing on a tree branch, Harry pulling her closer. Then Holly heard a twig crack. She pulled away.
'There's someone else here,' she said. She got her wand out.
'You carry that around at night?' Harry said, surprised.
'For protection.' Holly replied. 'Lumos' she muttered and a pale beam of light came from her wand. In the dim glow was a pale boy, with blonde hair.
'Malfoy!' Harry and Holly said together.
'So, you're the other secret admirer are you?' Draco sneered. 'You wait until everyone hears about this. Potter snogging the love of his life up a tree in the middle of the night!' Draco ran off. He wiped the tears from his grey eyes.
'Get a grip, Draco. You're a Malfoy. Malfoy's don't cry.' He whispered to himself. But however many times he said that, the tears kept flowing, clouding his vision. 'You've made it personal now Potter. No one takes a girl from Draco Malfoy. No-one.'
Charlie found Oliver in no time and smiled.
'Hey babe' he smiled.
'Hey, thanks for my sweets they were lovely and the card aww thank you' she replied kissing him on the cheek.
He pulled her closer and kissed her properly. 'They weren't as sweet as you, and I wanted to ask you something' he replied smiling.
'Ok Ollie what did you wanna ask?' she replied slipping her hand into his.
'Will you be my date to the Easter Feast?' he asked looking into her eyes.
'I'd love to be' she replied.
Of Love and of Lust
Valentines Day
The singing trolls interrupted the lessons that everyone had.
Draco Malfoy received one from Pansy Parkinson.
'Your blonde hair shines in the moonlight
An evil smile you possess
I love you Draco Malfoy
You're totally the best'
He heard it and smiled, then he gave the troll a galleon to repeat it again.
He heard it once more and his smile became wider as he saw Holly walking down the corridor although he was smiling straight at Pansy Parkinson, he was looking through her arm.
Pansy spotted him and walked off feeling pleasantly surprised and extremely pleased.
Holly got stopped walking down to the Great Hall for lunch.
'Holly I love your hair shining blue
And your lovely eyes too
I like the way you smile
If you'd smile for me
You'd know my identity
I'd turn invisible so no one could see us kiss
This is an opportunity I don't want us to miss'
Holly was baffled. But Hermione wasn't. She knew it was from Harry because only Harry had an invisibility cloak. It had seemed to have slipped Holly's mind. Hermione kept the identity to herself, letting Holly silently work it out.
What surprised Holly was that on her way to Herbology with the Hufflepuff's she was stopped again, both of them were.
'Holly you're cute well a total babe
The password will give me away
To miss out on you I'd be whacko
Hugs and kisses Draco'
Hermione held back the tears of laughter as she saw how mad Holly was.
She had just started her practical magic and she also got stopped.
'Hermione Granger you're a top girl
Smart Pretty and funny
I'd buy you everything in the world
But I don't have a lot of money
You're sweet and you're witty
Extremely pretty
You are clever enough to work this one out
When you're done come and give me a shout'
Her eyes whisked around the room and she smiled at Ron, who gave her a shy smile back.
Charlie and Katie had just finished lunch when an owl swooped in with a box and an envelope
'Thanks Hoots' she smiled patting her barn owl affectionately.
Hoots stuck his head in her cup and had some Pumpkin juice before flying off again to the Owlery.
'As if I need to ask' Katie grinned.
Charlie opened the card and grinned, it was from Oliver.
'Meet me on the quidditch pitch at midnight I have to ask you something, hope you like these, they're as sweet as you love Ollie xxx'
She opened the box and in them were a big pack of the strawberry toffees with the cream in.
She offered one to Katie and set off to find Oliver.
Holly burst into Potions absolutely furious.
'Get my valentine babe?' Draco asked, smiling.
'SLAP'. There was an audible gasp as Holly slapped him and then silence. Draco held his hand to his face where an angry red mark was coming up, which against his white skin looked even worse.
'What's the point Malfoy?' Holly shouted. 'What is the point in sending two? You know I don't fancy you.'
'Two? I only sent one,' Draco replied, still rubbing his cheek.
'God, one's bad enough! Haven't you got the message Malfoy? I hate you; I'll never go out with you. Even if we were the last man and woman on earth, I'd rather let the human race die out than be with you,' Before Draco could reply, Professor Snape walked in to start the lesson. Snape immediately noticed the red mark across Draco's pale face. But Holly wasn't worried. She knew that however many times she told him she didn't fancy him, Draco would never tell on her.
'What's that mark on your face Draco?' Draco was the only person in the class Snape called by his first name.
'Oh nothing Sir, insect bite. Had a rather bad reaction.' Draco lied as the whole Gryffindor fifth years sniggered. Snape gave Draco a look that said 'I don't believe a word of that' and got on with teaching the class.
2 That night
It was midnight. Harry watched Holly walk past the boys' dormitory. He got up silently and pulled the invisibility cloak over him. He followed her out. They reached a birch tree where Harry watched Holly climb up with great ease and sit on a branch. He pulled off the cloak.
'What you doing?' He asked her. Holly jumped slightly and looked down. She smiled.
'Sitting. What's it look like?' Harry climbed up and sat with her.
'You could sit inside,' Harry said.
'I like it here.' Holly said, stroking the trunk of the tree. 'The birch tree was my mum's favourite tree.'
'I hope you don't think I'm being nosy but what happened to your parents?' Harry asked.
Holly sighed. 'They were killed by a Death Eater,' she replied, tears forming in her eyes. 'They weren't far away from finding out where Voldemort was hiding. They were near enough ready to tell the Ministry of Magic. Then he sent the Death Eater to kill them,' Tears were silently rolling down Holly's cheeks. Harry was slightly taken aback. Holly was the first young person he had heard say Voldemort instead of You-Know-Who. Then Holly continued. 'My dad could sense that the Death Eater was coming. He put a charm on Charlie and me to make us undetectable and hid us in a cupboard. Then it entered. Killed them as quick as a blink. With the Adava Kedavra curse. Just like that. Green light. And they were dead.' Harry instinctively held Holly up as she was crying so much he thought she might fall out the tree. 'I thought it might search the house. But it didn't. It just left.' Holly wiped her eyes on her dressing gown.
'I…I don't know what to say…' Harry struggled to find words. Holly just smiled.
'Don't say anything then.' She answered. Harry chuckled slightly.
'What's so funny?' Holly asked, her eyes turning a less friendly, darker, hard green.
'Oh I was just thinking about Malfoy's face when you slapped him earlier.' Harry noticed the colour change but didn't say anything. Holly smiled, her eyes returning to their normal colour.
'Yea, that was funny,' she said, laughing. Then she looked up at the sky. 'My mum and dad said Charlie and me were the prettiest girls in the world. But, ha, look at me now. Charlie's got the Quidditch captain running after her like a little dog and who have I got? Draco Malfoy, a little gluehead scumbag.' Harry laughed at Holly's vivid description. 'I mean I'm gonna have to feed the whole fit male population love potions and put a lifetime of Entrancing Enchantments on myself before I ever get anyone.'
'No, you don't. You're…' Then Harry stopped. He went bright red.
'What?' Holly said, her heart skipping a beat. The valentine rhyme suddenly clicked. Harry was the only one who could 'turn invisible so no one could see us kiss.'
'Oh…um…the other valentine card…well…um,' But Holly silenced the stuttered explanation Harry was giving by putting a finger to his lips.
'Shhh,' she said and she kissed him lightly. He kissed her back, and in no time they were kissing full on, well as full on as you can get balancing on a tree branch, Harry pulling her closer. Then Holly heard a twig crack. She pulled away.
'There's someone else here,' she said. She got her wand out.
'You carry that around at night?' Harry said, surprised.
'For protection.' Holly replied. 'Lumos' she muttered and a pale beam of light came from her wand. In the dim glow was a pale boy, with blonde hair.
'Malfoy!' Harry and Holly said together.
'So, you're the other secret admirer are you?' Draco sneered. 'You wait until everyone hears about this. Potter snogging the love of his life up a tree in the middle of the night!' Draco ran off. He wiped the tears from his grey eyes.
'Get a grip, Draco. You're a Malfoy. Malfoy's don't cry.' He whispered to himself. But however many times he said that, the tears kept flowing, clouding his vision. 'You've made it personal now Potter. No one takes a girl from Draco Malfoy. No-one.'
Charlie found Oliver in no time and smiled.
'Hey babe' he smiled.
'Hey, thanks for my sweets they were lovely and the card aww thank you' she replied kissing him on the cheek.
He pulled her closer and kissed her properly. 'They weren't as sweet as you, and I wanted to ask you something' he replied smiling.
'Ok Ollie what did you wanna ask?' she replied slipping her hand into his.
'Will you be my date to the Easter Feast?' he asked looking into her eyes.
'I'd love to be' she replied.