~*Harry Potter and Practical Magic*~
Chapter 5 – Getting Closer…
Sunday went by in a blur. Hermione snuck out of the boys dormitory at around 5:00am the next morning, knowing that Harry, Ron, and Landon would be getting ready to go to Quidditch practice soon. But that night, Hermione had another nightmare that she couldn't remember, and went back to Harry. This would soon become a nightly thing.
On Monday, the trio and the twins walked down to the Great Hall together for breakfast. They seated themselves at the Gryiffindor table. Harry, Hermione, and Samantha on one side, Isabella and Ron across from them.
"Why does Potions have to be so early in the morning." Ron groaned as his plate filled up with flap jacks and eggs.
"I don't understand, is something wrong with Potions?" Samantha asked.
"It is when Snape is the Professer." Harry added, bitting into his eggs. Isabella shrugged.
"I don't care who the teacher is, I love Potions, and I don't think I ever will hate going to a Potions class." She said.
"I hate Potions!" Isabella said to Ron, and cutting into her Terina Root. Ron laughed.
"It'll get worse." He said. Isabella playfull smacked him.
"Your supposed to say it'll get better." Ron shrugged.
"I'm lover, not a liar." He joked. Isabella rolled her eyes, and put the chopped up Terina Root into their cauldron.
Harry and Hermione watched from across the room and Ron and Isabella's flirting. Hermione frowned.
"I don't see how they could flirt during class! We have our O.W.L.S this year, and they both know that. Honestly!" Hermione huffed (A/N: Is that a word? Well it is NOW!), pouring in Greenich Water. Harry smiled at her.
"They know, Hermione, there just trying to make it fun though. At least they ARE getting their work done." He pointed out. Hermione sighed.
"I suppose your right, I just wish they would take it more seriously. I really don't see how Samantha and Isabella are sisters. Samantha cares about her schooling, and Isabella doesn't. It's rather strange, I think." She said. Harry shook his head.
"So you and Samantha really hit it off?" he asked. Hermione nodded.
"Oh yes, she's like me in so many ways." She said. Harry smiled.
"No she's not…Your so much better." He said, starting to turn red. Hermione blushed too.
"Thanks, Harry." She said sofly. Harry nodded, then cleared his throat.
"Speaking of Samantha, isn't it weird how Malfoy choose her to be his partner? I mean, she's a Gryiffindor, and HE choose HER." He asked. Hermione shook her head.
"Not really. On Saturday, he came up to us and started teasing me, and Samantha stuck up for me. And Draco didn't do ONE THING! He just stood there and took all in all of her words. I think he fancy's her." She said. Harry chuckled.
"That's one girl girl, he won't be dating." Harry said. Hermione smirked.
"I don't know about that…" She said in a sing-song voice. Harry frowned.
"What do you mean?" he paused. "Don't tell me she fancies him too!" he said. Hermione nodded.
"She thinks he's cute. But merlin know's why…" Hermione said, looking at Draco and Samantha, who barely spooke a word to each other.
Draco looked over at Samantha. She looked so pretty concentraiting. 'Stop that! She's a Gryiffindor, and friends with Potty, Weasl, and the Mudblood.' 'If I would have cared about that, I wouldn't have picked her to be my partner. I should say something.' 'It's your funeral'.
"Erm…Samantha?" Draco said. Samantha looked up at him with her light brown eyes. He suddenly felt very nervous.
"What is it, Malfoy?" She asked. Draco frowned.
"I do have a name you know," he said. Samantha laughed, and looked back down at the bella donna root she was cutting.
"Oh really? Well so do my friends. You know, Harry, Ron, and Hermione." She said casually.
"That's acutally what I wanted to talk to you about." He said. Samantha looked back up at him.
"I'm listening." She said. Draco took a deep breath.
"I'm…I'm…" was all he could say. Samantha shook her head.
"If this to hard for you, Draco, then don't do it." She said, looking back down at the root.
"I'm sorry, for calling them those names. And if it pleases you, I won't do it again." He said, with sincerity. Samantha looked up into his eyes, searching for any hint of him lying. She found nothing, and smiled.
"Okay Draco. Your forgivin. But, if we are going to be friends, your going to have to be civial with my other ones, okay?" She asked, holding out her hand. Draco smiled, and shook her hand. 'She feels so soft' Draco thought to himself.
"You got it." He said, and the two of them returned to work.
After class, Ron and Isabella were the first ones out the door, soon followed by Harry and Hermione.
"Where's Sam?" Hermione asked. Harry looked back into the class room, and saw that Samantha and Draco were walking very slowly out of the room, deep in conversation about something. When they got out, they stopped in front of the foresome, not saying a word. Samantha then nudged Draco.
"Ow…oh yeah…Hello, Harry," he nodded at Harry. "Ron," He nodded at Ron. "Hermione. I just want to say to you all that I'm sorry for the past years, and I want to try and be civial with you guys." He said. The trio just stared at him in shock, looking back and forth between him and Samantha. Hermione was the first one to step up. Samantha was her best girl friend, and if Draco made her happy, she didn't want to be one the reasons to keep her from that happiness.
"This means, no more calling me a Mudblood Draco." Hermione said. Draco nodded. Hermione then smiled, she then nudged Harry in the stomach.
"Gee, Hermione, what did you do that for?" he asked. Hermione pursed her lips, and cocked her head towards Draco. Harry looked at him, and noticed Draco had a certain longing look in his eyes…As if he needed his approval or Samantha would hate him. Harry sighed, and nodded.
"I can do this." He said. Ron then rolled his eyes.
"I guess I have too also…But this doesn't mean where friends, Mal-Draco." Ron warned. Draco smirked.
"Wouldn't dream of it." He said. Samantha smiled at him.
"Sam, we need to get to Arithmancy." Hermione said, grabbing her by the arm. They then said their fare-wells to the boys and Isabella, who also took Divination. Draco started to walk off, when Isabella called out to him.
"Hey Draco! Why don't you walk with us?" She asked. Draco looked back, and to Harry, it looked like he was concidering it. But then he laughed.
"I'd rather not." He said, then continued to walk. Isabella glared at him.
"He'd better not hurt my sister…Or he'll have to answer to a little thing called Ponistion Mix." She said evilly.
"Whats Ponistion mix?" Harry asked. Isabella smiled.
"If I told you, I'd have to kill you." She said, then began walking off. Ron and Harry stared after her.
"Remind me NEVER to piss her off." Ron said, and him and Harry ran up to catch her.
When they reached the North Tower, they climbed up the spiral staircase, and the dizziness still managed to creep it's way back into their heads. Isabella thought she was going to faint.
They then came to the circular trapdoor, and it opened, desending the ladder down. Harry was about to go up, when Ron stopped him, and looked at Isabella.
"Ladies first." He said, Isabella giggled, and climbed up. When she got in, Harry turned to Ron who was watching after her with a goofy grin. Ron then turned to Harry.
"What?" Ron asked. Harry rolled his eyes.
"Ladies first?" Harry asked, raising an eyebrow. Ron crossed his arms.
"Hey, I'd bet you a Galleon that if Hermione was here, you'd do the excact same thing." Ron said. Harry frowned. "Besides, I'm a gentlemen." He said, crossing one arm in front of his stomach, and the other behind him. Harry shook his head.
"Oh please." He said, and climbed up the ladder, Ron following. When the entered the dark room, they found Isabella sitting in the back, with Draco, Crabbe, and Goyle in front of her. They walked over to her, and sat down on either side of her.
"Took you guys long enough," she said. "Where you fighting over who gets to go next, or something?" Ron shrugged.
"Something like that." He said. Suddenly, the voice none other then Professer Trelawney.
"Welcome, my children, to your first Divination class of the year." She said, walking slowly to the front of the class room. Lavender Brown and Parvati Patil listened closey to see what their favorite teacher would have them do this year.
"This year we will be studying the Consellation, and their connection's with YOUR futures." She said. "Miss Brown, would you please pass out those Consellation charts, and Miss Patil those small glass's of Luseneran Potion" Lavender and Parvati jumped up from her chair, and got the charts, then passed them around to the class.
"Well, Harry, let's see what will happen to you this year." Ron said, pulling out his quill. Trelawney spoke up again.
"Now, your instructions are to drink the Luseneran Potion which will put you under a small hypnosis which will make you outline your future on the Consellation chart, when it is finished, you will come out of the hypnotic state, and we will know your future." She said.
Harry, Ron, and Isabella looked at their potions. Harry raised his glass.
"Bottom's up." He said, then drank the potion like a shot of tequlia. Suddenly, then room became for gloomy and hazy the normal. Soon, he felt like he was being flung forward, and spinned around. When it ceased, he was found himself floating in outer space. He looked around for a breif moment, before being dragged over to the sun.He circled it a couple of times, then was dragged though the milky way and too the planet venus, he seemed to just stay in place for what seemed like forever, then was shot all the way to Saturn and went about 6 times around it so fast he felt like he was going to loose his breakfast. Then, he was suddenly back in the Divination room. Ron and Isabella had looks on their faces as if they were feeling what Harry felt…Sick to their stomachs.
"That was one crazy trip." Ron said, clutching his stomach. Isabella nodded in agreement, then suddenly clutched her head as if to make the spinning stop.
"Yeah, but Hey! Look at our charts." Harry said, studying it. It was maped out to be the same route Harry took in his hypnotic state.
"Interesting…Very Interesting." Trelawney said behind Harry, who rolled his eyes.
"What is, Professer?" Isabella asked. Trelawney picked up Harry's chart.
"Well, going around the sun means that your in a happy state of mind. Then going around to Venus, which is the planet the women identify with, and just staying there means that you like some girl very much, and probably will for a very very long time. But then going around Saturn…6 times!…Mean's that soon a friend will be in grave danger and could lead to BOTH of your deaths. If you were to go around any more times, it would have meant you would have died!" Trelawney said, then handing the chart back to a dazed and confused Harry. He was dazed about the whole happiness and liking a girl for a long time thing, but was confused about the friend-in-danger-you-might-die-thing. Should he believe that? Everything else seemed to be right on…
"When do you suppose this will all take place, Professer?" Harry asked in a conserned tone. Trewlawney shook her head.
"Sometime during next year. That's when these charts expire." She said, walking over to Isabella to read her chart.
Next year? Well, he had time to figure out what friend it could be. Could this have anything to do with the dream he had a couple of nights ago? 'I guess I'll just have to figure this out for myself.' He thought to himself.
Ooooooh, I wonder if the prediction of death might come true? Well, that's for ME to know, and YOU to find out now isn't it? Hehe. I'll try to have the next chapter out in a couple of days. Um…Well, that's all I wanted to say!
Thanks to my wonderful reviewers…
Karen: I'm glad you liked the ending! I loved it too. Harry and Hermione will be getting together in chapter 9…I already have it all written out too! I just need to get the next 4 chapters out, then we'll get out Harry and Hermione party started!
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