CHAPTER 2:
Disclaimer: Harry Potter belongs to the very talented J.K. Rowling, not to me. = (
A/N: If you are the author of a Harry Potter story tell me in a review or mail me, I'll be happy to read and review them. Well here's the second chapter, I really hope you like it.
Previously~ Hermione was really confused. She got carried away and started to think Harry might not like her at all.
In a few minutes Hermione forgot about these upsetting thoughts because the prefects had just allowed them to go and have breakfast downstairs. Many Gryffindors, aged 11 to 17 ran through the portrait of the Fat Lady and down to the Great Hall to enjoy the meal and the beginning of the new school year. *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
The very many students of Hogwarts were entering the Great Hall from all directions. Some of them were greeting their old friends from different houses. Others were talking while they made their way to the tables and most of the small, nervous first years stood huddled together in rather large groups, looking around in a worried sort of way.
The Gryffindors all sat down at the table that was decorated with scarlet and gold tablecloths. This morning the 5th year Gryffindors were wide awake, thinking about the year that awaited them. All of them were dressed in their new school robes (including Ron). They were prepared with their quills, books and equipment, but Neville had more to carry than anyone else because his precautious grandmother had reminded him take 2 cauldrons, just in case he melted one of them like he did every year. This morning, the boys sat across the table from the girls. After everyone from the 4 houses settled down at their tables and the commotion in the Great Hall died down, the food was magically served. This morning's food was not as luxurious as yesterday's feast although it was still delicious.
But Harry Potter wasn't paying much attention to the breakfast food. He was daydreaming about Hermione again. He was looking at her, as always. Too bad she wouldn't pay attention to him...
"Snap out of it, Harry" said Ron quietly, so no one else would notice
"Yes, sure, of course I will" replied Harry without thinking
"Who are you thinking about?" asked Ron, suspecting Harry was thinking about Hermione. He was amazed Mione never noticed Harry staring at her in that way. "Do you know your putting marmalade on your cornflakes and milk on your toast?" He added, laughing.
"What!" yelled Harry, coming back to his senses. "Why didn't you tell me something before?!"
Then Harry quickly flicked his wand over his food and muttered a clever little charm to fix the toast and the cereal. Once everything was back to normal, he turned his head and looked up at the Ravenclaw table. All thoughts of Hermione were wiped out from his head. He had just seen Cho Chang, his old crush. She was in 6th year and although she wasn't that tall, she was quite pretty. This year, he looked at her in a different way. She was really attractive, but then he remembered that the year before she had made him feel so bad by turning down his invitation to the Yule Ball. Now Harry new she wasn't worth it.
Harry got tired of looking at Cho, so his brilliant green eyes moved to her best friend Isabella, then to a bunch of other girls that always followed them around, then to Max Napper the captain of the Ravenclaw Quidditch Team, then to little Stewart Ackerley and his friend Orla Quirke from the second year, then to a girl named Lisa Turpin and then he noticed someone at the Ravenclaw table he hadn't noticed very much before.
This girl was in the 5th year, he new because he remembered her face from the sorting 5 years ago (A/N: Let's pretend this girl got sorted into Ravenclaw in the first book kay?). Her name, he did not remember, but one thing was for sure: She was very pretty, definitely much prettier than Cho. "Bad Harry" he told himself. "You like Mione so don't start looking at other girls." Then he felt his mind split into 2 sides.
"She really is pretty" said the first half of his head
"Don't forget your true-love Mione!!" replied the other side
"What's the problem with liking someone else?" snapped the first half.
The side that was telling him to turn his head away from the Ravenclaw table was losing the battle. He gave in and watched the nice-looking girl show her friend Lisa her new greenish-black quill. Harry couldn't stop noticing that this girl was different in some way. She had bright blue eyes, a pretty nose and sleek, shiny, straight brown hair. Harry even noticed a white necklace that seemed to be made out of fluff tied around her neck...she was as cute as Hermione, or perhaps even cuter.
"Harry! Harry!" yelled Ron. "What's wrong with you today, mate?"
Harry then realized that Ron had been trying to gain his attention for quite a few minutes. "Yes Ron, what were you saying?"
"Harry, I don't know what's got into you, first you mix up all the food and then you don't talk to me! Are you angry at me or something? What's the matter with you?" He said. "Or are you daydreaming about Hermione?" he mumbled quietly, so only Harry could hear.
So Ron knew about Hermione, Harry thought, but he pretended not to hear his friend's last comment.
"Nothing's wrong, Ron" Harry lied quickly. He didn't want to be teased for liking another girl. The humiliation he received the previous year when Cho turned down his invitation to the Yule Ball was enough. He turned back to looking at the mysterious Ravenclaw girl.
Then Ron coughed a loud, fake cough that sounded strangely like "Pathetic"
It was lucky for Mione that she was too busy reading her copy of the Daily Prophet, because if she had seen Harry look at that girl like that, she would have been heartbroken and really upset. It seemed like Harry was attracted like a magnet to that Ravenclaw in some way or another.
"Mione, could you pass me the yoghurt please?" asked Lavender
"Sure" replied Hermione. She put down her newspaper and passed the yoghurt to her. Now that her interesting reading had been interrupted, she thought it was better to simply enjoy breakfast than to stick her nose in another page. "Lav, did you know that a new magical plant has been discovered by some boy? Look! it's on the first page!..." she added after a while, remembering the newspaper
After everyone had finished breakfast and the table had magically cleaned itself, Albus Dumbledore made an announcement.
"Welcome back to Hogwarts." He started. "I have good news and bad news. The good news is that Professor Lupin is back and will teach Defense Against The Dark Arts."
Three-quarters of the students cheered, but the ones that were sitting at the table with green and silver tablecloths scowled. Harry could see Draco Malfoy mouth the words "my father.." to his best friends Crabbe and Goyle.
Dumbledore continued with his announcement. "Unfortunately I have to tell you all that Rubeus Hagrid has retired and is no longer the Care of Magical Creatures Teacher."
"Oh, no!" shrieked Hermione. Many other Gryffindors looked surprised, so did the Ravenclaws and the Hufflepuffs, but now the Slytherins were all looking happy, especially Malfoy who now had a very satisfied look on his pale face.
"Yes Miss Granger" continued Dumbledore, "I'm afraid Hagrid will return to his duties as Gamekeeper and the Care of Magical Creatures duties will be fulfilled by Professor Coridinon."
"Why did he retire?" asked a puzzled Hufflepuff.
"That" replied the headmaster "is confidential." There was a pause and then he added "I hope that Professor Coridinon will be given the proper welcome he deserves."
Now it was the Gryffindor's turn to scowl, but then Harry turned up to look at the Ravenclaw girl again. He then noticed there was a smile on her pretty face. Harry quickly turned away, confused. He was sure the Ravenclaws liked Hagrid as well. Not only the Gryffindors could be disappointed that he was no longer their teacher. Once Dumbledore sat down, Mione went to help the Gryffindor prefects give out the timetables to all the members of their house. She examined them closely while she gave them to her friends. "I really miss the easy 1st and 2nd year classes" she said out loud, as she gave the timetables to Natalie McDonald and Dennis Creevy. When she was finished and all the Gryffindors had their timetables, she sat down to check hers. The Gryffindor timetables were golden and they had scarlet letters on them (Surprise, surprise, everything in Gryffindor seems to be in those colours.). She saw that this year, instead of having some classes with the Hufflepuffs, she had them with the Ravenclaws, but Gryffindor was still stuck with Slytherin in many subjects. First of all they would have potions with the them. What a horrible way to start a new school year!
Many of her friends thought the same. Ron had groaned after reading the subject they had to go to first. Now they were going to be stuck with unfair Snape and the sulky Slytherins for 1 whole hour.
Lavender, Ron, Hermione and Harry picked up their books, left the hall and hurried down to the Potion's dungeon. They had to get there on time. It wouldn't be a good idea to get Snape angry at them on the first day back to school.
"Wait!" yelled a worried Lavender. "What happened to Dean and Parvati?"
A/N: I'm leaving off there for now, if you like it please take 5 seconds to review, and if you don't (which I hope not), I only want constructive criticism! I guess I'll write chap. 3 soon, depending if you people like it or not.
I'd like to give special thanks to my reviewers:
SpookyKasper: Thanks for being my first reviewer, that was really sweet!! Have any story you'd like me to check? I'd be happy to read and review it!
Shadow Praetorian: Thanks for the review and for your suggestions. I'll have them in mind for future chapters, although sometimes I do have to put authors notes in the story. I'd also like you to know that my other reviewers thought it was a good chapter, and yes, I guess it's not bad considering it's my first try!!
tasty-ham-sandwich-girl: Thank you so much girl!! Your review really made me feel good, this is my first try at a Harry Potter fic. Keep on reading and don't worry, I'll keep on writing. Thanx-a-million!! = )
Griffins Eye: I'm glad you like the idea of the story, Thank you for the review and for enjoying my chapter. As I like writing this story, I'll try to get the next chapters out as soon as possible, so read on!
Hermione'sman1 and hermionelover12: Thank you guys for reviewing. So you like Mione? She's really nice, but in this story she's Harry's. Sorry =). I'll post the next chapters soon, it's really you reviewers that give me the guts to keep on goin'
Disclaimer: Harry Potter belongs to the very talented J.K. Rowling, not to me. = (
A/N: If you are the author of a Harry Potter story tell me in a review or mail me, I'll be happy to read and review them. Well here's the second chapter, I really hope you like it.
Previously~ Hermione was really confused. She got carried away and started to think Harry might not like her at all.
In a few minutes Hermione forgot about these upsetting thoughts because the prefects had just allowed them to go and have breakfast downstairs. Many Gryffindors, aged 11 to 17 ran through the portrait of the Fat Lady and down to the Great Hall to enjoy the meal and the beginning of the new school year. *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
The very many students of Hogwarts were entering the Great Hall from all directions. Some of them were greeting their old friends from different houses. Others were talking while they made their way to the tables and most of the small, nervous first years stood huddled together in rather large groups, looking around in a worried sort of way.
The Gryffindors all sat down at the table that was decorated with scarlet and gold tablecloths. This morning the 5th year Gryffindors were wide awake, thinking about the year that awaited them. All of them were dressed in their new school robes (including Ron). They were prepared with their quills, books and equipment, but Neville had more to carry than anyone else because his precautious grandmother had reminded him take 2 cauldrons, just in case he melted one of them like he did every year. This morning, the boys sat across the table from the girls. After everyone from the 4 houses settled down at their tables and the commotion in the Great Hall died down, the food was magically served. This morning's food was not as luxurious as yesterday's feast although it was still delicious.
But Harry Potter wasn't paying much attention to the breakfast food. He was daydreaming about Hermione again. He was looking at her, as always. Too bad she wouldn't pay attention to him...
"Snap out of it, Harry" said Ron quietly, so no one else would notice
"Yes, sure, of course I will" replied Harry without thinking
"Who are you thinking about?" asked Ron, suspecting Harry was thinking about Hermione. He was amazed Mione never noticed Harry staring at her in that way. "Do you know your putting marmalade on your cornflakes and milk on your toast?" He added, laughing.
"What!" yelled Harry, coming back to his senses. "Why didn't you tell me something before?!"
Then Harry quickly flicked his wand over his food and muttered a clever little charm to fix the toast and the cereal. Once everything was back to normal, he turned his head and looked up at the Ravenclaw table. All thoughts of Hermione were wiped out from his head. He had just seen Cho Chang, his old crush. She was in 6th year and although she wasn't that tall, she was quite pretty. This year, he looked at her in a different way. She was really attractive, but then he remembered that the year before she had made him feel so bad by turning down his invitation to the Yule Ball. Now Harry new she wasn't worth it.
Harry got tired of looking at Cho, so his brilliant green eyes moved to her best friend Isabella, then to a bunch of other girls that always followed them around, then to Max Napper the captain of the Ravenclaw Quidditch Team, then to little Stewart Ackerley and his friend Orla Quirke from the second year, then to a girl named Lisa Turpin and then he noticed someone at the Ravenclaw table he hadn't noticed very much before.
This girl was in the 5th year, he new because he remembered her face from the sorting 5 years ago (A/N: Let's pretend this girl got sorted into Ravenclaw in the first book kay?). Her name, he did not remember, but one thing was for sure: She was very pretty, definitely much prettier than Cho. "Bad Harry" he told himself. "You like Mione so don't start looking at other girls." Then he felt his mind split into 2 sides.
"She really is pretty" said the first half of his head
"Don't forget your true-love Mione!!" replied the other side
"What's the problem with liking someone else?" snapped the first half.
The side that was telling him to turn his head away from the Ravenclaw table was losing the battle. He gave in and watched the nice-looking girl show her friend Lisa her new greenish-black quill. Harry couldn't stop noticing that this girl was different in some way. She had bright blue eyes, a pretty nose and sleek, shiny, straight brown hair. Harry even noticed a white necklace that seemed to be made out of fluff tied around her neck...she was as cute as Hermione, or perhaps even cuter.
"Harry! Harry!" yelled Ron. "What's wrong with you today, mate?"
Harry then realized that Ron had been trying to gain his attention for quite a few minutes. "Yes Ron, what were you saying?"
"Harry, I don't know what's got into you, first you mix up all the food and then you don't talk to me! Are you angry at me or something? What's the matter with you?" He said. "Or are you daydreaming about Hermione?" he mumbled quietly, so only Harry could hear.
So Ron knew about Hermione, Harry thought, but he pretended not to hear his friend's last comment.
"Nothing's wrong, Ron" Harry lied quickly. He didn't want to be teased for liking another girl. The humiliation he received the previous year when Cho turned down his invitation to the Yule Ball was enough. He turned back to looking at the mysterious Ravenclaw girl.
Then Ron coughed a loud, fake cough that sounded strangely like "Pathetic"
It was lucky for Mione that she was too busy reading her copy of the Daily Prophet, because if she had seen Harry look at that girl like that, she would have been heartbroken and really upset. It seemed like Harry was attracted like a magnet to that Ravenclaw in some way or another.
"Mione, could you pass me the yoghurt please?" asked Lavender
"Sure" replied Hermione. She put down her newspaper and passed the yoghurt to her. Now that her interesting reading had been interrupted, she thought it was better to simply enjoy breakfast than to stick her nose in another page. "Lav, did you know that a new magical plant has been discovered by some boy? Look! it's on the first page!..." she added after a while, remembering the newspaper
After everyone had finished breakfast and the table had magically cleaned itself, Albus Dumbledore made an announcement.
"Welcome back to Hogwarts." He started. "I have good news and bad news. The good news is that Professor Lupin is back and will teach Defense Against The Dark Arts."
Three-quarters of the students cheered, but the ones that were sitting at the table with green and silver tablecloths scowled. Harry could see Draco Malfoy mouth the words "my father.." to his best friends Crabbe and Goyle.
Dumbledore continued with his announcement. "Unfortunately I have to tell you all that Rubeus Hagrid has retired and is no longer the Care of Magical Creatures Teacher."
"Oh, no!" shrieked Hermione. Many other Gryffindors looked surprised, so did the Ravenclaws and the Hufflepuffs, but now the Slytherins were all looking happy, especially Malfoy who now had a very satisfied look on his pale face.
"Yes Miss Granger" continued Dumbledore, "I'm afraid Hagrid will return to his duties as Gamekeeper and the Care of Magical Creatures duties will be fulfilled by Professor Coridinon."
"Why did he retire?" asked a puzzled Hufflepuff.
"That" replied the headmaster "is confidential." There was a pause and then he added "I hope that Professor Coridinon will be given the proper welcome he deserves."
Now it was the Gryffindor's turn to scowl, but then Harry turned up to look at the Ravenclaw girl again. He then noticed there was a smile on her pretty face. Harry quickly turned away, confused. He was sure the Ravenclaws liked Hagrid as well. Not only the Gryffindors could be disappointed that he was no longer their teacher. Once Dumbledore sat down, Mione went to help the Gryffindor prefects give out the timetables to all the members of their house. She examined them closely while she gave them to her friends. "I really miss the easy 1st and 2nd year classes" she said out loud, as she gave the timetables to Natalie McDonald and Dennis Creevy. When she was finished and all the Gryffindors had their timetables, she sat down to check hers. The Gryffindor timetables were golden and they had scarlet letters on them (Surprise, surprise, everything in Gryffindor seems to be in those colours.). She saw that this year, instead of having some classes with the Hufflepuffs, she had them with the Ravenclaws, but Gryffindor was still stuck with Slytherin in many subjects. First of all they would have potions with the them. What a horrible way to start a new school year!
Many of her friends thought the same. Ron had groaned after reading the subject they had to go to first. Now they were going to be stuck with unfair Snape and the sulky Slytherins for 1 whole hour.
Lavender, Ron, Hermione and Harry picked up their books, left the hall and hurried down to the Potion's dungeon. They had to get there on time. It wouldn't be a good idea to get Snape angry at them on the first day back to school.
"Wait!" yelled a worried Lavender. "What happened to Dean and Parvati?"
A/N: I'm leaving off there for now, if you like it please take 5 seconds to review, and if you don't (which I hope not), I only want constructive criticism! I guess I'll write chap. 3 soon, depending if you people like it or not.
I'd like to give special thanks to my reviewers:
SpookyKasper: Thanks for being my first reviewer, that was really sweet!! Have any story you'd like me to check? I'd be happy to read and review it!
Shadow Praetorian: Thanks for the review and for your suggestions. I'll have them in mind for future chapters, although sometimes I do have to put authors notes in the story. I'd also like you to know that my other reviewers thought it was a good chapter, and yes, I guess it's not bad considering it's my first try!!
tasty-ham-sandwich-girl: Thank you so much girl!! Your review really made me feel good, this is my first try at a Harry Potter fic. Keep on reading and don't worry, I'll keep on writing. Thanx-a-million!! = )
Griffins Eye: I'm glad you like the idea of the story, Thank you for the review and for enjoying my chapter. As I like writing this story, I'll try to get the next chapters out as soon as possible, so read on!
Hermione'sman1 and hermionelover12: Thank you guys for reviewing. So you like Mione? She's really nice, but in this story she's Harry's. Sorry =). I'll post the next chapters soon, it's really you reviewers that give me the guts to keep on goin'