Legend
Chapter V: Dare
by Marie McKinnon
"Where've you been, Harry?" Ron and Hermione chorused later. They hadn't been
present in the Great Hall when he'd left, and had worried about him for quite some time before
he popped through the portrait hole.
He blushed and touched the place on his lip where Madam Pomfrey had applied a salve to
stop the bleeding and healed it with a touch of her wand. "I had to go to the Hospital Wing.
Someone punched me in the mouth and I wanted to stop the bleeding."
"Who dared to punch you? If it was Malfoy, I'll curse his brains out."
"Actually," here the red deepened "it wasn't Malfoy. Erm-- Ginny was the one who
punched me."
Hermione raised her eyebrows. "I wonder just exactly what you could've done to make
such a mild-mannered person as Ginny punch you in the mouth. Don't you, Ron?" Her tone of
voice made it all too clear that she had a very good idea of what Harry had done to Ginny.
He quickly changed his story. "Don't be silly. You two would believe me if I said it was
Malfoy, wouldn't you?"
"You didn't," Ron said hoarsely. "You didn't dare. But you did, didn't you? You--Ginny--again--how far did it go before she hit you?"
"I was in the Great Hall, Ron! Anyone will tell you!"
At that moment Dean entered and suppressed a chuckle as he saw Harry. "Buddy," he
said in a paternal tone, "I wouldn't do that again. She'll hurt you badly soon. Give it a rest, all
right?"
"'Anyone will tell us,'" Hermione said. "I believe our suspicions have just been
verified."
"Thanks ever so, Dean!" He shouted in frustration.
"Answer my question." Ron's tone was dangerous. "How far did it go before she hit
you?"
"I had to! Malfoy was ogling her, and I had to make it look like she was spoken for!"
"ANSWER THE QUESTION! DID YOU OR DID YOU NOT SNOG MY SISTER?"
"I didn't! I swear it!"
"Dean," Hermione called, "could you please come over here for a second? We need
some clarification about what happened in the Great Hall between Harry and Ginny, and he's not
helping."
"Sure. I think he had a bit of an arugument with Malfoy, probably because the dirty
Slytherin wouldn't stop looking at Gin, so he sat next to her and put his arm around her waist. He
lipped her ear, kissed her neck, chin, and so on, gave her a really light kiss on the lips, and was
about to start snogging her when she punched him."
"How do you know all this?" Hermione asked delicately, one eyebrow cocked.
It was Dean's turn to blush. "I was--erm--you know--"
"Ogling Ginny?" She suggested. He nodded and dashed off before Ron's protective
wrath spread to him.
Unfortunately for Harry, Ron just stared at him in disbelief. "How dare you? How
could you, knowing I expressly asked you to stay away from her? And yet you dared to try your
luck again, dared to push yourself on my sister. I don't believe you. You dared--"
"Yes, I bloody well dared!" Harry shouted, allowing his rage to boil over in an outburst
that left the others in the common room shocked. "Get over it! She's perfectly capable of
holding her own, as she's proved twice now! Have you not looked at her? Not realized that
more than half the boys in this school are aching to have the courage to do what I did? She's
gorgeous, Ron, and amazingly mature! I want her, Dean wants her, Seamus wants her, even
Malfoy wants her! You can't protect her forever. Eventually someone's going to be rougher
than I was and not let her loose enough to get a fist in before they've had their way with her. In a
group of people ranging between me and Malfoy, isn't it better that I'm the one who finally wins
her over?"
"No." Ron's voice shook with fury. "Even Malfoy hasn't tried to take advantage of her,
but you know who has? My best friend. I think if you keep pushing her she'll choose even
Malfoy over you, and I won't blame her! I hate the b******, but he can have her as long as he
doesn't try anything like you've tried. Don't object," he added, seeing the murderous look on
Harry's face that rivaled his own. "Don't you dare."
Disclaimer: I like that ending, don't you? If any of this belonged to me, I'd have better
things to do than sit around fantasizing. I'd be writing the real books and wouldn't have any
time for fanfiction. Therefore, it isn't mine. Coming up: Malfoy's first fitness practise session
thing. REVIEW OR I'LL STOP AFTER 15 CHAPTERS!
Chapter V: Dare
by Marie McKinnon
"Where've you been, Harry?" Ron and Hermione chorused later. They hadn't been
present in the Great Hall when he'd left, and had worried about him for quite some time before
he popped through the portrait hole.
He blushed and touched the place on his lip where Madam Pomfrey had applied a salve to
stop the bleeding and healed it with a touch of her wand. "I had to go to the Hospital Wing.
Someone punched me in the mouth and I wanted to stop the bleeding."
"Who dared to punch you? If it was Malfoy, I'll curse his brains out."
"Actually," here the red deepened "it wasn't Malfoy. Erm-- Ginny was the one who
punched me."
Hermione raised her eyebrows. "I wonder just exactly what you could've done to make
such a mild-mannered person as Ginny punch you in the mouth. Don't you, Ron?" Her tone of
voice made it all too clear that she had a very good idea of what Harry had done to Ginny.
He quickly changed his story. "Don't be silly. You two would believe me if I said it was
Malfoy, wouldn't you?"
"You didn't," Ron said hoarsely. "You didn't dare. But you did, didn't you? You--Ginny--again--how far did it go before she hit you?"
"I was in the Great Hall, Ron! Anyone will tell you!"
At that moment Dean entered and suppressed a chuckle as he saw Harry. "Buddy," he
said in a paternal tone, "I wouldn't do that again. She'll hurt you badly soon. Give it a rest, all
right?"
"'Anyone will tell us,'" Hermione said. "I believe our suspicions have just been
verified."
"Thanks ever so, Dean!" He shouted in frustration.
"Answer my question." Ron's tone was dangerous. "How far did it go before she hit
you?"
"I had to! Malfoy was ogling her, and I had to make it look like she was spoken for!"
"ANSWER THE QUESTION! DID YOU OR DID YOU NOT SNOG MY SISTER?"
"I didn't! I swear it!"
"Dean," Hermione called, "could you please come over here for a second? We need
some clarification about what happened in the Great Hall between Harry and Ginny, and he's not
helping."
"Sure. I think he had a bit of an arugument with Malfoy, probably because the dirty
Slytherin wouldn't stop looking at Gin, so he sat next to her and put his arm around her waist. He
lipped her ear, kissed her neck, chin, and so on, gave her a really light kiss on the lips, and was
about to start snogging her when she punched him."
"How do you know all this?" Hermione asked delicately, one eyebrow cocked.
It was Dean's turn to blush. "I was--erm--you know--"
"Ogling Ginny?" She suggested. He nodded and dashed off before Ron's protective
wrath spread to him.
Unfortunately for Harry, Ron just stared at him in disbelief. "How dare you? How
could you, knowing I expressly asked you to stay away from her? And yet you dared to try your
luck again, dared to push yourself on my sister. I don't believe you. You dared--"
"Yes, I bloody well dared!" Harry shouted, allowing his rage to boil over in an outburst
that left the others in the common room shocked. "Get over it! She's perfectly capable of
holding her own, as she's proved twice now! Have you not looked at her? Not realized that
more than half the boys in this school are aching to have the courage to do what I did? She's
gorgeous, Ron, and amazingly mature! I want her, Dean wants her, Seamus wants her, even
Malfoy wants her! You can't protect her forever. Eventually someone's going to be rougher
than I was and not let her loose enough to get a fist in before they've had their way with her. In a
group of people ranging between me and Malfoy, isn't it better that I'm the one who finally wins
her over?"
"No." Ron's voice shook with fury. "Even Malfoy hasn't tried to take advantage of her,
but you know who has? My best friend. I think if you keep pushing her she'll choose even
Malfoy over you, and I won't blame her! I hate the b******, but he can have her as long as he
doesn't try anything like you've tried. Don't object," he added, seeing the murderous look on
Harry's face that rivaled his own. "Don't you dare."
Disclaimer: I like that ending, don't you? If any of this belonged to me, I'd have better
things to do than sit around fantasizing. I'd be writing the real books and wouldn't have any
time for fanfiction. Therefore, it isn't mine. Coming up: Malfoy's first fitness practise session
thing. REVIEW OR I'LL STOP AFTER 15 CHAPTERS!