Okay… I realize that the previous chapters were kind of slow and short… I'm going to try to make everything longer from now on., the next chapters should be longer than this one is. Please review if you have read my story… pretty pretty please!!
Also, if you could suggest how I could add some British phrases into areas, that's be great - I come from Pennsylvania and tend to have some unique phrases that slip through here and there.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated… and I promise that this is going to get intense soon… Right now I'm just setting things up!
For the next week or so, Harry avoided Ginny like she had the plague. Ginny, honestly, did not seem to notice. Ron and Hermione were perplexed by their friends' behavior.
This day turned out to have particularly interesting classes. They worked on hair growing spells in charms class. Afterwards, everyone was desperately in need of a hair shortening spell or a haircut. Except Harry, whose hair was still the same length… the spell simply bounced off his hair and sprung around the room a few times. Ron grabbed Hermione and pushed her under the desk, then jumped out of the doorway. Seamus narrowly missed being hit, but ducked at the last second, and then it landed squarely on it's eventual target…
Neville's face. Of course, he was then sent to the hospital wing and was administered a simple depilatory potion… not only did he loose his long hairy beard, but his eyebrows as well.
Potions was the same as always… Snape took 10 points away from Gryffindor because Harry had drifted to sleep. After class Hermione grabbed Harry, "What on earth were you thinking, falling asleep in Snape's class!? He didn't even need to make up a reason to yell at you today!"
"I'm sorry Herm, it's just I'm really tired."
Harry wasn't lying. Quidditch practices had just started and Harry was now the captain. Since it was his last year at Hogwarts, he was beginning to feel a bit like Oliver Wood did when Harry was younger – he REALLY wanted to win!! Unfortunately this meant spending all of his time on the quidditch field, and when he wasn't on the field he was working in the lower dungeons.
Harry had stumbled across the room filled with athletic equipment while chasing an errant bludger around the hallways. Harry was now soaring at about 6'3, but he was still thin. He needed to be to play seeker, you have to move fast and the lighter you are the faster you can go. However, he wanted to set a good example for the other team members, especially Jonathan Sherder and Ron. They were the beaters for the team now.
"I'd rather avoid another fall like last year!" Harry said to them, smiling but with a look of seriousness in his eyes.
Last year the Slytherin team had won their only defeat over Gryffindor in all the years Harry had played. After an amazing game Gryffindor was leading by nearly 100 points when a crazed bludger hit both Jonathan and Ron off their broomsticks, them proceeded to harass Harry.
As much as he swerved and dove, there was no use. He ended up falling over 50ft and spent 3 days in the hospital wing, missing one of Snape's tests. Luckily, Dumbledore convinced Snape that Harry could not be failed due to one missed exam. Later the team found out that Malfoy had replaced the bludger with one he had cursed.
All it took to get revenge was a couple of Fred and George's new and improved parchment scrolls. One hour after use, the scroll turned into a large plastic squid. The entire Slytherin team tried to hand in the plastic creatures with their transfiguration homework written on them, but Professor McGonagall was not impressed. "Five points from Slytherin for even trying to hand those things in to me!"
Harry decided that he needed the day off and canceled quidditch practice. Instead, he went to sit by the fireplace in the Gryffindor common room and catch up on some charms homework. Much to his dismay, there was already a small redhead sitting in the chair beside the fire. Ginny.
"Hey, Harry! What's up?"
"Nothing Ginny, listen I'm much too tired to here about how great the Phantom of the Opera is, so I think I'll get going…"
"No, wait, Listen, I'm really sorry for the way I yelled at you last week. I know it didn't have anything to do with you, and I was just being silly," said Ginny.
"Besides, I think I've calmed down a lot about the Phantom of the Opera thing. I kind of have some other things to think about."
"Why, is there anything wrong?" asked Harry.
"Oh no, nothing's wrong at all! Listen, if I tell you this, don't tell anyone, especially Ron. Draco Malfoy asked me to the Winter Ball!" Ginny said happily, a look of glee across her face.
"Ginny, you are seriously contemplating going with him are you? I mean, He's slimy, he's gross, he bullies everyone!"
"You think I don't know that? I figure he's doing it to get Ron angry. Well, Ron won't know… I want to give Ron the shock of his life…. And I need your help to give Draco a shock too…" said Ginny with an evil glint in her eye.
"What did you have in mind?" asked Harry
"Well, let's just say he'll think twice before insulting a Weasley again!" laughed Ginny.
Liked it so far? I hope so… It's going to get intense soon… but first we have to deal with Malfoy! Hmmm… should he become a lovable friend, or should he really just be using Ginny to make Ron angry? Just click below to review and leave you feedback! Thanks!