A/N This one won't have a whole bunch of action, but it will show some stuff on Ron and Hermione's relationship. I wont go into detail on it though. I decided to have something happen in this chapter which some of you may have been waiting for, or maybe not. I just decided to break this chapter up now, so I'ts not going to have a whole lot of signifigant stuff, but it will.

Chapter 22- The Christmas Party

Harry, Hermione, and Ron sat in the common room, readin over the Marauder's papers. They had plenty of notes on all kinds of mischief making things, even a few they decided to give to Fred and George for marketing, but nothing on Animagi.

"Harry, maybe they never kept notes on it, it'd be far too dangerous." Hermione said, she had just finished a stack of papers which were mostly love notes to Lily Potter.

"Oh yeah, hey Ron guess what?" Harry just remembered something,

"What?" Ron asked, nunplussed,

"My name would have been Ronald."

"Really!" he seemed genuinely excited,

"Yeah, if my mother got her way, I guess my dad got his way though." Harry grinned a little. Hermione gave him a look that screamed chauvenistic!

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"We've been through everything!" Harry yelled frustrated,, "All we found was homework, mounds of blank paper, and love notes." Harry said. Almost instantaneously Ron, Harry and Hermione's eyes lit up.

"Invisible ink!" They yelled together and searched frantically for a quill. Harry grabbed one from behind a piles of papers and grabbed the first piece of parchment from the stack of blank paper and wrote on it.

Hello

The ink slowly disappeared off the parchment and was replaced by different writing,

Hello, who are you? Harry began a conversation with the absent writer,

I'm Harry

What do you want from me?

I want to know how to become an Animagi.

What makes you think I know how?

Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot and Prongs

How do you know that?

I know all of you now that you're older. I'm a student at hogwarts, which one are you?

I'm Padfoot, well if you know us then what is the password

Harry didn't know whether or not he knew the password, he thought about it, but he couldn't ever remember Sirius or Remus mentioning it. Ron, who was reading along with Hermione began writing furiously with his own quill.

I solemnly swear that I am up to no good. he scribbled. Harry mentally kicked himself, duh that would be the password.

That's different handwriting, who are you?

I'm Ron Weasley, I'm Harry's potter's friend . We're here with our other friend Hermione Granger.

Harry Potter, James and Lily's son huh. i shoulda known. Anyways there's a girl there too, maybe she should start writing.

Harry laughed, he had heard Sirius was a Ladie's Man back in his days at Hogwarts, but he never knew to what extent. Suddenly Ron snatched up the parchment and wrote something the other two couldn't see. Blushing red he put it back down after his words were disappered.

Oh, sorry, anyways, i will make all our plans appear on the blank parchment, oh and remember if you do it right you can become NeoZaphods. We never tried that because it's too dangerous, you might be killed. It's all explained on the papers, make sure to put them in a pile.

They're in a pile already thanks, bye

Bye.

Harry watched as the pile of blank papers suddenly seemed to have writing on them. He looked the top page, 'How to become an Animagi.' He read aloud. Suddenly, Hermione grabbe the stack of papers and moved over to a couch in the emoty common room, Ron followed. Harry however kep walking toward the entrance,

"Hey guys, I'm sorta hungry, I haven't payed Dobby a visit since we've been here, and as a matter of fact I haven't seen Hagrid either. i'm going down to the kitchens, then to Hagrid's. Wanna come?"

"We're okay." Hermione said, cuddling up next to Ron, the pages in her hand. Harry smirked a little and walked out the door.

Harry stepped up to the all too familiar painting of fruit and tickled the pear. After a unneessarily high pitched laugh and a door handle appeared. harry pulled the door open and as soon as he stepped through the threshold he felt a familiar 'thud' on his waist. Looking down Harry saw Dobby hugging him.

"Hello Harry Potter sir! How are you Harry Potter sir. Where's sir's Wheezy?"

"Hey Dobby. I'm doing fine, Ron and Hermione are in the common room. Actually though I came down here to see if you guys had any Elcairs."

Dobby nodded and nearly immediately afterward five house elves carrying a large platter of Elcairs appeared. They had a small little pouch.

"Would you like to eat them here or take them with you Harry Potter sir?"

"Umm take them with me, Ron, Hermione and I are working on something."

"Yes sir, Harry potter sir." The house elves dumped several Elcairs into the pouch and handed them to Harry, bowing. Harry said goodbye to Dobby and left downstairs, toward Hagrid's cabin.

"POTTER!" A voice rang out through the corridor. he spun around on the spot to see an all too familiar smirk across Severus Snape's face.

"And what are we doing here this late, no doubt starting trouble."

"Actually Professor i was going to go see Hagrid." Harry said in the most cheerful voice he could muster, a broad grin running across his face.

"Ah, and when you were specifically told not to leave the castle?"

"I wasn't told that." Harry said quickly, caught off guard.

"Why Mr. Potter, I do believe your lying to me, ten points from Gryffindor."

"Honestly Professor, who was supposed to tell me that!" Harry took off his glasses, they were fogging up with all the steam blowing through his nose right now. If it hadn't been Snape standing in front of him, if it was Malfoy, or some Slytherin, Harry would've knocked them out right then. Harry motioned to put his glasses back on and caught a glimpse of Snape, he was glowing an orangish purple color that really didn't mix. He took his glasses off fully and stared at Snape.

"Potter, your reading me aren't you, using your little powers. Well i don't care what powers you have, to me you will still be a insubordinate little brat. Always breaking every single rule. Go back up to your common room . . . NOW!"

Harry was defeated, he couldn't ignore a direct order from one of his teachers, but Snape was just unfair. harry trudged his way back up to the common room.

Ron and Hermione jumped as Harry stepped into the common room,

"What happened at Hagrid's?" Ron asked. Harry explained what happened.

"Why that little -" Hermione kicked himon the shins.

"Ron you shouldn't say that!" Harry smirked slightly as Ron gingerly rubbed his shin.

Harry sat down across from the two, nearly immediately feeling he'd rather leave he got up to leave the portrait hole, screw whatever Snape said. He began to walk through, except someone stepped in, nearly knocking him down.

"Ginny!" He cried out in shock, nearly running into her. She blushed a little.

"Sorry Harry, are you okay?" She asked. He nodded.

"Hey, can you get me away from those two, they're making me sick." He chuckled, Ginny laughed quietly,

"Yeah, I actually got to go to the library, will you help me. I was coming up here to ask Hermione. I think she may be a little preoccupied now though." Ginny turned around and headed out the common room, followed by Harry, still muttering about Snape. Harry took off his glasses once more, he never tried to go without them before. Sure in the battle they had been broken, but he was in so much of a rage it didn't matter that everything had been a blur. Now that he was walking without them he could see everything being blurry. Ginny's aura was a shining white, just like his.

"Oh yeah, she's a summoner." he said quietly to himself.

"Huh?" Ginny asked swinging around.. harry hoped she hadn't heard.

"I said umm . .that erm . that we only get two weeks of vacation, what a bummer." he thought quickly, kinda. Harry was relieved when Ginny appeared to believe it. They walked in silence to the library, fortunately not running into any baised professors on the way.

Harry and Ginny sat down at one of the tables, and spreading hercharms book out she started to show Harry what she was having problems with.

"See, i can do a perfect banishing charm, but I just can't do a summoning charm." She said.

"Okay, let's read the passage in the book, and cover a little more on the theory of summoning charms." he said, he had never actually tutored anyone before, but that seemed like an Hermione thing to say. Ginny opened to the page on summoning charms and they both read the passage:

Summoning Charms are by far one of the most useful charms for everyday life. A Summoning Charm is derived from it's ability to summonan inanimate object to the location of the Summoner. The ability to summon an animate object is harder though. One must care for the animate object one summoning, that technique was developed by the ancient Simotines, a tribe from the austrasia area of the whole, also known for their . . . . .

Harry looked at the passage thoughtfully, well that didn't really give any indication of how to do a summoning charm.

"Okay Ginny, that really didn't do much, so how about we just practice summoning charms."

"Okay." She said, but then harry had a thought.

"Ginny, do you have your favorite book, or quill or something with you?"

"Umm, yeah, my favorite Eagle Feather quill, it was a gift from Percy, for my birthday."

"Can I see it?" he asked. She rumaged through her bag and grabbed the auill, it was really good. Harry had the quill.

"Okay Ginny, you won't get this quill back unless you summon it from me. now all I want is for you to point at it and say 'accio'." His hands were moving as he talked, somewhat normally, but out of the corner of his eye he noticed a chair move slightly when he said 'accio'.

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It had been about an hour and dinner was to start in a while. Ginny had many unsucessful attempts at summoning. Harry had a sudden idea.

:"Ginny, I'm sorry to have to do this to you, but I'm going to go to the other side of the room, and you have ten seconds to summon this quill out of my hands, or I'll snap it irrepairably." Then he turned around and sprinted to the other side of the library. Ginny pointed her wand at Harry, and suddenly after a seemingly long eternity He felt a sudden tug against his belly. Another gentle tug, and finally,

"Ahhhhhhhhh." He went soaring through the air, screaming. Finally he landed . . on Ginny in a tangled mess.

"And what happened here?" A harsh, yet familiar voice came from behind the two. Harry looked up at Fleur, standing over the entangled duo.

"Ummm, we were practicing Summomning charms."

"What kind of Summoning charms?" another voice asked, Hermione was on Harry's other side, along with Ron. 'Oh great!' Harry thought.

"What great Summoning Chamrs huh Harry?" Fleur asked again, her voice acid.

"Yeah, but I'm not that good at them." Ginny said, red in the face. The two untangled themselves and got up.

"You're jealous." Hermione said happily, a smile dawned across her face.

"What?" Fleur asked quickly. Ron smiled too,

"She's right, you were jealous of Ginny." Ginny blushed, but Fleur opened her mouth up and down like a goldfish. Harry laughed,

"They're right, you were jealous!" He said grinning. FLeur started turning red, they were all teasing her!

"So, so what if I'm jealous . .a little." She added. Blushing.

"If you guys don't stop laughing I'll take points away from Gryffindor." She cried, making them laugh harder.

"If you guys don't stop laughing you'll be forced to leave!" A voice said. They all looked up at Madam Pince, the strict librarian said. The group grabbed their items and leftthe library, still laughing a little on the way.

"Anyways . ." Fleur, started, "You guys have to get ready for the party."

"What party?"

A Christmas party, that's what came looking for you for, to tell you there's a Christmas party tonight in the great hall, since your the only students that stayed Dumbledore said that he'd might as well have a party with the 'old crowd' whatever that means.

"Okay, I'll go upstairs and change." Harry said,

'We gotta to go too." Hermione said as the rest of the group followed harry up to the Gryffindor common room.

A/N- Can you guys believe it, this was jut for fun, I pictured this scenen since i first wrote the fic. Anyways can you believe this chapter, the previous one, and the next one were orginally supposed to be one chapter, but I had decided to split them up because i would realize in the middle of typing that I would reach my minimum.