NOTE: Sorcha's name is pronounced SUR-a-cha, kinda like SirRussia. Sorcha's my name in Irish ;) **************************************************************************** ********** The Invisible Death

Harry was there, standing at the top of a beautiful green hill over-looking the rough, grey sea. He looked more handsome than ever, he opens his mouth to say;

"HEY STUPID! GET UP!" "Wha? Harry! What did you.......... oh, hello Hermione! Oh. What time is it?" asked Sorcha Winston. "It's 8:00 a.m., and why did you cry out "Harry"? Another dream about him and you??" asked Hermione Granger, Sorcha's best friend. "Yeah, I can't understand why I love him so much!" Sorcha said making a total fool of herself. "Poor Sorcha, I know how much you like him. Ron and Harry are down at breakfast, I'm so glad it's the first day of winter break, it's only us four and the proffesors!" said Hermione with Glee. "Is that normal?" asked Sorcha, it was her first year at Hogwarts, she had moved from the United States a month before school started. . "Ohhhh no!" Hermione said, "There's usually lots of people! Ron said his brothers and sister were going to stay, but they all said something about having to help their mum with repairs on the burrow. But Ron didn't have to go, how strange." "Oh that is weird! Huh. Wonder why." Said Sorcha climbing out of her big, red-curtined four-poster and steping on the cold stone floor. She was still in her blue pajamas with the green frogs in them. "Oh uh....... excuse me Hermione, but I need to change." Sorcha said, picking out a kaki-colored t-shirt and a pair of denim blue jeans out of her big brown trunk. "Right. I'll wait for you in the common room, alright?" "Ok!" Sorcha watched Hermione go out the door and then changed hurridly, pulling on Kaki colored sneakers as well. Sorcha joined Hermione, and they walked down to breakfast. Once they got in the great hall, they both noticed that there were Christmas Trees of all shapes and sizes all around the great hall, and in the middle of it all was a single table, where only Ron Weasly and Harry...... Harry Potter, sat eating cinnimon rolls and playing wizard's chess. Harry looked up "Well! If it isn't Sorcha! Thought you'd never wake up!" he said, flashing that heart-stopping grin. "Oh shut up Harry." said Sorcha, taking a seat next to him. "Soooooo, how's everyone today?" "Ron is good. Ron would like Sorcha to pass the orange juice." Ron commented stupidly. Sorcha sighed and passed the orange juice over to Ron. "Oh I'm AWWWWWWW WHY DIDN'T I SEE THAT oh, I WAS good, until Ronnie boy here messed up my plan of attack" Harry said as Ron's knight slaughtered Harry's queen. Hermione grabbed a cinnimon bun and said "Where is everyone? Where are the proffesors?" "Hermione, it's rather a blessing that old snape's not here to stare menacingly at Harry. He probably thinks that one day his gaze will just make Potter drop on the spot." Ron commented. Everyone laughed. They continued eating, Sorcha staring at Harry the entire meal. "sooooo, what should we do now?" asked Sorcha. "Let's go study a bit, we've got a huge divination exam after the break" said Hermione. "UG NO HERMIONE! Let's just play wizard chess" Ron put it. "Ron, we just finished 8 games!" said Sorcha. "Let's go play some quidditch!" "We can't, the ground's too snowy." said Harry glumly. Hey! Let's go for a sleigh ride! Hagrid's got a few horses and a couple sleighs we could borrow!" "BRILLIANT!" exclaimed Sorcha. "Hey yeah!" Said Ron. "Eh. Alright. I GET A SLEIGH WITH RON!" Said Hermione, winking secretly at Sarah. "WHY HERMIONE! I DIDN'T KNOW YOU FELT THIS WAY!" said Ron, and he kissed Hermione on the cheek, making Hermione blush and making Harry and Sorcha howl with laughter. "Well, she got first dibs!" said Sorcha, "Alright, come on Hermione, let's go get something warmer on." Hermione ran out of the great hall, with Sorcha jogging after her. "OH HERMIONE, RON LIKES YOUUUUU!" Sorcha said in a silly, taunting voice. "I KNOW! I'm actually quite glad, OH I'VE BEEN KISSED!" said Hermione gleefully. "Woah, Hermione! I've never seen you like this!" Sorcha said, poking fun at her best friend. "Heh heh, I've secretly loved Ron since my third year! Let's see, so that's...... 3 years oh my goodness!" Hermione said, blushing once more. "Oh Hermione, you're so lucky!" Sorcha said. "I wish Harry would even LOOK at me the way Ron does." Hermione stopped. "Wait, he looks at me lovingly?" Sorcha stopped also. "Oh yeah! All the time!" Hermione smiled and started walking again. "Wow!" They reached the portrait hole, said the password and walked in. They both ran up the spiral stair case and into the dormitories and gasped. There was a....................................

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