Harry sat in the empty common room, Hermione and Ron being off to the
library to work on Ron's History of Magic essay, which needed to be 5 feet
long. Harry had already faced trouble in the past week, none other then
Draco Malfoy and his goons, Crabbe and Goyle. He sighed gravely, as he
thought of what Malfoy had done, would they ever stop being rivals? Most
unlikely Harry told himself.
It was in Potions class, under the surveillance of Professor Snape. With anything but luck Harry and Ron had been teamed with Draco and Crabbe. They were to mix and test Veritaserum, of course not as strong as the Ministries. "Maybe I should use it on that mudblood of yours Potter. To see if she truly hates you or not" drawled Malfoy as he started reading the ingredients, wanting to receive a good mark this term for Potions, not that he never did. "Watch yourself Malfoy" glared Harry, as Ron nearly jumped on Draco for calling Hermione a mudblood but Crabbe stopped him with his chubby arm, of course this had happened many times before. Ron fell to the floor with a soft thump, and frowned starring at the ceiling. He got up and dusted off his robes, looking over to Hermione who was teamed with Seamus Finnigan. The class went on well until Snape ordered them to test the serum, Harry was the victim, Snape was the one to questioned them, of course a question he knew very well the answer, to see if Potter would answer correctly.
"Is it true, about Cedric?" asked Snape in a slow saccade question, as he always did. The class began to whisper, this incident had been pushed back far in their memories, now boiling to the surface. The famous Cedric, from the Tournament in fourth year, died courageously because of Voldermort.
"It wasn't me. It was Vol. he who must not be named" answered Harry. Snape quickly gave him the antidote to get him off the truth serum, and everything was back to normal. Malfoy and Crabbe were sniggering about something, but Harry didn't know what. Thankfully there was only 10 minutes left to this lifeless class, called Potions. Harry came back to his thoughts, finding himself in the common room, alone. It was a dreadful night, the wind was hounding the windows, the sky was pitch black, and the rain was pouring down so much, Harry thought the lake would over flood. He sighed as he decided to head up to bed, though it was still quite early. He needed to think, on the way to the spiral stair case, his thoughts ran back to when Hermione ruined Harry and Ron's fun during Transfiguration with Aparecium, making the letter Ron had written visible to Hermione's eyes. Lucky for them, McGonagall didn't notice the little charm. He shook his head, changed into his blue pyjamas and crawled into his four-poster bed. He quickly fell asleep with one last word "Sirius". He hadn't talked to him, nor receive a letter for over a month now, he was beginning to worry for his friend. Hermione had crept into the boy's dormitories with Ron, to see what Harry was up to, and both were surprised to see him snug in his bed, before seven o'clock.
"Should we wake him?" whispered Ron, his voice with a tinge of uncertainty.
"Ron! Of course we shouldn't, but then he'll miss his supper, I'm sure poor Harry is starved" came 'mione's response.
"If he was hungry don't you think he'd be awake!" pointed out the red head.
"Humph.. what the. ?" Harry's voice came into the conversation, as he reached over with his right hand for his glasses, sliding them onto his nose, and peered out into the darkness to see two silhouettes ; Ron and Hermione. Hermione gasped slightly, nudging Ron, meaning "see you woke him" Ron gave her a look, of absolute disagreement.
"Doesn't matter now you guys, I'm up, go ahead talk. " a sleepy Harry said, then jumped out of bed, hiding behind the curtains of his four-poster bed.
"Hermione! Boy's dormitory, last time I checked you belonged in the other tower! Unless you did. you know. during the summer. " said Harry.
"Oh, c'mon Harry. I've been in here before, and stop hiding behind that bed curtain. " replied Hermione's voice. Then a dim blue light appeared at the tip of her wand, she had performed Lumos a simple spell they had all mastered in first year. "We wanted to know why you were asleep so early Harry" piped up Ron, though his voice was a lot deeper then Harry's for a 16 year old. Hermione could see Harry's form shrug slightly, due to the light not being that bright.
"Could you two turn around while I change please?" asked Harry politely. His two best friends turned around, and Harry quickly changed back into his Hogwart robes. They all hurried down the halls towards the Great Hall, after Harry had gotten all ready, and unfortunately ran into Draco Malfoy..
It was in Potions class, under the surveillance of Professor Snape. With anything but luck Harry and Ron had been teamed with Draco and Crabbe. They were to mix and test Veritaserum, of course not as strong as the Ministries. "Maybe I should use it on that mudblood of yours Potter. To see if she truly hates you or not" drawled Malfoy as he started reading the ingredients, wanting to receive a good mark this term for Potions, not that he never did. "Watch yourself Malfoy" glared Harry, as Ron nearly jumped on Draco for calling Hermione a mudblood but Crabbe stopped him with his chubby arm, of course this had happened many times before. Ron fell to the floor with a soft thump, and frowned starring at the ceiling. He got up and dusted off his robes, looking over to Hermione who was teamed with Seamus Finnigan. The class went on well until Snape ordered them to test the serum, Harry was the victim, Snape was the one to questioned them, of course a question he knew very well the answer, to see if Potter would answer correctly.
"Is it true, about Cedric?" asked Snape in a slow saccade question, as he always did. The class began to whisper, this incident had been pushed back far in their memories, now boiling to the surface. The famous Cedric, from the Tournament in fourth year, died courageously because of Voldermort.
"It wasn't me. It was Vol. he who must not be named" answered Harry. Snape quickly gave him the antidote to get him off the truth serum, and everything was back to normal. Malfoy and Crabbe were sniggering about something, but Harry didn't know what. Thankfully there was only 10 minutes left to this lifeless class, called Potions. Harry came back to his thoughts, finding himself in the common room, alone. It was a dreadful night, the wind was hounding the windows, the sky was pitch black, and the rain was pouring down so much, Harry thought the lake would over flood. He sighed as he decided to head up to bed, though it was still quite early. He needed to think, on the way to the spiral stair case, his thoughts ran back to when Hermione ruined Harry and Ron's fun during Transfiguration with Aparecium, making the letter Ron had written visible to Hermione's eyes. Lucky for them, McGonagall didn't notice the little charm. He shook his head, changed into his blue pyjamas and crawled into his four-poster bed. He quickly fell asleep with one last word "Sirius". He hadn't talked to him, nor receive a letter for over a month now, he was beginning to worry for his friend. Hermione had crept into the boy's dormitories with Ron, to see what Harry was up to, and both were surprised to see him snug in his bed, before seven o'clock.
"Should we wake him?" whispered Ron, his voice with a tinge of uncertainty.
"Ron! Of course we shouldn't, but then he'll miss his supper, I'm sure poor Harry is starved" came 'mione's response.
"If he was hungry don't you think he'd be awake!" pointed out the red head.
"Humph.. what the. ?" Harry's voice came into the conversation, as he reached over with his right hand for his glasses, sliding them onto his nose, and peered out into the darkness to see two silhouettes ; Ron and Hermione. Hermione gasped slightly, nudging Ron, meaning "see you woke him" Ron gave her a look, of absolute disagreement.
"Doesn't matter now you guys, I'm up, go ahead talk. " a sleepy Harry said, then jumped out of bed, hiding behind the curtains of his four-poster bed.
"Hermione! Boy's dormitory, last time I checked you belonged in the other tower! Unless you did. you know. during the summer. " said Harry.
"Oh, c'mon Harry. I've been in here before, and stop hiding behind that bed curtain. " replied Hermione's voice. Then a dim blue light appeared at the tip of her wand, she had performed Lumos a simple spell they had all mastered in first year. "We wanted to know why you were asleep so early Harry" piped up Ron, though his voice was a lot deeper then Harry's for a 16 year old. Hermione could see Harry's form shrug slightly, due to the light not being that bright.
"Could you two turn around while I change please?" asked Harry politely. His two best friends turned around, and Harry quickly changed back into his Hogwart robes. They all hurried down the halls towards the Great Hall, after Harry had gotten all ready, and unfortunately ran into Draco Malfoy..