Malfoy had insulted Ron and Hermione once again, and it drove Harry over
the edge, he pulled out his wand and performed Furnunculus, a simple boil
curse. Not long after, Draco had boils bursting all over him, he let out
loud screams as Goyle and Crabbe watched in dumbness. Ron had stopped
stalking towards Draco, then looked to Harry quickly. Hermione shook her
head in disapproval, and Harry just shrugged his shoulders, putting away
his wand.
" It's a harmless curse. Madam Pomfrey will be able to cure him in no
time.. c'mon I'm hungry" said Harry as he headed off towards the Great
Hall. Ron followed him, and Hermione stayed glued to the spot for a second,
looking at Draco sadly, he had deserved it. Think he would have learned by
now that Ronald Weasley was short tempered. It was for his own good she
told herself, as she finally rushed to meet up with the boys. They had all
eaten to be full, talking happily afterwards with Seamus, Neville and
Ginny. Afterwards they had all walked lazily up the hallway towards the
Portrait of the Fat Lady.
"Password Dears. " said the Lady, looking at the stuffed bunch of Gryffindor students. "Good supper I s'pose" added the plump lady with a bright smile.
"Belladonna" said Hermione, the only one with enough strength to actually talk.
They all walked through the whole one by one, then the Lady swung in front of the hole to seal it shut, to any other people walking by. They all split afterwards to head to their dormitories, thank god tomorrow was a Saturday. The day all the students awaited patiently every week.
**Alright, if you haven't noticed, some chapters are small some are long! It's cause I'm trying to make it so, I don't write it all in one shot! Which is basically what I'm doing right now, but anyways. Next chapter, there will be a skip in time. :p Hope you like up to now! It will get better I promise!!!
**
Christmas was on it's way, you could notice by the frozen lake, and Hogwart's grounds being covered with a white coat of snow, and the great hall, with it's 12 Christmas trees. Hagrid had brought them in from the Forbidden Forest, and Professor Flitwick and McGonagall decorated them, like every other year. Dumbledore was becoming even more loony. He had started calling the students other students' names, and didn't even recognize Professor Lupin anymore, the DADA teacher.
"Get away from me you freak!!" shouted Dumbledore, trying to tap Lupin on the head with his cane. " Headmaster, it's me. Remus Lupin, you remember, I helped you yesterday"
Dumbledore stopped, and looked at Remus for a second "Oh my yes, dear boy, I am so sorry. "
Minerva was particularly worried about Dumbledore's state of mind, he seemed to be lost these days, she found him not long ago, talking to the hunched witch statue outside Transfiguration class. Flitwick had also told her, he was scaring the first years, by screaming ghosts, ghosts!!! Of course Peeves the school poltergeist did have something to do with influencing poor Dumbledore.
The students were especially festive, everyone was chit chatting about there plans for the Christmas holidays, Ron for a change, was heading home, the Weasleys had planned to go visit Bill in Egypt for the holidays. Draco Malfoy, Crabbe and Goyle were heading home for the holidays also. Hermione decided to keep Harry company, and well, she also had a few things to tell him.
"Thanks 'Mione" had been Harry's response to her news, he was happy she was staying, he also had a few things to tell her. They were sitting in the Great Hall while Dumbledore ran after Professor Flitwick, and Professor McGonagall running after Dumbledore.
"Get back here troll!!" said Dumbledore, obviously thinking tiny Flitwick was a troll, or an elf. Harry and Hermione were playing a game of wizard chest, fortunate for Harry it was his game, which dated from long ago, he remembered receiving it for Christmas one year. Hermione had greatly improved since the first time she played, she was almost beating Harry, when his Queen checked her King.
"Looks like you win again Harry.. " she said, looking up to him, and smiled.
Harry looked at her, and smiled back, noticing her differently for the first time since fourth year at the Yule ball. Hermione was growing into a beautiful woman and Harry let it pass him, but now he noticed. Her teeth had of course remained shorter since that unfortunate growth caused by Malfoy two years ago, her hair was longer and not so bushy, and she was much more tall, her figure was developing also. Harry on the other side, hadn't changed much, physically no, but mentally yes, all the things he's had to endure over the years, had caused him to mature much to quickly for his age. He still wore his glasses, after furious arguments with Hermione over contacts, his hair was still jet black, yet not so stubborn, he was tall, and quite in shape, Quidditch kept him on his toes. Harry coughs, to break the silence of this awkward moment, then Ron came walking into the Great Hall and sat down next to them. "I'll play against whoever wins next time you two play alright? I'm so glad classes were cancelled today, so we could pack, it took me forever! Sorry for leaving you guys alone." motor mouth kept on going for a few more minutes, about how he was excited to go see Bill again. Hermione looks at Ron, and offers a smile. "It's alright Ron, we've been watching Dumbledore chase Prof Flitwick for the past hour" she peered about Harry's head to see if McGonagall had finally caught him. "Seems as though the problem as been fixed. " Harry laughs a little, when Ron added " I told you, Dumbledore's screws have been lose for a while now!" "He's still the greatest headmaster anyone's every had, I'm happy he's signed in till we graduate, I think he wants to make sure I'm alright. y'know?" Harry looked to his friends, for agreement, Hermione nods, and Ron also. "We understand totally.. "
Professor Lupin came towards the three and signed deeply " Would you three be kind enough to try and reason with Dumbledore that Flitwick is not an elf, but a teacher at Hogwarts!"
Harry grins brightly looking at Lupin " Sure, anytime you need help with Dumbledore we're glad to help. "
All three got up and headed over to where Dumbledore sat.
"Hello Professor Dumbledore " said Hermione and he looked at her with big eyes. "Boy, what did you drink Minerva, an aging potion?".
Hermione sighs and shakes her head, " I'm Hermione Granger, 6th year student. one of the best. " "Why of course you are young lad. " he leans up and pats Ron on the head. "I didn't speak Dumbledore, it was still Hermione.. " Ron looks to Harry, and gives him a look, that could say a million things.
[Dumbledore's lost it, he's gone absolutely blind, he needs stronger glasses, are you sure he's still as strong as before? Really! Bloody hell he needs a good doctor ] They didn't do much but talk to Dumbledore for the rest of the day. To all the Weasleys despair, they were leaving in the morning. Which left Hermione and Harry alone in Gryffindor Tower, not many students were staying for Christmas this year, which surprised both 'Mione and Harry.
"Password Dears. " said the Lady, looking at the stuffed bunch of Gryffindor students. "Good supper I s'pose" added the plump lady with a bright smile.
"Belladonna" said Hermione, the only one with enough strength to actually talk.
They all walked through the whole one by one, then the Lady swung in front of the hole to seal it shut, to any other people walking by. They all split afterwards to head to their dormitories, thank god tomorrow was a Saturday. The day all the students awaited patiently every week.
**Alright, if you haven't noticed, some chapters are small some are long! It's cause I'm trying to make it so, I don't write it all in one shot! Which is basically what I'm doing right now, but anyways. Next chapter, there will be a skip in time. :p Hope you like up to now! It will get better I promise!!!
**
Christmas was on it's way, you could notice by the frozen lake, and Hogwart's grounds being covered with a white coat of snow, and the great hall, with it's 12 Christmas trees. Hagrid had brought them in from the Forbidden Forest, and Professor Flitwick and McGonagall decorated them, like every other year. Dumbledore was becoming even more loony. He had started calling the students other students' names, and didn't even recognize Professor Lupin anymore, the DADA teacher.
"Get away from me you freak!!" shouted Dumbledore, trying to tap Lupin on the head with his cane. " Headmaster, it's me. Remus Lupin, you remember, I helped you yesterday"
Dumbledore stopped, and looked at Remus for a second "Oh my yes, dear boy, I am so sorry. "
Minerva was particularly worried about Dumbledore's state of mind, he seemed to be lost these days, she found him not long ago, talking to the hunched witch statue outside Transfiguration class. Flitwick had also told her, he was scaring the first years, by screaming ghosts, ghosts!!! Of course Peeves the school poltergeist did have something to do with influencing poor Dumbledore.
The students were especially festive, everyone was chit chatting about there plans for the Christmas holidays, Ron for a change, was heading home, the Weasleys had planned to go visit Bill in Egypt for the holidays. Draco Malfoy, Crabbe and Goyle were heading home for the holidays also. Hermione decided to keep Harry company, and well, she also had a few things to tell him.
"Thanks 'Mione" had been Harry's response to her news, he was happy she was staying, he also had a few things to tell her. They were sitting in the Great Hall while Dumbledore ran after Professor Flitwick, and Professor McGonagall running after Dumbledore.
"Get back here troll!!" said Dumbledore, obviously thinking tiny Flitwick was a troll, or an elf. Harry and Hermione were playing a game of wizard chest, fortunate for Harry it was his game, which dated from long ago, he remembered receiving it for Christmas one year. Hermione had greatly improved since the first time she played, she was almost beating Harry, when his Queen checked her King.
"Looks like you win again Harry.. " she said, looking up to him, and smiled.
Harry looked at her, and smiled back, noticing her differently for the first time since fourth year at the Yule ball. Hermione was growing into a beautiful woman and Harry let it pass him, but now he noticed. Her teeth had of course remained shorter since that unfortunate growth caused by Malfoy two years ago, her hair was longer and not so bushy, and she was much more tall, her figure was developing also. Harry on the other side, hadn't changed much, physically no, but mentally yes, all the things he's had to endure over the years, had caused him to mature much to quickly for his age. He still wore his glasses, after furious arguments with Hermione over contacts, his hair was still jet black, yet not so stubborn, he was tall, and quite in shape, Quidditch kept him on his toes. Harry coughs, to break the silence of this awkward moment, then Ron came walking into the Great Hall and sat down next to them. "I'll play against whoever wins next time you two play alright? I'm so glad classes were cancelled today, so we could pack, it took me forever! Sorry for leaving you guys alone." motor mouth kept on going for a few more minutes, about how he was excited to go see Bill again. Hermione looks at Ron, and offers a smile. "It's alright Ron, we've been watching Dumbledore chase Prof Flitwick for the past hour" she peered about Harry's head to see if McGonagall had finally caught him. "Seems as though the problem as been fixed. " Harry laughs a little, when Ron added " I told you, Dumbledore's screws have been lose for a while now!" "He's still the greatest headmaster anyone's every had, I'm happy he's signed in till we graduate, I think he wants to make sure I'm alright. y'know?" Harry looked to his friends, for agreement, Hermione nods, and Ron also. "We understand totally.. "
Professor Lupin came towards the three and signed deeply " Would you three be kind enough to try and reason with Dumbledore that Flitwick is not an elf, but a teacher at Hogwarts!"
Harry grins brightly looking at Lupin " Sure, anytime you need help with Dumbledore we're glad to help. "
All three got up and headed over to where Dumbledore sat.
"Hello Professor Dumbledore " said Hermione and he looked at her with big eyes. "Boy, what did you drink Minerva, an aging potion?".
Hermione sighs and shakes her head, " I'm Hermione Granger, 6th year student. one of the best. " "Why of course you are young lad. " he leans up and pats Ron on the head. "I didn't speak Dumbledore, it was still Hermione.. " Ron looks to Harry, and gives him a look, that could say a million things.
[Dumbledore's lost it, he's gone absolutely blind, he needs stronger glasses, are you sure he's still as strong as before? Really! Bloody hell he needs a good doctor ] They didn't do much but talk to Dumbledore for the rest of the day. To all the Weasleys despair, they were leaving in the morning. Which left Hermione and Harry alone in Gryffindor Tower, not many students were staying for Christmas this year, which surprised both 'Mione and Harry.