AN: Hey! I'm SORRY i took so long!!!! I was (taps nose) studying for S.S! yeah! blame it on my frigen SS teacher! lolol I dont know wat else to say but pleeeeeeeeeeze R/R! This one's pretty short unlike the others but do you want a cliffhanger? I thought so. Now im going to do wat my freinds do: FLAME ME! lol im dead serious i need to get some flames - im to hyper... and thats it! Read!


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Ironic Feelings - Part 8


Hermione quickly got her shoes on but before she could get out the door her two roommates blocked her way.

"So is Ron…free this afternoon or what?" Lavender asked.

"Well, I don't know…I thought it was going to be Harry, Ron, and me…" She trailed off. "I don't know, Lavender." Lavender looked disappointed and stomped away.

"And Dean?" Parvati asked still blocking her way.

"I don't know!" Hermione said angrily, throwing her hands up. "If you want to know then go and ask them yourselves."

She quickly got out of the room before another fight broke out. Hermione met up with Harry and Ron in the common room.

"Wassamatter? You're like - " Ron made an impression of someone looking drunk. Hermione laughed.

"No it's just Lavender…she wants to go with you to Hogsmeade," Hermione laughed at seeing Ron's ears turn crimson. "The only thing is she wont shut up! Not only her but Parvati too." She shook her head. "Come on let's go to breakfast, we might just make it."

"Breakfast is done Hermione," Harry said, talking to her as if she was a little kid. "It's lunch time."

"Wha- no! It can't be lunch time already!" but Hermione but her watch told her it was 12:00 also. "Well then, let's go to lunch."

The trio headed to lunch and sat in their usual seats at the Gryffindor Table. The lunch was Hermione's favorite: macaroni and cheese. From her outlook nothing could ruin her day until-

"Why did you guys bring your stuff? And why is everyone in a hurry?" She said looking at everyone rushing to eat and leave.

"The Hogwarts Express leaves at a 12:30, Hermione!" Ron exclaimed. "Where are you today? In la-la land or something?" But Hermione wasn't listening to his remarks about her being in a different world. "It's 12:27! We've gotta go!"

"Let me rush up to the Gryffin-"

"We haven't got time!" Ron argued. Hermione sighed.

"You guys go…I wasn't really looking forward to it anyway," Hermione shrugged.

"I'm sure," Harry said calmly. "We'll just take me invisibility cloak and use the One Eyed Witch tunnel to Honeydukes. I took all the time in our third year and so have Fred and George."

"What if we get caught?" Hermione exclaimed.

"What if we don't." Ron said firmly. "We're wasting time here…"

"Come on let's go to the Gryffindor Tower," Harry said breaking up their dispute. Hoping they wouldn't see Snape along the way, they fled to the Gryffindor Tower. This time they bumped into the Transfiguration Professor. Unlike everyone else on Muggle clothes, she was wearing burgundy robes.

"Where are you three going?" McGonagall asked suspiciously. "Isn't there a Hogsmeade trip?"

"We missed the train."

"Really?" She said consulting her watch. "It's supposed to be leaving in one minute."

"Must have left early Professor." Ron lied again.

She raised an eyebrow but chose not to say anything. Once she was out of earshot Hermione bombarded Ron.

"How are we gonna go now, eh, Ron?" Hermione asked angrily.

"Maybe we won't go, like we said," Ron reasoned.

"We said? You mean, you said."

"Look how about we just don't let McGonagall see us?" Harry asked, obviously getting sick of them arguing, this early in the year.

They finally agreed as the neared the Portrait of the Fat Lady.

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Harry waited patiently in the common room while Hermione got her stuff. Ron on the other hand was getting ticked off.

"What's taking her so long?" he complained.

"Girls take a while, I guess," Harry replied.

"And why do I need to know that?"

"Because, you'll be with Lavender most of the Hogsmeade Visit." Ron's ears turned red, making Harry laugh.

"What's so funny?" Hermione asked. She came down the stairs with a messenger bag over her shoulder.

"Oh, you know, the original - teasing Ron about Lavender," Harry told her. They started towards the portrait before Harry remembered some things he needed. He ran up to his dorm and came back down with the invisibility cloak and the Marauders Map. Before going out they checked it. Nobody was in their path to the One Eyed Witch, but there was only one problem. It was right across from Professor Lupin's office…that happened to be occupied.

"C'mon, Let's go," Hermione said pushing open the portrait, but Harry and Ron stood still. Ron took the map and showed her that if they decided to go, it would be risky.

"The door's closed and we've got the invisibility cloak - nothings gonna happen." But Hermione didn't know about Lupin and McGonagall…

They chose to go anyway. Their footsteps echoed through the halls, which made Harry nervous. Cautiously they made their way to the classroom.

Harry checked the map to make sure nobody was in it and went by it just as quietly.

They quickly and quietly went back to the statue of the one-eyed witch.

"Dissendium," Harry whispered, tapping it with his wand. It creaked as they opened it. Ron slid in…

Someone pushed back a chair in Lupin's office. Harry pushed Hermione after Ron then jumped in along with them. Ron took off the cloak. They slid down the chute and onto the ground packed with dirt.

"That was clo-" But someone stepped in. Harry quickly threw the cloak over them and slowly scooted back, against the wall trying not to make any sound.

"Come on Minerva," someone said opening the statue.

"And what is this?" another voice said.

"A passageway to Hogsmeade," said the first voice. One of them gasped.

"I was wondering what there was behind this portrait…"

"All of them have something behind them?"

"Yeah, but you need the password to get in them…I thought you'd know that, Remus."

Their conversation went on as they walked down the tunnel, their voices echoing. Though it was pitch black, Harry knew the two people were McGonagall and Lupin. It wasn't until then he realized Hermione was on his lap trembling, drilling her fingernails into his arm.

"Herm," Harry whispered struggling to prevent permanent imprints in his arm. "Calm down."

"Let's go back," she whispered.

"No," Ron said firmly. "We're not going back."

So, they took Ron's advice and left to Hogsmeade, once McGonagall and Lupin were gone.

Ron complained how long it took, as they went down the rickety path, stumbling over one thing or another. Hermione was fretting about what would happen if a Professor saw them.

"What if McGonagall sees us? We'll get detention and lose points for Gryffindor…" But that was the least of Harry's worries. How was he going to tell Hermione? What if Lavender wasn't there? If so, how could he tell Hermione? Harry pushed it to the back of his mind, trying to forget it.

They started up the stairs as another worry troubled him: How were they going to get in unnoticed? But that was before he realized they had the invisibility cloak with them.

"We have to be careful, even though we have the invisibility cloak," Harry told them. They nodded. Panting, finally reaching the top of the stairs, they put on the cloak.

As Harry and Ron lifted the trapdoor, it screeched loudly, and they dropped it with a thud. They heard footsteps…

Hermione whipped out her wand. "Mutalmus," she whispered. Harry tried to ask her what spell she did, but found out he couldn't talk. No, he could talk, just that he couldn't hear himself. Perhaps the spell made him deaf? But no he could hear footsteps and people upstairs, in Honeydukes.

Ron poked him, probably meaning that he needed help lifting the trapdoor up. They lifted it up a bit to see one of the workers at Honeydukes, wheezing as he brought a box up the stairs with difficulty. They waited until he was gone and climbed out. They were very fortunate Hermione knew that spell, if she hadn't who knows how much troubled they'd get into. They carelessly went up the stairs, grateful for the fact they no longer made any noise.

Then there was another problem to encounter: how were they going to leave without bumping into someone (or some people)? Harry felt a familiar grip on his arm; meaning Hermione was to his left. Ron on his right yanked his other arm towards behind the counter. It was long and narrow, ending near the door.

They flattened themselves against the wall, Hermione still drilling her hands into his now numb arm, and squeezed past the cashier. After that, with difficulty, they hopped over the wall of the counter. As soon as someone left they ran after them and out the door. They got out of the busy intersection and behind a tree they slipped off the invisibility cloak.

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AN: I know nothing big happened but the next part there will! I promise, I promise! Review, review, review! I love reviews! lol - watch me make up a song!