CHAPTER ONE
"Seventh years- you know the way. Guide the 1st years t' their bunks." Hagrid thundered. The giant laughed heartily when he saw Harry. "Well, what a nice surprise! Harry, Ron and Hermione returnin' fer their last year! List'n, don't be about messin' with Molfoy 'gain like last year-" Hagrid laughed with the new seventh years. "Let's ju' say he was 'fired' in Potions class." The giant chuckled and then went off to help the first years.
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"Wow, our seventh year!" Hermione smiled. Her smile was straight, even perfect. She had changed so much over the summer. Her figure was nice; complete- even womanly. Over the summer, she had straightened her hair, which was now gorgeous. She seemed like a new person.
"I'm so worried about the exams!" Hermione exclaimed.
Well, if one thing had not changed, it was her love of school! Secretly, though, she disliked being a "goody-two-shoes."
"Yes!" said Ron, sarcastically. "We only have TEN MONTHS to study!" Harry laughed. It was great to have the whole gang back at Hogwarts. But even better- Ron and Hermione were together, due to his wondrous matchmaking. Harry sighed a lonely sigh. He was the only one without a girlfriend. Sure, he had dated Parvati, a few muggles over the summer, and some Gryffindor girls. However, it did not feel like "magic," pardon a pun.
"HARRY!" Ron yelled and waved his hand in front of his face. "Earth to Harry!"
"Oh, sorry, I guess I must have been daydreaming." He replied.
"You could say that again!" Hermione laughed. Ron admired her laugh so. Unlike his "maniac laugh," or so his friends called it, hers was girl-ish, and very warm. Then, from nowhere, a cold voice said, "Well, if it isn't the mudblood and her low-life friends."
"Malfoy! I thought you'd have become more mature by now!" Hermione said, in a "know-it-all" voice.
"Disappointed?" Malfoy asked, then laughed coldly and strutted away. He had grown much taller, and his muscles were very toned. However, his good looks did not make up for his harsh personality, according to the inseparable three. Now, the Ravenclaw and Slytherin girls disagreed. In fact, Malfoy would have several girls at a time, wrapped around this horrid finger. Many doubted he was a virgin; especially the girls who claimed to have slept with him.
"Ugh, the beast!" Hermione exclaimed, and shuddered.
"Yes, and now he is going steady with Pansy, but we all know that he has many more girls than that!" Ron exclaimed.
Hermione frowned. "Girls? Ron, we're nearly eighteen! It would be proper for you to call us WOMEN."
"Sorry." Ron said, then chuckled to himself.
"You can say THAT again!" Harry exclaimed as someone passed him. "Who's she?"
"Don't be a dope, Harry! That's Gin!" Ron answered. Ginny Weasley had grown much taller, and had beautiful flaming red hair, like Ron's.
"Wow! She looks different!" Harry exclaimed.
"Oh, cut it out guys, let's get ready for dinner!" Hermione said happily. The young men agreed. Hermione had a strange power over them. "Hey, Ginny! Come to dinner with us!" The six-year beauty agreed, excited to join her brother and best friend.
"Hermione! Let's go wash up and leave the boys time to talk!" Ginny giggled.
"Yes, let's!" Hermione agreed. Then the girls walked away together, giggling and reminiscing about their summers.
"What would we talk about?" Ron asked playfully. "Muggle sports!" He suddenly exclaimed.
"My! That was random, Ron!" Harry said, surprised.
"Yes, but have you ever played soccer?" Ron asked. Harry seemed very interested. The two friends walked away. They could have sworn they say something move in the shadows.
"Seventh years- you know the way. Guide the 1st years t' their bunks." Hagrid thundered. The giant laughed heartily when he saw Harry. "Well, what a nice surprise! Harry, Ron and Hermione returnin' fer their last year! List'n, don't be about messin' with Molfoy 'gain like last year-" Hagrid laughed with the new seventh years. "Let's ju' say he was 'fired' in Potions class." The giant chuckled and then went off to help the first years.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
"Wow, our seventh year!" Hermione smiled. Her smile was straight, even perfect. She had changed so much over the summer. Her figure was nice; complete- even womanly. Over the summer, she had straightened her hair, which was now gorgeous. She seemed like a new person.
"I'm so worried about the exams!" Hermione exclaimed.
Well, if one thing had not changed, it was her love of school! Secretly, though, she disliked being a "goody-two-shoes."
"Yes!" said Ron, sarcastically. "We only have TEN MONTHS to study!" Harry laughed. It was great to have the whole gang back at Hogwarts. But even better- Ron and Hermione were together, due to his wondrous matchmaking. Harry sighed a lonely sigh. He was the only one without a girlfriend. Sure, he had dated Parvati, a few muggles over the summer, and some Gryffindor girls. However, it did not feel like "magic," pardon a pun.
"HARRY!" Ron yelled and waved his hand in front of his face. "Earth to Harry!"
"Oh, sorry, I guess I must have been daydreaming." He replied.
"You could say that again!" Hermione laughed. Ron admired her laugh so. Unlike his "maniac laugh," or so his friends called it, hers was girl-ish, and very warm. Then, from nowhere, a cold voice said, "Well, if it isn't the mudblood and her low-life friends."
"Malfoy! I thought you'd have become more mature by now!" Hermione said, in a "know-it-all" voice.
"Disappointed?" Malfoy asked, then laughed coldly and strutted away. He had grown much taller, and his muscles were very toned. However, his good looks did not make up for his harsh personality, according to the inseparable three. Now, the Ravenclaw and Slytherin girls disagreed. In fact, Malfoy would have several girls at a time, wrapped around this horrid finger. Many doubted he was a virgin; especially the girls who claimed to have slept with him.
"Ugh, the beast!" Hermione exclaimed, and shuddered.
"Yes, and now he is going steady with Pansy, but we all know that he has many more girls than that!" Ron exclaimed.
Hermione frowned. "Girls? Ron, we're nearly eighteen! It would be proper for you to call us WOMEN."
"Sorry." Ron said, then chuckled to himself.
"You can say THAT again!" Harry exclaimed as someone passed him. "Who's she?"
"Don't be a dope, Harry! That's Gin!" Ron answered. Ginny Weasley had grown much taller, and had beautiful flaming red hair, like Ron's.
"Wow! She looks different!" Harry exclaimed.
"Oh, cut it out guys, let's get ready for dinner!" Hermione said happily. The young men agreed. Hermione had a strange power over them. "Hey, Ginny! Come to dinner with us!" The six-year beauty agreed, excited to join her brother and best friend.
"Hermione! Let's go wash up and leave the boys time to talk!" Ginny giggled.
"Yes, let's!" Hermione agreed. Then the girls walked away together, giggling and reminiscing about their summers.
"What would we talk about?" Ron asked playfully. "Muggle sports!" He suddenly exclaimed.
"My! That was random, Ron!" Harry said, surprised.
"Yes, but have you ever played soccer?" Ron asked. Harry seemed very interested. The two friends walked away. They could have sworn they say something move in the shadows.