Catching Shadows Chapter 3
A/N: sorry the second chapter was so short. This one's longer.
"Oops!" Neville exclaimed, clumsy as ever. He had spilled his soup. for the third time! Despite his newly grown muscles, he always managed to spill something, push a statue over or receive hate mail. He barbarically wiped up the spill with his sleeve. Lavender stared longingly at him.
"I wonder how Lavender ever wound up with. Neville!" Ron whispered, making Harry laugh.
"What's so funny?" Hermione asked.
"Oh, nothing." Harry answered, through laughing outbursts.
"Hmpf." Hermione childishly pouted. She then brought the steaming hippogriff meat to her mouth and ate.
"So, what's it like being a seven-year?" Ginny asked Hermione, anxiously.
"Oh, well, I haven't experienced all that much, Gin," she answered and then the two friends laughed.
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Malfoy glanced over at the Gryffindor table. "Pitiful," he announced, and the whole Slytherin table agreed. Malfoy watched as beautiful Hermione and Ginny Weasley conversed. "No!" he thought. "I'm with Pansy, anyway." He convinced himself. "Besides, she's mudblood's best friend."
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"I wonder who the heads of the houses will be!" Hermione exclaimed, excitedly.
"Oh," Ginny answered, "I just know they'll choose you, Herm." She finished in admiration Ginny wanted so much to be like Hermione.
"I hope so," Hermione nervously replied.
"Ehem," Professor Dumbledore cleared his throat and rose. Behind him were golden walls, more than half as tall as the Empire State building. The entire hall became silent, despite a few whispers. "First of all, I would like to welcome all of the first years to Hogwarts!" The crowd cheered. "And as for the rest of you, welcome back! Now, Ii will announce the house heads. In Slytherin. Draco Malfoy!" Dumbledore slightly frowned.
The Gryffindor table groaned, while Slytherin cheered. Dumbledore went through the houses, then finally reached Gryffindor.
"The head of Gryffindor is. Hermione Granger!"
"Well done!" Ron congratulated Hermione.
"As they say in the muggle world, Ditto!" Ginny exclaimed happily.
Harry was the last to congratulate Hermione. "Congrats!" Harry said, slightly jealous.
"Aw, thanks guys!" Hermione blushed.
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At the Slytherin table.
"Looks like know-it-all Granger's the head girl of Gryffindor!" Malfoy sneered. "Damnit, that's another thing in the way of Potter," he thought. Pansy stared lovingly at him.
"And what are YOU looking at?" he asked, annoyed.
"Sorry." Pansy gulped. The only reason she loved Malfoy was because. she was afraid not to. If she failed to complete his "sevices," she would most certainly be punished. It was truly unfair, but she knew that she could tell no one. "Should I just tell him I want out?" she thought, sadly. She slouched. The answer was no.
A/N: sorry the second chapter was so short. This one's longer.
"Oops!" Neville exclaimed, clumsy as ever. He had spilled his soup. for the third time! Despite his newly grown muscles, he always managed to spill something, push a statue over or receive hate mail. He barbarically wiped up the spill with his sleeve. Lavender stared longingly at him.
"I wonder how Lavender ever wound up with. Neville!" Ron whispered, making Harry laugh.
"What's so funny?" Hermione asked.
"Oh, nothing." Harry answered, through laughing outbursts.
"Hmpf." Hermione childishly pouted. She then brought the steaming hippogriff meat to her mouth and ate.
"So, what's it like being a seven-year?" Ginny asked Hermione, anxiously.
"Oh, well, I haven't experienced all that much, Gin," she answered and then the two friends laughed.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Malfoy glanced over at the Gryffindor table. "Pitiful," he announced, and the whole Slytherin table agreed. Malfoy watched as beautiful Hermione and Ginny Weasley conversed. "No!" he thought. "I'm with Pansy, anyway." He convinced himself. "Besides, she's mudblood's best friend."
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
"I wonder who the heads of the houses will be!" Hermione exclaimed, excitedly.
"Oh," Ginny answered, "I just know they'll choose you, Herm." She finished in admiration Ginny wanted so much to be like Hermione.
"I hope so," Hermione nervously replied.
"Ehem," Professor Dumbledore cleared his throat and rose. Behind him were golden walls, more than half as tall as the Empire State building. The entire hall became silent, despite a few whispers. "First of all, I would like to welcome all of the first years to Hogwarts!" The crowd cheered. "And as for the rest of you, welcome back! Now, Ii will announce the house heads. In Slytherin. Draco Malfoy!" Dumbledore slightly frowned.
The Gryffindor table groaned, while Slytherin cheered. Dumbledore went through the houses, then finally reached Gryffindor.
"The head of Gryffindor is. Hermione Granger!"
"Well done!" Ron congratulated Hermione.
"As they say in the muggle world, Ditto!" Ginny exclaimed happily.
Harry was the last to congratulate Hermione. "Congrats!" Harry said, slightly jealous.
"Aw, thanks guys!" Hermione blushed.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
At the Slytherin table.
"Looks like know-it-all Granger's the head girl of Gryffindor!" Malfoy sneered. "Damnit, that's another thing in the way of Potter," he thought. Pansy stared lovingly at him.
"And what are YOU looking at?" he asked, annoyed.
"Sorry." Pansy gulped. The only reason she loved Malfoy was because. she was afraid not to. If she failed to complete his "sevices," she would most certainly be punished. It was truly unfair, but she knew that she could tell no one. "Should I just tell him I want out?" she thought, sadly. She slouched. The answer was no.