[disclaimer :: yeah like you haven't heard.. I-DO-NOT-OWN-HP-CHARACTERS.. I
keep posting it though just to make sure.. No one wants to get sewed
anytime soon now do they ^___^]
// CHAPTER 3 :: A Hogwarts Announcement
When Draco and Sarah entered the Great Hall there wasn't many people in there. A few third years were sitting at the Slytherin table and a couple other students in the Ravenclaw table. Soon after Harry and Ginny entered. They sat down and waited for the rest of Hogwarts. Ten minutes later, the Hall was filled with excitement and Hermione and Ron entered. Dumbledore proceeded into the middle of the Great Hall, there was silence. "I hope you had a good day everyone." He said with power in his voice. "As you may be wondering, there is a surprise tonight." There was a small murmur from the tables.
Dumbledore had a wide grin stretched across his face. "Well," Dumbledore continued. He was quite slow saying this, as if he was picking his words very carefully. "Tonight, you shall all sleep in the Great Hall. Many students, and teachers have all come to me asking for this to happen, as last time when it happened, they thoroughly enjoyed it, apart from the breaking in of Sirius Black." Harry noticed Dumbledore's slight smile at the mention of Sirius Black, Harry too, felt a warmness when his Godfather's name was said. "How do you all feel about this?" Dumbledore asked. There was silence for a few minutes, and then one by one each table started cheering. "Very well. Enjoy your dinner, go back up to your houses, change and then come back down. Prefects, Head Boy, Head Girl, lead your house, please." Dumbledore walked away. Why exactly was Dumbledore doing this? As Harry knew, Dumbledore had been a very good headmaster, but why would he do this? So soon after school, something must be going on that Dumbledore hadn't informed the students in. Harry thought about this the whole time as he ate. "What's wrong, Harry?" Ginny asked slightly alarmed. "Oh, nothing." Harry lied. Quickly, everyone was going up to his or her houses to change for bed. Hermione and Ginny had already gone up to change. "C'mon Harry!" Ron said happily as he put down his goblet.
Harry followed Ron up the large stairs and to the corridor where the entrance of the Gryffindor common room was. "What's wrong?" Ron asked noticing Harry's quietness. "Oh, nothing, really." Harry lied, again. "Yes there is" Ron stated, "usually you'd be very happy about things like this. And, even if you knew ahead of time, you just seem so quiet." Ron said sitting down infront of the Fat Lady's painting. "Er-well, I've just been thinking.. Why would Dumbledore do this? It seems a bit, well- you know, odd of him doing this, I know Dumbledore's great any everything.. But, why?" Harry felt relieved to get it out of him. "Dunno. Perhaps, he just felt like it?" Ron asked. Ron knew he wasn't helping Harry much, but now he, too questioned the act. They stood up and said to the Fat Lady 'Babbling grindylows' and went into the common room. There were many people in it, all in their pajamas. "You two, hurry up!" George said throwing them an impatient look. "All right, all right, geroff of mee!" Ron said walking up to their dormitory.
Ron and Harry quickly ran down in the common room and to the Great Hall. They entered seeing many people already in their sleeping bags. Ron eyed two sleeping bags quite close together near four other sleeping bags. "Hi Sarah, Draco." Ron waved. "Hey Ron. Glad we were here so early! Would've had to been near the teachers!" Hermione said pointing at the sleeping bag next to her. Each row of sleeping bags, there was a teacher near by, luckily, Harry, Ginny, Sarah, Draco, Ron and Hermione were near Oliver Wood. "Oh, it's quite hot isn't it?" He asked the six as he patrolled a row of sleeping bags here and there. "YES." Sarah said a little louder than she had meant to. "Oops!" She blushed. "Er- I've got to go to the bathroom." Harry said getting up and walking towards Lupin. "Umm, Professor. Why're we here?" Harry asked quietly so that only Lupin and him could hear. "What do you mean, Harry?" He asked, in the same quiet voice. "Well, er--I mean, we're not here for no reason, and I doubt it's because students asked to have slept here. Am I right?" Harry replied. "Well, Harry, there isn't any fooling you... Ever since the mishap at the end of the Triwizard Tournaments, we've had to take extra precaution...With He-who-must-not-be- named prowling around. The most likely place for him to come would be here, wouldn't it?" Lupin replied. Harry had lost all color in his face. "Yooo-y- you mean... it's because of Voldemort? That we're in here?" Harry's hand was slightly trembling. "It's all right, Harry. Don't worry, it's just a precaution. Go back to sleep, you're just tired." Lupin said father-like as he put his hand on Harry's shoulder. "ah-alright." Harry said, as if it was hard for him to talk and went back to his sleeping bag. "Harry? What's wrong?" Ginny noticed his paleness. "Oh. Er, nothing, I just got spooked, Peeves. You know him." Harry said as he pushed up his glasses. He felt sweat trickling down his forehead. "I'm really tired." He said taking his glasses off. "G'Night." Ginny and Hermione looked at each other, both worried for Harry. "Herm.. Is there something wrong with Harry? He seems odd, and he's already asleep." Ginny looked at Harry. Ginny put her hand on Harry's arm. "I thought you might've known, but don't worry I'm sure he'll be fine." Hermione whispered to Ginny. Just then they heard Oliver quite loudly yell, "NO SNOGGING YOU TWO!" They looked down at who he was talking to, it was Draco and Sarah. Hermione and Ginny started to laugh. "You two, no touching!" Oliver said a little flushed. "Looks like Mr. Wood is making a fine teacher." Hermione giggled. "A very fine one!" Ginny smiled. "Anyway. Yes, I think your right.. Harry does look a bit odd and very pale." Hermione said, in a serious tone.
[a.n. :: This Chap. Is much shorter than the others! ^___^ hehe I'm proud of myself. R/R!!]
// CHAPTER 3 :: A Hogwarts Announcement
When Draco and Sarah entered the Great Hall there wasn't many people in there. A few third years were sitting at the Slytherin table and a couple other students in the Ravenclaw table. Soon after Harry and Ginny entered. They sat down and waited for the rest of Hogwarts. Ten minutes later, the Hall was filled with excitement and Hermione and Ron entered. Dumbledore proceeded into the middle of the Great Hall, there was silence. "I hope you had a good day everyone." He said with power in his voice. "As you may be wondering, there is a surprise tonight." There was a small murmur from the tables.
Dumbledore had a wide grin stretched across his face. "Well," Dumbledore continued. He was quite slow saying this, as if he was picking his words very carefully. "Tonight, you shall all sleep in the Great Hall. Many students, and teachers have all come to me asking for this to happen, as last time when it happened, they thoroughly enjoyed it, apart from the breaking in of Sirius Black." Harry noticed Dumbledore's slight smile at the mention of Sirius Black, Harry too, felt a warmness when his Godfather's name was said. "How do you all feel about this?" Dumbledore asked. There was silence for a few minutes, and then one by one each table started cheering. "Very well. Enjoy your dinner, go back up to your houses, change and then come back down. Prefects, Head Boy, Head Girl, lead your house, please." Dumbledore walked away. Why exactly was Dumbledore doing this? As Harry knew, Dumbledore had been a very good headmaster, but why would he do this? So soon after school, something must be going on that Dumbledore hadn't informed the students in. Harry thought about this the whole time as he ate. "What's wrong, Harry?" Ginny asked slightly alarmed. "Oh, nothing." Harry lied. Quickly, everyone was going up to his or her houses to change for bed. Hermione and Ginny had already gone up to change. "C'mon Harry!" Ron said happily as he put down his goblet.
Harry followed Ron up the large stairs and to the corridor where the entrance of the Gryffindor common room was. "What's wrong?" Ron asked noticing Harry's quietness. "Oh, nothing, really." Harry lied, again. "Yes there is" Ron stated, "usually you'd be very happy about things like this. And, even if you knew ahead of time, you just seem so quiet." Ron said sitting down infront of the Fat Lady's painting. "Er-well, I've just been thinking.. Why would Dumbledore do this? It seems a bit, well- you know, odd of him doing this, I know Dumbledore's great any everything.. But, why?" Harry felt relieved to get it out of him. "Dunno. Perhaps, he just felt like it?" Ron asked. Ron knew he wasn't helping Harry much, but now he, too questioned the act. They stood up and said to the Fat Lady 'Babbling grindylows' and went into the common room. There were many people in it, all in their pajamas. "You two, hurry up!" George said throwing them an impatient look. "All right, all right, geroff of mee!" Ron said walking up to their dormitory.
Ron and Harry quickly ran down in the common room and to the Great Hall. They entered seeing many people already in their sleeping bags. Ron eyed two sleeping bags quite close together near four other sleeping bags. "Hi Sarah, Draco." Ron waved. "Hey Ron. Glad we were here so early! Would've had to been near the teachers!" Hermione said pointing at the sleeping bag next to her. Each row of sleeping bags, there was a teacher near by, luckily, Harry, Ginny, Sarah, Draco, Ron and Hermione were near Oliver Wood. "Oh, it's quite hot isn't it?" He asked the six as he patrolled a row of sleeping bags here and there. "YES." Sarah said a little louder than she had meant to. "Oops!" She blushed. "Er- I've got to go to the bathroom." Harry said getting up and walking towards Lupin. "Umm, Professor. Why're we here?" Harry asked quietly so that only Lupin and him could hear. "What do you mean, Harry?" He asked, in the same quiet voice. "Well, er--I mean, we're not here for no reason, and I doubt it's because students asked to have slept here. Am I right?" Harry replied. "Well, Harry, there isn't any fooling you... Ever since the mishap at the end of the Triwizard Tournaments, we've had to take extra precaution...With He-who-must-not-be- named prowling around. The most likely place for him to come would be here, wouldn't it?" Lupin replied. Harry had lost all color in his face. "Yooo-y- you mean... it's because of Voldemort? That we're in here?" Harry's hand was slightly trembling. "It's all right, Harry. Don't worry, it's just a precaution. Go back to sleep, you're just tired." Lupin said father-like as he put his hand on Harry's shoulder. "ah-alright." Harry said, as if it was hard for him to talk and went back to his sleeping bag. "Harry? What's wrong?" Ginny noticed his paleness. "Oh. Er, nothing, I just got spooked, Peeves. You know him." Harry said as he pushed up his glasses. He felt sweat trickling down his forehead. "I'm really tired." He said taking his glasses off. "G'Night." Ginny and Hermione looked at each other, both worried for Harry. "Herm.. Is there something wrong with Harry? He seems odd, and he's already asleep." Ginny looked at Harry. Ginny put her hand on Harry's arm. "I thought you might've known, but don't worry I'm sure he'll be fine." Hermione whispered to Ginny. Just then they heard Oliver quite loudly yell, "NO SNOGGING YOU TWO!" They looked down at who he was talking to, it was Draco and Sarah. Hermione and Ginny started to laugh. "You two, no touching!" Oliver said a little flushed. "Looks like Mr. Wood is making a fine teacher." Hermione giggled. "A very fine one!" Ginny smiled. "Anyway. Yes, I think your right.. Harry does look a bit odd and very pale." Hermione said, in a serious tone.
[a.n. :: This Chap. Is much shorter than the others! ^___^ hehe I'm proud of myself. R/R!!]