Harry weakly opened one eye, and immediately shut it. The light was
blinding, he put his arm in front of the light. Then opened up his eyes,
someone was lying in a chair next to him. He groped around on his bedside
table, his glasses wasn't there.
"Hey Harry" A voice came from the right of him, from the bed.
"Ron?" Harry asked blurriely.
"Yeh it's me. We er-kinda both got knocked out, oh in case if your wondering your glasses are broken. So they threw them out" Ron said, cheerfully.
"Oh that helps!" Harry said, sarcastly.
"Whos sitting down?" Harry asked, glancing at the sleeping person.
"Umm that's Sirius. I just woke up today, he's been there all day." Ron answered, then he remebered something.
"There's some contacts on the table though, yeh in that box" Ron said when Harry had the box. He opened it and put them in, finally his veiw went into focus.
"So much more better!" Harry said.
"Harry? Your awake!" Sirius pratically yelled. "Its been three full days!".
The Day After They Got Out~ Binns Class
"Ahhh.. Im falling" Harry moaned, his head hit the desk. And pretended to let out a loud snore, the class looked at him then went back to their normal sleepy position.
"Excuse me . Mr. Punner was it? There is no need for that noise" Proffesser Binns said, then went back to his usally drone voice.
"Punner?" Harry asked Ron bewildered.
"Dunno, next time he'll probably call you Pooper!" Ron smirked, Harry elbowed him.
Alex watched from the back of the class, he was sitting with his friends. Draco, Crabbe and Goyle. He was sorted into Slytherin, he expected this. His father was the same, and they say bloods thicker then friends. Alex watched them yernlly (sp) as they joked around, he was Harry's friend. He was suppose to be Harry's only friend, they promised each other they would be best buds till the end. And Alex was already replaced by a-a Weasl!
"Come on Alex, quit watching." Draco scolded. "He's not like us, hes a gryffindor. Friends with Mudblood and a Weasel."
"Yeah but." Alex said, then broke off.
"Yeah but what?" Draco asked.
"What if, well he is a Gryffindor you can't change that. But maybe he can become a deatheater like us." Alex said, in an undertone.
"What that's RIDICOULS!" Draco exlaimed a bit to loudly. This time Proffesser Binns put down the book.
"I don't think war against goblins and pixie's in the 200's funny, mr. Fox!" He said his face was more silver then usal.
"Now if you class don't settle down RIGHT NOW! Im going give every single one of you, yes even you miss parkasin detention!" Binns barked, eyeing everysingle student in the room. They glanced uneasily at one another, they had never seen him this angry before.
"Now then, you heard me. I will continue." He picked up the book, somehow and went back to reading.
"As I was saying, that's ridiculas. He would never join us! Not even if he had to face death!" Draco whispered, after shooting Proffesser Binns a look.
"oh, well we could persue our Lord into helping out .a bit" Alex said thoughtfully. They shot Harry an evil glance, not knowing that Hermonie was watching the intently from the other side of the classroom.
On the way to their Defence Against Dark Arts class, their first with Proffesser Lupin. That is for Ron and Harry, they ran across some trouble.
"Come on give it back!" a girls voice yelled, their was some sniggers. As Ron and Harry rounded the corner they noticed what was going on.
A girl was trying to get back homework from an overgrown guy, who apperently was a Slytherin. Him and his group of dummies, were laughing as she tried to reach the papers, he hold out of her reach.
"Please" She whimpered, her eyes watering.
"Give It back, you jer ks or im getting a teacher!" Her friend snapped, her eyes blazing with anger. She looked like she would fight instead of running to a teacher.
Harry and Ron came over, and shot each other a glance.
"Whats going on here?" Ron asked.
"Oh does the the little boy want to fight?" The Slytherin snerred, Ron turned red in the face, his freckles dissapered.
"Ron, this is not helping!" Harry said, grabbing the back of his robes. Ron stopped but his fists were still clenched.
The Slytherins laughed. The bell rang, indicating the start if classes.
"Nott, Avery, Steves get in here!" Screamed a witch, her head popping out of the classroom.
"Oh great! Im not done with you" pointing to the girl. "Or you two!" Pointing to Ron and Harry. Ron rolled his eyes, they shoved past him.
They dropped the papers, they scattered on the floor. Ron and Harry bent down to help, Harry passed the sheets to her.
"Here you go. Charlotte?" Harry said, perring at the sheet. "I never saw you around, what year are you in?" Ron asked.
"5th" She sniffed slightly.
"Whats it to you?" Her friend snapped.
"Nothing just asking, Im in 5th to. But I still never seen you around, both of you" Ron said suspicously.
"Oh for heavens sakes, were you not at the sorting ceramony?" she asked, rolling her eyes.
"No" Ron and Harry said at the same time.
"Were part of the transfers, from all over the country. Im from Wales, and shes from Canada." She continued pretending to not have heard him.
"Oh" Ron said dumbly.
"House?" Harry asked immediately.
"Ravenclaw, both of us" Charlotte said.
"Oh we're in Gryffindor, . oh shoot!" Harry shouted.
"What?" They asked at the same time.
"Class!"
"Oh no! Lupin's going to kill us, literally. And your in for it Harry, he said he was going to tell Sirius everything. And the first class for us to!" Ron groaned.
"Oh! You have the same class as us now!" Charlotte's friend said.
"oh how stup!d of me! Im Jennifer Walsh, but do not call me Jennifer. or I'll skin you alive" Jen thretened.
They opened up the door a little bit and looked in, the whole class was looking at them. Harry turning slightly red in the face, but not as much as Charlotte, opened the door fully.
Lupin was in the front of the classroom, writing down on the board to study. On his desk was the usal speicmen that they were studying.
"Take a seat, I will be with you in a moment" Lupin said, without looking up from the chalkboard.
Harry gulped, and walked all the way to the back to where Hermonie was sitting all by herself. And sat down next to her, Ron sat on the other side. Charlotte and Jen were looking nervously around the room, Harry waved them over.
Charlotte looking relived sat down next to him, and Jen next to her. Now the row was filled, and so was the classroom.
Hermonie didn't look up from her notes, she kept writing until she finally stopped and looked up at Ron and Harry.
"Where were you?" She whispered.
Ron was quickly scribbling notes down, Harry explained.
"Oh is this Charlotte and Jen?" Hermonie asked.
"The one next to me is Charlotte then Jen" Harry whispered, then grabbeda quill from his backpack a quickly dipped it in the ink bottle and began writing down what work he could.
"Hi" Jen said, shaking her hand. She didn't have anything out, but Charlotte did she was writing stuff down a lot faster then Ron and a lot more neater, too.
"Hey, im Hermonie Granger." She said, then shaking Charlotte's hand when she looked up for just long enough to say hi, and went back to work.
Harry wasn't looking forward to Lupin coming back there to scold them, and maybe give them detention.
"umm Hermonie?" Harry asked, not wanting to bother her, but did anyway.
"What?" She asked irratated, looking up from her work. Being Hermonie, she hated being distracted.
"Could I just borrow your notes from before, so I don't have to copy them after class."
"Fine!" She snapped, she handed over a couple pages with her left hand so her right hand could keep writing.
The bell rang just as Harry started copying the notes, he groaned and plunk his head on the desk. Chairs screeched, and the chatter started as everyone left. That is except for Harry, Ron, Charlotte and Jen, and of course Lupin.
"Now, I want to know first of why you were late." Lupin said sternly, Harry looked up from his desk. Lupin was staring right into his eyes, Harry averted his eyes to the ground.
"We ah.." Harry trailed off, he didn't know how to start it.
"We, Harry and I were walking towards class when we stopped to help out Charlotte and Jen" Ron idicated to each of them as if Lupin was dumb "Some Slytherins were bothering them, we helped out. But, we didn't get into a fight "Ron said seeing Lupins face "And by the time they finally left them be, the bell had rung" Ron finished.
There was a silence, Lupin seemed to be thinking it over. He stared at each of them in turn, then stopped at Harry. He sighed, he looked so much like James. Always into trouble, he thought about those times when him and the maraunders got in trouble and the looks on the Slytherins faces. He couldn't bear giving him detention, it was like giving James detention.
"Oh fine, just get the notes copyed down and go to lunch!" Lupin said, and walked out of the room after handing them the work.
"There he is, did you send the lord the message?" Alex asked Draco, as soon as Harry entered the hall with his friends.
"Of course not!" Draco exclaimed, as if horrifed of the idea.
"What?!" Alex asked.
"You don't send the dark lord a letter, you talk to him in person! You don't do something as low as that!" Draco said, as if it was obvious.
"I wonder how Alex is making out with Draco, I still can't belive their friends!" Harry said, looking over at the pair who were talking intensly about something.
"I can!" Ron muttered, Harry looked at him.
"Don't tell me you still hate him, I don't even get why you do in the first place he never done anything to you!" Harry said, they sat down and started eating. Charlotte and Hermonie picked at the food, both lost in thought. Jen on the other hand, was chatting non-stop to the pair, not notcing their distraction.
"He didn't do anything, he didn't have to!" Ron said.
"Look im getting sick of your attitude, Ron!" Harry said, looking at him.
Remus was sitting down next to Dumbledore, Mcgonagall on the other side.
"I don't understand it, its like a weakness I cant handle" Lupin explained to them.
"Well I can understand, but you musnt let that distract you from giving him what he deserves, even if he is Harry." Dumbledore said, cutting up his food delicatly.
"He does resemble James, quite a bit and Lily to. But he must be careful, you know how powerful they were. James could handle the power easily, you know how it sucked him in. James was to easily prusaded, Lily barely handled it. But even she was almost taken to. We musn't let that happen to Harry to! If it does it will be worse then James, it will be him and Lily put together. Even if it costs us ours lifes, it would save many others" Mcgonagal said.
They looked down at the Gryffindors table sadly.
"What attitude, Harry? Im just voicing my opinon, you must have noticed how Alex acts. You get bad vibes from him. If you don't watch it you and him well .. you know end up on the wrong side. And their might not be anything any of me or your friends can do to save you" Ron said.
"Its true Harry, I even heard Alex and Malfoy saying-"
"I don't care Ron and Hermonie im surprised I thought you wouldn't be so predijuce, I can't belive you to!" Harry said angrily, slightly surprising him self.
Some people looked up at stared at them, Hermonie turned red.
"You know that's not w-what we m-meant Harry" Ron stuttered.
Alex, and Draco looked up in interest, not to mention the headmaster, Lupin, Hagrid and Mcgonagal.
"So you met the guy a couple times, all the time he was around you I was there. He hardly said anything to you, and you just assume he's bad! Im sick of you, you and Hermonie!" Harry pratiaclly yelled, he felt like would snap any minute, with all the anger flowing through him like hot lava. He wanted to hurt somebody make them pay for what hes been through, he wanted to kill someone.
OK calm down, Harry. That is nothing to get muderous over! He thought to himself.
"Harry.." Ron started he stared at his friend, hardly regonizing the cold face.
"Im sorry" He finished, he was concerened. He never thought that a person could get that angry, his hands were twitching as if to wrap them around someone's neck to wring the life from them.
Harry was about to say something but stopped, he stood up. And angrily walked out of the room, he had just made a fool of himself he knew that.
Hermonie looked at Ron, he stared back. Never in their life..
"Well it had to happen sometime, you know. Me being mad at you then you being mad at me. Then I being mad at Harry, well kinda leaves me with a bad temper. If you understand what im saying?" Ron said.
"No Ron, I don't understand what your trying to say" Hermonie said simply, she stared at the seat that Harry had sat in. As if by instinct she looked over at the Slytherin table, Alex and Malfoy's seats were empty.
"Ron.."
Ron followed her gaze, then at her look of worry.
"Don't worry, Hermonie. Im positive he went up to the gryffindors common room, they cant get in geez they don't even know where it is!" Ron exclaimed.
Hermonie shook her head, and then remebered Charlotte and Jen.
They were staring at them, they mouths ajar, in shock.
Harry headed toward the front doors and opened them, he had to get out take a breather. He totally flipped out in there.
He tried to clear his mind, as he ran around Hogwarts school.
At least they didn't follow him, Harry thought as he looked behind him. He caught the bush move a little bit to his right, it was just the wind Harry reassured himself. There was no way Voldemort could get into Hogwarts ground, undetected.
Harry feeling exhausted now, callasped by a tree and leant against it. He closed his eyes, breathing heavily. That helped. a lot, he had to learn to control his anger.
"Harry?" Char{lotte} called softly, he opened his eyes.
Char was standing several feet ahead of him, Harry smiled weakly. She walked over and sat beside him. "What happened in there?"
"Im not sure, I just sort of blew. You know with all the stress that's going on lately, we havent even started quittech pratice yet. We have to get new keeper, and pick a new captain."
"Stress. I know sometimes it gets so big that you just have to explode. It makes you feel better later, I do it several times." Charlotte sympathized.
"You? Explode?" Harry asked, he always thought of her as a shy person who controls her feelings easily.
"Well you don't know the half of it. I put a person on fire before, she survived. She made me so angry, I wanted to kill her. But I wasn't as angry as you were today. My family had drifted apart, my parents got a divorce. My older brother went with my father, I went with my mother. Before I left to Hogwarts here, as a transfer. My father and brother, Antanio got killed, by deatheaters. Im guessing it was because they were both Aurors, and had caught many deatheaters. But I don't think I could live without my mother, if she was to- to.." Charlotte trailed off.
Harry placed a hand on her knee, and stared at her. Charlottes eyes were watering, and she was shaking.
"You never did get to cry about it did you? You just holded it in, am I right?"
Charlotte stared at him, then nodded.
"I had to be strong, for my mother. And then at hogwarts, I didn't want people to think I was a freak or anything like that" Charlotte sobbed her voice jumping, as she shook.
Harry hesitated, they wrapped her in a hug. She rested her head gratefully on his shoulder, and cried into it. Once she was done it was quite wet, but he didn't mind.
"Im sorry, I shouldn't have done that." She hiccoped.
"Your suppose to let it out, look at me! Im started to sound like you" Harry teased.
"Oh be quiet!" She said playfully punching him in the shoulder, she grinned.
"Come on, let's take a walk around the lake or something. I don't really feel like going in quite yet, I dunno about you but your eyes are still a bit red." Harry said, they both stood up.
"Ok" Charlotte said, they slowly walked around the lake, discussing whatever came to their mind. Slowly the sun sank into the sky, and the moon came up. When they finally stopped talking about their lives and other stuff, it was well past curfew.
"Oh geez, umm what me to walk you back to your common room?" Harry asked, they headed well all most ran back into Hogwarts. If Finch ever caught them they would be worse then dead.
"No I don't really think both of should get caught, bye Harry. And thanks, see you at class tommarow!" Charlotte called, as she raced up the stairs, they parted.
Harry made his way to the portrait thinking, could he really like her?
"Lioness" Harry muttered, a sleeply and cranky portrait swinged open. Ron, Hermonie and someone else was in the common room, he couldn't make who it was out, because for some reason all the lights were off.
"Whys it so dark in here?" Harry asked, he sat down across from Ron and Hermonie.
"The electrcity is out, Harry" Professer Lupin said, he stood up.
"Now that your back, I will let Ron and Hermonie talk to you. You'll be lucky that I don't take any points off of your house".
He left the portrait, after saying goodnight. When he was gone, there was a awkward silence.
"Listen Harry, im sorry-" Hermonie began.
"No look, Hermonie, Ron. Im sorry I over reacted, I guess I was to blind to see Alex. I mean he's acting so different from when I first met him! But your right, he was sorted into Slytherin. And they all end up being dark wizard's and witches." Harry finished, there as now a definate awkward silence now.
"Well im glad you finally came back to earth!" Ron said, crossing his arms.
"So what happened to the power, anyway?"
"no one knows" Hermonie said, after a few minutes they decided to go to bed.
"What is everyone talking about?" Harry asked, Ron was staring at his feet.
"A ball's coming up. again! What are we going to do Harry" Ron moaned "Its hard to find a date, and our last ones didn't turn out that well!"
Someone coughed behind them, Harry turned around. Paravati was standing there tapping her foot, she brought her hand hard against Harry's face.
Harry brought his hand up to his cheek, shocked. Paravati turned to Ron, and tried to slap him but he ducked.
"What in the world was that for?!" Harry yelled, Ron was staring at Parvati.
"For insulting me!" She huffed and turned around, Ron stuck out his foot. She fell flat on her face.
"Ron!" Parvati screamed, the hall turned to look at her. "I am going to make you pay for that!"
Ron grabbed Harry's arm, and they ran out of the Hall, Parvti right behind them.
"You stop right there! Or Im going to tare {sp} your eye balls out!" Parvati screamed at them, Ron placed his hands over his ears.
"Geez's! She screeches like Proffesser Snape!" Ron cried, Harry snickered.
They rounded a corner, Harry spotted an open door.
"Quick in here!" Harry said, grabbing Ron's arm they pushed the door shut.
They listened, Parvati's footsteps echoed faintly until they couldn't be heard at all.
"Its dark in here" Ron whispered, Harry took out his wand.
"Would this help?" Harry asked "Lumo's".
The room brightened, they sheilded their eyes. They were in Filch's office, thankfully he wasn't there. But something else was, A huge beast snarled at them.
"Ahhh!" Ron screamed. They ran out of the room, and locked the door behind them.
"What bloody hell was that?" Harry yelled, Ron leaned against the wall breathing heavily.
"I dunno, but sort of reminds you of our first year with Fluffy" Ron observed.
"Yeh well, maybe we should find Hermonie. You didn't see her this morning did you? Before I woke up?" Harry asked.
Ron blushed,
"No". Harry shook his head, and they headed back to the GreatHall, praying that Parvati went home with the rest of them for the christmas holidays.
"Oh there's Hermonie!" Harry said, they made their way over to her. She was leaning over something, when they made their way closer, they should have figured it was a book. [rolleyes]
"Hermonie?" Ron asked, Harry looked at him quizzley. Hermonie looked up, and smiled. "Yes Ron?" She asked sweetly. Ron blushed, "Well you go to the prom with me?". Harry felt his mouth drop open, was Ron doing what he thought he was doing.
"Of course!" Hermonie said, kissed him on the cheek and left the table. Ron sat down where she was sitting, and smiled from ear to ear. "Nothing to it, actually!" Ron said. "Ron!" Harry said plunking down on the seat next to him "You do like Hermonie! Hah! I thought so!". "W-what?" Ron stuttered " Was it that obvious?!" "Yes! They way you two looked at each other at the dance and when you two always argue, your just like any married old couple!" Harry smirked, Ron rolled his eyes. "Oh Charlotte" Harry called, Charlotte looked up from talking to Jen. "Yes?" she called back. "Now lets see if you were telling the truth!" Harry whispered. "Want to go to the ball with me?". Charlotte blushed, and glared at Jen who was laughing her head off at her. "Of course!" Charlotte said, then threw a breadstick at Jen.
"Hey Harry" A voice came from the right of him, from the bed.
"Ron?" Harry asked blurriely.
"Yeh it's me. We er-kinda both got knocked out, oh in case if your wondering your glasses are broken. So they threw them out" Ron said, cheerfully.
"Oh that helps!" Harry said, sarcastly.
"Whos sitting down?" Harry asked, glancing at the sleeping person.
"Umm that's Sirius. I just woke up today, he's been there all day." Ron answered, then he remebered something.
"There's some contacts on the table though, yeh in that box" Ron said when Harry had the box. He opened it and put them in, finally his veiw went into focus.
"So much more better!" Harry said.
"Harry? Your awake!" Sirius pratically yelled. "Its been three full days!".
The Day After They Got Out~ Binns Class
"Ahhh.. Im falling" Harry moaned, his head hit the desk. And pretended to let out a loud snore, the class looked at him then went back to their normal sleepy position.
"Excuse me . Mr. Punner was it? There is no need for that noise" Proffesser Binns said, then went back to his usally drone voice.
"Punner?" Harry asked Ron bewildered.
"Dunno, next time he'll probably call you Pooper!" Ron smirked, Harry elbowed him.
Alex watched from the back of the class, he was sitting with his friends. Draco, Crabbe and Goyle. He was sorted into Slytherin, he expected this. His father was the same, and they say bloods thicker then friends. Alex watched them yernlly (sp) as they joked around, he was Harry's friend. He was suppose to be Harry's only friend, they promised each other they would be best buds till the end. And Alex was already replaced by a-a Weasl!
"Come on Alex, quit watching." Draco scolded. "He's not like us, hes a gryffindor. Friends with Mudblood and a Weasel."
"Yeah but." Alex said, then broke off.
"Yeah but what?" Draco asked.
"What if, well he is a Gryffindor you can't change that. But maybe he can become a deatheater like us." Alex said, in an undertone.
"What that's RIDICOULS!" Draco exlaimed a bit to loudly. This time Proffesser Binns put down the book.
"I don't think war against goblins and pixie's in the 200's funny, mr. Fox!" He said his face was more silver then usal.
"Now if you class don't settle down RIGHT NOW! Im going give every single one of you, yes even you miss parkasin detention!" Binns barked, eyeing everysingle student in the room. They glanced uneasily at one another, they had never seen him this angry before.
"Now then, you heard me. I will continue." He picked up the book, somehow and went back to reading.
"As I was saying, that's ridiculas. He would never join us! Not even if he had to face death!" Draco whispered, after shooting Proffesser Binns a look.
"oh, well we could persue our Lord into helping out .a bit" Alex said thoughtfully. They shot Harry an evil glance, not knowing that Hermonie was watching the intently from the other side of the classroom.
On the way to their Defence Against Dark Arts class, their first with Proffesser Lupin. That is for Ron and Harry, they ran across some trouble.
"Come on give it back!" a girls voice yelled, their was some sniggers. As Ron and Harry rounded the corner they noticed what was going on.
A girl was trying to get back homework from an overgrown guy, who apperently was a Slytherin. Him and his group of dummies, were laughing as she tried to reach the papers, he hold out of her reach.
"Please" She whimpered, her eyes watering.
"Give It back, you jer ks or im getting a teacher!" Her friend snapped, her eyes blazing with anger. She looked like she would fight instead of running to a teacher.
Harry and Ron came over, and shot each other a glance.
"Whats going on here?" Ron asked.
"Oh does the the little boy want to fight?" The Slytherin snerred, Ron turned red in the face, his freckles dissapered.
"Ron, this is not helping!" Harry said, grabbing the back of his robes. Ron stopped but his fists were still clenched.
The Slytherins laughed. The bell rang, indicating the start if classes.
"Nott, Avery, Steves get in here!" Screamed a witch, her head popping out of the classroom.
"Oh great! Im not done with you" pointing to the girl. "Or you two!" Pointing to Ron and Harry. Ron rolled his eyes, they shoved past him.
They dropped the papers, they scattered on the floor. Ron and Harry bent down to help, Harry passed the sheets to her.
"Here you go. Charlotte?" Harry said, perring at the sheet. "I never saw you around, what year are you in?" Ron asked.
"5th" She sniffed slightly.
"Whats it to you?" Her friend snapped.
"Nothing just asking, Im in 5th to. But I still never seen you around, both of you" Ron said suspicously.
"Oh for heavens sakes, were you not at the sorting ceramony?" she asked, rolling her eyes.
"No" Ron and Harry said at the same time.
"Were part of the transfers, from all over the country. Im from Wales, and shes from Canada." She continued pretending to not have heard him.
"Oh" Ron said dumbly.
"House?" Harry asked immediately.
"Ravenclaw, both of us" Charlotte said.
"Oh we're in Gryffindor, . oh shoot!" Harry shouted.
"What?" They asked at the same time.
"Class!"
"Oh no! Lupin's going to kill us, literally. And your in for it Harry, he said he was going to tell Sirius everything. And the first class for us to!" Ron groaned.
"Oh! You have the same class as us now!" Charlotte's friend said.
"oh how stup!d of me! Im Jennifer Walsh, but do not call me Jennifer. or I'll skin you alive" Jen thretened.
They opened up the door a little bit and looked in, the whole class was looking at them. Harry turning slightly red in the face, but not as much as Charlotte, opened the door fully.
Lupin was in the front of the classroom, writing down on the board to study. On his desk was the usal speicmen that they were studying.
"Take a seat, I will be with you in a moment" Lupin said, without looking up from the chalkboard.
Harry gulped, and walked all the way to the back to where Hermonie was sitting all by herself. And sat down next to her, Ron sat on the other side. Charlotte and Jen were looking nervously around the room, Harry waved them over.
Charlotte looking relived sat down next to him, and Jen next to her. Now the row was filled, and so was the classroom.
Hermonie didn't look up from her notes, she kept writing until she finally stopped and looked up at Ron and Harry.
"Where were you?" She whispered.
Ron was quickly scribbling notes down, Harry explained.
"Oh is this Charlotte and Jen?" Hermonie asked.
"The one next to me is Charlotte then Jen" Harry whispered, then grabbeda quill from his backpack a quickly dipped it in the ink bottle and began writing down what work he could.
"Hi" Jen said, shaking her hand. She didn't have anything out, but Charlotte did she was writing stuff down a lot faster then Ron and a lot more neater, too.
"Hey, im Hermonie Granger." She said, then shaking Charlotte's hand when she looked up for just long enough to say hi, and went back to work.
Harry wasn't looking forward to Lupin coming back there to scold them, and maybe give them detention.
"umm Hermonie?" Harry asked, not wanting to bother her, but did anyway.
"What?" She asked irratated, looking up from her work. Being Hermonie, she hated being distracted.
"Could I just borrow your notes from before, so I don't have to copy them after class."
"Fine!" She snapped, she handed over a couple pages with her left hand so her right hand could keep writing.
The bell rang just as Harry started copying the notes, he groaned and plunk his head on the desk. Chairs screeched, and the chatter started as everyone left. That is except for Harry, Ron, Charlotte and Jen, and of course Lupin.
"Now, I want to know first of why you were late." Lupin said sternly, Harry looked up from his desk. Lupin was staring right into his eyes, Harry averted his eyes to the ground.
"We ah.." Harry trailed off, he didn't know how to start it.
"We, Harry and I were walking towards class when we stopped to help out Charlotte and Jen" Ron idicated to each of them as if Lupin was dumb "Some Slytherins were bothering them, we helped out. But, we didn't get into a fight "Ron said seeing Lupins face "And by the time they finally left them be, the bell had rung" Ron finished.
There was a silence, Lupin seemed to be thinking it over. He stared at each of them in turn, then stopped at Harry. He sighed, he looked so much like James. Always into trouble, he thought about those times when him and the maraunders got in trouble and the looks on the Slytherins faces. He couldn't bear giving him detention, it was like giving James detention.
"Oh fine, just get the notes copyed down and go to lunch!" Lupin said, and walked out of the room after handing them the work.
"There he is, did you send the lord the message?" Alex asked Draco, as soon as Harry entered the hall with his friends.
"Of course not!" Draco exclaimed, as if horrifed of the idea.
"What?!" Alex asked.
"You don't send the dark lord a letter, you talk to him in person! You don't do something as low as that!" Draco said, as if it was obvious.
"I wonder how Alex is making out with Draco, I still can't belive their friends!" Harry said, looking over at the pair who were talking intensly about something.
"I can!" Ron muttered, Harry looked at him.
"Don't tell me you still hate him, I don't even get why you do in the first place he never done anything to you!" Harry said, they sat down and started eating. Charlotte and Hermonie picked at the food, both lost in thought. Jen on the other hand, was chatting non-stop to the pair, not notcing their distraction.
"He didn't do anything, he didn't have to!" Ron said.
"Look im getting sick of your attitude, Ron!" Harry said, looking at him.
Remus was sitting down next to Dumbledore, Mcgonagall on the other side.
"I don't understand it, its like a weakness I cant handle" Lupin explained to them.
"Well I can understand, but you musnt let that distract you from giving him what he deserves, even if he is Harry." Dumbledore said, cutting up his food delicatly.
"He does resemble James, quite a bit and Lily to. But he must be careful, you know how powerful they were. James could handle the power easily, you know how it sucked him in. James was to easily prusaded, Lily barely handled it. But even she was almost taken to. We musn't let that happen to Harry to! If it does it will be worse then James, it will be him and Lily put together. Even if it costs us ours lifes, it would save many others" Mcgonagal said.
They looked down at the Gryffindors table sadly.
"What attitude, Harry? Im just voicing my opinon, you must have noticed how Alex acts. You get bad vibes from him. If you don't watch it you and him well .. you know end up on the wrong side. And their might not be anything any of me or your friends can do to save you" Ron said.
"Its true Harry, I even heard Alex and Malfoy saying-"
"I don't care Ron and Hermonie im surprised I thought you wouldn't be so predijuce, I can't belive you to!" Harry said angrily, slightly surprising him self.
Some people looked up at stared at them, Hermonie turned red.
"You know that's not w-what we m-meant Harry" Ron stuttered.
Alex, and Draco looked up in interest, not to mention the headmaster, Lupin, Hagrid and Mcgonagal.
"So you met the guy a couple times, all the time he was around you I was there. He hardly said anything to you, and you just assume he's bad! Im sick of you, you and Hermonie!" Harry pratiaclly yelled, he felt like would snap any minute, with all the anger flowing through him like hot lava. He wanted to hurt somebody make them pay for what hes been through, he wanted to kill someone.
OK calm down, Harry. That is nothing to get muderous over! He thought to himself.
"Harry.." Ron started he stared at his friend, hardly regonizing the cold face.
"Im sorry" He finished, he was concerened. He never thought that a person could get that angry, his hands were twitching as if to wrap them around someone's neck to wring the life from them.
Harry was about to say something but stopped, he stood up. And angrily walked out of the room, he had just made a fool of himself he knew that.
Hermonie looked at Ron, he stared back. Never in their life..
"Well it had to happen sometime, you know. Me being mad at you then you being mad at me. Then I being mad at Harry, well kinda leaves me with a bad temper. If you understand what im saying?" Ron said.
"No Ron, I don't understand what your trying to say" Hermonie said simply, she stared at the seat that Harry had sat in. As if by instinct she looked over at the Slytherin table, Alex and Malfoy's seats were empty.
"Ron.."
Ron followed her gaze, then at her look of worry.
"Don't worry, Hermonie. Im positive he went up to the gryffindors common room, they cant get in geez they don't even know where it is!" Ron exclaimed.
Hermonie shook her head, and then remebered Charlotte and Jen.
They were staring at them, they mouths ajar, in shock.
Harry headed toward the front doors and opened them, he had to get out take a breather. He totally flipped out in there.
He tried to clear his mind, as he ran around Hogwarts school.
At least they didn't follow him, Harry thought as he looked behind him. He caught the bush move a little bit to his right, it was just the wind Harry reassured himself. There was no way Voldemort could get into Hogwarts ground, undetected.
Harry feeling exhausted now, callasped by a tree and leant against it. He closed his eyes, breathing heavily. That helped. a lot, he had to learn to control his anger.
"Harry?" Char{lotte} called softly, he opened his eyes.
Char was standing several feet ahead of him, Harry smiled weakly. She walked over and sat beside him. "What happened in there?"
"Im not sure, I just sort of blew. You know with all the stress that's going on lately, we havent even started quittech pratice yet. We have to get new keeper, and pick a new captain."
"Stress. I know sometimes it gets so big that you just have to explode. It makes you feel better later, I do it several times." Charlotte sympathized.
"You? Explode?" Harry asked, he always thought of her as a shy person who controls her feelings easily.
"Well you don't know the half of it. I put a person on fire before, she survived. She made me so angry, I wanted to kill her. But I wasn't as angry as you were today. My family had drifted apart, my parents got a divorce. My older brother went with my father, I went with my mother. Before I left to Hogwarts here, as a transfer. My father and brother, Antanio got killed, by deatheaters. Im guessing it was because they were both Aurors, and had caught many deatheaters. But I don't think I could live without my mother, if she was to- to.." Charlotte trailed off.
Harry placed a hand on her knee, and stared at her. Charlottes eyes were watering, and she was shaking.
"You never did get to cry about it did you? You just holded it in, am I right?"
Charlotte stared at him, then nodded.
"I had to be strong, for my mother. And then at hogwarts, I didn't want people to think I was a freak or anything like that" Charlotte sobbed her voice jumping, as she shook.
Harry hesitated, they wrapped her in a hug. She rested her head gratefully on his shoulder, and cried into it. Once she was done it was quite wet, but he didn't mind.
"Im sorry, I shouldn't have done that." She hiccoped.
"Your suppose to let it out, look at me! Im started to sound like you" Harry teased.
"Oh be quiet!" She said playfully punching him in the shoulder, she grinned.
"Come on, let's take a walk around the lake or something. I don't really feel like going in quite yet, I dunno about you but your eyes are still a bit red." Harry said, they both stood up.
"Ok" Charlotte said, they slowly walked around the lake, discussing whatever came to their mind. Slowly the sun sank into the sky, and the moon came up. When they finally stopped talking about their lives and other stuff, it was well past curfew.
"Oh geez, umm what me to walk you back to your common room?" Harry asked, they headed well all most ran back into Hogwarts. If Finch ever caught them they would be worse then dead.
"No I don't really think both of should get caught, bye Harry. And thanks, see you at class tommarow!" Charlotte called, as she raced up the stairs, they parted.
Harry made his way to the portrait thinking, could he really like her?
"Lioness" Harry muttered, a sleeply and cranky portrait swinged open. Ron, Hermonie and someone else was in the common room, he couldn't make who it was out, because for some reason all the lights were off.
"Whys it so dark in here?" Harry asked, he sat down across from Ron and Hermonie.
"The electrcity is out, Harry" Professer Lupin said, he stood up.
"Now that your back, I will let Ron and Hermonie talk to you. You'll be lucky that I don't take any points off of your house".
He left the portrait, after saying goodnight. When he was gone, there was a awkward silence.
"Listen Harry, im sorry-" Hermonie began.
"No look, Hermonie, Ron. Im sorry I over reacted, I guess I was to blind to see Alex. I mean he's acting so different from when I first met him! But your right, he was sorted into Slytherin. And they all end up being dark wizard's and witches." Harry finished, there as now a definate awkward silence now.
"Well im glad you finally came back to earth!" Ron said, crossing his arms.
"So what happened to the power, anyway?"
"no one knows" Hermonie said, after a few minutes they decided to go to bed.
"What is everyone talking about?" Harry asked, Ron was staring at his feet.
"A ball's coming up. again! What are we going to do Harry" Ron moaned "Its hard to find a date, and our last ones didn't turn out that well!"
Someone coughed behind them, Harry turned around. Paravati was standing there tapping her foot, she brought her hand hard against Harry's face.
Harry brought his hand up to his cheek, shocked. Paravati turned to Ron, and tried to slap him but he ducked.
"What in the world was that for?!" Harry yelled, Ron was staring at Parvati.
"For insulting me!" She huffed and turned around, Ron stuck out his foot. She fell flat on her face.
"Ron!" Parvati screamed, the hall turned to look at her. "I am going to make you pay for that!"
Ron grabbed Harry's arm, and they ran out of the Hall, Parvti right behind them.
"You stop right there! Or Im going to tare {sp} your eye balls out!" Parvati screamed at them, Ron placed his hands over his ears.
"Geez's! She screeches like Proffesser Snape!" Ron cried, Harry snickered.
They rounded a corner, Harry spotted an open door.
"Quick in here!" Harry said, grabbing Ron's arm they pushed the door shut.
They listened, Parvati's footsteps echoed faintly until they couldn't be heard at all.
"Its dark in here" Ron whispered, Harry took out his wand.
"Would this help?" Harry asked "Lumo's".
The room brightened, they sheilded their eyes. They were in Filch's office, thankfully he wasn't there. But something else was, A huge beast snarled at them.
"Ahhh!" Ron screamed. They ran out of the room, and locked the door behind them.
"What bloody hell was that?" Harry yelled, Ron leaned against the wall breathing heavily.
"I dunno, but sort of reminds you of our first year with Fluffy" Ron observed.
"Yeh well, maybe we should find Hermonie. You didn't see her this morning did you? Before I woke up?" Harry asked.
Ron blushed,
"No". Harry shook his head, and they headed back to the GreatHall, praying that Parvati went home with the rest of them for the christmas holidays.
"Oh there's Hermonie!" Harry said, they made their way over to her. She was leaning over something, when they made their way closer, they should have figured it was a book. [rolleyes]
"Hermonie?" Ron asked, Harry looked at him quizzley. Hermonie looked up, and smiled. "Yes Ron?" She asked sweetly. Ron blushed, "Well you go to the prom with me?". Harry felt his mouth drop open, was Ron doing what he thought he was doing.
"Of course!" Hermonie said, kissed him on the cheek and left the table. Ron sat down where she was sitting, and smiled from ear to ear. "Nothing to it, actually!" Ron said. "Ron!" Harry said plunking down on the seat next to him "You do like Hermonie! Hah! I thought so!". "W-what?" Ron stuttered " Was it that obvious?!" "Yes! They way you two looked at each other at the dance and when you two always argue, your just like any married old couple!" Harry smirked, Ron rolled his eyes. "Oh Charlotte" Harry called, Charlotte looked up from talking to Jen. "Yes?" she called back. "Now lets see if you were telling the truth!" Harry whispered. "Want to go to the ball with me?". Charlotte blushed, and glared at Jen who was laughing her head off at her. "Of course!" Charlotte said, then threw a breadstick at Jen.