Chapter 5
October 3rd
I showed Ron the letter today. He took it really well! He just wanted to know what I'd said to him. When I told him what I had said, he just nodded and started talking about the Transfiguration homework!
"Hold on," I said, worried that I'd missed something. "You're not mad? You don't want to dump me?" He looked horrified.
"Of course not! Why? Do you want to get back together with Krum? I mean, if you do, I won't stop you."
"No! I would never want to do that!" I heard some one mimicking sick noises behind me. It was Fred and George.
"What do you two want?" Ron asked, glaring at them.
"Is it a crime to eat breakfast here?" Fred replied, grinning at Ron's red face.
"We have to give you both this," George added, passing me a note. It said:
The duels in the Defence Against the Dark Arts class for the Gryffindor fifth years has been moved forward to tomorrow evening.
I put my head in my arms. This was the last thing I wanted. Ron spent the rest of the day trying to cheer me up.
October 4th
Today I killed two birds with one stone! This day has been brilliant!
It started off as what I thought would be awful. Just to make it worse, Krum somehow got permission to come over here, and spent the morning following Dumbledore around. In the afternoon though, he tried to talk to Ron and I, until we realised that we were supposed to be in the hall for the duel.
The tables had been moved to the walls, and there was a large circle drawn in the middle. Harry and Ron went first, then Seamus and Dean, Neville and Lavender, and finally it was Parvati and I. I can't remember anything about the other duels (except Harry and Ron's, where neither of them wanted to attack).
I stepped into the circle. Parvati did too, looking as if she was going to kill me. I knew what I had to do. Well, it had worked on Snape before.
Flames shot from my wand and attached themselves to Parvati's robes. Since the professor had already told us we only had five minutes, I wasn't too worried now. Parvati had taken three minutes to extinguish the flames. She aimed her wand at me.
"Sinactrum!" she screeched. I blocked it, thanking my lucky stars that I had practised with Harry last year. One and a half minutes to go.
I performed the full body bind. The whistle was blown and I had won. Parvati was freed from the curse. That's when I had my idea.
"Parvati," I said. "I'd like you to meet some one." I dragged her over to Krum, who stared at her. Well, she is really pretty.
"Krum, this is Parvati. Parvati, meet Victor."
I left them there, and went over to Ron, and flung my arms around him. He hugged me tightly. It felt so wonderful, knowing that now I had nothing to worry about.
October 30th
It's weird how I've had so much happen to me recently that now everything is almost normal, I can't really write anything. There is only so many times I can write about Ron before I start to miss him and have to go see him instantly. But the Halloween ball was certainly something to write about.
Everyone was happy. Parvati was happy with Krum (who had come to the ball), Ginny and Harry were happy together and, well, I was with Ron. It was a wonderful feeling. We didn't dance much, but we had a table with Harry and Ginny, who spent the whole time dancing, so we technically had our own table. That is, until we were joined by Draco, Pansy and (as Ron put in) the two trolls.
"I take it you two couldn't find dates so you got stuck together," he drawled. Ron caught my eye and we grinned. So, it seemed, were Fred and George, who had sneaked up behind them.
There was a bang, and instead of where those four had stood, there was a pug, a white ferret and two stones. Luckily, all the teachers were at the staff table too far away to see us. Ron saw me looking anxiously and grinned.
"I don't think anyone will notice the difference anyway," he said. "And besides, unfortunate as it is, none of us used permanent spells.
That really made my evening. Nothing could spoil it. Although Snape finding the stones and throwing them outside was hilarious, nothing could beat what Ron whispered in my ear as we left.
"I love you, Hermione."
***The End***
Please review now! I hope Parvati fans are slightly less mad with me now (unless they've already decided to kill me and nothing I can do will redeem myself).
October 3rd
I showed Ron the letter today. He took it really well! He just wanted to know what I'd said to him. When I told him what I had said, he just nodded and started talking about the Transfiguration homework!
"Hold on," I said, worried that I'd missed something. "You're not mad? You don't want to dump me?" He looked horrified.
"Of course not! Why? Do you want to get back together with Krum? I mean, if you do, I won't stop you."
"No! I would never want to do that!" I heard some one mimicking sick noises behind me. It was Fred and George.
"What do you two want?" Ron asked, glaring at them.
"Is it a crime to eat breakfast here?" Fred replied, grinning at Ron's red face.
"We have to give you both this," George added, passing me a note. It said:
The duels in the Defence Against the Dark Arts class for the Gryffindor fifth years has been moved forward to tomorrow evening.
I put my head in my arms. This was the last thing I wanted. Ron spent the rest of the day trying to cheer me up.
October 4th
Today I killed two birds with one stone! This day has been brilliant!
It started off as what I thought would be awful. Just to make it worse, Krum somehow got permission to come over here, and spent the morning following Dumbledore around. In the afternoon though, he tried to talk to Ron and I, until we realised that we were supposed to be in the hall for the duel.
The tables had been moved to the walls, and there was a large circle drawn in the middle. Harry and Ron went first, then Seamus and Dean, Neville and Lavender, and finally it was Parvati and I. I can't remember anything about the other duels (except Harry and Ron's, where neither of them wanted to attack).
I stepped into the circle. Parvati did too, looking as if she was going to kill me. I knew what I had to do. Well, it had worked on Snape before.
Flames shot from my wand and attached themselves to Parvati's robes. Since the professor had already told us we only had five minutes, I wasn't too worried now. Parvati had taken three minutes to extinguish the flames. She aimed her wand at me.
"Sinactrum!" she screeched. I blocked it, thanking my lucky stars that I had practised with Harry last year. One and a half minutes to go.
I performed the full body bind. The whistle was blown and I had won. Parvati was freed from the curse. That's when I had my idea.
"Parvati," I said. "I'd like you to meet some one." I dragged her over to Krum, who stared at her. Well, she is really pretty.
"Krum, this is Parvati. Parvati, meet Victor."
I left them there, and went over to Ron, and flung my arms around him. He hugged me tightly. It felt so wonderful, knowing that now I had nothing to worry about.
October 30th
It's weird how I've had so much happen to me recently that now everything is almost normal, I can't really write anything. There is only so many times I can write about Ron before I start to miss him and have to go see him instantly. But the Halloween ball was certainly something to write about.
Everyone was happy. Parvati was happy with Krum (who had come to the ball), Ginny and Harry were happy together and, well, I was with Ron. It was a wonderful feeling. We didn't dance much, but we had a table with Harry and Ginny, who spent the whole time dancing, so we technically had our own table. That is, until we were joined by Draco, Pansy and (as Ron put in) the two trolls.
"I take it you two couldn't find dates so you got stuck together," he drawled. Ron caught my eye and we grinned. So, it seemed, were Fred and George, who had sneaked up behind them.
There was a bang, and instead of where those four had stood, there was a pug, a white ferret and two stones. Luckily, all the teachers were at the staff table too far away to see us. Ron saw me looking anxiously and grinned.
"I don't think anyone will notice the difference anyway," he said. "And besides, unfortunate as it is, none of us used permanent spells.
That really made my evening. Nothing could spoil it. Although Snape finding the stones and throwing them outside was hilarious, nothing could beat what Ron whispered in my ear as we left.
"I love you, Hermione."
***The End***
Please review now! I hope Parvati fans are slightly less mad with me now (unless they've already decided to kill me and nothing I can do will redeem myself).