Hey guys! Be proud of me, this is the third chapter I have written today. It's 10:27pm, so I might continue it tomorrow. Well, here goes, chapter eleven. Enjoy!
The Plot to Disgrace Rita Skeeter
As you can imagine, school for Harry, Ron, Hermione, Victoria, and Draco was pure torture. It was a classic replay of what had happened the year before to Harry, only a lot dirtier, and five of them had to cope with it. Whenever Victoria and Draco walked down the corridor together, people would say to them, "Hey, when was the last time you two had some fun together?" or "You, the hottest guy in school Malfoy? I can't think why she came back for you!" this earned the speaker a death glare and a hurt glare. And when Pansy Parkinson shrieked very loudly so that everyone in the hallway could hear; "Hey Draco, maybe you should take me back since that little Griffindor whore has been cheating on you with Potter!", Victoria got so angry that she cursed Pansy and made her grow long hairs out of her nose and ears. Pansy then ran crying to the hospital wing, and Victoria got ten points taken off Griffindor.
Harry, Ron, and Hermione were not faring much better. "Not living in Harry's shadow any more? Stop kidding yourself Weasley, you know you're nothing compared to Potter!" was the common insult for Ron, and Harry copped a lot of "How are you going seducing Dreanadia, Potter? Why don't you snog her in the middle of potions? That'd give us all a laugh!"
When Harry, Ron, and Hermione settled down to do their homework that night, Harry got so sick of people coming up and whispering in his ear, "Maybe it would be safer for both of you if we moved you or Victoria into another house, hey Potter?" that he slammed his books down onto the desk, yelled to everyone in the common room, "I am not having a fling with Malfoy's girlfriend, so shuttup all you stupid losers!" and stomped up to bed, closely followed by Ron and Hermione. Hermione turned back and said, "You should all be thanking us instead of teasing us! We nearly died for you, and Victoria actually did!" After that there was silence. One by one, the Griffindors went off to bed, until at midnight, only Victoria remained. She had been given extra Arithmancy homework since she had been away for so long, and hadn't finished it yet. Suddenly she heard a banging on the portrait hole, and a muffled voice was saying, "I don't care who's in there, for goodness' sake let me in, I can't take any more Pansy Parkinson and Blaise Zabini flirtatious jealousies and insults!!!"
Knowing immediately who it was, Victoria ran to the door, opened it, and let in a panting Draco Malfoy. "Victoria, thank heaven it's you!" he gasped.
"Oh, my poor baby! Quick, come here and sit down," said Victoria, leading him to a couch and magicking him a glass of water. "Lean against my shoulder darling."
"Thanks Victoria," Draco said, his breathing slowing back to normal. "You're a legend."
She grinned at him. "Hey, I love you honey, what can I say?"
Draco laughed and hugged her. "Now Draco," said Victoria. "Tell me what happened."
"Well what's there to say?" said Draco wearily. "It was the usual; Pansy and Blaise flirting with me, trying to put me off you, calling you a whore, insisting that you'd been cheating with Potter-"
"Which you know I haven't," interrupted Victoria. "Go on."
"Both of them trying to seduce me, I mean, I'm only fifteen for goodness sake, and they're both younger than me! It's disgusting the way they go on about you, and us."
"I know," said Victoria. "They've been giving me a hard time too. Just know that I'll always love you, no matter what."
"And I you Victoria," said Draco, giving her a kiss. "And it's not our fault, anyway," he continued. "it's that Skeeter cow that causes all this trouble."
"Too right," agreed Victoria. "We have got to always stick by each other to make this relationship work out, Draco."
"And I intend to," said Draco, kissing her again. Suddenly, Victoria sat bolt upright. "What is it darling?" said Draco.
"I have an absolutely brilliant idea!" said Victoria. "You know how Rita Skeeter always makes us look bad…"
"Go on."
"Well, why don't we give her a taste of her own medicine? Why don't we embarrass the embarraser or once?" Victoria continues, her brilliant blue eyes gleaming mischievously.
"So you're saying…"
"Oh Draco, don't you see?" said Victoria, exasperated. "The hunter will become the hunted! Why don't we write a letter to the Daily Prophet exposing her for the cheat and liar that she is?"
"Brilliant!" said Draco enthusiastically. "I mean after all, she does use a Quick Quoted Quill, and she lies about everything say to her!"
"It's a perfect plan!" squeaked Victoria. "Oh, we can have some fun with this. When should we write it?"
"Why not now, while the idea's still fresh in our minds? We might not want to do it in the morning," said Draco.
"Good idea," said Victoria. "Now, who's going to write?"
"You," said Draco immediately. "You're the best writer. Just remember to put in all that stuff she said about us and Potter, and how it affected us personally."
"You can count on it!" giggled Victoria. "Now, where shall we start?"
"Well, "Dear Daily Prophet" is always a good beginning," said Draco sarcastically.
"Oh, shuttup Draco," said Victoria, punching him playfully. "Okay, Dear Daily Prophet…We are writing to inform you that the article that Rita Skeeter put into the Daily Prophet about the "heroes" of the Death Eater's attack on Hogwarts is almost completely untrue."
"Good so far," encouraged Draco. "Keep going."
"Ms. Skeeter has all the basic facts correct, but everything that Harry, Ron, Hermione, Victoria, and Draco were supposed to have said is totally false. Ms. Skeeter asked us extremely personal and embarrassing questions eg. Draco and Victoria's relationship, and lied about the answers that we gave her. Miss Granger and Mr. Weasley would never say such things about Mr. Potter, who is their best friend, and the information about Victoria and Draco is grossly exaggerated. This article had caused all five of us to be teased and ridiculed without mercy at school, as have all Ms. Skeeter's articles about Harry in the past. It has also given people a very wrong idea of just how involved Draco and Victoria are with each other, in a very embarrassing way."
"Brilliant so far!" said Draco. "Go on, write about how she uses a Quick Quotes Quill."
"Not only does she lie about innocent people, she also uses a Quick Quotes Quill, which, as we all know, does all the work for her. So all in all, the best way to describe Rita Skeeter is a liar, a cheat, and to be very graphic, an ugly git who does not care how many lives she ruins so long as she gets her stories written and makes sure she gets paid an amount that is really too much, since her level of expertise is simply asking very personal and irrelevant questions designed to give readers an entirely false impression of what the real story is.
Yours sincerely,
Victoria Dreanadia and Draco Malfoy"
"Fabulous!" said Draco enthusiastically. "One of your finest works Maestro."
"Thankyou darling," replied Victoria. "Now you'd better go back to your common room while I go and post this, Harry won't mind if I borrow his Invisibility Cloak. And don't let Parkinson and Zabini give you any grief, okay?"
"Don't worry, I won't," said Draco, kissing her goodbye. "Take care of yourself Victoria, I love you."
"I love you to Draco," said Victoria, smiling. Draco went to the portrait hole, opened it, and disappeared.
"Hee hee hee," laughed Victoria. "Rita Skeeter is in for a nasty surprise."
Oh, I can't wait to write the next chapter! Rita Skeeter is finally exposed for the liar that she is! And don't worry about your review secret08. And Kelvin, you are without a doubt one of the most wonderful people I have ever met (or heard from anyway). Please review for me, the next chapter will be up soon!
