Chapter 10 – Forgetting bad memories

By Monday morning, everyone was still exhausted from the celebrations. Harry, Ron, Hermione and Ginny made their way to the Great Hall for breakfast. Hermione noticed that Draco was coming towards her. "Hello Hermione my sweet" Draco said smiling. Ron tried to lunge at Malfoy but Harry held him back, he knew Hermione could handle the situation herself.

"Leave me alone ferret boy" Hermione replied and she went to sit on the Gryffindor table. Ginny and Harry followed and Ron raised a fist at Malfoy threateningly. "Stay away from my girlfriend" Ron said to Malfoy. "Try and stop me" Malfoy replied and he went to sit down before Ron decided to hurt him.

While everyone was happily eating their breakfast, Dumbledore entered the Great Hall. "Silence please everyone" Dumbledore said and the noise died down. "I would like to inform you that there is to be a Christmas ball on Boxing Day, 3rd years and over, I hope most of you will be able to attend. Carry on" Dumbledore said as everyone started to talk again.

"A ball near Christmas? Everyone will be staying for Christmas now" Ginny said. "Yeah but I would be normally. I'd never want to go back to the Dursley's" Harry said and Ginny kissed him softly on the lips. A cough was heard in front of them; Harry was surprised to see that it was Dumbledore.

Ginny quickly shuffled away from Harry, blushing furiously. "Do not worry Virginia, I am not the kind of person to stand in the way of love" Dumbledore said smiling kindly at her. "Harry, would you please come to my office tonight at 6:00pm?" Dumbledore asked. "Of course" Harry replied. Dumbledore smiled and left.

"I wonder what he wants to talk to you about" Hermione wondered. "No idea, you don't think it's to do with Snuffles do you?" Harry asked. Ginny understood who Harry meant by Snuffles because Mrs Weasley had explained to her when she saw him last year. "Who knows Harry, I'm sure if it was something bad the daily prophet would have a story on it" Hermione reassured him.

The day went by rather slowly. Hermione was fed up of Malfoy who kept flirting with her at every opportunity. It annoyed Ron extremely and he finally lost it on their way to dinner. "Hello my darling Hermione. How about you and me go and have some fun" Malfoy said smugly, expecting her to say yes.

Ron had had enough of it and lunged at Malfoy knocking him to the floor. Fred and George were with them at the time and they were cheering Ron on. "Go on Ron knock his teeth out!" Fred yelled. Ron punched Malfoy and was ready for more until Hagrid came along and broke up the two of them.

"Calm down, calm down. That's enough now, break it up" Hagrid said as he held both Ron and Malfoy by their lapels. "It's ok Hagrid, I'll stop now" Ron said. "Ok, but if I found out that you carried on…" Hagrid said suspiciously. "I won't I promise" Ron replied. "Ok then, I'd better be off" Hagrid said as he put Ron and Malfoy down. He took one last glance at the both of them and walked off.

"You see what a jerk he is Hermione! Come on, let's go" Malfoy said as he took Hermione's arm. "No Malfoy! Let go of me! I want to stay with Ron, not you. I can't believe I was ever with you! I'll never be with you ever again! GET OVER IT!" Hermione yelled. Malfoy walked off and the others went to dinner.

When it was 5:50pm Harry made his way to Dumbledore's office. Professor McGonagall was there to tell him the password. "Chocolate Frog" she said and let Harry go through and she walked away. In Dumbledore's office was Dumbledore himself and a big black dog.

"Sirius!" Harry said happily. Sirius transformed back into his human self and did something he'd never done before, he hugged Harry. "We have some good news for you Harry, Wormtail has been discovered and Sirius' name has been cleared" Dumbledore said.

"Really? What did they do with Wormtail? What about Voldemort?" Harry said excitedly. "Well, Wormtail is in Azkaban and Voldemort is still out there alone. There is a search going on but some hope not to find him, Auror's everywhere are looking for him but they have had no luck so far. I must also tell you that your secret keeper has been changed and now Sirius is your secret keeper, so you may live with him" Dumbledore said smiling.

"You mean I can leave the Dursley's? That's wonderful!" Harry said happily. "Wait, I had a secret keeper? Who was it?" Harry asked. "Arabella Figg" Dumbledore replied. "But is it possible to change secret keepers unless the secret has been revealed?" Harry asked. "There is a spell which can be performed to change secret keepers and it is very complex and there is no need to explain it because it is hard to understand" Sirius replied.

Harry smiled to show he was satisfied. "Do you have a house? When can I move in?" Harry asked excitedly. "Yes I have a house. The ministry paid me for my trouble of being in Azkaban so I have bought a house and am in the middle of decorating with the help of my old friend Remus" Sirius replied. "You can move in after the school year is finished, the house should be ready by then" Sirius said. "Ok" Harry replied and he hugged Sirius again. "Thank you" he said to both of them.

"No problem Harry, you may go back to your friends and girlfriend" Dumbledore said. Harry smiled and left the room. Sirius looked troubled. "What is it Sirius? No problems I hope?" Dumbledore asked. "Not really, it's just, he never told me he had a girlfriend" Sirius said. Dumbledore laughed and so did Sirius.

Harry rushed back to the common room and told Hermione, Ron and Ginny everything. "That's wonderful news Harry!" Hermione said smiling. Ginny kissed him long and soft. Harry grinned; he had never felt so happy.

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