Disclaimer: I do not own any of these characters, they all belong to J.K. Rowling...but I do own the story.
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Draco watched Hermione run to the back of the crowd. He tried to follow her, but Crabbe and Goyle wouldn't leave him alone. Harry and Ron saw Hermione crying, and quickly abandoned their group of third years to go to her.
"Hermione? Are you okay?" Ron asked, touching her shoulder. She turned around, not expecting to see her friends there, She threw her arms around Ron and sobbed loudly. Harry and Ron looked at each other, worried expressions written on their faces.
"What happeded?" Harry asked softly. Hermione lifted her head up from Ron's shoulders and let go of him. She managed to say a few words between sobs.
"Malfoy...c-called...M-M-Muh-" she didn't need to go on, because her friends understood. Ron's face turned beet red, and Harry's bright green eyes grew cold. They marched over to where Malfoy, Crabbe and Goyle stood. Ron walked straight up to Malfoy, standing nose-to-nose.
"Listen Malfoy," he sneered, "If you say ONE word about Hermione; whether it be to her face or behind her back... or you lay ONE finger on her; and me n' Harry find out...you'll be begging for mercy," Ron theatened.
"Back off Weasel," Malfoy shoved Ron back. Harry stepped up, fists ready.
"I'm warning you Malfoy," Ron snarled before nodding his head at Harry and leaving.
"Third years! Please file into the two buses!" McGonagall called. Harry, Ron, Hermione and Padma climbed into one of the magical buses as Blaise, Draco, Justin and Lisa climbed into the second. Hermione had calmed down, and wore her regular happy expression, both excited and dreading this trip. Within minutes the two magical buses took off, flying into the afternoon sky. Hagrid was the supervisor in the bus Hermione was in, and as soon as the bus reached it's maximum height, Hagrid stood up and silenced the chattery group.
"Well, we'll be goin' ta the Wizard National Park, and you'll be learnin' 'bout many magical creatures!" Hagrid's eyes twinkled with delight. He explained the different creatures they may or may not see during the trip, and explained the way the campsite would be set up. Hours later, the buses landed in a beautiful grand park. The forests where nothing like the forests at Hogwarts, the trees where so tall, that it seemed as if some of the branches could touch the blue sky. The leaves and grass were all a lucious green colour. And there were valleys and valleys of wild flowers, of all different sizes and colours. The students stepped off the buses, with wide eyes. They all took in a deep breath of the refreshing air, and each and every student felt a tingly sensation fill their lungs. No one spoke, they just listened to the charming sounds of the leaves rustling in the forest, and the songs of the birds sitting high atop the many trees. Finally after moments of pure silence, Professor Lupin spoke.
"Well, I say we all set up camp, then explore the wonders on this place!" Each third year rushed to the buses and started unloading as quick as possible, hoping to start exploring as soon as possible! For once, the four houses worked together as a team, helping one another to set up the 10 tents, or to find fire wood, or even just to help sort out the students bags. The Prefects, Harry, Hermione and the two professors stood in amazement as they witnessed the coming together of Hogwarts students.
"If Dumbledore was here, he'd be really proud," Lupin said. Everyone nodded, then seperated to find their group and tent. The 10 tents were all set up in a circle around the huge bonfire. Each tent had the leaders name written on it. Hermione walked to her tent, and peered inside. She was astonished at the size of the inside. It was like a small cabin, with a large room with 5 wooden bunkbeds, and a bathroom, with 5 showers, 3 toilets, and 5 sinks. Then she noticed a smaller room, with a door. Carved into the door was her name. She opened up the door, and to her surprise, there was a smaller bed, with a dressor (which included a mirror) and a bulletin board with the names and info of each of her group, and the activites that they would be doing. She smiled, suddenly thinking that this was like a summer camp that she went to in the muggle world, only this time, she was the councellor. Padma burst threw the tent flaps, calling Hermione's name.
"Hermione! Hermione!"
"What is it Padma?" Hermione poked her head out of her bedroom.
"Can you believe this?! It's exactly like a small cabin! And we leaders have our own bedrooms!" She exclaimed. Hermione smiled, as Padma rushed out her tent. Hermoine walked into the bigger room with the bunkbeds and watched her group of girls sort out their belongings. Finally when everything had settled down, she took attendence, and made sure that everyone was there. They she led her group outside, where the other groups had formed behind their leaders. Hagrid and Professor Lupin handed out activity sheets to the 8 leaders, and then they were off into the forest. Each leader was equiped with a whistle, their wand, a compass, and a map with the instructions of the magical treasure hunt.
"Ok girls, gather around and listen up," Hermione called. Her group huddled around her, and hung on every word she said.
"We're to find a toothpick ant, a 7-leaf clover, and the silver hair of a 3-spotted, horn-tailed blue mushroom bear," she informed them. Each girl nodded, and followed the every step that Hermione took. It had already been an hour, and they had nothing. The forest was so big, that they hadn't even seen the other 9 groups. She sighed, wanting to just give up, but then a petit girl walking in the back squeled.
"Ah! Look! There!" She pointed. The other girls whipped around, and rushed to where the little Ravenclaw girl stood.
"It's a toothpick ant!" A Hufflepuff had said. A smile burst on Hermione's face, as she watched the girls work together to try and trick the ant into walking into the container they brought along. Finally after the help of a Slytherin third year, they had captured the toothpick ant, and the tiny Ravenclaw proudly crossed that item off the list.
"Come on girls! Let's go get ourselves more!" Hermione exclaimed, a new sense of excitment rushed throught her body. Only a half an hour later, they found the 7-leaf clover, and only had one item left on the list. It was already 6:30 pm, and the sunlight was starting to fade.
"Come on girls, we don't have enough time," Hermione edged on.
"Wait a minute!" A Gryffindor girl said after awhile, "Didn't Hagrid explain to us how to find a Blue mushroom bear in one of his lessons at Hogwarts?"
A Hufflepuff girl then said,"Yeah! He did! He said something about conjuring up a kind of food...but I can't remember it..."
"Pudding!" A Slytherin girl named Millie exclaimed. Everyone's face lighted up as Millie conjured up a small portion of white pudding. She placed in on the grass, and stood back to wait. They sat there, and waited...and waited...and waited. It was now 8:30pm. Hermione wanted to back, but the determination of the girls made her stay. It was already pitch black, and the only thing that lit their spot was the many wands, enchanted with a lighting spell.
"Girls, it's been 2 hours now, it doesn't look like the Blue mushroom bear is gonna come out now. We really should be getting back to camp," Hermione said. The girls groaned.
"I bet the other groups found all their items," one had grumbled.
"Now, don't worry! There will be plently of chances to beat everyone else. You guys really tried your hardest, and I'm really proud of you all," Hermione tried to cheer them up. It didn't work. She sighed, then looked at her map. She tried to position the compass and locate their spot, but the compass just spun out of control. She tried all kinds of spells, but nothing worked. The girls trudged around for another half and hour, when Hermione finally admited they were lost. She saw the scared expression on the 10 girls' faces. She too was scared, and for once she didn't know what to do.
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Well...what do you guys think? Ok, the names of the 3 items on the list...i know...they're really stupid *coughcough* the 3-spotted, horn-tailed blue mushroom bear...but hey! this is the wizard world...and anything is possible! lol...ok but i wanna hear what y'all think...so don't forget to review!
-Baby T
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Draco watched Hermione run to the back of the crowd. He tried to follow her, but Crabbe and Goyle wouldn't leave him alone. Harry and Ron saw Hermione crying, and quickly abandoned their group of third years to go to her.
"Hermione? Are you okay?" Ron asked, touching her shoulder. She turned around, not expecting to see her friends there, She threw her arms around Ron and sobbed loudly. Harry and Ron looked at each other, worried expressions written on their faces.
"What happeded?" Harry asked softly. Hermione lifted her head up from Ron's shoulders and let go of him. She managed to say a few words between sobs.
"Malfoy...c-called...M-M-Muh-" she didn't need to go on, because her friends understood. Ron's face turned beet red, and Harry's bright green eyes grew cold. They marched over to where Malfoy, Crabbe and Goyle stood. Ron walked straight up to Malfoy, standing nose-to-nose.
"Listen Malfoy," he sneered, "If you say ONE word about Hermione; whether it be to her face or behind her back... or you lay ONE finger on her; and me n' Harry find out...you'll be begging for mercy," Ron theatened.
"Back off Weasel," Malfoy shoved Ron back. Harry stepped up, fists ready.
"I'm warning you Malfoy," Ron snarled before nodding his head at Harry and leaving.
"Third years! Please file into the two buses!" McGonagall called. Harry, Ron, Hermione and Padma climbed into one of the magical buses as Blaise, Draco, Justin and Lisa climbed into the second. Hermione had calmed down, and wore her regular happy expression, both excited and dreading this trip. Within minutes the two magical buses took off, flying into the afternoon sky. Hagrid was the supervisor in the bus Hermione was in, and as soon as the bus reached it's maximum height, Hagrid stood up and silenced the chattery group.
"Well, we'll be goin' ta the Wizard National Park, and you'll be learnin' 'bout many magical creatures!" Hagrid's eyes twinkled with delight. He explained the different creatures they may or may not see during the trip, and explained the way the campsite would be set up. Hours later, the buses landed in a beautiful grand park. The forests where nothing like the forests at Hogwarts, the trees where so tall, that it seemed as if some of the branches could touch the blue sky. The leaves and grass were all a lucious green colour. And there were valleys and valleys of wild flowers, of all different sizes and colours. The students stepped off the buses, with wide eyes. They all took in a deep breath of the refreshing air, and each and every student felt a tingly sensation fill their lungs. No one spoke, they just listened to the charming sounds of the leaves rustling in the forest, and the songs of the birds sitting high atop the many trees. Finally after moments of pure silence, Professor Lupin spoke.
"Well, I say we all set up camp, then explore the wonders on this place!" Each third year rushed to the buses and started unloading as quick as possible, hoping to start exploring as soon as possible! For once, the four houses worked together as a team, helping one another to set up the 10 tents, or to find fire wood, or even just to help sort out the students bags. The Prefects, Harry, Hermione and the two professors stood in amazement as they witnessed the coming together of Hogwarts students.
"If Dumbledore was here, he'd be really proud," Lupin said. Everyone nodded, then seperated to find their group and tent. The 10 tents were all set up in a circle around the huge bonfire. Each tent had the leaders name written on it. Hermione walked to her tent, and peered inside. She was astonished at the size of the inside. It was like a small cabin, with a large room with 5 wooden bunkbeds, and a bathroom, with 5 showers, 3 toilets, and 5 sinks. Then she noticed a smaller room, with a door. Carved into the door was her name. She opened up the door, and to her surprise, there was a smaller bed, with a dressor (which included a mirror) and a bulletin board with the names and info of each of her group, and the activites that they would be doing. She smiled, suddenly thinking that this was like a summer camp that she went to in the muggle world, only this time, she was the councellor. Padma burst threw the tent flaps, calling Hermione's name.
"Hermione! Hermione!"
"What is it Padma?" Hermione poked her head out of her bedroom.
"Can you believe this?! It's exactly like a small cabin! And we leaders have our own bedrooms!" She exclaimed. Hermione smiled, as Padma rushed out her tent. Hermoine walked into the bigger room with the bunkbeds and watched her group of girls sort out their belongings. Finally when everything had settled down, she took attendence, and made sure that everyone was there. They she led her group outside, where the other groups had formed behind their leaders. Hagrid and Professor Lupin handed out activity sheets to the 8 leaders, and then they were off into the forest. Each leader was equiped with a whistle, their wand, a compass, and a map with the instructions of the magical treasure hunt.
"Ok girls, gather around and listen up," Hermione called. Her group huddled around her, and hung on every word she said.
"We're to find a toothpick ant, a 7-leaf clover, and the silver hair of a 3-spotted, horn-tailed blue mushroom bear," she informed them. Each girl nodded, and followed the every step that Hermione took. It had already been an hour, and they had nothing. The forest was so big, that they hadn't even seen the other 9 groups. She sighed, wanting to just give up, but then a petit girl walking in the back squeled.
"Ah! Look! There!" She pointed. The other girls whipped around, and rushed to where the little Ravenclaw girl stood.
"It's a toothpick ant!" A Hufflepuff had said. A smile burst on Hermione's face, as she watched the girls work together to try and trick the ant into walking into the container they brought along. Finally after the help of a Slytherin third year, they had captured the toothpick ant, and the tiny Ravenclaw proudly crossed that item off the list.
"Come on girls! Let's go get ourselves more!" Hermione exclaimed, a new sense of excitment rushed throught her body. Only a half an hour later, they found the 7-leaf clover, and only had one item left on the list. It was already 6:30 pm, and the sunlight was starting to fade.
"Come on girls, we don't have enough time," Hermione edged on.
"Wait a minute!" A Gryffindor girl said after awhile, "Didn't Hagrid explain to us how to find a Blue mushroom bear in one of his lessons at Hogwarts?"
A Hufflepuff girl then said,"Yeah! He did! He said something about conjuring up a kind of food...but I can't remember it..."
"Pudding!" A Slytherin girl named Millie exclaimed. Everyone's face lighted up as Millie conjured up a small portion of white pudding. She placed in on the grass, and stood back to wait. They sat there, and waited...and waited...and waited. It was now 8:30pm. Hermione wanted to back, but the determination of the girls made her stay. It was already pitch black, and the only thing that lit their spot was the many wands, enchanted with a lighting spell.
"Girls, it's been 2 hours now, it doesn't look like the Blue mushroom bear is gonna come out now. We really should be getting back to camp," Hermione said. The girls groaned.
"I bet the other groups found all their items," one had grumbled.
"Now, don't worry! There will be plently of chances to beat everyone else. You guys really tried your hardest, and I'm really proud of you all," Hermione tried to cheer them up. It didn't work. She sighed, then looked at her map. She tried to position the compass and locate their spot, but the compass just spun out of control. She tried all kinds of spells, but nothing worked. The girls trudged around for another half and hour, when Hermione finally admited they were lost. She saw the scared expression on the 10 girls' faces. She too was scared, and for once she didn't know what to do.
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Well...what do you guys think? Ok, the names of the 3 items on the list...i know...they're really stupid *coughcough* the 3-spotted, horn-tailed blue mushroom bear...but hey! this is the wizard world...and anything is possible! lol...ok but i wanna hear what y'all think...so don't forget to review!
-Baby T