Look at Harry's Trials and Tribulations

Chapter Four "Home Sweet Home."





The time that they spent at Hermione's house went very fast, Harry could hardly believe that it had been almost a month.
Ron though could, he was fed up with they way Harry and Hermione looked at each other. He wanted to come out and tell them that they liked each other and that he'd leave them alone if they wanted him to but he decided not to do so, especially around Hermione's parents.
"Are you ready to go back to school tomorrow?" Hermione's father asked the trio.
"Yeah, can't wait!" Harry really meant what he said. Harry suspected that this year was going to be more exciting than the last.
The next morning they were all awoken early, so that they could make it to the Hogwarts Express on time.
Ron was not used to having to get up this early, "It's to early," and rolled over in bed.
"C'mon Ron we got to go, or else we'll miss the train."
"Alright, alright!" Ron didn't want to think what the two of them would get up to if he weren't there, plus he didn't want to get in trouble with his mum again. The howler he had received in their second year brought back bad memories.
So finally they were all ready and packed up, and headed off to King's Cross.
"Bye Mum, bye Dad!" Hermione said as she hugged her parents before walking towards the barrier between platform 9 and 10.
As the three of them walked through the barrier, the saw the familiar scarlet steam train. The Hogwarts express!
"Who do you reckon is the new Defense against the Dark Arts teacher this year?" Ron asked.
"I don't know but Sirius said that Lupin said that we'll be in for a surprise, it'd be great if he came back don't you think?" Harry said.
"Yeah, Lupin was great," said Hermione.
"He wasn't great he was awesome!" Harry replied.
"No he wasn't he was a worthless werewolf," said a cold voice from behind the trio. The three turned around and found themselves face to face with Draco Malfoy.
"You'll take that back!" Hermione exclaimed.
"I will, will I? What's a mudblood like you going to do about it?"
"You know very well, Malfoy, that Hermione here knows more curses to put on you then Ron, you and I combined."
"And you know Potter that my father will hunt your father, oh wait you don't have one anymore, well if you had one would out power him."
"If your father even dreams of doing that, mine will throw yours in Azakban." Ron said, Draco seemed surprised.
"What are you talking about Weasley? The head of the Misuse of Muggle artifacts department couldn't do crap to my father."
"You seemed to have forgotten something Malfoy, Mr. Weasley is the Minister of Magic now. Or is your skull to thick to get that sentence through? Should I repeat that slowly? Ron's Dad is the Min is ter of Ma gic, did you get that?" Hermione said.
With that Draco lost all color that ever was in his face, not that there was much to begin with.
"There must be a mistake, how could such a Muggle lover be Minister of Magic? You'll see what's going to happen, with a Muggle lover as the Headmaster of Hogwarts and a Muggle lover as the Minister of Magic we are all going to be taken over or killed by you know who."
"Malfoy, you are forgetting something again, your family is already stained by Voldemort." Harry said.
"What does that matter to you Potter?"
"Move along Draco," said Lupin's voice from behind Harry.
"Professor Lupin!" Hermione cried.
"Hi," Lupin responded.
"Are you coming back to teach?" Ron asked.
"Yes, I am, Ron."
"Great!" Harry exclaimed.
"Dumbledore decided he needed someone who actually knew what he was talking about now with You-Know-Who in power and all."
"Call him Voldemort!" Harry said, "it just annoys so much that people are afraid to say his name! VOLDEMORT! Look I have no problem saying it, why does everyone else?"
"Harry, settle down," Hermione said.
"Let's get on the train okay?" Ron suggested.
"Okay, see you Professor." Harry said. So the three of them climbed on the train and stored their stuff in the last compartment and they heard the voice of two troublemakers that they knew.
"Who could we test this on?" Fred or George asked, Harry wasn't sure which.
"Let's see who's in this last compartment." The other twin said. Both Fred and George came into Harry, Ron and Hermione's compartment.
"Test what?" Ron asked.
"Ahh shoot you heard us coming," Fred said. There was a big F on the front of his shirt, which gave Harry the idea that he was Fred.
"Fred, we aren't that dense to accept anything from you two, well that can be eaten." As Harry said this, the whistle blew signaling that the train was preparing to leave.
"Did you guys see that Professor Lupin is here?" Hermione asked the twins.
"Lupin's here?" George asked.
"He's teaching Defense against the Dark Arts again!" Ron exclaimed.
"Great!" Fred said.
"Hey I never told you to but when I do you guys will respect him even more." Harry said.
"What? Lupin is already great what could make him better?"
"Well first of all, Lupin was friends with my dad when they went to Hogwarts."
"Really?!" Fred said. {Hey that rhymes!}
"Hang on let me finish, you remember the Marauder's Map don't you? Don't answer that, stupid question. Anyway, you know that there were the four guys right? Moony, Padfoot, Wormtail and Prongs. Well Prongs is my father,
"No way!" George said. {That doesn't.}
"I'm not done yet! Where was I? Oh yes, Prongs is my father, er was, Wormtail – Pettigrew, Padfoot is..... well uh, anyway, um.. and Moony is Lupin."
"Moony is Lupin?!" Fred and George said astonished.
"Well doesn't it make sense? He's a werewolf, moon?" Hermione said.
"Sure, it makes sense," Fred said.
"It's just its just such a shock."
"Well we better be off! Angelina and Katie are probably waiting for us now." With that the twins left. But as soon as the door was closed, another Gryffindor opened it again, by the name of Lavender Brown.
"Hi Lavender," Hermione said, "what's going on?"
"Hi Hermione, uh Ron could I um speak to you for a second?"
"Sure…" Ron said not knowing what was coming next.
This left Harry and Hermione alone. {Dun, dun, dun, dun!}
"So, um, yeah, what do you want to talk about?" Harry asked Hermione.
"Well, I um don't know. What do you think Lavender wants with Ron?"
"To tell you the truth, I haven't got a clue. But I know Ron's enjoying it."
"What? What is that supposed to mean?"
"Plainly, he likes her."
"Really!?"
"Why is that so surprising?"
"Well let's just call this classified information, she likes him too, I didn't tell you."
"Wow! Ron'll be so excited. Wait, I can't tell him can I? Shoot, that would make his day!"
"It would make hers if she knew that he liked her back."
"I would imagine," Harry said, he was thinking about what it would be like to find out that Hermione liked him back. Little did he know that she was thinking the same thing.

{Now lets go find Ron}
"Hey Lavender, I'm here, what do you want?"
"Well I don't know how to say this," Lavender replied.
"Don't know how to say what?"
"Well, I um, reallylikeyouandwouldyougooutwithme?"
"Sorry, I didn't quite catch that."
"Well I figured you'd say no, so off I go." {Lavender's a poet, and she didn't know it! Hehehe.}
"Wait a second Lavender, I didn't here what you said!"
"Really!"
"Really, really."
"I'll make it simple, I like you Ron."
"Really!?"
"Really, really."
"That's-"
"Great I know, but I figured you didn't like me in that way, so I'll be going now."
"Lavender," Ron said, "wait up." Lavender turned back around, as she did Ron planted a small but sweet kiss on her lips. Lavender's face turned almost as red as Ron's ears after that.
And as this was happening Harry opened the door to the compartment to find Ron, but he didn't need to look to far, because there was Ron, kissing Lavender.
"And you yelled at me, for finding me in an incriminating status!" Harry said.
"Um, uh," Ron's ears turned even redder when he knew Harry was there, "Harry give me a second, okay?"
"Sure, Ronniekins!"
"Harry!"
"Alright, I'm closing the door," Harry said and when he did he couldn't help but start laughing.
"What's so funny Harry?" Hermione asked.
"You'll never guess what is going on in the corridor."
"Tell me then."
"Ron," Harry said while sitting down next to Hermione, "and Lavender are kissing!"
"What?" Hermione said while trying to keep down the laughing.
"I guess that they know that they like each other," Harry said.
"I suppose so."
"You should have seen how red Ron's ears where when he found out that I was standing there."
"I guess that we won't be a trio anymore, if Lavender and Ron are a couple. Ah that'll mean that Parvati will be hanging around with us too."
"Oh that's freaky!"
"What, Harry?"
"Professor Trelweany, told Parvati to beware a red haired man, look what our favorite red head just did, took away her best friend."
"That old crack pot-"
"'Mione!"
"What? She's a fraud."
"Yeah but you calling a teacher a crack pot is well, not like you,"
"Well this summer I learned that not everyone is what they seem to be."
"I'm still so sorry 'bout that,"
"Harry you didn't do anything."
"I know, but I feel so bad for you."
"Thanks Harry!"
"Pas de problem!"
"Harry you speak French?"
"Un petite peu, I've learned some from Fleur, she owls me every now and again."
"Ron'll be jealous, wait never mind he's a little preoccupied."
"Sure seems like it. Oh that was so funny."
"Lavender's a nice girl, at least we can trust her not to hurt Ron, well to much."
"Yeah, what do you think we'll be studding in Care of magical Creatures this year?" Harry said completely changing the subject. "I hope it's not something that can start you on fire."
"Yeah me too, those Blast-ended Skewerts were horrible."
"Hey, you didn't have to face a full grown one in a maze. Ugh they are horrible! I hope Hagrid has something safer and interesting, well our definition of interesting this year."
"Me too Harry," as Hermione said this she yawned and fell asleep on Harry's shoulder.
As Hermione was resting on his shoulder, Harry couldn't help but think how beautiful she was. He wanted her so bad, but did she want him? He didn't want to risk his friendship by telling her that he liked her.

Hermione was having quite a pleasant dream about Harry. {What did you expect?} It was snowing and there was music, but she didn't get to finish it because she suddenly heard a familiar voice.
"'Mione, will you get up? Hermione!"
"What Harry? Huh, its that time already!"
"Yeah come on we've got to change into our school robes."
"Sure Harry." So the two changed, Ron still was with Lavender.
"I'm going to go find Ron, I'll be back," Harry said. Harry found Ron in the same spot but this time he wasn't kissing Lavender they were just talking. "Ron, Lavender we will be arriving at Hogwarts in ten minutes!"
"Really?" said Ron and Lavender at the same time.
"Really, really," Harry said. Ron and Lavender suddenly started to laugh. "What's so funny you two?"
"Never mind Harry, inside joke," Ron said "Well Lavender I'll see you at dinner!"
"Bye Ron," Lavender said and she stared walking up towards the front of the train.
"So are you and Lavender a couple now?" Hermione asked as Ron came back into the compartment.
"Uh, well not officially. I don't think."
"Well that was obvious."
"Hey well at least I'm not a -"
"Hey you two! You will get along! My two best friends must!" Harry interrupted.
"For you Harry," Hermione said, at this Ron rolled his eyes.
"What? I saw that!" Hermione asked.
"It meant nothing," Ron replied.
"It had to have meant something, or else you wouldn't have done it. Tell me what it means!"
"Cut it out!" Harry yelled, "We're here!"
So even though Ron was being secretive about something the three, which shortly became the five, including Lavender and Parvati, went towards the carriages that were undoubtedly pulled by enormous, invisible horses. The five somehow fit in because from the front it looked as if there wouldn't have been enough room and then Harry realized he was being stupid and should have slapped himself for it, duh someone had used magic on them!
Harry and Hermione were sitting across from each other, Ron and Lavender were next to Harry and Parvati was sitting next to Hermione. Ron was saying something to Lavender, but he was whispering and Harry couldn't tell what he was saying, he figured that it was just a few sweet nothings, but he was wrong.
"Those two are bugging me, Lav," Ron whispered to Lavender.
"Harry and Hermione? Why?" she whispered back.
"Can't you tell? Okay, I know them better but I thought it was really obvious that they like each other."
Lavender looked from Harry to Hermione to Harry and back at Ron, "You know what, they do, oh how cute!"
"Well, it's bugging me that they don't know it, and Hermione's the bloody genius of the three of us."
"Well, sometimes your brain goes fuzzy when you think about the boy you like."
"Really?"
"Really, really," they started laughing, agian.
"What's so funny?" Parvati asked.
"I'll tell you later Parvati," Lavender said. "Look at those two," Lavender whispered to Ron, indicating Harry and Hermione, "they didn't even notice we were laughing our heads off."
"I told you, we've got to get them together, somehow, but I'm not all that creative. You have got to help me with that."
"You know we could just tell them, or you could, they trust you more than me, you've been friends since first year."
"I guess, but well okay, but I really don't want to."
The carriage stopped, they had arrived at Hogwarts.
"We're here!" Parvati said jumping up immediately. She had had an incredibly boring ride; she couldn't even talk to Hermione, whom she normally got along with fairly well. But everyone seemed to be preoccupied she had thought, even though it was only Ron and Lavender talking the way up.
"What, huh?" Harry said coming into reality.
"We're here. You know we're at Hogwarts, you know school."
"Oh yeah, great," Harry said very sadly and then realized what he was saying, "GREAT!" Harry loved this place, the memories, besides the fact that he had some scary memories too, like oh, he didn't want to think about Voldemort, it was depressing. So he thought of Hermione, he couldn't seem to think about much else. His brain seemed to go fuzzy and blank besides the stuff about Hermione. He looked at her, and noticed that she was still sitting looking out of the carriage window apparently in deep thought. He went over to her, "'Mione! Hermione, we've got to go inside. We are at school," Harry said to the pretty girl that he knew.
"I love you, uh what?" said Hermione apparently coming out of a daydream.
"You what?" said Harry taken aback.

A/N: MUHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHA! And also note I am not a H/Hr shipper...no... I am a R/Hr shipper thank you very much... :)