DISCLAIMER: I still don't own any of it! :(
"Morning," Fred said as he sat down across from his little brother.
"Morning," Harry, Hermione and Ron responded, as George came to join
them.
"Oh look at our little brother," George said as he picked up a piece
of toast.
"Oh you are a prefect!" Fred said.
"You say that like it's a bad thing!" Hermione said.
"No, no, no," Fred and George said immediately.
"There's nothing wrong with me being a prefect! Nothing whatsoever."
"Of course, we just don't need another Percy 'round here."
"I know that! That's why I'm not going to be like that."
"If you say so Ron, we'll give you forewarning."
"Oh you guys," said Harry suddenly changing the subject, "did you know
that we've got to be down on the Quidditch field on Saturday at one o'clock,
for the tryouts."
"Oh yeah! We need a new keeper!" said Fred.
"And a new chaser," George finished the sentence.
"Thanks Harry! For that information."
"And that other thing from last year, you know," George finished Fred
sentence again.
"Yeah, no problem, I just want to see it put to good use."
"Just you wait."
"Okay, well see you, guys," Fred said as they got up and went further
down the table.
"What are they talking about?" Ron asked.
"Nothing," Harry lied.
"Sure Harry, whatever you say."
"Here we go again."
"What?" Hermione asked.
"You wouldn't get it, sorry, but you weren't there. And its one of
those things you know, you had to be there," Harry answered.
"Well I'm going to go find Lavender," Ron said picking up another schedule
and leaving.
"See you," Harry and Hermione called after him. The Great Hall was
almost full by now.
"It's great to be back," Harry sighed.
"Yeah it is, I can't wait to start classes!" Hermione said.
"Well you've got half an hour to wait."
"I know I don't know if I'm going to last that long."
"You better, 'Mione."
"Hey, let's go check on Hedwig," Hermione suggested.
"Sure, I should probably owl Sirius, to tell him that I'm here safely
and stuff, he worries so."
"C'mon lets go!" Hermione said grabbing Harry's hand and leading him
out of the Great Hall.
"Slow down, Hermione!" Harry was having problems running up the stairs,
okay he wasn't running more like being pulled up, "It's not that urgent!"
"I know, but come on!" She let go of his hand, but continued to run.
Though this time Harry could keep up without tripping on the stairs.
"What's the rush?" a cold voice called.
"What's it to you Malfoy?"
"Nothing, I just wanted to know where you and the mudblood were going,
without Weasley."
"It's none of your business Malfoy," Harry said.
"Well I'm making it my business." But before Harry could respond Hermione
had slapped Malfoy agian.
"Let's go!" Hermione said.
"Yeah, sure," Harry said, "That was great 'Mione. To bad Ron missed
it."
"Yeah, hurry up will you?"
"Okay…" Harry was still uncertain on why Hermione wanted to get up
to the owlry so bad. Harry was doing the best he could to keep up with
her, he was shocked on how fast she could run. "'Mione are you this fast
on a broom?"
"No, I really don't like them," she responded.
"Oh okay, because I was going to say that we need someone really fast
to take Alicia's spot."
"Thanks Harry, but I like having both feet on the ground."
"I get it. But why are we in such a hurry?"
"I have a letter to send too, and I want to make sure that there is
an owl left." Harry wasn't completely convinced. {A/N: Then again I'm not
either, it's just I'm having problems.}
They reached the owlry in record time, and Hedwig was happy to see
Harry, luckily Harry did have part of his toast left and gave it to her.
"You've got mail to deliver, once I've wrote it of course." He told
her. So Harry sat down and started to write a letter to Sirius.
Dear Sirius,
How are you? I'm fine. I'm just letting you know that I'm here safe
at school, and that we are getting together with Dumbledore on the 18th
to work on getting your name cleared.
Oh, Hermione's a prefect but what did you expect, and so is Ron.
He's pretty shocked, you can tell he's happy about it but he won't admit
it, typical Ron.
Can't wait for your name to be cleared, I'm counting down to the
18th.
Harry
"Here you go Hedwig," Harry said while carrying her over to the window,
"This goes to Sirius," Harry said letting her go.
"Finished!" Hermione said, Harry had been unaware that she actually
wanted to write a letter.
"Who's it to?"
"Oh, just my parents."
"Really what about?"
"Not much, that I'm a prefect mostly."
"Oh," Harry said, "Well we better go get our stuff."
"Yeah, we won't want to be late for Professor McGonagall."
"That's for sure, we don't need to have negative points on the first
day of school."
So Hermione and Harry walked down to the Gryffindor Common room and
got out, An Advanced Guide to Transfiguration.
"I wonder what we'll learn in this year," Hermione pondered.
"I don't know, but if we don't get there fast we're going to get in
a lot of trouble, we've got to run!" Harry said breaking in to one.
"Mr. Potter, Miss Granger, you are just in time, come in and take your
seats," Professor McGonagall said as they reached the Transfiguration classroom.
"What took you two so long?" Ron asked as they sat down next to him,
"Or do I not want to know?"
"It was all perfectly normal, we went up to check on Hedwig."
"As interesting as that may be I must ask you not to discus it in my
class, please pay attention!" Professor McGonagall said from the front
of the classroom.
"Sorry Professor," Harry and Ron replied.
"As I was saying…" Professor McGonagall continued. By the end of the
class Hermione was the only one to transfigure her basket into a rabbit,
and Professor McGonagall rewarded the Gryffindor house 10 points for it.
Harry wasn't as lucky his rabbit still had the handle like the basket,
but it was okay.
"See you 'Mione!" Harry called after her as she went towards the Arithmancy
classroom.
"'Bye Harry!"
"Oh on to Divination, my favorite class!" Lavender said
to Parvati who were walking in front of Ron and Harry.
"Oh yeah, mine too," said Harry sarcastically, "I just love having
my death predicted." Ron snorted at Harry's comment.
"Ron! Do you have something against Professor Trelweany?" Lavender
asked.
"Uh, um, no. But you have to admit; she's been predicting Harry's death
every class period since third year. And he hasn't died yet."
"But he will!" Lavender snapped.
"Yeah, we all will, doesn't take a rocket scientist to discover that!"
Harry retaliated.
"Well I never!" Parvati yelled.
"Well, we're here, we might as well stop arguing," Ron said.
"Oh but I was having so much fun," Harry told Ron after Lavender and
Parvati went up the ladder.
****
"Hey Hermione!" Harry said as he sat down next to her at the Gryffindor
table for lunch.
"Hi Harry! Ron."
"Hello, oh look at this food!"
"You'd think he never eats," Harry told Hermione.
"Yeah," she laughed. Ron tried to say something bout his mouth was
so full, all Harry and Hermione heard was a bunch of mumbling that they
couldn't make sense of.
"What do we have after lunch?" Harry asked.
"Muggle Imitation," Hermione said.
"Oh that class. Math and English how fun."
"Well, it's important."
"Yeah I know. It's just that I'm so bored with it, there's no magic
or anything."
"I know how you feel, but we've got to pass as Muggles in their world."
"Well I did that for 10 years with out knowing there was another world."
"Me too, Harry."
"I know, Ron's the only one that's got to learn anything!"
"Hey! No I don't!"
"Yes you do, you can't go around poking posters expecting them to move,"
Hermione said.
"Well…" Ron couldn't retaliate because he knew it was true.
"Point and case."
"I wonder who is in the class with us this year, I just hope it's not
Slytherin. I haven't had to see Malfoy all day," Ron said.
"Oh we saw him," Harry said, shocked that he hadn't told Ron this yet,
"Yeah and 'Mione here slapped him!"
"Really! Way to go Hermione!" Hermione turned a nice pink color again.
"Why though?"
"Because I called her by her proper name. Mudblood!" Malfoy sneered.
"You better leave Malfoy!"
"What are you going to do Scarface?"
"Are you sure you want to know?"
"Positive."
"Only fools are positive."
"Are you calling me a fool Weasley?"
"I sure am, Malfoy."
"Move along boys," Professor Lupin said. Malfoy grumbled something
that sounded a lot like 'Werewolf.'
"You should know better than to have Malfoy as your enemy, Harry,"
Lupin said.
"I know, but he is so easy to be mad at."
"As that might be, still, the Malfoys are known for their connection
to Voldemort."
"I know, I've seen the Death Eaters."
"Still, remain on the look out. Hermione and Ron, stay close to him."
"Seesh, we already went thorough this today with Snape," Ron said.
"Really, well us in the Order are quite concerned for you Harry."
"What Order?" Hermione asked.
"Oh Dumbledore hasn't told you yet, well I bet you he will at our meeting
on the 18th."
"You're going to be there too! Great!" Harry exclaimed.
"Well I ought to be going, I'll see you on Thursday!"
"Bye Professor!" the three called after him, as he made his way up
to the Head table.
"Well I guess we ought to go to, it's almost time for class," Hermione
said.
So they went up to the Muggle Imitation classroom, and would have taken
their normal seats if Malfoy and his gang weren't sitting in them. So they
were forced to sit in the front.
"Great we are with the Slytherins," Ron said sarcastically.
"I know aren't we lucky," said Harry in the same tone of voice.
But luckily the class went on with out a single smart remark from Malfoy.
Which Harry found odd, but he thought it was better not to ask. So they
left with the fresh knowledge in their minds about right triangles. Today's
class had been geometry.
"Who cares if a triangle has 180 degrees, I sure don't," Ron said angrily
as they left the class.
"Muggles do, and what's the class called, Ron?" Hermione asked.
"Muggle imitation," Harry responded.
"Is your name Ron?"
"Yeah, didn't you know that? Or did I forget to tell you that we switched,"
Harry said jokingly.
"Harry Potter, you will not mess with my mind like that!"
"Sorry, I didn't know you would take it so seriously Hermione Granger!"
"You two need help," Ron said as they reached the Great Hall once again,
though this time it was for dinner.
"I do not Ron!" Harry and Hermione said at the same time.
"You do, but I'm starving let's eat!" Ron said.
"We just ate!"
"No we didn't that was Double Muggle Imitation, we were last here at
1:30 it's six now."
"Oh I see," Harry said rolling hes eyes.
