Harry Potter and the Harsh Truth
By Ruby Star
Disclaimer: I do not own any of these characters, they are all a product of the wonderful mind of J .K. Rowling, and I merely play with them.
Last time: As they walked into Honeydukes Harry just ignored the other two girls and talked to the mysterious Rose, even though she was a Slytherin. Maybe she was friends with Draco Malfoy, and maybe she was friends with Oliver Wood, he could really care less today. There was just something so...enchanting about her. And the greatest part, though he didn't know this yet, was that she felt the same way about him.
"Yeah, so Rose, what year are you?"
"Fifth, same as you."
"Are you muggle born? Not that it matters to me," Harry finished quickly.
"Yes, I am as a matter of fact. I wouldn't think it would matter to you. Hermione is muggle born and I see you with her all the time."
"Yeah well, we're close. She's one of my best friends."
"I can tell."
"You can? Am I talking about her too much? I'd much rather hear about you."
She laughed. "No, you're fine. What do you want to know about me?"
"Everything."
Behind them Hermione was glaring at Rose. Lessa could tell how utterly jealous she was of Rose, because of all the attention Harry was giving her. Hermione did like Harry, A LOT, no matter what she told anyone. Lessa felt bad for Hermione.
"'Mione, don't feel badly. You're still his best friend after all."
"Yeah, well maybe I don't wanna just be friends." It had slipped out. She gasped, realizing what she said, and went red.
"I knew it! I, I mean I knew that you like him more than a friend? Shocking!" Then they both laughed.
"That obvious huh?"
"To everyone but him maybe. My friend back home, Mari was going out with this guy Byron, and then she met another guy, oh what was his name? Oh, George, that was it. Well anyway she liked George better. The dilemma was that she WAS still going out with Byron, and didn't want to hurt him. When they broke up she didn't tell him about George. Anyway, Mari and Byron's mothers are friends and Byron's mom told Mari's mom that she asked Byron if there was another boy and that's why they broke up and Byron just said he hoped not."
"And the point to that story was what? That I like another guy?"
"No silly, that guys are oblivious. I bet ten to nothing that he likes you too, but has no idea you like him so he's not saying anything in fear of losing you as a friend."
"Well, I don't think he's too worried about upsetting me right now. Look at the way he's staring at her. Why did he have to run into a girl so damn pretty?" asked Hermione.
"Harry. Harry. hellooooo Harry!" called Lessa.
"What? Oh yea, what's up Lessa?"
"We're going to get some butterbeer, we'll meet up with you guys when we meet Ron ok?"
"Yeah, sure." He was just thrilled to be alone with Rose.
"So you've never heard of Simple Plan? Geeze you poor deprived little wizard!" Rose laughed. Harry loved her laugh. And her smile. She lit up the whole room (good thing they're outside on the street huh?) and she warmed his heart.
"Simple Plan? What is that? A plan for school or something?"
This made her laugh harder. "No...no it's, it's a band! They play music." She calmed down. It was just so weird to be in the wizarding world where no one knew about the muggle world she loved so dearly.
"Music, huh? I like music; what kind is it?" asked Harry.
"I couldn't tell ya, kinda rock, kinda punk I think. I'm not very good at classifying music into categories. So I'm assuming since you've never heard of Simple Plan that you've never heard of All American Rejects or American Hi-Fi or Good Charlotte or Linkin Park or *NSYNC or Sum 41? You British wizards. This is so sad. I'll have to bring in some CDs for you."
"Okay sounds great. I'd love to hear some American music, especially if you think so highly of it." And with that the wind blew and the sky became just a little too cloudy.
Harry looked at his watch. It was time to meet Lessa, Hermione, Ron, and Amy, but he didn't want to. He wanted to stay here with Rose. But he knew he couldn't.
"Time to go to meet the rest of your friends Harry," Rose remembered gently.
"Okay Rose," Harry said sadly. They walked to Gringotts slowly. "So, uh, Rose, do you want to maybe, come here with me next weekend or study with us. me, sometime?"
"I'd love to Harry! Actually next weekend my friend will be healed so I already promised to go with her. But studying is always something to do, I never do it enough in fact."
"Monday?" He wanted to see her as soon as possible.
"How about we have lunch together and then go?"
"That would work." Then he remembered. "But um, would you mind terribly if we ate at my table? I have a long-standing hatred for a couple Slytherins, no offense to you of course."
"Right, Draco. I forgot. That's fine. I don't really like him either, it will be good to get away from that slime ball." Then they laughed together.
"Harry! Whose that?!" Ron came running up. Amy walked up behind him.
"Ron." Amy gave him the don't-sound-so-interested-or-I-will-hurt-you look. You know what I mean.
"What? I was just wondering."
"I'm Rose Henning."
"Henning? I know you, Ravenclaws and Slytherins have Professor McGonagall's class together."
"Right, I knew you looked familiar."
"Slytherin? You're a Slytherin Rose?" Ron looked astonished. He gave Harry the She's-a-Slytherin?! look.
"Yes, I am."
"No big deal Ron, she's not like Malfoy or anything. She really should have been a Gryffindor I think."
"I'm not ashamed of being a Slytherin Harry. I'm happy there. The people there ARE nice, no matter what you think."
"Okay, sorry Rose."
"Where's Hermione and Lessa?"
"They were meeting us here. They went for butterbeer."
"Oh."
But after another half hour of waiting, the two hadn't shown up yet. The four Hogwarts students were forced to go back to school without them, figuring they would be able to talk to them at dinner.
And then they were on their way home. It happened that none of them bought anything from Honeydukes like they were originally planning. They all went home empty-handed.
Lessa took Hermione out for some butterbeer. While they were there Hermione told Lessa everything, about how she liked Harry since she met him and how he and Ron had saved her from the troll in their first year- which Lessa had heard about- and how jealous Hermione was of Rose, and also what had happened that night when Harry had run out of the Great Hall. She started crying a little bit, too.
"It's not fair. I've known him for five years now and all I've got is a friendship out of it. She runs into him and in two minutes she's practically got a new boyfriend. How do I compete with that?"
Lessa didn't know. She told Hermione they would figure something out and that Rose wasn't that great a person. She had McGonagall's class with her too, and she knew she was a little meaner than she was letting on.
"Thanks Les, I feel much better now. Let's go meet them at Gringotts." She looked at her watch. "WE WERE SUPPOSED TO MEET THEM FORTY-FIVE MINUTES AGO!" She panicked.
"I know. I didn't want you to face them in that condition. I let you compose yourself first. They won't be too worried, we're not missing dinner or anything."
"We still have to go find them! Let them know we're okay and everything. And I want to talk to Harry."
"So soon?"
"I want him to know how I feel, so everything's out in the open, and he can decide what to do about Rose."
"That's very mature of you, putting it all out on the table and letting him decide what to do."
"Whatever makes him happy." Lessa put her arm around Hermione.
"Let's go home. I'm starved."
"She laughed. "Me too Lessa, me too."
A/N: Well, that was an okay chapter. Did I get too mushy or anything? Sorry I didn't add anything about the mirror dream, that comes right away next chapter.probably. Well anyway, tell me what you think- question am I adding too many new characters? Can you undterstand everything? Let me know.
Vonda: Thanks for the fantastic review. The book comes in in the next chapter I think. It's still in the works.
Summrmagic: Thanks for letting me know about my store mix-up. I didn't think I had the right name! Well, I fixed it in both chapters, so I won't confuse anyone else.
Thanks again to everyone for reading/reviewing my story!
By Ruby Star
Disclaimer: I do not own any of these characters, they are all a product of the wonderful mind of J .K. Rowling, and I merely play with them.
Last time: As they walked into Honeydukes Harry just ignored the other two girls and talked to the mysterious Rose, even though she was a Slytherin. Maybe she was friends with Draco Malfoy, and maybe she was friends with Oliver Wood, he could really care less today. There was just something so...enchanting about her. And the greatest part, though he didn't know this yet, was that she felt the same way about him.
"Yeah, so Rose, what year are you?"
"Fifth, same as you."
"Are you muggle born? Not that it matters to me," Harry finished quickly.
"Yes, I am as a matter of fact. I wouldn't think it would matter to you. Hermione is muggle born and I see you with her all the time."
"Yeah well, we're close. She's one of my best friends."
"I can tell."
"You can? Am I talking about her too much? I'd much rather hear about you."
She laughed. "No, you're fine. What do you want to know about me?"
"Everything."
Behind them Hermione was glaring at Rose. Lessa could tell how utterly jealous she was of Rose, because of all the attention Harry was giving her. Hermione did like Harry, A LOT, no matter what she told anyone. Lessa felt bad for Hermione.
"'Mione, don't feel badly. You're still his best friend after all."
"Yeah, well maybe I don't wanna just be friends." It had slipped out. She gasped, realizing what she said, and went red.
"I knew it! I, I mean I knew that you like him more than a friend? Shocking!" Then they both laughed.
"That obvious huh?"
"To everyone but him maybe. My friend back home, Mari was going out with this guy Byron, and then she met another guy, oh what was his name? Oh, George, that was it. Well anyway she liked George better. The dilemma was that she WAS still going out with Byron, and didn't want to hurt him. When they broke up she didn't tell him about George. Anyway, Mari and Byron's mothers are friends and Byron's mom told Mari's mom that she asked Byron if there was another boy and that's why they broke up and Byron just said he hoped not."
"And the point to that story was what? That I like another guy?"
"No silly, that guys are oblivious. I bet ten to nothing that he likes you too, but has no idea you like him so he's not saying anything in fear of losing you as a friend."
"Well, I don't think he's too worried about upsetting me right now. Look at the way he's staring at her. Why did he have to run into a girl so damn pretty?" asked Hermione.
"Harry. Harry. hellooooo Harry!" called Lessa.
"What? Oh yea, what's up Lessa?"
"We're going to get some butterbeer, we'll meet up with you guys when we meet Ron ok?"
"Yeah, sure." He was just thrilled to be alone with Rose.
"So you've never heard of Simple Plan? Geeze you poor deprived little wizard!" Rose laughed. Harry loved her laugh. And her smile. She lit up the whole room (good thing they're outside on the street huh?) and she warmed his heart.
"Simple Plan? What is that? A plan for school or something?"
This made her laugh harder. "No...no it's, it's a band! They play music." She calmed down. It was just so weird to be in the wizarding world where no one knew about the muggle world she loved so dearly.
"Music, huh? I like music; what kind is it?" asked Harry.
"I couldn't tell ya, kinda rock, kinda punk I think. I'm not very good at classifying music into categories. So I'm assuming since you've never heard of Simple Plan that you've never heard of All American Rejects or American Hi-Fi or Good Charlotte or Linkin Park or *NSYNC or Sum 41? You British wizards. This is so sad. I'll have to bring in some CDs for you."
"Okay sounds great. I'd love to hear some American music, especially if you think so highly of it." And with that the wind blew and the sky became just a little too cloudy.
Harry looked at his watch. It was time to meet Lessa, Hermione, Ron, and Amy, but he didn't want to. He wanted to stay here with Rose. But he knew he couldn't.
"Time to go to meet the rest of your friends Harry," Rose remembered gently.
"Okay Rose," Harry said sadly. They walked to Gringotts slowly. "So, uh, Rose, do you want to maybe, come here with me next weekend or study with us. me, sometime?"
"I'd love to Harry! Actually next weekend my friend will be healed so I already promised to go with her. But studying is always something to do, I never do it enough in fact."
"Monday?" He wanted to see her as soon as possible.
"How about we have lunch together and then go?"
"That would work." Then he remembered. "But um, would you mind terribly if we ate at my table? I have a long-standing hatred for a couple Slytherins, no offense to you of course."
"Right, Draco. I forgot. That's fine. I don't really like him either, it will be good to get away from that slime ball." Then they laughed together.
"Harry! Whose that?!" Ron came running up. Amy walked up behind him.
"Ron." Amy gave him the don't-sound-so-interested-or-I-will-hurt-you look. You know what I mean.
"What? I was just wondering."
"I'm Rose Henning."
"Henning? I know you, Ravenclaws and Slytherins have Professor McGonagall's class together."
"Right, I knew you looked familiar."
"Slytherin? You're a Slytherin Rose?" Ron looked astonished. He gave Harry the She's-a-Slytherin?! look.
"Yes, I am."
"No big deal Ron, she's not like Malfoy or anything. She really should have been a Gryffindor I think."
"I'm not ashamed of being a Slytherin Harry. I'm happy there. The people there ARE nice, no matter what you think."
"Okay, sorry Rose."
"Where's Hermione and Lessa?"
"They were meeting us here. They went for butterbeer."
"Oh."
But after another half hour of waiting, the two hadn't shown up yet. The four Hogwarts students were forced to go back to school without them, figuring they would be able to talk to them at dinner.
And then they were on their way home. It happened that none of them bought anything from Honeydukes like they were originally planning. They all went home empty-handed.
Lessa took Hermione out for some butterbeer. While they were there Hermione told Lessa everything, about how she liked Harry since she met him and how he and Ron had saved her from the troll in their first year- which Lessa had heard about- and how jealous Hermione was of Rose, and also what had happened that night when Harry had run out of the Great Hall. She started crying a little bit, too.
"It's not fair. I've known him for five years now and all I've got is a friendship out of it. She runs into him and in two minutes she's practically got a new boyfriend. How do I compete with that?"
Lessa didn't know. She told Hermione they would figure something out and that Rose wasn't that great a person. She had McGonagall's class with her too, and she knew she was a little meaner than she was letting on.
"Thanks Les, I feel much better now. Let's go meet them at Gringotts." She looked at her watch. "WE WERE SUPPOSED TO MEET THEM FORTY-FIVE MINUTES AGO!" She panicked.
"I know. I didn't want you to face them in that condition. I let you compose yourself first. They won't be too worried, we're not missing dinner or anything."
"We still have to go find them! Let them know we're okay and everything. And I want to talk to Harry."
"So soon?"
"I want him to know how I feel, so everything's out in the open, and he can decide what to do about Rose."
"That's very mature of you, putting it all out on the table and letting him decide what to do."
"Whatever makes him happy." Lessa put her arm around Hermione.
"Let's go home. I'm starved."
"She laughed. "Me too Lessa, me too."
A/N: Well, that was an okay chapter. Did I get too mushy or anything? Sorry I didn't add anything about the mirror dream, that comes right away next chapter.probably. Well anyway, tell me what you think- question am I adding too many new characters? Can you undterstand everything? Let me know.
Vonda: Thanks for the fantastic review. The book comes in in the next chapter I think. It's still in the works.
Summrmagic: Thanks for letting me know about my store mix-up. I didn't think I had the right name! Well, I fixed it in both chapters, so I won't confuse anyone else.
Thanks again to everyone for reading/reviewing my story!