The Meeting
Harry awoke the next day at ten thirty; it would have been earlier, except he hadn't been able to drift off the previous night.
"Ron!" Harry was over excited, and so failed to notice the snores issuing from a sleeping Ron.
"What?!" Ron sat up and looked round, wondering where the sudden noise had come from. When he realised that it was Harry, he stared at him, glaze slowly creeping over his bleary eyes. "Again I say: What? I see no immediate danger here!"
"Well, no, I'm just.I'm really, hyper I guess."
"And this effects me how?" Ron was a little annoyed, as usual when he had been woken up, having had only half the sleep he needed, for no apparent, or, in this case, existing, reason.
"Well, I'm sorry." Harry frowned for a moment, and then remembered what was looming on his horizon. He gulped.
"Ron."
"Um.?" Typical; basically asleep already.
"I've never.I don't know what to do." Harry looked down to his feet, him being seated on the side of his bed.
"For the love of.! Ok Harry, I'm awake!" But Ron couldn't help grinning. "Are you trying to ask me for advice? Coz' believe me, it ain't happening. I don't know the first thing about."
Seamus walked into the room; everyone but Ron and Harry was up and out of their dormitory, "Hey, just needed some cash." He left.
"Look Harry, you said you thought she was gonna' ask you out first, so she obviously likes you, so just be yourself!" Ron grinned, his opinion of the words that had just escaped his mouth being, originally, proud, and astonished, but slowly dwindling. "Or, I mean.I think that's right." He stopped.
"Thanks Ron." Harry gave a small smile, then got dressed.
Harry assumed that 'just after lunch' meant, at about one o'clock/one thirty, but thought he was too excited to wait that long. He was hoping that things would go well, and they would perhaps go into Hogsmeade, and maybe visit the 'Three Broomsticks', which was the pub in town, which sold the most amazing butter beer. He decided to take half the money he had left from buying his new equipment for the term, it wasn't a lot, but it was enough.
When he finished his lunch, he'd forced down one sandwich, it was 12:30, but Harry decided to go and wait by the lake anyway, he wouldn't be able to concentrate on anything else.
He left the great hall, and descended the marble steps, then walked towards the lake, intending to sit on a bench just round the corner from where he could see, but as he neared it, he heard voices. Wondering who the people saying this incomprehensible words, Harry rounded the corner of the castle, and looked for their origin.
They were situated by the Dark Forest when he saw them, Cho Chang was there.with Malfoy.
Harry felt as if He'd just had a kick to the stomach, and, not knowing what to do, crouched down, squinting his eyes against the shards of sun that fell over his face. He still couldn't hear them, but he could see them fine, and what he saw next, he was totally unprepared for.Malfoy leaned across to Cho Chang, and he kissed her. She put her arms on his chest, and Malfoy's encircled her.
Harry stood up, taller than normal, and eyes aflame. All he could think was 'How could she? What's so wrong with me?.and MALFOY!!' Then he slid his wand out from his robes, and aimed it at them, unsure of what he was going to do.
"Argh!" Malfoy shouted, staring down at his new girl friend, the one Harry loved, then he looked round, and his eyes rested on Potter, ice cold, furious. "Potter, what the hell do you think you're doing? You freak!"
"Wha."
"Malfoy ran towards him, then, thinking better of it, ran up to the castle. Harry knew what he'd do, he'd tell Dumbledore, but it wasn't Harry's fault, he hadn't even realised what he was doing, in fact, he'd never even felt any magic flowing through him. But their was no time to think, so he just ran to Cho Chang, to find her lying limp upon the ground, hair askew over her face. She looked paralysed, either that, or dead.
Tears streamed down his face, as he remembered his position, and what he'd done.
"Accio Trunk!" Harry bellowed, arm outstretched towards his room, and within moments his trunk, which he had so far failed to unpack, flew though the air from his window, and landed by him with a thump. Harry grabbed it, and ran into the Dark Forest, to hide behind a tree.
A few minutes later Malfoy returned from the castle, and Snape swooped along beside him.
"Look what he did!" Malfoy was furious, his voice filled with hate and malice.
"Are you sure it was Potter? One hundred percent?"
"Yes! I've told you. He was standing over there" Malfoy pointed. "I bet it was 'coz he was jealous." Draco's eyes narrowed.
"Jealous, of you?" Snape seemed to know Harry better than he had known. "Why would that be?"
"Because, because I was with Cho Chang." Malfoy seemed almost satisfied.
"Dear me, mixing with a Ravenclaw. I am disappointed." Severus sneered, but then smiled. "Well, it should cause immediate expulsion to our, mutual friend, at least, unless Dumbledore still feels."
"What?" Draco was intrigued.
"Never mind," and they left, no doubt going to find Dumbledore.
However lenient he had been in the past, even Albus Dumbledore was unlikely to forgive this.
Harry ran, not thinking about where he was going, or what he was doing he ran; he didn't think he'd ever stop. Adrenalin pumped through his veins, his heart throbbed, his legs and chest sore, but he wouldn't stop, he would never stop.until, he fell. Harry's head hit the roots that grew above the soil, and his consciousness faded. He lay still, in a forest full of evil beast, and things much worse. Harry Potter, was alone.
Harry awoke the next day at ten thirty; it would have been earlier, except he hadn't been able to drift off the previous night.
"Ron!" Harry was over excited, and so failed to notice the snores issuing from a sleeping Ron.
"What?!" Ron sat up and looked round, wondering where the sudden noise had come from. When he realised that it was Harry, he stared at him, glaze slowly creeping over his bleary eyes. "Again I say: What? I see no immediate danger here!"
"Well, no, I'm just.I'm really, hyper I guess."
"And this effects me how?" Ron was a little annoyed, as usual when he had been woken up, having had only half the sleep he needed, for no apparent, or, in this case, existing, reason.
"Well, I'm sorry." Harry frowned for a moment, and then remembered what was looming on his horizon. He gulped.
"Ron."
"Um.?" Typical; basically asleep already.
"I've never.I don't know what to do." Harry looked down to his feet, him being seated on the side of his bed.
"For the love of.! Ok Harry, I'm awake!" But Ron couldn't help grinning. "Are you trying to ask me for advice? Coz' believe me, it ain't happening. I don't know the first thing about."
Seamus walked into the room; everyone but Ron and Harry was up and out of their dormitory, "Hey, just needed some cash." He left.
"Look Harry, you said you thought she was gonna' ask you out first, so she obviously likes you, so just be yourself!" Ron grinned, his opinion of the words that had just escaped his mouth being, originally, proud, and astonished, but slowly dwindling. "Or, I mean.I think that's right." He stopped.
"Thanks Ron." Harry gave a small smile, then got dressed.
Harry assumed that 'just after lunch' meant, at about one o'clock/one thirty, but thought he was too excited to wait that long. He was hoping that things would go well, and they would perhaps go into Hogsmeade, and maybe visit the 'Three Broomsticks', which was the pub in town, which sold the most amazing butter beer. He decided to take half the money he had left from buying his new equipment for the term, it wasn't a lot, but it was enough.
When he finished his lunch, he'd forced down one sandwich, it was 12:30, but Harry decided to go and wait by the lake anyway, he wouldn't be able to concentrate on anything else.
He left the great hall, and descended the marble steps, then walked towards the lake, intending to sit on a bench just round the corner from where he could see, but as he neared it, he heard voices. Wondering who the people saying this incomprehensible words, Harry rounded the corner of the castle, and looked for their origin.
They were situated by the Dark Forest when he saw them, Cho Chang was there.with Malfoy.
Harry felt as if He'd just had a kick to the stomach, and, not knowing what to do, crouched down, squinting his eyes against the shards of sun that fell over his face. He still couldn't hear them, but he could see them fine, and what he saw next, he was totally unprepared for.Malfoy leaned across to Cho Chang, and he kissed her. She put her arms on his chest, and Malfoy's encircled her.
Harry stood up, taller than normal, and eyes aflame. All he could think was 'How could she? What's so wrong with me?.and MALFOY!!' Then he slid his wand out from his robes, and aimed it at them, unsure of what he was going to do.
"Argh!" Malfoy shouted, staring down at his new girl friend, the one Harry loved, then he looked round, and his eyes rested on Potter, ice cold, furious. "Potter, what the hell do you think you're doing? You freak!"
"Wha."
"Malfoy ran towards him, then, thinking better of it, ran up to the castle. Harry knew what he'd do, he'd tell Dumbledore, but it wasn't Harry's fault, he hadn't even realised what he was doing, in fact, he'd never even felt any magic flowing through him. But their was no time to think, so he just ran to Cho Chang, to find her lying limp upon the ground, hair askew over her face. She looked paralysed, either that, or dead.
Tears streamed down his face, as he remembered his position, and what he'd done.
"Accio Trunk!" Harry bellowed, arm outstretched towards his room, and within moments his trunk, which he had so far failed to unpack, flew though the air from his window, and landed by him with a thump. Harry grabbed it, and ran into the Dark Forest, to hide behind a tree.
A few minutes later Malfoy returned from the castle, and Snape swooped along beside him.
"Look what he did!" Malfoy was furious, his voice filled with hate and malice.
"Are you sure it was Potter? One hundred percent?"
"Yes! I've told you. He was standing over there" Malfoy pointed. "I bet it was 'coz he was jealous." Draco's eyes narrowed.
"Jealous, of you?" Snape seemed to know Harry better than he had known. "Why would that be?"
"Because, because I was with Cho Chang." Malfoy seemed almost satisfied.
"Dear me, mixing with a Ravenclaw. I am disappointed." Severus sneered, but then smiled. "Well, it should cause immediate expulsion to our, mutual friend, at least, unless Dumbledore still feels."
"What?" Draco was intrigued.
"Never mind," and they left, no doubt going to find Dumbledore.
However lenient he had been in the past, even Albus Dumbledore was unlikely to forgive this.
Harry ran, not thinking about where he was going, or what he was doing he ran; he didn't think he'd ever stop. Adrenalin pumped through his veins, his heart throbbed, his legs and chest sore, but he wouldn't stop, he would never stop.until, he fell. Harry's head hit the roots that grew above the soil, and his consciousness faded. He lay still, in a forest full of evil beast, and things much worse. Harry Potter, was alone.
