Twin Shadows
Chapter 20 ~ The Letter
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the Harry Potter characters. This is written solely for the amusement of myself, my niece and all of my readers. Enjoy!
A.N. Sorry that it took so long to get this chapter out. I was having a bit of writer's block but now it's gone. Yeah! Celebrate! I would like to thank you all for being so patient with me. I tried to make the letter a little bit humorous with the comments made by a certain someone...no, you have to read it to find out! I hope that this longer chapter made up for the little wait that you had to endure. As you have requested....here's the letter, but it's at the last of the chapter. Enjoy!
The next week had almost flown by for Harry as he and Hermione were putting together plans for the twin's party. Dumbledore had given them his permission for the party to be in their common room and for Fred and George to come also. Jamie and Jasmine were ecstatic about the party but for two different reasons. Jamie couldn't wait for all the sweets that they would get (after all, it's on Halloween). Jasmine had seen the presents that Hermione had gotten for her and Jamie. She couldn't wait till she got hers and she just knew that Jamie would love his.
As the days were approaching towards Halloween, the twins were not the only ones anticipating for the day to arrive. Most of the entire student body had heard of the private party that was going to be in the Gryffindor common room and it was by invitation only for anyone in any of the other houses. Harry had wanted to invite the entire school for it, but Hermione had reasoned with him that their common room wasn't as big as The Great Hall. Harry had reluctantly agreed and tried to get Dumbledore to let them use The Great Hall for the party. Dumbledore had told Harry that he couldn't because of the Great Feast and he had arranged for a small party there also for all the ones that couldn't come to his. Harry beamed at that, knowing that no one would be left out; he could have cared less about the Slytherins though.
Hermione had sent a letter to Fred and George and they were more than happy to return to Hogwarts and for a party none the less. They had ecstatically informed Hermione that they would have a 'BIG' surprise for Jamie when they arrived and Hermione couldn't be happier. It seemed that the closer it got to the day of the party, the more daring Jamie had gotten. Just the other day, he had somehow pulled a prank on Professor Snape without getting into trouble or Gryffindor losing house points. He had somehow snuck into Snape's private quarters and had changed all of his robes to a blood red color with an emblem of a green snake on them. How he did that baffled even Hermione. Harry had been unable to punish him, saying that Snape had deserved it and that they looked better than the plain black ones that he always wore. Hermione on the other hand, had literally grounded him by taking away any chance of him going flying with Harry. He had been miserable ever since.
Jasmine had been the perfect little angel, or so they thought, all week. Just now she was sitting on the couch reading a book while Ron and Jamie were playing chess. Hermione was seated in the corner finishing up an essay that was due next week. She glanced up just as Harry walked through the portrait and started to head up the stairs to hide a certain present he had in his possession. She nodded to him as he smiled at her, letting him know that neither one was aware that he had entered the room. He quickly ran up to his dorm and hid his prize.
As Harry stepped off the bottom stair of the staircase, he noticed Jasmine reading on the couch. With her sitting there like that, it reminded Harry of a 'little Hermione'. He laughed at that thought as he walked over to her and sat down on the sofa beside her.
"What are you reading? Isn't this a bit too old for you honey? Hermione, have you seen what she's reading…?" Harry inquired as he was baffled by the book, when the title of it hit him; 'Advanced Charms for the Advanced Wizard, Not to Be Taken Lightly'. This was the same book that he had found at the Marshall's house. It was from this book that he had used some of the advanced spells so that no one could find them. Harry thought that the book had perished in the 'so-called fire' that Voldemort had done to Privet Drive.
Hermione walked over to the couch where Harry and Jasmine were sitting and glanced down at the book she had in her possession. "What are you doing with that?" Hermione said playfully at the child. "Harry, it's alright. She just wanted to look through it. She noticed some of the pictures in it last night and wanted to see them while I finished my charms essay." Hermione informed him as she absentmindedly leaned closer towards him. Harry glanced over at Hermione as she leaned in and smiled to himself.
Just then Ginny came running in through the portrait looking a bit flushed. She turned and noticed Hermione and started toward her when she stopped in her tracks. She had seen her brother behind her and she didn't want him to overhear what she was going to say to Hermione. She quickly turned on her heels and ran up the stairs to her dorm promising herself that she would talk to Hermione later when Ron wasn't around.
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As the next few days went by the excitement about the party was almost at it's peak. Halloween had finally gotten here and the twins were estatic. Harry had been having a difficult time trying to keep them sitting still. As for them being quiet, that was nearly impossible. It was a good thing that it fell on a Saturday this year or he would have really been in trouble with some of the teachers. Harry looked over at Jamie eating his breakfast and smiled at the boy as he remembered how he had been woken earlier. Jamie, barely standing the excitement, had jumped up and down on Ron's bed singing 'Happy Birthday to me' at the top of his lungs. Ron, thinking that something was attacking him, leaped out of his bed trying desperately to jinx him, only to find that the wand was in Jamie's hand emitting out small bursts of fireworks. Harry had laughed at the two of them muttering that the look on both of their faces was priceless at that moment. Ron just scowled at him as he retrieved his wand from the boy.
To Harry's amusement, Jamie was still annoying Ron to some degree. He kept taking food off his plate and putting it on someone else's. To Jamie it didn't matter who's plate it was, just as long as he was annoying Ron. Hermione glanced up and noticed the two of them getting ready to argue again for the hundreth time today and just shook her head and thought, 'As long as he's not bothering me today, it's fine by me. I'll let him have a little fun, especially with Ron.'
She giggled as she thought about some of the things that Jamie had done to him already this morning and was quite surprised that he hadn't blown up about them. Not only did Jamie awaken him quite comically, but he had put spiders in Ron's shoes, changed out all his ink to invisible ink and had somehow made all of his quills scream when Ron picked them up. Half of the Gryffindor house nearly had a heart attack when the first one let out a piercing scream, the other half of them came stampeding down the stairs to find out what was wrong. Ron had looked at his quill in shock as Jamie was laughing with tears in his eyes. It was then that Ron noticed that it was Jamie's handiwork and vowed to help his brothers get him back.
The Weasley twins would be arriving in about an hour and the party would start right after lunch and knowing Fred and George, it would last throughout the night. Hermione wondered just what they had in store for Jamie and hoped that it would be enough. If it wasn't, she didn't think she could last too much longer with all of these pranks. She hated to punish him because it made Harry happy and she loved to hear him laugh. She would do almost anything to make him laugh, but sometimes she thought that Jamie took them a bit too far, especially on Malfoy.
Harry, Hermione and the twins headed outside to the quidditch pitch when they were finished eating. They were trying to keep the twins out of the tower so that Ron, Ginny, Fred and George could decorate it for the party. Fred had demonstrated to Hermione how he had created an object to look like a balloon, but on command it could explode, only to shower all those in a five meter radius with a thick covering of flour. Hermione had made a mental note to tell Harry and stand as far away from the decorations as possible that evening.
Harry had taken Jamie up on his Firebolt under protest of Hermione. Jamie was still grounded, but Hermione thought better of it since it was his birthday. She sat down on one of the benches with Jasmine and was practicing some charms. Jasmine clapped happily at each one Hermione did and was very interested in some of the harder ones that were shown to her. Just as Jasmine was going to ask Hermione something, Harry flew down and grasped her under the arms hoisting her on the broom as Jamie scurried off of it and sat down next to Hermione. Jasmine screamed with a mixture of fear and delight as Harry soared into the air.
Jamie scooted closer to Hermione as she glanced nervously at him wondering just what he was up to. He then did something that took her totally by surprise. He stood up, wrapped his arms around her neck and kissed her on the cheek. Hermione was so shocked that she didn't realize until after she had said it, that she had let Jamie off his groundation. She couldn't take it back now, but she knew that she would have to watch him more closely, now more than ever. She didn't realize that he could be that tricky to get out of being in trouble, but she did have to acknowledge his style, it was good.
About a half an hour later, Harry decended with Jasmine. Harry, Hermione and the twins walked over to the lake and sat down under one of the trees. They sat there for about half an hour until the twins began to get restless again. They just couldn't stand still knowing that there was a party going on soon and that they were the guests of honor. Harry then suggested that they could take their shoes off and wade into the water. Hermione had started to protest, saying that it was a bit dangerous, but stopped when she realized that Harry was going to join them. Hermione watched as Harry walked the twins out until their knees were submerged in the water. She smiled at how carefree they acted and laughed when they had ganged up on Harry and doused him with water. Harry had retaliated by dunking them under and then tickling them till they were both screaming for mercy.
By then, Hermione was laughing so hard that she didn't see what was comming. Harry had snuck up behind her and grasped her from behind. "Laugh at me will you? Oh, you will pay for that!" Harry snickered at her as he started walking into the lake.
"Harry! What are you doing?! Put me down!" Hermione screamed desperately at him as she was trying to get to her feet before he did something she was hoping he wouldn't. As soon as she had told him to put her down, she regretted it.
"Whatever you say, Hermione." Harry smirked at her as he dropped her right into the lake at waist deep water.
Hermione was horrified that Harry had actually done it. She couldn't believe that he had literally dunked her in the lake. When she came up she had started to chase after him but then thought twice as she lunged at him. Harry had staggered as she charged him but then grabbed her and dunked her under. As she came up a second time, she had a determined look on her face that Harry knew well...she wouldn't give up until she won. "Think you can take me? Give it your best shot!" Harry smirked at her and taunted her by motioning with his hand to 'come here'. She lunged again as Harry blocked her and sent her down into the water again.
This went on for about ten minutes as Harry kept sending Hermione into the water countless times and she kept comming back for more. Just as Harry thought she was about to give up, she got a look on her face that he recognized quickly. He knew she was thinking of a different approach and he would have to be on his toes for this one. Just then, Hermione moved quickly and grasped her wand from her robes and Harry knew what she was about to do. Just as Hermione yelled 'Locomotor Mortis', Harry dived out of the way and drawing his wand. He turned quickly and yelled 'Accio Wand' followed quickly by 'Wingardium Leviosa'. Hermione gasped as her wand flew quickly out of her hand and to Harry's while she started floating in the air about five meters above the water. Harry quickly released her and ran to shore laughing. He soon stopped when he saw her face when she came up from the water...she was very angry.
The only thing that Harry could think of at that particular moment was to run. Get as far away from Hermione as he can. He had went just a bit too far and he knew it by the fury she was showing. Hermione chased after him as he started running around the lake shouting at him, "I'll get you back when you least expect it Potter! Just wait until you need my help with homework! Better yet, I wouldn't fall asleep tonight if I was you Potter!" At that last threat, Harry stopped dead in his tracks and turned around to confront her. Hermione, not expecting him to do that, had crashed into him hard sending the two of them falling to the ground.
Harry looked up at Hermione a bit dazed and noticed that there was a small trace of grass emitting out of the corner of her mouth and all over her left cheek. He reached up to brush it off of her when she looked him dead in the eye. He forgot everything when she brushed some grass out of his hair and touched his bottom lip with her thumb. He never noticed that he must have split it open for she started leaning down into him. Their lips were only mere inches apart when a voice broke the silence.
"Well, well. What do we have here? Potter and the mudblood? Who would have guessed? I thought you could do better Potter, but I see you prefer to go slumming instead." Draco spat out as he watched with interest that he had just gotten the upperhand on them by denying them their solitude.
Hermione briskly jumped to her feet with Harry quickly behind her. Just as Harry had opened his mouth to yell at Malfoy, the Slytherin boy started to levitate before them. Hermione snapped her head where the twins were and gasped in shock. Harry and Hermione has hastily left their wands by the shore when they had started chasing each other and now Jasmine had a hold of Harry's and was clearly going to get back at him. Jamie stood beside her with a grin of approval.
"Potter! Get me down! Wait until Professor Snape hears about this! He'll have you expelled for sure, or at least get rid of THEM!" Malfoy sneered as he desperately tried to get back to the ground. Hermione sprinted towards the twins but as she got closer, she started to approach with caution. She slowly walked up to them as she tried to talk Jasmine into giving her back the wands. Jasmine shook her head vehemently to try and ward off Hermione, but to no avail. Just as Hermione grasped the wand, Jasmine muttered something under her breath and Draco slammed to the ground with a loud thump.
Draco slowly got to his feet and glared at Jasmine and then quickly strode over to where she was with Harry close behind him. Before anyone got a word in edgewise, Ginny's voice was bellowing, "It's time for lunch. Can't you find something else to do other than to pick on little girls Draco?"
"Why? Are you game?" Malfoy snickered at her. He turned away and walked briskly back to the castle, stooping down to pick up something that had apparently fallen. As he opened it, he turned towards Harry and smirked at him, hurrying to The Great Hall for lunch.
Ginny shook her head at the sight before her and burst out laughing at the sight of Harry and Hermione. They were soaked to the bone and covered with grass and a bit of mud. She pulled out her wand and did a quick cleaning spell just as she seen the smirk on Malfoy's face. Wondering what that was all about, she coaxed the twins along with Harry and Hermione to follow her to the castle for lunch.
As they entered into The Great Hall, Ginny noticed Malfoy near the front of the room with most of the Slytherins gathered around him.
"What is he up to now? I hope he's not...." Hermione started to say but was interrupted as Malfoy loudly started to read what was on a piece of parchment that he was holding.
"Attention! Attention everyone! Listen to this bit of news that I just aquired." Malfoy started as he glanced menacingly at the Gryffindor table.
A.N. The words between the "~~~~~~~'s" will be Malfoy's comments throughout the letter.
"Dear Harry and Hermione ~~Isn't that sickening? Potter and the Mudblood a couple? Well, I did just catch them outside snogging~~" Malfoy snickered as the rest of the Slytherins laughed along with him. Hermione desperately searched her robe but in vain, Malfoy had the letter.
"I'm really sorry for what I did to you, ~~What did he do Potter? Steal your girlfriend?~~ but you just reminded me of my parents so much that I couldn't help it. ~~You a parent Potter? Ha! That's a joke!~~ You see, my parents got divorced when I was five. ~~What's the matter Creevey? You weren't good enough for your father?~~" Malfoy sneered at the boy. Harry tried to get to Malfoy but was blocked by several seventh year Slytherins.
"Leave him alone Malfoy! He hasn't done anything to you!" Harry spat at him. Draco just smirked and cast the Sonorus charm on his voice so that everyone could hear him throughout the hall.
"My father used to drink too much ~~Probably because he couldn't stand you Creevy!~~and then they would stand and scream at each other for hours. ~~They were probably yelling at why they had you!~~ Sometimes they would end up hitting each other and the police would come and one of them would be taken away for a while. ~~Pity that wasn't you Creevey!~~ Dennis barely remembers any of this, but I do. ~~Hrmph~~ My father doesn't drink anymore ~~Yeah, because he got away from you!~~ and both of them love Dennis and me. ~~Pity that they have to waste it on you.~~
Sometimes I see them look at each other when the other isn't looking and they are so sad. ~~Can't you make up your mind what you're trying to say?~~ But sometimes, even when you love someone, you aren't good for each other. ~~Ain't that the truth.~~ You guys ARE nothing like my parents ~~Well thank goodness for that.~~ I think of you two as Jamie and Jasmine's parents ~~Great Merlin! We ARE in trouble now!~~ and I know how much it hurts to watch people you love fight." Draco eyed Collin suspiciously. "~~Looks like you have competition Mudblood!~~
Please, you two have been through so much and have so many people's respect. ~~Ahem, not everyone's! That's just one persons opinion.~~ Don't demean yourselves. ~~Like we can stop them.~~ And more importantly, ~~What!? There's more?!~~ don't lose Jamie and Jasmine's respect and make them remember you this way. ~~Just how exactly do you want them to remember you Scarhead?~~ It's an image you can not ever erase from a child's mind. ~~Now you're corrupting....~~" Malfoy never finished what he said for he had been blasted from the table by none other than a furious looking Ginny.
Chapter 20 ~ The Letter
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the Harry Potter characters. This is written solely for the amusement of myself, my niece and all of my readers. Enjoy!
A.N. Sorry that it took so long to get this chapter out. I was having a bit of writer's block but now it's gone. Yeah! Celebrate! I would like to thank you all for being so patient with me. I tried to make the letter a little bit humorous with the comments made by a certain someone...no, you have to read it to find out! I hope that this longer chapter made up for the little wait that you had to endure. As you have requested....here's the letter, but it's at the last of the chapter. Enjoy!
The next week had almost flown by for Harry as he and Hermione were putting together plans for the twin's party. Dumbledore had given them his permission for the party to be in their common room and for Fred and George to come also. Jamie and Jasmine were ecstatic about the party but for two different reasons. Jamie couldn't wait for all the sweets that they would get (after all, it's on Halloween). Jasmine had seen the presents that Hermione had gotten for her and Jamie. She couldn't wait till she got hers and she just knew that Jamie would love his.
As the days were approaching towards Halloween, the twins were not the only ones anticipating for the day to arrive. Most of the entire student body had heard of the private party that was going to be in the Gryffindor common room and it was by invitation only for anyone in any of the other houses. Harry had wanted to invite the entire school for it, but Hermione had reasoned with him that their common room wasn't as big as The Great Hall. Harry had reluctantly agreed and tried to get Dumbledore to let them use The Great Hall for the party. Dumbledore had told Harry that he couldn't because of the Great Feast and he had arranged for a small party there also for all the ones that couldn't come to his. Harry beamed at that, knowing that no one would be left out; he could have cared less about the Slytherins though.
Hermione had sent a letter to Fred and George and they were more than happy to return to Hogwarts and for a party none the less. They had ecstatically informed Hermione that they would have a 'BIG' surprise for Jamie when they arrived and Hermione couldn't be happier. It seemed that the closer it got to the day of the party, the more daring Jamie had gotten. Just the other day, he had somehow pulled a prank on Professor Snape without getting into trouble or Gryffindor losing house points. He had somehow snuck into Snape's private quarters and had changed all of his robes to a blood red color with an emblem of a green snake on them. How he did that baffled even Hermione. Harry had been unable to punish him, saying that Snape had deserved it and that they looked better than the plain black ones that he always wore. Hermione on the other hand, had literally grounded him by taking away any chance of him going flying with Harry. He had been miserable ever since.
Jasmine had been the perfect little angel, or so they thought, all week. Just now she was sitting on the couch reading a book while Ron and Jamie were playing chess. Hermione was seated in the corner finishing up an essay that was due next week. She glanced up just as Harry walked through the portrait and started to head up the stairs to hide a certain present he had in his possession. She nodded to him as he smiled at her, letting him know that neither one was aware that he had entered the room. He quickly ran up to his dorm and hid his prize.
As Harry stepped off the bottom stair of the staircase, he noticed Jasmine reading on the couch. With her sitting there like that, it reminded Harry of a 'little Hermione'. He laughed at that thought as he walked over to her and sat down on the sofa beside her.
"What are you reading? Isn't this a bit too old for you honey? Hermione, have you seen what she's reading…?" Harry inquired as he was baffled by the book, when the title of it hit him; 'Advanced Charms for the Advanced Wizard, Not to Be Taken Lightly'. This was the same book that he had found at the Marshall's house. It was from this book that he had used some of the advanced spells so that no one could find them. Harry thought that the book had perished in the 'so-called fire' that Voldemort had done to Privet Drive.
Hermione walked over to the couch where Harry and Jasmine were sitting and glanced down at the book she had in her possession. "What are you doing with that?" Hermione said playfully at the child. "Harry, it's alright. She just wanted to look through it. She noticed some of the pictures in it last night and wanted to see them while I finished my charms essay." Hermione informed him as she absentmindedly leaned closer towards him. Harry glanced over at Hermione as she leaned in and smiled to himself.
Just then Ginny came running in through the portrait looking a bit flushed. She turned and noticed Hermione and started toward her when she stopped in her tracks. She had seen her brother behind her and she didn't want him to overhear what she was going to say to Hermione. She quickly turned on her heels and ran up the stairs to her dorm promising herself that she would talk to Hermione later when Ron wasn't around.
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As the next few days went by the excitement about the party was almost at it's peak. Halloween had finally gotten here and the twins were estatic. Harry had been having a difficult time trying to keep them sitting still. As for them being quiet, that was nearly impossible. It was a good thing that it fell on a Saturday this year or he would have really been in trouble with some of the teachers. Harry looked over at Jamie eating his breakfast and smiled at the boy as he remembered how he had been woken earlier. Jamie, barely standing the excitement, had jumped up and down on Ron's bed singing 'Happy Birthday to me' at the top of his lungs. Ron, thinking that something was attacking him, leaped out of his bed trying desperately to jinx him, only to find that the wand was in Jamie's hand emitting out small bursts of fireworks. Harry had laughed at the two of them muttering that the look on both of their faces was priceless at that moment. Ron just scowled at him as he retrieved his wand from the boy.
To Harry's amusement, Jamie was still annoying Ron to some degree. He kept taking food off his plate and putting it on someone else's. To Jamie it didn't matter who's plate it was, just as long as he was annoying Ron. Hermione glanced up and noticed the two of them getting ready to argue again for the hundreth time today and just shook her head and thought, 'As long as he's not bothering me today, it's fine by me. I'll let him have a little fun, especially with Ron.'
She giggled as she thought about some of the things that Jamie had done to him already this morning and was quite surprised that he hadn't blown up about them. Not only did Jamie awaken him quite comically, but he had put spiders in Ron's shoes, changed out all his ink to invisible ink and had somehow made all of his quills scream when Ron picked them up. Half of the Gryffindor house nearly had a heart attack when the first one let out a piercing scream, the other half of them came stampeding down the stairs to find out what was wrong. Ron had looked at his quill in shock as Jamie was laughing with tears in his eyes. It was then that Ron noticed that it was Jamie's handiwork and vowed to help his brothers get him back.
The Weasley twins would be arriving in about an hour and the party would start right after lunch and knowing Fred and George, it would last throughout the night. Hermione wondered just what they had in store for Jamie and hoped that it would be enough. If it wasn't, she didn't think she could last too much longer with all of these pranks. She hated to punish him because it made Harry happy and she loved to hear him laugh. She would do almost anything to make him laugh, but sometimes she thought that Jamie took them a bit too far, especially on Malfoy.
Harry, Hermione and the twins headed outside to the quidditch pitch when they were finished eating. They were trying to keep the twins out of the tower so that Ron, Ginny, Fred and George could decorate it for the party. Fred had demonstrated to Hermione how he had created an object to look like a balloon, but on command it could explode, only to shower all those in a five meter radius with a thick covering of flour. Hermione had made a mental note to tell Harry and stand as far away from the decorations as possible that evening.
Harry had taken Jamie up on his Firebolt under protest of Hermione. Jamie was still grounded, but Hermione thought better of it since it was his birthday. She sat down on one of the benches with Jasmine and was practicing some charms. Jasmine clapped happily at each one Hermione did and was very interested in some of the harder ones that were shown to her. Just as Jasmine was going to ask Hermione something, Harry flew down and grasped her under the arms hoisting her on the broom as Jamie scurried off of it and sat down next to Hermione. Jasmine screamed with a mixture of fear and delight as Harry soared into the air.
Jamie scooted closer to Hermione as she glanced nervously at him wondering just what he was up to. He then did something that took her totally by surprise. He stood up, wrapped his arms around her neck and kissed her on the cheek. Hermione was so shocked that she didn't realize until after she had said it, that she had let Jamie off his groundation. She couldn't take it back now, but she knew that she would have to watch him more closely, now more than ever. She didn't realize that he could be that tricky to get out of being in trouble, but she did have to acknowledge his style, it was good.
About a half an hour later, Harry decended with Jasmine. Harry, Hermione and the twins walked over to the lake and sat down under one of the trees. They sat there for about half an hour until the twins began to get restless again. They just couldn't stand still knowing that there was a party going on soon and that they were the guests of honor. Harry then suggested that they could take their shoes off and wade into the water. Hermione had started to protest, saying that it was a bit dangerous, but stopped when she realized that Harry was going to join them. Hermione watched as Harry walked the twins out until their knees were submerged in the water. She smiled at how carefree they acted and laughed when they had ganged up on Harry and doused him with water. Harry had retaliated by dunking them under and then tickling them till they were both screaming for mercy.
By then, Hermione was laughing so hard that she didn't see what was comming. Harry had snuck up behind her and grasped her from behind. "Laugh at me will you? Oh, you will pay for that!" Harry snickered at her as he started walking into the lake.
"Harry! What are you doing?! Put me down!" Hermione screamed desperately at him as she was trying to get to her feet before he did something she was hoping he wouldn't. As soon as she had told him to put her down, she regretted it.
"Whatever you say, Hermione." Harry smirked at her as he dropped her right into the lake at waist deep water.
Hermione was horrified that Harry had actually done it. She couldn't believe that he had literally dunked her in the lake. When she came up she had started to chase after him but then thought twice as she lunged at him. Harry had staggered as she charged him but then grabbed her and dunked her under. As she came up a second time, she had a determined look on her face that Harry knew well...she wouldn't give up until she won. "Think you can take me? Give it your best shot!" Harry smirked at her and taunted her by motioning with his hand to 'come here'. She lunged again as Harry blocked her and sent her down into the water again.
This went on for about ten minutes as Harry kept sending Hermione into the water countless times and she kept comming back for more. Just as Harry thought she was about to give up, she got a look on her face that he recognized quickly. He knew she was thinking of a different approach and he would have to be on his toes for this one. Just then, Hermione moved quickly and grasped her wand from her robes and Harry knew what she was about to do. Just as Hermione yelled 'Locomotor Mortis', Harry dived out of the way and drawing his wand. He turned quickly and yelled 'Accio Wand' followed quickly by 'Wingardium Leviosa'. Hermione gasped as her wand flew quickly out of her hand and to Harry's while she started floating in the air about five meters above the water. Harry quickly released her and ran to shore laughing. He soon stopped when he saw her face when she came up from the water...she was very angry.
The only thing that Harry could think of at that particular moment was to run. Get as far away from Hermione as he can. He had went just a bit too far and he knew it by the fury she was showing. Hermione chased after him as he started running around the lake shouting at him, "I'll get you back when you least expect it Potter! Just wait until you need my help with homework! Better yet, I wouldn't fall asleep tonight if I was you Potter!" At that last threat, Harry stopped dead in his tracks and turned around to confront her. Hermione, not expecting him to do that, had crashed into him hard sending the two of them falling to the ground.
Harry looked up at Hermione a bit dazed and noticed that there was a small trace of grass emitting out of the corner of her mouth and all over her left cheek. He reached up to brush it off of her when she looked him dead in the eye. He forgot everything when she brushed some grass out of his hair and touched his bottom lip with her thumb. He never noticed that he must have split it open for she started leaning down into him. Their lips were only mere inches apart when a voice broke the silence.
"Well, well. What do we have here? Potter and the mudblood? Who would have guessed? I thought you could do better Potter, but I see you prefer to go slumming instead." Draco spat out as he watched with interest that he had just gotten the upperhand on them by denying them their solitude.
Hermione briskly jumped to her feet with Harry quickly behind her. Just as Harry had opened his mouth to yell at Malfoy, the Slytherin boy started to levitate before them. Hermione snapped her head where the twins were and gasped in shock. Harry and Hermione has hastily left their wands by the shore when they had started chasing each other and now Jasmine had a hold of Harry's and was clearly going to get back at him. Jamie stood beside her with a grin of approval.
"Potter! Get me down! Wait until Professor Snape hears about this! He'll have you expelled for sure, or at least get rid of THEM!" Malfoy sneered as he desperately tried to get back to the ground. Hermione sprinted towards the twins but as she got closer, she started to approach with caution. She slowly walked up to them as she tried to talk Jasmine into giving her back the wands. Jasmine shook her head vehemently to try and ward off Hermione, but to no avail. Just as Hermione grasped the wand, Jasmine muttered something under her breath and Draco slammed to the ground with a loud thump.
Draco slowly got to his feet and glared at Jasmine and then quickly strode over to where she was with Harry close behind him. Before anyone got a word in edgewise, Ginny's voice was bellowing, "It's time for lunch. Can't you find something else to do other than to pick on little girls Draco?"
"Why? Are you game?" Malfoy snickered at her. He turned away and walked briskly back to the castle, stooping down to pick up something that had apparently fallen. As he opened it, he turned towards Harry and smirked at him, hurrying to The Great Hall for lunch.
Ginny shook her head at the sight before her and burst out laughing at the sight of Harry and Hermione. They were soaked to the bone and covered with grass and a bit of mud. She pulled out her wand and did a quick cleaning spell just as she seen the smirk on Malfoy's face. Wondering what that was all about, she coaxed the twins along with Harry and Hermione to follow her to the castle for lunch.
As they entered into The Great Hall, Ginny noticed Malfoy near the front of the room with most of the Slytherins gathered around him.
"What is he up to now? I hope he's not...." Hermione started to say but was interrupted as Malfoy loudly started to read what was on a piece of parchment that he was holding.
"Attention! Attention everyone! Listen to this bit of news that I just aquired." Malfoy started as he glanced menacingly at the Gryffindor table.
A.N. The words between the "~~~~~~~'s" will be Malfoy's comments throughout the letter.
"Dear Harry and Hermione ~~Isn't that sickening? Potter and the Mudblood a couple? Well, I did just catch them outside snogging~~" Malfoy snickered as the rest of the Slytherins laughed along with him. Hermione desperately searched her robe but in vain, Malfoy had the letter.
"I'm really sorry for what I did to you, ~~What did he do Potter? Steal your girlfriend?~~ but you just reminded me of my parents so much that I couldn't help it. ~~You a parent Potter? Ha! That's a joke!~~ You see, my parents got divorced when I was five. ~~What's the matter Creevey? You weren't good enough for your father?~~" Malfoy sneered at the boy. Harry tried to get to Malfoy but was blocked by several seventh year Slytherins.
"Leave him alone Malfoy! He hasn't done anything to you!" Harry spat at him. Draco just smirked and cast the Sonorus charm on his voice so that everyone could hear him throughout the hall.
"My father used to drink too much ~~Probably because he couldn't stand you Creevy!~~and then they would stand and scream at each other for hours. ~~They were probably yelling at why they had you!~~ Sometimes they would end up hitting each other and the police would come and one of them would be taken away for a while. ~~Pity that wasn't you Creevey!~~ Dennis barely remembers any of this, but I do. ~~Hrmph~~ My father doesn't drink anymore ~~Yeah, because he got away from you!~~ and both of them love Dennis and me. ~~Pity that they have to waste it on you.~~
Sometimes I see them look at each other when the other isn't looking and they are so sad. ~~Can't you make up your mind what you're trying to say?~~ But sometimes, even when you love someone, you aren't good for each other. ~~Ain't that the truth.~~ You guys ARE nothing like my parents ~~Well thank goodness for that.~~ I think of you two as Jamie and Jasmine's parents ~~Great Merlin! We ARE in trouble now!~~ and I know how much it hurts to watch people you love fight." Draco eyed Collin suspiciously. "~~Looks like you have competition Mudblood!~~
Please, you two have been through so much and have so many people's respect. ~~Ahem, not everyone's! That's just one persons opinion.~~ Don't demean yourselves. ~~Like we can stop them.~~ And more importantly, ~~What!? There's more?!~~ don't lose Jamie and Jasmine's respect and make them remember you this way. ~~Just how exactly do you want them to remember you Scarhead?~~ It's an image you can not ever erase from a child's mind. ~~Now you're corrupting....~~" Malfoy never finished what he said for he had been blasted from the table by none other than a furious looking Ginny.
