Harry Potter & The Messenger's betrayal
By: Rachelfan5000
Disclaimer: I didn't own Harry Potter last time I looked.
Chat of Today! : Erm, I watched Saved by the bell, that episode when Zack and Kelly got married, has anyone but me and my best mate seen it?
Watching: Saved by the bell (Man, I love that program!)
Listening to: Blazin' Squad - I've been dreamin'
Quote: 'A woman's heart is a sea of emotions' - Rose Calvert, Titanic.
Chapter 17 - Dating Darlings
"Well that was easy! I just go out into the grounds, minding my own business and then this rather attractive, I must admit, Gryffindor first year asked me to the ball!" Roxie was babbling very loudly, because Harry, Ron and Hermione could hear her from the other side of the common room.
"Wassup, darling?" she continued, waving to an annoyingly attractive Gryffindor first year called Matthew Bligh. He waved back and Roxie was surrounded by loads of girls, each asking her how she managed to get him.
"Well, I guess Roxie was finally telling the truth when she said she'd soon have a date," Hermione said, looking up from her new book she had brought at Hogsmeade: 10000 things that might pop up in O.W.L's.There was also a little sticker that made nearly everyone giggle: Plus added bonus of 5000 facts that most likely won't come up in your O.W.L's, but the book was too short without them.
"So have you got a date?" Harry asked Ron, Hermione was too buried in her book Harry couldn't see her, so there was no point asking her.
"Yeah, sorta," said Ron, his ears going bright red.
"Well, who then?" A girl with red hair poked up from nowhere, "hi Harry, hi Hermione, well Ron, who?"
"Yeah Ron, who?" Harry asked teasingly. Ron shifted uncomfortably.
"Why don't you keep out of other people's business!" Ron said sharply, eyeing Hermione, but her book covered her up. "I bet you two don't have dates, why don't you go with each other?" he continued, looking at Harry and Ginny, who had to pretend to protest and then give in.
"What about Hermione?" asked Harry, "who's she going with?"
"Someone⦠anyway it's all sorted out, wait 'til the actual night," Ron finished. He changed the subject rather abruptly by talking to Ginny about the Chudley Cannon's recent win against another Quidditch team called the Appleby Arrows. Two new faces joined the conversation from behind Ginny.
"Well, I think Puddlemore United are the best team, that's obvious," Ginny's friend Rachel spoke up, twisting her black pigtails playfully.
"Whatever, Rach, my parents were Muggles, so I'm new to Quidditch really, but even I can see that the Holyhead Harpies are by far the best team in Quidditch!" Ginny's other friend Franscesca announced, her normally pretty face looking bright; she shook her short blonde hair out of her face.
"You only like the Harpies because they're the only completely female team," Ron teased.
"Girls rule though, that's simple, I'm going to join the Holyhead Harpies when I get older," Franscesca said dreamily.
"When you learn how to get on your broomstick without it kicking you off," Ginny smashed her dream.
"That's just that annoying broom though, it's not me," Franscesca struck back.
"I see," said Harry.
"Oh Harry, you're the Gryffindor Quidditch captain, aren't you? Oh will you let me join the team next year? Please? It could kickstart my career, and people might take me on knowing I was on the house team!" Franscesca was getting very excited. Harry opened his mouth but Ginny spoke for him.
"If you can get the broom to like you and do what you wish it to by next year Harry will take your offer into consideration," she said, in such a posh voice even Hermione was distracted from her reading.
"Is Quidditch all you guys - and girls," Hermione added quickly, looking at Franscesca, "can think about, I mean it's okay for Rachel, Ginny and Franscesca, but I expect better of you two, Ron and Harry, we're doing are O.W.L's this year!" Hermione, who was meant to sound strict and speak in a matter-of-fact tone ending her speech by going squeaky in excitement.
"Not this year, 'Mione, next year, honestly, you read so much yet you don't know that's it's still December?" Ron said, Hermione looked at him.
"I meant this school year, Ron, you know that," Hermione said, then she got caught up in her book again.
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The very next day Franscesca triumphed over bagging a boy for the ball, she'd been getting bored of waiting and just went over and asked him herself, or so she said. And so none of Ginny's friends would be unaccompanied at the ball.
Roxie was also still showing off about getting Matthew Bligh, walking around in the corridors holding hands with him, but they looked a bit funny together as Roxie was extremely short for her age and Matthew was rather tall.
There were few people going unaccompanied to the ball now. Mostly kids in fourth year and below, who seemed sickened at the idea of having to dance with a member of the other sex, they also thought that you HAD to kiss after a dance, which put them off much more.
It would've put Harry off too, if he'd been told people had to kiss their partners at the end of the dance. No offence to Ginny of course, but Harry didn't fancy locking lips with her with the whole school watching. Harry doubted Ginny would either, he imagined her face turning a deeper red than he'd ever seen before.
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Few people decided to leave Hogwarts for the Christmas, mainly because of the excitement of the ball, and also partially most parents thought their children might be safer under Albus Dumbledore's crooked nose. Even the incident with Roxie, which hadn't leaked out too much, it still seemed Hogwarts was an extremely safe place.
Harry spent the beginning of his holidays messing around with Ron and Hermione outside in the snow. Or maybe just Ron, Hermione had found Ginny and they'd gone to Hogsmeade on the last trip of the term, which also happened to be the day the snow was at it's thickest and most fun.
"'Mione's probably getting that weird hair stuff again," Ron had said, not mentioning Ginny, which bothered Harry a bit, though he didn't voice anything.
Hermione and Ginny came back looking very happy and clutching Very light moneybags that night. It seemed everybody was talking about the ball, what they'd be wearing, who'd they'd be going with, or, the first years' favourite subject, how long do you think we'll stay up?" And extraordinarily soon, it seemed it was Christmas morning.
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I hope you liked it! I'm going to finish this fic before Ootp comes out, do not fear! This took ages because, at first I was gonna add in Christmas morning, but I thought Christmas can all go in the next chapter, with the ball. Then I was trying to make the chapter excactly 1000 words long, it didn't work, if you wanted to know.
I'm hoping the next chapter will be very long, but I'm not sure, don't you love long chapters?! I certainly do, pity I can't write them.
~Rachelfan5000
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If anyone wants to know this whole story is 69 pages long.
The next chapter is going to be called Practically perfect, and somewhere along the line will be a chapter named 'Perfection'
