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Harry Potter and the Scottish Play
Chapter Six - Encounter at Diagon Alley
"Hermione!" Harry called out, spotting their friend across the street. Hermione was walking by Ollivander's Wand Emporium with her Muggle parents when she recognized the voice that had called her. She turned her head, her long hair whipping around, and a grin spread across her face. "Harry! Ron!"
Hermione dashed across the small cobblestone street and met up with her friends. "Did you see our reading list this year?" she asked the two boys excitedly. "Shakespeare! We're going to study Shakespeare!"
Ron gave Hermione a confused look. "What's Shakespeare?"
Hermione sighed and rolled her eyes. "Not what, WHO. William Shakespeare was a very well-known playwright. Born in-"
"Okay! Okay! I believe you..." Ron interrupted exhasperatedly.
Hermione didn't seem to be phased at all by Ron's lack of interest. "I suppose we could be reading it for Muggle Studies..."
"But why would Ginny need it as well? 6th and 7th years don't hav the same curriculum in their classes," Harry said, speaking for the first time since Hermione had come over.
"Well well well... why, isn't it Potter..." came a familiar sneering voice from behind them. As they had suspected, Draco Malfoy stepped forward into their group. "Of course it is. Who else would be seen with a Weasley and a Mudblood."
Hermione's eyes narrowed and she bit her lip. She refused to show Malfoy the gratification of having that comment bother her. Ron clenched his fists and began to step forward before Hermione laid a gentle yet firm hand on his arm. "He's not worth it," she said to him softly.
"Yeah Weasley. Listen to your girlfriend there. She knows a thing or two," Draco retorted sarcastically. He laughed at his own irony. Eyeing Ginny standing just behind Harry, Draco reached out and yanked the sheet of parchment from her grasp. "What's tis... looking for Macbeth are we little Weasley..." he said mysteriously. Tossing it back to Ginny, he smirked at the others before walking into Flourish & Botts.
Ron and Harry noticed Hermione's tense reaction. "Don't worry 'bout Malfoy. It's all empty threats," Harry assured her.
She shook her head. "No, it's not that... not the Mudblood thing..."
The two boys exchanged curious glances. Ron's face scrunched up in an enquiring look. "So... what is it then? What's wrong?"
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Harry Potter and the Scottish Play
Chapter Six - Encounter at Diagon Alley
"Hermione!" Harry called out, spotting their friend across the street. Hermione was walking by Ollivander's Wand Emporium with her Muggle parents when she recognized the voice that had called her. She turned her head, her long hair whipping around, and a grin spread across her face. "Harry! Ron!"
Hermione dashed across the small cobblestone street and met up with her friends. "Did you see our reading list this year?" she asked the two boys excitedly. "Shakespeare! We're going to study Shakespeare!"
Ron gave Hermione a confused look. "What's Shakespeare?"
Hermione sighed and rolled her eyes. "Not what, WHO. William Shakespeare was a very well-known playwright. Born in-"
"Okay! Okay! I believe you..." Ron interrupted exhasperatedly.
Hermione didn't seem to be phased at all by Ron's lack of interest. "I suppose we could be reading it for Muggle Studies..."
"But why would Ginny need it as well? 6th and 7th years don't hav the same curriculum in their classes," Harry said, speaking for the first time since Hermione had come over.
"Well well well... why, isn't it Potter..." came a familiar sneering voice from behind them. As they had suspected, Draco Malfoy stepped forward into their group. "Of course it is. Who else would be seen with a Weasley and a Mudblood."
Hermione's eyes narrowed and she bit her lip. She refused to show Malfoy the gratification of having that comment bother her. Ron clenched his fists and began to step forward before Hermione laid a gentle yet firm hand on his arm. "He's not worth it," she said to him softly.
"Yeah Weasley. Listen to your girlfriend there. She knows a thing or two," Draco retorted sarcastically. He laughed at his own irony. Eyeing Ginny standing just behind Harry, Draco reached out and yanked the sheet of parchment from her grasp. "What's tis... looking for Macbeth are we little Weasley..." he said mysteriously. Tossing it back to Ginny, he smirked at the others before walking into Flourish & Botts.
Ron and Harry noticed Hermione's tense reaction. "Don't worry 'bout Malfoy. It's all empty threats," Harry assured her.
She shook her head. "No, it's not that... not the Mudblood thing..."
The two boys exchanged curious glances. Ron's face scrunched up in an enquiring look. "So... what is it then? What's wrong?"