Reviews please me so. I haven't updated anything for a while because I'm
lazy. Now let's remember, I only own Mary Lehn, Laura Brown, Carolyn
Carpenter, Sara Smith, Liz Dane, Juli Lang, Ashley Armbruister, Angela
Richardson, Claire Malfoy, and Kris Sark.And Hermione's house and her
parents names.I guess.I opened up the document and then suddenly I'm
all.OH! I have an update.Course, I'm a bit scatter-brained.Between the one
fic and the other and so on and the reading of the fics and swim lessons
and VBS and all.And then there's the fact that I haven't had a decent meal
for days because I've been surviving off fast food, cafeteria crap, and
junk food and I never eat breakfast and I go to sleep late. And dinner is
icky VBS food and I should've lost weight from the lack of decent food. And
I'm rambling. How very Lorelai of me.And that's part of the reason why the
update just showed up now. Because I'm writing a very odd Gilmore Girls fic
which I'm sure you don't want to hear about called Evanescence. I have too
many fics and I'm neglecting all of them. *sigh*
Well, here it is. Getting me off that nasty rambling trail. REVIEW! Darn, I STILL feel like Moody.*shakes head* Well, review.Oh, and it's pronounced Dre-eem-stik.Oh, I own Dreimstik, Magieternal, Hollywand Beach, and The Salem Institute.kinda. Oh, and the spell that's used. And yeah. On with the show.
Hermione gazed over and saw her friends watching. Her eyebrows rose.
"Oh, I forgot to introduce you!" Hermione said, slightly panicked.
Harry grinned.
"It's alright, Hermione," Harry beamed.
The girls formed semi-circle around Harry. Hermione crossed her arms over her chest and rolled her eyes. Claire stepped up first and stuck out a hand.
"Claire, Claire Malfoy," Claire smiled.
Harry shot a sideways glare at Hermione. Mary, however, was the only one to notice that Claire was going to try and kiss him. She shook her head and stuck out her foot to make Claire trip. Claire did, and Mary reflexively pushed Harry out of the way. Harry landed on the stairs and Mary sighed.
"What just happened here?" Hermione asked sternly, glaring at Mary and Claire.
Mary shook her head and pointed to Claire.
"You're lucky I can think on my feet. SHE was going to kiss him," Mary said, glaring at Claire.
Mary, who was sitting on the step, reached over and shook Harry's hand.
"Lehn, Mary Lehn. Nice to meet you, Harry," Mary said cheerfully.
Harry grinned awkwardly.
"Thanks," Harry whispered.
Mary grinned back.
"Any friend of Hermione's is a friend of mine, Mr. Potter," Mary said playfully. She smirked.
"And besides, I'm on your side. I know all about you, Harry. Believe me, she'll listen to us. There's no way she can't. She's coming back to Hogwarts, Harry, and that's that," Mary whispered.
Harry's face broke out into a look of utter shock. Mary grinned and stood, pushing Laura to introduce herself.
"Laura.Laura Brown. Nice to meet you," Laura stuttered.
Harry smiled at her.
"I'm Carolyn Carpenter. Hi," Carolyn said, shaking hands with Harry.
She stepped back and Juli, Liz, and Sara stepped up to him.
"HI!" Said Sara enthusiastically.
"We're Juli Lang, Liz Dane, and Sara Smith," Juli said, pointing at each of them in turn.
Harry nodded. Ashley and Angela stepped forward.
"Angela Richardson and Ashley Armbruister. Nice to make your acquaintance," Angela said silkily.
Harry nodded coolly and then turned to Hermione. He grabbed her arm.
"HEY! You, in the glasses! I'm introducing myself here! Kris Sark!" Kris yelled.
Harry turned around.
"Good," Harry said to her.
He turned around and whispered to Hermione.
"Hermione, we need to talk."
Hermione glared at him, but Harry dragged her inside. Mary followed them, unnoticed. Harry dragged Hermione into an open room and released her arm.
"You're friends with a bloody MALFOY?!" Harry said, panicking, running a hand through his hair.
Hermione looked at him confused. Mary rolled her eyes and stepped out from the shadows.
"Hermione, he's TALKING about Claire, Claire MALFOY," Mary reminded.
They both jumped and turned around to face her. Mary glared at them.
"What? Someone had to say it," Mary stated.
Harry smiled briefly at her. He then turned back to Hermione and they began to argue uncharacteristically.
"Hermione, she's like Malfoy's sister!"
"Cousin!" Mary automatically corrected.
They both turned to stare at her. She shrugged. They went back to their yelling match.
"I'm telling you, Hermione, she's no good."
"Hey! You don't hear me calling your cousin no good!"
"That's because Dudley IS no good!"
"Ah, shut up!"
"NO! She's a bad influence, Hermione!"
"HARRY! She's not! She's a perfectly fine person!"
"What happens if her cousin Draco comes to visit? Hmm?"
"Honestly, Harry. She doesn't go to Hogwarts!"
"You're not having a row with Ron, Hermione. And just because she doesn't go to Hogwarts doesn't mean that she isn't a witch!"
"Harry, I've known Claire since forever. And nothing has happened. I think I'm safe."
"Hermione, she probably goes to Beauxbatons, or Durmstrang.Or, some other school!"
Hermione was about to shoot a reply back at Harry. However, Mary moved between them.
"Stop arguing," She barked.
Harry and Hermione glared at each other.
"It's not MY fault that Claire's related to Death Eaters! You and I BOTH know what they do to muggleborns, Hermione! You're just ASKING for trouble."
Hermione smiled insincerely.
"Well, I won't have to worry about that anymore. Considering that I'm no longer a witch."
Harry sighed and massaged his temples. He began pacing.
"No, Hermione. You don't understand. It doesn't matter if you renounce all magic, which you can't do, especially since you're so good at it. They're almost worse to muggles than muggleborns. Hermione, you'll still be targeted."
Hermione looked him hard in the eye.
"Why, Harry? If I'm out of the wizarding world, then I'm out of conflict."
Harry shook this head.
"Hermione, for someone so smart, you're rather naïve."
Harry paused.
"Hermione, no matter what, you're still one of my best friends. And Voldemort knows that. He'll exploit it. He knows my weakness is my friends and family. He'll go after you just because you're my friend. He knows that I lo-care about you. And he'll use that against me."
Hermione looked at him, horror-struck.
"So, Harry, you're telling me that Voldemort'll still target me?"
Harry looked her in the eyes. Mary was riveted to the spot.
"Yes. So you might as well learn to defend yourself. By hanging around with me, Hermione, you've signed your death warrant."
Hermione sighed.
"So you're telling me that even if I cut off all ties from you and the wizarding world, move, and change my name and appearance, he'll still find me?"
Harry nodded sadly.
"I'm sorry. But even if you sever all bonds between us, we're still stuck with the curse."
Hermione nodded and turned around and curtly marched up the stairs. Mary shook her head at the sad look on Harry's face. She ran forward, grabbed his arm, and yanked him out of the room.
"Come on, Harry. We'll cheer you right up. Don't worry about 'Mione, she'll be fine. Promise. Now, I'll distract the others and help you, okay?" Mary said quickly.
Harry nodded, still staring at the ground. Mary ran through the open front door and thought quickly. She turned to Claire and the others.
"Hey, Claire, I think I just saw some senior guys at the Gellar place down the block," Mary said conversationally.
Claire's eyes lit up and she smiled.
"Really?" Claire asked.
"Yeah. If you hurry, you might still catch them!" Mary giggled.
Claire nodded, smiling. She turned to Angela and Ashley.
"Come on girls, we've got to check out some fine booty! Thanks, Mary!" Claire called, running off to the house in question.
Mary laughed and Harry gave the running girls a strange look.
"Yeah, I know," Mary responded.
She turned to Juli.
"Hey, why don't you guys go explore the maze? I SWEAR I saw a new secret passage in there this morning!" Mary said, convincingly.
Juli's eyes lit up. She turned to her comrades and they all smiled and ran off, wordless. Harry raised an eyebrow. Mary shrugged. Mary then turned to her own crew.
"Hey, guys, why don't y'all change into your swimsuits and meet Harry and I at the pool? I just have to show him his room. Okay?" Mary confirmed.
The trio nodded and the girls, Mary, and Harry parted. Mary and Harry walked up the stairs Hermione had just exited up. They finally scaled the stairs and walked down a long hallway done in burgundy and mahogany with many doors. On one side there was a loft that over looked into the kitchen.
Mary pointed to the two rooms on the left side of the loft.
"The room closest to the loft is yours. The one directly next to it is Hermione's," Mary stated quietly.
Harry nodded and they walked into the room. Mary opened a drawer and threw Harry a pair of green swim trunks.
"Change into these, and I'll be back in a minute. There's a towel in your bathroom, by the way," Mary said, pressing on the wall and going into Hermione's room.
Harry changed quietly and grabbed the towel. Mary arrived seconds later in a hot pink bikini and short cover-up and matching platform flip-flops. Harry gaped. Mary walked down the stairs and winked at Harry.
"You like?" Mary said, circling Harry.
Harry swallowed and Mary grabbed Harry's shirt.
"Sweetie, even though you look REALLY hot that way, Hermione's not ready for that yet. And, besides, you'll be ten times hotter when you're wet," Mary teased, pulling the shirt over his head.
Mary shook her head at his glasses and removed them.
"Harry? Wand please?" Mary asked quietly.
Harry looked at her confusedly. Mary glared and he forked it over.
"Good. Now what was that spell I saw in Hermione's books? Ah, yeah. That's it. Reparo visio!" Mary exclaimed, holding the wand loosely and waving it just so.
Amazingly, Harry could now see perfectly. Well, just for a few hours. He stared at Mary in awe.
"You should go to Hogwarts. Why don't you?" Harry asked curiously.
Mary frowned and sighed.
"I'm a muggle. And I'm not smart enough," Mary said quickly.
Harry shook his head.
"You're as smart as Hermione. And you just did magic, so I'm pretty sure that you're not a muggle," Harry said surely.
Mary shook her head.
"I haven't enough magic to be a witch," Mary replied solidly.
She frowned.
"Oh, jeez. I sounded like a Brit," Mary whined.
Harry looked at her.
"Okay, I suppose I do have some magic, but I was born in the United States and I moved here when I was five. My parents are magical, but they hardly use their powers. And, my parents don't exactly think I'm magical. I was accepted to Beauxbatons Academy, The Salem Institute, Hollywand Beach, The Soviet Society of Gifted Females, which is basically a female version of Durmstrang that the students there call Dreimstik. Unfortunately, it's run by a shady bunch of former Soviets and dark witches, who er, well, let's just say the former isn't former. And finally, Magieternal School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, which is an American version of Hogwarts. But, Mom and Dad didn't want me to go so far away," Mary said sadly.
"Because, apparently, France, Russia, California, Colorado, and Massachusetts are all too far away. And my parents basically decided Hogwarts or bust. I think I was supposed to go to Magieternal, so I wasn't on the Hogwarts list. Hence me not going to Hogwarts. I do read spell books and do a little magic, thanks to Hermione and Claire," Mary rambled.
Harry looked at her sadly.
"Wait a second, Claire's a witch?" Harry asked curiously.
Mary shook her head.
"No, she's not. She was born a muggle. But her parents are both purebloods, so it confuses the heck out of everyone, but she's not magical. However, her cousin, aunt, and uncle are another story. But, of course, I'm positive you've met Lucius, Narcissa, and Draco. They visit every summer for weeks. As a matter of fact, they're coming here tomorrow," Mary replied quietly.
Harry ran a hand through his hair.
"Blimey," He moaned.
Mary shook her head.
"No, Harry. You say CRAP when things go bad," Mary lectured.
Harry looked at her oddly.
"Well, all this British-ness gets on my nerves sometime. Come on, repeat after me. Crap. Can you mimic my accent?" Mary said, getting annoyed.
Harry swallowed and mimicked her.
"Uh, yeah. So, the Malfoys are coming here tomorrow?" Harry asked nervously.
Mary nodded and Harry ran a hand through his hair.
"That's lovely. Er, what was I supposed to say again? Oh yeah, CRAP! That's it. Okay," Harry rambled.
Mary tapped Harry on the shoulder.
"Want to do something fun?"
Harry looked at her oddly.
"What?" Harry asked, confused.
- Loren ;*
REVIEW! You can never say that too much. But I STILL feel like Moody.Grr, must work on that. REVIEW!
Well, here it is. Getting me off that nasty rambling trail. REVIEW! Darn, I STILL feel like Moody.*shakes head* Well, review.Oh, and it's pronounced Dre-eem-stik.Oh, I own Dreimstik, Magieternal, Hollywand Beach, and The Salem Institute.kinda. Oh, and the spell that's used. And yeah. On with the show.
Hermione gazed over and saw her friends watching. Her eyebrows rose.
"Oh, I forgot to introduce you!" Hermione said, slightly panicked.
Harry grinned.
"It's alright, Hermione," Harry beamed.
The girls formed semi-circle around Harry. Hermione crossed her arms over her chest and rolled her eyes. Claire stepped up first and stuck out a hand.
"Claire, Claire Malfoy," Claire smiled.
Harry shot a sideways glare at Hermione. Mary, however, was the only one to notice that Claire was going to try and kiss him. She shook her head and stuck out her foot to make Claire trip. Claire did, and Mary reflexively pushed Harry out of the way. Harry landed on the stairs and Mary sighed.
"What just happened here?" Hermione asked sternly, glaring at Mary and Claire.
Mary shook her head and pointed to Claire.
"You're lucky I can think on my feet. SHE was going to kiss him," Mary said, glaring at Claire.
Mary, who was sitting on the step, reached over and shook Harry's hand.
"Lehn, Mary Lehn. Nice to meet you, Harry," Mary said cheerfully.
Harry grinned awkwardly.
"Thanks," Harry whispered.
Mary grinned back.
"Any friend of Hermione's is a friend of mine, Mr. Potter," Mary said playfully. She smirked.
"And besides, I'm on your side. I know all about you, Harry. Believe me, she'll listen to us. There's no way she can't. She's coming back to Hogwarts, Harry, and that's that," Mary whispered.
Harry's face broke out into a look of utter shock. Mary grinned and stood, pushing Laura to introduce herself.
"Laura.Laura Brown. Nice to meet you," Laura stuttered.
Harry smiled at her.
"I'm Carolyn Carpenter. Hi," Carolyn said, shaking hands with Harry.
She stepped back and Juli, Liz, and Sara stepped up to him.
"HI!" Said Sara enthusiastically.
"We're Juli Lang, Liz Dane, and Sara Smith," Juli said, pointing at each of them in turn.
Harry nodded. Ashley and Angela stepped forward.
"Angela Richardson and Ashley Armbruister. Nice to make your acquaintance," Angela said silkily.
Harry nodded coolly and then turned to Hermione. He grabbed her arm.
"HEY! You, in the glasses! I'm introducing myself here! Kris Sark!" Kris yelled.
Harry turned around.
"Good," Harry said to her.
He turned around and whispered to Hermione.
"Hermione, we need to talk."
Hermione glared at him, but Harry dragged her inside. Mary followed them, unnoticed. Harry dragged Hermione into an open room and released her arm.
"You're friends with a bloody MALFOY?!" Harry said, panicking, running a hand through his hair.
Hermione looked at him confused. Mary rolled her eyes and stepped out from the shadows.
"Hermione, he's TALKING about Claire, Claire MALFOY," Mary reminded.
They both jumped and turned around to face her. Mary glared at them.
"What? Someone had to say it," Mary stated.
Harry smiled briefly at her. He then turned back to Hermione and they began to argue uncharacteristically.
"Hermione, she's like Malfoy's sister!"
"Cousin!" Mary automatically corrected.
They both turned to stare at her. She shrugged. They went back to their yelling match.
"I'm telling you, Hermione, she's no good."
"Hey! You don't hear me calling your cousin no good!"
"That's because Dudley IS no good!"
"Ah, shut up!"
"NO! She's a bad influence, Hermione!"
"HARRY! She's not! She's a perfectly fine person!"
"What happens if her cousin Draco comes to visit? Hmm?"
"Honestly, Harry. She doesn't go to Hogwarts!"
"You're not having a row with Ron, Hermione. And just because she doesn't go to Hogwarts doesn't mean that she isn't a witch!"
"Harry, I've known Claire since forever. And nothing has happened. I think I'm safe."
"Hermione, she probably goes to Beauxbatons, or Durmstrang.Or, some other school!"
Hermione was about to shoot a reply back at Harry. However, Mary moved between them.
"Stop arguing," She barked.
Harry and Hermione glared at each other.
"It's not MY fault that Claire's related to Death Eaters! You and I BOTH know what they do to muggleborns, Hermione! You're just ASKING for trouble."
Hermione smiled insincerely.
"Well, I won't have to worry about that anymore. Considering that I'm no longer a witch."
Harry sighed and massaged his temples. He began pacing.
"No, Hermione. You don't understand. It doesn't matter if you renounce all magic, which you can't do, especially since you're so good at it. They're almost worse to muggles than muggleborns. Hermione, you'll still be targeted."
Hermione looked him hard in the eye.
"Why, Harry? If I'm out of the wizarding world, then I'm out of conflict."
Harry shook this head.
"Hermione, for someone so smart, you're rather naïve."
Harry paused.
"Hermione, no matter what, you're still one of my best friends. And Voldemort knows that. He'll exploit it. He knows my weakness is my friends and family. He'll go after you just because you're my friend. He knows that I lo-care about you. And he'll use that against me."
Hermione looked at him, horror-struck.
"So, Harry, you're telling me that Voldemort'll still target me?"
Harry looked her in the eyes. Mary was riveted to the spot.
"Yes. So you might as well learn to defend yourself. By hanging around with me, Hermione, you've signed your death warrant."
Hermione sighed.
"So you're telling me that even if I cut off all ties from you and the wizarding world, move, and change my name and appearance, he'll still find me?"
Harry nodded sadly.
"I'm sorry. But even if you sever all bonds between us, we're still stuck with the curse."
Hermione nodded and turned around and curtly marched up the stairs. Mary shook her head at the sad look on Harry's face. She ran forward, grabbed his arm, and yanked him out of the room.
"Come on, Harry. We'll cheer you right up. Don't worry about 'Mione, she'll be fine. Promise. Now, I'll distract the others and help you, okay?" Mary said quickly.
Harry nodded, still staring at the ground. Mary ran through the open front door and thought quickly. She turned to Claire and the others.
"Hey, Claire, I think I just saw some senior guys at the Gellar place down the block," Mary said conversationally.
Claire's eyes lit up and she smiled.
"Really?" Claire asked.
"Yeah. If you hurry, you might still catch them!" Mary giggled.
Claire nodded, smiling. She turned to Angela and Ashley.
"Come on girls, we've got to check out some fine booty! Thanks, Mary!" Claire called, running off to the house in question.
Mary laughed and Harry gave the running girls a strange look.
"Yeah, I know," Mary responded.
She turned to Juli.
"Hey, why don't you guys go explore the maze? I SWEAR I saw a new secret passage in there this morning!" Mary said, convincingly.
Juli's eyes lit up. She turned to her comrades and they all smiled and ran off, wordless. Harry raised an eyebrow. Mary shrugged. Mary then turned to her own crew.
"Hey, guys, why don't y'all change into your swimsuits and meet Harry and I at the pool? I just have to show him his room. Okay?" Mary confirmed.
The trio nodded and the girls, Mary, and Harry parted. Mary and Harry walked up the stairs Hermione had just exited up. They finally scaled the stairs and walked down a long hallway done in burgundy and mahogany with many doors. On one side there was a loft that over looked into the kitchen.
Mary pointed to the two rooms on the left side of the loft.
"The room closest to the loft is yours. The one directly next to it is Hermione's," Mary stated quietly.
Harry nodded and they walked into the room. Mary opened a drawer and threw Harry a pair of green swim trunks.
"Change into these, and I'll be back in a minute. There's a towel in your bathroom, by the way," Mary said, pressing on the wall and going into Hermione's room.
Harry changed quietly and grabbed the towel. Mary arrived seconds later in a hot pink bikini and short cover-up and matching platform flip-flops. Harry gaped. Mary walked down the stairs and winked at Harry.
"You like?" Mary said, circling Harry.
Harry swallowed and Mary grabbed Harry's shirt.
"Sweetie, even though you look REALLY hot that way, Hermione's not ready for that yet. And, besides, you'll be ten times hotter when you're wet," Mary teased, pulling the shirt over his head.
Mary shook her head at his glasses and removed them.
"Harry? Wand please?" Mary asked quietly.
Harry looked at her confusedly. Mary glared and he forked it over.
"Good. Now what was that spell I saw in Hermione's books? Ah, yeah. That's it. Reparo visio!" Mary exclaimed, holding the wand loosely and waving it just so.
Amazingly, Harry could now see perfectly. Well, just for a few hours. He stared at Mary in awe.
"You should go to Hogwarts. Why don't you?" Harry asked curiously.
Mary frowned and sighed.
"I'm a muggle. And I'm not smart enough," Mary said quickly.
Harry shook his head.
"You're as smart as Hermione. And you just did magic, so I'm pretty sure that you're not a muggle," Harry said surely.
Mary shook her head.
"I haven't enough magic to be a witch," Mary replied solidly.
She frowned.
"Oh, jeez. I sounded like a Brit," Mary whined.
Harry looked at her.
"Okay, I suppose I do have some magic, but I was born in the United States and I moved here when I was five. My parents are magical, but they hardly use their powers. And, my parents don't exactly think I'm magical. I was accepted to Beauxbatons Academy, The Salem Institute, Hollywand Beach, The Soviet Society of Gifted Females, which is basically a female version of Durmstrang that the students there call Dreimstik. Unfortunately, it's run by a shady bunch of former Soviets and dark witches, who er, well, let's just say the former isn't former. And finally, Magieternal School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, which is an American version of Hogwarts. But, Mom and Dad didn't want me to go so far away," Mary said sadly.
"Because, apparently, France, Russia, California, Colorado, and Massachusetts are all too far away. And my parents basically decided Hogwarts or bust. I think I was supposed to go to Magieternal, so I wasn't on the Hogwarts list. Hence me not going to Hogwarts. I do read spell books and do a little magic, thanks to Hermione and Claire," Mary rambled.
Harry looked at her sadly.
"Wait a second, Claire's a witch?" Harry asked curiously.
Mary shook her head.
"No, she's not. She was born a muggle. But her parents are both purebloods, so it confuses the heck out of everyone, but she's not magical. However, her cousin, aunt, and uncle are another story. But, of course, I'm positive you've met Lucius, Narcissa, and Draco. They visit every summer for weeks. As a matter of fact, they're coming here tomorrow," Mary replied quietly.
Harry ran a hand through his hair.
"Blimey," He moaned.
Mary shook her head.
"No, Harry. You say CRAP when things go bad," Mary lectured.
Harry looked at her oddly.
"Well, all this British-ness gets on my nerves sometime. Come on, repeat after me. Crap. Can you mimic my accent?" Mary said, getting annoyed.
Harry swallowed and mimicked her.
"Uh, yeah. So, the Malfoys are coming here tomorrow?" Harry asked nervously.
Mary nodded and Harry ran a hand through his hair.
"That's lovely. Er, what was I supposed to say again? Oh yeah, CRAP! That's it. Okay," Harry rambled.
Mary tapped Harry on the shoulder.
"Want to do something fun?"
Harry looked at her oddly.
"What?" Harry asked, confused.
- Loren ;*
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