Chapter five – Forced to get along

Harry's POV

I pulled out the mirror Sirius gave me a few months ago and said very clearly: "Sirius Black". A few seconds later, Sirius' head appeared inside the mirror. "Harry! It's so great to hear from you" Sirius exclaimed happily. "It's wonderful to see you" I said, tears swelling in my green eyes.

"What's wrong?" Sirius asked, concerned. "It's just, what if I'd never seen you again? It's been on my mind for a while now. I wouldn't be able to bear not having you around" I said. "Well I am here and I'm not going anywhere. I promise you Harry that I'll be extra careful and stay inside" Sirius replied. "Thanks" I said, smiling.

Sirius smiled back and began to speak again. "So how did the plan work with Ron and Hermione?" "Fine. It seems to be working as well, I'm even starting to think they might have feelings for each other" I replied, grinning. "You may well be right" Sirius said.

"How are things at the order?" I asked. "Quite good, we're on the lookout for Wormtail at the moment" Sirius said. "Any luck?" I asked. "Yeah, we've heard things but no capture yet. Maybe if we find him, I'll be set free" Sirius said happily. Hope swelled inside of me; it would be wonderful if Sirius was set free.

"One other thing, Harry. Would you like to stay with me here after about a week of your holiday?" Sirius asked. "Yes of course I would! That'd be great!" I said happily. "We're have to double check with Dumbledore first but he suggested it a while back so it should be fine. I'd better get going now though, got lots of work to do" Sirius said.

"Yeah, me too. Can I ask one more question?" I asked. "Yeah sure" Sirius replied. "What happened with Kreacher?" Sirius laughed gently. "He killed himself. I gave him the great honour of being with his ancestors" Sirius replied. I laughed as well. "Ok, thanks. Bye!" I said. "Bye!" Sirius replied and we both put our mirrors away.

I walked downstairs into the common room and saw Ginny sitting on a chair waiting for me. "Hello Harry" she said brightly. "Uh… hi" I managed to choke out. My stomach felt like butterflies were flying around in it, there was something weird going on.

Ginny's POV

Why is Harry looking at me strangely? Do I have something in my teeth? Wait, I haven't even eaten yet! Today is a Saturday and another Hogsmeade trip, but me and Harry aren't going for a good reason.

Ron and Hermione walked downstairs arguing, damn. "Hi" Harry and I said together. They stopped bickering and looked at each other nervously; they hadn't known we were there. "Erm, Hi. Ready to go to breakfast then off to Hogsmeade?" Ron asked. "We're going to breakfast but not to Hogsmeade" I replied.

Ron and Hermione's face's both turned pale. "What? But why?" Hermione asked. "We have homework that we really need to catch up on" Harry replied. They didn't look as though they believed us but they didn't argue.

Ron's POV

I knew they were lying but I didn't say anything. What a great day this was going to be, I'm stuck with Hermione. We both walked in silence down to the Great Hall for breakfast. Once we had finished, we set off for Hogsmeade.

We wandered around for a while and then decided to go into some shops. I saw Zonko's up ahead but didn't think Hermione would want to go in there; she is a bit on the boring, mature side. "Oooh Zonko's! I do need some more stink pellets" Hermione said enthusiastically. I looked at her in disbelief. Was this my Hermione? Wanting to go into a joke shop? Wait, did I say my Hermione? Oh shit. "Why do you need stink pellets?" I asked curiously. "Have you never noticed how badly Malfoy's hair can stink sometimes? Well, it's not a coincidence".

We both laughed hysterically and I felt a stitch in my side and my face hurt from smiling so much. After Zonko's, we went to Honeydukes for some every flavour beans. "Ugh, I think this is cat's poo" Hermione said with disgust. "Yuck! That's disgusting. Are you sure you're eating a bean or has Crookshanks been through your things?" I asked. Hermione smiled and laughed. "You always know how to make me laugh Ron" she said.

We both stared at each other for a moment but then turned away blushing. I heard laughter somewhere in the distance. "Want to go to the three broomsticks?" I asked. "Yeah sure" Hermione replied. We entered the three broomsticks and found a table to sit down at.

Only a few seconds later, Draco Malfoy came over. "Why isn't it the famous couple! Mudblood and Weasel" Malfoy sneered. Pure hatred bubbled inside of me, at this point I'd be jumping on him but Hermione held my hand so I couldn't leave.

"At least he could actually get a girlfriend Malfoy, not that I'm her. You'd have to pay someone to date you, unless it's that ugly bitch Pansy" Hermione said with a smirk on her face. "Shut your mouth Mudblood" Malfoy spat. "Ooooh!! I'm so scared!" Hermione taunted. Malfoy was about to make a move to hurt her but an invisible person, or people tripped him up before he had the chance.

Everyone in the three broomsticks laughed and Malfoy left very red in the face and wearing an annoyed expression. "Well done Mione, you really knew what to say" I said. "Thank you" she replied, smiling. "Do you want to go back now?" I asked. "Ok, one more thing though. Bye Harry and Ginny".

"Damn, she knew" said Harry to Ginny from underneath the invisibility cloak.

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