Hi there, sorry I haven¡¯t updated in a long time, but I got caught up with school work and all that, u know¡­

Anyway, here¡¯s the next chapter.

Oh yea, and I don¡¯t own anything that looks familiar to u.

Harry went down to the great hall for dinner, it was a pleasant chat that he had with his father, as well as his godfather, uncle, and old professor.

His father told him before he went that he was to meet them after dinner in the dungeons.

It had been a long day, especially with him trying to get Hermione and Ron from finding out what he was really doing, which proved to be more of a challenge than he first thought, since Hermione is already suspicious of something.

¡°There¡¯s nothing going on, Hermione, don¡¯t worry about me,¡± Harry reassured his friend for the thousandth time that day.

¡°But I still feel that you¡¯re keeping something from me though,¡± Hermione said before she sipped her pumpkin juice.

¡°I told you, everything¡¯s fine, don¡¯t worry about it, Hermione,¡± Harry said. Technically, he wasn¡¯t lying, everything is fine, with the exception, of course, of Voldemort planning on attacking the school.

¡°Hermione, don¡¯t worry about it, okay? If anything was going on, Harry would have told us by now, right mate?¡± Ron said in between his chewing and swallowing.

Hermione looked at him disgustedly, but seemed to have finally agreed with the redhead.

¡°Harry, have you finished the potions essay that¡¯s due tomorrow?¡± Dean Thomas asked from across the table.

¡°Yeah, finished it last night,¡± Harry said, ¡°Did you?¡±

¡°Yeah, just wanted to make sure that you didn¡¯t forget.¡±

¡°What? What essay? What¡¯s due tomorrow?¡± Ron cried out suddenly, looking horrified, ¡°There¡¯s a potions essay due tomorrow and you didn¡¯t tell me??¡± He looked pointedly at Harry.

¡°I did, remember, I told you right before you went to bed, I said ¡®Ron, you better finish your essay now before you panic tomorrow,¡¯ and you said¡­well, I wasn¡¯t a hundred percent clear on what you said, sounded like some kind of grunt or something.¡± Harry said, acting innocently.

¡°Gosh, you guys,¡± Hermione cried over Ron¡¯s panicking, ¡°I finished mine one the day that it was assigned.¡±

¡°Good, then, I can just copy off of you, right Hermione?¡± Ron asked hopefully.

¡°Of course not, I will be more than glad to help you, but you cannot copy, you¡¯re lucky enough that I let you copy my History of Magic notes.¡± Replied Hermione while reaching over to get more cookies.

¡°But Hermione¡­¡± Ron whined, sounding very much like a three-years-old boy who was begging for a new toy.

¡°NO, absolutely not.¡± Hermione said, something in her tone made Ron draw back slightly, ¡°It¡¯s not like you could copy off of me when you¡¯re taking your OWLs.¡±

¡°But¡­¡± Ron trailed off when Hermione glared at him.

¡°You guys, as much fun as it was listening to you two, I need to get going now, so I¡¯ll see you later.¡± Harry said, noticing that James, and Snape have both made their exits from the Great Hall.

¡°Where are you going, mate?¡± Ron asked.

¡°I, have detention with, um, Snape.¡± Harry lied quickly, ¡°Got it while I was in there this morning.¡±

¡°What for?¡± Hermione asked.

¡°Apparently, I need to put more effort into my work and scrubbing dirty cauldrons will help me with that.¡± Harry said, quoting from a detention that Snape had given him a long time ago.

¡°Well, good luck, mate.¡± Ron said, grinning at him.

¡°Yeah, I¡¯ll need it,¡± Harry said, and quickly made his exit.

He half walked half ran to the dungeons, hoping that he wasn¡¯t late or anything, he stepped in front of the door to the room that he was supposed to meet his father and Snape at.

He took a breath to make himself seem calmer than what he actually was feeling.

He stretched out his hand and knocked on the door, after a faint ¡®come in¡¯ was heard, he pushed the door silently.

He gasped at who he saw was in the room.

Sorry for leaving a cliffy, just couldn¡¯t resist.

Once again I will ask you to guess who the person in the room is, it shouldn¡¯t be that hard.

I¡¯m dedicating the next chapter to the first three people who gets it right.

Please review!!!!

Till next time

Jayda!

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