A/N:: Wow! Chapter 17 already? Anyway, reviewers::
Lilaznpinky525:: yeah, ha ha ha. Ron sort of is lovesick. Lol.
On with the Story!
Harry and Ron kept a close lead on Hermione and Cho, who, little did they know, were following Fred and George. Hermione and Cho realized they were going in the direction of the room they were in after breakfast, where they found that letter. They stopped short to stop two second years from putting Dumgbombs in Filch's office.
"Second years are such gits. I wasn't like that in my second year." Harry heard Hermione say.
"Didn't we pass a few kids bewitching the armor back there, she didn't tell them off!" Ron muttered, but meanwhile in front of them, Fred and George were getting the things Lee got for them from Snape. Harry shrugged. Fred and George started moving and Hermione and Cho cut their conversation with the second years off. They then moved forward again. Fred and George turned around quickly. Cho pulled Hermione off to a side corridor. The twins saw Harry and Ron, because they started walking towards them (Fred stowing the letter in his bag). Hermione found that where they met would be right in front of the hall that Cho and she were hiding. Luckily, even when the boys did meet, they didn't notice the girls leaning against the walls of the halls.
"Hey, you haven't seen Cho anywhere?" Ron asked.
"Or Hermione." Harry snapped.
"We suspected they would be following us, so we just wandered the corridors aimlessly." Fred replied. George shrugged.
"Wait, they were following you?" Ron said quickly. Hermione swore under her breath.
"Yeah, why?" George asked. Fred nodded suspiciously.
"We were following them. Weird." Harry said.
"So technically, you were following us!" Fred joked. Ron looked at him seriously.
"We need to find them." He said. Hermione grabbed Cho's arm and dragged her down the hall to another hall, where they hid.
"Alright, then, we'll take this corridor--" He pointed to the corridor that the girls went down. "-You check around here, make sure they didn't go into any of these doors." George said. Everyone nodded in agreement.
"Wait." Fred said as everyone split up. "Remind me why we're looking for them?" Ron blushed.
"We want to make sure they're not in any rooms they're not supposed to be in." He muttered. Fred and George looked at each other, then looked at their bag.
"There's no reason for them to be in there... Ow!" Fred said as George nudged him hard. Ron pulled his wand out.
"What do you know?" He said, stepping closer to them.
"Nothing, it's just they found a room this morning that had some weird stuff in it." George said.
"That's where we found them." Fred said.
"Fine." Ron spat. "Let's go, Harry." He said turning on his heel and stowing his wand in his pocket.
Fred and George stepped closer and closer to where Cho and Hermione were hiding. Once they were out of earshot of Harry and Ron, Fred muttered, "Like we'll try to find Hermione and Cho."
"You found us." Hermione whispered when they got to the corner.
"Oy! It's Hermione!" Fred said.
"And Cho." George whispered. Luckily they couldn't see her face was completely red.
"Er, are you two supposed to be looking for us?" Hermione said.
"Yeah." They said together.
"We weren't going to, we were going to read this thing." Fred said flapping the letter in front of them.
"Jesus, I don't think we'll be able to. Look at the size of it! It's a novel!" George muttered taking the letter from Fred. "And don't flap this around, It's more than six years old."
"Ha! I'm older." Fred said. The girls giggled.
"But, see, it's older than you act." George said. The girls couldn't help themselves from cracking up.
"Anyway." Fred said, blushing a little and laughing at the same time. "We were heading out this entrance to go outside."
"Yeah, wanna come?" George said. Hermione glanced at Cho.
"I'll come." She said.
"I'm actually going to go hang out with Ron and Harry." Cho managed to get out.
"Well, ok." Hermione said casually. "See you at dinner." She said as she wandered off with the Weasley twins. Cho watched them until she heard voices coming down the corridor where she stood.
"Fred? George?" Said Harry.
"Cho? Hermione?" Ron called.
"Here." Cho said, skipping over to them. "Hey." She said. "Hermione went off with your brothers outside. I decided to come spend time with you two." She added, leaning forward to kiss Ron on the cheek, but at the last second, he turned his face so that it was on the lips. Harry clenched his teeth.
"You know I hate it when you do that." Cho said, looking dreamily into Ron's eyes. They closed in and started kissing again. Harry realized he had no better place to go.
"Ok, I'm a real forgiving person and everything (A/N:: cough cough. Sorry couldn't resist), but you're testing my temper." He said loudly.
"You're temper had been tested and it gets an F." Said a cold but happy voice behind him. Harry turned around, almost happy he didn't have to look at Ron and Cho making out.
"Hi Malfoy." Harry regretted this. He had let some of his happiness come out through his voice.
"I see you're the third wheel again." Draco spat. "That's always how it was anyway. Hermione and Weasley were always best friends, always shunning you to the side, weren't they?"
"Malfoy, you have no clue what you're talking about." Harry snapped.
"I know Hermione better than anyone here." Draco said. His pale face suddenly turned pink, the first time Harry had ever seen this. Harry glared at him.
"Yeah, ok, Malfoy." Harry said sarcastically, turning around, but then turning back when he caught glimpse of Ron and Cho, who had parted and were running down the corridor, hand in hand.
"Get out of my way, Potter." Draco said fiercely. Harry moved to the side. Draco tapped three times on a stone on the wall with his wand, then said muttered, with a quick glance a Harry, "Hermione."
"What are you doing?" Harry asked. He thought Draco was finally off his rocker. But before Draco could say anything, the stone turned into a huge rectangle and reached all the way to the floor. "It's a door..." Harry whispered to himself.
"No, it's a salmon." Draco said sarcastically. He opened the door, then returned to his place next to Ron and Cho stood.
"What are you going to do with that door?" Harry asked, stepping closer and nodding at the door.
"Rid the world of Mudbloods." He said sarcastically. "I don't know what you do with doors, Potter, but I usually use them to get places." Harry stepped back.
"Well where does this door lead?" Harry asked dully.
"Oh, come on, you've never used this door before?"
"No, actually."
"Then I know more about Hermione than you." Draco smirked. He disappeared into the room for a few seconds, the said happily, "And I think I'll let her show you then." He said, tapping the door three times with his wand and muttered, "Potter." He then widened his smirk. "Why don't you try to find out? I find it very useful." Draco stalked off.
*****
Two Hours Later, George, Hermione and Fred were sorting out Ron's love life history under the shade of a tree by the lake.
"What if he never really did fancy that girl?" Fred was saying.
"No, I don't think he did." Hermione said, glancing into the distance. A figure was approaching. "Hang on, that's Harry."
"Oy! Scar!" George called. This was the Twins' new nickname for Harry. He didn't mind it, he knew they were joking. Harry loomed over Hermione, looking furious.
"Err...Hi?" She said looking scared. Fred was wrong about this morning. Harry looked angrier than any of them had ever seen him. He grabbed her upper arm, lifted her to her feet and let go. Hermione was standing now, but rubbing her arm, "What in bloody hell...what..." Hermione didn't know where to start.
"Let's try secret rooms you only tell Malfoy about." Harry said. Fred rolled up all the parchment, nervously muttered "We'll see you at dinner." and left with his twin in his wake.
Instead of looking scared, she now looked serious. "Did he use it?" she said urgently.
"What does it matter, how do you use it?" Harry yelled.
"Harry, this is very important, did he make the door appear?" Hermione urged again. Harry looked at her, alarmed.
"Yes." Harry said. Hermione swore loudly and took off, running towards the castle, Harry barely keeping up with her. They passed Ron and Cho, who took off after them.
"What's going on?" Ron asked as he and Harry ran behind Hermione and Cho.
"I'll...explain...later." Harry said out of breath. His ribs hurt very badly from running in the sharp autumn cold. They stopped running and walked quickly along the corridor, finally getting to the stone. Ron and Cho looked really confused.
"What...was that...about?" Cho gasped for breath, hands on her knees. No one answered as Hermione tapped the stone three times and whispered, "Draco." But Harry heard her. The door appeared leaving Ron and Cho confused and impressed. Hermione opened the door, the rest following her.
The room was not small, but wasn't huge either. There were rows of stone benches and a big black heart in the front of the room. There was also something that looked like a bookshelf and a small table in the back of the room. Hermione raced to this table. There was a small Pensieve and some other objects on it. There was also a small piece of parchment. Hermione picked the paper up and read it franticly. She sighed and dropped the paper, which Harry caught in midair.
Hermione-
I found another one. I left it here for you. Please watch it sometime. It's about something I know you've been looking for lately.
Thanks,
Draco
"Hermione, what's this about?" Harry said, but Hermione didn't answer. She was scribbling away on a piece of parchment. Suddenly, she put her quill down and sat down on one of the benches. Harry slid to the shelf and read -
Draco-
I admit, I'm curious. Maybe I'll find time for it later. You know I'll have to watch it. That's my weakness. Remember what I told you.
Never again, Hermione.
Cho went to comfort her. Harry handed the first note to Ron, he read it quickly and then the one on the shelf. "Let's go." Hermione said suddenly. Ron dropped the first note and decided to leave it. She strolled out of the room, followed closely by the others. She closed the door. Ron was about to speak when Hermione tapped her wand against the stone and muttered, "Weasley."
Ron looked surprised at this. "I'm a password?"
*****
Intermission A/N:: It's not what you think! This isn't turning into a Hermione/Draco, I've got it planned, it all leads up to Ron/Cho/Harry again, don't worry. It seemed like it, but Draco and Hermione... I'll shut up, I'm going to ruin the story, but I assure you it's not Hermione/Draco.
*****
They went straight to the Great Hall, which was starting to look decorated for Halloween. As soon as they entered, they saw Fred and George looking amazed and excited.
"We figured it out!" George said to Hermione.
"Brilliant." Hermione said, obviously not listening. She chewed down her meal like carpet. Cho went to sit with her Ravenclaw friends. When Hermione was finished with her meal she turned squarely around in her seat to look at the Slytherin table. Harry noticed Draco had been staring at her all meal. "Ginny, remind me why I'm doing this." Hermione said randomly.
"Because it might be of some importance to your daily life." Ginny recited. Hermione left the table and walked out of the Great Hall. Harry noticed Draco smiled genuinely at this. After doing the same thing Harry did, they all stared at Ginny, who blushed.
"I know a lot about Hermione." Ginny said. "you thick-headed losers never realized that happens almost everyday."
A/N:: I repeat what I said earlier. This isn't a Hermione/Draco fic, you'll find out next chapter. Speaking of next chapter, it's coming out soon soon soon. I dunno if im going away for the weekend yet, but if I do, I'll be back on Sunday night, ill update it then. Kk, buh bye.
Lilaznpinky525:: yeah, ha ha ha. Ron sort of is lovesick. Lol.
On with the Story!
Harry and Ron kept a close lead on Hermione and Cho, who, little did they know, were following Fred and George. Hermione and Cho realized they were going in the direction of the room they were in after breakfast, where they found that letter. They stopped short to stop two second years from putting Dumgbombs in Filch's office.
"Second years are such gits. I wasn't like that in my second year." Harry heard Hermione say.
"Didn't we pass a few kids bewitching the armor back there, she didn't tell them off!" Ron muttered, but meanwhile in front of them, Fred and George were getting the things Lee got for them from Snape. Harry shrugged. Fred and George started moving and Hermione and Cho cut their conversation with the second years off. They then moved forward again. Fred and George turned around quickly. Cho pulled Hermione off to a side corridor. The twins saw Harry and Ron, because they started walking towards them (Fred stowing the letter in his bag). Hermione found that where they met would be right in front of the hall that Cho and she were hiding. Luckily, even when the boys did meet, they didn't notice the girls leaning against the walls of the halls.
"Hey, you haven't seen Cho anywhere?" Ron asked.
"Or Hermione." Harry snapped.
"We suspected they would be following us, so we just wandered the corridors aimlessly." Fred replied. George shrugged.
"Wait, they were following you?" Ron said quickly. Hermione swore under her breath.
"Yeah, why?" George asked. Fred nodded suspiciously.
"We were following them. Weird." Harry said.
"So technically, you were following us!" Fred joked. Ron looked at him seriously.
"We need to find them." He said. Hermione grabbed Cho's arm and dragged her down the hall to another hall, where they hid.
"Alright, then, we'll take this corridor--" He pointed to the corridor that the girls went down. "-You check around here, make sure they didn't go into any of these doors." George said. Everyone nodded in agreement.
"Wait." Fred said as everyone split up. "Remind me why we're looking for them?" Ron blushed.
"We want to make sure they're not in any rooms they're not supposed to be in." He muttered. Fred and George looked at each other, then looked at their bag.
"There's no reason for them to be in there... Ow!" Fred said as George nudged him hard. Ron pulled his wand out.
"What do you know?" He said, stepping closer to them.
"Nothing, it's just they found a room this morning that had some weird stuff in it." George said.
"That's where we found them." Fred said.
"Fine." Ron spat. "Let's go, Harry." He said turning on his heel and stowing his wand in his pocket.
Fred and George stepped closer and closer to where Cho and Hermione were hiding. Once they were out of earshot of Harry and Ron, Fred muttered, "Like we'll try to find Hermione and Cho."
"You found us." Hermione whispered when they got to the corner.
"Oy! It's Hermione!" Fred said.
"And Cho." George whispered. Luckily they couldn't see her face was completely red.
"Er, are you two supposed to be looking for us?" Hermione said.
"Yeah." They said together.
"We weren't going to, we were going to read this thing." Fred said flapping the letter in front of them.
"Jesus, I don't think we'll be able to. Look at the size of it! It's a novel!" George muttered taking the letter from Fred. "And don't flap this around, It's more than six years old."
"Ha! I'm older." Fred said. The girls giggled.
"But, see, it's older than you act." George said. The girls couldn't help themselves from cracking up.
"Anyway." Fred said, blushing a little and laughing at the same time. "We were heading out this entrance to go outside."
"Yeah, wanna come?" George said. Hermione glanced at Cho.
"I'll come." She said.
"I'm actually going to go hang out with Ron and Harry." Cho managed to get out.
"Well, ok." Hermione said casually. "See you at dinner." She said as she wandered off with the Weasley twins. Cho watched them until she heard voices coming down the corridor where she stood.
"Fred? George?" Said Harry.
"Cho? Hermione?" Ron called.
"Here." Cho said, skipping over to them. "Hey." She said. "Hermione went off with your brothers outside. I decided to come spend time with you two." She added, leaning forward to kiss Ron on the cheek, but at the last second, he turned his face so that it was on the lips. Harry clenched his teeth.
"You know I hate it when you do that." Cho said, looking dreamily into Ron's eyes. They closed in and started kissing again. Harry realized he had no better place to go.
"Ok, I'm a real forgiving person and everything (A/N:: cough cough. Sorry couldn't resist), but you're testing my temper." He said loudly.
"You're temper had been tested and it gets an F." Said a cold but happy voice behind him. Harry turned around, almost happy he didn't have to look at Ron and Cho making out.
"Hi Malfoy." Harry regretted this. He had let some of his happiness come out through his voice.
"I see you're the third wheel again." Draco spat. "That's always how it was anyway. Hermione and Weasley were always best friends, always shunning you to the side, weren't they?"
"Malfoy, you have no clue what you're talking about." Harry snapped.
"I know Hermione better than anyone here." Draco said. His pale face suddenly turned pink, the first time Harry had ever seen this. Harry glared at him.
"Yeah, ok, Malfoy." Harry said sarcastically, turning around, but then turning back when he caught glimpse of Ron and Cho, who had parted and were running down the corridor, hand in hand.
"Get out of my way, Potter." Draco said fiercely. Harry moved to the side. Draco tapped three times on a stone on the wall with his wand, then said muttered, with a quick glance a Harry, "Hermione."
"What are you doing?" Harry asked. He thought Draco was finally off his rocker. But before Draco could say anything, the stone turned into a huge rectangle and reached all the way to the floor. "It's a door..." Harry whispered to himself.
"No, it's a salmon." Draco said sarcastically. He opened the door, then returned to his place next to Ron and Cho stood.
"What are you going to do with that door?" Harry asked, stepping closer and nodding at the door.
"Rid the world of Mudbloods." He said sarcastically. "I don't know what you do with doors, Potter, but I usually use them to get places." Harry stepped back.
"Well where does this door lead?" Harry asked dully.
"Oh, come on, you've never used this door before?"
"No, actually."
"Then I know more about Hermione than you." Draco smirked. He disappeared into the room for a few seconds, the said happily, "And I think I'll let her show you then." He said, tapping the door three times with his wand and muttered, "Potter." He then widened his smirk. "Why don't you try to find out? I find it very useful." Draco stalked off.
*****
Two Hours Later, George, Hermione and Fred were sorting out Ron's love life history under the shade of a tree by the lake.
"What if he never really did fancy that girl?" Fred was saying.
"No, I don't think he did." Hermione said, glancing into the distance. A figure was approaching. "Hang on, that's Harry."
"Oy! Scar!" George called. This was the Twins' new nickname for Harry. He didn't mind it, he knew they were joking. Harry loomed over Hermione, looking furious.
"Err...Hi?" She said looking scared. Fred was wrong about this morning. Harry looked angrier than any of them had ever seen him. He grabbed her upper arm, lifted her to her feet and let go. Hermione was standing now, but rubbing her arm, "What in bloody hell...what..." Hermione didn't know where to start.
"Let's try secret rooms you only tell Malfoy about." Harry said. Fred rolled up all the parchment, nervously muttered "We'll see you at dinner." and left with his twin in his wake.
Instead of looking scared, she now looked serious. "Did he use it?" she said urgently.
"What does it matter, how do you use it?" Harry yelled.
"Harry, this is very important, did he make the door appear?" Hermione urged again. Harry looked at her, alarmed.
"Yes." Harry said. Hermione swore loudly and took off, running towards the castle, Harry barely keeping up with her. They passed Ron and Cho, who took off after them.
"What's going on?" Ron asked as he and Harry ran behind Hermione and Cho.
"I'll...explain...later." Harry said out of breath. His ribs hurt very badly from running in the sharp autumn cold. They stopped running and walked quickly along the corridor, finally getting to the stone. Ron and Cho looked really confused.
"What...was that...about?" Cho gasped for breath, hands on her knees. No one answered as Hermione tapped the stone three times and whispered, "Draco." But Harry heard her. The door appeared leaving Ron and Cho confused and impressed. Hermione opened the door, the rest following her.
The room was not small, but wasn't huge either. There were rows of stone benches and a big black heart in the front of the room. There was also something that looked like a bookshelf and a small table in the back of the room. Hermione raced to this table. There was a small Pensieve and some other objects on it. There was also a small piece of parchment. Hermione picked the paper up and read it franticly. She sighed and dropped the paper, which Harry caught in midair.
Hermione-
I found another one. I left it here for you. Please watch it sometime. It's about something I know you've been looking for lately.
Thanks,
Draco
"Hermione, what's this about?" Harry said, but Hermione didn't answer. She was scribbling away on a piece of parchment. Suddenly, she put her quill down and sat down on one of the benches. Harry slid to the shelf and read -
Draco-
I admit, I'm curious. Maybe I'll find time for it later. You know I'll have to watch it. That's my weakness. Remember what I told you.
Never again, Hermione.
Cho went to comfort her. Harry handed the first note to Ron, he read it quickly and then the one on the shelf. "Let's go." Hermione said suddenly. Ron dropped the first note and decided to leave it. She strolled out of the room, followed closely by the others. She closed the door. Ron was about to speak when Hermione tapped her wand against the stone and muttered, "Weasley."
Ron looked surprised at this. "I'm a password?"
*****
Intermission A/N:: It's not what you think! This isn't turning into a Hermione/Draco, I've got it planned, it all leads up to Ron/Cho/Harry again, don't worry. It seemed like it, but Draco and Hermione... I'll shut up, I'm going to ruin the story, but I assure you it's not Hermione/Draco.
*****
They went straight to the Great Hall, which was starting to look decorated for Halloween. As soon as they entered, they saw Fred and George looking amazed and excited.
"We figured it out!" George said to Hermione.
"Brilliant." Hermione said, obviously not listening. She chewed down her meal like carpet. Cho went to sit with her Ravenclaw friends. When Hermione was finished with her meal she turned squarely around in her seat to look at the Slytherin table. Harry noticed Draco had been staring at her all meal. "Ginny, remind me why I'm doing this." Hermione said randomly.
"Because it might be of some importance to your daily life." Ginny recited. Hermione left the table and walked out of the Great Hall. Harry noticed Draco smiled genuinely at this. After doing the same thing Harry did, they all stared at Ginny, who blushed.
"I know a lot about Hermione." Ginny said. "you thick-headed losers never realized that happens almost everyday."
A/N:: I repeat what I said earlier. This isn't a Hermione/Draco fic, you'll find out next chapter. Speaking of next chapter, it's coming out soon soon soon. I dunno if im going away for the weekend yet, but if I do, I'll be back on Sunday night, ill update it then. Kk, buh bye.