Chapter V
Field Trip
Next day was beautiful. The sun was up, the air was clear and crisp, and the clouds were like giant cotton wisps that were chased by winds. Harry however, was too tired to notice. Dean Thomas, ran to Harry's bed and yanked up the curtains.
"Harry!" Said Dean. "Harry! Time to wake up! We have to go on that field trip!"
A pile of blankets and pillows stirred and Harry's head emerged from underneath.
"Just five more minutes," groaned Harry as he fell back down, "just five more."
Harry just wanted to sink back into the warmth of his blankets, "Perfect," he thought, "just when I finally sleep, someone wakes me up."
Last night Harry was being troubled with dreams. It was a strange one. Harry was walking in a giant desert plane when suddenly he saw Malfoy whose lips were moving but no sound would come out of it. Malfoy would suddenly be joined by Link who started talking silently too. Finally there were two dark giant looming figures, each with a burning triangle etched on their foreheads.. Then he saw something; three triangles stacked on each other. Malfoy would then take his hand and say one thing as he pointed to the triangles.
"The Triforce." Said Malfoy, and then Harry woke up.
Harry thought the dream was extremely odd and somewhat foreboding, yet that wasn't what was on his mind.
"I better get up or I'll be left behind." Thought Harry with a sigh. Harry then slowly got out of bed and started dressing. When Harry was done he ran to the main hall, where all the kids in his year were in their school robes. Hermione and Ron waved to him, and he joined them.
"Morning," said Ron with a smile.
"Sleep well?" Inquired Hermione with grin.
Harry nodded sleepily and then looked at Ron closely.
"Ron," said Harry "are you growing a goatee?!"
Ron beamed. "Why yes I am," said Ron, "a symbol of virility, that's what it is!"
Hermione laughed and Ron put his arms around her shoulder.
"So how long have you two been together now?" Said Harry suddenly.
Ron and Hermione both blushed.
"Together?!" Said Ron.
"Us?!" Said Hermione.
Harry just smiled.
"Look," said Harry, "it's ok if you guys want your privacy, but face it, Ron isn't James Bond, he always creaks the floors when he leaves in the middle of the night, and you two've been together all the time since school started."
Ron and Hermione then sighed.
"Yeah yeah," said Ron conceding, "we've been together since the first day, we just didn't want to make things awkward."
Harry patted Ron's shoulder. "Look, I shouldn't be talking," said Harry, "I have things to say too."
Ron and Hermione leaned forward. "Well," said Harry, "you see I think that I'm-
"Well isn't this a jolly and gay spectacle!" Laughed Malfoy as he barged into the group.
"How quaint," he continued, " a Gryffindor picnic."
Ron's face turned scarlet and Hermione just tut-tutted. Harry though, smiled much to the inward joy of Malfoy.
"What do you want?" Said Ron.
"I was gonna ask Potter to be my partner for the trip." Said Malfoy. "Or are you dating him as well?"
"Oh no you just didn't!" Said Hermione as she snapped her fingers.
Malfoy then jumped in front of Hermione and snapped his fingers. "I just did, girlfriend!"
"Bitch! It's on!" Roared Hermione as she pulled out her wand. Harry then dived in between them and took Malfoy by the arm.
"Look, it's ok." Said Harry. "I'll be his partner, I'll meet you guys at the site."
Ron and Hermione looked suddenly very betrayed, yet they gave off a weak smile.
"Potter, you can stop holding my arm!" Said Malfoy uncomfortably
Harry dropped the arm apologetically and smiled at Malfoy who felt his face get flushed. An awkward silence fell between them, when, much to Malfoy's relief, Dumbledore began to speak.
"If you please," said Dumbledore raising his hand in a gesture for silence, "can all partners proceed towards the Quidditch field where we can commence to Shadow Gate via portkey." Dumbledore then jovially looked at a bunch of Ravenclaw boys who were trying to sneak away. "Prefects and Professors, kindly make sure that no people are left behind." The Ravenclaw boys cursed as the Ravenclaw prefect, Cho Chang, herded them back into the group of now moving students.
Though many of the students were rather not excited about this trip, it was universally agreed that this was a nice change of pace. Harry, Malfoy, Ron, Ginny, Patil and Patil, and Hermione were walking together when they heard the excited chatter of a group of Hufflepuff girls who were pointing at them.
"Oh fuck," said Hermione with a huff, "what are they talking about now."
A pink faced Hufflepuff girl with pigtails ran up to her. "Is he cute?" She asked eagerly.
"Is who cute?" Asked Hermione.
"The elf!" Said a brunette with a beret.
"Elf?" inquired Ron.
"Yes," said the girl with pigtails, " the elf who apparently saved Malfoy from a dementor!"
"How do they know about Link?" asked Harry defensively.
Ron turned to Harry. "I don't know," said Ron, "why not ask Malfoy, he was the one spreading rumors."
Harry looked at Malfoy, who was suddenly apparently absorbed in looking at the back of Hagrid's head who was in front of them. Harry decided to say nothing.
Suddenly a Hufflepuff girl screamed.
"It's him!" She cried. "Holy shit! He's cute!"
Patil and Patil started pulling out their mirrors and checking out their hair while every other girl started to become very fastidious. Hushed voices started being heard all over the place as Link was seen walking across the Quidditch field to meet the group of students. He wasn't in his green tunic and cap anymore, but in a school robe, and as he walked his strawberry blond hair swayed in the wind. Already his ears were picking up the voices of all those girls' voices and he started blushing. Hermione then smiled and waved to Link, and he ran towards them with relief. As he joined their group, all the other girls suddenly turned ashen faced and grim. Patil and Patil however, were in a total fit of giggles as Link approached them.
"Morning!" Said Link with a smile. The twins giggled again.
"Morning Link," said Hermione, "Link, these are Patil and Patil!"
Link nodded his head in hello, and the girls all of the sudden just fell over in a faint. Hermione and Ron rolled their eyes and walked past them while Link was faced with the dilemma of lifting up two comatose girls unto their feet.
"A little help here?" Said Link as he tried unsuccessfully to pull the twins up by their hans. Harry laughed and lifted Parvati, as Link lifted up Patil. Parvati though, suddenly came to and upon seeing Harry holding her, let out a soft scream and slapped Harry across the face.
"Pervert!" She screamed. Patil then also woke up and upon seeing Link holding her, passed out again. Link then just sighed and just walked ahead carrying Patil in his arms. As Harry was nursing his now reddened face, he saw Malfoy on the ground laughing hysterically.
"What are you laughing at?" Said Harry hotly.
"Oh, that, was, priceless!" Said Malfoy between laughs.
Harry then sighed and let out a chuckle and he held his hand towards the earthbound Malfoy.
"Come on," said Harry, "take my hand or else we're gonna be left behind!"
Malfoy took Harry's hand, but then Harry just let go, causing Malfoy to fall back to the ground.
"You prat!" mock-chided Malfoy. Harry then stuck his tongue out, "Better catch up Malfoy!" He then turned around and started running towards the now distant group of students. Harry then slipped on the grass and fell flat on his face. Malfoy then got up and ran to Harry. "Nice track skills," said Malfoy, "it'll be a miracle if Voldemort will get to you before your balance skills do." Harry rolled over and looked up at Malfoy sans glasses. "Your glasses," said Malfoy. "I think you lost them! Harry then touched his face and realized he had actually lost his glasses. As Harry blindly searched for his glasses, Malfoy casually saw them and picked them up.
"Harry?" said Malfoy with a smile.
"Not now," said Harry, "I need to find my glasses."
Malfoy then snuck up behind Harry and put the glasses on his head. Harry then turned around and stood up.
"You little sneak," he said with a smile, "hiding my glasses huh?"
"Oh," said Malfoy, "curse you Potter! You foiled my master plan; to make you lose your glasses. All these years I've been planning for this, and now the truth's out!" Malfoy then let out a laugh, and ran with Harry chasing after him. "You'll have to get your broomstick to get me Potter!" said Malfoy. But before Malfoy could continue, Harry tackled Malfoy onto the ground. Due to Harry's momentum, they both rolled on the ground together, causing a cloud of dirt, grass and laughter to fly in the air. As sudden as it happened, the rolling stopped with Malfoy being on top of Harry. There was silence, save for the distant chattering of students and the chirping of sparrows. Harry then suddenly smiled.
"You're warm." He said as a matter-of-factly. Malfoy then blushed and looked away with an air of resentment.
"What do you expect me to be? Like ice?"
"Well," said Harry, "that's the way you acted towards everyone."
Malfoy looked back at Harry. "People change, and look," said Malfoy with an air of apology and weak dignity, "I was wrong, everything I said, did, I regret, I hate it! If I could just change-"
Harry then grabbed Malfoy and kissed him. Malfoy let out a small yelp as he felt Harry's warm lips on his pale ones. He then closed his eyes as he felt Harry's warm hands wrap around his slender waist and pull him down. Harry then stopped and looked at Malfoy. "You're right Malfoy," said Harry smiling, "people do change. Usually for the better."
Field Trip
Next day was beautiful. The sun was up, the air was clear and crisp, and the clouds were like giant cotton wisps that were chased by winds. Harry however, was too tired to notice. Dean Thomas, ran to Harry's bed and yanked up the curtains.
"Harry!" Said Dean. "Harry! Time to wake up! We have to go on that field trip!"
A pile of blankets and pillows stirred and Harry's head emerged from underneath.
"Just five more minutes," groaned Harry as he fell back down, "just five more."
Harry just wanted to sink back into the warmth of his blankets, "Perfect," he thought, "just when I finally sleep, someone wakes me up."
Last night Harry was being troubled with dreams. It was a strange one. Harry was walking in a giant desert plane when suddenly he saw Malfoy whose lips were moving but no sound would come out of it. Malfoy would suddenly be joined by Link who started talking silently too. Finally there were two dark giant looming figures, each with a burning triangle etched on their foreheads.. Then he saw something; three triangles stacked on each other. Malfoy would then take his hand and say one thing as he pointed to the triangles.
"The Triforce." Said Malfoy, and then Harry woke up.
Harry thought the dream was extremely odd and somewhat foreboding, yet that wasn't what was on his mind.
"I better get up or I'll be left behind." Thought Harry with a sigh. Harry then slowly got out of bed and started dressing. When Harry was done he ran to the main hall, where all the kids in his year were in their school robes. Hermione and Ron waved to him, and he joined them.
"Morning," said Ron with a smile.
"Sleep well?" Inquired Hermione with grin.
Harry nodded sleepily and then looked at Ron closely.
"Ron," said Harry "are you growing a goatee?!"
Ron beamed. "Why yes I am," said Ron, "a symbol of virility, that's what it is!"
Hermione laughed and Ron put his arms around her shoulder.
"So how long have you two been together now?" Said Harry suddenly.
Ron and Hermione both blushed.
"Together?!" Said Ron.
"Us?!" Said Hermione.
Harry just smiled.
"Look," said Harry, "it's ok if you guys want your privacy, but face it, Ron isn't James Bond, he always creaks the floors when he leaves in the middle of the night, and you two've been together all the time since school started."
Ron and Hermione then sighed.
"Yeah yeah," said Ron conceding, "we've been together since the first day, we just didn't want to make things awkward."
Harry patted Ron's shoulder. "Look, I shouldn't be talking," said Harry, "I have things to say too."
Ron and Hermione leaned forward. "Well," said Harry, "you see I think that I'm-
"Well isn't this a jolly and gay spectacle!" Laughed Malfoy as he barged into the group.
"How quaint," he continued, " a Gryffindor picnic."
Ron's face turned scarlet and Hermione just tut-tutted. Harry though, smiled much to the inward joy of Malfoy.
"What do you want?" Said Ron.
"I was gonna ask Potter to be my partner for the trip." Said Malfoy. "Or are you dating him as well?"
"Oh no you just didn't!" Said Hermione as she snapped her fingers.
Malfoy then jumped in front of Hermione and snapped his fingers. "I just did, girlfriend!"
"Bitch! It's on!" Roared Hermione as she pulled out her wand. Harry then dived in between them and took Malfoy by the arm.
"Look, it's ok." Said Harry. "I'll be his partner, I'll meet you guys at the site."
Ron and Hermione looked suddenly very betrayed, yet they gave off a weak smile.
"Potter, you can stop holding my arm!" Said Malfoy uncomfortably
Harry dropped the arm apologetically and smiled at Malfoy who felt his face get flushed. An awkward silence fell between them, when, much to Malfoy's relief, Dumbledore began to speak.
"If you please," said Dumbledore raising his hand in a gesture for silence, "can all partners proceed towards the Quidditch field where we can commence to Shadow Gate via portkey." Dumbledore then jovially looked at a bunch of Ravenclaw boys who were trying to sneak away. "Prefects and Professors, kindly make sure that no people are left behind." The Ravenclaw boys cursed as the Ravenclaw prefect, Cho Chang, herded them back into the group of now moving students.
Though many of the students were rather not excited about this trip, it was universally agreed that this was a nice change of pace. Harry, Malfoy, Ron, Ginny, Patil and Patil, and Hermione were walking together when they heard the excited chatter of a group of Hufflepuff girls who were pointing at them.
"Oh fuck," said Hermione with a huff, "what are they talking about now."
A pink faced Hufflepuff girl with pigtails ran up to her. "Is he cute?" She asked eagerly.
"Is who cute?" Asked Hermione.
"The elf!" Said a brunette with a beret.
"Elf?" inquired Ron.
"Yes," said the girl with pigtails, " the elf who apparently saved Malfoy from a dementor!"
"How do they know about Link?" asked Harry defensively.
Ron turned to Harry. "I don't know," said Ron, "why not ask Malfoy, he was the one spreading rumors."
Harry looked at Malfoy, who was suddenly apparently absorbed in looking at the back of Hagrid's head who was in front of them. Harry decided to say nothing.
Suddenly a Hufflepuff girl screamed.
"It's him!" She cried. "Holy shit! He's cute!"
Patil and Patil started pulling out their mirrors and checking out their hair while every other girl started to become very fastidious. Hushed voices started being heard all over the place as Link was seen walking across the Quidditch field to meet the group of students. He wasn't in his green tunic and cap anymore, but in a school robe, and as he walked his strawberry blond hair swayed in the wind. Already his ears were picking up the voices of all those girls' voices and he started blushing. Hermione then smiled and waved to Link, and he ran towards them with relief. As he joined their group, all the other girls suddenly turned ashen faced and grim. Patil and Patil however, were in a total fit of giggles as Link approached them.
"Morning!" Said Link with a smile. The twins giggled again.
"Morning Link," said Hermione, "Link, these are Patil and Patil!"
Link nodded his head in hello, and the girls all of the sudden just fell over in a faint. Hermione and Ron rolled their eyes and walked past them while Link was faced with the dilemma of lifting up two comatose girls unto their feet.
"A little help here?" Said Link as he tried unsuccessfully to pull the twins up by their hans. Harry laughed and lifted Parvati, as Link lifted up Patil. Parvati though, suddenly came to and upon seeing Harry holding her, let out a soft scream and slapped Harry across the face.
"Pervert!" She screamed. Patil then also woke up and upon seeing Link holding her, passed out again. Link then just sighed and just walked ahead carrying Patil in his arms. As Harry was nursing his now reddened face, he saw Malfoy on the ground laughing hysterically.
"What are you laughing at?" Said Harry hotly.
"Oh, that, was, priceless!" Said Malfoy between laughs.
Harry then sighed and let out a chuckle and he held his hand towards the earthbound Malfoy.
"Come on," said Harry, "take my hand or else we're gonna be left behind!"
Malfoy took Harry's hand, but then Harry just let go, causing Malfoy to fall back to the ground.
"You prat!" mock-chided Malfoy. Harry then stuck his tongue out, "Better catch up Malfoy!" He then turned around and started running towards the now distant group of students. Harry then slipped on the grass and fell flat on his face. Malfoy then got up and ran to Harry. "Nice track skills," said Malfoy, "it'll be a miracle if Voldemort will get to you before your balance skills do." Harry rolled over and looked up at Malfoy sans glasses. "Your glasses," said Malfoy. "I think you lost them! Harry then touched his face and realized he had actually lost his glasses. As Harry blindly searched for his glasses, Malfoy casually saw them and picked them up.
"Harry?" said Malfoy with a smile.
"Not now," said Harry, "I need to find my glasses."
Malfoy then snuck up behind Harry and put the glasses on his head. Harry then turned around and stood up.
"You little sneak," he said with a smile, "hiding my glasses huh?"
"Oh," said Malfoy, "curse you Potter! You foiled my master plan; to make you lose your glasses. All these years I've been planning for this, and now the truth's out!" Malfoy then let out a laugh, and ran with Harry chasing after him. "You'll have to get your broomstick to get me Potter!" said Malfoy. But before Malfoy could continue, Harry tackled Malfoy onto the ground. Due to Harry's momentum, they both rolled on the ground together, causing a cloud of dirt, grass and laughter to fly in the air. As sudden as it happened, the rolling stopped with Malfoy being on top of Harry. There was silence, save for the distant chattering of students and the chirping of sparrows. Harry then suddenly smiled.
"You're warm." He said as a matter-of-factly. Malfoy then blushed and looked away with an air of resentment.
"What do you expect me to be? Like ice?"
"Well," said Harry, "that's the way you acted towards everyone."
Malfoy looked back at Harry. "People change, and look," said Malfoy with an air of apology and weak dignity, "I was wrong, everything I said, did, I regret, I hate it! If I could just change-"
Harry then grabbed Malfoy and kissed him. Malfoy let out a small yelp as he felt Harry's warm lips on his pale ones. He then closed his eyes as he felt Harry's warm hands wrap around his slender waist and pull him down. Harry then stopped and looked at Malfoy. "You're right Malfoy," said Harry smiling, "people do change. Usually for the better."