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~*~*~*~ Chapter 18: Apparition to Diagon Alley ~*~*~*~
HERMIONE'S POV
"Hey guys."
It was the next morning and we were all sitting down to breakfast with hangovers. That's what parties do to you.
"Hey Mione. How are you? Do you want some of this pep up potion? It works really well." Hilary kept rambling on. I turned to Ginny.
"I think she had a little too much of the potion," I said to her. She rolled her eyes at me.
"Tell me about it. She woke me up at six this morning because she wanted to go for fly around the lake. She's gone off her rocker."
I turned around to talk to Draco. He had come in with me.
"So what are we going to do today Draco?"
"What do you mean what are you going to do. We have our class out of school today, don't you remember?" Ron asked me incredulously.
"Yes Ron, I do remember, but Draco and I have been given a couple of hours to go to Diagon Alley." Ron stared at me open mouthed.
"But why can you go and we can't," he said indignantly. I smirked at him.
"Head privileges."
We finished breakfast with Ron throwing in the odd complaint here and there and then went off to Mrs Moody's office. Apparently we had booked out a smallish function room in The Leaky Cauldron, and would be practising there.
"Good morning all of you. I trust you are ready for our work today. Now these instructions are to be followed very carefully. I am going to hold onto this sneakoscope and you are all going to form a chain. Now I want Harry to hold my hand. Hilary, you next. Then you Draco, Ginny and last, Hermione."
We all got into order.
"Now when the clock there strikes 9.47, we will be off. We have about 1 minute to go. Hold on tight everyone. The portkey barrier will be down for two seconds during which we will depart, and will be disabled again when we come back and when Hermione and Draco come back. Ok now. Is everyone ready? Good. Hold on tight."
I felt a tug behind my navel and my feet left the ground. We were spinning through a portal of sound and colour. Finally, my feet slammed into the ground and gave way. A couple of others did too, so we all ended up on the floor.
"Ok now. Let's begin. First, I want you all to apperate to the other side of this room." There were loud cracks and everyone turned up on the other side of the room.
"Alright, come back." We all returned.
"Now I want one pair to go at a time. Draco, Harry. You first." They stepped into the centre of the room.
"Ok now Draco, I want you to place the charm on Harry." He muttered the words and did the wand movements.
"Now Harry, I want you to disapperate to the other side of the room." There was a crack and Harry appeared a little way away.
"Ok Draco. You are going to need some work on your charm. The rest of you can practise over on the other side."
We headed over. I teamed up with Ron, and Hilary and Ginny tested each other.
RON'S POV
"So, do you want to do the charm first or should I?" she asked me.
"Um, you can do the charm on me first." She stood still and I said the spell. She disapperated with a crack. "Hm. I guess that didn't work."
"No I don't think so. But I don't think Ginny's is working either." Hilary had just disapperated as easily as I had.
"Can I try the spell on you now?" Hermione asked.
"Yeah sure."
She muttered the spell. I concentrated on disapperating. I wasn't going anywhere.
"Hey Mione. I think your's worked. I can't disapperate."
"Really!" she looked excited.
"Yeah, really. Now can you take the charm off." She took it of. Ginny wasn't going anywhere either.
"You know what Ron. I want to swap with Ginny; coz Hilary could stop her as well. No offence or anything ok?"
"Yeah, no problem." Just because I'm not good enough for her, and she gets to go to Diagon Alley for a while later on as well. It's not fair.
"Ron. Hey Ron. Hey, dufus!"
"Huh, what." Ginny was standing in front of me wearing an annoyed look.
"Do you want to try and disapperate already?" I concentrated and after a while I managed to throw off the spell.
"Guess it wasn't good enough little sis. But then again, an advanced person like me could throw off your measly spell easily." I felt good.
"Alright then. Do the spell on me." she looked angry. I said the spell again and waited.
With a aloud crack, she disapperated quicker than I had. She turned and smirked at me. I was dumbfounded. I knew I wasn't that good at spell work, but my own little sister was beating me. I had to concentrate more in class or there is no way I would pass my NEWTS.
HILARY'S POV
Hermione was really good. I couldn't disapperate at all. When I did it to her, she took a while, but managed to disapperate finally.
"Ok, Hilary, Hermione, you next." Mrs Moody called to us. Harry and Draco walked past.
"Could you stop each other?" I asked them.
"Yeah, after a while," Harry answered.
We walked up to her. "Ok now. Hermione I would like you to go first."
She stepped up and performed the charm on me. I tried as hard as I could to disapperate, but I couldn't.
"Well done Hermione. Now Hilary, I want you to have a go."
I said the spell and concentrated as hard as I could on keeping Hermione there. She closed her eyes and concentrated hard. After a couple of minutes she gave up.
"I can't disapperate. Well done Hilary."
"Yes, that's very good Hilary. It's big improvement from what I saw you doing over on the other side. Ok now Hermione I want you to do the charm on me."
Hermione said the charm and Mrs Moody stood there for a couple of minutes and then disapperated."
"Yes Hermione. We are going to need to work on that in a minute. Now Hilary, it's your turn."
I said the spell and concentrated on binding her here. She stood still for a couple of seconds. And then a couple of minutes. About five minutes later she looked up at me and smiled.
"You have successfully produced a Anti-disapperation jinx. Now you can go and join a group of three. I'll quickly work with Hermione, and then spend the rest of the time with the Weasleys. Well done."
I smiled and went back to the other side to tell everyone I could do it, feeling very proud of myself.
HERMIONE'S POV
It took me a while, but I managed to get it in the end. I went back to the others and Ginny and Ron, who had a sour face, went to Mrs Moody.
"Hey Draco. We're allowed to go now because we've finished. Oh and you two can go as well. Ron and Ginny are going to be a while, but after a while, they'll be allowed to come as well. At five o clock we have to meet in here, and make sure you always have someone with our, and you are in view of everyone."
"Wow! Ok. Let's go Hilary. Those two are going to take forever. We'll meet up with them later," Harry said. We all walked out together and separated. Harry and Draco led us both straight to the Quidditch shop. The Firebolt was still the best broom around, but there were rumours they were working on a far better broom.
"Come on Draco. Let's go and get an ice cream." He nodded but didn't move. I grabbed his arm and pulled him out and into Florean Fortesques shop.
"Two Chocolate chip and Marshmen sundaes please." Draco looked at me.
"What if I don't like Marshmen?" he asked me and raised an eyebrow.
"if you didn't like them, then you wouldn't have brought so many from Honeyduke's." I smirked at him.
"Fine. I'm paying though. Go and grab us a seat." I pouted and went to find a couch.
"So, how is life?" he asked me.
"Not bad. How about you?"
"It's alright. When we get back to Hogwarts, I have to show this cool room I discovered. It's a secret room, and I found it by accident."
"Cool. What's it like?"
"Well it's full of cushions and the floor is made out of this material which you can bounce on. The room is like covered in curtains and is really warm." (A/N: Do NOT get the wrong sick Idea here! The bouncy material is trampoline material!)
"Sounds good. Now eat your ice cream. It's dripping."
We finished our ice creams and then met up with Harry and Hilary in Flourish and Blotts.
"Hey guys. Hey, Harry, do you want to go and see Fred and George?"
"Yeah sure Mione. What about them two?" Harry asked.
"Ooh, I want to go see them. I heard a LOT of stories about them. I think I might refresh my stock of Skiving Snackboxes," Hilary said.
We made our way to their shop. The inside was bigger than I remembered. They had come with loads more stuff. We stepped inside and looked around. Fred and George came out of the back.
"Harry, Hermione!" haven't seen you guys for ages. How's Hogwarts? I heard you got moved to another place," Fred said.
"Yeah, we are at a new place for the safety from You Know Who and stuff."
"What's he doing here?" George was pointing at Draco.
"Hermione and Draco are going out, and we've become friends with him, even Ron."
"Whoa, I never saw that one coming. Where is Ron? And Ginny? Is she here?"
"Yeah they're here, but we're here for practise on anti disapperation jinxes and their having a few, er, problems," I said and we laughed.
"Well, it's four and Draco and I have some more shopping to do, so I'll be seeing you later." I gave them a hug and we left. Harry and Hilary were staying behind to buy some of their supplies. I pulled Draco into a magical contraptions shop. We stayed there for a while and then made our way back to the Leaky Cauldron to get a butterbeer before heading to Hogwarts.
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A/N: Why hasn't anyone answered my question?????? When I get at least 3 answers to my question last chapter I'm not posting. This is for your benefit people, not mine! Or actually, I will post, but they're going to be shorter than this. Ah stuff it. I won't do that to you! I'll do what I feel like. Well, review and I promise I'll post a more interesting chapter next! Just hold on a little more!
Disclaimer: On Chapter 1
~*~*~*~ Chapter 18: Apparition to Diagon Alley ~*~*~*~
HERMIONE'S POV
"Hey guys."
It was the next morning and we were all sitting down to breakfast with hangovers. That's what parties do to you.
"Hey Mione. How are you? Do you want some of this pep up potion? It works really well." Hilary kept rambling on. I turned to Ginny.
"I think she had a little too much of the potion," I said to her. She rolled her eyes at me.
"Tell me about it. She woke me up at six this morning because she wanted to go for fly around the lake. She's gone off her rocker."
I turned around to talk to Draco. He had come in with me.
"So what are we going to do today Draco?"
"What do you mean what are you going to do. We have our class out of school today, don't you remember?" Ron asked me incredulously.
"Yes Ron, I do remember, but Draco and I have been given a couple of hours to go to Diagon Alley." Ron stared at me open mouthed.
"But why can you go and we can't," he said indignantly. I smirked at him.
"Head privileges."
We finished breakfast with Ron throwing in the odd complaint here and there and then went off to Mrs Moody's office. Apparently we had booked out a smallish function room in The Leaky Cauldron, and would be practising there.
"Good morning all of you. I trust you are ready for our work today. Now these instructions are to be followed very carefully. I am going to hold onto this sneakoscope and you are all going to form a chain. Now I want Harry to hold my hand. Hilary, you next. Then you Draco, Ginny and last, Hermione."
We all got into order.
"Now when the clock there strikes 9.47, we will be off. We have about 1 minute to go. Hold on tight everyone. The portkey barrier will be down for two seconds during which we will depart, and will be disabled again when we come back and when Hermione and Draco come back. Ok now. Is everyone ready? Good. Hold on tight."
I felt a tug behind my navel and my feet left the ground. We were spinning through a portal of sound and colour. Finally, my feet slammed into the ground and gave way. A couple of others did too, so we all ended up on the floor.
"Ok now. Let's begin. First, I want you all to apperate to the other side of this room." There were loud cracks and everyone turned up on the other side of the room.
"Alright, come back." We all returned.
"Now I want one pair to go at a time. Draco, Harry. You first." They stepped into the centre of the room.
"Ok now Draco, I want you to place the charm on Harry." He muttered the words and did the wand movements.
"Now Harry, I want you to disapperate to the other side of the room." There was a crack and Harry appeared a little way away.
"Ok Draco. You are going to need some work on your charm. The rest of you can practise over on the other side."
We headed over. I teamed up with Ron, and Hilary and Ginny tested each other.
RON'S POV
"So, do you want to do the charm first or should I?" she asked me.
"Um, you can do the charm on me first." She stood still and I said the spell. She disapperated with a crack. "Hm. I guess that didn't work."
"No I don't think so. But I don't think Ginny's is working either." Hilary had just disapperated as easily as I had.
"Can I try the spell on you now?" Hermione asked.
"Yeah sure."
She muttered the spell. I concentrated on disapperating. I wasn't going anywhere.
"Hey Mione. I think your's worked. I can't disapperate."
"Really!" she looked excited.
"Yeah, really. Now can you take the charm off." She took it of. Ginny wasn't going anywhere either.
"You know what Ron. I want to swap with Ginny; coz Hilary could stop her as well. No offence or anything ok?"
"Yeah, no problem." Just because I'm not good enough for her, and she gets to go to Diagon Alley for a while later on as well. It's not fair.
"Ron. Hey Ron. Hey, dufus!"
"Huh, what." Ginny was standing in front of me wearing an annoyed look.
"Do you want to try and disapperate already?" I concentrated and after a while I managed to throw off the spell.
"Guess it wasn't good enough little sis. But then again, an advanced person like me could throw off your measly spell easily." I felt good.
"Alright then. Do the spell on me." she looked angry. I said the spell again and waited.
With a aloud crack, she disapperated quicker than I had. She turned and smirked at me. I was dumbfounded. I knew I wasn't that good at spell work, but my own little sister was beating me. I had to concentrate more in class or there is no way I would pass my NEWTS.
HILARY'S POV
Hermione was really good. I couldn't disapperate at all. When I did it to her, she took a while, but managed to disapperate finally.
"Ok, Hilary, Hermione, you next." Mrs Moody called to us. Harry and Draco walked past.
"Could you stop each other?" I asked them.
"Yeah, after a while," Harry answered.
We walked up to her. "Ok now. Hermione I would like you to go first."
She stepped up and performed the charm on me. I tried as hard as I could to disapperate, but I couldn't.
"Well done Hermione. Now Hilary, I want you to have a go."
I said the spell and concentrated as hard as I could on keeping Hermione there. She closed her eyes and concentrated hard. After a couple of minutes she gave up.
"I can't disapperate. Well done Hilary."
"Yes, that's very good Hilary. It's big improvement from what I saw you doing over on the other side. Ok now Hermione I want you to do the charm on me."
Hermione said the charm and Mrs Moody stood there for a couple of minutes and then disapperated."
"Yes Hermione. We are going to need to work on that in a minute. Now Hilary, it's your turn."
I said the spell and concentrated on binding her here. She stood still for a couple of seconds. And then a couple of minutes. About five minutes later she looked up at me and smiled.
"You have successfully produced a Anti-disapperation jinx. Now you can go and join a group of three. I'll quickly work with Hermione, and then spend the rest of the time with the Weasleys. Well done."
I smiled and went back to the other side to tell everyone I could do it, feeling very proud of myself.
HERMIONE'S POV
It took me a while, but I managed to get it in the end. I went back to the others and Ginny and Ron, who had a sour face, went to Mrs Moody.
"Hey Draco. We're allowed to go now because we've finished. Oh and you two can go as well. Ron and Ginny are going to be a while, but after a while, they'll be allowed to come as well. At five o clock we have to meet in here, and make sure you always have someone with our, and you are in view of everyone."
"Wow! Ok. Let's go Hilary. Those two are going to take forever. We'll meet up with them later," Harry said. We all walked out together and separated. Harry and Draco led us both straight to the Quidditch shop. The Firebolt was still the best broom around, but there were rumours they were working on a far better broom.
"Come on Draco. Let's go and get an ice cream." He nodded but didn't move. I grabbed his arm and pulled him out and into Florean Fortesques shop.
"Two Chocolate chip and Marshmen sundaes please." Draco looked at me.
"What if I don't like Marshmen?" he asked me and raised an eyebrow.
"if you didn't like them, then you wouldn't have brought so many from Honeyduke's." I smirked at him.
"Fine. I'm paying though. Go and grab us a seat." I pouted and went to find a couch.
"So, how is life?" he asked me.
"Not bad. How about you?"
"It's alright. When we get back to Hogwarts, I have to show this cool room I discovered. It's a secret room, and I found it by accident."
"Cool. What's it like?"
"Well it's full of cushions and the floor is made out of this material which you can bounce on. The room is like covered in curtains and is really warm." (A/N: Do NOT get the wrong sick Idea here! The bouncy material is trampoline material!)
"Sounds good. Now eat your ice cream. It's dripping."
We finished our ice creams and then met up with Harry and Hilary in Flourish and Blotts.
"Hey guys. Hey, Harry, do you want to go and see Fred and George?"
"Yeah sure Mione. What about them two?" Harry asked.
"Ooh, I want to go see them. I heard a LOT of stories about them. I think I might refresh my stock of Skiving Snackboxes," Hilary said.
We made our way to their shop. The inside was bigger than I remembered. They had come with loads more stuff. We stepped inside and looked around. Fred and George came out of the back.
"Harry, Hermione!" haven't seen you guys for ages. How's Hogwarts? I heard you got moved to another place," Fred said.
"Yeah, we are at a new place for the safety from You Know Who and stuff."
"What's he doing here?" George was pointing at Draco.
"Hermione and Draco are going out, and we've become friends with him, even Ron."
"Whoa, I never saw that one coming. Where is Ron? And Ginny? Is she here?"
"Yeah they're here, but we're here for practise on anti disapperation jinxes and their having a few, er, problems," I said and we laughed.
"Well, it's four and Draco and I have some more shopping to do, so I'll be seeing you later." I gave them a hug and we left. Harry and Hilary were staying behind to buy some of their supplies. I pulled Draco into a magical contraptions shop. We stayed there for a while and then made our way back to the Leaky Cauldron to get a butterbeer before heading to Hogwarts.
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A/N: Why hasn't anyone answered my question?????? When I get at least 3 answers to my question last chapter I'm not posting. This is for your benefit people, not mine! Or actually, I will post, but they're going to be shorter than this. Ah stuff it. I won't do that to you! I'll do what I feel like. Well, review and I promise I'll post a more interesting chapter next! Just hold on a little more!