AN: Ok. I finally finished OoTP (16 hrs.) I'm gonna try and update as often as possible but I just started camp so I don't know how well. I'm sorry all my other chapters are so short. Most of them were really supposed to be one long chapter but it was easier for me to write it in shorter sections. Tell me if you'd rather read a few long chapters or a lot of shorter ones. Thank you to everyone who reviewed. Every review is greatly appreciated.
Serpena: Thanks for reviewing a lot. I also have to thank you for keeping me writing.
Harry looked around the room. It was fairly large. He turned around to look at the fireplace. Harry wondered how they kept it so clean. It was made of beautiful marble.
"Do you want a tour of the house, then" Leah asked Mrs. Weasly. Harry could hear the strain in her voice trying to sound polite.
"Where's all your plugs I want to see them" Mr. Weasly said. They way he was rocking on his feet made him look like he had to go to the bathroom really badly. Harry stifled a laugh as he waited to see what would happen.
"Another time dear. Would you show us to our rooms, Leah" Mrs. Weasly jumped in. Leah politely obliged and took them through a doorway and down a hall. Harry counted many doors as they walked through. Leah stopped suddenly and showed Mr. and Mrs. Weasly in and shut the door. She made a right turn and the headed up the stairs. Leah led them through a long corridor she stopped at the first door and told the boys it was their room for the night. They continued down until they reached the last door at the end of the hall. The six of them watched in awe as it opened when Leah's hand flew out. The first thing Harry saw was an owl sitting by the window. Leah had a puzzled look on her face clearly saying, what's going on here.
"Let them in. It looks like you got a letter," Hermione advised opening the window. The owl flew in and dropped the letters on the bed. "Harry, it looks like there's one for you, one for Ron and one for Ginny."
Harry took his letter and opened it up. From the seal he could tell it was from Hogwarts but he wasn't sure why he was getting another letter. He had already got his before and the term started the next day. Carefully he broke the seal and read it. It said:
Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and WizardryDear Mr. Potter,
We have decided to lift your ban from the Hogwarts house quidditch teams. You have also been chosen to be the Gryffindor team captain seeing how you are the oldest player on the team and therefore the most experienced. We have also decided that you are a Gryffindor prefect. You are to meet with the rest of the school prefects in the prefect carriage tomorrow morning.
Sincerely,
Albus Dumbledore
"Whoa!" Harry cried put in disbelief at the same time Ron cried, "That isn't fair. They can't do that!"
"Yes, I'm a prefect!" Ginny shrieked clearly happy. "I'm going to tell mum!" She raced out of the room obviously not afraid of getting lost.
"What can't they do, Ron?" said Hermione her forehead creasing.
"I've been sacked. They gave my prefect duties to someone else. It says my grades weren't high enough. I did well on my O.W.L.s I didn't get any really terrible grades,"
"Yeah but you didn't get any Oustandings did you?" the twins said. "Does it say who's taking over for you," Fred asked with a malicious grin on his face.
"No and no. I wish I knew then I can punch 'em until they're too hurt to be a prefect," Ron said turning red.
"Well, I think I know," Harry said speaking up.
"Who?" everyone asked turning their head towards him.
"Me."
"OF COURSE. I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN BETTER. I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN THE PERFECT, FAMOUS HARRY POTTER WOULD BE PREFECT JUST BECAUSE HE DIDN'T DIE." Ron snapped.
"DO YOU THINK I WANT MY PARENTS DEAD? DO YOU THINK I WANT EVERYONE TO STARE AT ME ALL THE TIME TO GET BLAMED FOR EVERYTHING THAT EVER HAPPENS. TO NEVER HAVE KNOWN WHAT IT'S LIKE TO HAVE A FAMILY THAT LOVES YOU. NO. ALL I WISH IS THAT I WAS A NORMAL 16 YEAR OLD WIZARD LIKE EVERYONE ELSE THAT GOES TO HOGWARTS," Harry yelled.
"Please don't fight over a stupid thing like being a prefect. I supposed your quidditch captain too.' Hermione half whispered.
"Uh, before you all start to yell again can I ask what a prefect is and what quidditch is?" Leah spoke up. She sounded like she obviously thought they were insane. Turning away from Ron the five of them explained to her what a prefect was and what quidditch was. She clearly sounded interested in quidditch. Harry made a mental note to ask her to try out since they would now need 2 chasers and 2 beaters. Harry figured that the twins' replacements from last year hadn't stayed on the team. It was very late when the boys went back into their room to crawl into bed. Ginny had turned up a few minutes after Harry's fight with Ron.
The next morning Harry woke to the sound of Leah's voice yelling, "BOYS WAKE UP." Harry sleepily rolled out f bed and got dressed. He packed his last few belongings into his trunk and George magicked them down the stairs while Fred wafted the girls' trunks down lazily.
"Blimey, you girls must have been up early to cook us breakfast," Ron yawned. Harry still wasn't talking to him. It wasn't his fault about what happened most things aren't when it comes to Harry.
"The only thing we got up early for was to make sure Dad didn't tear the place apart. Mum and Hermione are keeping him from destroying the kitchen" Ginny informed them.
"Come on breakfast is getting cold," Leah said impatiently. Harry willingly followed her to the kitchen. He looked around her house looked a lot more muggle than it had seem4d the night before in the dark. The table was filled with a lot of good food, but Harry stuck to porridge and toast.
"Dad, George and I will take their luggage to the station we can apparate with it so they won't have too much to carry," Fred said eagerly.
"Well ok but be careful," Mr. Weasly said checking his watch. When they had all finished breakfast Harry, Hermione, Leah and the Weaslys set off to Kings Cross station. It must have taken less than five minutes since Leah lived practically around the corner from the station. Fred and George met them at the barrier with 4 trolleys. They explained to Leah how to get through to the platform and Ron went first for her to see. Hermione, Leah and Ginny went next. Harry went after them and the rest of the Weaslys followed.
"We got to fly," George said.
"Yes, goodbye everyone and have a wonderful journey home." Fred said. With a crack the twins were gone.
'Now be good, all of you. Try not to get in trouble we really would like to see you go a whole year without a single detention," Mrs. Weasly chided.
"I'm not the one who gets in trouble all the time. That's them," said Ginny.
"Well, I seem to remember a certain young lady begging to go with 'them' to go fight You-Know-Who last year," Mr. Weasly said. They said goodbye again and trooped onto the train. They found an empty compartment right in the middle and heaved their trunks onto the luggage racks. Ron and Leah sat down while Harry, Hermione and Ginny went up to the front of the train to get their instructions.
The three of them arrived back at the compartment around noon. "Hey Harry, What's taken you so long. There's a girl that keeps coming by looking for you." Leah said smiling.
"Didn't you and Cho break up?' Neville asked. Harry hadn't noticed him. He must have came right after he left.
"Yeah. What did she says she wanted," he said taking a seat next to Hermione.
"I think she just wanted to talk to you," Leah helped.
"And here she is again," Ginny whispered and everyone cracked up except for Harry and Ron.
"Hi Harry. What's so funny." Cho said.
"It's an inside joke. Oh, I'm Leah. I'm new to Hogwarts and I'm 16." Leah said quickly.
"I've never heard of starting Hogwarts at 16. What's an inside joke?"
"It's a joke between a group of people that only those people would really get," Leah explained. "It isn't something you just make up when you want to. Usually it's something that is said that everyone in the group finds funny."
"Oh, ok." Cho said taking a seat next to Harry. She turned around to face him and started to blush was also smiling a little. "I'm Cho Chang. Pleased to meet you." They sat back and started talking. A few a of their friends from the DA came by and said hello. Harry bought everyone food when the lunch trolley came around. They sat enjoying the food until the three most unwelcome people came by.
"Hey Potter did you find a new girl friend?" he sneered eyeing Leah. She stood up and walked up to them so they were face to face. Malfoy and the rest of his gang seemed to all have gotten much taller. Leah, of course, drew herself up to her full height, which made her taller than Malfoy.
"I think you should take your jealousy else where. Don't take it out on Harry because girls actually like him. Oh yeah and get your story straight," said giving him a poke. "I JUST MET HIM YESTERDAY!" Whether or not they were scared Harry couldn't tell. They rest of the ride was pretty uneventful until they got off. That was where Leah met her biggest surprise yet.