Chapter Sixteen: The Danger Times
"Hey it's the poorest person in school!! Tell me this Spellman how did you afford these robes. Did the Famous Harry Potter by them for you?" Malfoy and his gang of Slytherins taunted. Normally Jo was in the front with Malfoy more like his boss telling him whom to bug and all. But to day Sabrina did not see her.
Sabrina looked around. "Where's Potter?"
"Not here."
"Well, so you know, your father, most likely unknowingly since he hates muggle borns like myself, paid his taxes and such, which were used to help me get into school with all of the equipment I needed. And, my parents didn't leave me broke, and the goblins transferred their muggle cash into galleons for me." Sabrina said harshly. "By the way, let Mr. Malfoy know, I would like to thank him ever so much." Sabrina said with fake sweetness and strode past Malfoy.
"Whatever. Come on guys." Malfoy said as they walked away.
"Yes I am done!!!" Jo said holding up the final copy of The Danger Times.
"Done with what?" Malfoy said moodily as he walked into the common room, his goons behind him.
"Man what's it to you?" Jo said hiding the paper.
"Just wondering, gosh."
"Hey seen Harry? Or Cedric? Or Sabrina?" Jo asked standing up.
"I just met up with Spellmen in the hall"
"Cool see ya soon." Jo jogged up the stairs and out of the dorm. She was heading towards Sabrina's dorm. "Unicorn Tears." The portrait swung open. "Cedric read this!" Jo said handing him her paper she just wrote.
Cedric glanced up from looking over his homework, which Sabrina had completed. "Read what?" Cedric took the paper and began to read through it.
Jo smiled triumphantly as Cedric found the article on Cho Chang and the lies she's told.
"Cool, but you have to get permission from Dumbledoor to publish it."
"Uh."
"Uh? What is Uh? I'll go with you if you want."
"Will you thanks!" Jo said more happily now.
"Yeah! Sure! Come on, let's go now." Cedric said standing up and taking Jo by the hand unknowingly. He instantly let go and handed Jo her paper.
Jo blushed. "Ok let's go." She said following him. "I think he likes me!!" She thought happily.
"Duh!!! I have been trying to tell you that!!!" came Sabrina's voice inside Jo's head.
"Eek!" Jo said as she jumped a little. "Man don't scare me like that!!" She thought
"He likes you! I told you! But you didn't believe me!" "Yeah ok. I believe you now!" Jo thought. In all her happiness she tripped and fell at least five steps in front of Cedric. "Ow..." She muttered. "That's gonna be a bruise."
Cedric laughed and helped Jo stand up. "When is your first class? Oh wait, it is Saturday, never mind."
"Do they have detention on Saturday?" Jo asked gloomily.
"Yeah, I have had about ten of them on Saturdays." Cedric admitted.
"Ever had Hooch?"
"No, I always seem to get McGonnagall or Snape." Cedric said as they arrived in front of Dumbledoor's entrance to his office.
"Oh. What are we going to say to Dumbledoor?" Jo asked.
"That you started a paper to get back at Cho." Cedric said jokingly.
"Really?"
"No, I will tell him that 'Miss Potter has prepared a paper to be published explaining all of the stories Miss Chang claimed to be fact false'." Cedric said faking to sound professional.
"Sounds good to me!" Jo said giggling a little.
Cedric laughed too. "Sherbet lemon." They climbed the staircase and walked into Dumbledoor's office. "Professor Dumbledoor, Jo would like you to take a look at this please." Cedric said nodding toward Jo's hand with the paper.
Jo handed him the newspaper and waited for his response. "Hope he says yes." she thought to her self.
Dumbledoor skimmed through the paper. "Well, we will give it a try tomorrow Miss Potter." Dumbledoor said.
Jo did a little victory dance but stopped when Dumbledoor looked at her. "Uh...Um... I mean thank you pro. Dumbledoor." She said embarrassed
Cedric stifled a laugh until they got outside. Then he busted out laughing. "That was so funny, what were you doing, your victory dance?"
Jo blushed even more. But then she began to laugh. "No, it wasn't a victory dance. I had an itch on my back...that's all."
Cedric laughed more. "That's ok, you should have seen Cho's victory dance, it was scary. She looked like she had a thousand ants crawling over her. It was so weird." Cedric explained the way Cho's dance looked and laughed harder.
Jo laughed hard too. She did her little victory dance that had her arms going around her in a circle, but stopped when she saw Cho Chang. "HOW DARE YOU START A PAPER AGAINST MINE!"
Cedric bit his lips together to keep from continuing to laugh.
"What is so funny Cedric?! This is not funny!! Potter, you can't start a paper, you've got nothing to keep it going. Just because you got my paper canceled doesn't give you the right to rub it in!"
Cedric tried hard not to laugh.
"So, your paper did indeed get canceled?" Harry asked walking up.
"What's it to you Potter Senior?" Cho said annoyed.
"Oh, nothing. It's just you made my sister and Sabrina the talk of the entire school; I didn't much care for your idea of gossip, so I was hoping it would be canceled. Actually, I thought your paper stunk worse than the puss we had to squeeze out of those slugs from the beginning. After all, you aren't the greatest writer and your idea of good is a pack of lies that no one would believe anyway." Harry said with a smirk and shrug.
"Look Chang, just because I'm better than you don't mean you got to go dissing all my friends in your crappy paper. If I get wind that you dissed any of my friends I will personally take you down." Jo said seriously then began to laugh. "Show Harry the dance Cho did when her paper got published!"
"You told her about the dance?!" Cho said angrily glaring at Cedric.
Cedric managed to crack an innocent smile without laughing at Cho trying to manage a glare.
Jo fell over laughing. "You are so PINK!!! My gosh! That's the worse glare I've ever seen!!"
"Nah, her friend Rachel can make a worse one, it looks like her eyes are having spasms." Cedric said managing to laugh over the image in his head.
Jo rolled over laughing holding her sides.
"Potter you best shut up or you'll regret it." Cho said glaring at Jo.
"What are ya gonna do die my hair pink?" And sure enough Cho did die Jo's hair pink and her cloths turned in to a pink fluffy dress. Jo stopped laughing and fainted.
Harry snapped and Jo was back to her normal clothes and hair color. "Don't you ever do that again Chang." he warned.
"Or what, is the famous Harry Potter gonna hurt me?" Cho said annoyed.
Harry sneered, "Just watch your back Chang."
Chang scoffed annoyed. "Whatever."
Jo slowly woke up. "Whoa? Oh you're gonna pay Chang! No one turns me p--p-- p, well you know, and gets away with it!"
"Chill sis." Harry said taking hold of Jo's right arm to hold her back.
Jo glared at Chang for a min or two and then turned to Harry. "Here's a copy of my paper." She said handing him a copy of The Danger Times.
"Thanks, but I will have to read it later." Harry said glancing at his watch. "I am headed to Hogsmeade for a get together with Ron and them." Harry jogged off toward the entrance doors.
"Get me something ok?!" Jo called after him.
"All right!" Harry called over his shoulder.
Jo and Cedric went back to The Ravenclaw dorm to chill until dinner.
"Yeah that's right I ran Chang's paper out of business and started my own!" Jo said handing Sabrina a copy of her paper, The Danger Times. Jo sighed. "Looks like it's time for me to go to detention...Can you walk me there Cedric?"
"Sure, Hooch is probably in her office." Cedric said. "Bye Chang."
"Chang? Since when do you call me Chang?" Cho demanded.
"Since now." Cedric replied walking off.
"Busted!" Jo said giggling. "So does this mean you two broke up?" She asked as they made there way to the Quidditch fields.
"Hey it's the poorest person in school!! Tell me this Spellman how did you afford these robes. Did the Famous Harry Potter by them for you?" Malfoy and his gang of Slytherins taunted. Normally Jo was in the front with Malfoy more like his boss telling him whom to bug and all. But to day Sabrina did not see her.
Sabrina looked around. "Where's Potter?"
"Not here."
"Well, so you know, your father, most likely unknowingly since he hates muggle borns like myself, paid his taxes and such, which were used to help me get into school with all of the equipment I needed. And, my parents didn't leave me broke, and the goblins transferred their muggle cash into galleons for me." Sabrina said harshly. "By the way, let Mr. Malfoy know, I would like to thank him ever so much." Sabrina said with fake sweetness and strode past Malfoy.
"Whatever. Come on guys." Malfoy said as they walked away.
"Yes I am done!!!" Jo said holding up the final copy of The Danger Times.
"Done with what?" Malfoy said moodily as he walked into the common room, his goons behind him.
"Man what's it to you?" Jo said hiding the paper.
"Just wondering, gosh."
"Hey seen Harry? Or Cedric? Or Sabrina?" Jo asked standing up.
"I just met up with Spellmen in the hall"
"Cool see ya soon." Jo jogged up the stairs and out of the dorm. She was heading towards Sabrina's dorm. "Unicorn Tears." The portrait swung open. "Cedric read this!" Jo said handing him her paper she just wrote.
Cedric glanced up from looking over his homework, which Sabrina had completed. "Read what?" Cedric took the paper and began to read through it.
Jo smiled triumphantly as Cedric found the article on Cho Chang and the lies she's told.
"Cool, but you have to get permission from Dumbledoor to publish it."
"Uh."
"Uh? What is Uh? I'll go with you if you want."
"Will you thanks!" Jo said more happily now.
"Yeah! Sure! Come on, let's go now." Cedric said standing up and taking Jo by the hand unknowingly. He instantly let go and handed Jo her paper.
Jo blushed. "Ok let's go." She said following him. "I think he likes me!!" She thought happily.
"Duh!!! I have been trying to tell you that!!!" came Sabrina's voice inside Jo's head.
"Eek!" Jo said as she jumped a little. "Man don't scare me like that!!" She thought
"He likes you! I told you! But you didn't believe me!" "Yeah ok. I believe you now!" Jo thought. In all her happiness she tripped and fell at least five steps in front of Cedric. "Ow..." She muttered. "That's gonna be a bruise."
Cedric laughed and helped Jo stand up. "When is your first class? Oh wait, it is Saturday, never mind."
"Do they have detention on Saturday?" Jo asked gloomily.
"Yeah, I have had about ten of them on Saturdays." Cedric admitted.
"Ever had Hooch?"
"No, I always seem to get McGonnagall or Snape." Cedric said as they arrived in front of Dumbledoor's entrance to his office.
"Oh. What are we going to say to Dumbledoor?" Jo asked.
"That you started a paper to get back at Cho." Cedric said jokingly.
"Really?"
"No, I will tell him that 'Miss Potter has prepared a paper to be published explaining all of the stories Miss Chang claimed to be fact false'." Cedric said faking to sound professional.
"Sounds good to me!" Jo said giggling a little.
Cedric laughed too. "Sherbet lemon." They climbed the staircase and walked into Dumbledoor's office. "Professor Dumbledoor, Jo would like you to take a look at this please." Cedric said nodding toward Jo's hand with the paper.
Jo handed him the newspaper and waited for his response. "Hope he says yes." she thought to her self.
Dumbledoor skimmed through the paper. "Well, we will give it a try tomorrow Miss Potter." Dumbledoor said.
Jo did a little victory dance but stopped when Dumbledoor looked at her. "Uh...Um... I mean thank you pro. Dumbledoor." She said embarrassed
Cedric stifled a laugh until they got outside. Then he busted out laughing. "That was so funny, what were you doing, your victory dance?"
Jo blushed even more. But then she began to laugh. "No, it wasn't a victory dance. I had an itch on my back...that's all."
Cedric laughed more. "That's ok, you should have seen Cho's victory dance, it was scary. She looked like she had a thousand ants crawling over her. It was so weird." Cedric explained the way Cho's dance looked and laughed harder.
Jo laughed hard too. She did her little victory dance that had her arms going around her in a circle, but stopped when she saw Cho Chang. "HOW DARE YOU START A PAPER AGAINST MINE!"
Cedric bit his lips together to keep from continuing to laugh.
"What is so funny Cedric?! This is not funny!! Potter, you can't start a paper, you've got nothing to keep it going. Just because you got my paper canceled doesn't give you the right to rub it in!"
Cedric tried hard not to laugh.
"So, your paper did indeed get canceled?" Harry asked walking up.
"What's it to you Potter Senior?" Cho said annoyed.
"Oh, nothing. It's just you made my sister and Sabrina the talk of the entire school; I didn't much care for your idea of gossip, so I was hoping it would be canceled. Actually, I thought your paper stunk worse than the puss we had to squeeze out of those slugs from the beginning. After all, you aren't the greatest writer and your idea of good is a pack of lies that no one would believe anyway." Harry said with a smirk and shrug.
"Look Chang, just because I'm better than you don't mean you got to go dissing all my friends in your crappy paper. If I get wind that you dissed any of my friends I will personally take you down." Jo said seriously then began to laugh. "Show Harry the dance Cho did when her paper got published!"
"You told her about the dance?!" Cho said angrily glaring at Cedric.
Cedric managed to crack an innocent smile without laughing at Cho trying to manage a glare.
Jo fell over laughing. "You are so PINK!!! My gosh! That's the worse glare I've ever seen!!"
"Nah, her friend Rachel can make a worse one, it looks like her eyes are having spasms." Cedric said managing to laugh over the image in his head.
Jo rolled over laughing holding her sides.
"Potter you best shut up or you'll regret it." Cho said glaring at Jo.
"What are ya gonna do die my hair pink?" And sure enough Cho did die Jo's hair pink and her cloths turned in to a pink fluffy dress. Jo stopped laughing and fainted.
Harry snapped and Jo was back to her normal clothes and hair color. "Don't you ever do that again Chang." he warned.
"Or what, is the famous Harry Potter gonna hurt me?" Cho said annoyed.
Harry sneered, "Just watch your back Chang."
Chang scoffed annoyed. "Whatever."
Jo slowly woke up. "Whoa? Oh you're gonna pay Chang! No one turns me p--p-- p, well you know, and gets away with it!"
"Chill sis." Harry said taking hold of Jo's right arm to hold her back.
Jo glared at Chang for a min or two and then turned to Harry. "Here's a copy of my paper." She said handing him a copy of The Danger Times.
"Thanks, but I will have to read it later." Harry said glancing at his watch. "I am headed to Hogsmeade for a get together with Ron and them." Harry jogged off toward the entrance doors.
"Get me something ok?!" Jo called after him.
"All right!" Harry called over his shoulder.
Jo and Cedric went back to The Ravenclaw dorm to chill until dinner.
"Yeah that's right I ran Chang's paper out of business and started my own!" Jo said handing Sabrina a copy of her paper, The Danger Times. Jo sighed. "Looks like it's time for me to go to detention...Can you walk me there Cedric?"
"Sure, Hooch is probably in her office." Cedric said. "Bye Chang."
"Chang? Since when do you call me Chang?" Cho demanded.
"Since now." Cedric replied walking off.
"Busted!" Jo said giggling. "So does this mean you two broke up?" She asked as they made there way to the Quidditch fields.