Sorry about the cliffhanger ^_^ I needed an excuse to get me off my ass and back writing. I'm sorry to say that the continuation won't be in this chapter. *whispers* Please don't kill me! But I have plans *starts cackling insanely* I also now have Microsoft Word, and have updated the other chapters, correcting spelling mistakes and adding italics. This chapter will be short. Don't kill me for it.
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Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter or any songs that may come up in the fic.
"..." = talking
'Italics' = thinking
Italics = dreaming
Italics = singing/song
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Ginny struggled out of the Library. Hermione and Draco had both failed to turn up for lessons again, and the fiasco with the points was all the proof she needed that they hated each other.
"Did you get everything?" she asked Lavender and Pansy, both waiting outside. They nodded and headed for an empty classroom.
"We've got to find this spell," muttered Pansy. "They have got to stop. Remember what the Sorting Hat said." Lavender and Ginny nodded.
"Did you get everything?" Hannah peered out of the classroom. The three nodded. "Good. I'll go back to the common room and keep them there." Hannah disappeared and Ginny dropped her books. "Pansy, get Blaise, Lav, get Harry and Ron," she asked. "I'll start researching. But we'll need their help." She opened the first book, and the two girls disappeared.
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Hannah was humming to herself as she reached their portrait. Some music was coming from inside, and she sung under her breath as she recognised the tune.
As the world falls down
"Phoenix Tail." The portrait opened as the last notes drifted across the room. The first thing that she saw was Draco. The second was Hermione, in his arms.
"What's going on here?" she asked, annoyed and amused. This was going to be easier than she had thought.
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Ginny's finger skimmed down the page, searching for a sentence. All the while her mind was replaying every argument, every conversation that had gone on between Hermione and Draco.
'I know that this spell will work. We've just got to find it! Then, they won't have an excuse to argue any more, and can start being friendly.'
A pair of hand covered her eyes, and she jumped in fright.
"Guess who?" asked a voice, Ginny tugged the hands away from her eyes with a smile.
"Harry, sometimes you're worse than Ron," she said. Harry grinned and sat down
next to her. She pushed a book over.
"You look through that one, I'll look through this. We've got to find it. Otherwise Gryffindor doesn't stand a chance, and neither do we."
"You're right there, Ginny." Pansy, Blaise, Lavender, Ron, Katie, Terry and Roger were standing behind her, with a group of others. She recognised Ernie Macmillan and Justin Finch-Fletchley, the Patils, Neville, Dean, Seamus, and there were some she didn't recognise.
"Take a seat," she ordered. They did so with amused glances at each other. There was a pile of books in the centre of the table.
"You all know why we're here. To stop this silly feuding that's going on between Hermione and Malfoy." Ginny reached over to the centre of the table and threw a book to everyone. "Keep looking. You'll know what it is when you find it." That said, she sat down and returned to her book.
"Why do we have to be here?" she heard someone whine. A loud slap sounded, and an offended voice whispered, "Okay, okay, I get the point, I'll look."
"What's going on?" she asked sharply. A chorus of 'nothings!' made her smile.
"Good." She moved her finger across a sentence, reading about how to make every enemy a friend.
'Close, but not what we need,' she thought, closing the book with a snap and reaching for another. Harry stared at her, amused.
"What's wrong? Getting frustrated?" he asked with a grin. Ginny nodded.
"Yes. I know the spell is in one of these books. I just
can't find it! And if we do find it, it'll make Hermione and Draco friends
naturally. They won't become true friends under any form of spell, but with
this one, we give them some assistance."
"Alright." Harry held the book out, open at a certain page. "Is this it? The Bow of Friendship?"
Ginny's eyes scanned the page that Harry was gesturing to, and she laughed, disbelievingly.
"You've found it. How lucky are you? I've spent all my spare time in here, searching!" She laughed again, this time excitedly, and grabbed Harry's arm. "You found it!"
"Well done, Harry mate," said Ron cheerfully, throwing down his book and standing up. "Now what do we do?"
"Now, we go to DADA," said Harry, standing to join the others. "That was a short research session. Lupin will be wondering what happened. Is there anything else, or is that it?"
"That's it! Thank you Harry!" Ginny snatched the book, kissed him on the cheek, and sprinted from the library. Everyone stared after her.
"That wasn't just some elaborate plot to kiss you, was it?" asked Terry. Harry turned around and tackled him to the ground, starting a large mock fight, the boys fighting until they were thrown out by Madam Pince.
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Harry sat through Professor Lupin's lesson in a daze, making the occasional note. They were learning to produce a Patronus, and so he had demonstrated his, and was watching as others attempted.
Ron had so far managed to produce a wispy figure by thinking of the times he put one up on his brothers. Now, with a determined look, he pointed his wand, screwed up his face, and screamed, "Expecto Patronum!"
An animal burst from his wand in a blaze of light and stampeded around the classroom. Harry couldn't quite make out what it was, but the look on Ron's face was one of awe.
"Well done, Ron!" said Professor Lupin excitedly. Ron was the first person in the class, apart from himself, to produce a Patronus. Harry laughed as Ron stared at his wand in confusion.
"Ron!" he yelled. "What did you think of? What was your happy memory?"
Ron grinned. "Well, I tried thinking of you winning the Quidditch cup. I tried thinking of everything good that's ever happened to me. But when I thought of Draco Malfoy, the Amazing Bouncing Ferret, it took hardly any effort."
There was silence, as the rest of the class listened in, and then shouts of laughter filled the air.
"Well done," said Harry as Ron took his seat. Ron started to talk about Neville, who hadn't managed to master the spell, and had set the classroom on fire, and Harry drifted back into his daydream, thinking of a certain red haired girl.
'Maybe I should ask her to this ball thing that Hermione was talking about. But what if she says no? I'll never live it down. Ron says she likes me. But what if she doesn't?'
"Harry? Harry!"
Harry shook himself from his reverie to see Professor Lupin and Ron standing over him.
"What?" he asked sharply, hoping no one knew who he was thinking about.
"Class is over, Harry." Lupin smiled and walked into his office. Harry blinked and stared at Ron.
"Now, get to the part where it says dinner is next, Harry," said Ron slowly, grabbing Harry's arm and pulling him up. "Ginny said we're not allowed to be late."
"Why?"
"Don't know, Harry. Lavender said the same." He started dragging Harry to the door.
"Lavender? She's already got you whipped, Ron," Harry said with a grin. Ron blushed.
"No she doesn't, Harry. Now get a move on, we're missing dinner!" Ron sprinted off, ignoring Nearly-Headless Nick when he was told to slow down. Harry grinned and shook his head.
'Maybe I should ask Ginny. Just, not publicly.'
Determined to do this, he started after Ron, smiling to himself, a picture of Ron's smiling sister fixed in his head.
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*ducks all weapons* I know, I know, it's short! But I just needed a short piece to show how they find the spell! Don't kill me! *ducks*
I hope the next chapter will be up soon. I wrote an entire fic in between the last one and this one O.O I'm hoping to go back to regular updates.
Anway, I have about a million people to thank. And, guess what? Ff.net has stolen two or three of my reviews and I can't see them! So I'll have to thank you two or three people when it decides to give them back.
Lana-the Slytherin Angel – Don't kill me for the delay and the shortness of the chapter. *hides under rock*
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Firequeen1414 – Thanks. I thought Hermione's outburst would be quite realistic because she's under a lot of pressure etc.
Blue Rose4 – It is Spring Fling (we don't have one over here) but it's the Wizarding world, and so many won't realise. I just wanted a different name, and because 'Fling' is also a term for a romantic affair, it sounded good. Thanks for the suggestion, though. I may well use it. *hopes you don't mind*
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oz_angel – That's what I thought. The songs were perfect for those moments. ^_^
Melanie Sydney and Summer Sue – lol, cliffies are evil. I'll try not to leave many more.
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Hugs for all! *hugs all* I'm going to try my best to return to regular updates. Definitely another one before I go on holiday next week. Hopefully two, if I can get my ass into gear. ^_^
