Chapter Five: The Plan and The Halloween Ball

"Okay so here's my plan..."

Me and Remus exchanged a quick glance and then focused back on Harry I was pretty sure I already new what his plan was but would it work and could we do it in time.

"Back when I first had to fight against this beast my friend Hermione found this book in the library. It's a potions book with extremely difficult potions. The one I want to use is call the Polly Juice Potion. It'll take a month to finish, but when it's done we can use it to transform into a Slytherin to get into their common room and get Tom Riddle's diary from Draco. But in the meantime we should keep trying to get the book back just in case. I don't want to take any chances with this."

I looked up at Harry; he had that spark in his eye he normally gets when he plays Quidditch. It was weird to see it in his eyes again. Remus was about to open his mouth when the portal opened up. Professor McGonagall walked in followed by a young girl with dark brown hair. I couldn't see her face at all and I guess neither could any of the guys. McGonagall walked over to us and Harry's eyes widened. He nearly knocked James and Sirius off of the chair's arms to get to the new girl.

"Professor Dumbledore has told me about the circumstances that brought Harry and Ginny here and I'm afraid one more has joined them. She arrived just a few moments ago in Professor Dumbledore's office and I was told to bring her here immediately. She will be staying in Ginny and Lily's room for now."

With that McGonagall left leaving all of us speechless. The young girl didn't even look up at any of us, just took a seat on the couch. Remus got up and sat down next to her Harry following. I sat in front of her and it was my turn to be shocked.

"Hermione is that really you?!"

I nearly jumped into her arms when she looked up and smiled at me. It was all an act for McGonagall. She was putting up a depressed front so McGonagall would feel sorry for her and no one would guess she had come to help. She is to smart for her own good. I glanced at Harry who is possible had the biggest eyes in the world. Well Hermione didn't really look like herself. She must have noticed everyone staring because she got that mean frown on her face, the one she normally uses on Ron when he says something stupid or when someone bad mouths a House Elf.

"I was attacked by Lavender and a few other girls before I came here. They seemed to think I should make a good impression. It's nothing but a stupid hair straightening charm and some muggle makeup. You can all close your mouths now!"

She crossed her arms over her chest and Harry laughed. He shook his head and grabbed her in a big hug. She seemed to rest her head on his shoulder. Wait a second they were acting weird. James came up from behind them and smiled.

"Harry aren't you going to introduce your girlfriend to you own father?"

He was being smug about that statement I could see it. Sirius and Remus both laughed and Harry seemed to blush a little. Hermione for once didn't seem to mind at all. She stood up and help her hand out to James, just like Hermione to little miss perfect and proper.

"I'm Hermione Granger. It's a pleasure to meet you Mr. Potter."

James shook his head then smiled grabbing Hermione in a tight hug.

"It's James, and the pleasure is all mine I assure you. I'm sure glad my son here found a sweet girl to take care of him."

At that Hermione blushed or maybe it was the side comment Sirius added about her being a drop dead gorgeous babe, either way she blushed and Harry came to her rescue. She pulled her back to the couch and handed her the book.

"Hermione it seems you'll be able to help us after all. You are the smartest person I know and well you already know how to make this potion."

Hermione looked down at the book and sighed. It was one of those bored sighs, you know where it's all been there done that, it was funny. But she nodded and then stared down at me and smiled. I smiled back; it was good to have some of my friends here with me. She then glanced at boys and sighed.

"Okay this potion will take a month but what are you going to do until then? I mean we can't just sit around. We have got to get moving with something."

Harry nodded and Remus sighed.

"We were trying to figure something out when you showed up. Maybe you can help us out with that. Since I'm sure we are all fresh out of ideas for now."

Hermione seemed to be deep in thought for a moment and then snapped her head up. She turned to Harry and smiled.

"You know how I've been working on the whole time travel thing and death and all that."

Harry nodded slightly and Hermione's smile grew, her eyes lighting up. It was the look that said: "Well I've done something no one else has."

"Well, it seems that to put it plainly, nothing you do here will effect our time. Like back in third year when you saved us from the dementors? We went back in time to save Sirius and ended up saying ourselves as well. It seems that all of this was suppose to happen. So what ever plans you've had that you put aside in fear of hurting our time, dig them out. They may be the only way we will be able to stop Draco."

Harry nodded a few times then stood. He paced back in forth for what seemed like ever. Sirius and James had started to play a game of chess and Remus and Hermione were in a deep discussion over Werewolf rights. I sat there staring into the fire, thinking about everything that had happened so far. Hopefully it would all be over soon. Harry stopped pacing and turned to face us.

"I'm going to the chamber. Maybe we can head Draco off before his next attack. I know Ginny wont want to go back down there and James it would be to dangerous to bring you since the basilisk is after you so you and Ginny stay here. Remus and Hermione you should get to work on the potion. Brewing it in our dorm should be okay. No one but us all go up there so it'll be safe. You can use the invisibility cloak to go and steal all the stuff you need from the potion class room and get to work right away. James the pitch is probably the safest place for you right now so why don't you take Ginny and you two can practice or something. I will still need you Ginny when we get back to our time to be in top shape. Sirius and I will head off to the Chamber. Well after I stop in to see Dumbledore, I need to grab the sorting hat and hope that I won't have to use it."

He turned back around and stared into the fire. James walked up to him and placed a hand on his shoulder.

"Don't worry about Lily, she a strong girl and will get threw this fine. You just focus on your task and let us handle the rest okay? But why don't we wait until tomorrow for all of this. The Halloween party is tonight and I don't want to miss it."

Hermione and Remus shook there heads as Sirius and James dragged Harry off back up to their room. I turned back to Remus and Hermione.

"What was that all about?"

"They are planning to get back at Draco for the mud-blood comment earlier. I don't know what they are going to do but it can't be good. That's for sure."

Hermione shook her head and crossed her arms over her chest.

"Draco deserves everything they are going to give him. And if I could I'd go and beat him my self."

Okay I was a little shocked at that outburst. I had heard about Hermione slapping Draco before but this was to weird. Next thing I knew she was running up the stairs after James, Sirius, and Harry. I looked over to Remus.

"She's a bit weird and she holds a grudge against Draco for calling her that more then once. We might as well go and see what they are planning to do. I don't want to be left out of nothing."

Remus nodded and we both ran up stairs just in time for James, Sirius, Harry, and Hermione to come out of the dorm room. Hermione looked livid, Sirius and James had a look that could only be count as pure evil, and Harry looked like he was the happiest boy in the world. I really didn't want to know what they were going to do. And from the look on Remus' face he didn't either. Hermione grabbed my hand and pulled me off to the girl's dorm while the three boys pulled Remus back into their room. Once we had reached our dorm I had to ask.

"Hermione when did you and Harry start dating? I mean I know I've been gone for a few months and all but you guys seem to act like you've been dating for years."

Hermione smiled and walked into the bathroom. I didn't follow; I pulled out the outfit I wanted to wear that night, my long black skirt and my black zip up tube top. I got dressed when Hermione came back out. She was dressed in a short white shirt which had crinoline lining the inside of it and a top similar to mine but white. The outfit was lined in gold and silver. Around her neck was the paw pendent, and her makeup was now golds and silvers instead of browns. I smiled and walked into the bathroom.

"We started to date over the summer. I wouldn't let him say no actually. He needed someone in his life after everything that happened and Ron agreed with me that their was no other girl anywhere that would treat him the right way. He only didn't want to cause he said he didn't want me in any danger. But technically I was already in danger with being one of his closest friends so it didn't matter. So we started to date. And I would have told you sooner had you not been so out of it during this summer with all that studying and stuff. What were you studying up on anyways?"

I came out of the bathroom with my hair straight and down my makeup all blacks and reds. I smiled at Hermione and walked over to my bed pulling on my shoes as I spoke.

"I was studying up on how a Time Turner is used. I needed to know all about them to make sure that I didn't do anything wrong. But none of that worked out anyways. Let's go to the dance."

Hermione nodded and we both left for the great hall. James, Remus, and Sirius were waiting for us before the doors; Harry was no where in sight. I seen Hermione frown. Harry didn't like dances since the Tri-Wizard tournament guess dances just reminded him of all that happened that year. Remus walked up to Hermione, he was dressed as a wolf demon, with ears and a tail and fangs and glowing yellow eyes, his outfit was simple white pants and no shirt which showed off all the scars that most people would think were part of the costume anyways. Hermione smiled slightly but kept her head down. She only raised her head when someone placed a grown on her head.

"A princess isn't complete without the grown you know Mione."

Harry was dressed as an old English king in red and gold almost like a picture I seen once of Godric Gryffindor. Tied to his belt was the Godric's sword too. Hermione smiled and wrapped her arms around Harry's neck kissing him softly. I sighed; it was sure nice to see them happy. I was off in la la land when I felt a hand on my lower back, which then wrapped around me and pulled me close. It was Sirius, who was dressed as a vampire. Black leather pants and a tight black shirt, his hair falling into his dark eyes and when he smiled small fangs showed. I felt like dieing at that very minute. He looked absolutely gorgeous. James stood next to him dressed almost the same except he had a line of what I guessed was blood running down the side of his mouth. I giggled and turned to face Sirius and kissed him softly. James rolled his eyes as did Remus and pushed us into the great hall it was filled with all different kinds of costumes and treats all over the tables. It looked like we were going to have the feast before the dance. We all took seats at the table and James leaned over to Sirius whispering something. Hermione shook her head and tilted her head towards the Slytherin table. Draco was over there dressed like Slytherin himself, almost exactly like Harry just instead of red and gold, silver and green. I sighed and shook my head. This was going to be one crazy night.

It all went by well until the food started to clear away. I had a funny feeling something was going to happen and happen it did. Right before the tables disappeared Draco let out a scream and fell backwards passing out. I glanced over to see what could have done it and right in the middle of the table was a very bloody head. I couldn't even tell who it was suppose to be but I'm guessing it was Draco or his father by the white hair. Snape seemed to shake his head and bent down to help the teacher who had come over to help Draco to the hospital ward. I turned to James and him and Sirius and Harry were smiling.

"Harry's idea. He said Draco didn't care about anyone as much as his mother so we pulled a favor with the house elves so they would make a special treat for our little Slytherin. The whole things made from candy. Isn't it great?"

Hermione shook her head and stood up. Music has started to play and she dragged Harry off somewhere my guess was to dance or talk. Sirius grabbed me and we headed off to dance as well. James shrugged and pulled Remus off to dance. We spent the rest of the night dancing and eating treats. I was sure I was going to have the biggest stomach ache in the world tomorrow but who the hell cares. Tomorrow would be hard enough though without the stomach ache.
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Okay this chapter in my opinion SUCKS! But I had to do one sucky chapter to get the story going. I didn't want a really long chapter like the last one. 11 pages for one chapter was enough. Anyways I hope you all enjoy this chapter. I'll try to get the next one up before Friday if I can. Oh and remember to Review!