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The next thing Harry knew was that he heard voices. He opened his eyes, and found himself in the hospital wing. Someone must have took off his glasses, because his vision was blurry.
Harry saw that there were people looking down at him: a worried looking Dumbledore and Professor Lupin, a scared looking Ron, Hermione, who looked quite worried, and Luna, who looked concerned.
Harry tried to sit up, but Dumbledore made him lie down again.
"Wha- what happened?" Harry asked groggily.
"I think, Harry," said Dumbledore, "That you know that better than us. You see, when your three friends here found you laying outside of the charms corridor, Miss Granger here immediatley ran for help, while Mr. Weasley and Miss Lovegood stayed by your side to make sure nothing else happened to you. The first people for Miss Granger to come upon were myself, and Professor Lupin. We immediatley brought you here, to the hospital wing. It appears that you had quite a knock on the head. Do you know who might have done it?"
"No, I don't," said Harry.
"Harry, tell us what happened after you left the Great Hall," said Hermione.
"Well, I was sitting down at the Gryffindor table, talking to Luna, when I saw a cloaked figure walk past the doors of the Hall. I got up and immediatley left to find out who the cloaked figure was," said Harry, "when I reached the bottom of the marble staircase, I saw the cloaked figure at the top, and so I ran up the stairs. But by the time I got to the top of the stair case, the cloaked figure had turned down a hallway, and it stopped in front of a tapestry which I hadn't noticed before. The cloaked figure lifted up the tapestry, and went into some sort of secret passageway, and I followed, and found myself in a secret hallway. I walked along, and when I came to the end of the hallway, I found that I was in front of a door. I put my hand on the door knob, and I was about to turn it when I heard movement behind me, and something struck me in the back of my head, and then the next thing that I knew, I woke up here, in the hospital wing."
There was slince after Harry had finished speaking, and finally Ron spoke up.
"But," he said, "If you were in a secret passageway when you were knocked unconcious, how did you get to the Charms corridor?"
"My guess," said Professor Dumbledore, "is that whoever knocked Harry out carried him to the Charms corridor so that Harry would be found immediatley."
"But who was the cloaked figure, and what were they doing inside of Hogwarts?"
"That I don't know, Remus," said Dumbledore. "But whatever the case may be, the students and staff will have to be more cautious."
Again there was slience for a while. Finally Dumbledore got up.
ÒWell, Harry, you may leave the hospital wing, but please be careful,Ó he said, and left, with Professor Lupin following him.
Harry got up, and he, Ron, Hermione, and Luna left the hospital wing.
When they had reached the marble stair case, Harry suggested going outside and going on a walk around the lake.
"Oh, Harry, I'm sorry, but Hermione and I can't," Ron said, "I promised her I'd... go to the library...with her."
Harry knew Ron was lying, but he ignored it. "How about you, Luna?" he said.
"Yeah, all right," she said.
So Hermione and Ron went to...the library, and Harry and Luna went outside to walk around the lake.
"So, Harry," said Luna finally, as she and Harry were about a quarter of the way around the lake, "I'm really glad that you're ok after being knocked unconcious."
"Yeah, me too." Harry said.
After that there was kind of an awkward pause, during which harry and Luna walked up to some rock which they sat down on.
"So, Luna, when you go looking for crumple-horned snorckacks this winter, I hope you find them," said Harry awkwardly. He didn't know why, but he felt kind of nervous and jittery, the same way he felt last year when he had liked Cho and whenever he was around her. Harry brushed the thought out of his mind.
"Thanks," said Luna.
There was yet again another awkward silence, during which time it began getting dark, and during which time he thought about Sirius and his dog-like bark when he laughed.
"Harry, are you ok?" said Luna quietly,
"What?" said Harry, who suddenly realized that he had been crying a little.
"Why don't we walk around the rest of the lake, and you can tell me what's wrong, ok?"
Harry nodded, and he and Luna got up and started walking. "Well," began Harry, "I suppose it's all about Sirius."
"You miss him, don't you?"
"Yeah," said Harry, "I do. I mean, I just can't get over the grief. Whenever I even think about him, I get sad."
"I know how you feel," said Luna, "I remember when my mother died, It took me forever to get over it."
"But you're over it now?"
"Not completley. I still cry at night when I'm most lonley."
"But your mother still lives on, only if it is just in memory."
"That's right, just like your godfather lives on in your memory."
"But I still miss him terribly." said Harry, as he and Luna reached the castle. "He was the closest person to a father I had, and now he's gone," ended Harry quietley. Suddenley he stopped, and hugged Luna. "You're a great comfort to me," he said. He pulled away, and he and Luna looked deep into eachothers eyes. Harry saw a mixture of emotions in Luna's eyes, and Luna saw sadness and grief in Harry's, but all that was forgotton as he pulled Luna into a kiss.
Harry and Luna stood like that, in eachother's arms, and finally they pulled away. Harry saw that Luna was shivering a little, so he put his cloak on her.
"It's getting a little chilly out here, what say we go inside and get some dinner, ok?" said Harry as he put his arm around Luna's shoulders, and like that the walk into Hogwart's.
When Harry and Luna reached the Great Hall, Luna (who gave Harry a quick kiss on the cheek) headed off towards the Ravenclaw table, but not before giving Harry his cloak back, and Harry headed towards the Gryffindor table to sit with Ron and Hermione.
When he had sat down, he piled some food onto his plate, and started eating, but he noticed that Ron and Hermione kept on smiling at eachother. When they had don this for about the twenty-fifth time, Harry finally spoke up.
"All right you two, what's going on?" Harry said.
"What do you mean?" said Ron.
"You think I don't notice that you two keep smiling at eachother?"
At this Hermione hesitated and looked at Ron, who nodded his head.
"Well, Harry, please don't be mad, but Ron and I...well...we're-"
"Dating?" Harry finished the sentence for her.
"How'd you know?"
"I didn't. But I had a feeling that you were going to say that. How long have you two been...?"
"Together? Just an hour, actually." said Hermione.
"Are you mad?" Ron asked apprehensivley.
"Of course not! I'm happy for you." Harry said.
"Well that's good," said Hermione, "What about you and Luna?" Hermione smiled.
"What about us?" Harry asked.
"Well, when Ron and I were walking to the Great Hall, we looked outside, because the doors were open, and we saw you kissing her." At this Ron smiled.
"You saw us?"
"Yeah, but it's ok, it's great that you've finally found someone."
Harry took a swig of his Pumpking juice, and a bite of his roast chicken.
"Hey, Harry," said Hermione suddenly, "The first Hogsmeade weekend is on the Saturday after next week."
"Yeah?" Harry said, though he thought he knew where this was going.
"So why don't you go over and ask Luna to go to Hogsmeade with you? We can all go together."
"Yeah, go on and ask her, mate," said Ron, a smile creeping up onto his face.
"All right," said Harry, getting up and going over to the Ravenclaw table so he could ask Luna out.
Harry finally found Luna, and he came up to her.
"Um...Luna?"
Luna turned around, as well as a couple of the girls that Luna had been talking to.
"Um...do you want to go Hogsmeade with me Saturday after next?"
The two girls that Luna had been talking to burst into a fit of giggles. "I'd love too," she said, smiling.
Harry smiled too. "Well, see you later," he said, walking away.
~*~*~*~
Saturday morning dawned, and Harry, Ron, and the rest of the Gryffindor quidditch team were out on the quidditch pitch with the potential Beaters and Chasers.
There weren't very many people trying out for the available positions. Ginny had showed up to try out for one of the two available Chaser positions, as well as Neville and Colin Creevey. Dean, and Seamus had turned up to try out for the Beater positions.
"Now, we'll go up three times, and play a quick twenty minute game each time we go up." Harry said, "Ginny and Neville, you two will go up with us the first time. Then Ginny, you and Colin will go up the second time, and the third time, Colin and Neville, you two will go up. Dean, you and Seamus will obviously go up each time. Let's begin."
Harry thought that Ginny did pretty well as a Keeper. Colin also did pretty good, which was surprising to Harry. Neville however, didn't do as well, so that afternoon when Harry was choosing wich ones did best, he put down Colin and Ginny as the new Gryffindor Keepers. Dean and Seamus obviously got the Beater positions.
~*~*~*~
Later that eveing, Harry was to be found lying on his four-poster bed, thinking about Luna. Harry heard a door open.
"Harry?" came Ron's voice, "Harry, are you in here?"
"Yeah, I'm here," Harry replied
Ron came over to Harry's bed and sat down on it.
"Is anything the matter?" Ron asked.
"No, nothing's the matter," Harry replied, "IÕm just thinking."
"What about?"
"Luna."
"I thought so," said Ron, smiling. Harry threw his pillow at him. "Are you thinking about what you're going to do with Luna once you're in Hogsmeade?"
"You read my mind."
"Well..."
"Well, what?" said Harry.
"Once you get to Hogsmead, you could shop, or just walk around around for a while, and then you could go to the Three Broomsticks."
"That's a good idea," said Harry, "Hey, why don't Luna and I meet you in the Three Broomsticks at...2:30?"
"Sounds good to me, mate," Ron said. After a short pause he added, "You going to bed, mate?"
"Yeah, I'm pretty tired."
"Well, good night," Ron said.
"Night," said Harry, as Ron left the room.
~*~
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Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter
The next thing Harry knew was that he heard voices. He opened his eyes, and found himself in the hospital wing. Someone must have took off his glasses, because his vision was blurry.
Harry saw that there were people looking down at him: a worried looking Dumbledore and Professor Lupin, a scared looking Ron, Hermione, who looked quite worried, and Luna, who looked concerned.
Harry tried to sit up, but Dumbledore made him lie down again.
"Wha- what happened?" Harry asked groggily.
"I think, Harry," said Dumbledore, "That you know that better than us. You see, when your three friends here found you laying outside of the charms corridor, Miss Granger here immediatley ran for help, while Mr. Weasley and Miss Lovegood stayed by your side to make sure nothing else happened to you. The first people for Miss Granger to come upon were myself, and Professor Lupin. We immediatley brought you here, to the hospital wing. It appears that you had quite a knock on the head. Do you know who might have done it?"
"No, I don't," said Harry.
"Harry, tell us what happened after you left the Great Hall," said Hermione.
"Well, I was sitting down at the Gryffindor table, talking to Luna, when I saw a cloaked figure walk past the doors of the Hall. I got up and immediatley left to find out who the cloaked figure was," said Harry, "when I reached the bottom of the marble staircase, I saw the cloaked figure at the top, and so I ran up the stairs. But by the time I got to the top of the stair case, the cloaked figure had turned down a hallway, and it stopped in front of a tapestry which I hadn't noticed before. The cloaked figure lifted up the tapestry, and went into some sort of secret passageway, and I followed, and found myself in a secret hallway. I walked along, and when I came to the end of the hallway, I found that I was in front of a door. I put my hand on the door knob, and I was about to turn it when I heard movement behind me, and something struck me in the back of my head, and then the next thing that I knew, I woke up here, in the hospital wing."
There was slince after Harry had finished speaking, and finally Ron spoke up.
"But," he said, "If you were in a secret passageway when you were knocked unconcious, how did you get to the Charms corridor?"
"My guess," said Professor Dumbledore, "is that whoever knocked Harry out carried him to the Charms corridor so that Harry would be found immediatley."
"But who was the cloaked figure, and what were they doing inside of Hogwarts?"
"That I don't know, Remus," said Dumbledore. "But whatever the case may be, the students and staff will have to be more cautious."
Again there was slience for a while. Finally Dumbledore got up.
ÒWell, Harry, you may leave the hospital wing, but please be careful,Ó he said, and left, with Professor Lupin following him.
Harry got up, and he, Ron, Hermione, and Luna left the hospital wing.
When they had reached the marble stair case, Harry suggested going outside and going on a walk around the lake.
"Oh, Harry, I'm sorry, but Hermione and I can't," Ron said, "I promised her I'd... go to the library...with her."
Harry knew Ron was lying, but he ignored it. "How about you, Luna?" he said.
"Yeah, all right," she said.
So Hermione and Ron went to...the library, and Harry and Luna went outside to walk around the lake.
"So, Harry," said Luna finally, as she and Harry were about a quarter of the way around the lake, "I'm really glad that you're ok after being knocked unconcious."
"Yeah, me too." Harry said.
After that there was kind of an awkward pause, during which harry and Luna walked up to some rock which they sat down on.
"So, Luna, when you go looking for crumple-horned snorckacks this winter, I hope you find them," said Harry awkwardly. He didn't know why, but he felt kind of nervous and jittery, the same way he felt last year when he had liked Cho and whenever he was around her. Harry brushed the thought out of his mind.
"Thanks," said Luna.
There was yet again another awkward silence, during which time it began getting dark, and during which time he thought about Sirius and his dog-like bark when he laughed.
"Harry, are you ok?" said Luna quietly,
"What?" said Harry, who suddenly realized that he had been crying a little.
"Why don't we walk around the rest of the lake, and you can tell me what's wrong, ok?"
Harry nodded, and he and Luna got up and started walking. "Well," began Harry, "I suppose it's all about Sirius."
"You miss him, don't you?"
"Yeah," said Harry, "I do. I mean, I just can't get over the grief. Whenever I even think about him, I get sad."
"I know how you feel," said Luna, "I remember when my mother died, It took me forever to get over it."
"But you're over it now?"
"Not completley. I still cry at night when I'm most lonley."
"But your mother still lives on, only if it is just in memory."
"That's right, just like your godfather lives on in your memory."
"But I still miss him terribly." said Harry, as he and Luna reached the castle. "He was the closest person to a father I had, and now he's gone," ended Harry quietley. Suddenley he stopped, and hugged Luna. "You're a great comfort to me," he said. He pulled away, and he and Luna looked deep into eachothers eyes. Harry saw a mixture of emotions in Luna's eyes, and Luna saw sadness and grief in Harry's, but all that was forgotton as he pulled Luna into a kiss.
Harry and Luna stood like that, in eachother's arms, and finally they pulled away. Harry saw that Luna was shivering a little, so he put his cloak on her.
"It's getting a little chilly out here, what say we go inside and get some dinner, ok?" said Harry as he put his arm around Luna's shoulders, and like that the walk into Hogwart's.
When Harry and Luna reached the Great Hall, Luna (who gave Harry a quick kiss on the cheek) headed off towards the Ravenclaw table, but not before giving Harry his cloak back, and Harry headed towards the Gryffindor table to sit with Ron and Hermione.
When he had sat down, he piled some food onto his plate, and started eating, but he noticed that Ron and Hermione kept on smiling at eachother. When they had don this for about the twenty-fifth time, Harry finally spoke up.
"All right you two, what's going on?" Harry said.
"What do you mean?" said Ron.
"You think I don't notice that you two keep smiling at eachother?"
At this Hermione hesitated and looked at Ron, who nodded his head.
"Well, Harry, please don't be mad, but Ron and I...well...we're-"
"Dating?" Harry finished the sentence for her.
"How'd you know?"
"I didn't. But I had a feeling that you were going to say that. How long have you two been...?"
"Together? Just an hour, actually." said Hermione.
"Are you mad?" Ron asked apprehensivley.
"Of course not! I'm happy for you." Harry said.
"Well that's good," said Hermione, "What about you and Luna?" Hermione smiled.
"What about us?" Harry asked.
"Well, when Ron and I were walking to the Great Hall, we looked outside, because the doors were open, and we saw you kissing her." At this Ron smiled.
"You saw us?"
"Yeah, but it's ok, it's great that you've finally found someone."
Harry took a swig of his Pumpking juice, and a bite of his roast chicken.
"Hey, Harry," said Hermione suddenly, "The first Hogsmeade weekend is on the Saturday after next week."
"Yeah?" Harry said, though he thought he knew where this was going.
"So why don't you go over and ask Luna to go to Hogsmeade with you? We can all go together."
"Yeah, go on and ask her, mate," said Ron, a smile creeping up onto his face.
"All right," said Harry, getting up and going over to the Ravenclaw table so he could ask Luna out.
Harry finally found Luna, and he came up to her.
"Um...Luna?"
Luna turned around, as well as a couple of the girls that Luna had been talking to.
"Um...do you want to go Hogsmeade with me Saturday after next?"
The two girls that Luna had been talking to burst into a fit of giggles. "I'd love too," she said, smiling.
Harry smiled too. "Well, see you later," he said, walking away.
~*~*~*~
Saturday morning dawned, and Harry, Ron, and the rest of the Gryffindor quidditch team were out on the quidditch pitch with the potential Beaters and Chasers.
There weren't very many people trying out for the available positions. Ginny had showed up to try out for one of the two available Chaser positions, as well as Neville and Colin Creevey. Dean, and Seamus had turned up to try out for the Beater positions.
"Now, we'll go up three times, and play a quick twenty minute game each time we go up." Harry said, "Ginny and Neville, you two will go up with us the first time. Then Ginny, you and Colin will go up the second time, and the third time, Colin and Neville, you two will go up. Dean, you and Seamus will obviously go up each time. Let's begin."
Harry thought that Ginny did pretty well as a Keeper. Colin also did pretty good, which was surprising to Harry. Neville however, didn't do as well, so that afternoon when Harry was choosing wich ones did best, he put down Colin and Ginny as the new Gryffindor Keepers. Dean and Seamus obviously got the Beater positions.
~*~*~*~
Later that eveing, Harry was to be found lying on his four-poster bed, thinking about Luna. Harry heard a door open.
"Harry?" came Ron's voice, "Harry, are you in here?"
"Yeah, I'm here," Harry replied
Ron came over to Harry's bed and sat down on it.
"Is anything the matter?" Ron asked.
"No, nothing's the matter," Harry replied, "IÕm just thinking."
"What about?"
"Luna."
"I thought so," said Ron, smiling. Harry threw his pillow at him. "Are you thinking about what you're going to do with Luna once you're in Hogsmeade?"
"You read my mind."
"Well..."
"Well, what?" said Harry.
"Once you get to Hogsmead, you could shop, or just walk around around for a while, and then you could go to the Three Broomsticks."
"That's a good idea," said Harry, "Hey, why don't Luna and I meet you in the Three Broomsticks at...2:30?"
"Sounds good to me, mate," Ron said. After a short pause he added, "You going to bed, mate?"
"Yeah, I'm pretty tired."
"Well, good night," Ron said.
"Night," said Harry, as Ron left the room.
~*~
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