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That morning, they were all happy to see that they had Colleen for their morning classes. Everyone that is except the Slytherin's who seemed to have a hit on her.
"Why do we have to have this half-breed scum?!" Malfoy complained loudly.
"Well, I do hope you're not talking about me." Colleen said, eyeing Malfoy with great dislike. "I mean, how can you be? After all, I am a pure blood."
"Oh, are you now?" replied Malfoy in his sinisterly snide voice.
"Yes, my father was Sirius Black and my mother was Andromeda Black. Yeah, they were cousins, but they were forced to marry. They got divorced as soon as my father went to Azkaban though." Colleen replied. This shut Malfoy up immediately. "Please put your books away. What we're studying today won't be found in the books you've been assigned." She called over the soft chatter of the class. "Today, w will be studying the Unforgivable Curses. Professor McGonagall thought it'd be most appropriate to teach you the things that Voldemort is using against us. It's only to protect yourselves. And would you all grow up? It's just a name!" she added testily as the class shuddered at the sound of the name. "A wise man once told me that the fear of the name only increases the fear of the thing itself. That man was Albus Dumbledore. Now, moving on. Can anyone name me one of the three Unforgivable Curses?"
Very few people raised their hands. Hermione's hand shot straight up of course.
"Hmmm.... How about.... Ye. Miss Weasley." Colleen called on Ginny.
"The Cruciatus Curse." Ginny replied, lowering her hand.
"Very good Ginny." Colleen replied, giving her a small smile. "5 points to Gryffindor. Can anyone name me another one?"
"Hermione and Ron were the only ones to raise their hands.
"Ron." She called.
"The Imperius Curse." Ron replied, in a very quiet voice. It was deadly quiet in the class so his voice vibrated off the ceiling and walls.
"Very good Ron. Another 5 points to Gryffindor." Colleen said, her voice ringing throughout the room. "And can anyone name me the last one?"
No one except Harry raised their hand. Not even Hermione.
"Alright, Harry." She called, giving him a burning gaze.
"Avada Kedavra." Harry replied in a voice barley higher than a whisper. People all around him gasped at the sound of the curse.
"Very good Harry." Colleen replied, keeping her burning gaze on him. "Another 5 points to Gryffindor."
Harry looked away from her, determined not to meet her eyes.
"Which curse would you like to study first?" Colleen asked the class. No one raised their hand to volunteer a curse. "No one?" Colleen questioned, looking around the room." Alright, let's start with the Imperius Curse. Who can tell me what it does?" Again, no one raised their hand. "Well, it looks as if no one knows. This should make for a very interesting period then."
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Colleen was right. The class period was VERY interesting indeed. She put them all under the Cruciatus curse until everyone was able to successfully fight it off, then they were hit with the Imperius Curse and by the end of class, the only person to even make the slightest difference to their cock roach while using Avada Kedavra was Hermione who seemed to have caused her cock roach severe pain.
When lunch rolled around, they were all very grateful to be getting out of the class room.
"She mad!" Ron exclaimed dishing up a plate of mashed potatoes.
"She's not mad." Hermione began. "She just has her own way of teaching, and quite frankly I like the way she teaches,"
"You would." Ron muttered under his breath just loud enough for Harry to hear. They both had to suppress a snicker. "Look, all I'm saying is that I think this is a bit much for people to be handling right now, what with everything at the Ministry going on and all."
"I see your point, but if we don't learn how to block and use these curses and the school is attacked, we need to know what we're doing and how to protect ourselves." Hermione replied, grabbing a chicken leg from one of the platters.
"Yeah, I can see your point, but she's still mad." Ron replied, starting to stuff his face with fried chicken.
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The after noon's lessons weren't much better. They had Colleen again and she made sure they could still fight off the Cruciatus Curse and performed the Imperius Curse three times on each of them. By the end o class, only Hermione, Ron, Hannah Abbot, and Pansy Parkinson had killed their cockroaches. When the bell rang, they were all greatly relieved and very sore.
"Ron, you're right." Hermione said as they gathered up their belongings from the desks. "She is mad."
Ron and Harry laughed at this. They never thought they'd live to see the day when Hermione would admit that one of their teachers was mad, with the exceptions of Snape and Umbridge of course.
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That night at dinner, Hermione sat next to Harry again. Harry kept one hand bellow the table and on Hermione's leg. He wanted her so bad.
"May I have your attention please?" Professor McGonagall called over the chatter. The Hall went silent almost immediately. "We have just been informed from our sources in the Ministry that Professor Dumbledore has been found." People began cheering immediately. "Quiet please. He has been found, but is having to stay at St. Mungo's for a few weeks before he will be returning to Hogwarts." She finished. Harry was the loudest to cheer. Slytherin didn't seem overly happy about this, but applauded politely anyways. McGonagall sat back down in her chair next to Dumbledore's, which now sat empty, with a small smile on her face, a rarity for her.
"Wow, I can't believe Dumbledore's coming back!" Hermione exclaimed. "I would have thought he'd want to stay and fight in the Ministry."
"Maybe he thinks his time is better spent here at Hogwarts. "Harry suggested, taking a drink of pumpkin juice.
"Maybe he thinks the schools going to be attacked?" Hermione said, casting worried looks at Ron and Harry.
"Yeah, maybe." Ron agreed, giving a heavy sigh of dread and forlorn.
"Well, at least if we are attacked, Dumbledore will be here to help us keep the school safe." Hermione put in hopefully.
"Yeah, true. You don't think anyone'll die if we're attacked, do you?" Ron asked. His voice had a slight tone of fear to it.
"I dunno......." Harry said darkly, casting a worried glance down at his dinner plate.
Ron looked even more worried when Hermione failed to answer.
"I'm sure everyone will be just fine." Hermione said, trying to get away from the subject of anyone dieing. "Well, it's nearly 8, I think I'm gonna go to bed a bit early." She added, getting up from the table and heading up to Gryffindor Tower.
Ron and Harry watched her until she was out of sight. When she was gone, Ron sprung the questions on Harry at once.
"Are you and Hermione involved?" Ron asked in a low tone, just high enough for only Harry to hear.
"What do you mean involved? Involved in what?" Harry asked, though he knew exactly what Ron was on about.
"Are you and her.... Ya know.... Together? Ron asked, giving Harry a shifty eyed look.
"Are me and Hermione like, girlfriend and boyfriend?" Harry asked, making sure he knew exactly what Ron was talking about as if he didn't already know.
"Yeah." Ron replied. "Are you and Hermione going out?" he repeated himself.
"I'm not gonna lie to you. We-"Harry was cut off.
"It is after 8 now, will you all please report to your dormitories for the night." Professor McGonagall said over the low chatter of the students.
To Harry's great relief, he never got around to answering Ron's question.
When they got up to Gryffindor Tower, everyone headed up to their dormitories.
Around midnight, Harry still hadn't fallen asleep. He couldn't get Hermione out of his mind. He got up from his four-poster and tiptoed silently across the dormitory room to the door. He opened it as silently as he could and shut the door behind him.
When he got down to the common room, he was shocked to see that Hermione was sitting on the sofa in front of the fire.
"Hermione, what are you doing down here?" Harry asked her, taking a seat next to her by the fire.
"I couldn't sleep." She replied. "I kept thinking about you." She looked over at him with that loving look in her eyes.
"Funny." He replied, returning the same loving gaze. "I couldn't stop thinking about you either."
Hermione leaned in and kissed him. Harry put his arm around her. He could still smell her hair. It smelled just as good as it had that morning, maybe even better.
Hermione began undoing her bath robe.
"Wait." Harry said pulling away from her.
"What's the matter? Don't you want to?" she asked, looking at him as though he were about to tell her something horrid.
"Of course I want to." Harry replied, looking taken aback at the very thought of not wanting to. "I just think we should do this somewhere else."
"Well, our dormitories are full and neither of us was made head boy or girl, so where do you suggest we go?" Hermione asked, though she knew there was no where else.
"But you forget," Harry said. "We have the chamber we used in 5th year for the D.A. meetings." Hermione smiled and said "Alright, lets go then." And set off for the common room door.
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They were very lucky they didn't run into anyone as they made their way down the twisting, winding corridors toward the chamber. They'd forgotten Harry's map and cloak back in the dormitories.
As they snuck along the passage ways, Hermione began to walk closer and closer to Harry. When they were nearly shoulder to shoulder, Harry grabbed her hand in his, intertwining their fingers.
It took nearly 15 minutes to get from the common room to the hidden chamber. When they entered the chamber, they saw a beautiful king sized bed in the colours of red and gold. It had gorgeous forest green hangings and sat in the middle of the room. The walls and floor were covered in candles and the bed was covered in red rose petals.
"Oh my god...." Hermione breathed. "It's.... beautiful! And there's no one I'd rather be here with than you Harry." She added turning to look at him.
"Harry turned to face her. The candle light glinted in her eyes. He leaned in and kissed her. Her lips were so soft and tasted like peaches and cream.
"Make love to me Harry." Hermione whispered.
Harry closed the chamber door.
But right out side the door, was the same person who had seen them the night before. They'd just gotten their wand out when Harry closed the door, and they weren't about to hit him with a simple stunning charm either....
A/N: Hey, hope ya liked this!! Please review!! Thanks to those of you who have!! I appreciate it! As for the person who's practically stalking Harry and Hermione, you'll have to wait and find out who it is, but believe me, we will find out who it is!!
That morning, they were all happy to see that they had Colleen for their morning classes. Everyone that is except the Slytherin's who seemed to have a hit on her.
"Why do we have to have this half-breed scum?!" Malfoy complained loudly.
"Well, I do hope you're not talking about me." Colleen said, eyeing Malfoy with great dislike. "I mean, how can you be? After all, I am a pure blood."
"Oh, are you now?" replied Malfoy in his sinisterly snide voice.
"Yes, my father was Sirius Black and my mother was Andromeda Black. Yeah, they were cousins, but they were forced to marry. They got divorced as soon as my father went to Azkaban though." Colleen replied. This shut Malfoy up immediately. "Please put your books away. What we're studying today won't be found in the books you've been assigned." She called over the soft chatter of the class. "Today, w will be studying the Unforgivable Curses. Professor McGonagall thought it'd be most appropriate to teach you the things that Voldemort is using against us. It's only to protect yourselves. And would you all grow up? It's just a name!" she added testily as the class shuddered at the sound of the name. "A wise man once told me that the fear of the name only increases the fear of the thing itself. That man was Albus Dumbledore. Now, moving on. Can anyone name me one of the three Unforgivable Curses?"
Very few people raised their hands. Hermione's hand shot straight up of course.
"Hmmm.... How about.... Ye. Miss Weasley." Colleen called on Ginny.
"The Cruciatus Curse." Ginny replied, lowering her hand.
"Very good Ginny." Colleen replied, giving her a small smile. "5 points to Gryffindor. Can anyone name me another one?"
"Hermione and Ron were the only ones to raise their hands.
"Ron." She called.
"The Imperius Curse." Ron replied, in a very quiet voice. It was deadly quiet in the class so his voice vibrated off the ceiling and walls.
"Very good Ron. Another 5 points to Gryffindor." Colleen said, her voice ringing throughout the room. "And can anyone name me the last one?"
No one except Harry raised their hand. Not even Hermione.
"Alright, Harry." She called, giving him a burning gaze.
"Avada Kedavra." Harry replied in a voice barley higher than a whisper. People all around him gasped at the sound of the curse.
"Very good Harry." Colleen replied, keeping her burning gaze on him. "Another 5 points to Gryffindor."
Harry looked away from her, determined not to meet her eyes.
"Which curse would you like to study first?" Colleen asked the class. No one raised their hand to volunteer a curse. "No one?" Colleen questioned, looking around the room." Alright, let's start with the Imperius Curse. Who can tell me what it does?" Again, no one raised their hand. "Well, it looks as if no one knows. This should make for a very interesting period then."
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Colleen was right. The class period was VERY interesting indeed. She put them all under the Cruciatus curse until everyone was able to successfully fight it off, then they were hit with the Imperius Curse and by the end of class, the only person to even make the slightest difference to their cock roach while using Avada Kedavra was Hermione who seemed to have caused her cock roach severe pain.
When lunch rolled around, they were all very grateful to be getting out of the class room.
"She mad!" Ron exclaimed dishing up a plate of mashed potatoes.
"She's not mad." Hermione began. "She just has her own way of teaching, and quite frankly I like the way she teaches,"
"You would." Ron muttered under his breath just loud enough for Harry to hear. They both had to suppress a snicker. "Look, all I'm saying is that I think this is a bit much for people to be handling right now, what with everything at the Ministry going on and all."
"I see your point, but if we don't learn how to block and use these curses and the school is attacked, we need to know what we're doing and how to protect ourselves." Hermione replied, grabbing a chicken leg from one of the platters.
"Yeah, I can see your point, but she's still mad." Ron replied, starting to stuff his face with fried chicken.
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The after noon's lessons weren't much better. They had Colleen again and she made sure they could still fight off the Cruciatus Curse and performed the Imperius Curse three times on each of them. By the end o class, only Hermione, Ron, Hannah Abbot, and Pansy Parkinson had killed their cockroaches. When the bell rang, they were all greatly relieved and very sore.
"Ron, you're right." Hermione said as they gathered up their belongings from the desks. "She is mad."
Ron and Harry laughed at this. They never thought they'd live to see the day when Hermione would admit that one of their teachers was mad, with the exceptions of Snape and Umbridge of course.
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That night at dinner, Hermione sat next to Harry again. Harry kept one hand bellow the table and on Hermione's leg. He wanted her so bad.
"May I have your attention please?" Professor McGonagall called over the chatter. The Hall went silent almost immediately. "We have just been informed from our sources in the Ministry that Professor Dumbledore has been found." People began cheering immediately. "Quiet please. He has been found, but is having to stay at St. Mungo's for a few weeks before he will be returning to Hogwarts." She finished. Harry was the loudest to cheer. Slytherin didn't seem overly happy about this, but applauded politely anyways. McGonagall sat back down in her chair next to Dumbledore's, which now sat empty, with a small smile on her face, a rarity for her.
"Wow, I can't believe Dumbledore's coming back!" Hermione exclaimed. "I would have thought he'd want to stay and fight in the Ministry."
"Maybe he thinks his time is better spent here at Hogwarts. "Harry suggested, taking a drink of pumpkin juice.
"Maybe he thinks the schools going to be attacked?" Hermione said, casting worried looks at Ron and Harry.
"Yeah, maybe." Ron agreed, giving a heavy sigh of dread and forlorn.
"Well, at least if we are attacked, Dumbledore will be here to help us keep the school safe." Hermione put in hopefully.
"Yeah, true. You don't think anyone'll die if we're attacked, do you?" Ron asked. His voice had a slight tone of fear to it.
"I dunno......." Harry said darkly, casting a worried glance down at his dinner plate.
Ron looked even more worried when Hermione failed to answer.
"I'm sure everyone will be just fine." Hermione said, trying to get away from the subject of anyone dieing. "Well, it's nearly 8, I think I'm gonna go to bed a bit early." She added, getting up from the table and heading up to Gryffindor Tower.
Ron and Harry watched her until she was out of sight. When she was gone, Ron sprung the questions on Harry at once.
"Are you and Hermione involved?" Ron asked in a low tone, just high enough for only Harry to hear.
"What do you mean involved? Involved in what?" Harry asked, though he knew exactly what Ron was on about.
"Are you and her.... Ya know.... Together? Ron asked, giving Harry a shifty eyed look.
"Are me and Hermione like, girlfriend and boyfriend?" Harry asked, making sure he knew exactly what Ron was talking about as if he didn't already know.
"Yeah." Ron replied. "Are you and Hermione going out?" he repeated himself.
"I'm not gonna lie to you. We-"Harry was cut off.
"It is after 8 now, will you all please report to your dormitories for the night." Professor McGonagall said over the low chatter of the students.
To Harry's great relief, he never got around to answering Ron's question.
When they got up to Gryffindor Tower, everyone headed up to their dormitories.
Around midnight, Harry still hadn't fallen asleep. He couldn't get Hermione out of his mind. He got up from his four-poster and tiptoed silently across the dormitory room to the door. He opened it as silently as he could and shut the door behind him.
When he got down to the common room, he was shocked to see that Hermione was sitting on the sofa in front of the fire.
"Hermione, what are you doing down here?" Harry asked her, taking a seat next to her by the fire.
"I couldn't sleep." She replied. "I kept thinking about you." She looked over at him with that loving look in her eyes.
"Funny." He replied, returning the same loving gaze. "I couldn't stop thinking about you either."
Hermione leaned in and kissed him. Harry put his arm around her. He could still smell her hair. It smelled just as good as it had that morning, maybe even better.
Hermione began undoing her bath robe.
"Wait." Harry said pulling away from her.
"What's the matter? Don't you want to?" she asked, looking at him as though he were about to tell her something horrid.
"Of course I want to." Harry replied, looking taken aback at the very thought of not wanting to. "I just think we should do this somewhere else."
"Well, our dormitories are full and neither of us was made head boy or girl, so where do you suggest we go?" Hermione asked, though she knew there was no where else.
"But you forget," Harry said. "We have the chamber we used in 5th year for the D.A. meetings." Hermione smiled and said "Alright, lets go then." And set off for the common room door.
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They were very lucky they didn't run into anyone as they made their way down the twisting, winding corridors toward the chamber. They'd forgotten Harry's map and cloak back in the dormitories.
As they snuck along the passage ways, Hermione began to walk closer and closer to Harry. When they were nearly shoulder to shoulder, Harry grabbed her hand in his, intertwining their fingers.
It took nearly 15 minutes to get from the common room to the hidden chamber. When they entered the chamber, they saw a beautiful king sized bed in the colours of red and gold. It had gorgeous forest green hangings and sat in the middle of the room. The walls and floor were covered in candles and the bed was covered in red rose petals.
"Oh my god...." Hermione breathed. "It's.... beautiful! And there's no one I'd rather be here with than you Harry." She added turning to look at him.
"Harry turned to face her. The candle light glinted in her eyes. He leaned in and kissed her. Her lips were so soft and tasted like peaches and cream.
"Make love to me Harry." Hermione whispered.
Harry closed the chamber door.
But right out side the door, was the same person who had seen them the night before. They'd just gotten their wand out when Harry closed the door, and they weren't about to hit him with a simple stunning charm either....
A/N: Hey, hope ya liked this!! Please review!! Thanks to those of you who have!! I appreciate it! As for the person who's practically stalking Harry and Hermione, you'll have to wait and find out who it is, but believe me, we will find out who it is!!