Thanks for the reviews!!! Thank you, Miss Prongs!! I'm so sorry, but I won't be writing for two weeks...vacation!! I'll be brainstorming though! Expect the ninth chapter in two weeks!

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The next month was completely uneventful. No, Neville didn't even melt his cauldron in Potions, because he had failed that class and now did not take it.

Alex got to know everybody and everything in the castle, and Gryffindor was in the lead for the Cup. Hermione was already studying for exams, even though they were a month away. The teachers seemed to agree with her, however.

"N.E.W.T's are coming up!" Professor McGonagal said when assigning them a huge amount of homework.

"But Professor, that's next year!" protested Dean Thomas.

"Yes, I know that, Mr. Thomas, but you must be able to turn an umbrella into a plant, I do believe your plant still has a wooden stem." Said Professor McGonagal. "And bird that you transformed from a teapot still has a handle on its back. I hardly think that that is an Acceptable N.E.W.T."

Dean blushed and began writing the assignments down in his notebook. Then the bell rang.

Hermione said "I must go to the ..."

"Library." Ron filled in. "Yeah, me too."

"I'm going to find Ginny." Said Harry.

"Well, I'm going to the library too. We have so much homework!" complained Alex.

While they went to the library, Harry went to find Ginny. He found her coming out of the Charms classroom.

"Hey there!" he said, going to her.

"Hello." She said kissing him.

Just then Malfoy passed.

"Oooh, Potter! At least Chang was pretty!" he sneered. "Why would you want to go out with...that?" and he walked away, Goyle and Crabbe behind him.

Ginny and Harry fell silent for a moment. Harry was fuming, he decided to tell Alex and Ron and then to get revenge with their help. He made a mental note of it and then turned to Ginny.

"I like you a lot more then Cho." Said Harry, wanting to break the akward silence.

Ginny looked at him, smiling. "That's so romantic, Harry, I believe you." She said, and they walked to the library.

When they entered they saw Alex, Ron and Hermione sitting at a table working on their essay.

"Hello you guys." Said Harry and Ginny, sitting down beside them and taking out their homework.

They worked for 2 hours straight. They only stopped when Ron's stomach started growling. They packed up their bags and went to eat.

After dinner they went back to the common room. The girls went upstairs and Harry motioned Alex and Ron to come with him to a corner.

"I need to get revenge on Malfoy." He said in a low voice.

"Okay, I'm in." said Ron, without even asking why.

"Me too." Said Alex. He had met Malfoy in Potions.

"He insulted Ginny. She was pretty upset." Said Harry.

"What!" yelled Ron.

"Ron! Shhhhh.." said Alex.

"What should we do?" asked Harry.

"Boil him in his cauldron. Hex him. Throw him off a cliff. Turn him into a ferret." Said Ron, grinding his teeth.

"Ron, calm down. We have to embarrass him." Said Harry. "But how?"

"I have an idea." Said Alex, his eyes twinkling.

They leaned forward and listened to Alex. After about 5 minutes they laughed and shook hands.

"Great Alex!" grinned Harry.

"Bloody brilliant." Yelled Ron.

Alex smiled.

"Don't forget what we agreed on!" he said.

They nodded and all of them went upstairs.

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The next morning Ron awoke first. He woke up Harry and eventually Alex, after Alex had thrown his pillow at him and yelled at him. Alex was definitely not a morning person.

They got dressed and got their books. Then they went to eat breakfast. When they got there, the girls were already there, ready for class. They sat down next to them.

"How can you get up so early?" groaned Alex.

"It's not that early." Said Hermione, surprised.

"It is for me." Replied Alex, yawning.

Just then Malfoy entered with Crabbe and Goyle.

Ron nudged Harry who nudged Alex. They nodded at each other and smirked.

Suddenly there was a loud bang and pink smoke came from the Slytherin table.

When the smoke had cleared everybody saw Malfoy dressed in a pink dress with frills. Crabbe and Goyle were dressed as pink sheep. They looked at each other and suddenly they started singing:

"Mary had little lambs, little lambs, little lambs.

Mary had little lambs, their fleece as pink as bubblegum."

Everybody started laughing. Harry swore he saw Dumbledore smile under his silver mustache. Even McGonagal looked liked she was hiding a smile. Snape, however, was far from smiling. He stood up and performed a countercurse.

"Who did this?" he asked in a dangerous voice.

Nobody said anything. But suddenly Harry, Ron and Alex burst out laughing. Snape's eyes flashed dangerously.

"Professor McGonagal?" he said. "I believe these are in your House."

Professor McGonagal stood up and came to them.

"Detention, all of you. Report to me at 6 tonight. And ten points from Gryffindor." She said and she walked away.

"Awww, detention." Groaned Alex.

"Well, it was worth it." Laughed Harry.

"Yeah..." said Ron, his eyes misting over. "Malfoy, the girl in the pink dress with little pink lambs."

Ginny and Hermione were giggling.

"That was great!" said Ginny.

"That was against the rules." Frowned Hermione.

"Awww, come on, Hermione! You know it was worth it!" grinned Ron.

Hermione decided not to answer that.

"Come on, class starts in 5 minutes, we better get going." She said.

So they went to their class, Defense Against the Dark Arts. Ginny went to Charms.

Their teacher was Gregor Prentler. He was strict, like McGonagal and Snape. He taught well though, today they were learning about vampires. They read in their book and learned about defenses against them. Again, they got a pile of homework.

By the end of the day they had homework for three days. They worked until dinner and then Harry, Ron and Alex reported for detention. They had to clean up the History of Magic classroom, which was really dirty.

"Without magic!" groaned Ron. "I'll never be able to!"

"Well, you'll have to, Ron." Sighed Harry.

So they started cleaning. After much work they were finally finished. Very tired, they returned to the commons. They finished the rest of their homework. Then they went to bed.

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