Part Four: Tribute to the Couples! :D
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Harry took walk outside, with Sirius's mirror in his pocket. It was finally the first weekend of the year, and he was relieved. Though he had a ton of homework, he left it until the afternoon. At this minute many students were having breakfast. No one else would be outside- so Harry thought.
Lost in his thoughts, Harry was taken by surprise as he suddenly tripped on something heavy and he flew across the ground. Rubbing his head, he quickly got up to look behind him to see what had tripped him.
He blinked in even more surprise. He wasn't sure if what he was looking at was really there. He took a step closer, and looked down.
"Hello Harry." Luna said cheerfully. Harry turned his head.
"Why are you laying in the grass like that?" Harry asked, still standing up. Luna was flat on her back, and her hands were together on her stomach. Her pale eyes were staring up at the cloudy sky.
"I'm looking up." She said with a smile. Harry made a face, then he sat down, but not on his back, next to her. "Why?" he asked.
She shrugged. 'It's nice to look up at the sky once in awhile. It helps you think."
"I should try it then." Harry muttered, but he didn't. He remained sitting as a silence grew on them.
"Why aren't you eating breakfast?" Luna suddenly said out of the blue.
Harry, thinking she was just trying to start a conversation, shrugged as well. "I didn't feel like eating." Luna laughed a little bit.
"What?" Harry demanded, looking at her suddenly.
"Nothing." She said giggling. "It's just that that happened last year too."
Harry gave her a confused look. "Don't you remember?" Luna said, sitting up. "I was putting up signs for my lost things."
Harry blinked, surprised he hadn't remembered that. He looked away.
"Oh yeah."
Luna kept her pale eyes on him, making himself feel uncomfortable.
Suddenly Harry's stomach growled, and pretty loud too. He didn't notice it was so loud until Luna started to laugh as she lay on the ground again.
"I think you should go have some breakfast." She said through her giggles.
"Yeah, I guess I should." Harry got up, thinking she was going to continue her cloud watching. He discovered that she had gotten up too, and was following him.
She caught up with him, and they were walking side by side. She was humming "Weasley Is Our King," a song from last year.
Her singing was drowned out when they got to the Great Hall, which was filled with Ron and Hermione's bellowing. Prof. Miggonagal was trying to separate the two of them.
"I SAID QUIET!" she bellowed herself, and she suddenly performed the quieting spells on the two of them. Hermione shut her mouth quickly, but Ron kept on trying to talk, then he was grabbing his throat like he was suffocating.
"Oh stop it Mr. Weasley. Sorry you two, but I had to do it. You were getting much too loud. How dare you make such noise! Especially you, Mr. Weasley."
Ron stopped what he had been doing and stood straight, but his head was bowed. Harry joined Ginny, watching the show, not watching what Luna was doing.
"Now, I want you two to both say sorry to each other once I take off the spell, you understand me?" Miggonagal said, and Harry swore he saw a smile creeping up on her face.
They both nodded miserably. The Professor waved her wand again, and the spell was off.
"I'm sorry." The both of them said quickly and too loudly. Then they turned away from each other.
"I'm not finished with you." Their teacher said sternly. "Now I want you," she pointed to Ron. "To give Miss Granger a hug. You said some rotten things there."
Now Harry was sure she was smiling, but Ron was not. He was gaping at her with wide eyes and a disgusted look on his face.
"WHAT?" he yelled way to loud. Hermione looked slightly shocked.
"You heard me." she said sternly. Ginny giggled beside Harry.
Ron made a slight groaning sound, but he hugged Hermione anyway. He mumbled, "This is so embarrassing." And quickly drew away and glared at the Professor.
"Anything else?" he said.
"No. That will be all." She turned and left, the smile still on her face. Hermione and Ron joined Harry at the table, and Luna stood by Harry. She was looking straight at Ron, who wasn't looking at her, but closely at Hermione. He seemed to be trying to figure out her reaction to what he had just done to her. She looked calm, but she couldn't hide the grin on her face. Ron was frowning a little bit, but in a thoughtful kind of way.
"I've never seen Professor Miggonagal punish someone like that before." Luna suddenly said.
"What is that supposed to mean?" Ron said, suddenly looking towards Luna, who was still giggling.
"Ron, she just means that it's a very unusual punishment, if not a punishment at all." Hermione said, continuing to eat.
"How do you know? She could be insulting us right now." Ron said, still glaring at Luna.
Harry leaned towards Ginny. "What were they fighting about?" he whispered.
Ginny waited until Hermione finished her response to Ron before answering, "Something about Defense Against the Dark Arts." Ron made a comment to Hermione. "They were arguing about what happened when Fleur asked everyone to say something about themselves, and Hermione said," Ginny stopped as Hermione said something to Ron. "That Ron had a temper and got mad too easily at her." She stopped again as Ron said something. "Then Ron, feeling insulted, said that she got too bossy and bigheaded."
Hermione looked towards Ron and stopped to say something else. Luna stood behind them, watching them in an unblinking kind of way. Ginny continued.
"Hermione snorted and said, 'I do not.' Then Ron answered, 'Of course you do. You have been letting the tone down over the years, but-' then Hermione stood up, glaring at him and shouted, 'LETTING THE TONE DOWN A LITTLE BIT?' then the fight just went on from there." Ginny shrugged, watching them fight again, just like Luna. Harry looked towards his best friends. Luna was watching them too.
"Can you two not spend a day without fighting?" Luna said so suddenly that they both stopped talking- or yelling. Ron looked a little confused, but Hermione seemed to relax.
"I guess not." She said, then she started eating again. Harry and Ginny exchanged looks.
"I guess we should try that next time they start fighting." Ginny said.
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Harry took walk outside, with Sirius's mirror in his pocket. It was finally the first weekend of the year, and he was relieved. Though he had a ton of homework, he left it until the afternoon. At this minute many students were having breakfast. No one else would be outside- so Harry thought.
Lost in his thoughts, Harry was taken by surprise as he suddenly tripped on something heavy and he flew across the ground. Rubbing his head, he quickly got up to look behind him to see what had tripped him.
He blinked in even more surprise. He wasn't sure if what he was looking at was really there. He took a step closer, and looked down.
"Hello Harry." Luna said cheerfully. Harry turned his head.
"Why are you laying in the grass like that?" Harry asked, still standing up. Luna was flat on her back, and her hands were together on her stomach. Her pale eyes were staring up at the cloudy sky.
"I'm looking up." She said with a smile. Harry made a face, then he sat down, but not on his back, next to her. "Why?" he asked.
She shrugged. 'It's nice to look up at the sky once in awhile. It helps you think."
"I should try it then." Harry muttered, but he didn't. He remained sitting as a silence grew on them.
"Why aren't you eating breakfast?" Luna suddenly said out of the blue.
Harry, thinking she was just trying to start a conversation, shrugged as well. "I didn't feel like eating." Luna laughed a little bit.
"What?" Harry demanded, looking at her suddenly.
"Nothing." She said giggling. "It's just that that happened last year too."
Harry gave her a confused look. "Don't you remember?" Luna said, sitting up. "I was putting up signs for my lost things."
Harry blinked, surprised he hadn't remembered that. He looked away.
"Oh yeah."
Luna kept her pale eyes on him, making himself feel uncomfortable.
Suddenly Harry's stomach growled, and pretty loud too. He didn't notice it was so loud until Luna started to laugh as she lay on the ground again.
"I think you should go have some breakfast." She said through her giggles.
"Yeah, I guess I should." Harry got up, thinking she was going to continue her cloud watching. He discovered that she had gotten up too, and was following him.
She caught up with him, and they were walking side by side. She was humming "Weasley Is Our King," a song from last year.
Her singing was drowned out when they got to the Great Hall, which was filled with Ron and Hermione's bellowing. Prof. Miggonagal was trying to separate the two of them.
"I SAID QUIET!" she bellowed herself, and she suddenly performed the quieting spells on the two of them. Hermione shut her mouth quickly, but Ron kept on trying to talk, then he was grabbing his throat like he was suffocating.
"Oh stop it Mr. Weasley. Sorry you two, but I had to do it. You were getting much too loud. How dare you make such noise! Especially you, Mr. Weasley."
Ron stopped what he had been doing and stood straight, but his head was bowed. Harry joined Ginny, watching the show, not watching what Luna was doing.
"Now, I want you two to both say sorry to each other once I take off the spell, you understand me?" Miggonagal said, and Harry swore he saw a smile creeping up on her face.
They both nodded miserably. The Professor waved her wand again, and the spell was off.
"I'm sorry." The both of them said quickly and too loudly. Then they turned away from each other.
"I'm not finished with you." Their teacher said sternly. "Now I want you," she pointed to Ron. "To give Miss Granger a hug. You said some rotten things there."
Now Harry was sure she was smiling, but Ron was not. He was gaping at her with wide eyes and a disgusted look on his face.
"WHAT?" he yelled way to loud. Hermione looked slightly shocked.
"You heard me." she said sternly. Ginny giggled beside Harry.
Ron made a slight groaning sound, but he hugged Hermione anyway. He mumbled, "This is so embarrassing." And quickly drew away and glared at the Professor.
"Anything else?" he said.
"No. That will be all." She turned and left, the smile still on her face. Hermione and Ron joined Harry at the table, and Luna stood by Harry. She was looking straight at Ron, who wasn't looking at her, but closely at Hermione. He seemed to be trying to figure out her reaction to what he had just done to her. She looked calm, but she couldn't hide the grin on her face. Ron was frowning a little bit, but in a thoughtful kind of way.
"I've never seen Professor Miggonagal punish someone like that before." Luna suddenly said.
"What is that supposed to mean?" Ron said, suddenly looking towards Luna, who was still giggling.
"Ron, she just means that it's a very unusual punishment, if not a punishment at all." Hermione said, continuing to eat.
"How do you know? She could be insulting us right now." Ron said, still glaring at Luna.
Harry leaned towards Ginny. "What were they fighting about?" he whispered.
Ginny waited until Hermione finished her response to Ron before answering, "Something about Defense Against the Dark Arts." Ron made a comment to Hermione. "They were arguing about what happened when Fleur asked everyone to say something about themselves, and Hermione said," Ginny stopped as Hermione said something to Ron. "That Ron had a temper and got mad too easily at her." She stopped again as Ron said something. "Then Ron, feeling insulted, said that she got too bossy and bigheaded."
Hermione looked towards Ron and stopped to say something else. Luna stood behind them, watching them in an unblinking kind of way. Ginny continued.
"Hermione snorted and said, 'I do not.' Then Ron answered, 'Of course you do. You have been letting the tone down over the years, but-' then Hermione stood up, glaring at him and shouted, 'LETTING THE TONE DOWN A LITTLE BIT?' then the fight just went on from there." Ginny shrugged, watching them fight again, just like Luna. Harry looked towards his best friends. Luna was watching them too.
"Can you two not spend a day without fighting?" Luna said so suddenly that they both stopped talking- or yelling. Ron looked a little confused, but Hermione seemed to relax.
"I guess not." She said, then she started eating again. Harry and Ginny exchanged looks.
"I guess we should try that next time they start fighting." Ginny said.
