"Harry Potter Returns to Hogwarts"
By Alejandria
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Chapter Six: Howler
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Chloe awoke the next morning feeling as if a lot of trains had rolled over her during the night. "Ahhh." She groaned.
Suddenly the door flew open and Hermione walked in. when she saw Chloe sitting up in bed she said, "Good you're awake, get dressed so we can go down to breakfast. The guys have already left."
Chloe groaned and said, "Okay. Give me ten minutes."
Hermione nodded and walked out of the room.
Chloe sat there for a minute as the pain in her head subsided. She then stood up and picked out her clothes. "I have the world's biggest, bloodiest headache." She groaned to herself. She finished getting dressed and went down to the common room where Hermione was waiting.
Hermione looked up when Chloe walked in. She jumped up and said, "Okay, let's go!" Chloe followed Hermione out of the common room.
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When they reached the Great Hall Chloe looked around and spotted Tom. He was looking straight at her. She also noticed one of his goons point at Hermione and her and began laughing. Tom hit him and he shut up. Chloe smiled and walked to the Gryffindor table.
Chloe looked at Will and decided not to sit next to him. She decided to sit across from him, next to Matt.
He looked at her and began saying, "Listen Chlo…"
She interrupted him and said, "No, you listen. I mean what I said last night about me and you know who. If you don't like it then you can go to hell."
Matt looked at her astonished and said, "Damn. Somebody's pissed."
Will glared at him, turned to Chloe and said, "What I was going to say was, I'm sorry. I shouldn't try and tell you who you can and cannot go out with. Even if I don't like him." He looked down then back at her with quilt written all over his face. "Can you ever forgive me?"
Chloe gave him a small smile and said, "Sure, what are sisters for?" Will grinned and leaned over the table to give her a hug.
"Will! Stop that!" Chloe begged. "You're embarrassing me!"
Will pulled back and said, "Oops. Sorry."
Suddenly a troop of owls came flying through the windows. But one caught everyone's eye at the Gryffindor and Slytherin tables. It was a large, tawny owl with a red envelope.
"Oh my. A howler. I wonder whose it is." Hermione said as she looked at Chloe. They soon got their answer. The owl landed right in front of Tom Malfoy.
He gingerly picked it up and opened it. At the first words that came out of it everyone stopped talking. Draco Malfoy's voice filled the room.
"YOU STUPID, IDIOT BOY! HOW COULD YOU DO THIS TO ME AND YOUR MOTHER!? DO YOU REALIZE WHOSE DAUGHTER SHE IS? DO YOU KNOW WHO SHE HANGS OUT WITH? SOMETIMES I THINK YOU DON'T HAVE ANY BRAINS! IF THIS RELATIONSHIP GOES ANY FURTHER, I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'LL DO!"
Then the howler fell to the table and burned up.
Chloe looked around and saw her dad trying to hide a grin while he mother's face was frozen in a mask of horror.
Tom slowly got up and walked out of the Great Hall.
Chloe started to get up but Hermione pulled her back down.
"Hermione! What's wrong with you?" Chloe exclaimed.
Hermione looked at her and said, "Wait a minute. You don't want anybody to get any ideas yet."
Chloe shrugged her off, got up and followed Tom out of the Great Hall. She caught up with him just as he was starting to go up the stairs. "Tom! Wait!" she yelled after him. He stopped and turned to look at her. His face was set in a hard, cold stare, but when he saw that it was her calling him his face relaxed and a smile broke out.
"Thank god it's you." He said as he walked down the steps to meet her. When he reached her he stopped, looked at her, and then hugged her.
She pulled back and said, "So I take it your dad didn't like the idea of you and me together."
"Yeah. I guess not." He said then added rather forcefully, "He can go to hell for all I care." He grabbed her shoulders and said, "I love you."
She hugged him tightly and said, "I love you too Tom." Then the bell rang. "Oh! We'd better go to class now." Chloe said. Tom and she ran down the hall to their first class.
Professor Flitwick stared at Chloe as she came into the room. "You're late." He said.
"Sorry. It won't happen again Professor." Chloe said as she sat next to Hermione.
"What happened?" Hermione mouthed to Chloe.
"I'll tell you later." Chloe mouthed back. She noticed Will staring at her.
Chloe looked ahead as Professor Flitwick began talking about summoning charms.
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As class ended Chloe, Hermione, Ron and Will let everyone leave before them. "So, what happened after you left the Great Hall after Tom?" Hermione asked.
"Well we talked about what his dad had to say." Chloe said.
"Well, what did Tom say?" Will asked impatiently.
"Well he said, and this is exactly what he said; 'He can go to hell for all I care." Chloe said. "So in case you're wondering, yes, we are still going to go out."
They stepped into the Potions classroom and sat down just as the bell rang.
Professor Snape sneered at them; as if he was angry he couldn't give them a detention or take points from their house because they were on time.
"Okay…students. Take out your quills and parchment. We're going to take notes on werewolves the whole period and…" He emphasized the 'and'. "If you finish early you'll take notes on Dementors. Now take out you're books and begin." Snape said as he sat down behind his desk and bent over a book.
Grumbling, everyone took out their books, quills and parchment and began writing.
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Two hours later the bell rang and everyone gathered up their stuff and began walking out of the room. As the trudged to their History of Magic class Chloe said, "I really don't want to go to History of Magic. It's so boring."
Hermione looked at her and said, "Yeah me too." "Hey, let's skip!" Will said.
"Are you crazy Will? Do you not remember that Dad and Mom are here? Do you know that since Professor Binns knows who our dad is he might ask him where we were?"
"Oh, yeah."
The rest of the day dragged on. Professor Binns class, as usual, was very boring.
By Alejandria
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Chapter Six: Howler
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Chloe awoke the next morning feeling as if a lot of trains had rolled over her during the night. "Ahhh." She groaned.
Suddenly the door flew open and Hermione walked in. when she saw Chloe sitting up in bed she said, "Good you're awake, get dressed so we can go down to breakfast. The guys have already left."
Chloe groaned and said, "Okay. Give me ten minutes."
Hermione nodded and walked out of the room.
Chloe sat there for a minute as the pain in her head subsided. She then stood up and picked out her clothes. "I have the world's biggest, bloodiest headache." She groaned to herself. She finished getting dressed and went down to the common room where Hermione was waiting.
Hermione looked up when Chloe walked in. She jumped up and said, "Okay, let's go!" Chloe followed Hermione out of the common room.
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When they reached the Great Hall Chloe looked around and spotted Tom. He was looking straight at her. She also noticed one of his goons point at Hermione and her and began laughing. Tom hit him and he shut up. Chloe smiled and walked to the Gryffindor table.
Chloe looked at Will and decided not to sit next to him. She decided to sit across from him, next to Matt.
He looked at her and began saying, "Listen Chlo…"
She interrupted him and said, "No, you listen. I mean what I said last night about me and you know who. If you don't like it then you can go to hell."
Matt looked at her astonished and said, "Damn. Somebody's pissed."
Will glared at him, turned to Chloe and said, "What I was going to say was, I'm sorry. I shouldn't try and tell you who you can and cannot go out with. Even if I don't like him." He looked down then back at her with quilt written all over his face. "Can you ever forgive me?"
Chloe gave him a small smile and said, "Sure, what are sisters for?" Will grinned and leaned over the table to give her a hug.
"Will! Stop that!" Chloe begged. "You're embarrassing me!"
Will pulled back and said, "Oops. Sorry."
Suddenly a troop of owls came flying through the windows. But one caught everyone's eye at the Gryffindor and Slytherin tables. It was a large, tawny owl with a red envelope.
"Oh my. A howler. I wonder whose it is." Hermione said as she looked at Chloe. They soon got their answer. The owl landed right in front of Tom Malfoy.
He gingerly picked it up and opened it. At the first words that came out of it everyone stopped talking. Draco Malfoy's voice filled the room.
"YOU STUPID, IDIOT BOY! HOW COULD YOU DO THIS TO ME AND YOUR MOTHER!? DO YOU REALIZE WHOSE DAUGHTER SHE IS? DO YOU KNOW WHO SHE HANGS OUT WITH? SOMETIMES I THINK YOU DON'T HAVE ANY BRAINS! IF THIS RELATIONSHIP GOES ANY FURTHER, I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'LL DO!"
Then the howler fell to the table and burned up.
Chloe looked around and saw her dad trying to hide a grin while he mother's face was frozen in a mask of horror.
Tom slowly got up and walked out of the Great Hall.
Chloe started to get up but Hermione pulled her back down.
"Hermione! What's wrong with you?" Chloe exclaimed.
Hermione looked at her and said, "Wait a minute. You don't want anybody to get any ideas yet."
Chloe shrugged her off, got up and followed Tom out of the Great Hall. She caught up with him just as he was starting to go up the stairs. "Tom! Wait!" she yelled after him. He stopped and turned to look at her. His face was set in a hard, cold stare, but when he saw that it was her calling him his face relaxed and a smile broke out.
"Thank god it's you." He said as he walked down the steps to meet her. When he reached her he stopped, looked at her, and then hugged her.
She pulled back and said, "So I take it your dad didn't like the idea of you and me together."
"Yeah. I guess not." He said then added rather forcefully, "He can go to hell for all I care." He grabbed her shoulders and said, "I love you."
She hugged him tightly and said, "I love you too Tom." Then the bell rang. "Oh! We'd better go to class now." Chloe said. Tom and she ran down the hall to their first class.
Professor Flitwick stared at Chloe as she came into the room. "You're late." He said.
"Sorry. It won't happen again Professor." Chloe said as she sat next to Hermione.
"What happened?" Hermione mouthed to Chloe.
"I'll tell you later." Chloe mouthed back. She noticed Will staring at her.
Chloe looked ahead as Professor Flitwick began talking about summoning charms.
*
As class ended Chloe, Hermione, Ron and Will let everyone leave before them. "So, what happened after you left the Great Hall after Tom?" Hermione asked.
"Well we talked about what his dad had to say." Chloe said.
"Well, what did Tom say?" Will asked impatiently.
"Well he said, and this is exactly what he said; 'He can go to hell for all I care." Chloe said. "So in case you're wondering, yes, we are still going to go out."
They stepped into the Potions classroom and sat down just as the bell rang.
Professor Snape sneered at them; as if he was angry he couldn't give them a detention or take points from their house because they were on time.
"Okay…students. Take out your quills and parchment. We're going to take notes on werewolves the whole period and…" He emphasized the 'and'. "If you finish early you'll take notes on Dementors. Now take out you're books and begin." Snape said as he sat down behind his desk and bent over a book.
Grumbling, everyone took out their books, quills and parchment and began writing.
*
Two hours later the bell rang and everyone gathered up their stuff and began walking out of the room. As the trudged to their History of Magic class Chloe said, "I really don't want to go to History of Magic. It's so boring."
Hermione looked at her and said, "Yeah me too." "Hey, let's skip!" Will said.
"Are you crazy Will? Do you not remember that Dad and Mom are here? Do you know that since Professor Binns knows who our dad is he might ask him where we were?"
"Oh, yeah."
The rest of the day dragged on. Professor Binns class, as usual, was very boring.