Chapter Nineteen: The Hogwort's Flush
Hermione was laughing at Tom's last joke about Snape. She didn't notice the two people who had just walked in.
Draco signaled to Hanna to stay quiet and out of sight. She nodded in understanding. He handed her his broom, and she hid behind some curtains as Draco snuck up behind Hermione.
She threw her head back laughing just as Draco started to tickle her. "Dra- Draco stop!" she couldn't stop laughing.
"Nope, not until you recite the schools motto."
"Now, Draco that's going a bit to far. As you can plainly see she's having trouble breathing, let alone have her recite Latin!" Tom chided and Draco stopped and hugged her instead.
"Sorry Mione."
"You just shocked me that's all." And she hugged him back.
"Oh! And I brought a friend!"
"Who?!" both of them asked suddenly, scared that it might be someone untrustworthy.
"Honestly you two!" and he looked over at some curtains. "Hanna, come on out."
The red head Hufflepuff peaked out from behind the curtains with Draco's broom clutched to her chest. "Uh, hi?"
Mione smiled largely and looked up to Draco. "You think that she'll work?"
"Of course, would I risk this otherwise?"
"Hanna Abott." Tom Nodded and shut his eyes. Then looked up at Draco. "She has a clean record, Draco, do you honestly think she'll go along with this?"
"Honestly, Don't either you have trust in me?"
By this time a very confused Hanna walked up Hermione and handed her Draco's Firebolt. "I have no clue what's going on, but everything seems well, right." She shook her head. "But that makes no sense in itself!"
"In this room, at this time," Hermione stated, "Never use logic, trust what you see." She smiled. "I guess I should welcome you?"
"To what?"
"We, haven't quite figured that out, but tell me Hanna what do you see?" Draco Smiled.
"Well." And she looked around. Tom understood what Draco was doing, and so did Mione. If Hanna figured it out, she was trust worthy, if she didn't, then whatever answer she gave, they would give back to her, and send her on her way.
"I see, Tom, from Ravenclaw." She smiled at him "I see Hermione Granger from Gryffindor, and Draco Malfoy from Slythrin, all acting out of character." She shook her head, and their faces fell. "You are all known as the top of your respected houses." They nodded. "And you're all friends from the looks of things." They all started to grin, just a little more. "And you all planning something, I don't know what, but you need me, and no I'm not a goody two shoes, and yes, I want in." She smiled and so did they all.
"OK! This is great!" Draco looked at Mione she had broken the silence.
"You." He looked sternly at the brown head. "Need to start practicing." And he pointed at the broom.
"Oh you ruin all the fun." And she pouted.
"And you know how to make me bend!" he shook his head in defeat. "Tomorrow then." And she cheered greatly.
"Ok, hello, I'm still a bit confused."
"Course you are." Tom stated, and drew Hanna's attention from the two. "You are to represent Hufflepuff in our little end of the year pranks." The other two looked over, and Draco sat down in his seat, like he lived here.
Hanna took the only other chair, which was black. She noticed that Draco's chair was green, Hermione's a gold and Toms a dark blue. "These chairs.." she started.
"Oh yes, since this is head tower, we have chairs that change into the respected colors of each persons house." Hermione explained.
"Ah, so, why do you need me form the pranks?"
"Well, besides the point that your house would win the house cup from the points we are bond to lose, having one of each house, would not only be a prank in itself," Draco started, "But it would bring security, the teachers can't take points equally from us, without it not mattering." Draco looked over at her. "And you know the halls at night as well as Mione, so I figured that you would help."
"Course, but if we are going to do this, we will need and alias, just in case." Hanna offered. "That, or a group name, just so that we are remembered as something other then, 'one student from each house'." She explained.
"Yeah but what?"
"What has four in it?"
"There are four animals, we could go by that?" Tom offered, a bit lost.
"No thank you, but I am not going to be a badger under any circumstances!" Hanna retorted.
"And Slythrin and Gryffindor don't need more prejudices!" Hermione added.
"Cards?" Draco offered.
Mione looked at him oddly. "Draco, we are having a serious conversation now, we can play later."
"No, there are four suits in a deck of cards, and four high cards. Why don't we use that?" Everyone else in that room looked at him, beginning to understand.
"And we could leave calling cards!" Tom agreed. And everyone laughed.
"Well, I'm the Diamonds and the Ace." Hanna Called.
"Why?" Mione asked
"Aces are the best! And I like the suit of diamonds." She explained.
"That leaves me the queen." Hermione responded, "I'll be the Queen of hearts."
"Nice." Draco and tom thought. "I'm spades," Draco called.
"Fine, but I'm the king."
"Fine."
"But what should we call us?" Hermione had a point.
"What do muggles call this card combo?" Draco asked Mione
"A perfect flush, why?"
"Then that settles it!" Tom exclaimed. "We are the Hogworts Flush."
And they all laughed in agreement.
Hanna found that she quite enjoyed being around them, they were happy, and not full of hatred, she just wondered how, or why this came about.
"So, tell me, how did you all become friends."
"Me and Mione became friends over the summer." Draco explained. "Mione could show you her book on that time period.."
"What book?"
"My book." And she went into her room to grab it, then went back to the group and handed it to Hanna, opened to the spot, "Read form here to here." And she pointed at the pages. And she did.
"You're getting more open about that." Draco muttered to Hermione as Hanna Read.
"I just figured that she should know it all, and it would just be hard to explain."
"I see." And Hanna Finished rather quickly.
"That makes sense, so Tom how did you join?" she asked.
"Head boy, I guess that I was just trust worthy." And he shrugged.
"Yeah right." Hermione Snickered. "You would have found out sooner or later, so we told you sooner, and as an ally to our secret, we became friends."
"Oh yeah." Draco suddenly remembered something. "McGonagall knows."
"WHAT?" Tom and Mione yelled.
"Oi! She only knows about me and Mione being friends, end of story, I had to tell her or I could tell you something."
"What?" Mione asked.
"I can make true silver, it can't be changed back."
"So that's why she was yelling at you today!" Hanna handed Mione back her book.
"Yeah, I told her about Mione, and I told Mione, you both just heard, so I don't have to tell her about you two." Draco beamed at his own cleverness.
"Oh ok." Hermione dismissed it. "But that's nothing compared to what I can do." She smirked.
"You learned how to control it?" Draco looked up.
"Yep."
"Show us!" Tom and Draco yelled, Hanna had no clue what was going on but smiled and urged her on silently.
"Alright, since you insist!" and she held out her hands. "How about those calling cards?" she smirked again and went back to concentrating.
Her hand glowed a brilliant gold, she shut her eyes, and looked properly. Seeing her goal, she urged it like her friends had her. Slowly the Gold left her hand and formed into a small brick shape, then it left and she opened her eyes. In her palm sat a perfect deck of cards, with the Hogworts seal on the back of each.
She started to deal out the cards as one would for a game where all cards were played.
Once Hanna got her set she noticed how, she only had Diamonds, and that her ace, was brimmed with yellow and black.
Draco noticed the same with his spades and jack.
Tom with his Clubs and King, and Mione with her queen and hearts.
"So, think that's enough control?"
"Yes." They all said simultaneously.
"Good." And she smiled.
"So, Hanna," Tom asked, fingering his king who looked like an older of himself with a raven on one shoulder, and a navy cape over his black robes, with a brass staff, "You understand our pranks form your reading right?"
"Yes, Mione wrote in full detail." She looked over. "Hope you don't mind, everyone else calls you that."
"No prob."
Hanna Beamed. "So, Tomorrow night," she said indicating that it was well past ten and she needed to be back. "We discuss all the details of the operation."
"And you start you lessons, and I Mine." Draco added.
"And I start teaching each of you how to do my tricks." Mione Continued.
"And I teach mine." Tom finished.
They looked at each other and smiled. "AGREED!" and they all laughed and went on their ways to their own respected beds, tomorrow was Friday after all.
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AN: So what do you think? Did Hanna enter to quickly? I hope not.
Also thanks to all of you for reviewing again and I would like to especially thank Tropical flavored yama, Sorry I spaced you on my full shout out! Falls and hands and knees begging for forgiveness.
That done, I hope you all like where my story is going, and no, its not getting any more weirder, except for the points you all can easily guess.
Have fun and enjoy December! (Remember, less then a month until break from school.)
Relena
Hermione was laughing at Tom's last joke about Snape. She didn't notice the two people who had just walked in.
Draco signaled to Hanna to stay quiet and out of sight. She nodded in understanding. He handed her his broom, and she hid behind some curtains as Draco snuck up behind Hermione.
She threw her head back laughing just as Draco started to tickle her. "Dra- Draco stop!" she couldn't stop laughing.
"Nope, not until you recite the schools motto."
"Now, Draco that's going a bit to far. As you can plainly see she's having trouble breathing, let alone have her recite Latin!" Tom chided and Draco stopped and hugged her instead.
"Sorry Mione."
"You just shocked me that's all." And she hugged him back.
"Oh! And I brought a friend!"
"Who?!" both of them asked suddenly, scared that it might be someone untrustworthy.
"Honestly you two!" and he looked over at some curtains. "Hanna, come on out."
The red head Hufflepuff peaked out from behind the curtains with Draco's broom clutched to her chest. "Uh, hi?"
Mione smiled largely and looked up to Draco. "You think that she'll work?"
"Of course, would I risk this otherwise?"
"Hanna Abott." Tom Nodded and shut his eyes. Then looked up at Draco. "She has a clean record, Draco, do you honestly think she'll go along with this?"
"Honestly, Don't either you have trust in me?"
By this time a very confused Hanna walked up Hermione and handed her Draco's Firebolt. "I have no clue what's going on, but everything seems well, right." She shook her head. "But that makes no sense in itself!"
"In this room, at this time," Hermione stated, "Never use logic, trust what you see." She smiled. "I guess I should welcome you?"
"To what?"
"We, haven't quite figured that out, but tell me Hanna what do you see?" Draco Smiled.
"Well." And she looked around. Tom understood what Draco was doing, and so did Mione. If Hanna figured it out, she was trust worthy, if she didn't, then whatever answer she gave, they would give back to her, and send her on her way.
"I see, Tom, from Ravenclaw." She smiled at him "I see Hermione Granger from Gryffindor, and Draco Malfoy from Slythrin, all acting out of character." She shook her head, and their faces fell. "You are all known as the top of your respected houses." They nodded. "And you're all friends from the looks of things." They all started to grin, just a little more. "And you all planning something, I don't know what, but you need me, and no I'm not a goody two shoes, and yes, I want in." She smiled and so did they all.
"OK! This is great!" Draco looked at Mione she had broken the silence.
"You." He looked sternly at the brown head. "Need to start practicing." And he pointed at the broom.
"Oh you ruin all the fun." And she pouted.
"And you know how to make me bend!" he shook his head in defeat. "Tomorrow then." And she cheered greatly.
"Ok, hello, I'm still a bit confused."
"Course you are." Tom stated, and drew Hanna's attention from the two. "You are to represent Hufflepuff in our little end of the year pranks." The other two looked over, and Draco sat down in his seat, like he lived here.
Hanna took the only other chair, which was black. She noticed that Draco's chair was green, Hermione's a gold and Toms a dark blue. "These chairs.." she started.
"Oh yes, since this is head tower, we have chairs that change into the respected colors of each persons house." Hermione explained.
"Ah, so, why do you need me form the pranks?"
"Well, besides the point that your house would win the house cup from the points we are bond to lose, having one of each house, would not only be a prank in itself," Draco started, "But it would bring security, the teachers can't take points equally from us, without it not mattering." Draco looked over at her. "And you know the halls at night as well as Mione, so I figured that you would help."
"Course, but if we are going to do this, we will need and alias, just in case." Hanna offered. "That, or a group name, just so that we are remembered as something other then, 'one student from each house'." She explained.
"Yeah but what?"
"What has four in it?"
"There are four animals, we could go by that?" Tom offered, a bit lost.
"No thank you, but I am not going to be a badger under any circumstances!" Hanna retorted.
"And Slythrin and Gryffindor don't need more prejudices!" Hermione added.
"Cards?" Draco offered.
Mione looked at him oddly. "Draco, we are having a serious conversation now, we can play later."
"No, there are four suits in a deck of cards, and four high cards. Why don't we use that?" Everyone else in that room looked at him, beginning to understand.
"And we could leave calling cards!" Tom agreed. And everyone laughed.
"Well, I'm the Diamonds and the Ace." Hanna Called.
"Why?" Mione asked
"Aces are the best! And I like the suit of diamonds." She explained.
"That leaves me the queen." Hermione responded, "I'll be the Queen of hearts."
"Nice." Draco and tom thought. "I'm spades," Draco called.
"Fine, but I'm the king."
"Fine."
"But what should we call us?" Hermione had a point.
"What do muggles call this card combo?" Draco asked Mione
"A perfect flush, why?"
"Then that settles it!" Tom exclaimed. "We are the Hogworts Flush."
And they all laughed in agreement.
Hanna found that she quite enjoyed being around them, they were happy, and not full of hatred, she just wondered how, or why this came about.
"So, tell me, how did you all become friends."
"Me and Mione became friends over the summer." Draco explained. "Mione could show you her book on that time period.."
"What book?"
"My book." And she went into her room to grab it, then went back to the group and handed it to Hanna, opened to the spot, "Read form here to here." And she pointed at the pages. And she did.
"You're getting more open about that." Draco muttered to Hermione as Hanna Read.
"I just figured that she should know it all, and it would just be hard to explain."
"I see." And Hanna Finished rather quickly.
"That makes sense, so Tom how did you join?" she asked.
"Head boy, I guess that I was just trust worthy." And he shrugged.
"Yeah right." Hermione Snickered. "You would have found out sooner or later, so we told you sooner, and as an ally to our secret, we became friends."
"Oh yeah." Draco suddenly remembered something. "McGonagall knows."
"WHAT?" Tom and Mione yelled.
"Oi! She only knows about me and Mione being friends, end of story, I had to tell her or I could tell you something."
"What?" Mione asked.
"I can make true silver, it can't be changed back."
"So that's why she was yelling at you today!" Hanna handed Mione back her book.
"Yeah, I told her about Mione, and I told Mione, you both just heard, so I don't have to tell her about you two." Draco beamed at his own cleverness.
"Oh ok." Hermione dismissed it. "But that's nothing compared to what I can do." She smirked.
"You learned how to control it?" Draco looked up.
"Yep."
"Show us!" Tom and Draco yelled, Hanna had no clue what was going on but smiled and urged her on silently.
"Alright, since you insist!" and she held out her hands. "How about those calling cards?" she smirked again and went back to concentrating.
Her hand glowed a brilliant gold, she shut her eyes, and looked properly. Seeing her goal, she urged it like her friends had her. Slowly the Gold left her hand and formed into a small brick shape, then it left and she opened her eyes. In her palm sat a perfect deck of cards, with the Hogworts seal on the back of each.
She started to deal out the cards as one would for a game where all cards were played.
Once Hanna got her set she noticed how, she only had Diamonds, and that her ace, was brimmed with yellow and black.
Draco noticed the same with his spades and jack.
Tom with his Clubs and King, and Mione with her queen and hearts.
"So, think that's enough control?"
"Yes." They all said simultaneously.
"Good." And she smiled.
"So, Hanna," Tom asked, fingering his king who looked like an older of himself with a raven on one shoulder, and a navy cape over his black robes, with a brass staff, "You understand our pranks form your reading right?"
"Yes, Mione wrote in full detail." She looked over. "Hope you don't mind, everyone else calls you that."
"No prob."
Hanna Beamed. "So, Tomorrow night," she said indicating that it was well past ten and she needed to be back. "We discuss all the details of the operation."
"And you start you lessons, and I Mine." Draco added.
"And I start teaching each of you how to do my tricks." Mione Continued.
"And I teach mine." Tom finished.
They looked at each other and smiled. "AGREED!" and they all laughed and went on their ways to their own respected beds, tomorrow was Friday after all.
*~*~*~*~*~*~
AN: So what do you think? Did Hanna enter to quickly? I hope not.
Also thanks to all of you for reviewing again and I would like to especially thank Tropical flavored yama, Sorry I spaced you on my full shout out! Falls and hands and knees begging for forgiveness.
That done, I hope you all like where my story is going, and no, its not getting any more weirder, except for the points you all can easily guess.
Have fun and enjoy December! (Remember, less then a month until break from school.)
Relena