Chapter 31: Percy's Letter and the Special Arrival
Disclaimer: JUST SEEING THE WORD DISCLAIMER SHOULD TELL YOU THAT THE MAIN CHARACTERS AND ALL THAT ARE COOL ARE NOT OURS!!!!!!!!!!
Dear Minister,
After several hours of research, I have found all that was able to be found about the adopted girl and her family, which, if I may say so, is not much. If you need anything I shall always be just and owl away.
Sincerely,
Percy Weasley
I looked up from the letter and turned my attention to the dusty forms and papers.
'Father, Thomas Marlvo Riddle, yadda, yadda, yadda, mother was witch, not information about her, father was a muggle, what bad taste, again no information. Grew up in a muggle orphanage, yadda, yadda, yadda, hmm, that's funny.' He fumbled through the papers several times. "There's not any information about him from after Hogwarts. Dumbledor will know, he was teaching here around the same time. Where have I seen this name before?" I thought to myself, and it took a LOOOOOOOOOOOONG while to remember, "Ah yes. He was the student who got that half-giant expelled, a while after that girl died some fifty years ago. Haha! Old Man Hithers made me scrub that award fifty times by the time it was clean enough."
I got up and decided that now would be the perfect time to speak with Dumbledor about Riddle.
At Dumledore's Office
"Ah, Minister. What can I do for you on this beautiful day?"
"Well, I was in the trophy room and I was thinking back to when I was a youth here in this very building. And I saw an award that has been troubling me for the longest time.
There is an award that, if I am correct, was given to a lad for claiming to have captured the man responsible for opening the Chamber of Secrets. His name was Tom, something, right?"
The old man nodded his head.
"Well, ever since I could remember, I have wanted to meet him, he has always been my hero. Top marks, getting that award, and all of his other accomplishments. I was just wondering, do you know what became of him? I have been searching for him for as long as I can remember and as soon as I became minister, I searched the files and forms, but there is nothing about him after he graduated from Hogwarts. Do you know what has become of him?"
"I am sorry minister, but I do not know. He lost all contact, with me and the rest of the staff. If you would like, I could try to do some digging, but I don't think that I shall be able to come across anything if the ministry hasn't." he bowed his head. I got up and left the room.
Fuming, I went outside, making it look like I was observing the students, I thought about what I had overheard during the quidditch practice.
"How about I say that I want to try out for a position and cause a large distraction. You'll run away when they're all trying to help me, or something. If anyone sees you, which no one will except for maybe Ron or Harry, then I'll just say that you were delivering message. Nobody will think otherwise, but Harry and Ron will interrogate me later, probably thinking that you were giving me a message from my father. They would never want to think about me kissing you, you should have heard them when they found out about me kissing you-re friend, Vicktor Krum"' I remembered. Blood would matter to a Malfoy. Granger was adopted. I was stumped (A/N That is too easy, but if you want to laugh at the dumbass, go right ahead...rolling eyes). I looked up into the sky and remembered that tomorrow was the dance. I love dances held in honor of me. I wonder who the entertainment is. As my thoughts about the dance continued, I heard some voices in the distance.
"I can't believe it! We're gonna see 'Mione again! And twice in one month!"
"Yeah, and this time the rest of our school isn't here."
"Yeah, remember what happened with Jake"
"I told you girls to stay away from him."
"Do any of you remember how to get to the Gryffindor common room?"
I turned around and saw a group of teenagers. Four girls and two boys.
"Hello. I couldn't help but overhear that you are here to visit Hermione Granger. I am Cornelius Fudge, the Minister of Magic" I introduced myself, 'forgetting' that I was only the minister of the English Ministry of Magic.
One of the girls looked up at me. "Hi. I'm Judy, this is Rory, Dana, Lisa, Derek, and Rocco. We're the entertainers for the party tomorrow."
"Oh, so you're the surprise entertainment that I heard so much about"
"Yeah, but you didn't hear it from us" Rocky, or whatever, said.
"Hahaha. Would you like me to take you to the Gryffindor common room?" I asked.
"No thank you. Would you happen to know who Hermione Granger is, and if so, have you seen her?" Rory said
"Yes, now that you mention it, I think that she should be under the quidditch pitch" I said, remembering that that was where the two 'lovebirds' usually were after meals.
"Thank you sir" Lisa said as the six of them walked toward the pitch. I watched them go and then went back to my thoughts.
The six friends arrived at the quidditch pitch right in the middle of one of Hermione and Draco's many make-out sessions.
"I'm confused. Don't they hate each other?" Judy said, tilting her head to the side.
"Can you do that outside?" Lisa said
"I don't know, but I gotta learn" Rocco said. Dana slapped his arm.
Obviously, the two teens were too...busy...to notice their friends watching them. Judy then whistled very loudly, not being able to watch them any longer. As soon as she made a sound, the two jumped apart from each other, causing Hermione to hit her head on one of the poles holding the bleachers up and Draco jumped up, lost his balance, and fell flat on his ass.
"Ooh, smooth. Very smooth" Rory mocked.
"H-hey guys! What're you doing here?" Hermione asked.
"Now is that any way to say hello to us?" Derek said, sticking out his bottom lip
Hermione, now fully conscious, ran over to her friends and the seven trapped each other in the weirdest bear hug you will ever see.
"H-hi guys" Draco said slowly, walking over to them even slower.
"So, I see that you made your way back to our Crabby's good side" Dana said, putting her hand on her hip.
"C'mon you guys. You loved him over the summer, especially you Judy" Hermione said.
"Besides, it was a misunderstanding that caused the argument and-"
"The detention"
"The thing at dinner"
"The crying"
"The once forgotten, now remembered hatred"
"The overcome sadness that caused the fear to go to classes"
"Did we forget anything?"
"Yeah, the bruises he's about to get"
"YOU GUYS! Did you ever stop to think about who stopped Parvati and Jake and did everything else? It was Draco. Did you think about why I was just kissing him (Judy coughed at that, and everyone else rolled their eyes)? But you cant say anything about it. If anyone knew, not only would we be dead, like the saying, we'd be dead, physically Now please, this is between us" Hermione said seriously, then she put a huge smile on her face and the eight of them walked all over Hogwarts, with Hermione on one side of the group and Draco on the other.
In the Gryffindor Boys Dormitories
"HE'S NOTHING BUT A GODDAMNED BLOB! MADE OUT TO BE MOLDED INTO HIS FATHER!" Ron stormed.
"I DON'T SEE HOW SHE knew he would kill Malfoy, but she didn't say why, and that it was like with the three of us, but more, or something. Mainly what she said was that it had to be kept a secret." Harry said, trying to remember their conversation four days ago (A/N today is Saturday and the conversation was on Monday, we don't like to count).
Ron looked out the window and saw a group of people walking toward the castle. He noticed a speck of whitish blond hair and knew that it was Malfoy and His cronies, but then recognized the others as Hermione and her friends. "Hey Harry, look out the window"
Harry walked over and looked at what Ron was pointing to.
"Let's go" he quickly said as he grabbed his father's cloak.
"Um, that's your invisibility cloak" Ron said.
"I know." Harry answered. The two made their way outside. When they were a few feet away from the eight and they knew that nobody was looking, they put on the cloak and followed the friends.
"So how long have you guys been together, I mean you hated each other more than anything when we left" Judy said
"Yeah, and by the way you were going at it, anyone else would have thought that you two were a married teen couple or something" Derek joked
"Haha. For about a week." Hermione said to her friends.
She and Malfoy were on opposite sides of the group.
"Yeah, but like we said, this is a secret, so no more talking about it until it's safe, and don't ask why we used the word safe" Malfoy said in a serious voice.
"So how have things been going for you guys. I feel like it's been forever since we were together." Hermione said, grabbing Rocco in a hug
"Well, out little Judy is growing up. She actually has a boyfriend that I agree with. I'm on the quidditch team. Lisa is a-" Roco started, but Lisa cut him off.
"I started a club at the school. It's like one of the clubs you described at ypur muggle school. It's called debate team, right?"
"Yeah, that's a great idea Lisa. Draco, we should ask Dumbledor if our school can have one." Hermione energetically said.
"You guys should, and then maybe our schools can compete!" Dana said.
Harry and Ron listened to conversations like this for about thirty minutes, but were bored after five, until they heard something that sparked their interest.
"So, have you guys, you know" Judy said
Harry and Ron looked at each other. Knowing Malfoy from the rumors, they expected a yes, also from knowing that he would do anything to rise up in power.
"Mhm, yes we did. Right in my Gryffindor room" Hermione sarcastically began "I brought him into my dormitory through the common room and my house-mates didn't say anything, I mean, we're only sworn enemies who want each other dead"
"I was only asking" Judy innocently said.
"I think we should just stop following them" Ron whispered to Harry
"Yeah, what we're doing is something only Malfoy and his goon would do" Harry answered
"And we can just talk to one of her friends if she refuses to tell us anything" Ron pointed out.
The two of them ran behind a tree and took off the cloak. Ron hid it in the cloak he was wearing so nobody would see it. They walked over to the group and said "Hey Hermione!"
"Hey Ron and Harry. You remember my friends from America, right?" Hermoine said as she turned around
"Yeah. Hi. Nice to see you all again" Ron said.
Judy, Dana, Rory and Lisa eyed the two. They seemed to be hotter than the last time they were at Hogwarts.
"Well, we were about to head to dinner. Would you care to join is?" Harry said with an idea.
"No thanks. I think that we're just going to hang out" Hermione said.
"OK, we'll grab some dessert for you"
The two boys left. The second they got into the castle, Harry grabbed Ron and pulled him into an empty classroom.
"Hey! I'm hungry."
"THIS IS KILLING ME!" Harry said, really frustrated, "Why do I have a feeling that she knows more, but couldn't be anymore honest with us?"
"Because, mate, she can spot a loophole or bend that truth easier than anyone we know. Don't worry, I have an idea."
The two set off for dinner.
Fudge's POV
'So that's the band our little 'Hermione' joined.' Fudge thought to himself, observing the group of teenagers walking around the grounds. He followed them to the Great Hall, where there was a group of people surrounding them as they entered.
'They must be more popular than I thought.' And then he noticed them. The tattoos!
'Look at how horribly those two take care of themselves. I mean, they have those large dirt spot on themselves' he looked closer and corrected himself. 'WHAT THE-! Tattoos should be against school policy! They should be given at least detention for not hiding them!' he thought.
Before dessert appeared, Dumbledore stood up and addressed the students and faculty.
"Well, before dessert is brought out, I would like to make a few announcements. First of all is that, as most of you have noticed, our guests from our dance last week have come back to perform for our dance tomorrow. Will you all please stand up, including you Miss E.R." he smirked. The seven friends stood up to a round of applause and sat down after a short time of standing. "Next, I would like to announce that the dance will be for only fourth years and up The curfews shall be the same as the night of the back to school dance. And lastly, I would like the sixth years to stay behind after dessert. Now tuck in" and with that a large amount of desserts appeared on the tables.
After Dessert
"I would first like to remind you of an incident that occurred at the last dance. Now before you complain, I know that it isn't only your year that does it, but the way that everyone acted afterward is something that I do not expect from any person here" Dumbledore began in a strict voice, but then he went back to his usual self. "Now, there shall be a unity project that all sixth years go through. I know that we have only been in school for about three weeks and the project isn't until April, but there are steps to reach the final grade. The first announcement after this shall be given on Monday throughout your classes. That is all I have allowed myself to tell. Now, for the dance tomorrow, I want you all to be on your best behavior, dress appropriately, act properly and you all know what to do. You shall be allowed to go to Hogsmade tomorrow for attire and such" with that, everyone was dismissed and left the room, but before the group that we love so much and never stop talking about was asked to stay behind.
"Now, I would appreciate it if you played some more (pause) proper music. You know, music that the minister will enjoy and not, what do you kids say, diss (chuckles). I also would appreciate it if you, Miss Granger, would go to the dance with Mister Malfoy. All of the prefects have been paired up with someone from a different house and shall be finding out who they shall be going with tomorrow morning, and I thought that since you two have been getting along lately that you would like to go together. You, too, may go to Hogsmade but I would appreciate it, and I feel you would too, if you came at least an hour before the dance to set up and practice. The Great Hall will be open all day. You may go. You shall be rooming in the room of requirement tonight, and you may join them Miss Granger"
"Um, sir, I was wondering if Draco could also spend the night. We were friends over the summer but got into a fight during our last visit and I was hoping to catch up with him and-" Judy began
"Yes he may, but nobody else"
"Thank you"
The seven went off towards the Gryffindor tower, but were caught up to by Draco.
"Hey. What did the old fool say?"
"First of all, he isn't a fool. He is a great wizard and-" Hermione said, but we love interruptions.
"He said that you could spend the night with us in the room of requirement tonight" Judy said
"Cool. How about Derek and Rocco come with me to get some stuff and you girls can go with Hermione?" Draco said. They agreed and decided to meet up IN FRONT OF the room of requirement when they were done. COULD BE SO BLIND!" Harry said as he paced around the room
"UGH!!!!! I CAN'T STAND IT!!!!" Ron said as he stopped pacing. He turned to Harry
"What exactly did she say?"
"She said that if Voldemort..."