Chapter 12 – Up in the air again

It was Saturday morning and the entire Gryffindor tower was either in bed or sitting around in the common room. Weekends were one of the best times for a Hogwarts student; you were able to still Practice Magic and you had the run of the castle with no classes. Most of the teachers looked the other way but heaven help you if you ran into Snape or Filch.

Harry and Ron sat around, dressed in there usual entire, jeans and t-shirt since robes weren't compulsory on weekends or holidays. Thankfully for the girls who had spend most of the night talking, today was Saturday and therefore no classes to attend.

Hermione woke early this weekend as normal, however she let her partner in last nights curfew breaking endeavour sleep longer. Quickly dressing and showering, she made her way down to the common room.

"Hey do you guys think we could go down to the Quidditch pitch?" asked Hermione.

"Mione you sick or something, you wanna play Quidditch?" asked Ron in disbelief.

"Well actually no, but I was talking to Katherine last night and she would really like to learn how to fly and I thought you guys could teach her; since she should have learned to fly in first year but well...."

"Sure why not what made her ask you, and not us directly?" asked Harry

"Ah well..." So Hermione begun to tell them about what happened last night, leaving out select details, which the boys really didn't need to know.

"Hermione why don't you go wake Katherine, while the two of us fetch our brooms, will meet you in the entrance hall in 20 mins. We'll you also pick up a broom for the two of you."

"Ah... don't worry about me I will bring a book."

"I dont think so... Hermione you would be a better flyer if you flew more." Said Ron

"Ok, ok I will." And with that Hermione fled up the stairs leading to the girls dormitory.

"Ok flying is really simple despite what Hermione says." Stated Ron he was happy that he was actually able to teach someone instead of him being the student.

"Ok cool so let's begin." Katherine was enthusiastic to do something that wasn't school related.

"Ok I think that best way to teach you was the same way Madam Hooch did with us." Harry was trying to think of the best approach, this was not the easiest thing.

So Harry and Ron went through the same procedures that Madam Hooch had them 5 years earlier. And between the contradictions of Hermione, Ron and Harry about what actually took place in their first flying lesion, Katherine took off.

During the trios bickering Katherine gathered enough information that she decide to try it herself. She rose high in the air feeling the wind all around her.

"Boys look up." said Hermione.

"Bloody hell!"

"Ron!!."

"Sorry Hermione."

"Arh... well shall we join her, since it seems our work is done?" interrupted Harry before his friends got into another battle of the wills.

So Harry, Ron and Hermione got on their brooms and joined the newest member of the group in the air. The four of them began to race around the pitch, with Ron and Harry showing off different stunts for the two girls.

After about 2 hours Hermione was getting sick of flying, so Ron and her landed and moved up to the Quidditch stands, leaving Katherine and Harry to continue their races around the pitch.

Unlike Harry, Katherine didn't think she could spend another couple of hours flying.

"Harry thanks a lot for today."

"No problem."

"Well I owe you one. However I have one more favour to ask you I really want to do some exercise, does this school have a gym or something."

"Well not actually but I can take you to a place that even better, the Room of Requirement."

"Uh ok...."

So Harry and Katherine left for the castle leaving Hermione and Ron behind who didn't even seem to notice that the other two were departing.

"Oh my god Harry this is incredible, thank you so much for bringing me here." She threw her arms around him and hugged him.

Harry just blushed at the affection the red head was showing him. 'She's so beautiful, but she would never think of me like that.'

After a few hours exercising Katherine headed back to the tower for a shower, where she met up with Harry, Ron and Hermione again, where they all headed down to dinner.

Hermione and Ron were involved in a conversation, leaving Katherine and Harry to talk.

"I wanted to ask you, where did you go after out first potions class?"

"I uh... went into the forest, where I uh... met up with some of the animals in there."

"Really, every time I go in there something awful seems to happen," said Harry.

"Well then we will have to change it how about you come with me tonight?"

"Er...."

"Come on Harry. I promises you will have a great time."

"Alright."

At the staff table Remus and Arabella were watching their godson and the conversation that was going on between the two students who reminded them strongly of a couple they once new.

The sun had set long before and the common room only had the last of the seventh years who were frantically preparing for their newts.

"Harry are you ready to go?"

"Now..."

"Yep, we can get out of here now and have some fun then be back before anyone notices."

"Alright just let me get something from my dorm."

"Ok."

Harry raced up to his dorm and quickly retrieved his cloak and map that belonged to his father.

"Alright all set."

They quickly ducked out of the porthole and made there way down through the corridors.

"Kat wait up a minute."

"What's up?"

"I solemnly swear I am up to no good." The blank parchment changed, to the very unique map of the school.

"Where did you get that?"

So he began to tell her the story of the Marauders, of course leaving out the identity of who Padfoot, Moony, Wormtail and Prongs where.

"Cool. So is there any more surprises that I should know about?"

"Uh.... well there is this." Harry pulled out his invisible cloak.

"Excellent this is going to be so easy to get outside now." She smiled and he threw the cloak over both of them and they disappeared through the castle into the forest.

"Alright Harry so take the cloak we will be fine from here." So both students reappeared in the blackness of the forest.

"Alright so what do you want to show me?" Katherine began to take him throughout the forest introducing him to all the friends she had made the wolves where the less welcoming of the animals however they were still civil. After 6 hours the hour was 6am in the morning and the sun was being to rise over the east tower of the castle.

"Alright we should probably be getting back?" Harry asked.

"Yep you're right, I don't think Hermione would cover for me if she finds me out of bed again."

"So you do this a lot?'

"Yeah."

"Well any time you need company I would be glad to join." He smiled at her. "I had a great time tonight."

"Me too and I would like your company."

"Well lets get back." They began chatting about nothing much important and walking out of the however focusing on their conversation forgetting to put the cloak on.

"Uh.... now I have you!" Mr Flinch had appeared out of know where and was now standing right in front of them.

"ummm...." said Harry

"Well what do we have here students out of bed and in the forest with that, I think that Professor Snape will be giving you a nice long detention for this one. What do you say Mrs Norris?"

"Meow."

Both students had been escorted to professor Snape's office where they had been giving a week of detention each; then had been sent on their way back to their towers.

"Well detentions not that bad it could have been worse," said Katherine.

"You never had detention here before have you, you'll see tomorrow night how bad it can be."

TBC

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