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"Captain!?" Hermione exclaimed as they ate breakfast the next morning. "Why, Harry, that's wonderful!"
"Yep," said Ron, oblivious to the fact that he was still making a mess on the table at breakfast - at the age of 16. "We're all just men of leadership! Well, you of course Hermione are a woman..."
Hermione glared at Ron. The two still hadn't gotten over fighting. Well, after all they wouldn't be the same if they didn't fight.
"So, how was last night with Malfoy?" Harry asked curiously - a little too curiously as Ron noticed.
Hermione didn't know if she should tell them about what she had thought she saw on his arm. For some reason she felt like she couldn't tell them. She wanted to find out what exactly Malfoy's situation was - why he had that shadow of sadness pass over his eyes - and telling her best friend's wouldn't help her gain Malfoy's trust. But what was she thinking?! Trying to gain a bloody Malfoy's trust? It was just an instinct, that's all. An instinct she had no idea why she had.
"It was okay," she tried to say nonchalantly. "I didn't produce a Patronus, yet. And imagine, last year when you were trying to get me to do it, Harry, I almost did! I guess I need more practice."
"Imagine that!" Ron exclaimed. "Hermione, needing practice with something!" He noticed the fury rising in her face, so he said, "I was just kidding, Hermione!"
Just then, Ginny came and sat next to them. "Hullo everybody. Ron," she gave sort of a disgusted look and Ron gave her back a 'what-did-I-do' look.
"Hermione," she smiled back at Ginny. "Harry..." Ginny said dreamily, sitting down. But luckily no one caught it.
They all returned her greeting and then continued in conversation.
"So, we have Care of Magical Creatures today with Hagrid," stated Hermione.
"Yep, how is he? I haven't got a chance to talk to him yet," replied Harry.
Ron flushed a bit, not for himself but for Hagrid. "Well, I heard that he's been seeing a lot of Madame Maxime during the summer."
Hermione's face lit up. "That's wonderful! Do you think she'd want to join S.P.E.W?"
Ron rolled his eyes, but Harry said trying to sound supportive as possible. "Of course! Why not try?"
Hermione's face lit up even brighter, and then she said, seeing the look of disgust on Ron's face, "Well, I guess I'll meet you there." She got up and left.
Ron said to Harry mockingly, " 'Of course!' " He started to laugh.
"What?" Harry asked, clueless of what he was talking about.
"Nothing," he began to burst into a fit of giggles. "Just the fact that someone fancies someone..."
Harry blushed. "I don't know what you're talking about... and besides who was jealous of Mr. Krum when he invited Hermione to the ball?"
Now it was Ron's turn to blush. "Er - we'll talk about this later. We might be late for class if we don't get going now!" So the two got up a left, not knowing that Ginny was listening to their conversation with extreme curiousity.
Hagrid decided that he wanted to continue on with the Thestrals from last term, as he did not explain much about them. So, the class went into the forest where Hagrid had laid a piece of meat for the Thestrals as bait.
"Well, I n'ver quite explained where these creatures come from," Hagrid started. He had a look of happiness on his face. After all, he was alleged to have had a nice summer with Olympe Maxime. And then he did get rehired, thanks to Dumbledore.
"I don't know if you've all learned a bit o' Wizard Greek Mythology... but emm.. well this 'as a lot to do with these thestrals...now there was a Greek God named Hades, who was the King of the Underworld."
There was a murmur from students. Many wondered why he was starting this Greek Mythology. This wasn't History class after all.
"Ay, quiet down, I promise this has a lot to do with thestrals," he hushed them. Most Slytherins rolled their eyes, but Malfoy seemed to have been intent. Maybe he was related to the Greek God or something. "Now, he abducted the beautiful Persephone. Accordin' to mythology, she was a God. But really, she was just an ordinary old Witch born with a lot of beauty. She wasn't happy down there, you know, bein' abducted an' all. So she bred these creatures, thestrals. That's why only people who have seen death can see 'em. See, ol' Hades didn't approve of her breedin' animals, so he put a sort of spell on them I guess." The majority of the class was now interested, especially Ron, Harry, and surprised to say, Malfoy.
"Well, one night she sent a few of these Thestrals up to Earth, without Hades biddin'. It's said that she sent a book with 'em, with a mystery key. Whoever found it would be the chosen one to read what was in the book. But see, only a chosen person can read the book. How they're chosen, hasn't been explained, must be some kinder spell or somethin'. Anyway, it's said that whatever message she was tryin' to send would appear only to the chosen one, and then disappear right after. Then that chosen person would put their own message in. There were different chosen ones, as the book passed down. One was said to be Rowena Ravenclaw, what we 'er bein' smart an' all. Since then, no one knows what happened to the book. But well, it's all just legend really, but that's how Thestrals came to be, as far as most of the wizarding world is concerned."
For the rest of the class, those who could see the Thestrals were allowed to touch them (those who didn't still tried obvliously) and learn to know about what they ate and how they functioned. Harry remembered that dreadful night when he had to ride the thestral. It wasn't the thestrals fault of course, but it was a hard night. Seeing these creatures just reminded him of how much he missed Siruis, and his spirits were down for the day. Now he was back to being curious about what was beyond the veil, instead of being happy about being made Quidditch captain.
A/N: This is a VERY important chapter, so if you didn't read the whole thing (those of you good enough to read my story big emo tears) then go back and read it!!! Okay, and the reviews I got:
angel718: Thank you for your support! I hope this chapter made everything a bit more interesting, as it is an important factor in the story! But I hope you keep reading!
seirra: Thanks! Hopefully it'll get better and better! Ahh, Hermione/Draco.. it could be interesting.. I'll try my best to make you like it. :) Or who knows what I'll do, maybe it'll end up Harry/Hermione? Hehe.. keep reading, I appreciate your reviews!
"Captain!?" Hermione exclaimed as they ate breakfast the next morning. "Why, Harry, that's wonderful!"
"Yep," said Ron, oblivious to the fact that he was still making a mess on the table at breakfast - at the age of 16. "We're all just men of leadership! Well, you of course Hermione are a woman..."
Hermione glared at Ron. The two still hadn't gotten over fighting. Well, after all they wouldn't be the same if they didn't fight.
"So, how was last night with Malfoy?" Harry asked curiously - a little too curiously as Ron noticed.
Hermione didn't know if she should tell them about what she had thought she saw on his arm. For some reason she felt like she couldn't tell them. She wanted to find out what exactly Malfoy's situation was - why he had that shadow of sadness pass over his eyes - and telling her best friend's wouldn't help her gain Malfoy's trust. But what was she thinking?! Trying to gain a bloody Malfoy's trust? It was just an instinct, that's all. An instinct she had no idea why she had.
"It was okay," she tried to say nonchalantly. "I didn't produce a Patronus, yet. And imagine, last year when you were trying to get me to do it, Harry, I almost did! I guess I need more practice."
"Imagine that!" Ron exclaimed. "Hermione, needing practice with something!" He noticed the fury rising in her face, so he said, "I was just kidding, Hermione!"
Just then, Ginny came and sat next to them. "Hullo everybody. Ron," she gave sort of a disgusted look and Ron gave her back a 'what-did-I-do' look.
"Hermione," she smiled back at Ginny. "Harry..." Ginny said dreamily, sitting down. But luckily no one caught it.
They all returned her greeting and then continued in conversation.
"So, we have Care of Magical Creatures today with Hagrid," stated Hermione.
"Yep, how is he? I haven't got a chance to talk to him yet," replied Harry.
Ron flushed a bit, not for himself but for Hagrid. "Well, I heard that he's been seeing a lot of Madame Maxime during the summer."
Hermione's face lit up. "That's wonderful! Do you think she'd want to join S.P.E.W?"
Ron rolled his eyes, but Harry said trying to sound supportive as possible. "Of course! Why not try?"
Hermione's face lit up even brighter, and then she said, seeing the look of disgust on Ron's face, "Well, I guess I'll meet you there." She got up and left.
Ron said to Harry mockingly, " 'Of course!' " He started to laugh.
"What?" Harry asked, clueless of what he was talking about.
"Nothing," he began to burst into a fit of giggles. "Just the fact that someone fancies someone..."
Harry blushed. "I don't know what you're talking about... and besides who was jealous of Mr. Krum when he invited Hermione to the ball?"
Now it was Ron's turn to blush. "Er - we'll talk about this later. We might be late for class if we don't get going now!" So the two got up a left, not knowing that Ginny was listening to their conversation with extreme curiousity.
Hagrid decided that he wanted to continue on with the Thestrals from last term, as he did not explain much about them. So, the class went into the forest where Hagrid had laid a piece of meat for the Thestrals as bait.
"Well, I n'ver quite explained where these creatures come from," Hagrid started. He had a look of happiness on his face. After all, he was alleged to have had a nice summer with Olympe Maxime. And then he did get rehired, thanks to Dumbledore.
"I don't know if you've all learned a bit o' Wizard Greek Mythology... but emm.. well this 'as a lot to do with these thestrals...now there was a Greek God named Hades, who was the King of the Underworld."
There was a murmur from students. Many wondered why he was starting this Greek Mythology. This wasn't History class after all.
"Ay, quiet down, I promise this has a lot to do with thestrals," he hushed them. Most Slytherins rolled their eyes, but Malfoy seemed to have been intent. Maybe he was related to the Greek God or something. "Now, he abducted the beautiful Persephone. Accordin' to mythology, she was a God. But really, she was just an ordinary old Witch born with a lot of beauty. She wasn't happy down there, you know, bein' abducted an' all. So she bred these creatures, thestrals. That's why only people who have seen death can see 'em. See, ol' Hades didn't approve of her breedin' animals, so he put a sort of spell on them I guess." The majority of the class was now interested, especially Ron, Harry, and surprised to say, Malfoy.
"Well, one night she sent a few of these Thestrals up to Earth, without Hades biddin'. It's said that she sent a book with 'em, with a mystery key. Whoever found it would be the chosen one to read what was in the book. But see, only a chosen person can read the book. How they're chosen, hasn't been explained, must be some kinder spell or somethin'. Anyway, it's said that whatever message she was tryin' to send would appear only to the chosen one, and then disappear right after. Then that chosen person would put their own message in. There were different chosen ones, as the book passed down. One was said to be Rowena Ravenclaw, what we 'er bein' smart an' all. Since then, no one knows what happened to the book. But well, it's all just legend really, but that's how Thestrals came to be, as far as most of the wizarding world is concerned."
For the rest of the class, those who could see the Thestrals were allowed to touch them (those who didn't still tried obvliously) and learn to know about what they ate and how they functioned. Harry remembered that dreadful night when he had to ride the thestral. It wasn't the thestrals fault of course, but it was a hard night. Seeing these creatures just reminded him of how much he missed Siruis, and his spirits were down for the day. Now he was back to being curious about what was beyond the veil, instead of being happy about being made Quidditch captain.
A/N: This is a VERY important chapter, so if you didn't read the whole thing (those of you good enough to read my story big emo tears) then go back and read it!!! Okay, and the reviews I got:
angel718: Thank you for your support! I hope this chapter made everything a bit more interesting, as it is an important factor in the story! But I hope you keep reading!
seirra: Thanks! Hopefully it'll get better and better! Ahh, Hermione/Draco.. it could be interesting.. I'll try my best to make you like it. :) Or who knows what I'll do, maybe it'll end up Harry/Hermione? Hehe.. keep reading, I appreciate your reviews!