"Can you believe this, Harry? Hagrid, our good friend Hagrid, the one who's always stuck up for us, the one who we didn't tell on when he brought his ten-foot relative for a family reunion, he kicked us out! He's changed, Harry, he's changed." Even the morning after, Ron went on and on about how Hagrid had kicked them out of the hut, before they even got inside.
"Look Ron, I'm just as upset as you are, but look at it from his point of view. Fifty boys, inside his house, without permission, looking through his personal, private, and odd stuff. One more boy inside the hut and it would've collapsed. And Hagrid counts as ten boys."
"All I'm saying is - oh mumsy. Look, it's Grumpy and Lumpy." Ron pointed to Hermione and Parvati sitting under the Whomping Willow. Since when were Hermione and Parvati friends? Harry thought. Ron and Harry walked over to them.
"Hermione? Parvati? Not to be rude or anything, but what the hell are you two doing together?" Ron nodded. Everyday keeps getting weirder and weirder.
"I know! It's like Voldemort playing volleyball with Dumbledore! Sirius brushing Snape's hair! McGonagall-"
"Okay, okay, okay, we get the point Ron. Look, this romance mystery rubbish has really brought Parvati and I closer. It turns out that we actually have a lot in common."
"Yeah, right. Next thing you know, Malfoy-"
"Did somebody mention my name?" Harry and Ron turned around to see Draco Malfoy standing slyly with Pansy Parkinson clutching to his arm. Standing behind him were Crabbe and Goyle guarding him, as if someone actually wanted to touch Draco. Hermione scowled at him.
"Hearing or saying your name is a pain to us all." Malfoy went forward and leaned close two feet apart from Hermione's face.
"Why don't you try to actually say that to someone who cares? Maybe a Mudblood like yourself?" Ron lunged for Malfoy.
"I've been waiting all my life for this moment and it's finally here." Ron pinned Draco to a tree and held up his fist.
"Don't hurt him, Ron!" Everybody gasped. Is she crazy? Ron finally is going to beat up Malfoy? Harry thought.
"What do you mean 'Don't hurt him'? He's been teasing you for the past six years! It's time to beat the ugly out of Malfoy! I have to hurt him... I need to hurt him... it is my duty to hurt him!"
"Look Ron, if you really want to help me out, don't beat the ugly out of Malfoy."
Ron lowered his fists and let go of Malfoy.
"Thank God you didn't hold on to me any longer! You were ruining a guy's uniform!"
Parvati spoke up.
"Why don't you just leave? Okay, Dra-go?"
"Fine. I'm leaving. But I'm going to get you back. All of you back! Be warned that Draco Malfoy-"
"Save the drama for your mama, Malfoy." Harry smiled inside his head. I never thought I could come up with a comeback that fast! Malfoy and The Malfoy Posse left with Pansy giving Harry an awkward look. Ron raised an eyebrow.
"'Save the drama for your mama'? You changed, Harry. You changed."
"I thought that was good!"
"Whatever."
Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Parvati sat around the Whomping Willow and talked about how Gryffindors were from Mars and Slytherins were from Venus. Ron laughed.
"All I'm saying is- oh mumsy. Loony Lovegood's making her entrance." Loony Lovegood made their direction barefoot wearing glasses with tealeaves on. Over her skirt, she had on what looked like a hula skirt. Hermione gasped. Parvati squealed. Harry stared. Ron screamed.
"Loony- I mean Luna! What are you wearing?" Luna smiled.
"Oh, you mean my latest design? I'm trying to keep in touch with nature. It's supposed to make me gaa-zay."
"Well, it's craa-zay." Everyone laughed. Just then, Harry had a thought.
"Oh my God! What time is it?" Hermione looked at her watch.
"9:06 A.M. Why?"
"We're going to be late for class!" Ron looked disinterested.
"So?" Harry gave him a look.
"It's Potions." Ron made his famous I'm-so-scared-so-hide-me expression.
"Mumsy."
A.N. Stay tuned for the next chapter in "The Note". So, what'd you think? I don't know about you, but this was my favorite chapter. Please review! Thank you!