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Catastrophe from Canada
By:rubber-ducky-lauren

Chapter 6: Three Plus Three Equals Disaster

It was lunch time and Ellie and Lauren were busy showing Anna as much of the castle as they knew so far, which left Hermione with her original friends, Harry and Ron, which was all just as well, seeing as she had rather wanted to talk to them, alone.

"Homework all done?"

"Yes Hermione," the two boys said in unison.

"And you're not just saying that so I won't make you do it now?"

"No Hermione."

"Good, because I wanted to talk to you, I think we may have a problem here."

"Regarding...?" Harry prompted.

"Well... a certain three girls."

"What's wrong, you upset 'cause they're showing you up?" Ron said.

"Ron!"

"Sorry, reflex."

"Well the new one, Anna..."

"Bloody hell, she's hot."

"Ro- well actually..." Hermione started, not knowing how to finish. The look on Ron's face was that of a child in the midst of opening a birthday present, unsure of what it may be, although knowing what they were hoping it might be. "She seems to have taken a liking to you, not that I understand why..."

"SHE WHAT?!" Ron shouted with a smile on his face, apparently ignoring the second comment. "Are you serious? Don't toy with me woman!"

"Oh no, I'm serious." She said, watching as Ron's face re-lit up, just before he started jumping up and down.

"So which one likes me?" Harry asked Hermione with a smug grin on his face. This look often irritated Hermione, and made her think that Harry was just even more big headed than usual.

"What makes you think that one of them likes you?" Hermione snapped, maybe in a harsher tone than she intended. She looked to Harry, about to apologize and say that she didn't mean it in such a harsh way, but Harry spoke first.

"Why? Am I unlikable? I mean... if one of them likes Ron, then one of them HAS to like me!" Harry was fortunate that Ron was still off skipping and doing his "happy dance" out of earshot of Harry's comment. Harry only considered how badly it sounded after it had come out, and was thankful that his friend was not around to hear it.

"No! That's not what I meant at all Harry, of course you're likeable!" Harry gave her a look. "Well not to me..." The look faded into comprehension. "But you're a wonderful person!" Hermione finished.

"Well if they don't fancy me then WHO?" Harry asked.

"Um... Malfoy..." Hermione mumbled.

"MALFOY?!" Harry yelled, loud enough for Ron to hear, because he came running back to reality.

"What about Malfoy? And what's the yelling for, mate?"

"Hermione just told me that Ellie and Lauren fancy Malfoy!" Harry yelled in an obvious state of shock and outrage.

"Ha, good one Hermione," said Ron.

"It wasn't a joke, I was serious! They're falling for Malfoy! I tried to explain about him to them, but they wouldn't believe me, they laughed! Can you believe it? They laughed at me! They told me that nobody who acted that sweet and charming could possibly be evil! Do you believe it?"

"Well Malfoy can only lead to trouble..." Harry started.

"And they're my friends! I don't want them to get into any trouble!" Hermione interrupted.

"So what are we going to do?" asked Ron.

"I'm not sure but I'll think of something, I'm going to the library, I'll see you both later." Hermione stated as she took off for the library.

Once Hermione had settled herself into her usual table in the restricted section of the Hogwarts library, she started to think to herself about how she could save her friends. Why Malfoy, she thought to herself as she sighed heavily. Why not someone more like Harry? Wait a minute- she interrupted her own thinking, that's it! If Harry made them fancy him by... well I'm not entirely sure how yet but I'll work out the details later... then they'll forget all about Malfoy! Wait- she interrupted herself again, as she thought about how there were two girls, and only one Harry, and Ron was already taken. But she then decided that she couldn't be bothered with the little detailed and thought they could battle it out between each other or however they usually resolved matters like that. So after about five minutes of sitting in the library Hermione rushed out to find Harry and Ron.

Literally sprinting as though her life depended on it, Hermione was scanning the hallways for familiar faces when she saw some, although they were not quite the ones she was looking for.

"Whoa, Hermione, what's the rush?" Lauren called out to Hermione.

"Yeah, why are you in such a hurry?" Ellie asked as the she, Lauren and Anna ran to catch up with her.

"I'm looking for Harry and Ron, it's rather important, have you seen them?" She asked her three friends, speeding up a bit in an effort to loose them, she didn't want them around while she discussed her "plan" with Harry and Ron.

"No but we'll help you look for them!" Anna called out. This was not going to be easy, Hermione thought to herself.

"Oh wait! I just thought of something," Hermione said, coming to a halt.

"What?" asked Ellie.

"I forgot one of my books for our next class in the common room, do you guys think you could go back and get it for me?" she asked, knowing they were simply too nice to refuse.

"Of course 'Mione, come on guys," Lauren said as they all turned around and headed off to fetch Hermione her book. Of course Hermione had it with her, so she didn't know what they would think when they went back to the common room to find it empty, but she figured that by the time the girls got there they would have probably forgotten what they had intended to get anyways. She started running again and within minutes finally found Harry and Ron.

"Where's the fire?" Ron asked as Hermione almost doubled over from running so fast.

"I needed to find you two, I think I've figured out a way to save Lauren and Ellie from Malfoy."

"Ok, what is it?" Harry asked anxiously.

"Alright, here's the plan..."

Author's Note: YES!!! What a cliffhanger, hey? I've always wanted to do that! Sorry to leave you all hanging here, but now you'll be in suspense until I decide to release my next chapter! Mwahahaha... all part of my plan to keep you reading! Did it work? Are you all intrigued? Well there it is, another decent sized chapter! How am I doing so far? Is it getting interesting or am I losing you guys? Tell me in your REVIEWS!!!