Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince
By: Krystal Lily Potter
Chapter Twenty Two: The Snow-Mask Ball
Rating: PG-13 (more on the AA side)
Couples: HP/HG, DT/LB, PP/SF, LL/NL, DT/GW, LB/RW, LL/RW, HP/CC
Summary: As Harry and his friends enter their sixth year at Hogwarts they don't enter the cheerful world they left behind. They enter a world covered in a thick blanket of fear. It only hits Harry how important he really is when people start seeing him as the light that allows them to see under this blanket. Along with his friend he must battle the horrors of the past, present, and possible the future to begin the end of the war, hopefully before it hits Hogwarts. What happens when people start disappearing from under Dumbledore's protection, and one of the famous 'trio' disappears? It's up to the last two, plus some more friends, to find a way to save all the people that disappeared because they can't fight this war on their own...
Warning: Dark themes will be mentioned a lot and if worst comes to worst I'll rate this R because of that. There's swearing, mentions of suicide, murder, rape, gore/bloody scenes, and other dark things like that...honestly though it's not as dark as I make it sound...
NOTE (read this please!): There are some words and phrases in this chapter that might disturb some people...do not worry these are inside jokes between me and my friends! When you see them you'll know what I'm talking about and no none of us are insane (well maybe Kate and Talksalot) so don't worry...
"Unforgettable days spent together swinging on swings, and tickling each other. Times you remember and laugh about when you're bored. Sitting, talking, holding each other, never wanting to let go stupid little arguments about who love who more. The times you adore. Everyday, your love growing stronger and stronger. You never want the feeling to end. That is what I call true love that will never end."
Hermione hummed happily to herself as she sat in the Prefect's meeting room making an elegant looking poster for the Yule Ball this year. She had on a pair of flared jeans and a dark purple zip-up sweater with a light purple t-shirt underneath it. Suddenly the door opened and Harry walked in. His hands were shoved in the pockets of his baggy pants and he looked very bored.
"Hey," she said as he sat across from her.
"Hey," he replied and leaned his chair back, putting his feet on the wooden table. Hermione frowned heavily at him and moved her precious piece of large parchment out of the way.
He moved and looked at it with interest then said, "What's that?"
"It's the final posters for the ball," she said after a minute and handed it over to him. Harry took it and looked at it with interest. His eyes scanned over the words and the graphics before a wide smile appeared on his face and he said, "That's amazing."Her face was nervous, looking for his approval. When she got it her features seemed to light up quicker then a light bulb.
"You think so?" she asked him.
Harry nodded and passed it back. "So I suppose we have to give these to the Heads of the Houses to put in the common rooms right?" "Yeah," Hermione replied. "Parvati and Lavender have been attempting to kill me for leaving the information for the last minute.""I would if I didn't have something to wear already," he said with a smirk.
"I didn't know you cared about how you looked Harry," Hermione said in a mock voice. "I guess you're just a pretty boy.""I am not," he said with a frown.
She laughed at him then stopped as the door opened once again but this time Cho Chang walked in.
Her brownish-black eyes landed on the poster and she took it into her hands. "So this is it?"
"Yes that's it," Hermione snapped back.
"You came up with a wonderful idea Harry," she said in a sweet tone that reminded Harry strongly of Umbridge.
He got a disgusted look on his face then said, "Thanks but it was Hermione's idea. I only helped a little bit."
"Oh," she said with a frown that her attempting flirting didn't work.
"Harry," Hermione said suddenly. "We have to go to the common room remember? We promise Ron earlier."
Harry's face turned into one of sheer confusion and he said, "We did?"
"Yes now come on," she growled, grabbed his hand in right one and her poster in her left hand then dragged him forcefully out of the room. Hermione noted that she could pretty much FEEL Cho's temper rise. She shot a looked back at the Head girl and noticed that her normally prefect coloured cheeks were a bright red. A smile appeared on her face and she said sweetly, "Bye Cho." Afterwards she slammed the door shut. Harry's lips broke into a grin and he said, "Now that was brilliant. I'm so dense though, I almost blew your plan to get away.""I know you did," Hermione said. "But it's all good."
He ran his hand through his messy black hair and said, "If you say so."
She smiled at him as they continued up the stairs, not noticing the curious look on the young man's face.
After wording what he wanted to say carefully in his head he questioned, "What was that song you were humming?"
"Pardon?" Hermione asked. She had stopped walking and was facing him now with a confused expression promoting her features.
"That song," he said. "I've heard it somewhere before but I can't remember where..."
She shrugged and said, "My mom's friend would always sing it. You probably heard your aunt playing it or something."
"Yeah probably," he said and moved his hands behind his head as they continued climbing the stairs."It's been oddly quiet lately," Hermione said. "You know with Voldemort and all. It seems he and that other thing that's been attacking students has vanished."
"I know," he said grimly. "But so did the basilisk in second year for a little while when the Chamber was open."
She frowned suddenly at the memory of that. There was along uncomfortable pause between them.
"Could you see us?" Harry blurted out suddenly."See you?" she repeated.
"Yeah, when you were petrified, could you see us or what it like sleeping?" he asked. She seemed to think about this for a few minutes before saying, "Sometimes. Sometimes I saw you and Ron, sometimes the empty hospital wing, sometimes I just saw black and other time I was in places I didn't even know...""Like another world," he suggested.
"Yes! How did you know?" she questioned."When I was knocked out at Halloween something similar to that happened to me," he explained as they reached the portrait. "Frogglemeisters."
The door swung open and Hermione snickered then said, "Where did you come up with that?"
"You don't want to know," he said dryly and waited for her to go in first.
The two entered the Gryffindor tower to see a red faced, yet amused looking Ginny and a laughing Neville and Dean.
"What happened?" Hermione asked curiously.
"We walked in on Ron and Lavender having a little snogging session," Ginny said between fits of giggles. "Their faces went so red and there was a ten second pause as we all just looked at each other."
Harry got a mental image of this in his head and burst out laughing. Hermione looked highly amused at the thought too but she didn't really want to picture it.
"I'll be back," she said. "I've got to go give this to Professor Dumbledore." She waved the poster a bit and headed towards the portrait again.
"Hermione," Harry said suddenly and grabbed her wrist, stopping her from leaving. She faced him again and they stared at each other for a minute. "Yeah?" she inquired. He continued staring at her then shook his head, let go of her arm and said, "It's nothing.""OK," she replied unsurely then turned and walked out of the portrait.
Harry watched it close and kicked himself mentally. He sat down on the couch and grabbed a random book to read. Neville sniggered at Harry and said, "Your book's upside down."
"Huh?" he said and looked at it then turned it over the right way. "Thanks."
"I take it you're 'a little' distracted right?" Neville asked.
"Just a little," Harry admitted after a minute of struggling with himself for an answer.
"You're thinking about Hermione aren't you?"
"Where the bloody hell did you get that idea?" Harry said loudly, causing many people to look at him with interest. He waited a few minutes for them to look away but they didn't. He felt his cheeks heat up then he growled, "What? Do I have something on my face?!"Everyone then turned away at once but Harry knew they were still listening.
Turning back to Neville he said, "What gave you that idea?"
"You like her," he said back in a low voice and glaring at some of the people trying to listen. "Of course I do, she's one of my best friends," Harry replied but he knew that wasn't what Neville was implying."That's not what I mean. I mean you like her more then a friend. I've noticed it, Ron has, Lavender, Ginny, Dean, Seamus, even Mark, Nicola, Richie and Rose have noticed it! I think Cho has too..." he added as an after thought.
"It's only because of the rumour," the raven haired boy insisted.
"No it's not and you know it!" Neville said loudly.
"Alright already just keep it down," Harry hissed, his eyes flickering towards the other people around them."So you admit it?" Neville asked.
Harry stared at him before throwing his book down angrily and storming up to their dormitory, not noticing the knowing smirk on the brown haired boy's face.
Parvati was up oddly early in the morning for her, but she was on a mission. Last night she had bumped into Hermione when the other girl was heading up to Dumbledore's office and Hermione had told her that the posters concerning the ball would be up in the afternoon after the teachers had gone through it with their houses.
That, of course, didn't explain why she was up so early. You see Parvati Patil knew Hermione Granger was up at this time ever morning, as was Harry Potter. She planned on cornering them and attempting to give the information to her. She also wanted to know when the next Hogsmead visit was.
She looked across the room at Lavender, who was sleeping peacefully. She decided to let her friend sleep. It was Sunday and tomorrow there would be classes again, and finally then there was Christmas vacation!
Creeping over the magazines, books, cloths and accessories that we're spewed across the floor from her search for the perfect outfit for that day she silently made her way to the door and down the stairs. She opened the door at the bottom of the stairs and looked into the common room with interest.
Sure enough both Harry and Hermione were awake. Harry was stretched out on a couch staring at the ceiling with a bored look etched into his face and Hermione was curled up on a chair reading.
Parvati snuck over between the couch and the chair and said in a high toned voice, "Morning!"
The two jumped from surprise and Harry said, "Jeebus Parvati! Why not just give us a heart attack next time!"
"I'll keep that in mind," she said dryly. "So..."
"No," Hermione said out of nowhere, at least Harry thought it was nowhere.
"No what?" he asked her with an oblivious look on his face.
"But Mione!" Parvati whined. "You'll have to wait to find out at breakfast," Hermione said simply. "Dumbledore will be announcing when the next Hogsmead visit it and when the ball is a breakfast.""Well lets wake everyone up then and go to breakfast!" the black haired girl insisted.
"Are you insane?" Harry said. "Wake people up on a Sunday morning at 7:30? We'd be murdered.""No we won't," she insisted and ran up the stairs. There was a shriek head a minute later and both Harry and Hermione knew Lavender was awake.
"This is going to be along day," Harry said.
"I know," Hermione agreed with a sigh.
As Ron shovelled his breakfast into his mouth at an alarming rate the rest of the school ate and waited for Dumbledore to make his announcement.
The whole school knew Dumbledore was going to tell them about the ball today through a little link called the gossip change. Parvati and Lavender were pretty much at the top of that.
"How can news travel that fast?" Ron asked through a mouthful of eggs and bacon.
"Gossip travels faster around here then STDs do in New York City," Hermione said dryly.Ron choked on his food at this and Harry spat his pumpkin juice he had just taking a sip of back into his goblet and burst out laughing.
Like always when Harry Potter did something everybody looked at him but today he couldn't give a damn. He was in a good mood and his spirits were soaring high.
Dumbledore stood up and everyone went silent. An amused sparkle appeared in his pale eyes as he said, "Yes the whole school has been wondering about this ball I assume?" Everyone nodded. "Well it will be held on Christmas Eve this year just like last time except there's one large difference." Everyone was listening extremely carefully now. You could probably drop a pin in the corridor outside the Great Hall and still have it heard loudly. "There is a theme and I support the idea greatly especially in these times. It is a wizarding-muggle theme."
"Wizarding-muggle?" a few people whispered.
"The ball is for fourth years and up but you can invite a younger student if you wish. Now the theme, as many of you are wondering, has to do with the dress code. You are required to wear a mix of muggle and wizarding formal wear. Also you are required to wear a mask that covers half your face. I believe this was just for a little bit of an old classic theme, correct?" Hermione nodded from her seat at the Gryffindor table. "Excellent. Also dates are required for this event."People started talking loudly and it too a couple of loud bangs and sparks from Dumbledore's wand to make them shut up. "There will be a Hogsmead weekend next week. You may go the village on Saturday, Sunday and Monday to get the items that you need. I don't believe the masks will be giving out then personalized to match your robes. They'll be handed out during the week."
As he sat down the hall burst into loud talk again. Some people were yelling from one end of it to the other for their dates.
"This should be interesting," Harry mumbled.
"HARRY JAMES POTTER!" Hermione screamed as she wiped a large snowball off of her face. Her cheeks were a bright pink from the cold and like everyone else outside she could see her breath rise in front of her in swirls of vapour.
Harry smiled at her then ducked as a snowball flew at him again. It seemed almost all of Hogwarts was outside enjoying this school-wide snowball fight.
Suddenly both Harry and Hermione were assaulted by a large array of snowballs. Both turned and saw a laughing Ron and Lavender.
They shared a look then together they conjured a huge snowball and threw it at the couple. Afterwards they ran away from their stunned friend. They ended up on the main stairs and both burst out laughing so hard that tears were streaking down their faces.
"Harry," a voice said from the doorway. He turned around and saw Cho standing there.
"Yes?" he asked roughly, not really wanting to see her."I was wondering," Cho said, her eyes flickering to Hermione for a minute. "If you would like to go to the ball with me?"
Hermione's face turned red with anger and before Harry could say anything she yelled out, "NO HE CAN'T!"
"I wasn't asking you," Cho growled."Well I'm saying he can't because—because he's going with me!" Her eyes widened at her own words and she thought, 'Oh crap, I've backed myself into a corner this time...'
"Are you really?" Cho asked Harry, not believing Hermione.
"Yeah I am," Harry shot back without thinking, cursing himself silently after.
Cho's face turned the same color red Hermione's had then she turned around and stalked inside.
Hermione was right about the speed gossip travels. By the time people headed inside for dinner the entire school knew that Harry Potter and Hermione Granger were going to the ball together.
"I'm really sorry," Hermione said that night.
"Nah its ok," Harry insisted. "We might as well just go together now. Besides I'll be fun hanging around your best friend won't it?"
"Yeah," she agreed, wincing slightly at the best friend part. 'I just want us to be more...'
The week had trickled by slower then snail's pace but finally it was Christmas break. The Hogsmead weekend had gone well although people had to wait for their formal wear to be sent to them via owl for the most part.
Hermione insisted they get all their holiday homework done that first week off. Ron protested but she argued back saying, "Better to get it done now then we won't have to worry about it later."
So for that first week they read books, answered questions, went to the library and did long essays. Eventually it all got done (thanks to Hermione's supervision) but that didn't mean the two boys hadn't complained to their heart's content.
Now though it was Christmas Eve.
Just like the day of the last Yule ball most people were outside in the snow and like last year Hermione left early to get ready.
"Why do you need three hours?" Ron asked perplexed as the girl's started going inside."That's all that's left?!" Hermione said in shock. "THREE?!"
"We should have gone to get ready long ago!" Ginny said and they all went inside.
"Oh boy," Neville muttered.
About an hour before the ball the guys headed inside. They didn't think they needed that much time to get ready but thought they might as well get a move on.
Harry chuckled at Ron as he looked at his cloths curiously. Most guys were wearing the same thing, a white dress shirt, black pants, black dress shoes, a coloured tie and a set of robes over that to match their tie's color.
"Good thing we have to wear ties on our uniforms," Dean said as he tied his up. "Otherwise I'd have no clue what I was doing."
"I know," Ron agreed.
"I like the clip on ones some Muggles use," Harry said and Seamus started laughing.
"My pa uses one of those," he said. "It fascinates my mam even after 20 years of marriage."
The boys laughed to themselves and finished buttoning shirts, tying ties or tying shoe laces.
Soon it was 8:30, time for the ball to start.
"I've gotta go," Harry said to them. "The Head boy and girl as well as the Prefects have to open the ball. Why is it always me?"
"Because you're the bloody boy who lived," Ron insisted but not jealously like he might have two years ago.
"Thanks Ron," he replied, grabbed his mask and went downstairs. When he got there he found Hermione waiting for him.Suddenly he was very self-conscious of his semi-messy black hair and of his plain dark green robes and tie as he looked at Hermione. She was wearing a long, sparkly light purple dress with a deep purple robe over it. Her hair was up in some type of stylish bun and she was wearing MAKEUP!
"H-h-hey," he managed to get out.
Her head shot towards him and a large smile appeared on her face. "There you are! I was beginning to worry...what's wrong?" Her eyes looked at Harry's reddening cheeks. "You're not sick are you?"
"No, lets go," he said and they linked their arms together. "B-by the way...you look really nice."
A large smile appeared on her pink lips and she said, "Thank you but we've gotta get down there soon..."
"Yeah," he said as they walked through the door together towards the Great Hall. Half ways there Hermione stopped him and took out her mask. It turned light purple with a couple diamonds on it, and when Harry put his on it turned a dark green with a couple lightning shaped emerald green marks on it.They got down there and found the rest of the Prefects lined up to go inside.
"There you two are," Ebony said. "Well get in line, go on. You're in front of us."
Dave winked at the two of them and the stood next to their partners watching everyone else go in. They stood in two groups, one on one side of the doors. Harry smirked at Ron as he walked by dressed in a deep rich blue with Lavender who was dressed in a bright aqua. They smiled at the two and Ron nodded at Cho before walking in.
Harry followed Ron's gaze and saw Cho dressed in a golden-yellow color. She was shooting him angry looks from time to time but most of the time she clung to some Hufflepuff Harry didn't know. He could have cared less though. Once everyone was inside Professor McGonagall walked over to them and said, "Watch and when I'm sitting down you all come in and sit at the round tables with your names on them. There are two couples per table." With that she turned around and walked back into the hall."Alright guys lets go," Dave said and walked into the hall with his date who was Miss. Katie Bell. Cho and her date followed him in then all the prefects went in without a certain order.
People stared at the group and whispered. Some looked on with respect while others looked on jealously.
"See, being a prefect has its bonuses," Hermione said as they found their table and sat down. It turned out it was Ernie and his date, who happened to be Hannah Abbott, sitting with them.
"Just like the Yule ball," Ernie said and picked up the menu.
"You actually arranged for these again?" Harry said with a shocked tone as he picked his up. "Of course I did," Hermione replied briskly. "I thought it was much more convenient. Even if it is a lot more work for house elves..." She trailed off then started talking briskly about other things.Unlike last time he was already having a great time at the ball and wasn't bored at all. He, Hermione, Ernie and Hannah would randomly burst out laughing at times. The roar in the hall was great with people's laughter and excited talking. Harry caught sight of Ron actually eating slowly as to not gross out his date.
"Mione, do you even know what you're eating?" Harry asked her bemused. She had been staring at him oddly when she blurted out what she wanted to eat. Looking down she saw she was eating chicken. "I thought...oh well."
After the feast was over the tables all moved to the sides magically and the Prefects stood up.
Harry looked nervously at Hermione and said, "I think I got better from last time."
"You have to be better then Neville though," Hermione encouraged him as they went onto the floor with the others. He took one of her hands in his and put the other on her waste while she put her other hand on his arm. Everyone around them was doing the same. The poor little fifth year prefects looked terrified, except for Luna, who had Neville as a partner and should have been worried.
The music started and all of them started to move. Harry recognised the tune right away, it was the one Hermione had been humming the other day.
Look at the sky tell me what do you see
Just close your eyes and describe it to me
The heavens are sparkling with starlight tonight
That's what I see through your eyes
I see the heavens each time that you smile
I hear your heartbeat just go on for miles
And Suddenly I know why life is worth while
That's what I see through your eyes
He caught sight of Ron staring at them. The red head winked and gave him the thumbs up while Harry shot him back a look, causing both Ron and Lavender to laugh good naturedly.
Here in the night
I see the sun
Here in the dark
Our two hearts are one
It's out of our hands
We can't stop what we have begun
And love just took me by surprise
Looking through your eyes
Hermione was really glad now that she had blurted out that she was going to the ball with Harry to Cho when she, at the time, wasn't. Part of her mind told her that no matter what she still would have gone with Harry this year while the other half insisted that he would have went with someone else.
I look at myself and instead I see us
Whoever I am now it feels like enough
And I see a girl who is learning to trust
That's who I see through your eyes
Harry moved closer to her and listened as she started singing the song under her breath. He smirked in amusement but thought the song sounded even better coming from her. It was only then how much he realized they had all grown up, physically, mentally and emotionally. He remembered being the same height as Hermione but somewhere along the line he because nearly a head taller then her and was now matching Ron (although Ron was still a little taller) where the youngest male Weasley had easily been much taller then him.
Here in the night
I see the sun
Here in the dark
Our two hearts are one
It's out of our hands
We can't stop what we have begun
And love just took me by surprise
Looking through your eyes
Deciding it wasn't the time to think of things like that he just decided to dance and soak in the lyrics to the song as well as Hermione's singing. He felt like he was slowly about to lull off to sleep. Not because he was bored but because, for once, he was in a peaceful mood.
And there are some things we don't know
Sometimes our heart just needs to go
And there is so much I'll remember
Underneath the open sky
With you forever
Hermione smiled to herself and closed her eyes. At that moment she was truly happy.
"I wish things could always be like this," she thought. Or at least she thought she thought it.
"So do I," Harry agreed to her voiced thought, not really realizing what he was saying. They looked at each other oddly for a minute before laughing together quietly.
Here in the night
I see the sun
Here in the dark
Our two hearts are one
It's out of our hands
We can't stop what we have begun
And love just took me by surprise
Looking through your eyes
Looking through your eyes
The song ended and a second one began. Hermione sighed and looked around longingly and said, "I suppose you want to sit down now right?" More people were coming onto the dance floor and the Prefects were no longer needed.
He looked at her and said, "Nah lets dance some more, if you want to." He remembered how much fun she had with Victor in fourth year actually dancing so he decided to give it a go. Soon he was laughing really hard from his and Hermione's attempt to fast dance. They were having a great time.
"Let's go get a Butterbeer," Harry said suddenly. His face was red from the amount of moving he had been doing and the heat in the room."Sure," she said and they walked off to the side and found Ron and Lavender sitting down talking animatedly.
"Go sit down I'll get something," he said and turned off towards the refreshment table while Hermione sat next to Lavender.
"Having fun?" Lavender asked.
"Yup, did you guys dance at all?" she asked. "The slow songs, Ron isn't that good at it," the other girl replied and both laughed."At least he tried this year," Hermione said.
"I know," Lavender agreed.
"Hey!" Ron said loudly and waved his hands. "I'm right here, I can hear you!"
Both girls burst out laughing as Harry approached them. He raised an eyebrow and asked, "They tormenting you already Ron?"
"Just a little," Ron replied and rolled his eyes.
Harry sat next to Hermione and passed her a Butterbeer. The two sat in quiet conversation for a while talking about random things.
Suddenly another slow song came on and Hermione gasped then grabbed Harry's hand and said, "Come on I love this song!"
He smirked and said, "Sure. See you later Ron, Lavender." They heard Lavender complain about not dancing enough.
"Thank you for coming with me Harry," Hermione said as they danced to the song.
"No problem, I would have asked you anyways," he said then cursed under his breath. He couldn't believe he said that out loud. "Really?" she asked hopefully. "Yeah, I mean you are one of my best friends," he said to her. "Oh," she said and a frown appeared on her face.Harry suddenly felt his stomach drop at her frown. He wasn't quite sure what he had done to make her frown but he really wanted to know now. He hated when she was angry or sad, especially when it was his fault.
"Hi Harry," Cho said suddenly as she pretty much appeared out of nowhere by them. "Can I have this dance?"
Harry shot her a look and said, "I'm busy here. Besides you have a date so go bug him!"
"But I want to dance with you," she said. "It'd look better then you dancing with this...ugly Mudblood."
They stopped dancing and Hermione's mouth fell open. Most of the time a comment like that wouldn't bug her but now she just couldn't take it. She let go of Harry and ran out of the hall.
Harry's eyes changed from emerald green to a forest green quickly, which alarmed Cho greatly but it was his tone that scared her most, "You Cho Chang, are the biggest fucking bitch in the school. Hermione is 100 times better then you and don't you dare forget it you pathetic whore."Nobody had heard something so cold or mean come from Harry Potter and people stared at him as he stormed off after Hermione.
There was a silence from the people around him then somebody yelled, "GO POTTER!" A bunch of other people burst out laughing.
Hermione sat on the icy steps outside the main doors, holding her knees to her chest. She heard the door open behind her and somebody stop walking. There was a pause then Harry's voice said, "Hermione?"
"She was right you know," Hermione blurted out.
"Like hell she was," he said and sat next to her. "She was anything but right."
Hermione didn't look at him.
He sighed and reached over to her face. He took the mask off her face and saw tears pooling in her eyes. His hand rested on her cheek and he moved closer to her. "Don't let anything she says bring you down. She's nothing but a bitch and I let her know that."
A small giggled escaped her mouth and Harry grinned and said, "That's better."Hermione looked at him and took his mask off his face and put her head on his shoulder.
He moved an arm around her shoulder and pulled her so she was pressed against his side. They sat there for a moment looking at the white snow, illuminated by the moon's bright light.
A wide smile appeared on Harry's face and he said, "I can see the sun in the night."
"Hmmm?" Hermione said.
He pointed to the stars and said, "Every star in a sun and every sun is a star."
Hermione smiled at him and said, "That's one of the sweetest things I've ever heard you say."
Harry's cheeks turned a light pink but he was silent. There was a long pause between them."Hermione?" Harry asked, almost hesitantly.
"Yeah?" she replied and looked up at him.He seemed to hesitate for a minute before he leaned over and kissed Hermione on the lips. Her eyes widened in shock but she eventually kissed him back.
Here in the night
I see the sun
Here in the dark
Our two hearts are one
It's out of our hands
We can't stop what we have begun
And love just took me by surprise
Looking through your eyes
Authors Insane, Scary, Random Babbling
Let's end the chapter there. I'm serious! I'm such a bitch aren't I?????
Some of the inside jokes I was talking about were:
1) Frogglemeisters
2) Jeebus (gotta love Homer Simpson)3) Hermione's line there was something my friend Katie (Kate) said except she said, "Gossip and shit travels faster around here then STDs do in New York City." I just took out the shit part to make it sound more Hermione.
4) Randomly laughing at all times
Identity of the Half Blood Prince:
1) It's not Harry
2) It's not Remus
3) It's not Voldemort
4) It's not Dumbledore
5) It's not Hermione
6) It's not any Weasleys
7) It's not Mark
8) It's not Nicola
9) It's not Neville
10) That's all I'm saying
Nice eh?
Just so you all know I actually already DO have a sequel to this planned out...I just wanted to see if people actually WANTED one.
I've got nothing else to say so yeah...this chapter WAS NOT betaed like the last two but oh well, sorry for all the mistakes!
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I'm Not the Weakest Link – lol thanks!
Destined Enchantress – Nothing wrong with wanting reviews or being lazy! Yeah the 'love department' is going a little slower then in a lot of stories I've read but it seems a little realistic then some other cases...not all the time though...
Lady Nicole Potter – You must know eh? Well don't worry we'll find out what Ron saw...eventually. Any ideas for more doodles...ummm...how about glow in the dark for an addition? Yes the battle will have blood and gore, I can promise that. Your twisted you know that? Then again my sense of humour is too...sorry not saying who the HBP is yet!Carn – And that's coming from the person who never really read Harry Potter before reading this. Yeah I hate how the school's regulate things...ours can even control the PROGRAMS we go into! It's insane! They can also send messages to us but we can't send one to them...its scary...
Shaz124 – I wasn't intending for it as a cliffie but if you want it to be one then it is (lol)
Colorguardbaby23 – Yeah I will...eventually. You see in THIS story it's not that relevant...but it might be in another one...
ULTIMATE FAN – I know what you mean, I don't like signing in sometimes either because it's so much work! Talk about lazy eh?
Marauder-Magick33 – thanks! And were you asking bout the eh or something? Cuz I AM CANADIAN! LMAO! Yeah I know I'm weird
Drake Symthe – Really? Wow it left another person thinking too. I wanna know how come now! I don't get it! yeah...I'm clueless to my own writing...
Hpfanchrissy1502 – thank you!
Gorav1 – No I'm not saying what people saw yet. No Mark isn't the HPB it's---ohh almost got me there! There is a reason Mark didn't see anything but that comes LATER!CastusAlbusCor – Yeah it was a song...Everytime by Britney Spears (it's one of two songs I like by her...) and as for grammar and spelling, I'm sure this chapter makes up for the lack of it in the last one...
Hermionestwin1990 – No I'm leaving the story at this chapter. I'M KIDDEN! Don't kill me!
LJstagflower4e – LMAO YOU DID?! That's great! We don't have a school newspaper here (cheap ass school...cheap ass city too!) Glad you liked this chapter.
Darkarts65 – Thank you. Also I actually DO have the next story planned out (beginning to end) I just wanted to see if people wanted it...
Mosleyn001 – LMAO is net-speak for "laughing my ass off" I didn't know that at first either. I can't remember saying Lily's eyes were brown before...yup I'm only 15, and I'd LIKE to be a writer but I'm not good enough...No the half blood prince isn't Remus. The little animals don't have a REAL purpose themselves, but what they represent does. The animals were just for the fun of it.
GatomonandKarifan – ...you're kidden right? LMAO! No I'm not making fun of you or anything but that's kinda sad ya know?
JD22 – Thank you
Alianne – I started this story first under the title "Green Flame Torch" but by I think chapter four I changed it...I think...
Runaway Spirit – I would but I have the chapters all planned out for long chapters and I couldn't split them up now because it would mess me up. People just have to be patient. I referred to people by their last names just for a little bit of a difference, repeating gets annoying after awhile...
You know who I am – Thank you and yes I know who you are! LOL!
Shana – Woah big words...I'm stupid ya know! LMAO! Kidden! Thanks for the review!
Aqua Mage – Mark is a Muggle-born as is Nicola
Harry-Potter-Rule – More H/Hr in this chapter and yeah your right with all your little conclusions Harry Potter is NOT the Half Blood Prince.
Please R&R!
Krystal Lily Potter