Chapter 18
Date Disaster
After their Grand entrance, Fred and George made their way to the staff table, whispered something out of Harry's hearing range, and made their way to the table where Phoenix sat.
"What happened to the joke shop?" asked Harry after a quick hello. He had a right to know, after all, he had invested a huge profit into the shop.
"Not enough business during the school year. We are open in the summer however." Said Fred
"How are ya?, Keeping in trouble I hope." Asked George
"Yeah, fine, you should have seen it yesterday. Your fireworks where amazing." Said Harry
"Oh, yeah, real witty" said Ron. He had gotten hit with a Caroline wheel and had been in a bad mood since. "Say, could you get us some more extendable ears? We are almost out."
"So, tell us, who have they got on the DADA post?" said Fred trying to strike up some conversation.
"Well, it's interesting actually, at first we had Lockhart, but he got chucked out for being one of Voldemort's Vast Vampires. So now Moody and Lupin alternate teaching." Said Hermione trying to steer them away from the Voldemort topic.
It was now the day before Valentines Day and Fred and George had been slipping Heart shaped dung bombs to anyone who would take them. They had explained in the common room.
"Our newest invention! Just set one down and once it explodes the place reaks of perfume! Also try our love bombs. When you see someone you like coming your way..." said Fred
"Just call them over, drop it when they get close enough..." continued George
"And they take one breath, and fall in love with the first person of opposite sex they see!" Finished Fred
"Also great for pranks!" Added George.
Every time Harry entered a hall it reminded him of the previous year when kids dropped so many dung bombs they put bubble head charms on themselves at habit. The one thing Fred and George failed to mention was how to get the perfume smell to lift. Harry almost bought a love spell bomb but Hermione had stopped him.
"Oh, Harry, don't! Neville tried one on me, they where off really quickly and they aren't very comfortable either. You feel all cold. And you could end up doing god knows what. Oh, Harry, Please don't!"
Harry and Cho decided to have their date the next day, Valentines Day. Tonks, Lupin, and Molly agreed to watch them in the room of requirement. They would wish it to turn into a romantic little restaurant, and Lupin and Tonks would be on their own date. Molly would be guarding outside.
Harry put on Dress pants and a white shirt with a tie. He took a shower and had purchased some Scruffy's Friz B Gone hair de-tangler in Diagon Ally, which made his hair become plastered to his head, and caused him to take another shower, and be late meeting Cho on the 7th floor. Cho was waiting for him and looked, there was no other way to put it, stunning. Her hair was tied in a neat looping bun on the back of her head, with a strand hanging on either side of her face ending with an elegant curl. She had a diamond and sapphire necklace on a silver chain, with matching earings. Her dress was a slim black spaghetti strap that ended just above her knees. It had the design of a periwinkle rose made from satin on the front and to Harry's delight the flower Harry had gotten her over summer was placed neatly in her hair. She wore black high-heeled sandals on her feet. Her make-up highlighted her features perfectly. Her pale purple eye-shadow made her amber eyes stand out beautifully, a shimmering pale pink and her eyelashes
Seemed to billow gracefully every time she blinked. Harry grasped her arm and they walked into the room which transformed into an elegant little restaurant. An imaginary butler brought them to a table in the corner. They each sat in a large throne like chair and there table was lit by a candelabra in the middle of the table. The main lights dimmed and romantic music began to play. They where to young for whine but Cho had a Shirley Temple and Harry had a Butterbeer. They each ordered a nice small salad, and then Harry ordered a steak with potato's and gravy. Cho wanted something lighter and ordered a nice soup. Afterwards they shared a large slice of cheese cake and some coffee. There date had gone smoothly and was almost over when Harry leaned over to kiss Cho and Lupin picked that exact time to look over to Harry and Cho. Alarmed at the fact that Lupin glanced at them Cho moved away and knocked her drink all over Harry. Lupin dashed over to help Harry (because he had fallen over when Cho moved away) and Molly had charged in screaming.
"RUN! THE DEATH EATERS ARE BACK!"
The restaurant scene vanished. It was now an empty room. Harry grabbed Cho's hand and they ran out of the room. Lupin and Tonks following them and Molly brought up the rear. They had avoided the death eaters for three whole floors already. Just one more floor to Dumbledore's office. Then there they were. Swarming up in a huddled shadow. Harry heard a drawling voice but it wasn't Lucius Malfoy. A tall teenage boy was leading the crowd.
"Draco How could you!" shrieked Cho.
Not a gang of death eaters walked into the light but a group of Slytherins lead by Draco Malfoy, Vincent Crabbe, and Gregory Goyle. Pansy Parkingston, and Millicent Bulstrode, and a ton of other Slytherins. Every one of them had there wands out and pointed at Harry and Cho. Without warning a spell was fired from Pansy Parkingston's wand and it hit Cho making her go all limp and fall into Harry's arms. He stunned most of them and began to push his way through the crowd but something was happening to the stunned students. Their skin began to bubble and morph. Their faces stretched and they turned into...
Their parents and death eaters!
The transformation had canceled the stunning spell and Lucius Malfoy had seized Cho's ankle and was pulling her towards him Harry was fighting off Bellatrix Lestrange and Crabbe and Goyle Sr. He stunned them and dove after Cho. Malfoy pulled her into his arms and was running down the stairs. Harry chased him out onto the grounds and down the shrieking shack passage. Harry followed him all the way into Hogsmead and into town. Villagers where now charging out of their homes and into the streets to see what the commotion was about. Lucius had seized and old copy of the daily prophet off the ground and Harry snatched onto the end of Lucius Malfoy's robes just seconds before a force unseen pushed all three of them into a spinning whirl of color and sound.
A special thanks to:
SiriusRulz14
You idea was awesome but I changed it a bit. Instead of Cho being Lucius Malfoy I made it Draco.
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