How was my last chapter? Thank you to everyone who gave me reviews and I hope you continue and others give reviews also. I just realized I did something really stupid lol. In book 5, Sirius Black dies, and in MY first or second chapter, I mention that he comes by Harry's house. FORGET ALL ABOUT THAT!!!! Pretend he wasn't even there. Then you won't be confused about this chapter. Don't mind the mistakes if any! Enjoy!
Chapter 4- Christmas at The Burrow
It was 2 days before Christmas. Ron and the others had already written a letter telling Mr. and Mrs. Weasley they would be happy to join them. Nobody bothered putting up a Christmas tree or anything since they would all be at Mr. and Mrs. Weasley's. But all of each other's presents were wrapped. "Hermione, can I come in?" asked Ginny through Hermione's door. "Yeah, of course," Ginny opened the door and sat on Hermione's bed. "Do you have your stuff ready to go to Mum and Dad's?" she asked. "Yup. I can't wait either. I haven't seen your mum and dad in so long!" said Hermione.
"So," Ginny began, "Are you going out with Harry?" "I dunno. But guess what? Ron saw Harry and me kissing that night. Did you see him?" "No. How much do you want to bet he used an invisibility cloak?" laughed Ginny. Hermione laughed too. "Who knows? He probably did. Anyway, we better wake the boys up and make sure they've packed already," "Yeah,"
Hermione, Harry, Ron, Ginny, and Neville were all packed and getting ready to go to The Burrow (Mr. and Mrs. Weasley's house). "OK, let's apparate there," said Ron. "Alright," replied the others. They all apparated to The Burrow where they saw Fred, George, Bill, Charlie, Percy, and Mr. and Mrs. Weasley. "Oh! Hermione! It's been so long since we've seen you!" exclaimed Mrs. Weasley, as she ran over and gave Hermione a rib- crushing hug. "Not us!" said grinned Fred.
"What are you 2 talking about?" asked Mrs. Weasley, as she gave everyone hugs. "Hermione visited our joke shop!" said George. "And you never told me?!?" asked Mrs. Weasley. Before Fred or George could say anything, Ron said, "We wanted to keep it a surprise," "Oh, well thank you, dears. That's one great Christmas present," smiled Mrs. Weasley. "Anyway," she said, "I'll show you your rooms. Come on, you lot," Mrs. Weasley showed Harry, Hermione, Ron, Neville, and Ginny their rooms. The girls shared a room and the boys shared a room.
Ginny went to the bathroom, so that left Hermione and Mrs. Weasley alone. "I'm so glad you could make it, dear," said Mrs. Weasley. Hermione smiled. "And dinner will be ready soon, so make sure you come down. We might just send Percy up or something to tell you," she added. "OK," Before Mrs. Weasley left the room, Hermione said, "Mrs. Weasley," Mrs. Weasley turned around, "Thanks," said Hermione "No problem, dear,"
It was finally dinner time. Everyone had spaghetti. "Oh, I forgot to tell you," started Mr. Weasley, "There is going to be a Christmas party tomorrow.
All wizards and witches are welcome. The Ministry of Magic decided we should make Christmas more fun this year. Would you guys like to come?" he asked. "Sure," everyone agreed. "You know what that means don't you? The girls have to buy new make-up and dresses," teased Percy. Everyone laughed. Especially Ron. Percy was more outgoing than he used to be. "But we really should buy a new dress," said Ginny.
"Well, you better hurry to Diagon Alley. I think I'll come too, if that's OK with you girls," Mrs. Weasley said to Hermione and Ginny. "Of course you can come, Mum," said Ginny. The 3 of them left to Diagon Alley. "George, let's get to the joke shop and sell some stuff before Christmas," said Fred. "Good idea. Thanks for dinner, Mum. Bye everyone!" said George, as he and Fred apparated to their joke shop.
"Percy, do you want to head to the Ministry of Magic and decorate some for the Christmas party?" asked Mr. Weasley. "Sure. Hey, How about Harry, Ron, and Neville come. Do you guys want to?" he asked the 3 boys. "And Bill and Charlie," he added, as he looked over to them. "Alright, thanks," the boys agreed, "OK, then," said Mr. Weasley, "Let's hurry then," Before they all apparated, Mr. Weasley put a cleaning charm on the dishes so they could head on to the Ministry of Magic.
Meanwhile.......
Hermione, Ginny, and Mrs. Weasley were out looking for dresses, while the boys were also out. "Oh!" exclaimed Ginny, "Do you like this Hermione?" she asked holding up a red dress with gold ruffles at the bottom. "That's beautiful!" said Hermione. She went to the dressing room and tried it on. "How does it look?" she asked Mrs. Weasley and Ginny coming out of the dressing room. "It looks wonderful," smiled Mrs. Weasley. "Yeah," agreed Ginny. Hermione went to the changing room again and changed back to her own clothes.
"Hey, try this on Gin," said Hermione. She showed Ginny the same dress, only green ruffles at the bottom. Both of the dresses had a lot of detail and were just beautiful, even though they sounded like they weren't very pretty. "Wow, that's as pretty as yours!" said Ginny with excitement. She tried it on. "That's looks great on you," said Hermione smiling, as soon as she saw Ginny.
Soon after, Mrs. Weasley had a beautiful dress, too. "Do you girls want to head over to the joke shop and see Fred and George?" she asked Hermione and Ginny. They just stared at her. "Mum, I thought you hated the idea of the joke shop?" said Ginny. "Ah, well, maybe there could be some interesting things in there. So do you want to go or not?" asked Mrs. Weasley sweetly. Hermione and Ginny exchanged suspicious looks. "OK," they replied. So they headed on the twin's joke shop.
When they stepped in the door, George said, "Hi, guys. Whatcha doin' here?" "Mum wanted to see your shop," Ginny said. "Cool!" said Fred popping out from a door that read: Staff and Family ONLY. Mrs. Weasley, Ginny and Hermione looked around. "So, see anything you like?" George asked Mrs. Weasley. "Well, some of these trinkets are a bit interesting. I can't believe you two still have a lot of the things I took from you,"
"Don't worry, Mum, we didn't take it back," Fred grinned. "Right. I think we better get going, dears," Mrs. Weasley said to Ginny and Hermione. "Alright," said Hermione. Ginny nodded. They said their good- byes, then Hermione, Ginny, and Mrs. Weasley apparated out of the joke shop and back to the house.
When they got there, the boys were back, with the exception of the twins. "Hi Molly, darling," said Mr. Weasley, hugging and kissing his wife. "Guess what, Dad! Mum went to Fred and George's joke shop," said Ginny. Mrs. Weasley smiled. "Really?" he said looking at Mrs. Weasley. "That's right," she replied. Her sons and Harry were looking quite surprised. "So, did you buy your dresses?" asked Bill. "Yup," said Hermione.
"Well, do you want to be?" she asked. "Um...do you think it's the right time? I mean...I really have no clue, to be honest," he said. "Me too. Maybe this won't even work out. I like you Harry, but...I just don't know if this is the right time, or what to do," Hermione hoped Harry wouldn't take this the wrong way. "Really?" he said. "Well, yeah," she said back.
"I don't either," "You're not mad, are you, Harry?" "No, I agree with you. I didn't want to say the wrong answer," And it was true. He really liked Hermione, but he didn't want to end up losing her friendship. "Look, Hermione," Harry began, "I just don't want to lose you. You and Ron are my best friends. And if I lost either one of you, I'd be devastated,"
"I know, Harry. I know exactly how you feel. And I really do like you," "So do I. We better get to bed, before we wake someone up. Plus we want to save some energy to dance," Harry smiled. Hermione smiled back. "OK, goodnight," she said. Before she left, she gave Harry a kiss on the cheek.
Hermione woke up early in the morning around 7:30 A.M. She groaned as she sat up from her bed. "Ginny," she whispered, "Are you awake?" Ginny groaned too and said, "Yeah," she sat up on her bed too, "Kinda," she added. "I can't wait for tonight," said Hermione. "Can you do make up and stuff for me, Gin?" "Of course, you do the same for me too, please," "OK. I talked to Harry last night," "Really? What did you talk about?" she asked. "I asked him if we were a couple. He said he wasn't really sure. I kinda expected him to say that.
"Anyway, we decided that we weren't," Hermione said, as she got up, walked to her draw, took out a brush, and started brushing her hair, when Ginny said, "Oh, Hermione, I'm sorry things didn't work out between you guys," "It's OK, Gin, it didn't affect our friendship or anything,"
"Oh, OK, I thought you two got into a fight or something," said Ginny, a bit more calmed down. "Anyway, I'm going to get in the shower," said Hermione. A door in her and Ginny's room led to one of the bathrooms, just like Hermione's house.
After she finished her shower, she got dressed and went downstairs for breakfast. She found Neville down there. "Morning, Neville," she said. "Good Mornin', Hermione," he replied back. "I was just about to cook breakfast. Wanna help?" Neville asked. "Sure," said Hermione. "Hey, Hermione? I'm not trying to be nosey or anything, but..." he didn't finish his sentence, so Hermione said, "But what?" "Well, are you....going out with Harry?" he asked innocently. "No. We kissed the other night, but last night we decided just to be friends, so we didn't ruin ours or anyone else's friendship. And no, we didn't fight," she added after seeing the look on Neville's face.
"OK," he said. Hermione looked at him suspiciously, but didn't say anything. When they were halfway down cooking breakfast, Percy came downstairs. "Good Morning, Hermione, Neville," he said politely. "Good Morning," said Hermione and Neville. "Do you two need any help?" Percy asked. "No, we're fine. Actually, can you set the table and stuff?" Hermione said. "Sure?" he replied. Percy set the table, Hermione and Neville finishing cooking breakfast.
"Tonight is going to be fun," said Percy, "Remember Penelope Clearwater? The girl I dated in Hogwarts? Well, she's my date tonight!" he added. "Really?" asked Neville. "Yup!" "Oh, Percy, that's great! So you two are going out with each other?" asked Hermione. Percy nodded with excitement. Soon Harry came downstairs. Then Ginny.
Everyone greeted each other. "Guess what!" said Neville, "Percy is going out with Penelope Clearwater! Isn't that great? They're going to the Christmas party with each other tonight," said Neville. "Awesome!" said Harry and Ginny. "What's awesome?" asked Ron, coming downstairs. "I'm going to the Christmas Party with Penelope Clearwater," "Cool!" said Ron, happy for his brother.
Soon Bill and Charlie came down, followed by Fred and George. Percy told them his good news. Hermione and Neville started to serve everyone, and then Mr. and Mrs. Weasley came down. Once again, Percy said his good news. "That's wonderful, Percy, dear!" exclaimed Mrs. Weasley. "And this food is delicious! Who cooked it?" she asked. "Neville and Hermione," said Charlie. "Well," Mrs. Weasley began, "Looks like we have new chefs," smiled Mrs. Weasley. Hermione smiled back, and Neville turned slightly pink.
"We better head to the Ministry of Magic, Percy. Let's see if they need help with anything," said Mr. Weasley. "OK, dad," Percy replied back. They finished eating, washed their plates, and apparated to the Ministry of Magic. "Are you two boys going to your joke shop today?" Mrs. Weasley asked Fred and George. The twins looked at each other. "No," they replied.
"Does anyone have anything they want to do today because the Christmas dance starts at 6:30 P.M. and right now its 11:45 A.M.?" Mrs. Weasley said as she looked at everyone. "Nope," everyone replied.
At 5:30 (In Hermione and Ginny's room) .........
"Hermione!" said Ginny's voice. "We better start to get ready," "OK," said Hermione, coming out of the bathroom and walking over to her closet. She got out her and Ginny's beautiful dresses. "We are going to look great tonight," said Hermione looking at the dresses.
"I know," said Ginny, "Should we put make up on before we put our dresses on so we don't get any on them?" she added. "Yeah, good idea," The two girls walked over to the bathroom where the make up was, took it out, and put it on the counter. "I'll do your make up first," said Hermione. "Alright," Ginny replied. When Hermione finished, Ginny put hers on. "OK, all done!" said Ginny when she finished giving Hermione a make over.
"Thanks, Gin," "No problem, anything for my best friend," Ginny smiled. They walked over to their dresses and put them on. "Let's do hair now," said Hermione. They walked back to the bathroom and did each other's hair. Hermione's hair was in a braided bun, and Ginny's hair was in banana curls. "We look great!" they both said, laughing. Harry suddenly burst through the door and said "Are you girls ready for-" He stopped and stared at the two beautiful girls standing in front of him.
"Whoa, you girls look.....beautiful," he said still gazing at them. Neville and Ron walked in the room and were about to say something to Harry, until they too started gazing at the girls. "Harry! Ron! Neville! Time to snap back into reality!" Ginny laughed. "Huh? Oh, right, yeah, we're just gonna go down there," said Harry turning around. Ron and Neville followed him.
Everyone finally arrived at the Christmas party. It was wonderful there. Thousands of decorations were there. There was many different foods, drinks, etc. Most of them paired up with each other. Ginny with Neville, Percy with Penelope, Fred and George with Angelina Johnson and Alicia Spinnet, Mr. Weasley with Mrs. Weasley, Bill and Charlie with their girlfriends Jane and Laurie, and Ron and Luna Lovegood. She changed a lot.
Harry and Hermione were the only ones who weren't paired, but they were really enjoying themselves chatting. "Oh, look!" said Harry, "There's Dean and Seamus! Those girls must be their dates," Hermione looked at Harry. He looked back. "Do you want to dance?" he asked. "Sure," Hermione answered with a smile on her face. They got up, and started dancing. After their dance, they sat back down at their table. Ginny, Neville, Ron, and Luna joined them.
"That was fun. Did you guys see Malfoy?!? He was by himself! Usually he's bragging about getting all the girls, the git," said Ron with a grin across his face. "Where is he?" asked Harry. "Right over there, at that table," said Ron pointing to him. Draco looked over at Hermione. She looked back at him, then at her friends. "I'm gonna go get something to drink," she said. "OK," Everyone replied. She got up and walked over to the table with the drinks. Hermione grabbed a bottle of Butterbeer.
Draco walked over to Hermione. "Ah, look what we have here," he said, "A filthy Mudblood. So, is your new boyfriend Potty, or are you cheating on the Hufflepuff dork?" he smirked. "Please, at least I have a date. Even friends!" Hermione shot at him. "How dare you talk to a Malfoy like that," "Oh, gosh! I'm so scared! Please don't hurt me!" Hermione said sarcastically.
"You know you want me, Mudblood," he smirked. "I know! You're the only thing that keeps me alive, Malfoy!" she rolled her eyes and walked back to her friends. Draco walked back to his table, alone. "What took you so long?" asked Ron when Hermione returned to the table.
"Malfoy," she replied. "I swear," began Ron, "If he ever puts a hand on you I'll kill him!" he finished, putting his fist up. Hermione smiled and said, "Ron, please, I can take care of myself. I feel kind of bad for him. I mean he's just sitting there by himself. Maybe we should invite him to sit at our table," she looked over at him. He had his arms crossed and looked really bored.
"Hermione!" said Harry, "Are you OK? What's gotten into you? He's....Malfoy!" "I know," said Hermione, "But still. Look at him," Everyone looked over at him. "Well, that is true, he does look really depressed. Let's go talk to him," said Ginny. Neville gaped at her. So did Ron and Harry. "OK, let's go," said Luna. She, Hermione, and Ginny walked over to Draco. When he saw them, he said, "Look! It's Mudblood, Looney, and Weasel girl!" The girls sat down with him. Draco looked over at Harry, Ron, and Neville.
"Your boyfriend's are jealous," he smirked. "I knew you couldn't resist me, Granger," he said turning his head to Hermione. Ginny looked over at the boys and gave them a stare that said 'Get over here right now'. They sighed and walked over to Draco and the girls. "Hey, boys, your girlfriends really love me," Draco said still smirking. They ignored him. He stared at all of the people around him, and there was a small silence. "Well, what do you want?" he asked breaking the silence. "Well, you looked really bored," started Luna. "And we wanted to know if you wanted to hang out with us," finished Hermione.
"Really?" Draco asked. "Yeah," said Harry disappointed that his evening would be ruined. "Uh.....whatever. I mean uh...yeah, I'll hang out with you, I guess," "OK, great, let's go," said Ginny. The 7 of them walked over to the table that Fred, George, and their dates were at. They all sat down, except for Draco. "Are you going to sit?" Hermione asked. Before he could say anything, Fred said, "What's this joker doing here?" "The girls thought he was bored and asked him to hang out with us," sighed Neville.
Fred, George, Alicia, and Angelina glared at him. "Well, sit, ferret!" said Angelina laughing. Alicia, Fred, George, Harry, Ron, and Neville all laughed. Before Draco sat down, he glared at them. "I s'pose you want to stay for Christmas, too, eh?" said Ron. Draco laughed. "Yeah, right. Like I'd want to stay in your poor box. It's probably smaller than Granger's!" he said coldly, glancing at Hermione who gave him a dirty look. "Shut up! You Slytherin bag of scum!" yelled Harry. "You guys, stop fighting!" Luna yelled at everyone, sitting on the edge of her chair.
They all calmed down. "I swear, Malfoy, if you insult us one more time, I'll hurt you so bad you'll be crying like a baby," warned Neville. Draco stared at him, then at his hands. "Honestly, can't we just have a friendly conversation?" said Ginny. "Whatever," said Fred and George. "So, Draco...that's your name, right?" said Angelina. Draco looked up from his hands to her. "Yeah," he said.
"OK, anyway, where do you work?" she asked. "I'm trying to get a job at Hogwarts," he said. "Hmm....Good luck," said Alicia. "Guess what I heard!" said Angelina. "I heard Oliver Wood was trying to get a job at Hogwarts too, as a Quidditch instructor. Or Madam Hooch's assistant. He doesn't care what he does, as long as it involves Quidditch," "Oh, that's great, I wonder where he is," said Fred.
"Wasn't he the Gryffindor Quidditch captain?" asked Draco. "Yeah," said Harry. "I wonder if Snape's still working there," he added. "He is," said Draco, "I talked to him recently,"
"Well, do you girls want to dance?" Fred and George asked Angelina and Alicia. "Sure," they replied. As soon as they left, Mr. and Mrs. Weasley walked over. "Hi, dears, we were just going to leave. If you want to stay that's fine," said Mrs. Weasley. "Oh! Who are these two?" she asked, looking at Luna and Draco. "This is Luna Lovegood, Mum. And that's Draco Malfoy," Ron said pointing to them. "Oh, nice to meet you, I'm Molly, and this is Arthur," she said smiling and pointing to her husband.
"I'm awfully sorry about your parents, Draco," lied Mr. Weasley. "Thanks, me too," Draco said politely. "You two can stay over our place, if you want," said Mrs. Weasley. "Sure, thank you, Mrs. Weasley," said Luna. "OK, thank you," said Draco. They all knew Draco didn't really want to stay. "Well, we'll see you later, then," said Mrs. Weasley. "Bye," said Mr. Weasley. And with that, they apparated to their home.
Ginny, Neville, Ron, and Luna went back to dancing. "Hey! There's Cho Chang. I'm going to talk to her," said Harry, as he walked over to his old friend Cho. Draco looked at Hermione. She looks so beautiful, he thought to himself. Hermione looked back at Draco. He is so handsome, she thought. "Want to go for a walk outside?" Hermione asked. "Alright," he replied.
They both went outside and took a walk. "Are you really dating Potter?" Draco asked. "No. We decided not to date. Didn't want to ruin our friendship if we broke up," replied Hermione. "What happened to that other guy you were dating?" "I- I...broke up with him," "Sorry," "Don't worry about it. Why are you being so nice all of a sudden?"
"Do you prefer me being rude?" Draco said. "No, not really," "Hermione?" he asked. "Yeah?" Hermione didn't even realize he called her by her first name. "I- uh...I kinda...like you," said Draco. Hermione looked at him, and then kissed him. "I like you too, Draco," she smiled. He smiled back. "We better get back inside so nobody wonders where we are," he said. "OK," They walked hand in hand until they got inside. They didn't want anyone to know about them sharing a kiss.
So Luna and Draco headed up to their rooms. Draco sighed. He only wanted to be here because of Hermione. What would the others think if Hermione and Draco were a couple? Draco snapped back into reality and walked in his, Ron, and Harry's room. Ron and Harry stopped their conversation and stared at Draco. "What are you doing here in my room?" snapped Ron. "It's not just your room, now, Weasel. I share this room too,"
"Who says?" said Harry. "Weasel's mother," Draco said. "First of all, my name is Ron. Let's spell it out: R-O-N" said Ron like Draco was a child and was pronouncing their names wrong, "And that's Harry," he said slowly, pointing at Harry, "H-A-R-R-Y" Harry and Ron both laughed. But Draco glared at them disgusted.
It was now Christmas morning. "Hermione! Luna!" Ginny whispered excitedly, "Wake up! It's Christmas! Let's go see the presents!" Hermione's eyes shot open. She looked at a sleeping Luna, then Ginny. "She's still sleeping," she said. "Obviously," said Ginny. "Should we wake her up?" asked Hermione. "I dunno. What time is it?" Hermione looked at her alarm clock. "7:35," she said. "Yeah, let's wake her up," Ginny said. Hermione and Ginny walked over to Luna's bed and sat on it. "Luna, wake up. It's Christmas! Let's go look at presents!" whispered Hermione. Luna woke up and slowly sat up. She stood up and walked to the door. When she saw Hermione and Ginny not following her she said, "Well, are you coming?"
Hermione and Ginny smiled and the 3 girls walked downstairs. They didn't even notice who was on the couch. It was Draco. They quietly sat down next to him. "Happy Christmas," he said softly. "You too," the girls replied. All 4 of them stared at the beautiful Christmas tree and the neatly wrapped presents under it. "It's beautiful," said Ginny. "Yeah," said Luna. "Should we wake up Ron, Neville and Harry?" asked Ginny. "I'll go get them," said Hermione. "I'll wake the twins, Percy, Bill, and Charlie," said Luna.
"OK," said Ginny. When they left, Ginny said, "Draco, do you like Hermione?" "Why would I a Malfoy like a Mudblood like that? Especially that one?" he asked in a snappish voice. "I dunno. I just thought I saw you two holding hands last night. It must have been someone else, though. Sorry," she said. She knew it was really them. "Obviously," he said, "I need to use the restroom," he added. When he left, Hermione came downstairs. "They said they'd be down in a minute. Ginny?" she said, joining Ginny on the couch.
"Yeah?" Ginny replied. "Well, I kind of have to tell you something that happened last night. Do you promise not to tell anyone at all?" Hermione asked. "Of course," "OK, well, I was going to tell you last night but it was too late, so here it goes. Um...Last night, Draco and I went outside and uh....we...kinda...well, we....kissed," Hermione whispered the words 'kissed' like someone was listening in their conversation. "Really?" Ginny said trying to act surprised. "Yes," said Hermione truthfully.
Before the two girls could say any more about it, Luna came down. "They said they'll be down in a second," Luna told Hermione and Ginny as she joined them on the couch. Draco came downstairs, followed by Ron, Neville, Harry, the twins, Bill, Charlie, and Percy. They all greeted each other. "When should we wake Mum and Dad?" asked George.
"How about now?" said Bill. "OK," the rest of them agreed. Every last one of them walked up to Mr. and Mrs. Weasley's room. They woke them up and went back downstairs, Mr. and Mrs. Weasley following behind. They all took turns opening presents. Draco was surprised to get presents from everyone. Harry got a book called 'Enchanted Spells, Curses, Charms, and Hexes' from Hermione. She also got him a Photo Album with his name on it that only he could open it with a special key. They key would not work for anyone else who used it.
Hermione got an owl from Harry. "Oh, Harry! Thank you so much!" she exclaimed, running over to him and throwing her arms over him. "Um...Hermione? You're squishing me!" said Harry's voice. "Oh, sorry," she said smiling. Everyone finished opening their presents.
"OK, well, let's go have breakfast. Neville, Hermione, would you like to cook for us?" said Mrs. Weasley. "Sure," they replied. "Hermione and Neville made us breakfast the other day and it was just delicious!" Mrs. Weasley informed Draco and Luna. Ginny's new cat (the one she got from Harry) jumped in her lap. "What should I name it, Harry?" she asked scratching behind his ears. "That's up to you," smiled Harry. Ginny smiled back.
"How about Willy Wonka?" suggested Hermione, looking at Ginny's black cat. It had white fur on its stomach and each paw. "OK, that's a weird name. Where did you get the 'Wonka' part from?" Ginny asked. "A movie," Harry said, "'Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory'" he added.
Everyone soon finished eating breakfast. "Mmmmm...That was awesome, thanks!" said Luna gratefully. "Yes, it was great," Draco said. "No problem," said Neville. Hermione started washing the dishes while Neville dried them. "Well, we better head on to the joke shop!" said Fred. "Yup, good idea. Thanks for presents, everyone, Happy Christmas!" said George. And with that, the twins apparated to their joke shop. "We should head on to the Ministry, Percy," said Mr. Weasley. "Alright, then," Percy replied back.
"Happy Christmas!" they both said, apparating out of the kitchen. A few minutes later, Bill and Charlie left back to their house. They had to go to work the next day so they wanted to have a good rest. "Well, I am going to head on to Diagon Alley. Does anyone want to come?" asked Mrs. Weasley. "No thanks," everyone replied. "OK. Well, see you kids later," before she apparated to Diagon Alley, she said "Oh, and Harry, dear, a boy name Oliver Wood called. He said he wanted you to call him," she took a piece of paper with Oliver's number on it off the fridge and handed it to Harry. "Thanks, Mrs. Weasley," Harry replied.
She smiled at him, and then left. "Wonder what he wants?" said Ron curiously. "Dunno," said Harry, "I'll call him later," he added. "Have you heard from your mother or Randy, Hermione?" Ginny asked looking at Hermione. "No, I haven't. D'you think I should go see her?" said Hermione. "Um....yeah, I mean, it is Christmas," said Ginny. "Harry, d'you think you can come with me?" Hermione asked, turning to Harry. "Sure," said Harry smiling.
"Mum!" Hermione called, looking for her mother with Harry. No answer. "Mum!" Still no answer. Hermione ran downstairs, Harry following. "Mrs. Granger?" Harry yelled. "Harry, what should we do? D'you think she's hurt? Should we call the-" "Hermione," Harry said, putting his hands on her shoulders. "Chill out for a second. Maybe she just went shopping or something. D'you want to just stay here for awhile?" "Yeah, good idea. Thanks, Harry," Hermione said, hugging Harry.
Harry could smell the scent in her hair. He still really liked her. He really wanted to go out with her. What would he do if he found out about her and Draco? Harry snapped back into reality. "I'll call the others," he said, walking over to the phone. Hermione nodded. She walked over to the living room and sat on the couch. About 10 minutes later, Harry walked over to Hermione. He sat down with her. They sat in silence. "AHHHH!" screamed Harry. His scar burst into pain. He felt as if he were going to die. Then he fell unconscious and fell off the couch.
"Harry! Harry! Wake up!" Hermione said worried. She sat on the floor with him and put his head in her lap. She started crying. "Harry?" she whispered. She was scared. Her mother was gone and Harry was unconscious. What am I going to do? She thought to herself. She put Harry back on the couch and walked to the phone. She dialed Ron's number. "Hello?" said Ron's voice. "Ron! It's Harry! He screamed and fell unconscious! I think it's his scar! Please help me!" Hermione cried. "OK, Hermione, hang on, I'll be there in a second," replied a worried Ron.
Hermione ran back to Harry. "Harry?" she whispered again, shaking him so he would wake up. Suddenly, Ron apparated into the room. He ran over to Hermione and the unconscious Harry. "Hermione, tell me exactly what happened. Did he grab his scar or anything? Was he acting strange?" said Ron. "No, we didn't say anything for awhile. Then he just screamed and fell unconscious. Is he going to be OK, Ron?" Hermione asked looking at Ron.
"I- I....dunno," said Ron, as if there was no hope. Before the two could say anymore, Harry awoke and quickly sat up. "Harry!" Hermione exclaimed, "Are you OK? What happened?" Harry looked at her. "I....I had a vision. Like the one when Sirius died. And the one where Mr. Weasley got attacked. This one was bad. Really bad," He said, sweat dripping from his face. "I'll be right back," said Ron, and he disappeared. Hermione put her hands on Harry's cheeks and turned his head so they were looking each other in the eyes. "Harry," she said, "What happened?"
Tears started falling from Harry's face. He stood up, and said, "Hermione, Randy and your mother.....are...going to die," he looked at Hermione, who had tears strolling down her eyes. "Voldemort is back. And he's going to kill not just them, but Ron and Ginny, too. And all the other ones we love. But not us. I had a vision of us fighting him. Well, I dunno if we really are going to die, because I woke up," "But...Harry, m-maybe he hasn't r-returned. And maybe nobody is going to d-die. I mean...your vision a about S-Sirius....it wasn't really true," said Hermione.
Harry sat back down next to her. He placed his hands on her shoulders. "Hermione, this one was true. I felt it. I know this is really going to happen. But....there was more. Sirius isn't dead. And neither are my parents,"
Did you like this chapter? It was longer than the rest, as you can tell. I know there wasn't too much romance with Draco and Hermione, but more will be happening in the next few chapters. Please give reviews! Thanks!