A/N: well well.. SECOND CHAPTER!!!! Wheeeeee! Im trying to add in something original in this one.. wish me luck! Oh, in my story, harry defeated voldemort, but im not going to go into detail, because that's not what my story is focusing on. go romance!
Happy Endings Are For Wusses
Dragonzflame
"What were they up to?" Ginny asked, a perplexed look on her face.
"Oh, they only hang around because I am the 'famous boy-who-lived-to-defeat-Voldemort.' Its really annoying because they only really just found out about it through the Daily Prophet." Harry said, disgruntled.
"Speaking of the Daily Prophet," Ron piped in, "Dad told me that Rita Skeeter got her job back. She is the Ministry's official reporter now, I wonder what she did to get that position."
"Probably something else illegal," Hermione said with a distasteful look on her face, "I wouldn't put anything past that dreadful woman."
"I heard something about Cornelius Fudge owing her a favor for something she did for him, but I never found out what it was," Harry said, "It was something about Azkaban and the remaining death-eater prisoners."
Ginny quickly popped in the conversation to keep it from stumbling on a awkward topic, "Hey Hermione, I heard something over the summer about this muggle game called 'Truth or.. something.' Have you heard of it?"
"Yeah, its called 'Truth or Dare.' It's actually really fun! How you play is..." As Hermione launched into explaining the rules of the game with gusto, Ginny glanced over at Harry, who gave her a grateful look for changing the topic. Ron noted the exchange, but wisely kept quiet.
"... So what do you think Ginny? Doesn't it sound fun?" Hermione asked, "I think we should start a game!"
"Yeah! That sounds awesome! We should start a game with the 6th and 7th years, it could go all year long!" Ginny said excitedly.
"Yeah, we could do it with all of the houses too! That would be so much fun, we would have to get Dumbledore's approval, and make up a magical contract for people to sign, so they can't cheat of course..." Hermione walked out of the compartment, mumbling to herself about the spells needed to make the contract.
"Ah, Hermione, you got to love her, but she's a bit obsessive sometimes," Harry said, with a twinkle in his eye, "Still, that does sound fun."
"Yeah, I can't wait to hear what dares people would give, they would have to be within school rules, so that takes out a bit of the fun, but I'm sure that people would think of something." Ron said, a mischievous expression on his face.
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Harry, Ron, Hermione and Ginny were sitting in the compartment, half an hour later, when the witch came down with the snack cart. "Anything off the trolley dears?" She asked pleasantly, "We have some new candies this year, from a store called... Oh what was it... Oh right, Weasley's Wizarding Wheezes. Aren't you a Weasley?" She asked Ron.
Ron nodded, "What candy do you have from them?"
The witch listed a couple candies, and the group all bought some of each, then sat down to have some fun. Fred and George's candy was always exciting.
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Once at Hogwarts, all the students had gone into the Great Hall, the first years had been sorted, and the Dumbledore was just beginning his welcoming speech.
"Once again, welcome to a new year at Hogwarts!" Dumbledore swept his arms wide, "This year shall be much more peaceful than years past because of someone very brave among our midst. Harry Potter, has finally defeated the Dark Lord and freed us from his malevolence. For this we are forever grateful, Harry, please stand up."
Blushing, Harry stood up, and the Hall filled with applause, from his vantage point, he saw that some of the Slytherins weren't applauding, but that was to be expected. One thing that he saw that was unexpected, was Draco Malfoy actually applauding him. He shot him a startled look, which Draco caught, and sneered back at him, abruptly stopping his hands. Harry lowered himself into his seat after the applause had died down.
"On a more pleasant note, the Inter-House Quidditch matches have been begun again, good luck each of the houses with that," Dumbledore paused as the people on the Quidditch teams whistled and clapped, "Also, our caretaker, Mr. Filch has updated the list of items not allowed on the grounds, the full list is in his office. And with that, onto the feast!"
All the students sighed in happiness as the dishes in front of them filled with scrumptious food, then began to pile their plates high with food.
"So, Ginny, about the game of truth or dare, what do you think?" Hermione inquired.
"I think it sounds fab. We should start tomorrow, and add people if they want to play. We should probably just start with our house though, and only add the other houses after we get started, don't want to get overwhelmed at first." Ginny said
"Mmph grumph," Ron said, his mouth full, he swallowed a few times, then said again, "Yeah, that sounds good."
"We could start today, and just explain the rules to the people that are interested," Harry piped in.
"Naw, I'm too tired," Ron said, yawning.
"Well since you already know the rules, you can go to sleep, and we will start without you!" Hermione snapped playfully.
"Pfft, fine, I'll stay," Ro sighed jokingly, "Without me, no one else will want to play!"
Hermione swatted Ron's arm good-naturedly, got up, and walked out of the hall with Ginny following.
"Why do they always leave together?" Ron asked, perplexed.
"It's a girl thing, I wouldn't ask about it if I were you," Harry said.
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A/N – thanks for reviewing Virginia-Draco28! No, ginny isn't anorexic, shes just one of those people who doesn't gain weight. Shes just skinny.. that's all. I was trying to make her not perfect, unlike some of the fics I read, I think its unrealistic when all the characters are beautiful and flawless.