Reality Check
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Chapter 9 ~ Meeting With Caprice
Harry lay in bed, bored. He glanced at his watch; 11.15pm. Harry could hear light snores coming from one of the other boy's beds. They were all asleep, even Ron. Harry was particularly surprised Ron was asleep, even after he had told the red head about his meeting with Caprice that was to happen that night.
Harry rolled over. Minutes ticked by. He peered at his watch again; 11.20pm.
'Stuff this.' Harry said to no one inparticular. He threw the covers back and jumped out of bed. he hadn't bothered to get out of his robes, so he was fully clothed, and fully bored.
11.25pm.
Harry silently screamed. He couldn't take the suspense, he wanted to catch up with Caprice now! Walking down the stairs to the Gryffindor Common Room, Harry heard voices. Not thinking he'd be overhearing anything of interest as he hardly knew anyone at the school, Harry snuck to the bottom of the stairs and listened.
'- and I'm just glad there's no one around.' A female voice was saying.
'Oh come on, it's not that serious, besides, if people have been paying attention to the news they'd know it already.' Said another voice, male this time.
'Well, read it out, we haven't got all day.' The first voice said.
'Sorry Katie.' Said another voice.
'GRINGOTTS BREAK-IN LATEST,' the second voice continued. 'Investigations continue into the break-in at Gringotts on 31 July, widely believed to be the work of Dark wizards or witches unknown. Gringotts' goblins today insisted that nothing had been stolen. The vault that was searched had in fact been emptied earlier that same day. "But we're not telling you what was in there, so keep your noses out if you know what's good for you," said a Gringotts' spokesgoblin this afternoon.' Sarcastic clapping followed the "speech".
'Well done George, you can read.' Harry remembered Ron mentioning his twin brothers, Fred and George. This must be them.
'Come on Fred, let's wait up and see if any annoying first years want to come try and sneak out.' George said happily.
'I'd love to.' Fred replied smugly.
'Boys.' Katie said disapprovingly, and her footsteps could be heard leaving the common room. Harry poked his head around the wall, noticing Fred and George lounging around in some of the armchairs by the fire.
'I wonder what was in that vault?' George said thoughtfully.
'Well one thing's for sure, it was more than knuts, sickles and galleons.' Fred replied. The two twins sat in silence. Harry began to get worried. He now had ten minutes to get down all those stairs and meet with Caprice. Drastic action must be taken. Harry dropped silently to the floor, trying to cover himself from view with his robes. Harry army crawled across the floor, being very careful not to make any noises. Fred and George chatted happily away, unaware of Harry's presence.
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Harry bolted down the final flight of stairs like there was no tomorrow. 12.05am, he knew how much Caprice disliked lateness. Through the Entrance Hall, almost there.
~***~
Caprice stood on the cold grass, not impressed. It was already five minutes past twelve, and Harry still wasn't there. He knew how much she hated lateness.
She looked back at the school, and saw Harry running towards her across the grounds. He reached her and straight away, enveloped her in a huge bear hug. Caprice was so shocked that her glasses fell off her nose, but using her reflexes, she stuck her hand out and caught them. Harry broke their hug, and stood back to look at his best friend.
'Oh Harry, you're a Gryffindork! What were you thinking?' Caprice whined.
'I was thinking "not Slytherin, not Slytherin",' Harry replied. 'but in my defence, I had just met Professor Snape, head of Slytherin house, and I didn't know you were in Slytherin.
'Oh, I see.' Caprice said softly.
'Well, there's a kind of Slytherin - Gryffindor rivalry, those two houses have never gotten along, and if we're friends, it would break tradition.' Harry explained.
'Oh, so you want to be like everyone else.' Caprice challenged. 'Harry James Potter, I thought you were different to everyone else.'
'I am different, it's just that I'm already singled out with this thing that I'm not even sure about. I don't know why so many people recognise me, and I want to get to the bottom of it. Besides, I was just about to suggest a secret friendship.' Harry told her. Caprice's eyes misted over.
'Hey yeah! We could sneak around, and no one would know! It will be so fun! And we can make it, if we get caught, we'll have to walk the plank as punishment!' Caprice said happily.
'Aye me harty.' Harry said, giving her a pirate salute.
'Say, that reminds me, I got you something.' Caprice began digging through her pockets. She eventually pulled out a small bluish box and handed it to Harry. 'It's a chocolate frog, but what you really want is the card.'
'Thanks Caprice.' Harry said, turning over the box to open it. 'Wait, it's not a real frog is it?'
'Nah, it's just a spell. Go on, see who you got. There's all sorts of famous witches and wizards in those cards.' Caprice urged. Harry opened the box, and the frog lept out. Disregarding the frog entirely, Harry pulled out the card.
'Albus Dumbledore, hey, he's the wizard who came and got me from Stonewall High!' Harry exclaimed.
'Ooh, read what it says.' Caprice said, interested. Harry turned the card over to read the writing on the back.
'Albus Dumbledore, currently Headmaster of Hogwarts. Considered by many the greatest wizard of modern times, Dumbledore is particularly famous for his defeat of the dark wizard Grindelwald in 1945, for the discovery of the twelve uses of dragon's blood and his work on alchemy with his partner, Nicolas Flamel. Professor Dumbledore enjoys chamber music and ten pin bowling.' Harry read. He turned the card back over, and to his astonishment, Dumbledore had disappeared. Harry gasped.
'What?' Caprice asked eagerly.
'He's gone!' Harry exclaimed.
'Oh, about that, the pictures in the wizarding world move around.' Caprice explained.
'Oh, strange.'
'I know! When I found out, I was like, oh!' Caprice said.
'So, Caprice, you said you were going to explain your "Slytherin Act".' Harry said casually.
'Oh, yes, about that, Draco said that if I don't respect Slytherin traditions I'll be socially outcasted with this girl called Andrea Newbury, and she's a freak!' Caprice said. 'So I have to pretend like I don't like you? You know!' Caprice said cheerfully.
'Yeah, my Gryffindor friends don't like the fact that I'm friends with you.'
'You told them?'
'Well, yes, but at the time I didn't realise that there was some kind of unwritten law about Gryffindors being friends with Slytherins.' Harry said.
'Oh, just tell them that you don't like me anymore because I'm a bitch!' Caprice said, and shoved Harry back playfully.
'So we'll only meet at this time?' Harry asked.
'Well, no, but mainly yes. You have to be creative with excuses, for example, I told Draco that I was going to see if I could break into the secret stash of Professor Snape and see what interesting things I could smuggle.' Caprice winked.
'What happens when you go back with nothing?'
'I simply tell him I'm not advanced enough to break into Snape's office, and that we'll try again next year!' Caprice said gleefully.
'So would we meet up in between classes?'
'I'll tell you what, we'll owl eachother during the week, and have weekly meetings here at the same time. Not the same say though, Draco will suspect something. Um, okay, say this week it's Monday, next week it's Tuesday, the week after it's Wednesday, you follow?' Caprice asked.
'Well, wouldn't that be every eight days?'
'Exactly. I have to get back to the Slytherin Common Room now, so I'll see you tomorrow!' Caprice walked with Harry to the Entrance Hall, where she parted with him and headed towards the Slytherin Dungeons.
Harry turned to walk up the stairs, to the seventh floor, to the Gryffindor Common Room, and back to bed. As he walked, he felt somewhat fulfilled that he had finally gotten the opportunity to spend some time with Caprice, just like it used to be back before all this happened.
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~* I won't be writing anything for another week, because I'm going to Hervey Bay for a while, so I thought I'd leave you with another chapter before I go! Don't forget to review while I'm gone =) hope you all liked that chapter, more interesting stuff to come! *~
~Gryffindor Gal~
~* Hey everyone, I'm off 69 reviews, lol! Thanks to everyone who reviewed the last chapter, and I couldn't wait myself to start writing this chapter! *~
Chapter 9 ~ Meeting With Caprice
Harry lay in bed, bored. He glanced at his watch; 11.15pm. Harry could hear light snores coming from one of the other boy's beds. They were all asleep, even Ron. Harry was particularly surprised Ron was asleep, even after he had told the red head about his meeting with Caprice that was to happen that night.
Harry rolled over. Minutes ticked by. He peered at his watch again; 11.20pm.
'Stuff this.' Harry said to no one inparticular. He threw the covers back and jumped out of bed. he hadn't bothered to get out of his robes, so he was fully clothed, and fully bored.
11.25pm.
Harry silently screamed. He couldn't take the suspense, he wanted to catch up with Caprice now! Walking down the stairs to the Gryffindor Common Room, Harry heard voices. Not thinking he'd be overhearing anything of interest as he hardly knew anyone at the school, Harry snuck to the bottom of the stairs and listened.
'- and I'm just glad there's no one around.' A female voice was saying.
'Oh come on, it's not that serious, besides, if people have been paying attention to the news they'd know it already.' Said another voice, male this time.
'Well, read it out, we haven't got all day.' The first voice said.
'Sorry Katie.' Said another voice.
'GRINGOTTS BREAK-IN LATEST,' the second voice continued. 'Investigations continue into the break-in at Gringotts on 31 July, widely believed to be the work of Dark wizards or witches unknown. Gringotts' goblins today insisted that nothing had been stolen. The vault that was searched had in fact been emptied earlier that same day. "But we're not telling you what was in there, so keep your noses out if you know what's good for you," said a Gringotts' spokesgoblin this afternoon.' Sarcastic clapping followed the "speech".
'Well done George, you can read.' Harry remembered Ron mentioning his twin brothers, Fred and George. This must be them.
'Come on Fred, let's wait up and see if any annoying first years want to come try and sneak out.' George said happily.
'I'd love to.' Fred replied smugly.
'Boys.' Katie said disapprovingly, and her footsteps could be heard leaving the common room. Harry poked his head around the wall, noticing Fred and George lounging around in some of the armchairs by the fire.
'I wonder what was in that vault?' George said thoughtfully.
'Well one thing's for sure, it was more than knuts, sickles and galleons.' Fred replied. The two twins sat in silence. Harry began to get worried. He now had ten minutes to get down all those stairs and meet with Caprice. Drastic action must be taken. Harry dropped silently to the floor, trying to cover himself from view with his robes. Harry army crawled across the floor, being very careful not to make any noises. Fred and George chatted happily away, unaware of Harry's presence.
~***~
Harry bolted down the final flight of stairs like there was no tomorrow. 12.05am, he knew how much Caprice disliked lateness. Through the Entrance Hall, almost there.
~***~
Caprice stood on the cold grass, not impressed. It was already five minutes past twelve, and Harry still wasn't there. He knew how much she hated lateness.
She looked back at the school, and saw Harry running towards her across the grounds. He reached her and straight away, enveloped her in a huge bear hug. Caprice was so shocked that her glasses fell off her nose, but using her reflexes, she stuck her hand out and caught them. Harry broke their hug, and stood back to look at his best friend.
'Oh Harry, you're a Gryffindork! What were you thinking?' Caprice whined.
'I was thinking "not Slytherin, not Slytherin",' Harry replied. 'but in my defence, I had just met Professor Snape, head of Slytherin house, and I didn't know you were in Slytherin.
'Oh, I see.' Caprice said softly.
'Well, there's a kind of Slytherin - Gryffindor rivalry, those two houses have never gotten along, and if we're friends, it would break tradition.' Harry explained.
'Oh, so you want to be like everyone else.' Caprice challenged. 'Harry James Potter, I thought you were different to everyone else.'
'I am different, it's just that I'm already singled out with this thing that I'm not even sure about. I don't know why so many people recognise me, and I want to get to the bottom of it. Besides, I was just about to suggest a secret friendship.' Harry told her. Caprice's eyes misted over.
'Hey yeah! We could sneak around, and no one would know! It will be so fun! And we can make it, if we get caught, we'll have to walk the plank as punishment!' Caprice said happily.
'Aye me harty.' Harry said, giving her a pirate salute.
'Say, that reminds me, I got you something.' Caprice began digging through her pockets. She eventually pulled out a small bluish box and handed it to Harry. 'It's a chocolate frog, but what you really want is the card.'
'Thanks Caprice.' Harry said, turning over the box to open it. 'Wait, it's not a real frog is it?'
'Nah, it's just a spell. Go on, see who you got. There's all sorts of famous witches and wizards in those cards.' Caprice urged. Harry opened the box, and the frog lept out. Disregarding the frog entirely, Harry pulled out the card.
'Albus Dumbledore, hey, he's the wizard who came and got me from Stonewall High!' Harry exclaimed.
'Ooh, read what it says.' Caprice said, interested. Harry turned the card over to read the writing on the back.
'Albus Dumbledore, currently Headmaster of Hogwarts. Considered by many the greatest wizard of modern times, Dumbledore is particularly famous for his defeat of the dark wizard Grindelwald in 1945, for the discovery of the twelve uses of dragon's blood and his work on alchemy with his partner, Nicolas Flamel. Professor Dumbledore enjoys chamber music and ten pin bowling.' Harry read. He turned the card back over, and to his astonishment, Dumbledore had disappeared. Harry gasped.
'What?' Caprice asked eagerly.
'He's gone!' Harry exclaimed.
'Oh, about that, the pictures in the wizarding world move around.' Caprice explained.
'Oh, strange.'
'I know! When I found out, I was like, oh!' Caprice said.
'So, Caprice, you said you were going to explain your "Slytherin Act".' Harry said casually.
'Oh, yes, about that, Draco said that if I don't respect Slytherin traditions I'll be socially outcasted with this girl called Andrea Newbury, and she's a freak!' Caprice said. 'So I have to pretend like I don't like you? You know!' Caprice said cheerfully.
'Yeah, my Gryffindor friends don't like the fact that I'm friends with you.'
'You told them?'
'Well, yes, but at the time I didn't realise that there was some kind of unwritten law about Gryffindors being friends with Slytherins.' Harry said.
'Oh, just tell them that you don't like me anymore because I'm a bitch!' Caprice said, and shoved Harry back playfully.
'So we'll only meet at this time?' Harry asked.
'Well, no, but mainly yes. You have to be creative with excuses, for example, I told Draco that I was going to see if I could break into the secret stash of Professor Snape and see what interesting things I could smuggle.' Caprice winked.
'What happens when you go back with nothing?'
'I simply tell him I'm not advanced enough to break into Snape's office, and that we'll try again next year!' Caprice said gleefully.
'So would we meet up in between classes?'
'I'll tell you what, we'll owl eachother during the week, and have weekly meetings here at the same time. Not the same say though, Draco will suspect something. Um, okay, say this week it's Monday, next week it's Tuesday, the week after it's Wednesday, you follow?' Caprice asked.
'Well, wouldn't that be every eight days?'
'Exactly. I have to get back to the Slytherin Common Room now, so I'll see you tomorrow!' Caprice walked with Harry to the Entrance Hall, where she parted with him and headed towards the Slytherin Dungeons.
Harry turned to walk up the stairs, to the seventh floor, to the Gryffindor Common Room, and back to bed. As he walked, he felt somewhat fulfilled that he had finally gotten the opportunity to spend some time with Caprice, just like it used to be back before all this happened.
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~* I won't be writing anything for another week, because I'm going to Hervey Bay for a while, so I thought I'd leave you with another chapter before I go! Don't forget to review while I'm gone =) hope you all liked that chapter, more interesting stuff to come! *~
~Gryffindor Gal~