Sara: thank you so much for your review!!! About the idea for the plot, I really like it, I'll see if I can do something about that ;)... but I won't tell you if I'll use it because I want to keep the mystery... he he XD
Alba: holas! Gracias por tu review!!! Sorry que no pude actualizar pronto pero estoy con muuuuchos exámenes en la facultad, así que se me hace difícil escribir...:P Creeme que me encanta actualizar porque me encanta que sepan lo que va pasando en la historia... pero bueno... digamos que estoy re ocupada y realmente quiero pasar las 9 materias... (La mayoría de la gente sigue hasta 5 nada más... así que imaginate que yo tengo casi el doble de trabajo que muchos de mis compañeros :P)... igual ahora a partir de diciembre voy a tratar de actualizar dos veces por semana o algo así... aparte me encantan los reviews!!! Me pongo re contenta cada vez que recibo uno... y guarda porque los capítulos 15 y 16 se vienen con toda!!! So bastante larguitos para lo que venía escribiendo (9 y 11 páginas de Word.) Bueno, despertate!!! Ahora que te dormí con mi de dedicatoria fanfictionistica, te dejo leer el chapter!!!! Espero que te guste!!!!
Chapter 14: "New members"
"What did he want to tell you?" Harry asked curiously as Hermione met him outside the hospital wing.
"Nothing important..." She said blushing.
"C'mon Hermione, I know you! You don't blush for anything... and you don't want me and Ron guessing what Malfoy could have told you... we can be very creative, you know?"
"All right, all right! He... he kissed me... that's it..."
"WHAT?! I'M GOING TO KILL THAT RAT! HE KISSED YOU?! HE KISSED YOU?!"
"Harry..."
"WHAT!" But then seeing the look on Hermione's face (She had raised an eyebrow), he added. "I'm sorry, tell me..."
"I let him... I think I might like him... and please don't shout or tell Ron... You know how he gets..."
"Yeah, guess you're right, I promise I won't tell him, but he'll discover it sooner or later..."
"Let it be later..." She said and they both laughed.
"By the way... where's Ron?" Harry asked as they made their way to Harry's room.
"Believe it or not, he is helping Luna with some Care of Magical Creatures homework..."
"Nah! You have to be kidding!"
"I'm not! Really..."
"Are we in another dimension or what?" Harry said laughing.
"Why don't we go with Ron to the library?"
"Ok, but if they are fighting I won't stay... I'll have to hear him complaining all night..." Harry said. When they got to the library, Ron came out with his face as red as his hair, that wasn't a good sign. "What's the matter, man?"
"Loony, she is unbearable... crazy... next time you help her!" He told Hermione.
"God Ronald! Are you going to tell me why the Crumpled Snorckack isn't considered a creature, my father says many people have seen them." Luna, who had just appeared, said.
"See?! See?!" Ron said pointing to Luna. Hermione and Harry couldn't suppress their laughs anymore and started laughing as Ron and Luna looked at them angrily.
Luna suddenly walked towards Harry and whispered in his ear, so no one could hear her. "Harry... you've got visitors..." Harry looked at her, but thought it was just a by-product of her madness...
"Potter!" They heard Snape's voice say.
"Oh God... not you... not now..." Harry whispered rolling his eyes. When he turned around the person behind his wasn't Snape at all, it was Sirius.
"Potter! In my office!" He said and pointed his wand to his throat so his voice changed. "Scared you stiff, didn't I?" Sirius said and laughed one of his typical bark-like laughs.
"Sirius! Yes you did scare me! I thought Snape was going to tell me of for no reason at all, like he always does!" Harry said.
"Are you sure I have no reason to tell you off, Mr. Potter?" Said a voice behind Harry. Harry's face went pale...
"I'm sorry, Professor..." he didn't finish because Snape wasn't there either... if the first time it had been Sirius... now the only person that could be doing this was... "Professor Lupin!" Harry clicked his tongue and pulled the invisibility cloak from him.
"We're sorry, Harry, but we had to... It's really amusing to see that even though he can't punish you anymore, you're still afraid of him!" Sirius apologized.
"Yeah, I know, but I still have to attend his classes..."
"Is he giving you a hard time?" Sirius asked pressing his fingers on his wand.
"Nah, he just ignores me now."
"Oh Harry! How many times do I need to tell you he's just jealous, because you are not even graduated from Hogwarts and you already have what he has desired all his life!" Hermione said in an exasperated voice.
"She's got a point..." Sirius said.
"Yeah, I know... but let's not talk about greasy Snivellus..." Lupin said.
"What are you doing here?" Harry asked.
"Dumbledore told us to meet you and go to his office." Sirius said.
"Why?" Hermione and Ron asked.
"Dunno, he just said that..."
"All right, let's go then..." Luna said.
"I don't think he called you too..." Hermione said.
"Yes he did..." Sirius said.
"Oh... then what are we waiting for? Let's go!" She said blushing.
The silence was only interrupted by some of Luna's stories about one magical creature only two people in the most deserted part of South Africa had seen... and Ron's sighs at these stories... Suddenly he stopped and faced Luna. "Ok, that's it." He said not paying attention at the other's amused looks. "Stop it; I don't care about your stupid creatures, all right? You're so annoying!"
"You don't really think so, though..." Luna said as if he had told her she was the most beautiful girl at Hogwarts. Ron just shook his head and clicked his tongue.
They finished their journey to Dumbledore's office in silence. Hermione couldn't stop giggling at the sight of Ron and Luna. Luna didn't seem affected by their previous chat and kept looking at Ron as if he were about to continue her conversation...
When they finally got there, Sirius realized they were missing the most important thing... the password... They stood some minutes there staring stupidly at the Gargoyles guarding the principal's office...
"All right, he always uses names of candies or something of the sort..." Harry said, as he had been so many times in this office, he already had a wide range of Dumbledore's possible passwords...
"Does he keep doing that?" Sirius asked, he too had been many times in Dumbledore's office during his school years.
"Yeah... mmm... let me see... Pumpkin Pasties" Harry said and the Gargoyle moved aside.
"How did you know?" Ron asked admiringly.
"All week he has been using the products that are sold in the Hogwarts' Express, the only ones missing were the Pumpkin Pasties and the Chocolate Frogs, it had to be one of those..." Harry explained as they climbed the staircase leading to Dumbledore's office. Sirius knocked the door, and they heard Dumbledore say. "Come in, Sirius."
"How could he possibly have known?" Ron asked.
"Mmmm... let me see, Ron... because he was waiting for us?" Hermione answered sarcastically.
"Oh, you think you're so intelligent right?"
"Don't start..." Harry said warningly. Ron and Hermione just threw each other a disgruntled look. They entered the office. Harry felt dizzy.
"I see you convinced them." He heard Dumbledore say, he was too tired to open his eyes. That didn't sound like Dumbledore's voice...
"Yes, My Lord, Malfoy tried to convince his son, but he couldn't. He says he's on Dumbledore's side. We tried to kill him today, but Parkinson failed."
"Damn it! I told a thousand times, Goyle, that women are not fit for that kind of jobs!" The voice was coming from Harry himself. "We have to get Malfoy's son of the school, away from Potter, and kill him! He betrayed your Lord! Now go and get him for me!"
"You know where I can find him, My Lord?"
"Yes, at Hogwarts, in the hospital wing, that's where they must have taken him. Parkinson said that Potter had taken him."
"HARRY! HARRY! WAKE UP!" He heard Sirius say. We woke up and sat so quickly it hurt him.
"It's... it's Malfoy... Voldemort... wants to get him... he knows he's... in the hospital wing!" He said panting, his sweat was cold.
"Hermione, Sirius, go and get Draco, bring him here!" Dumbledore told them.
Hermione left the office at a run with Sirius at her heels. When they got to the hospital wing, they found Madam Pomfrey arguing with Malfoy.
"I've already told you a hundred times, Mr. Malfoy! You can't get up! I don't care if you want to see her!"
"Don't... worry... she... is... here... now..." He said looking at Hermione who was at the door with Sirius.
"We have to take him Poppy, Dumbledore's orders." Sirius said.
"Oh no! I don't think so! He can barely talk and you want him to get out? I really don't think so!"
"Didn't you hear me? I said Dumbledore's orders. Now I'll take Malfoy and you will kindly help me, all right?"
"Don't come running desperately when he faints because of his lack of strength! I've warned you!" She said as she helped Sirius and Hermione to support Draco in their shoulders.
"Are you all right?" Sirius asked as Draco's legs seemed to be failing him.
"Yes... I'm... just... tired"
"Are you sure?" Hermione asked worried.
"Yes..."
It took them quite a long time to get to Dumbledore's office because as Draco couldn't walk, they had to carry his whole weight through lots of staircases and passages (A/N: I know he's thin... but let's face it, a 16-year-old boy weights a lot, no matter how thin he is...).
"Pumpkin Pasties" Hermione told the Gargoyle. They entered and Dumbledore had already conjured a bed for Draco to lie in. Hermione helped Draco to get in the bed and when he did, she pulled the covers in order to cover him up to his shoulders and kissed him. He just smiled.
"What do you think you're doing?" Ron asked and Hermione's eyes became the size of two large tennis balls, she had obviously not realized she was in a room full of people.
"Shut... up... Weasley... I'm... tired... I... don't... want... to hear... your... complaints... just now... wait... until... I can... answer... back" Draco said from his bed. Hermione took his hand.
"You know what? I don't care what you think, I'm dating him. And you know what? I love him" Hermione said.
Draco couldn't believe his ears, even though he had hurt her, she still loved him... Dumbledore's voice interrupted his thoughts.
"I called you, Draco, because Mr. Potter, here had a vision. They are trying to get you killed, so I think the safest solution is to have under constant guard. I think Miss Granger will be most pleased to escort you everywhere, well, except from the bathroom, which will be on charge of Mr. Potter."
"Why... are... they... so... keen... on... killing... me?"
"You betrayed them, Draco. You proved to them you had the courage and the power to stand up to them. They want to kill you because they are frightened; you are a threat to them. We have one more now."
"Am... I... in... danger... even... inside... Hogwarts?"
"No, not inside here, we're just taking precautions."
"All... right... I... won't... make... a... fuss..." He tried to smile, but he could only achieve to twist his mouth a bit.
"Now, I was going to tell you this after you were recovered, but seeing the circumstances we are in, you will find out too." Dumbledore told Draco. "You will all become members of the Order; we need as many members as possible now. Your training will begin as soon as Mr. Malfoy is fully recovered."
They all nodded in agreement and left the room. Harry and Ron helped Draco to get into his room and left him in one of the common room's chairs with Hermione at his side.
"How are you feeling?" Hermione asked putting a rag with some potion on Malfoy's forehead.
"Oh... great... considering... I've... almost... got... myself... killed..."
"Don't be so stupid... I just care about you..." She said and he just smiled and looked the other way, he still loved to see her angry.
