Chapter 7
Hogsmead and Halloween

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Chapter 7 Hogsmead and Halloween

It was the last class on Friday. Potions, double potions, and no one was happy. Neville ruined his lumernious potion and Snape took 15 points from Gryffindor (as usual). Draco made and "excellent potion and earned 20 points for Slytherin. Everyone was quite relieved to here Snape announce that they could all leave and to not cause trouble on the first Hogsmead trip.
Everyone got up and left. Harry, Ron, and Hermione were walking down the hallway to the Gryffindor tower when they noticed that Shiann wasn't with them. They looked ahead to see if she had taken off to talk to Cho or Draco or some one but she wasn't anywhere in the hall.
"Where's Shiann?" Cho said walking up to them, "I told her to meet me after last class." "We don't know," she was in Potions, "But we thought she left with us." Replied Hermione, "Come on, she's probably getting swarmed by guys to go to the Halloween dance." "Yeah," said Cho, "And are we still on for Hogsmead Harry?" Harry looked up. "Yeah, I'll meet you after breakfast tomorrow." She smiled at him and walked away with Hermione. He looked at Ron who winked. "Oh be quiet!" Harry told him smiling.
Cho and Hermione walked back for Shiann, but they didn't see her in any of the halls so they went down to the dungeons. As they approached the Potions classroom, they could hear her talking, so assuming that she was talking with another guy, they walked up around to the potions classroom. She was talking to a guy but none other than Snape. As soon as she heard them she stopped talking, and gave Snape a "we'll finish this later" look. "Hey guys," she said to Hermione and Cho, who looked puzzled at the doorway, "Just asking about the assignment he gave us the other day. The one that's due on Monday." "Oh okay," said Cho who didn't take much notice to it. Hermione on the other hand looked even more puzzled. "Okay well thanks Snape," Shiann told Snape waving goodbye. Snape, who just stood there looking at Shiann, finally snapped out of his daze, "Anytime Shiann." Shiann turned around and walked out of the classroom. "So where are Ron and Harry?" Shiann said. "Oh there probably already a dinner, they went straight to the Gryffindor tower," Cho explained. "Oh okay," Shiann replied, "are you okay Hermione?" Hermione had just been staring off in space for awhile, "What oh yeah just thinking." "Oh okay," Shiann replied, "let's go eat I'm starving!"
When the three of them entered the Great Hall, They noticed that in front of Dumbledore's chair there was a big red box. Dumbledore was sitting at the teacher's table waiting. Hermione and Shiann sat down next to Ginny and Harry, while Cho walked over and sat down next to her friends at the Ravenclaw table. Dumbledore sat a moment before everyone quieted down and was seated.
"Everyone, many of you have forgotten but it has been two weeks since the school year began and if I'm not mistaken there is some important business to get done." Everyone sat there before Ron spoke, "Mr. and Mrs. Hogwarts." "Great," Hermione replied. Ron looked at Harry and whispered, "Should I nominate Shiann? Then she'll now of course I like her." "I really don't think it matters Ron, I think she already knows," Harry told him. Ron blushed before Dumbledore started talking again. "Here are the rules, he or she must be attending Hogwarts this year, once a person selects another they must accept the nomination, you can only nominate a total of one person, and all nominated people must have attended Hogwarts through their entire education." With that said about every guy in Hogwarts moaned, while looking at Shiann. Shiann blushed at looked down at her empty plate. "Now shall we start this? Everyone please call out names in an orderly matter, and they will go in the nomination box. Tomorrow at breakfast you will be able to vote. Only one vote per person, and there will be a consequence for anyone who tries sneaking more voting in. Okay begin!"
At first no one said anything. Everyone just sat there looking around. Hermione was busy reading a book, and Shiann was pretending to read with her because all the guys were looking at her and giving her a "I'm sorry look". Ron looked at Harry, who looked at Cho. "I don't want to be the first person to say something!" He whispered to Ron. Ron shrugged, "it will be more romantic, and it will show her how much you love her." He smiled. Harry looked at Cho again and gathering up every little bit of voice her had. "Hermione granger!!!!" Everyone looked up to see who had just spoken. Everyone turned to non other than Neville. He sat there blushing, but not as much as Hermione was. She had never been so happy in her whole life. Shiann smiled at her. Harry sat there a minute registering what had just happened, before he called out, "Cho Chang!!" Everyone looked from Neville to him. Cho caught his eye. She blew a kiss to him, and Ron elbowed him. It was quiet before someone called out "Draco Malfoy!" Pancy. Draco looked at her and then looked at Shiann who smiled at him. "Ginny Weasley!" Ron immediately looked at who said this. Some little kid at the end of the Hufflepuff table. Ron didn't know him and he looked at Ginny, "And who was that?" "Ron be quiet!!!" Ginny replied. "Katie Bell!" people said simultaneously. Harry didn't have to think twice on who just said that, Fred and George Weasley. "Harry Potter!" Harry looked up at this, but knew who had said it. Cho was just returning the favor of voting for her. Harry smiled at her and gave her a wave of thanks, before someone cried out right in his ear, "Ron Weasley!" Ron looked and Shiann was sitting right next to him smiling. Harry thought that Ron might die of shock, or have a heart attack, but to Harry's surprise Ron sputtered out a pretty good thanks. "No Problem," Shiann whispered back to him. Draco looked at Shiann who shrugged at him and turned away. The voting continued before they had way more nominations than needed. Dumbledore closed up the box, "Now tomorrow you can start voting. I probably don't need to remind you of the Halloween dance tomorrow night but just in case, it starts at 7:00 until 12:00, and I expect everyone to be up in their dorms by 12:30! And with that being said, let's eat!" he smiled and sat back down. Food appeared everywhere, and everyone started eating.
When everyone was all done, everyone went back up into the towers. It had been a long night and with Hogsmead and Halloween being tomorrow everyone got up to bed. Everyone but Harry, Hermione, Ron, Shiann, and Neville. "Umm Harry, do you mind if we borrowed the Mauraders Map and you invisibility cloak?" Hermione asked suddenly. "Why? What are you guys going to do?" Harry said curiously. "Go and get Cho," Hermione and Shiann smiled. Harry sat there a minute before he got up, "You should have told me it was for Cho."
Hermione and Shiann walked along the corridor under the invisibility cloak. This was the first time Shiann had even been near one so the whole concept of it was amazing to Shiann. The Mauraders map was even more amazing, and spectacular. "Okay now be quiet 'cuz McGonagall is coming. Quick come here," Hermione lead Shiann and herself out of the way. "Okay I'm coming this is just so cool," Shiann whispered. McGonagall passed by and they kept walking. "Okay she said that the entrance is the knight on the top of the staircase to the right." "I have no clue where we even are, I've never been in this school before remember?" "Okay okay, I don't know where that is, I seriously think were lost" "What you got us lost!" "I didn't mean to! It's not like I purposely went the wrong way!" "Okay okay just chill, it's by a staircase right?" "No its at the top of the staircase." "Okay and its by a knight?" "Yeah but do you know how many knights there are in this castle?" "Ummm. No I've never counted," "Don't be smart! Okay now here's the stairs were supposed to go up, and at the top to the right there should be a knight."
Hermione and Shiann walked up the stairs. "Okay now where is it?" Shiann said looking furiously at Hermione, "there are no knights!" "I don't know lets just go to the right and hope we find it!" Hermione replied guiding here to the right. "There it is, let's go!" Shiann said pointing. "SHHHHHHHH," Hermione said, "you're too loud!"
"Hey guys let me under there before I get caught!" said a familiar voice. "We couldn't find it," sorry we took so long," said Hermione letting Cho under the invisibility cloak." "Yeah she got us lost," Shiann replied smiling, "Okay let's go!"
The girls returned to the Gryffindor common room, only to be greeted by Harry and Ron sleeping on the couches. "Awww Harry's so cute when he sleeps!" Cho said. Hermione and Shiann looked at her like she was crazy. "What?" Cho said smiling. "Come on lets go up to our dorm," Hermione said. "We can wake them up when we get back down." "Okay cool I have to get changed out of my pajamas anyhow." Cho said. They walked up into there room. "Ron, Ron, RON!!!!!!!!!!!" Ron woke abruptly. "What do you want Harry?" "Where are the girls?" "What do you mean where are the girls? "I mean they left to go and get Cho and they still haven't came back and its almost been two hours!" "Oh man it's been two hours?" "Yeah!" "Okay maybe we're freaking out over nothing, maybe they got lost, or something," "No not with Hermione Ron you know that!" "Okay maybe there not lost," "Well let's go look for them!" "With out the invisibility cloak. Are you mad?" "Good point." "Right, very good point" "Still we have to go and look for them," "Okay sure we do but first lets check the obvious .Maybe they're up in their room." "We can't go up there Ron use your head!" "Yeah we can Harry use yours!"
Ron walked by the girl's staircase. "Watch and learn." Ron took a step back and ran as far as he could go until the stairs turned in to one big long slide. He grabbed the railing on the one side and pulled himself up on the first window. "Okay you got a fourth of the way up there. Now what?" Harry said looking at Ron like he was an idiot. "Just watch okay and when I'm gone do exactly what I do. Okay?" Ron said waiting. "Okay but what are you waiting for?" "Just do what I do, and do it quickly." Ron sat there a minute. The staircase turned back into stairs. "Okay ready set go!" Ron said jumping off the window edge and ran up to the next. Harry on the other hand wasn't ready for it and barely missed the window. "Okay let's do this," Ron said. Before long they were standing outside the girl's dorm.
Ron stood there a minute and looked at Harry. They knew if someone found out they would defiantly get in trouble. Harry shrugged and opened the door. Shiann was standing up in her bra and a new pair of black hip- huggers, Hermione was sitting on the bed, putting on mascara. Cho had on one of Shiann's shirt and pants. And Ron and Harry just stood there before Hermione cried "what the heck are you guys doing?" "We a we thought you were a umm." Harry tried stuttering out. Ron was gazing at Shiann who took notice and got a blanket to cover her up. "get out of here! Now! Before someone sees you!" Hermione whispered. "Ginny and Luna are coming back!" Shiann said, "Listen here they come, hurry!"
What happened next was all a blur. Shiann shoved Ron on her bed and laid down next to him and closed the curtains around her bunk. Cho pushed Harry on Hermione's bed and got in it with him and closed the curtains. Hermione shoved all the clothes and makeup under her bed, put on her robe, and sat in the desk next to her bed pretending she was working. Ginny and Luna came in the room. "I can't believe Sean nominated me!" Ginny said. "We were only going out for like 2 weeks!" "You're lucky someone even nominated you," Luna said sadly. "Oh Hermione I can't believe Neville, I never knew he liked you," Ginny smiled at Ginny. "Yeah it was something," Hermione said yawning, "Well, I'm going to try and finish this essay so try not being loud." "Oh no we were just talking for awhile," Ginny replied. "So Ginny back to Sean," Luna said, "Did you guys, you know, do anything?" At this Ron turned around in Shiann's bunk. Shiann elbowed him and he pulled his arm into the wall which caused a very loud bang. Harry and Cho snickered under Ron and Shiann at this. Ginny and Luna looked from one bunk to the other in puzzlement. "She's a noisy sleeper," Hermione said giving them a half smile. Ginny and Luna got into their beds and laid down. "So," Luna said, "you never answered my question," "Oh said Ginny, well we didn't, you know, but we did..you know kiss and stuff." Ron turned again on the bunk and Shiann covered his mouth. "Right," said Luna, "I can't wait to get a boyfriend. Shiann is so lucky she's got every boy in school after her!" "Yeah, including my brothers," Ginny replied. Harry would die to see how red Ron's ears got at that point." "Yeah," Luna sighed, "well goodnight Ginny, Hermione." "Night," Ginny and Hermione said in cue.
Everyone stayed where they were until they were absolutely sure Ginny and Luna were asleep.
Ron thought for a second letting everything that just happened sink in. He had come up to the girl's room to check on them. He found out that they were fine, and that Shiann was in her bra. Shiann then pulled him up on her bed, that she laid in every night, that she slept in every night, and she didn't even have a shirt on. To top off everything his sister had just told her that he liked her (if she already didn't know). And now he was lying next to Shiann (in her bra), on her bunk, and she still had her hand over his mouth. Life was good. "Just stay here a second, just in case," Shiann whispered to Ron. "Okay," said Ron taking her hand off his mouth so he could whisper back.
Harry on the other hand had other things running through his mind. Should I kiss her or not. No I'm in Hermione's bed, but why not? No I can't. He was lying next to Cho. Well actually Cho had her head on his shoulder and was probably sleeping. There was no need to kiss her, life was good.
A/N: I can't write anymore, so I'm just going to stop write here and hopefully write more later. I just wanted to get this chapter going for those who are waiting. I'm real busy and I just don't have time to write, so please keep reading and reviewing!