To my really great reviewers:
dobbyfan18: thanks!!! oh... well, it'd be weird if I just commented on the small quips at the end of the chapter, right??? Ü don't like Malfoy too, huh??? LOL Ü I guess you'd better read what I wrote for JKRFan4Life Ü oh, and you can't ask me to reduce the smileys, cause they express what i currently feel. If there's a smiley, I'm happy, but if there's three and a lol or LOL, i'm grinning or laughing. so there shrugging
kileejade: oh, you're sooo sweet!!! You really stayed up till 4 reading my fic??? ÜÜÜ Wow!!! Ü and their Headmaster should be Dumbledore, cause Dumbledore was the Transfiguration teacher 50 years before Harry and co.'s 2nd year... and thanks for adding me to your Favorites list!!!
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JKRFan4Life: I reread your review for Chapter 1, and you said I kinda started it out as an Hr/D fic... the reason behind that is because in the beginning, I really didn't (and still don't!!!) know who Hermione should end up with. Right now though, she can end up with anybody. Remember when I said I started this as a bedtime story for my younger sister??? Well, she's a Hermione/Draco nut frowns so, to get them together (or imply that), I had to make him kind of good... you see, he's a bad guy, right??? If you compare him with the other guys, you don't have to explain why the other guys would be great for her, but he's evil, so I had to give him some redeeming qualities first. So there ÜÜÜ Does that make sense??? lol Ü Aha, so all the smileys are contagious, huh??? LOL
Hmm... which reminds me... readers, please cast your votes on who she should end up with... I still have no idea... frowns what I do have ideas for is the action parts evil grin if you guys thought the giant squid was bad enough, well... evil grin again
Warning: I feel kind of (but just kind of!!! hehe) sorry for Hermione in this chapter... you'll see why
I'm currently listening to Maroon 5's 'This Love'... I really like the song Ü hehe
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Chapter 9: A Very Eventful Day
In the past...
The Marauders were quite excited when they arrived for breakfast the next day, Tuesday. They arrived even earlier than Lily and Hermione. The four of them were snickering about what they did when Lily arrived.
"Lily! Over here!" Sirius called.
Lily walked over to them but didn't sit with them. "Yes?"
"Where's Emma?"
"Oh, I think she's up in her room. Ohmigosh, I've been so selfish! Sure, she pissed me off, but I was too mean to her in return! How could've I left Emma to sit by herself yesterday?!" Lily wailed.
"Chill, Lily. Emma had company yesterday," Peter said, helping himself to some toast laden with an enormous spread of butter.
"Really? Who?" Lily asked curiously.
"A guy named... who was that again?" James asked his 3 close friends.
"Sebastian du Grey."
"Oh, right; and after him, we kept her company," James finished.
Lily paled. "Oh no... not Sebastian du Grey..."
"What's wrong, Lily? Care to give us the dirt on him?"
"There's no dirt about him, Po – James. Anyway, if it was Sebastian du Grey..."
"It was, okay?!" Sirius said impatiently. (As usual... sigh)
"... then Emma's in for a lot of trouble."
"What do you mean?"
"You aren't the only guys who've got hordes of girls swarming around you. Sebastian du Grey and Brian Fuller are also fawned over by girls. (So I guess you can tell where this is heading...) So..."
"So Emma's in a lot of trouble from du Grey's fan club."
"Yep, and yours too."
"Oh no... we better go back up to Gryffindor Tower and make Emma stick with us!"
"Too late; she's here," Peter pointed out.
Hermione came toward them quite subdued. She approached them. "Hi guys!" she said, plopping into a seat across from them. She turned to Lily. "Lily, I'm sorry I pissed you off yesterday; I was only saying the truth, you know."
"Yeah, I guess you were," Lily grumbled.
Hermione smiled. "So... do you forgive me already?" she said, getting some food.
"Yeah, I do. By the way, I also have to apologize to you! I shouldn't have left you yesterday even though I got mad at you!!! I'm sooo sorry!" Lily wailed again.
Hermione looked up from her plate and smiled. "It's okay, Lily! No problem with me."
"Really? Why, did you make any new friends?"
"Two guys, Sebastian du Grey and Brian Fuller." Hermione didn't want to say she'd met Lucius Malfoy yet. 'Might kill me if I told them I was out with him alone last night.'
"Bloody hell... bloody, bloody hell..." James was muttering.
"What's the matter, James?"
"Emma, you're in a load of trouble now."
"But why?" Just then, a group of Ravenclaw girls came up to their table.
"Excuse us, but could we have a word with New Girl over here?"
"If you've got anything to say to her, you can say it in front of us," Remus said. The girl in the lead flashed him a smile (flirt, hmp!), which he didn't return (hah!), before she turned back to Hermione.
"Okay then. Look, you whore, what the hell do you think you're playing at? First, you steal the Marauders' attention girls smile at the Marauders (except Peter, of course!), Marauders glare at them. If that isn't bad enough, now you have to go and steal Sebastian and Brian from us!"
"Look, I didn't -" Hermione began, but was cut off by the girl, who was getting into her stride. The students present were beginning to watch them.
"Denying it, huh? You really are such a whore, you -"
"She is no whore, you are," Lily snapped.
The girl rounded onto Lily. "That goes for you too, Evans. Tell me, what did you do to steal James from us?"
"Look, you bimbos," Peter said. "They never paid attention to any of you, so could you shut your trap? I can't eat." (haha, you guys actually thought Peter was gonna be nice? He will still think of himself, no matter what!!! ÜÜÜ)
The girl ignored him and went back to Hermione. "Okay, whore, out with it. What did you do to get Sebastian and Brian's attention, huh?"
"Nothing," Hermione said emphatically. "Girls, I didn't do anything to the boys. Now why don't you get some breakfast?" she said in an overly patient tone, like she was talking to a kid. (ha-ha smirks)
"Don't you talk to me like that! I, Victoria Kingsley, am not a child!" the girl shrieked.
"I will talk to you any way I like," Hermione said apathetically. (You go, girl! Ü) "And look, Ms. I'm-So-High-And-Mighty, for your information, I am not a whore," she said, stressing the word 'not'. "I could sue you for libel, you know."
"What? You're going to what me?! Just what the heck is that?" said Victoria haughtily.
"What I meant was, I could send you to prison just for saying those awful things about me," Hermione said calmly.
"Why? Aren't they true?" asked Victoria incredulously.
"They aren't. I couldn't say the same thing about you, though." (Ouch. lol ÜÜÜ) Hermione said, looking Victoria straight in the eye.
"What?!" Victoria shrieked. "Excuse me," she said, turning to the students in the Great Hall. By now, a large crowd had assembled around them. "Who do you think is the whore, she, or me?" she said, smirking at Hermione, thinking she'd won. The students proved her wrong, though. They yelled stuff like, "Victoria, you've been a slut since 1st year!" among others. Victoria, incensed, slapped Hermione. The Marauders' patience finally snapped, and half of Gryffindor House had to restrain them and Lily from murdering Victoria, while the other half drew out their wands immediately, looking livid. Victoria and her posse looked satisfied at slapping Hermione, but a bit nervous about the guys and wands. Hermione just smirked.
"You know what, that didn't even hurt," said Hermione indifferently. Which was true, because she could withstand a lot of pain. (Like me... my classmates used to say I was numb, that I couldn't feel pain, even if they pinch me, hit me with their hand and stuff Ü) "And I thought Ravenclaws such as yourselves were able to do what they had to do perfectly. That just felt like paper hitting my face!" said Hermione, laughing scathingly. "And besides, it really couldn't be called admirable. You know what, you're pathetic just because most of Hogwarts thinks you're the whore. Tsk, tsk. You could've just walked away instead of acting like a real slut (you know, cause she acted kind of b-----... just so you know, I don't say or write cuss words... I just don't like them). Now you've just proved they were right about you."
Victoria was so furious, she cocked back her hand to slap Hermione again (I guess she didn't listen to Hermione then...), but Professor McGonagall arrived. (Finally, a teacher sensed the chaos! ÜÜÜ)
"WHAT IS HAPPENING HERE?! MR. POTTER AND MISS EVANS, PLEASE EXPLAIN! Let them go, Ackerly, Stewart!"
James and Lily explained everything, with students from Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw nodding their approval and also giving their stories. The Slytherins, by the way, couldn't care any less.
"Traitors!" Victoria shrieked at the Ravenclaws. They merely glared at her.
"Very well," said Professor McGonagall, her mouth the thinnest Hermione had ever seen. (Not that she's seen it loads of times... it's usually Harry and Ron Ü lol Ü) "Miss Kingsley, please follow me. In my office, NOW." She turned to Hermione. "Miss Felton, are you all right?"
"Yes, Professor." Professor McGonagall nodded. Professor Flitwick arrived (he's Head of Ravenclaw here... I don't know who it is, anyway; J.K hasn't mentioned it in the books yet Ü). "What's the matter, Minerva?"
"She -" Professor McGonagall said, pointing to Victoria and looking at her with utter loathing (just like Snape when he sees Harry), "is the matter." With that last remark, Professor McGonagall strode out of the Hall, with Victoria and Professor Flitwick following her. As soon as they had left, Lily said to the students, "Will you all please continue eating? I know you all think the scene a while ago was interesting, but you wouldn't be able to appreciate it later when your stomach throws a fit cause you didn't eat." The students obediently dispersed, and the Gryffindors let go of Sirius, Remus and Peter (he needs to keep up appearances, you know).
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Lily swept Hermione into a hug. "Emma – are you okay?"
"I'm fine, Lily! Don't worry." Hermione assured her.
"Oh man, that prissy brat left a mark," James said, looking at Hermione's left cheek.
"That slut – when I get my hands on her -" Sirius growled. (Well, he's a dog Ü arf arf Ü)
Remus stepped forward and traced the handprint on Hermione's face. She winced a bit because Victoria had left a print of her hand on her face. "You'd better go to Madam Pomfrey," he finally said.
Hermione said in an annoyed tone, "I'm okay, it's just a slap. It'll go away soon! You'll see," she said, smiling.
Peter pointed out, "Emma, you really have to. The mark's turning purple." (Ah, you might be wondering... even though you can't feel any pain, the effect on your skin will still take place. Just like a cut; you get a cut, but you think it didn't hurt, but there will still be a cut... do you guys get it??? Ü)
"Fine," Hermione sighed, defeated. "I guess I'll just skip breakfast."
At that precise moment, a forlorn Sebastian du Grey walked in, and everyone burst out laughing. He looked gay! Well actually, it was like someone tried to make him look like a female. His hair became blonde and fell until halfway down his back. Plus, he had lots of makeup on his face, which was terribly applied. It was like a salon owner's nightmare come true. (LOL Ü)
"I told you guys! He never knew what hit him!" James said, loud enough for Hermione to hear. She turned to the Marauders, who were snickering.
"Please tell me," Hermione moaned. "Please tell me you guys didn't do this."
"We can tell you that," Remus said easily, "but we'd be lying if we did."
"Why?! The poor guy didn't do anything to you guys!" Lily exclaimed.
"Well, we um -"
"You um – what?" said Hermione menacingly, wand drawn.
"I was jealous, "Sirius said.
Lily and Hermione stared at him, raising their eyebrows.
"Uh-huh. Jealous of what, Sirius?" Lily asked, though it was obvious that she was unconvinced.
"Jealous of him, okay? Now quit with the Spanish Inquisition!"
"Sirius, are you really a pureblooded wizard?" Lily asked.
"Hmm... what I'm more interested in is why he said he was jealous of Sebastian... why were you jealous?"
"Bloody hell, Emma," James said, cottoning on and playing along. "That prat over there likes you!"
"Hahaha," Hermione said sarcastically. "No he doesn't; I know that's just crap. Oh well, if you guys don't want to say the truth, then I'll have to find out myself. And I usually find out the truth," she said calmly. "I'm going to the hospital wing. See you all in class." Hermione walked out of the Great Hall, amidst whispering about her and Victoria's face off.
Lily rounded onto the Marauders. "Okay, spit it out guys, or I'll have Filch do what he's wanted for a long time and hang you from the ceiling in manacles and whip you raw!"
"You wouldn't do that to us, would you, Lily? You are Head Girl, after all, and you protest against abuse of students... why would you have him do that to us, huh?" asked James, nervously smiling at her.
"Watch me," she said threateningly.
In the present...
"I want to write a letter to Hermione," Ron announced while they were having breakfast. "Is she okay there?"
"Go and write her, then," Harry said, piling more food onto his plate.
"You know what, Harry? With your attitude, I don't think you care about Hermione at all," said Ron in a slightly accusing tone.
Harry turned to face him, glaring. "What did you just say?"
Ron tensed; this was a sure sign Harry was going to be shouting again. "I just said that it sounded like you didn't have any concern for -" his words were cut off though.
"WHAT THE HELL DID YOU JUST SAY?! YOU THINK I DON'T CARE ABOUT HER? YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT I'M FEELING RIGHT NOW SHE'S GONE!"
"Harry -"
"YOU DON'T KNOW HOW MANY NIGHTS AWAKE, JUST THINKING OF A WAY TO GET HER BACK! SO DON'T TELL ME I DON'T CARE!" Harry roared, not caring if Professor McGonagall was going to reprimand him. She didn't, though, but quite a few people turned to see where all the shouting was coming from.
"Harry, I'm sorry mate, I didn't mean it that way," Ron pleaded. "It's just that I'm going crazy, with her gone and all -"
Harry had finally calmed down enough to listen to Ron. The apology was all he needed to calm down. "I understand. That's what I'm feeling too." Soon breakfast was over and the two boys headed to work.
In the past...
Lily wasn't able to get a thing out of the 4 boys; she was shooting dirty looks at them while she was talking with her friends before the Potions professor arrived. (A girl's multitasking abilities are sooo amazing... I'm sooo happy being a girl!!! ÜÜÜ) The Marauders, on the other hand, were huddled together; James and Sirius at one table, and Remus and Peter behind them.
"Padfoot, what kind of excuse was that?! Have you gone mad?" James hissed.
"On the contrary Prongs, it was a stroke of genius," Remus whispered.
"Huh?" Peter said, apparently confused.
"Look, what Padfoot said was, and is, a perfect excuse to make du Grey's life hell!" Remus said. (Tsk, tsk... so that's why you're a Marauder, Remus... lol Ü)
"Oh... yeah! Good thinking Padfoot," James said. Sirius grinned.
"But that means you have to pretend you like Emma," Peter pointed out. Sirius stopped grinning.
"I WHAT?!"
"That means you have to give her flowers and presents, be nice to her, that sort of thing," James added. (He does that to Lily, but Lily just hates him Ü Poor James Ü)
"What? And make me spend all my money on her when I can spend it all on useful stuff like Zonko's products? No thanks, I'll just do what I do with the other girls," said Sirius, horrified at the thought.
"Emma's not any girl," Remus warned.
"Then why don't you give her flowers then?" Sirius snapped.
Remus didn't mind; in fact, he was lost in thought. "Hmm..."
"Hey, what do we do about that Fuller guy?" Peter spoke up.
"Make a fool of him too," James said. "Oi, Lily's with her friends again, where's Emma going to sit?"
"I'm going to sit behind you guys, if you don't mind," Hermione said. Fortunately for them, she had heard only the last part. Madam Pomfrey had done something to her face, so now the handprint disappeared. She sat down, and as soon as she did, the Potions professor arrived and made them do a difficult potion which, of course, Hermione was able to do perfectly.
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Soon Double Potions was over. Hermione sighed. It wasn't as bad as she thought it would be. She sped out of the classroom, hurrying to the greenhouses for her Herbology class. She arrived early, so she waited, looking at the different plants. Soon the greenhouse door opened and Sebastian walked in.
"Oh!" Hermione said. "I forgot we had Herbology with you guys."
Sebastian chuckled. "I was actually looking forward to this class, cause I wanted to hear more stories. And right now, I'd like to hear what happened this morning at breakfast."
"Oh, about the girl??? Lots of people would be able to tell you; almost the whole school was listening to us. By the way, what actually happened to you?" Hermione asked, referring to Sebastian's new look (heehee Ü).
"I dunno... I just woke up like this... I tried every spell I knew to cover it or remove it, but they just rebounded. The person who did this really knows his jinxes." Just then the rest of the class filed in, along with Professor Sprout.
Professor Sprout addressed the class. "Class, you will be doing a project next week. You see, I intended to cover all of these plants this year shows them a list of plants.
"Blimey," Peter whispered.
Professor Sprout continued. "The problem is, we don't have the plants in the greenhouses. Now Professor Dumbledore tells me you are all capable enough to take on big challenges, so..." She took a deep breath. "I would like you all to collect all these plants in the Forbidden Forest. (How's that for some action and adventure??? ÜÜÜ) You will start next meeting, which is next Tuesday. You cannot leave the forest until you have gotten all 20 plant varieties. So if it takes you a week, a month, or a year, we do not care. What is important is that you have gotten all 20 plants. This is a very big project; your progress will also be graded by the other teachers. It makes up for 75% percent of your grades and 25% off each off the tests in N.E.W.T.s. Is that understood?"
"Yes, Professor."
"Very well. I have assigned you all partners... Potter, Evans..." Lily looked like she wanted to commit suicide whereas James looked elated.
"du Grey, Kingsley..." Sebastian grimaced, then looked at Hermione, who gave him a sympathetic look. Victoria wasn't there so she noticed none of that (Ü).
"Lupin, Ackerly..."
"Greengrass, Pettigrew..." and the list went on and on. Then,
"Felton..." Hermione held her breath, wondering who her partner would be.
"Felton, Black." Hermione thought he was an okay partner (what with his adventures as an Animagus), so she just shrugged.
"Now please copy down the copy down the plant names. You will have to research these so you will know what they look like."
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Hermione was copying down the plant names when Sebastian brushed past her on the pretense of going to Professor Sprout to ask a question. He muttered, "Shame we couldn't be partners." Hermione grinned at her parchment.
"Now everyone, please approach your partners; you have to talk about your research." Sirius casually strode over to Hermione and sat beside her. Hermione looked up and sharply asked, "When are you going to lift your jinxes off Sebastian?"
Sirius shrugged. Hermione glared at him for a long, long time. "The jinxes are timed. Since we're kind, the makeup wears off by dinnertime. The hair however, stays."
"How long?"
"A month. I think this is one of the best pranks we've played, and that's saying something, cause there was this one time -"
"You guys are really sick, aren't you?"
"What do you -"
"Sebastian has done nothing to you guys, but you jinxed him!"
"Look, I -"
"Forget it. Let's just talk about the research after dinner in the library, okay?" And without expecting an answer, she picked up her stuff and left the greenhouse, telling Professor Sprout she got a massive headache. Sirius put his head in his hands. "Way to go Padfoot," Remus said sarcastically as he was passing by. Sirius groaned.
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The day ended, and dinnertime found Hermione in the Great Hall alone again. She ate slowly, wanting to delay her and Sirius' meeting as much as possible. She was still pissed off with him for pulling the prank on Sebastian. Someone sat from across her.
"Hey, could I join you? A Ravenclaw can sit at the Gryffindor table, can't he?"
Hermione looked up to see Sebastian, makeup free. Right now, he looked like a certain Prince of Mirkwood. (And that's why he looks like Orlando Bloom. lol ÜÜÜ)
Hermione grinned. "Sure!" They ate together and chatted until they were the only people left in the Great Hall.
"Oh dear," Hermione said. "I have to go," she told Sebastian.
"Why? What's up?"
"Herbology project..."
"Oh..."
"Sirius and I are gonna meet in the library tonight. I think I better go; I don't want to face the wrath of the Marauders!"
"Why don't I walk you there?"
"That'd be great," Hermione agreed. They were walking to the library when Sebastian suddenly pulled Hermione behind a tapestry and into a secret hallway.
"Lucius Malfoy's hanging about here," Sebastian whispered into Hermione's ear. They were quiet for a while, until they heard the footsteps pass. They waited for a few seconds to make sure he wouldn't come back, then they quickly went to the library.
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Sirius had been waiting in the library for a long time when he heard footsteps. "If that's not Emma, she'll be in real trouble," Sirius grumbled.
"Thanks for walking me here, Sebastian," said a familiar voice which came from the other side of the bookshelves Sirius was facing. He decided to see. He looked through the bookshelf through a small gap, and saw Sebastian bowing gracefully in front of Hermione. 'Thank Merlin she finally decided to show up.'
"Anytime."
"Um, I better go now; goodnight," Hermione said with a smile.
"Goodnight," Sebastian said with a smile of his own. Hermione watched him go, smiling. Soon, she started to look for Sirius. He quickly ran back to his seat.
"Oh, there you are," Hermione said.
"Where have you been?! I've been waiting here since after our last class," Sirius said, quite pissed off. "Wait you were with that Sebastian bloke, weren't you?" he asked suspiciously. 'As if I didn't know,' he thought.
"I told you we were going to meet after dinner (Sirius, didn't you understand what she said in Herbology??? Ü), and yes, I was with him, okay? Now let's research, because we don't have much time," Hermione said in one breath, then went to the Herbology section of the library and got some (10 or so) books from the shelves. She carried all of them and put them on the table.
"You could stunt your growth if you keep carrying loads like these," Sirius warned, gesturing to the big pile of books.
"I've been carrying loads like these since 1st year. And besides, I put a charm on all of them so they would be light as a feather when I carried them." Hermione pulled out the list of plant names, parchment, quill, and a bottle of ink, and started to look for the plants listed. Sirius watched her do it, until Hermione looked up and sternly said, "Look, this is your project too; I'm not going to do the work alone." He finally got out his writing materials and started working too.
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After a while, it was time for the library to close. Hermione put away her stuff, then was about to get the books when Sirius said, "Allow me." He picked up the books, and they walked in silence until they had, unfortunately, met Lucius Malfoy.
"Well, well, well, if it isn't the blood traitor."
"Well, well, well, if it isn't the Death Eater," Sirius said, mimicking Lucius.
"Emma, a word?" Lucius said, ignoring Sirius.
"Emma, I don't know how he knows your name, but don't go with him," Sirius said urgently.
"Look, we're just going to talk, okay? And I can handle myself, so don't worry," Hermione said, quite annoyed. She did know this was Lucius Malfoy, after all. She joined Lucius around a corner and away from Sirius.
"I – um -"
"What?"
"Um – Hogsmeade weekend is coming up." (Cause of the project; so they could buy essentials...)
"Wow, really? I wasn't able to explore it when I was there. I just bought some essential,"
"Well, I -" Hermione watched Lucius struggling for words and hid a smile. 'Who knew Lucius Malfoy could actually be nervous around girls,' she thought. 'Too bad I don't have a Pensieve or something!"
"I was wondering – if you, um, would like a tour of Hogsmeade – well, I um -"
"Wait. You're asking me to go to Hogsmeade weekend with you?" Hermione asked, grinning and wishing all the more for a Pensieve. Lucius nodded, cheeks with a tinge of pink in them. (Now this I definitely gotta see! ÜÜÜ)
"Hmm... would it be okay if I think about it first? I'm not really sure I can go..."
"Why?" 'Now what do I do?!'
"The Herbology research will take ages to finish, but if I can finish it before Hogsmeade weekend, then I guess I can go with you." 'Great, now I can just pretend I take ages to finish homework!'
"Great! I know you can finish it, cause I saw you hand your homework in to Professor Valmont (guess where I got I name Ü) a while ago when I heard you were just given your homework yesterday; so I guess I'll just see you on Hogsmeade weekend!" Lucius said, grinning. 'Good thing I knew that, or else she wouldn't have agreed to go with me.'
"See you then," Hermione said, smiling and walked back to Sirius, who was waiting in the corridor all that time. "You waited for me," Hermione said.
"Well I know Lucius Malfoy. You can't be too careful when you're around him."
They were on the 7th floor already when Hermione said, "Then that means I should be careful on Hogsmeade weekend," to herself. Sirius stared at her. After a while, she noticed.
"What?"
"You – you're going with him?"
"I said if I finish the Herbology research before the weekend."
"Knowing you, you can finish it!"
"Yeah, that's also what he said," Hermione replied. "Fairy lights."
Sirius dumped the books on one of the common room tables, glared at Hermione and said quietly, "You're a traitor to this House." (He's sooo dramatic! I know, I love Gryffindor and all... it's actually my House in harrypotter.com, but I think he's sooo dramatic!!! makes a face) Then he stormed up to the boys' dormitory, where the rest of the Marauders were plotting new pranks. Hermione shrugged it off, then started on her part of the research.
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"Emma's a traitor to this House," Sirius announced. Fortunately, the Marauders were the only ones in the dorm.
"Huh?" James asked.
"She's going with Malfoy on Hogsmeade weekend."
"WHAT?!" James bellowed.
"What do we do?" Peter asked.
"Ignore her," Remus said decisively.
"Right, Moony," Sirius said. "If she's friends... or something more with Malfoy, she might leak stuff to him." (Too dramatic.)
They started playing wizards chess, tournament style. They were playing the final game; Remus vs. James when there was a knock on the door. Remus opened it; it was Lily, carrying the stack of books.
"Here, Lily, let me help you," James said, getting the books from her.
"Those are for Sirius. For some reason, Emma didn't want to come up here. Here's the list of what you should be researching, according to her."
"Wait... if she had the books sent up here..." James muttered.
"She's done," Peter said. (Very good, Peter! You finally figured something out!!! lol Ü)
"What's up?" Lily asked, curious.
"Emma's going with Malfoy on Hogsmeade weekend."
"So?"
"What so you mean, 'so'?! This is Malfoy we're talking about!"
"Look, we all know Lucius Malfoy is evil, but apparently Emma doesn't. And look, do you really think Emma'd be leaking stuff to him about Gryffindor or the Marauders or whoever?"
"She might talk about us."
"She wouldn't, seeing you're mad at her; she'd just shut up. And look, if she wants to make friends, who are you to interfere? And this is Emma we're talking about; we know she can take care of herself; remember the giant squid?"
"Remember when we found her half-dead?"
"Knock it off. Let Emma make friends if she wants to." And with that, Lily left the dorm.
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Hermione was done with her part of the research, so she asked Lily to send the books up to Sirius. She went up to her room and decided to write to her friends.
10:36 pm Tuesday
Dear Harry,
How are you all there? I'm missing you loads. I'm okay here, but I miss the familiar faces.
Oh yeah, today was very eventful... I got slapped by a prissy girl and somebody asked me to go to Hogsmeade weekend with him. I got slapped cause this girl accused me of stealing the Marauders and 2 guys from her. sigh Of course, Gryffindor House got mad; it took half of the House to restrain Lily and the Marauders; and the other half drew out their wands to hex Victoria.
The 2 guys are friends I've met; one from calss and the other, he's in Gryffindor too. It's funny, really; Sebastian du Grey looks like Orlando Bloom and Brian Fuller looks like Chris from Charmed.
I'm pretty bored here; schoolwork is really easy. The excitement will be next Tuesday, however; I'll be going into the Forbidden Forest. All 7th years are. Professor Sprout wants us to collect 20 plants, and we can't leave the Forest until we find all 20 plants. sigh
That's all for now; I'll write again. Bye!
Hermione
10:41 pm Tuesday
Dear Ron,
It's a good thing you guys are civil to each other. I was worried that you'd fight even though I'm not there, but you guys managed to be nice to each other. I'm impressed.
There's not much to tell here; it's quite boring. Sure, the Marauders and Lily are fun to be with, but most of the time, Lily's with her friends; and the Marauders aren't present all the time during meals or something, planning who knows what. I've got friends, but their fan club's mad at me; this girl shrieked at me, accusing me of stealing the guys away from her. Hello, I'm Hermione Granger, the girl whom no boy notices cause they prefer prettier girls. How could I ever steal the guys from them? Oh well. I'll write again soon. Bye!
Hermione
10:47 pm Tuesday
Dear Draco,
I have to tell you; please do not tell anyone. Promise? I wanted to tell only you cause... your father asked me to go to Hogsmeade weekend with him. I can imagine your reaction right now. Well, believe it or not, he's actually nice to me; he's like the new you in fact. Don't feign innocence; you know what I mean. Anyway, he looks, acts and sounds exactly like you do, so when I see him, it's like I see you. Don't worry, I didn't tell him I'm a Muggleborn witch. The Marauders are actually annoyed with me right now because I agreed. Don't give me that look; I said I would go if I had finished my Herbology research before the weekend. And unfortunately, I did. Wow, that's got to be the 1st time I didn't like doing homework.
I'm pretty lonely right now; I don't really have friends here. The Marauders usually stick together; Lily's mostly with her friends; Sebastian is in Ravenclaw; and Brian is in the 6th year, so I don't get to talk to all of them that much. sigh I'll write. Bye.
Hermione
As soon as she had finished the letters, she asked Sir Nick, who was in the common, which was thankfully empty that time, to deliver them and she went to bed.
In the present...
"Let's go to bed early, just this once," Ron pleaded, snapping a thick volume shut. Harry and Draco were so tired from reading, so they all went to their dorms. As soon as they had entered, they saw an owl each on their beds.
Draco immediately opened his. "What the hell," he muttered. "Wait, how'd she know I would give her a 'why did you agree?!" look? Hmm... Sebastian and Brian, huh?" He decided to reply in the morning, cause Hermione, he supposed, was asleep by now. He prodded the owl out of the window, then got ready for bed. He went to bed, thinking of Hermione. (Who else??? Whatever.)
Harry and Ron opened their letters at the same time.
"What?! Hermione got slapped?!"
"She said this girl just shrieked at her," Ron said worriedly.
"But here, it says -" Harry said loudly but was cut off by a "Hey, can it already and go to bed!" by an irritated Seamus, who was obviously sleeping peacefully before they arrived.
"Sorry," Ron muttered. The two read the rest of their letters in silence.
"Poor Hermione," Harry said.
"Yeah..." Ron replied. "I'm going to reply tomorrow. Goodnight, Harry."
"Night, Ron." They flopped onto their beds, and both fell asleep.
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First of all, if there are any typographical errors, it's most likely because my keyboard's going crazy... I type but some letters won't come out!!! HMP!!!
The whore thing... let's just say Victoria doesn't know any other terms except that... tsk, tsk... and she's in Ravenclaw... As for Jean Beckinsale, she's a different story ÜÜÜ So don't confuse her for the bratty Victoria, ok???
My two favorite people in the world right now are JKRFan4Life and Sammy Baggins... thanks for making me smile, guys!!!
Okay, so I still typed this chapter even though I wasn't (and am not) feeling so good... the temperature's humid! Then, I have this slight headache, and I feel warm like I might come down with a fever... I hope I don't... so this is what college does to you... lol Ü English... I must say I'm pretty disappointed with my English prof... she's not what I expected... sigh
Anyway, I'm considering auditioning (do you actually audition for this?! Well, that's what the notices said...) for the school paper... that's because a school org could beef up your resume for work, and I kind of want to improve it (the paper)... ÜÜÜ and because my only other choices are dance (don't want to), cheering (I loved Bring It On, but I'm just not cheering material... sure, I can scream my support, but I'm not cut out for that kind of thing), volleyball varsity (I don't know how to play volleyball... in our last Physical Ed. exam in senior year, the exam was about basketball and volleyball, you know, the stuff players know about... and I was just staring at my paper!!! I just half-guessed the stuff...), Nursing Society (I'm a Psych student, not a Nursing student) and Mountaineering (wow, I'd love that, I'd just have to drink a lot of Mountain Dew before that Ü lol Ü the problem is, I don't want to go to really far away places, and 'Wrong Turn' creeped me out... you guys know the 1st scene with the mountain climbers??? Creepy... Ü). So there, what do you guys think??? Should I go for it or not??? I need answers before the 21st of June, cause the 21st is the audition date.
Oh, if you guys were wondering about my other story... I've also written it down; actually, it's committed to memory! The problem is, it's too long... and I might add things here and there again, so... let's just say 1 chapter of that story should be 18 notebook pages. I had my friend (who also writes fanfiction) read it, and she said it's really good... and it's really long... sigh so I don't know when I'll be uploading a new chapter... maybe I'll type a chapter each for both stories, and upload at the same time... hmm... just DON'T, I repeat, DON'T read the story just yet... I'm gonna do a little revamping first... Ü Night, everybody!!!
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