Destiny-The First Year

Chapter 6: Close Escape!

Harry was sat reading Quidditch through the ages, (which was one of his favourite books) when Charlie appeared in the common room. She chucked down her bag and flopped into a chair beside Harry.

"So?" she asked as she let her hair down.

"I'm taking wandless magic lessons with Remus." Harry informed her.

"Sounds cool, what do you have to do?" Charlie asked as she ran her hand through her hair absent-mindedly.

"Its more kind of in my head, Remus says I just have to fine-tune it, you know, concentrate my magic on doing what I want it to do!" Harry explained "so how was charms?"

"We were carrying on with levitating you know, Wingardium Leviosa and..." Charlie began, but at that precise moment the portrait hole burst open and a very angry Ron appeared and flopped down in the chair on the other side of Harry.

"What's wrong?" Harry asked as he closed his book and chucked it on the table.

"Hermione!" Ron complained, Charlie just rolled her eyes.

"What Happened?" Harry asked

"We were doing Wingardium Leviosa in charms and Hermione was my partner right and I was trying really hard (at this Charlie snorted) to make my feather levitate and she stops me and tells me I'm doing it all wrong! So I told her if she though she was so good she should do it herself, so she did! Honestly shes such a swot! Then after class I was walking across the courtyard with Seamus, Dean and Neville and I was telling them all about Hermione and she over heard me and stormed off!" Ron complained.

"She is annoying isn't she!" harry agreed

"You two are so mean! Hermione is a really nice person, anyway Harry think how useful she could be next time we want revenge again!" she told Harry

"You do have a point..."Harry nodded

"Revenge? Again?" Ron asked

"Erm..." Charlie said awkwardly

"The pink hair? That was you?" Ron asked impressed

"And Sirius and Remus too, they did all the spells!" Harry replied with a shrug

"Cool!" Ron said excitedly "can I help?"

"Yeah I suppose so that's alright isn't it Charlie?" Harry asked

"Suppose." Charlie muttered

"Ok but it's a secret!" Harry grinned

"You know what?" Charlie asked

"What?" Harry replied

"We should go and find Hermione so you two, mainly you Ron can apologise!" Charlie grinned

Ron made as if he was about to say something but Harry interrupted him

"We'll give her a chance!" he grinned

Ron closed his opened mouth and nodded

"Okay!" Charlie agreed "let's go!"

The three of them headed down to the second floor girls loos where Parvati Patil had told them she had seen Hermione crying. Charlie went in first to check the coast was clear (the last thing they needed was screaming girls) and harry and Ron followed when she called them.

"Hermione?" Charlie asked

"Yeah?" Hermione sniffed

"Come out, please!" Charlie begged

"Suppose" she muttered tonelessly

Hermione slid out of the cubical only to spot Harry and Ron. She fled out of the toilets crying Charlie, Harry and Ron close on her heels. She headed up a staircase, tripping over her own feet, obviously not looking where she was going. Harry, Charlie and Ron followed her down a dark corridor toward a door. She tried to open it but it was locked so she used an unlocking charm and slammed it behind her locking it again.

"Well!" panted Ron "I guess that's that!"

Harry nodded and they turned back on themselves and began to head back to the griffindor common room, when suddenly a loud scream came from behind the locked door.

"Hermione?" Harry yelled only to be answered with another scream

Harry ran towards the locked door which burst magically open infront of him. Charlie and Ron followed with their wands out.

Inside the corridor was a huge three headed dog which had pinned a hysterical Hermione to a wall.

"Help!" she yelled as the dog bared all three pairs of yellowish fangs.

Harry whipped out his wand and aimed it at the dog.

"Stupefy!" he yelled determinedly

However, the spell wasn't strong enough alone. Harry turned to Charlie and Ron.

"After three lets all shoot a stunner at it at once!" Harry told them Charlie nodded and so did Ron

"One... two... three...!"Harry yelled

"STUPEFY!"

The three stunners worked a lot better the dog wasn't fully stunned but it looked pretty confused. Hermione took her chance and ran out if the door followed by the others. Once they were out they pushed the door shut and locked it again.

"What are they doing keeping something like that locked up in a school?" Ron asked

"Dunno!" replied Harry "but I don't think its there by accident!"

"Come on lets head back to the common room!" Charlie grinned

Harry, Charlie and Ron turned and began to walk away; Hermione followed a few feet behind.

"Come on Hermione!" Harry called

"But!" Hermione complained

Harry, Charlie and Ron stopped to wait for Hermione who stopped too.

"Go on you don't have to wait for me I'm useless you don't need me to follow you" she cried

"Come on the reason we came to find you is because we want to be friends isn't it Ron!" Harry smiled

"Yeah!" Ron grunted

"Why would you want to be friends with someone like me?" she asked sobbing

"Because you are a nice person!" Charlie smiled "and you're very smart too!"

"We want to be your friends!" Harry grinned

"Really?" she asked "I'm so boring though and I'm a swot!"

"So being smart could be very useful!" Charlie grinned

"How?" Hermione asked

"We're kind of thinking forming a club, like one which my dad and Sirius used to be in when they were at Hogwarts!" Harry told her

"Yeah!" Charlie nodded "their club was called the marauders and we want to make our own version of that club so we want to be the new marauders!"

"And you really want me to join?" Hermione asked astonished

"Yeah we need your help to plan and carry out loads and loads of pranks on the school!" Harry smiled

"But we could get in so much trouble!" Hermione cried

"So? What's fun with out a little risk?" Charlie asked

"So do you want to join us?" Harry asked her "you two Ron!"

"Ok" Hermione replied

"Definitely!" Ron grinned

"Friends?" Harry asked

"Friends!" Hermione replied

"Okay then we're all agreed!" Charlie smiled

"MARAUDERS FOREVER!"

A/n I'm so sorry this took so long to get up! Ive been really busy! I had to revise for my French and German orals which meant I didn't have time to get on the computer and write this up! Sorry! Okay then, thanks to all my reviewers I hope you all enjoyed this chapter! Also I had forgotten Dumbledore's warning about the third flood corridor so I have re-posted that chapter. Please review! The next chapter will be about the first full moon! Hopefully! And as I'm on holiday for a week I should be able to get it up soon! Thanks a lot!