The Power of Four
All the 3rd – 7th years lined up to get on the carriages to get to Hogsmede. Heather, Nehal, Jackie and Danielle shared one carriage.
Heather said, " I heard that there is a joke shop. Can we go in there first?"
" Sure." The three girls said in chorus.
" We can also do all our Christmas shopping!" said Danielle.
" I have to go to the Three Broomsticks. Dean said he wanted to meet me there!" said Nehal.
" Ow!" Heather said.
" Dean really likes you!" said Jackie.
" Yeah but Ron likes me too!" Nehal smiled ruefully.
" Why does he want to meet you there?" asked Danielle.
" I have no idea!" Answered Nehal. " He said he wanted to tell me something but I'm not really sure…"
Before the girls knew it they arrived in Hogsmede. The girls were so excited. They all walked into Zonko's joke shop.
" Omg this place is so cool!" Said Heather.
" Hey Nehal!" a voice called behind them. Nehal turned around to see Ron running towards her.
Ron said, " Would you like me to give you a tour of Hogsmede?"
Nehal said, " Umm…I'm here with my friends…so I wouldn't want to ditch them but maybe some time next year if I ever come back!" Ron looked sad and walked away.
" I think you hurt his feelings!" whispered Danielle.
Nehal shrugged her shoulders. " I think it was kind of necessary."
After they purchased some stuff from the joke shop they decided to go into Honeydukes.
" Now I know what heaven feels like!" Said Jackie.
Neville said, " Heather can I talk to you?"
Heather said, " Oh…okay!"
Nehal whispered to Jackie and Danielle. " Neville looks like a tomato."
Over in the distance you could hear yelling and screaming.
" Let's go see what's happing!" suggested Danielle.
Jackie, Danielle and Nehal all walked over to see the commotion. It was Draco Malfoy along with Crabble, Goyle and Ian picking on another victim. This time it was a ravenclaw in their same year. It was Fiona Robenson.
Ian looks cute when he's angry. Thought Danielle.
Draco said, " Give me your candy!"
" No!" Yelled Fiona. " It's my candy and I bought it with my own money!"
Nehal said, " Malfoy have you ever heard of a thing called manners? Maybe you could buy some if there ever, is a shop full of them in stock!"
Draco turned his attention to Nehal. " Of course!" he smirked. " Without manners I couldn't be a proper gentleman."
Nehal said, " Yeah right! Are my ears deceiving me or did you just say you were a gentleman. Now that's something to laugh at! She snorted.
While Nehal and Draco were arguing, Ian and Danielle were communicating with each other. Ian pointed to the right and told Danielle to follow.
" Well Jackie it looks like it's just the two of us…." Said Nehal. " Jackie…" Nehal looked over at Jackie who was concentrating on Draco. " Oh shit, it's just me now! Well listen Draco I can take you on any day but I have better things to do.
" Yeah right!" he smirked and commanded to Crabble and Goyle. He looked around and said, " Where's Ian?"
" Having a romance of his own!" whispered Nehal.
Fiona said, " Umm…thanks for helping me with Draco!"
Nehal said, " No problem!"
" Hey guys!" Called Heather. " Neville and I are going to Zonko's!"
" But didn't we just go there?" asked Jackie.
Heather smiled. " I know but he wants to show me something! Bye guys!"
" Hey Nehal! Ready to go?" called Dean from the front door.
" Bye Jackie bye Fiona nice meeting you!" Nehal and Dean left the store.
Fiona said, " Is it okay if I tag along with you…I kind of lost my friends!"
Jackie smiled. " Sure!"
They walked in silence for awhile until Fiona said, " So…do you like Hogwarts so far?"
" Yeah. It's a great school. It's also much bigger than our other school."
Just then Jackie got an idea! " Hey Fiona why don't we spy on Nehal and Dean!"
Fiona said, " Okay sounds like fun…but wouldn't that be invading her privacy?"
" You're in ravenclaw right?"
" Yeah."
" It shows."
Fiona laughed. " So do you still want to do this?"
" Of course! I'm sure Nehal won't mind! The four of us used to have this thing when we were little called the spy squad and we would spy on people all the time!"
Fiona laughed until Roger Davis a 6th year ravenclaw walked up towards them.
" Hey Fiona, hey Jackie do you guys have any extra change?"
Jackie said, " Rewind and pause! How do you know my name?"
Roger replied, " Who doesn't?"
" Say what?" Jackie asked.
Roger answered, " You four are popular and are known through out the school! One of my gryffindor friends told me that you and your other friend Nehal were swearing!"
Jackie blushed. " Well in my opinion (she tried to sound smart since she was talking with 2 ravenclaws) I don't think " dick " is a bad word…it's kind of funny to say it because you don't use the word that often…you know what I'm saying?"
Roger laughed. " Anywho do you have any extra change?"
Fiona replied. " Yeah but you have to pay me back!"
" Yeah I will bye!"
Jackie said, " Hey look its Nehal and Dean you can see them through the window."
" Except those kids making faces at us are blocking them!" Fiona said.
" Well let's make faces back!"
Fiona said, " Well what if someone see us!" She looked around.
Jackie and Fiona started making faces. Fiona stuck out her tongue and pulled on her ears to look like a monkey. Jackie pressed her face against the window and she made a farting sound.
" You know this isn't helping us spy on Dean and Nehal. Besides you can't even hear anything." Said Fiona.
" Got any ideas?"
Fiona said, " C'mon we'll hide behind that Christmas tree."
Jackie and Fiona walked in the Three broomsticks trying not to get noticed. They quickly hid behind the tree. They could hear Nehal and Dean's conversation.
" What are you drinking?" asked Dean.
" Butter beer! Wanna share?"
Dean smiled. " Sure!" They both got straws and drank from the butter beer while admiring each other's features.
Fiona said, " Aww that's so cute they're sharing a drink!"
" Yuck!" said Jackie. " I know I'm not a big romantic but sharing a drink is kind of gross!"
" So Dean…I was wondering…is this a date?" She asked.
Dean blushed. " Well this is why I wanted to talk to you here…"
While Jackie and Fiona were listening behind the Christmas tree a lady who worked there tapped them on the shoulder.
" Excuse me…what exactly are you two doing?"
Jackie and Fiona looked at each other.
Jackie said, " We were just admiring your beautiful Christmas ordainments. And your tree is this a Basle fir? I like this kind!"
" Yeah and the pine needles are really soft." Added Fiona.
The lady said, " Listen why don't you sit at a table that way you can admire the decorations from over there!"
Jackie said, " No thanks…were fine…" But then Fiona interrupted her.
" Can we have a table right across from those people?"
The lady said, " Okay. Follow me."
While Jackie and Fiona followed the waitress, there were two people sitting down, so Jackie grabbed their menus and said, " Excuse me but I need to borrow these!" Jackie gave one to Fiona so she could cover her face.
The lady asked, " Is there anything I can get you?"
" I'll have a butter beer please!" Said Fiona.
" I'll have what she's having!" Said Jackie who was trying to avoid eye contact with the people she stole the menus from.
Dean said, " Nehal…I like you a lot but…Ron likes you too…and he's my friend so I want you to be my girlfriend, but I also don't want to hurt Ron's feelings."
Nehal smiled. " Dean I like you too and I think Hermione likes Ron and they would make a cute couple…just like us!"
Dean smiled. " I'll talk to him about it. Wow you actually like me in that way!"
Nehal blushed. " Yeah I do."
" Excuse me but I have to go to the washroom." Said Dean.
Nehal just sat there drinking her butter beer. She looked over and saw two of her friends coming over.
" Hey guys! Guess what Dean likes me!"
Jackie said, " We know…I mean he likes you…that' so cute!"
Nehal said, " Yeah and we also shared a drink!"
" Awesome!" Said Fiona.
Nehal said, " Dean should be coming out of the washroom soon and then I'll meet you guys at school!"
Jackie said, " Okay don't forget to tell me the details!"
" Not that we need to know them." Whispered Fiona giggling.
Jackie and Fiona left the store until the waitress called out. " Hey you girls forgot to pay!"
Jackie and Fiona looked at each other. " Run!" yelled Jackie.
Both girls ran as fast as they could without looking back, until Jackie tripped and looked up. At first everything was blurry and then…
" Hey! Thank goodness I bumped into you!" Came Ian's voice. " Have you seen Danielle?" he sounded worried.
Jackie stood up. Her robes were covered with dirt and slush from the snow. " I thought Danielle was with you!" she said accusingly.
" Well she was, but umm…she thinks I don't like her anymore." Ian replied.
" Do you?" asked Jackie.
" Of course!" Ian said blushing. " I told her that…er…being with a gryffindor would ruin my reputation, and I still wanted to…umm…I wanted to…"
" Wanted to be with her!" Fiona finished his sentence.
" Umm…I don't really want to hear everything." Said Jackie. " Fiona and I will look here you go look for her in Hogwarts."
Jackie and Fiona ran to the shop and Ian practically flew to towards the school.
So Jackie and Fiona started to look for Danielle. They didn't see Danielle but did spot Heather and Neville.
Heather said, " Hey guys what's up?"
" Heather by any chance did you happen to see Danielle?" asked Jackie slightly panting.
" I saw her crying. I think she was going to the school. Do you know why she was crying?" asked Heather.
" Maybe she fell and needed a Band-Aid!" suggested Neville.
" Oh I'm sure Ian will find her…I hope!" said Jackie.
Jackie and Fiona walked slowly towards the school their excitement had died and was replaced with anxiety.
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Ian made it to Hogwarts and found Danielle wiping her tears away. He guessed that she just came from the washroom.
Danielle stopped and looked at Ian. Her eyes were blotchy and her mascara was running down her face.
" Dani I need to talk to you!"
" Don't call me that!" she snapped and started to walk away until Ian grabbed her wrist and she spun around.
" Danielle…you didn't let me finish…what I was going to say, is that I don't care about my reputation in the slytherin house…because I like you and I wanna be with you. But if you just want to be friends…then that's fine."
Danielle smiled. " You like me!" she said in a timid voice.
Ian wiped a tear away from her eyes with his thumb. " Yeah I do!" Ian pulled out his slytherin tie. (When you go out with someone from another house you switch ties!) Danielle grabbed it and gave Ian her gryffindor tie.
Ian said, " Even if the slytherins beat me up…it's worth it!"
Danielle and Ian hugged.
THE END!!!!!! Not! I'm just joking…but I know some parts in this chapter were kind of corny so I have to change that but don't forget to review! The next chapter is about how Jackie feels! (Remember she didn't hang out with a guy at hogsmede!)
