Disclaimers: The characters do not belong to me even though I wish they
did. They belong to the great and amazing J.J. Rowling.
Sweet Temptations
Chapter 4: The Fight and a Captain
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"You're dead Potty." Ron said audibly.
"Bring it on Weasel." Harry said in a deadly calm voice.
"Five galleons and eight sickles that Potter will win," Seamus said to Dean.
"You're on," Dean said back without even looking at his friend.
It was a stare off, and both of them knew it. Whenever the other person would moved, so that the other could get an indication of when to attack. Harry's hand moved the slightest bit; Ron dove.
Ron had been staring at Harry's, when he saw Harry's hand twitched a bit, Ron dove right at Harry's gut, trying to knock the wind out of him so he would slow Harry down somewhat, otherwise Harry would be easily able to dodge his punches.
Harry knew it was coming, so he rolled right to dodge but still took part of the blow as Ron's fist connected with his gut knocking the wind out of him.Harry was just about to lunge at Ron when he heard an angry voice down the hall that belonged to none other than Albus Dumbledore.
"Both of you follow me to my office, and five points off for each person who stood hear and watched, not breaking up a fight." Dumbledore thundered angrily.
"You two, I said come," Dumbledore said angrily, but not quite as loudly.
They followed him up to his office not paying any attention as Dumbledore said the password to his office. Harry's shoes had suddenly became very interesting. Harry and Ron numbly followed Dumbledore into his office and sat down in chairs that Dumbledore had conjured out of thin air. They both moved their chairs away from the other.
Dumbledore heaved a long sigh as he sat down in his chair that was behind his desk. He slowly polished his half-moon spectacles on his purple robe with a thoughtful expression on his face.
"First off," Dumbledore started. "It is bad enough that Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, and Ravenclaw can not seem to be able o form a bond with Slytherin, as they were able to do amongst themselves. This is a time of war, attacks are being made almost daily, and the death toll has increased at an alarming rate. Secondly, I do not want to sit here and lecture you about war and unity for over an hour, but alas, I must say this. If Hogwarts were to fall, it will not be from within these walls." Dumbledore said wearily, and then continued.
"It is a good thing that I was there to break up your fight, I happened to be wandering the hall thinking about a great many things when I heard noise, I was impelled to come and investigate. Like I said it was a good thing that I got there in time.
Fawkes had settled himself on Harry's shoulder, and then leaned across onto Harry's nose.
"Get off Fawkes," Harry said brushing the bird away from his face.
Fawkes took off and landed on a perch next to Dumbledore. Just as Dumbledore was about to continue, Harry realized that his nose had stopped throbbing. He touched his nose delicately, but to his utmostit did not hurt at all.
"Thanks," Harry muttered.
"Not a problem." Dumbledore said his eyes twinkling. "Now back to the matter at hand, I would like for you to tell me why you are so angry at the other, and tell me your version of the events that have occurred within the last few days.
Harry turned a bright red and Ron turned a delicate shade of pink.
"Well you see Professor," Ron started.
"I saw Harry and my sister in the room of requirement doing things that I definitely did NOT approve, but then I was able to tell that he was assaulting her." Ron said sitting up straighter as if he was proud of himself for a major accomplishment.
"First off Ron," Harry said trying incredibly hard not to lose his temper.
"You do NOT control Ginny's life, and secondly it was her and Luna's idea" Harry covered his mouth in horror, he had not wanted Luna to be involved in this discussion.
Ron in the mean time was becoming steadily redder by the moment. "So, you nearly have sex with my little sister, and then you go off cheat on her with Loony Lovegood." Ron bellowed in an outraged voice.
"No Ron, Luna, Ginny and I made a deal that no one was suppose to know about. I won't even go into details because I don't even understand it that much, oh yeah and by the way, I thought I would let you know that I am only going out with Luna and not your little sister, because she thought it was for the best." Harry yelled back at Ron.
Ron and Harry started to yell random insults at each other. Dumbledore watched this exchange carefully before, "SILENCE."
Harry and Ron opened their mouths to throw one last insult at the other, but when they saw the look on Dumbledore's face they immediately forgot about insulting the other and looked shamefaced at their feet.
"Now," he started. "I know that this is incredibly hard on both of you, but you must come to an agreement within the next ten minutes, otherwise your house will suffer," Dumbledore said this as he looked at his watch.
"You're kidding right?" Harry asked u not believing every word that Dumbledore had just said.
"Nine minutes," he said looking at his watch.
"Since you broke it off with Ginny, I guess I'm okay with it," Ron said slowly, as if trying to make Harry understand.
"Are you sure?" Harry questioned further, just to make sure.
"Yeah I am, just as long as you don't do anything funny with my sister until-until she out of school," Ron said this as he was starting to smile again.
"I promise," Harry said saluting Ron and then cracking into a smile as well.
Dumbledore watched this exchange closely. "You two are free to go, there will be no punishment, and instead of taking points off, you each get thirty-five points each, for staying united during a time of war when it is most needed." Dumbledore said this with his eyes twinkling merrily.
"Harry, I would like to talk to you for a minute, do not worry Mr.Weasley it is nothing bad, and you can wait outside my office for Harry.
"What is it Professor Dumbledore?" Harry asked questioningly.
"Professor Mcgongell asked me to give you this if you didn't get into too much trouble in my office. Oh and before you ask, your ban has been lifted." Dumbledore said with a slight twinkle in his eye. Dumbledore handed Harry a red and gold badge that had the letter C on it.
"Thanks," Harry muttered as he slowly walked out of the office and back down to where Ron was sitting waiting for him. He was stunned, this was the absolute thing he had expected from Dumbledore.
What did Dumbledore wasn't?" Ron asked really wanting to know.
"Nothing much," Harry answered with a smile.
"Right anyways, I'm hungry," he complained as his stomach gave off a loud growl.
Let's go get some lunch," Harry said as he rolled his eyes at Ron.
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There was a crowd of Gryffindors waiting to see how points they would lose because of Ron and Harry's fight.
"Alright," Seamus said. "We have a thirty-two point lead over the Slytherins, hopefully we will only lose around fifty points so that way we are only down by eighteen." Seamus finished.
Everybody waited with baited breath as the stone column started to rumble slightly. But to everybody's surprise, no stones flew up, but instead many came down giving the Gryffindors over a one hundred point lead in the standings.
"Wh-what?" Seamus asked the question that was on everybody's mind.
Right at that moment Harry and Ron walked down the first floor stairs and down into the Entrance Hall.
The large band of Gryffindors were shocked until silence, until they rushed over to Harry and Ron and they immediately started questioning what happened, and so on and so forth.
Some of the main questions were "How did you do it?" "What did he say?" And the one that made both Harry and Ron crack up was "Did you trick him somehow?"
They repeatedly told the crowd that it was for them to know, and a few select people to find out.
"Look on the bright side, we now have a one hundred and two point lead on the arrogant little gits." Seamus shouted enthusiastically over the commotion that everybody else was making.
Harry and Ron entered the Great Hall and they both looked for Hermione and Ginny, but neither of they were in the Great Hall. Harry and Ron shot each other worried looks.
"Hermione isn't here," Ron said in a low worried voice.
"Ginny isn't here either," Harry said just as worriedly.
"I just hope they didn't go off and do something stupid together to get themselves hurt," Ron said as he scanned the Great Hall as if he thought they would suddeningly appear, and everything would be okay.
"Don't worry, Hermione isn't stupid, even if she is completely heartbroken." Harry said smirking at Ron who blushed a bright red.
"Yeah, I guess you're right," Ron muttered to Harry who was still smirking at him.
Harry and Ron continued eating, but both were still anxiously scanning the hall to try and find Hermione and Ginny.
"Hey Ron you want to go outside and practice," Harry asked hoping to get Hermione off of his best friend's mind.
"Yeah sure why not, I need to brush up on my keeper skills, and the captain needs to set up a time for the tryouts. Oh, and by the way, do you know who the captain is this year? "Ron asked
"Uh," Harry answered.
"Well, do you know who it is?" Ron asked sitting straighter in his chair and staring intently at Harry.
"Uh, that would be me," Harry said taking his badge out of his pocket.
"What!?!" Ron yelled at the top of his lungs startling many people in the Great Hall.
"And you didn't tell me right away, I knew there was something up after you talked to Dumbledore when I wasn't in there," but all the while he was smiling broadly at Harry.
(Not a bad a show this time round eh mates? Incredibly sorry about not updating in almost 3 weeks. Don't forget to review chappies.)
(Here are some responses to reviews)(anonymous and signed)
Harry Potter: why don't you do humanity a favor and go and jump off a bridge and die
Bill: same goes for you billy old pal
Larissa260: thanks a ton for your review, it really boosted my confidence
dietsushi02: thanks as well, keep reviewing for me
Jane: thanks for your review
starrygrl04:same goes for you
Sweet Temptations
Chapter 4: The Fight and a Captain
----------------------------------------------Last Chapter------------------ ----------------------------
"You're dead Potty." Ron said audibly.
"Bring it on Weasel." Harry said in a deadly calm voice.
"Five galleons and eight sickles that Potter will win," Seamus said to Dean.
"You're on," Dean said back without even looking at his friend.
It was a stare off, and both of them knew it. Whenever the other person would moved, so that the other could get an indication of when to attack. Harry's hand moved the slightest bit; Ron dove.
Ron had been staring at Harry's, when he saw Harry's hand twitched a bit, Ron dove right at Harry's gut, trying to knock the wind out of him so he would slow Harry down somewhat, otherwise Harry would be easily able to dodge his punches.
Harry knew it was coming, so he rolled right to dodge but still took part of the blow as Ron's fist connected with his gut knocking the wind out of him.Harry was just about to lunge at Ron when he heard an angry voice down the hall that belonged to none other than Albus Dumbledore.
"Both of you follow me to my office, and five points off for each person who stood hear and watched, not breaking up a fight." Dumbledore thundered angrily.
"You two, I said come," Dumbledore said angrily, but not quite as loudly.
They followed him up to his office not paying any attention as Dumbledore said the password to his office. Harry's shoes had suddenly became very interesting. Harry and Ron numbly followed Dumbledore into his office and sat down in chairs that Dumbledore had conjured out of thin air. They both moved their chairs away from the other.
Dumbledore heaved a long sigh as he sat down in his chair that was behind his desk. He slowly polished his half-moon spectacles on his purple robe with a thoughtful expression on his face.
"First off," Dumbledore started. "It is bad enough that Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, and Ravenclaw can not seem to be able o form a bond with Slytherin, as they were able to do amongst themselves. This is a time of war, attacks are being made almost daily, and the death toll has increased at an alarming rate. Secondly, I do not want to sit here and lecture you about war and unity for over an hour, but alas, I must say this. If Hogwarts were to fall, it will not be from within these walls." Dumbledore said wearily, and then continued.
"It is a good thing that I was there to break up your fight, I happened to be wandering the hall thinking about a great many things when I heard noise, I was impelled to come and investigate. Like I said it was a good thing that I got there in time.
Fawkes had settled himself on Harry's shoulder, and then leaned across onto Harry's nose.
"Get off Fawkes," Harry said brushing the bird away from his face.
Fawkes took off and landed on a perch next to Dumbledore. Just as Dumbledore was about to continue, Harry realized that his nose had stopped throbbing. He touched his nose delicately, but to his utmostit did not hurt at all.
"Thanks," Harry muttered.
"Not a problem." Dumbledore said his eyes twinkling. "Now back to the matter at hand, I would like for you to tell me why you are so angry at the other, and tell me your version of the events that have occurred within the last few days.
Harry turned a bright red and Ron turned a delicate shade of pink.
"Well you see Professor," Ron started.
"I saw Harry and my sister in the room of requirement doing things that I definitely did NOT approve, but then I was able to tell that he was assaulting her." Ron said sitting up straighter as if he was proud of himself for a major accomplishment.
"First off Ron," Harry said trying incredibly hard not to lose his temper.
"You do NOT control Ginny's life, and secondly it was her and Luna's idea" Harry covered his mouth in horror, he had not wanted Luna to be involved in this discussion.
Ron in the mean time was becoming steadily redder by the moment. "So, you nearly have sex with my little sister, and then you go off cheat on her with Loony Lovegood." Ron bellowed in an outraged voice.
"No Ron, Luna, Ginny and I made a deal that no one was suppose to know about. I won't even go into details because I don't even understand it that much, oh yeah and by the way, I thought I would let you know that I am only going out with Luna and not your little sister, because she thought it was for the best." Harry yelled back at Ron.
Ron and Harry started to yell random insults at each other. Dumbledore watched this exchange carefully before, "SILENCE."
Harry and Ron opened their mouths to throw one last insult at the other, but when they saw the look on Dumbledore's face they immediately forgot about insulting the other and looked shamefaced at their feet.
"Now," he started. "I know that this is incredibly hard on both of you, but you must come to an agreement within the next ten minutes, otherwise your house will suffer," Dumbledore said this as he looked at his watch.
"You're kidding right?" Harry asked u not believing every word that Dumbledore had just said.
"Nine minutes," he said looking at his watch.
"Since you broke it off with Ginny, I guess I'm okay with it," Ron said slowly, as if trying to make Harry understand.
"Are you sure?" Harry questioned further, just to make sure.
"Yeah I am, just as long as you don't do anything funny with my sister until-until she out of school," Ron said this as he was starting to smile again.
"I promise," Harry said saluting Ron and then cracking into a smile as well.
Dumbledore watched this exchange closely. "You two are free to go, there will be no punishment, and instead of taking points off, you each get thirty-five points each, for staying united during a time of war when it is most needed." Dumbledore said this with his eyes twinkling merrily.
"Harry, I would like to talk to you for a minute, do not worry Mr.Weasley it is nothing bad, and you can wait outside my office for Harry.
"What is it Professor Dumbledore?" Harry asked questioningly.
"Professor Mcgongell asked me to give you this if you didn't get into too much trouble in my office. Oh and before you ask, your ban has been lifted." Dumbledore said with a slight twinkle in his eye. Dumbledore handed Harry a red and gold badge that had the letter C on it.
"Thanks," Harry muttered as he slowly walked out of the office and back down to where Ron was sitting waiting for him. He was stunned, this was the absolute thing he had expected from Dumbledore.
What did Dumbledore wasn't?" Ron asked really wanting to know.
"Nothing much," Harry answered with a smile.
"Right anyways, I'm hungry," he complained as his stomach gave off a loud growl.
Let's go get some lunch," Harry said as he rolled his eyes at Ron.
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There was a crowd of Gryffindors waiting to see how points they would lose because of Ron and Harry's fight.
"Alright," Seamus said. "We have a thirty-two point lead over the Slytherins, hopefully we will only lose around fifty points so that way we are only down by eighteen." Seamus finished.
Everybody waited with baited breath as the stone column started to rumble slightly. But to everybody's surprise, no stones flew up, but instead many came down giving the Gryffindors over a one hundred point lead in the standings.
"Wh-what?" Seamus asked the question that was on everybody's mind.
Right at that moment Harry and Ron walked down the first floor stairs and down into the Entrance Hall.
The large band of Gryffindors were shocked until silence, until they rushed over to Harry and Ron and they immediately started questioning what happened, and so on and so forth.
Some of the main questions were "How did you do it?" "What did he say?" And the one that made both Harry and Ron crack up was "Did you trick him somehow?"
They repeatedly told the crowd that it was for them to know, and a few select people to find out.
"Look on the bright side, we now have a one hundred and two point lead on the arrogant little gits." Seamus shouted enthusiastically over the commotion that everybody else was making.
Harry and Ron entered the Great Hall and they both looked for Hermione and Ginny, but neither of they were in the Great Hall. Harry and Ron shot each other worried looks.
"Hermione isn't here," Ron said in a low worried voice.
"Ginny isn't here either," Harry said just as worriedly.
"I just hope they didn't go off and do something stupid together to get themselves hurt," Ron said as he scanned the Great Hall as if he thought they would suddeningly appear, and everything would be okay.
"Don't worry, Hermione isn't stupid, even if she is completely heartbroken." Harry said smirking at Ron who blushed a bright red.
"Yeah, I guess you're right," Ron muttered to Harry who was still smirking at him.
Harry and Ron continued eating, but both were still anxiously scanning the hall to try and find Hermione and Ginny.
"Hey Ron you want to go outside and practice," Harry asked hoping to get Hermione off of his best friend's mind.
"Yeah sure why not, I need to brush up on my keeper skills, and the captain needs to set up a time for the tryouts. Oh, and by the way, do you know who the captain is this year? "Ron asked
"Uh," Harry answered.
"Well, do you know who it is?" Ron asked sitting straighter in his chair and staring intently at Harry.
"Uh, that would be me," Harry said taking his badge out of his pocket.
"What!?!" Ron yelled at the top of his lungs startling many people in the Great Hall.
"And you didn't tell me right away, I knew there was something up after you talked to Dumbledore when I wasn't in there," but all the while he was smiling broadly at Harry.
(Not a bad a show this time round eh mates? Incredibly sorry about not updating in almost 3 weeks. Don't forget to review chappies.)
(Here are some responses to reviews)(anonymous and signed)
Harry Potter: why don't you do humanity a favor and go and jump off a bridge and die
Bill: same goes for you billy old pal
Larissa260: thanks a ton for your review, it really boosted my confidence
dietsushi02: thanks as well, keep reviewing for me
Jane: thanks for your review
starrygrl04:same goes for you