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sixth book right now........ But, unfortunately for my checkbook, I'm not
J.K. Rowling and I don't really own anything, not even my checkbook.
Summary: After a string of boyfriends, 6th year student Ginny Weasley officially gives up on finding her prince charming and makes a vow to remain single for the rest of her days at Hogwart's. Fate, however, has a strange sense of humor, and keeps throwing the least likely candidate for Ginny's prince in her path. Can a frog really turn out to be a prince in disguise? And will Ginny trust herself to take a chance on this least likely prince?
Author's note: I'll keep this note "short. Thank you to everyone who reviewed, I really appreciate it.
The Least Likely Prince Charming
Chapter 2 - The Bat Bogey Epidemic
Hermione was fed up. It was the second week of school, and she was completely overwhelmed with her Head Girl responsibilities in addition to studying for NEWTs at the end of the year. And her friend Ginny wasn't helping a bit. By the end of the first week, Ginny had hexed five boys. This week she had already hexed two, and it was only Monday.... Unfortunately, as head girl, Hermione has to deal with the aftermath of an incident such as that. Luckily for Ginny, the boys weren't talking about who hexed them, (the best excuse being "I was trying to find my wand under my bed and I accidently hexed myself") but Hermione knew it was her. Ginny was the only one in Hogwart's who could do the Bat Bogey hex so well. Madame Pomfrey has lately been seen shaking her head about the Bat Bogey Epidemic hitting Hogwart's, and has been heard wondering aloud to an amused Dumbledore as to why most of the accidental hexes occurring lately are turning into a full fledged bat bogey hex.
The Bat Bogey Epidemic officially began on the Hogwart's Express somewhere between London and the secret location of Hogwart's. The first victim of this hex was a Hufflepuff 6th year named Jason Fletcher. He was found in a compartment of the train, sitting on the bench holding his head in his hands, with his face and entire body covered in fluttering bat like wings things. The poor boy had to sit the entire rest of the trip to Hogwart's and the trip to the medical ward with bat bogeys all over him. When asked what had happened by Hermione, Harry, and a couple of the teachers, Jason would only say that he will never do that again, and refused to talk about what had happened.
The next couple of boys to "accidently" become bat bogey hexed were a random assortment of Hogwart's sixth years. They all ended up visiting Madame Pomfrey in a similar state to Jason. When asked who or how they had become hexed, all of the boys gave random excuses about freak circumstances involving their wands. Hermione had thought that those would be the end of it, as the boys had to be figuring out who was doing it, even if the victims were not telling, and any smart person would just leave the girl alone.
Hermione had always had difficulty understanding people, especially boys, but if she had asked Ron or Harry, they could have told her that the bat bogey epidemic would not end anytime soon. Because Ron or Harry are boys, and they know what there fellow boys are like. They could have told her that the boys would not stop chasing Ginny now, because she had become a CHALLENGE, and there is nothing that teenage boys like better than that. So, the different boys kept ending up visiting Madame Pomfrey for the counter-curse, Hermione was spending all her time writing up incident reports for the rash of "accidental" bat bogey hexes, and Ginny, well, she just kept practicing her hex.
Ginny was, at the moment, dealing with yet another boy. This boy was Ryan, a 7th year Ravenclaw, who was asking her to go to Hogsmeade with him this weekend. Boys.... why couldn't they figure it out when she had refused the last seven boys who asked her out that she just wasn't interested in dating anymore. Ginny just shook her head at Ryan, and told him "I'm sorry but I have other plans with my friends for this trip." It was the same excuse she had been using, but somehow she knew it wouldn't work this time any more than the last seven times. She knew for certain when he opened his mouth again.
"Come on Ginny, you don't want to be the only one there without a date, do you?" Ryan stated, and then the flash of light from Ginny's wand hit him. Ginny turned and walked away, not even bothering to look to see the bat bogeys covering his body. She was angry, because boys were such stupid gits who couldn't take a hint, that boys never listen when a girl talks, that boys think that the only thing girls want to do is to date them. That boys just kept breaking up with her . . . As she walked away from the room, Ginny was still so angry that she didn't notice the snickering boy who had observed the whole scene and was currently watching her walk away.
The snickering boy was Malfoy, who was really quite amused by the scene he had just witnessed. To think that he would have missed it if he hadn't came back for his Potion's book that he had forgotten in that classroom.... If he could feel pity, he would feel it for that Ravenclaw boy. After all, having experienced the red head's special curse, he knew exactly how the boy felt. But, what really amused Draco was that he had finally discovered the cause of the hexing epidemic. He had thought it was one of his house mates, as all the victims were Ravenclaws, Hufflepuffs, and Gryffindors, but now he knew it was the Weasel's little sister. Now, he could have a little fun getting points taken from Gryffindor and possibly getting the girl a couple detentions. Nothing amused Malfoy more than getting someone from another house in trouble, especially one of Potter's friends. So, Malfoy headed off to find Snape, with a smirk on his handsome face.
Malfoy wouldn't have been smirking if he knew what would happen next. But fate had her plans, and she had a huge smirk on HER face........
COMING UP: Will Hermione ever stop studying for her NEWTs? Will Ginny stop hexing innocent boys for asking her out? Will Malfoy ever stop smirking and actually smile for once? Will Malfoy get Ginny in trouble, or will fate have something different planned for our least likely couple? Find out the answers to these questions and more in Chapter 3 - Charming? I Think Not.
Summary: After a string of boyfriends, 6th year student Ginny Weasley officially gives up on finding her prince charming and makes a vow to remain single for the rest of her days at Hogwart's. Fate, however, has a strange sense of humor, and keeps throwing the least likely candidate for Ginny's prince in her path. Can a frog really turn out to be a prince in disguise? And will Ginny trust herself to take a chance on this least likely prince?
Author's note: I'll keep this note "short. Thank you to everyone who reviewed, I really appreciate it.
The Least Likely Prince Charming
Chapter 2 - The Bat Bogey Epidemic
Hermione was fed up. It was the second week of school, and she was completely overwhelmed with her Head Girl responsibilities in addition to studying for NEWTs at the end of the year. And her friend Ginny wasn't helping a bit. By the end of the first week, Ginny had hexed five boys. This week she had already hexed two, and it was only Monday.... Unfortunately, as head girl, Hermione has to deal with the aftermath of an incident such as that. Luckily for Ginny, the boys weren't talking about who hexed them, (the best excuse being "I was trying to find my wand under my bed and I accidently hexed myself") but Hermione knew it was her. Ginny was the only one in Hogwart's who could do the Bat Bogey hex so well. Madame Pomfrey has lately been seen shaking her head about the Bat Bogey Epidemic hitting Hogwart's, and has been heard wondering aloud to an amused Dumbledore as to why most of the accidental hexes occurring lately are turning into a full fledged bat bogey hex.
The Bat Bogey Epidemic officially began on the Hogwart's Express somewhere between London and the secret location of Hogwart's. The first victim of this hex was a Hufflepuff 6th year named Jason Fletcher. He was found in a compartment of the train, sitting on the bench holding his head in his hands, with his face and entire body covered in fluttering bat like wings things. The poor boy had to sit the entire rest of the trip to Hogwart's and the trip to the medical ward with bat bogeys all over him. When asked what had happened by Hermione, Harry, and a couple of the teachers, Jason would only say that he will never do that again, and refused to talk about what had happened.
The next couple of boys to "accidently" become bat bogey hexed were a random assortment of Hogwart's sixth years. They all ended up visiting Madame Pomfrey in a similar state to Jason. When asked who or how they had become hexed, all of the boys gave random excuses about freak circumstances involving their wands. Hermione had thought that those would be the end of it, as the boys had to be figuring out who was doing it, even if the victims were not telling, and any smart person would just leave the girl alone.
Hermione had always had difficulty understanding people, especially boys, but if she had asked Ron or Harry, they could have told her that the bat bogey epidemic would not end anytime soon. Because Ron or Harry are boys, and they know what there fellow boys are like. They could have told her that the boys would not stop chasing Ginny now, because she had become a CHALLENGE, and there is nothing that teenage boys like better than that. So, the different boys kept ending up visiting Madame Pomfrey for the counter-curse, Hermione was spending all her time writing up incident reports for the rash of "accidental" bat bogey hexes, and Ginny, well, she just kept practicing her hex.
Ginny was, at the moment, dealing with yet another boy. This boy was Ryan, a 7th year Ravenclaw, who was asking her to go to Hogsmeade with him this weekend. Boys.... why couldn't they figure it out when she had refused the last seven boys who asked her out that she just wasn't interested in dating anymore. Ginny just shook her head at Ryan, and told him "I'm sorry but I have other plans with my friends for this trip." It was the same excuse she had been using, but somehow she knew it wouldn't work this time any more than the last seven times. She knew for certain when he opened his mouth again.
"Come on Ginny, you don't want to be the only one there without a date, do you?" Ryan stated, and then the flash of light from Ginny's wand hit him. Ginny turned and walked away, not even bothering to look to see the bat bogeys covering his body. She was angry, because boys were such stupid gits who couldn't take a hint, that boys never listen when a girl talks, that boys think that the only thing girls want to do is to date them. That boys just kept breaking up with her . . . As she walked away from the room, Ginny was still so angry that she didn't notice the snickering boy who had observed the whole scene and was currently watching her walk away.
The snickering boy was Malfoy, who was really quite amused by the scene he had just witnessed. To think that he would have missed it if he hadn't came back for his Potion's book that he had forgotten in that classroom.... If he could feel pity, he would feel it for that Ravenclaw boy. After all, having experienced the red head's special curse, he knew exactly how the boy felt. But, what really amused Draco was that he had finally discovered the cause of the hexing epidemic. He had thought it was one of his house mates, as all the victims were Ravenclaws, Hufflepuffs, and Gryffindors, but now he knew it was the Weasel's little sister. Now, he could have a little fun getting points taken from Gryffindor and possibly getting the girl a couple detentions. Nothing amused Malfoy more than getting someone from another house in trouble, especially one of Potter's friends. So, Malfoy headed off to find Snape, with a smirk on his handsome face.
Malfoy wouldn't have been smirking if he knew what would happen next. But fate had her plans, and she had a huge smirk on HER face........
COMING UP: Will Hermione ever stop studying for her NEWTs? Will Ginny stop hexing innocent boys for asking her out? Will Malfoy ever stop smirking and actually smile for once? Will Malfoy get Ginny in trouble, or will fate have something different planned for our least likely couple? Find out the answers to these questions and more in Chapter 3 - Charming? I Think Not.