The Secret
(A/N: Okay, so the issue is Harry kissed Hermione. The question: does he love her or Ginny? Well we don't find out for sure in this chapter, but Chapter 5 we learn alot! Please review and enjoy! Any questions? Email me)
Hermione covered her face with the fake fur around her hood as she hurried up the path to Hogwarts with Dean leading her with his hand gripped in hers. They rain through the furious rainfall until they were safely inside, each pressed against the rock wall. Hermione breathed heavily, half from the running and half from the exciting moment that had happened at Hogsmead. Harry kissed her! That meant something! Deffinetaly!
Dean took a deep breath and turned infront of Hermione, so close you could smell the bubble gum in his breath.
"So, Hermione,"he started, touching her arm."Hope you had a good time,"he said and leaned closer, eyes closed.
"I sure did!"Hermione said quickly and pecked his cheek, running up to stone steps to the common room, where she saw Ron sitting by the fire.
"Ron! Oh my god, I have to talk to you!"she gasped and flew into the chair beside him. Startled, Ron jumped up from his seat, stumbled back and knocked over his chair with him in it, hitting the floor with a thud.
"Woah, are you okay?"Hermione asked, leaning over him. Ron lied back in the back of the chair, mouth opened and blinking repeatively."Yeah, yeah, fine!"he said and sat up with his chair, shaking his head and smacking the side of it.
"Anyway, oh my god Ron! He kissed me!" she squealed.
"Who?"Ron asked.
"Harry!"
"No! No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no! This is bad! He's supposed to be with Ginny and you're supposed to be with Dean! This is all wrong! Where? When? Why!"
"Alley in Hogsmead. Thirty minutes ago. And he said I was beautiful!"
"HERMIONE!" Ron roared and leapt up from his chair, stumbling back again and knocking it over for the second time.
"It's not like I asked him to!"she snapped and jumped up, walking to the portrait hole with tears in her eyes."I thought you could help me,"she said quietly.
Ron climbed over the chair and went to Hermione, hugging her tightly."I can help, but, well it's just I'm protective over Ginny and I don't want Harry cheating on her like that, no matter how much he likes you or not. He should break up with her if he doesn't like her,"he said softly.
Nodding, Hermione wiped her tears."We should go talk to Harry, right?"she said. Ron nodded."Ginny and Dean should come too,"he said.
Biting her lip, Hermione and Ron went in seperate directions to collect Ginny, Harry and Dean.
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I need a room where we can fight in, sound-proof, with lots of soft items to throw at each other, Hermione thought and soon the tall oak door with a brass door knob. Opening the door, she lead the four other friends into a room covered in sound-proof walls and pillows everywhere. Gulping, Hermione sat in the biggest red chair and had Ron, Ginny, Harry and Dean seated on pillows around her.
"Okay, um, here's the thing.."she started, looking from each person. Harry seemed nervous, and stood up quickly, levitating a chair beside her.
"Um, this weekend, as you all know, we went to Hogsmead and Ginny and Dean came too,"Harry stuttered."Um, and, when Dean and Ginny left for food, Hermione and I bumped in to each other. Well...what happened was.."
The door flew open and Draco Malfoy stumbled in, drunken and smothered in lipstick marks with Millicent Bullstrode around his waist, kissing his face. The two snapped their heads to Harry and Hermione and the others.
"What the hell are YOU doing here?"Drao said, drunkly. Millicent jumped off him and straightened her robes.
"We were just leaving!"Hermione said and jumped up, grabbing Ron and Harry's arms who grabbed Ginny and Dean's. The five friends walked out and slammed the door shut, shuddering at the idea of what Malfoy was exactly planning to do in there.
"Um, so, what were you going to tell us?"Dean asked. Hermione looked at Harry, who shook his head and smiled wearily at them."It's nothing, never mind, we'll tell you guys tomorrow or something. Now come on, we're going to be late for Herbology,"he said and walked off quickly. Hermione had no choice but to follow, and soon, so did Ron, Ginny and Dean.
The five walked out to the Herbology green house and walked inside. Professor Sprout had just laid out interesting looking long green stems with brown and pink thorns.
"Welcome! Welcome! Please, choose a spot infront of a Aurochorid and put on your gloves provided!"Professor Sprout said. Hermione stood beside Neville, who had gotten there ten minutes early, as usual, and put on her black faded dragon-hyde gloves. Harry chose a spot across from Hermione, smiling at her as he put on his gloves and nodded at Ron, who stood beside him. Ginny seated herself beside Neville and Dean went down the table to join Seamus and Colin.
"Alright, now, who are we waiting for today?"Sprout asked. Hermione checked her schedule."Ravenclaw,"she said and put it back. Just after she said that, the Ravenclaw's walked in, Padma Patil trailing behind Fleur Delacour and Cho Chang, who had stayed behind an extra year for better marks in Defense Against The Dark Arts. Cho didn't even glance at Harry, but walked straight past him tostand beside Hermione, smiling and asking how she was. Padma and Fleur walked over and sat with Padma's twin, Parvati, and the rest of the students followed to the back of the table.
"Alright! Glove's on?" Sprout asked, looking around. Everyone held up their gloved hands in response.
"Good, let's get started! Can anyone tell me what the Aurochorid is used for?"Professor asked. Hermione raised her hand aswell as Cho.
"Miss
Chang!"
"The Aurochorid is used for curing deep cuts
and werewolf cuts, and even though it stings alot, it completly heals
the wounds."Cho smiled and glanced over at Harry to see if he
was impressed. Acting uninterested, Harry started to talk quietly
with Ron about the Polyjuice potion they had used in second year.
"Excellent! Ten points for Ravenclaw! What else can the Aurochorid be used for?"Sprout said happily. She pointed to Hermione."Miss Granger?"
"It can also be used for an edible treat. Inside the thorns is a sugary juice that can fill a full glass if broken off properly, and the drink can be used to turn yourself into any plant if the spell is cast on you at the same time,"she rehearsed.
"Bravo! Ten points for Gryffindor! And yes, that is correct! Which is what we will be doing today! Today we will be turning our partners and each other into plants of your choice, so first of all, please partner up!"
Hermione looked at Harry, who chose Ron, and she made her way to Ginny. Happily, Ginny and Hermione partnered up.
"Now, please take your glasses and plants and carefully rip off the thorns and pour the juice into the glass!"Sprout said.
Soon, the sounds of a crunch of thorns ripping filled the room. Then, a quite pouring nose filled the glasses and each glass was filled with a purple-ish blue juice was filled in every glass.
"Excellent! Now, one partner get out their wands while the other grab the drink. Those with your wands, follow my wand movements and words but don't start until I tell you. Now, repeat after me! Ferriniarto!"Sprout said loudly and swished her wand side to side, once in the air and pointing at mid air. Everyone with their wands repeated, including Harry, Hermione, Cho and Dean.
"Good, good. Now, once your partner drinks the juice, I want the partner drinking to close their eyes and imagine a plant while the other partner performs the spell. Is that clear?"
"Yes, Professor,"the class chorused in unison.
"Excellent! Alright, partners! Start drinking!"Sprout said and the sound of chugging down the sweet drink was echoing around the green house.
Ginny chugged and chugged, trying to beat Ron apparently, and succeded, closing her eyes and imagining a sunflower.
"Ferriniarto!"Hermione said, following the wand movements and pointing it at Ginny. Everyone in the greenhouse gasped as Ginny was transformed into a beautiful, large sunflower with her face in the middle.
"Hermione! Ginny! Excellent work! Ten points each to Gryffindor!"Sprout said happily. Smiling, Hermione patted Ginny's petaled head.
"Now, Hermione, the counter spell is the wand movements backwards, and it is Otrainirref(Ot-rain-ear-reef)."
Nodding, Hermione pointed her wand to Ginny and followed the movements backwards."Otrainirref,"she said and turned Ginny back to normal. Soon, after the two were finished(Ginny had turned Hermione into a cactus), everyone followed and Ginny and Hermione watched the students turn into plants. Harry and Ron had turned each other into vines on the floor; Cho had changed Fleur into a lily, and couldn't change her back for twenty minutes; Seamus had transformed Dean into a Aurochorid, and couldn't pick him up at all until he transformed him back.
"Well, that was an excellent class! Remember your homework: Write a one page essay on the uses of Aurochorid and how it could help when you are in deep trouble." Sprout shooed everyone out and closed the green house.
Hermione turned and saw Harry staring at her. She widened her eyes as he smiled and turned, winking at her and walking off with Ginny and Ron.
