Disclaimer – Refer to chapter 1

Chapter 9 – Howlers Galore

The next day in the Great Hall during breakfast Hermione and Ginny were quiet. They both ate in silence, not bothering to notice the worrying glances coming from Harry and Ron.

Finally, Harry spoke up. "Are you two okay?" he asked, sounding worried

"What?..Oh, we're fine," lied Ginny.

"Come on," said Ron, "I know something's wrong with you and Hermione. Ever since both of you came in you haven't said a word. Besides Ginny, you're a terrible lier.

"Don't worry Ron," said Hermione, "we're fine. You guys don't have to worry."

Before Ron could say anything, the morning post came in. An owl, recognized as Pig, dropped a red envelope right in front of Ginny.

"What did you-" Ron didn't get to finish what he was saying because he was interrupted by the howler that opened by itself.

"GINERVA MOLLY WEASLEY!" screeched Mrs. Weasley's voice from the howler. "WHAT WERE YOU THINKING WHEN YOU DECIDED TO GO AND GET PREGNANT!" at this, the whole hall gasped. "WE THOUGHT YOU WOULD HAVE MORE COMMON SENSE THEN THIS. YOUR FATHER AND I ARE VERY DISAPPOINTED IN YOU." When the howler was finished yelling at Ginny all the Gryffindors were trying to hold down Ron and Harry from hexing Blaise into oblivion.

Over at the Slytherin table, Draco got the same red envelope exactly like Ginny's. After Ginny's howler he was suddenly scared to open his. He looked at Blaise and saw him giving him an encouraging look.

"Just open it Draco. It can't be that bad," said Blaise.

"Easy for you to say. You're parents are actually nice enough not to send one."

"Just open it already."

"Here goes nothing," muttered Draco.

The second he touched the envelope, it came to life and Narcissa's voice could be heard. "DRACO LUCIUS MALFOY! WHAT THE BLOODY HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU! YOU GO AND IMPREGNANT ANOTHER STUDENT, AND SEVERUS' NIECE AT THAT! ALL THESE YEARS HE TREATS YOU LIKE HIS OWN AND YOU REPAY HIM BY GETTING HIS ONLY BLOOD RELATIVE PREGNANT! I HOPE YOU'RE HAPPY NOW THAT YOU DISGRACED THE MALFOY NAME."

When Draco's howler shredded itself, the whole hall was silent. Two howlers in one day and they were both about the same thing. Finally, it was Ron who broke the silence. "Is this why both of you were quiet the whole time!" yelled Ron who was struggling against Seamus and Dean. "Both of you are pregnant because you decided to become Malfoy and Zabini's whores! I knew letting you date Zabini was a bad idea, but noooo Hermione said he was a good person. I guess this proves that he really is like Malfoy after all. When I get my hands on him, I'll-"

"Ronald Weasley!" yelled Ginny who interrupted Ron. "Don't you dare call me a whore. Blaise loves me and I love him. He supports my decision of keeping the baby." Ginny couldn't take it anymore, she was now crying hysterically. "I can't believe my mom would react this way," she whispered.

"It's going to be okay Gin," said Hermione trying to comfort her friend. Inside, she wasn't really sure if everything would be okay. Sure she was pregnant, but her Uncle knew the father of the baby really well. Ginny's family on the other hand didn't even know who Blaise Zabini was. They weren't even aware that she had a boyfriend.

Blaise walked up to the Gryffindor table, followed by Draco, and embraced Ginny.

"Get the hell away from her Zabini!" yelled Ron. He was still trying to get away from Seamus and Dean, but he was failing.

"Shut up Weasley!" yelled Blaise. "I think you should get away from her. After all, I wasn't the one that made her cry. It was you and only you." With that, Blaise took Ginny's hand and led her out of the Great Hall.

Snape, who was sitting at the staff table was shocked by Ron's reaction. He knew that Ron would cause an outburst, but he wasn't expecting him calling his own sister and his best friend a whore.

'No one calls Hermione a whore a gets away with it' he thought.

He got up from his seat and walked toward the Gryffindor table. The whole room was still silent and all eyes were on Snape. Finally, he reached the Gryffindor table. "Mr. Weasley," he sneered at Ron. "50 points from Gryffindor and a weeks detention with Filch for your little outburst." He then turned to Draco and put his hand on his shoulder. His features softened a bit and he said, "Don't worry about your mother Draco, I'll talk to Narcissa about it and hopefully, she'll understand. In the meantime, I think you and Hermione should stay in the common room with Mr. Zabini and Miss Weasley for the rest of the day. I'll excuse the four of you from classes for the rest of the day." And with that he left the Great Hall with Draco and Hermione.

When they left, the Great Hall immediately became noisy. Everyone was talking to his or her friends about what just happened.