The Woes of Harry Potter
Chapter Five
Something to Toast my Marshmallows With,
Disclaimer: Nothing you might recognise belongs to me
It was just over a week later and Harry's account had been reopened and he had gladly logged in. The next day, during a I'm-sick-of-homework-and-refuse-to-do-anymore moment, he'd carefully gone through the four original chapters and deleted all of the choose your own story bits so he wouldn't be banned again. After Hermione Beta'd it, Harry had re-posted the chapters and was just about to post his fifth one. In it was a very exciting moment when Harry kissed Ginny for the very first time on top of the Astronomy Tower. It was a true story.
"Harry!" gasped Ginny, running into the library,
"What?" said Harry, immediately swinging around, "what's wrong?"
"Hi!" said Ginny, with a cheeky smile,
"Ginny!" Harry moaned,
"Harry!" Ginny moaned back.
Harry rolled his eyes and turned back around, facing the computer screen. Ginny walked forward and swung her arm around his shoulders and leaned into Harry.
"What are you doing?" she asked,
"Trying to post the latest chapter of my fan fic," replied Harry, waiting for the document to be uploaded,
"Oooh, the one about me and you?" said Ginny, smirking,
"Yup," answered Harry, "in this chapter, we've got to the first kiss,"
"Let's have a look!" said Ginny.
Harry posted the chapter and clicked on the live preview. Ginny sat on his lap as she read the five hundred words or so that Harry had written.
"Merlin! I can't believe you wrote quite that much detail!" she gasped, when she had finished,
"Don't worry, all of the readers think we're fictional characters anyway and as far as I know, only me, you, Ron and Hermione know about this site at Hogwarts," reasoned Harry,
"Alright," whined Ginny, "hey, are you absolutely certain you wrote about our first kiss right?"
Harry faked a look of concern. "I'm not too sure,"
"Wanna relive it to make sure?"
"Of course."
Two days later, Harry found he had a spare half an hour between dinner and curfew so he decided to go and see if he'd had any reviews.
"I'll come with you," said Hermione, "I want to see if the revised version of Hogwarts: A History is in yet…"
The pair went to the library and Harry grabbed a spare computer. He logged onto his email account and was pleased to see eight reviews waiting for him. One by one he clicked on them and read them. A deep burst of happiness exploded in his chest each time he read a good one.
"Good…good…good…good…good…what?"
Harry reread the review and felt his heart plummet into his shoes.
"What's wrong?" asked Hermione, from behind him,
"Look at this review!" said Harry.
Hermione peered at the screen and read:
Your story stank. There is no way in hell that Hary is going to get with Ginny it's not cannon. It's perfectly obvius that Harry's going to go with somebody else or die a miserable lonely death. Giny is ugly no one in there rite mind is going to want to go out with her so there. Read my story its called Harry and something. It's tons better than urs!
"Well! How petty!" said Hermione, "obviously someone's jealous of your ability as a writer,"
"Yeah," said Harry, "plus they can't even spell!"
"Just ignore it Harry," said Hermione, "it's just a stupid flame. I use them to toast my marshmallows with."
Harry laughed. "I still can't believe they called Ginny ugly! They don't even know her!"
"Exactly," said Hermione, "now, you go and tell Ginny how beautiful she is and I'll think of a suitable reply to the flamer."
Harry saw the dangerous glint in his best friend's eye and decided it would be best to do as she advised.
Thanks to don't even bother, Saziikins, PadfootObsessed329, Queenlover, gl2004, Evil Scientist, Mist and Apple Pie.
The Harry-discovers-slash will be the next chapter, I promise. That should be out tomorrow with any luck.
I can't believe I've nearly got 100 reviews for this fic. That's almost twice as much as my most popular other story 'Hogwarts in France'.
Review please. Constructive criticism is gladly received.