The Woes of Harry Potter

Chapter Nine

The Most Annoying Stories

Disclaimer: Nothing you might recognise belongs to me

Hermione and Ron still weren't speaking.

It was two days later and Harry and Ginny were finding it very difficult to hold normal conversation while two of the members acted as if the other wasn't present. If they had to refer to one another, they said things such as, "Harry, will you tell Ronald to pass the salt," and "Ginny, tell Hermione that she can get her own bloody salt!" It was very trying.

A further day passed and then Harry and Ginny gave up trying to make peace in disgust and retired to the library.

"They'll just have to sort themselves out," said Harry,

"Yeah, maybe we should lock them both in a cupboard for an hour," sighed Ginny,

"Good idea," mused Harry,

"By the way, did you ever find out what made Hermione so upset?"

"Well, when she was at primary school, before Hogwarts, she used to get called a lesbian by the class bullies 'cause she didn't seem to have any interest in boys," explained Harry, "and I suppose she's not really got over it,"

"Poor Hermione," sympathized Ginny, "well, I need to get my Charms done,"

"I'm going to go on the fanfiction website but stay firmly away from romance stories!" said Harry, bagging a computer.

Ginny laughed and the duo settled down for the afternoon.

Harry was reading a brilliant story about himself and his preparation for the Final Battle. It was extremely well written, fast paced, interesting and everything a person could wish for in a story. He was just finishing the eighteenth chapter.

"Harry turned to his best friends: Ron, Hermione and Ginny. "This is it," he whispered, "Voldemort has broken through the Hogwart's wards." Ron paled. "How long do we have?" "Less than a minute," was the reply. Hermione bit her lip. "I'll go and alert the professors and get the younger students to the designated safe place." Harry nodded and hugged her hard before she hurried off, her hand wiping her face. Harry turned to Ginny. "I'll always love you," he said, "I promise I'll meet you at the end." Ginny's eyes filled with tears as she understood the double meaning of that statement. "I love you, Mr. Potter." She quickly kissed Harry on the lips and made her way to the Infirmary to help with the injured as they arrived. Harry stared after his girlfriend before turning to his best friend. Ron was standing tall, strong and proud next to him. "I promised I'd stand by you and I intend to keep that promise," he said, staring Harry in the eyes. Harry smiled briefly. "Let's go then. It's time."

"This is excellent!" muttered Harry as he moved the cursor down to get onto the next chapter. There wasn't another chapter.

"Damn!" Harry cursed, "Just as it was getting tense!"

He scrolled back up the page to see when the story had last been updated. The date was over six months ago. "Oh no," he moaned, "Why can't they update?"

"What's wrong?" asked Ginny, from where she was still completing her homework,

"I'm in the middle of one of the best fanfic's I've read so far and they haven't updated it for months!" said Harry, "they left a cliff-hanger too!"

"Shame," said Ginny, "I always think that once an author has started a story, they should complete it and if they have no intention of finishing it, then they should remove the story from the website,"

"Exactly," nodded Harry, "I'll leave them a review and encourage them to complete it."

He clicked on the review buttons and typed into the box that appeared on screen.

'Hi. I've just read through your story and I have to admit that it's the best story I've read on here. It's action packed, exciting and very well written so well done to you. However, I have one problem. You haven't finished it or updated it for over six months and the story is left on a cliff-hanger. This isn't really fair to me or other readers. I realise you may have things in your life that are keeping you occupied but please try to finish it soon. It really is excellent and doesn't deserve to just be left like that. I wait in anticipation.'

"There," decided Harry and pressed submit review; "come on, Ginny. It's time for dinner!"

Ginny put away her homework gladly and the couple made their way to the Great Hall. Ron was sitting at the Gryffindor table, pushing his fork around his food. He looked up as they approached.

"Do you know where Hermione is?" he asked, desperately, "I've searched all over the castle this afternoon but I can't find her! I wanted to apologise but she's disappeared!"

Wait while I-confuse-everyone swears VERY loudly.

Well, knock me down with a feather; I really nearly had a heart attack when I saw the amount of reviews for the last chapter. 'Takes a deep breath to get over shock'.

Thanks to HGShipper(x3), Bob Rhynoplasty, Firesoulliz (x2), korrd, Apple Pie (x2), bonnythebunny (x8!), miliaphire, No Longer Alone, hermionebabe06, chels89, AlexisHaliwell89, Kudarung, tabby, murgel, littleflower2004, fenderbender505, GreendayGeek2001, Solae, golwenadaneth, FadedRose, Kiva Wildfire, Laura, I am a banana, Kermit Turtle, ftfradiecat, Myself (x3), Eos, PrincessofWolves, Pandora, gl2004, Moxy, EvenstaroftheEast, Delajade, Andromeda 'Andy' Black, Tera Earth, ILoveHarryPotter17, RowanRhys, XxPoprocksandcokexX, Nixinox, Silver Sailor Ganymede and Queenlover.

Crikey, nearly 200 hundred reviews. Woot! I have approximately 20 chapters (maybe) planned out unless you give me more good ideas to write about. As you can see I'm trying to develop a plot within the main storyline so every chapter doesn't keep being 'Harry goes onto fanfiction dot net and discovers something new and exciting. The next day, he does exactly the same and again and again and again.' Tell me if you think its working.

Review please. Constructive criticism is gladly received.