Chapter 8: Hermione and Ron
Disclaimer: If you've seen it, I don't own it.
A/N: sorry this took so long, I've been busy. I had it written but I never could find time to type it. Now that I'm at home sick I have plenty of time. So on with the story.
"Harry! Wake up mate! Its almost noon." Harry heard the voice call from the other side of the door.
"I'm up!" he yelled toward the door. The knob turned and the door opened. Ron came in and looked around. His face became confused as he spotted the second bed with the sleeping form still in it.
"This place is huge! Why on earth are you sharing a room?" Ron continued to talk very loud.
Draco groaned from his bed.
"Keep it down, Ron. My brother is still asleep. He's already going to be freaked you're in here anyway. Let me wake him up and then we can continue this conversation." Harry moved to hit Draco with his pillow.
Draco blocked the pillow and tackled his older brother. "Trying to deprive me of my beauty sleep?" Draco asked as he let his brother up.
"Hate to break it to you brother but all the beauty sleep in the world won't make you look any better." Harry ducked the pillow that was thrown at him.
"Brother? But Harry you're an only child." Ron was beyond confused.
"So was I." Draco mumbled from where he was getting dressed.
"It's a long story, Ron, and I don't want to have to go through it twice so I'll tell you at breakfast...er...lunch." Harry attempted to comb his hair.
"Give it up, brother. It won't stay down." Draco stated as he grabbed Harry and dragged him down for lunch.
*************** ********************* ************************ ************* "Harry!" the yell startled Harry as the breath was knocked out of him by a hug.
"Hi, Mione." Harry gasped. She let go and looked at the boy she didn't know. "Who are you?" she asked kindly.
"Harry's twin brother." Draco supplied, Hermione gasped at the voice. It sounded like...
"Draco you've met Hermione before right? Well this time it's a proper meeting." Harry grinned.
"Draco? Harry the only Draco I've met was..."
"Draco Malfoy Yeah I was an ass then. Sorry about the rude remarks and the cruel names. I was sort of forced to do such. Turns out I'm not actually a Malfoy, but a Potter. It explains why I always felt bad calling you such cruel names." Draco noticed the evil looks Ron was shooting him.
"I'll tell you the whole story as we eat." Harry supplied trying to break the tense silence.
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Harry did explain everything to the Weasleys, Hermione, and the various Order Members at the table. Ron continued to shoot Draco dark looks every time he saw him.
Draco did not seem to notice. Hermione accepted his apology and struck up a conversation about what their summers had been like thus far. They were moving into a sitting room when Mrs. Weasley hugged him kindly and welcomed him into the family. Draco was stunned no one had ever hugged him before. He sat stunned and listened quietly to Hermione's tales of her summer and did not even notice when Harry dragged Ron out of the room. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Harry drug Ron out of the room and into a completely empty room. "What the bloody hell is wrong with you?" he asked the stunned red head once the door was shut.
"What do you mean?" Ron was confused.
"I saw the looks you were shooting at my younger brother. You looked ready to kill him."
"I don't trust him, Harry. How can you? According to what you've said, you've only known him for a few days."
"He's my brother Ron. I trust him. We've had plenty of time to get to know each other while we were stuck together with the Dursleys. He was under the Impervious Curse. He didn't want to cause us problems, he was forced to."
"How do you know he's not lying?" Ron asked.
"You don't understand do you? You've always had your parents, siblings, and various other relatives. I haven't had anyone. My parents were killed Ron! I was separated from my twin at birth and never told of him. I lived with my Aunt and Uncle who never gave a damn about what happened to me. My godfather died protecting me! All I have left is Draco. He is my last relative that matters to me. You have to understand that. It's my job to look out for him just like you do for Ginny. If you have a problem with Draco, take it up with me right now." Harry was losing his temper.
Ron was shocked at Harry's outburst. "I just need some time to get used to it." He said slowly, fearful of another outburst.
"Fine. Draco is going to be a big part of my life now, you can't glare at him every time you see him." Harry had calmed a bit.
Ron and Harry went to rejoin the rest of the group. They found them chatting about... teachers? Hermione, Ginny, Draco, and the twins were taking turns pointing out good and bad points about the teachers at Hogwarts as well as random run-in's they'd had with different teachers.
"Unlike popular thought, Snape isn't nicer to Slytherins. True he doesn't take points off in class but he punishes us harshly for our screw-ups." Draco argued.
"Yes, but he awards you enough points in class to make up for it." Fred supplied.
"And he takes lots of points off the other houses while doing it. Thus he does favor his house more than say McGonagall who won't give us more points in class or out of it. In fact I think the only reason we won the house cup the last few years, excluding last year which was completely unfair, was because of Hermione's smarts, and all three of them's adventures and that doesn't count because most of those points were given by Dumbledore or other teachers." George argued for the sake of entertainment.
"Did Draco tell you he's switching houses? In fact, he's enrolling under Potter this year." Harry cut in to the conversation.
"Really? I wonder which house you'll be in?" Hermione thought out loud.
Harry suddenly remembered. "Hey guys, I didn't tell you, Dumbledore is approving the DA as a club this year. I think it's going to be like a Jr. Order of the Phoenix. We won't be sent on as dangerous missions but we will train to fight, we can get information about Death Eater's children, suspicious behavior, and maybe we can find out some of what's going on." Harry explained what he thought might happen with the DA. "Dumbledore said something about having to sign some sort of book pledging that we will not speak of what goes on in the DA meetings to anyone outside the DA and he said we will have to have an official rule book."
"That's great Harry, but where are we going to hold such a secret meeting?" Ron suddenly thought.
"In a place only three people can unlock." Harry closed his eyes and thought of the secret apartment and whispered the password before opening his eyes. The door had appeared in the wall in front of him. He opened it and waved the others inside.
He shut the door behind him, as he was the last person to enter the secret place.
"Wow." Was all Ginny could say.
"Harry, the only problem with this place is that it isn't at Hogwarts." Hermione reasoned.
"Yes it is. We can conjure it anywhere." Draco explained as he led them into a sitting area. "Time also goes slower here. An hour in here is the same as a minute outside this apartment. This will help the scheduling of the meetings. You only need five minutes of spare time to get five hours of practice in. As Harry said there are only three people who have the key to this place." Draco was about to continue when Hermione interrupted.
"Who has the key though? That's important." Hermione asked worried that someone they couldn't trust had a key.
"I have one, Draco has one, and Tonks has one." Harry stated.
"I also have one." Dumbledore stated from where he had entered. "Four were made. I helped make this place. Tonks and Sirius each had one, Tonks' mother Andromeda had one, and I had one. Another cannot be made. There are four and only four." Dumbledore told the shocked students.
"Even better!" Harry shouted. "Who better to have a key to the meetings of Dumbledore's Army than Dumbledore himself?" he explained.
"Professor, I noticed that all of the pendants seem to be house colors, is this significant?" Hermione's brow furrowed.
"Very good Miss Granger. Indeed you are correct. The four pendants were made the house colors for a reason. When certain pendants are worn, some of the traits of that house are enhanced. Harry, who wears the red of Gryffindor, has his courage upped a bit. Draco, with the blue of Ravenclaw, gains knowledge, Tonks, who wears the green of Slytherin, gains more slyness, that helps with her auror and Order duties, I wear the yellow of Hufflepuff, the pendant makes me more trustworthy and honest." Dumbledore smiled at Hermione.
Draco looked at his pendant. It swung back and forth creating a blue glow almost. If this brings out the intelligence, why didn't I realize the consequences of my actions at the Dursleys?
"So you want to become a Junior Order of the Phoenix?"
"I think it would prove useful, sir." Harry told him.
"Alright, but there will be rules."
The group nodded.
"Rule # 1:There will be an elected leader for the group who will be responsible for anything that happens within the group."
"Simple enough." Hermione said while taking notes.
"2: This organization will not affect your grades to it will be closed. I expect all of you will be passing every class." He looked at them all over the top of his half moon glasses. "3: No one will be out after hours. No nighttime visits, exploring, or sneaking around unless otherwise cleared by me. The only exception would be if it were an emergency. 4: There will be no fights. Any fights that involve a DA member will be brought to my office as well as the leader of the DA. And finally, rule #5: All decisions about what to do about information and any missions are left up to me. Any information that is given to you or that you find stays within the DA. Any questions?"
Everyone was silent. "Is that all professor?"
"Oh yes one more. I would like Tonks to go to any meeting you have. Give her one of your ingenious coins Miss Granger."
Hermione turned red. "Yes, Sir." She automatically responded.
"Very well, I'll leave you." Dumbledore left.
A/N: Now wasn't that long. Interesting but long. I have started chapter 9 but I have not finished it or begun to type it. Good day.( 5 pages for this really "long chapter" how sad is that?
Disclaimer: If you've seen it, I don't own it.
A/N: sorry this took so long, I've been busy. I had it written but I never could find time to type it. Now that I'm at home sick I have plenty of time. So on with the story.
"Harry! Wake up mate! Its almost noon." Harry heard the voice call from the other side of the door.
"I'm up!" he yelled toward the door. The knob turned and the door opened. Ron came in and looked around. His face became confused as he spotted the second bed with the sleeping form still in it.
"This place is huge! Why on earth are you sharing a room?" Ron continued to talk very loud.
Draco groaned from his bed.
"Keep it down, Ron. My brother is still asleep. He's already going to be freaked you're in here anyway. Let me wake him up and then we can continue this conversation." Harry moved to hit Draco with his pillow.
Draco blocked the pillow and tackled his older brother. "Trying to deprive me of my beauty sleep?" Draco asked as he let his brother up.
"Hate to break it to you brother but all the beauty sleep in the world won't make you look any better." Harry ducked the pillow that was thrown at him.
"Brother? But Harry you're an only child." Ron was beyond confused.
"So was I." Draco mumbled from where he was getting dressed.
"It's a long story, Ron, and I don't want to have to go through it twice so I'll tell you at breakfast...er...lunch." Harry attempted to comb his hair.
"Give it up, brother. It won't stay down." Draco stated as he grabbed Harry and dragged him down for lunch.
*************** ********************* ************************ ************* "Harry!" the yell startled Harry as the breath was knocked out of him by a hug.
"Hi, Mione." Harry gasped. She let go and looked at the boy she didn't know. "Who are you?" she asked kindly.
"Harry's twin brother." Draco supplied, Hermione gasped at the voice. It sounded like...
"Draco you've met Hermione before right? Well this time it's a proper meeting." Harry grinned.
"Draco? Harry the only Draco I've met was..."
"Draco Malfoy Yeah I was an ass then. Sorry about the rude remarks and the cruel names. I was sort of forced to do such. Turns out I'm not actually a Malfoy, but a Potter. It explains why I always felt bad calling you such cruel names." Draco noticed the evil looks Ron was shooting him.
"I'll tell you the whole story as we eat." Harry supplied trying to break the tense silence.
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Harry did explain everything to the Weasleys, Hermione, and the various Order Members at the table. Ron continued to shoot Draco dark looks every time he saw him.
Draco did not seem to notice. Hermione accepted his apology and struck up a conversation about what their summers had been like thus far. They were moving into a sitting room when Mrs. Weasley hugged him kindly and welcomed him into the family. Draco was stunned no one had ever hugged him before. He sat stunned and listened quietly to Hermione's tales of her summer and did not even notice when Harry dragged Ron out of the room. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Harry drug Ron out of the room and into a completely empty room. "What the bloody hell is wrong with you?" he asked the stunned red head once the door was shut.
"What do you mean?" Ron was confused.
"I saw the looks you were shooting at my younger brother. You looked ready to kill him."
"I don't trust him, Harry. How can you? According to what you've said, you've only known him for a few days."
"He's my brother Ron. I trust him. We've had plenty of time to get to know each other while we were stuck together with the Dursleys. He was under the Impervious Curse. He didn't want to cause us problems, he was forced to."
"How do you know he's not lying?" Ron asked.
"You don't understand do you? You've always had your parents, siblings, and various other relatives. I haven't had anyone. My parents were killed Ron! I was separated from my twin at birth and never told of him. I lived with my Aunt and Uncle who never gave a damn about what happened to me. My godfather died protecting me! All I have left is Draco. He is my last relative that matters to me. You have to understand that. It's my job to look out for him just like you do for Ginny. If you have a problem with Draco, take it up with me right now." Harry was losing his temper.
Ron was shocked at Harry's outburst. "I just need some time to get used to it." He said slowly, fearful of another outburst.
"Fine. Draco is going to be a big part of my life now, you can't glare at him every time you see him." Harry had calmed a bit.
Ron and Harry went to rejoin the rest of the group. They found them chatting about... teachers? Hermione, Ginny, Draco, and the twins were taking turns pointing out good and bad points about the teachers at Hogwarts as well as random run-in's they'd had with different teachers.
"Unlike popular thought, Snape isn't nicer to Slytherins. True he doesn't take points off in class but he punishes us harshly for our screw-ups." Draco argued.
"Yes, but he awards you enough points in class to make up for it." Fred supplied.
"And he takes lots of points off the other houses while doing it. Thus he does favor his house more than say McGonagall who won't give us more points in class or out of it. In fact I think the only reason we won the house cup the last few years, excluding last year which was completely unfair, was because of Hermione's smarts, and all three of them's adventures and that doesn't count because most of those points were given by Dumbledore or other teachers." George argued for the sake of entertainment.
"Did Draco tell you he's switching houses? In fact, he's enrolling under Potter this year." Harry cut in to the conversation.
"Really? I wonder which house you'll be in?" Hermione thought out loud.
Harry suddenly remembered. "Hey guys, I didn't tell you, Dumbledore is approving the DA as a club this year. I think it's going to be like a Jr. Order of the Phoenix. We won't be sent on as dangerous missions but we will train to fight, we can get information about Death Eater's children, suspicious behavior, and maybe we can find out some of what's going on." Harry explained what he thought might happen with the DA. "Dumbledore said something about having to sign some sort of book pledging that we will not speak of what goes on in the DA meetings to anyone outside the DA and he said we will have to have an official rule book."
"That's great Harry, but where are we going to hold such a secret meeting?" Ron suddenly thought.
"In a place only three people can unlock." Harry closed his eyes and thought of the secret apartment and whispered the password before opening his eyes. The door had appeared in the wall in front of him. He opened it and waved the others inside.
He shut the door behind him, as he was the last person to enter the secret place.
"Wow." Was all Ginny could say.
"Harry, the only problem with this place is that it isn't at Hogwarts." Hermione reasoned.
"Yes it is. We can conjure it anywhere." Draco explained as he led them into a sitting area. "Time also goes slower here. An hour in here is the same as a minute outside this apartment. This will help the scheduling of the meetings. You only need five minutes of spare time to get five hours of practice in. As Harry said there are only three people who have the key to this place." Draco was about to continue when Hermione interrupted.
"Who has the key though? That's important." Hermione asked worried that someone they couldn't trust had a key.
"I have one, Draco has one, and Tonks has one." Harry stated.
"I also have one." Dumbledore stated from where he had entered. "Four were made. I helped make this place. Tonks and Sirius each had one, Tonks' mother Andromeda had one, and I had one. Another cannot be made. There are four and only four." Dumbledore told the shocked students.
"Even better!" Harry shouted. "Who better to have a key to the meetings of Dumbledore's Army than Dumbledore himself?" he explained.
"Professor, I noticed that all of the pendants seem to be house colors, is this significant?" Hermione's brow furrowed.
"Very good Miss Granger. Indeed you are correct. The four pendants were made the house colors for a reason. When certain pendants are worn, some of the traits of that house are enhanced. Harry, who wears the red of Gryffindor, has his courage upped a bit. Draco, with the blue of Ravenclaw, gains knowledge, Tonks, who wears the green of Slytherin, gains more slyness, that helps with her auror and Order duties, I wear the yellow of Hufflepuff, the pendant makes me more trustworthy and honest." Dumbledore smiled at Hermione.
Draco looked at his pendant. It swung back and forth creating a blue glow almost. If this brings out the intelligence, why didn't I realize the consequences of my actions at the Dursleys?
"So you want to become a Junior Order of the Phoenix?"
"I think it would prove useful, sir." Harry told him.
"Alright, but there will be rules."
The group nodded.
"Rule # 1:There will be an elected leader for the group who will be responsible for anything that happens within the group."
"Simple enough." Hermione said while taking notes.
"2: This organization will not affect your grades to it will be closed. I expect all of you will be passing every class." He looked at them all over the top of his half moon glasses. "3: No one will be out after hours. No nighttime visits, exploring, or sneaking around unless otherwise cleared by me. The only exception would be if it were an emergency. 4: There will be no fights. Any fights that involve a DA member will be brought to my office as well as the leader of the DA. And finally, rule #5: All decisions about what to do about information and any missions are left up to me. Any information that is given to you or that you find stays within the DA. Any questions?"
Everyone was silent. "Is that all professor?"
"Oh yes one more. I would like Tonks to go to any meeting you have. Give her one of your ingenious coins Miss Granger."
Hermione turned red. "Yes, Sir." She automatically responded.
"Very well, I'll leave you." Dumbledore left.
A/N: Now wasn't that long. Interesting but long. I have started chapter 9 but I have not finished it or begun to type it. Good day.( 5 pages for this really "long chapter" how sad is that?