Chapter 5

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Leah: Ok seriously man…who's the one I'm crushing on?

Me: Oh no…here we go again.

Leah: Dude I wanna know. It's not Ron, thank god, or Harry…but somehow I get the feeling he likes me.

Me: Like parents like daughter I guess. Always jumping in.

Leah hated it. Practically everyone was mad at her and Harry…well…all the Gryffindors anyway. They were confused at first when they saw they had lost 150 points overnight, but soon news leaked out about how Leah, Harry and Neville had done it. Neville was sort of on the easy, having not been so well known. Same with Leah but she was slightly less worse then Harry. Everyone in Gryffindor, except his friends of course, seemed to hate Harry now. The one that had won the quidditch game had been the one to lose all the points from it.

"It'll blow over…eventually." Leah said. She, Harry, Ron and Hermione were walking through the halls of the school.

"Yeah…Fred and George have lost way more points then that and people still like them." Ron said.

"They didn't lose 150 points in one try did they?" Harry asked.

"Well…no." Ron said.

"Hey! It wasn't just you." Leah said. "I got a third of those as well."

"Surprisingly…that's not really helping." Harry said.

"Well it should." Leah said, crossing her arms and pouting.

"Ah…sorry Le." Harry said. He put his arm over her shoulders. "It helped a bit."

"That's what I like to hear." Leah said, smiling. Harry laughed. Leah then spotted Draco, by himself for once, a bit ahead of them. "Hey…I'll catch you guys later. There's something I gotta take care of."

"Ok. See ya." Hermione said.

"Bye." Leah said, hurrying over to where Draco was. She was glad the others didn't see him and that they were around a corner by the time she caught the blonde. "Hey!"

"What? Oh…you." Draco said.

"Well…thought you'd be happy to see me." Leah said.

"I'm happy…as happy as I'd be to see a big cockroach sitting on my nose first thing in the morning." Draco said.

"EW!" Leah said, shivering. "Dude that was way wrong." Draco smirked. Next instant he was pulling her into the closet behind him. "Whoa! What the heck?"

"Like I'm going to let my friends see me talking to you." Draco said.

"Of course. Because reputation is everything." Leah said. "God you are so conceited."

"I am not." Draco said.

"Are too." Leah said.

"Are not." Draco said.

"Are not." Leah said.

"Are to…HEY!" Draco said. Leah smirked. "You think you're so smart."

"Oh I know I am." Leah said, she leaned right into Draco's face. "And what's more…so do you." She backed up when Draco started advancing on her. Leah's back hit the wall.

"You may be smart…but you're not that smart." Draco said. "Next time you want to hunt me down…don't." Leah stared at him before Draco left. She spent a good five minutes just thinking about what he said. Something in her head clicked but she couldn't remember why that statement was so familiar. She left the closet and headed to potions still confused.

"Hey…you ok?" Harry asked.

"Yeah…just a little confused." Leah said. She managed to endure the class and ignore Snape so things were all ok there.

Time passed and the danger was on a stand still for the moment. The only problem was Harry's scar hurting all the time. The exams came and went and soon the four friends found themselves walking through the grounds after their last one.

"I always thought Hogwarts exams were brutal. But I rather enjoyed that." Hermione said.

"Speak for yourself." Leah and Ron said.

"Are you ok Harry?" Leah asked, looking at him.

"My scar…it keeps burning." Harry said, rubbing his forehead.

"It's happened before." Hermione said.

"Not like this." Harry said. "It's a warning…it means danger's coming."

"Well that's just…" Leah said but stopped when she heard music. They looked over at Hagrid.

"Why didn't I see it before?" Harry said. He started towards Hagrid's hut with the others following.

"See what?" Ron asked.

"Don't you find it odd…that what Hagrid wants most in the world is a dragon…" Harry said.

"And a stranger shows up in the pub who just happens to have a dragon egg." Leah said, catching on. "How many people walk around with dragon eggs in their pockets?"

"Why didn't we see it before?" Harry said. They stopped in front of Hagrid.

"Hello there. Finished your exams?" Hagrid asked, smiling at them. "Got time for a drink?"

"Yes please." Ron said.

"No thanks Hagrid." Harry said quickly. "We want to ask you some questions."

"Who gave you Norbert?" Leah asked.

"I don't know. He never took his hood off." Hagrid said.

"But you must have talked." Harry said.

"Well he asked what I did so I told him." Hagrid said. "He wanted to know if I could handle a dragon and I told him, after Fluffy, a dragon will be easy."

"And did he seem interested in Fluffy?" Leah said. Realizing that she and Harry were starting to act a lot like she and Ron.

"Well yeah." Hagrid said. "How many three headed dogs do you come across…even in the pub?" Harry and Leah looked at each other then at the other two who were finally catching on. "So I says…the trick to any beast is to know how to calm it. Take Fluffy for example. Just play him a bit of music and he falls straight to sleep…" Hagrid seemed to notice, too late, that he let something slip. "I shouldn't have told ya that." Harry and Leah turned and lead the other two back up to the castle.

"That was no stranger Hagrid met." Harry said.

"That was Snape." Leah said.

"We have to see McGonagall." Harry said. They kept walking.

"Now…what would four young Gryffindors…such as yourselves…be doing indoors…on a day like this?" Snape asked from behind them. Very slowly the four of them turned around to look at him. "You better be careful. People might think you're…" He looked at Harry and Leah who were glaring at him. "Up to something." Snape turned and walked away.

About ten minutes later Harry, followed closely by Leah, Ron and Hermione, ran into the empty transfiguration room and right up to the front desk where professor McGonagall was sitting.

"We need to talk to professor Dumbledore." Harry said.

"It'll have to wait." McGonagall said. "The headmaster just received an urgent owl from the ministry of magic and is on his way to London as we speak."

"He's gone…now?" Leah said, disbelieving

"But this is important." Harry said.

"What could be more important then the ministry?" McGonagall asked.

"It's about…the philosopher stone." Harry said.

"How did you…" McGonagall started.

"We think someone's going to try and steal it." Leah said.

"I don't know how you four find out about the stone but rests assure it is perfectly protected." McGonagall said, standing up. "Now…I suggest you go outside…enjoy the sunlight. Or return to your common room."

"He's going to do it tonight." Leah said, plopping onto a couch in the common room.

"He probably sent that letter." Harry said, leaning against the wall next to her.

"Well what are we going to do?" Hermione asked.

"We're going to try and stop him." Leah said. Ron and Hermione looked at each other. Ron, knowing Leah best, knew she could be rash at times but this was far more dangerous then anything she's done in the past.

"Listen…this is what we do." Harry said, leaning forward and the others did as well.

"Ow you stood on my foot!" Hermione hissed.

"Sorry." Ron said.

"Dude…how are you doing that?" Leah asked, looking to her side at where she guessed Ron and Hermione were walking under a separate invisibility cloak. She and Harry were under his. "There's only the two of you."

"Not my fault…big feet are genetic." Ron said.

"Shh!" Harry said. "We just barely made it past the bloody baron. I don't want someone catching us."

"Sorry." The other three whispered. They made it to the door and Hermione unlocked it. They went into the room and saw a harp playing.

"Snape's already been here." Harry said. They pulled off the cloaks.

"That's for sure." Leah said. Just then the harp stopped playing and fell over. "Oh no."

"Sing." Ron said

"What?" Leah said.

"Sing!" Ron said more urgently as Fluffy started growling.

"Uh…" Leah said. She looked at her friends then started singing. "A twinkle in the night sky, far far away. Golden star I gazed upon in my dreams…" Fluffy started falling asleep and laid back down with his paw over the trap door. "On a sleepless evening, I sing alone. Tomorrow I'll sing with you, on the wings of a dream." She started singing the song again to keep Fluffy asleep.

"Good…it's asleep." Harry said. "Good work Leah." Leah just nodded and kept singing. "Ron…Hermione…help me move its paw." The three of them went and started pushing at Fluffy's paw. When they got it off and opened the trap door they looked down it.

"Can't see the bottom." Ron said.

"Ok…I'll go first." Harry said. "If something happens to me…don't follow."

"But…" Ron said, at that moment Leah coughed and all three of them whipped around to see her rubbing her throat.

"Sorry…I can't go that long." Leah said. Fluffy growled and opened his eyes. "Uh…I have one word to say."

"What's that?" Harry asked.

"JUMP!" Leah said, pushing them through the trap door and jumping down after them. They fell for all of three or four seconds then landed on something soft.

"Wow." Ron said, looking up.

"Yeah." Leah said. The door looked like a postage stamp and they could still slightly hear Fluffy's barking. "Nice soft landing."

"Lucky this plant thing was here." Ron said.

"Lucky!" Hermione said, scrambling to her feet. Leah felt something go around her ankles and quickly jumped up and joined Hermione against the wall. "Oh no."

"Fuck!" Leah said, looking at the boys. Harry was struggling against a vine that was trying to wrap around his neck. Ron was pretty much wrapped up completely in the vines. "Hermione…what are we gonna do?"

"Whatever you do…do it fast." Harry said.

"This is devil's snare." Hermione said.

"So glad we know what it is." Ron said.

"Shut up!" Hermione said. "Oh…what did professor Sprout say? Devil's Snare, Devil's Snare…its deadly fun…"

"But will sulk in the sun!" Leah said, remembering. "Devil's Snare's afraid of sunlight."

"Then light a fire." Harry said.

"Of course…but…there's no wood." Hermione said.

"HAVE YOU GONE MAD?" Leah asked

"ARE YOU A WITCH OR NOT?" Ron said.

"Oh right…" Hermione said. She whipped out her wand. "Lumos Holem!" (FYI: Actual spell in the book…don't know what it is…and I really don't even know what Hermione said in the movie so that's what I'm guessing it is. Super sorry.) Lots of light came from Hermione's wand and the boys were freed from the plant.

"'There's no wood' honestly." Ron said.

"Let's go." Harry said. They all walked as fast as they could away from the plant. Things were silent for a while until they heard flapping. "What's that?"

"Sounds like…wings." Leah said. They walked into a huge chamber with millions of bird like things flying around.

"They might attack…Leah what are you doing?" Hermione asked as she looked from the birds down to Leah who was walking into the middle of the chamber, looking up.

"Their not gonna attack." Leah said. The others joined her. "And their not birds. Look closely. Their keys. And I bet one of them fits in that door." She nodded at the door on the other end of the chamber before walking over to it.

"We're looking for an old fashioned one." Hermione said. "Probably bronze like the handle."

"There! The one with the crumpled wing." Harry said, pointing upwards. Leah looked and saw the key. She then looked around and saw brooms.

"Feel like flying Harry?" Leah asked, walking over to the brooms and grabbing two. "You two stay here." She handed one to Harry and then mounted her own. The two of them flew up and went after the key. It wasn't as easy as they thought.

"We have to try something else." Harry said.

"Hmm…Ron…get up here." Leah said. Ron grabbed another broom and flew up next to Leah. "Ok…we gotta trap that key."

"I got it." Harry said. "You two go from either side of it and I'll go from below. With any luck we should be able to get it…one way or another."

"Ok…let's do this." Leah said. She flew one way, Ron flew the other, and Harry flew another way. "Ok ready…set…go!" They all darted for the key. It dodged Ron, it dodged Leah, and was caught by Harry.

"WAY TO GO!" Hermione called from the ground. The three in the air all flew down and dismounted before Harry shoved the key into the lock and turned it. There was a click and he released the key which flew off.

"Let's go." Leah said, pushing open the door. "Ok…so far we've done Sprout's thing and Flitwick's thing. All there is left is McGonagall's, Quarrel's and Snape's."

"And Dumbledore's." Harry said. They walked a bit more then stopped at the edge of a giant chess set. "I think this is McGonagall's."

"What was the first clue Sherlock?" Leah asked, sarcastically.

"I think…we have to play…to get across." Ron said slowly.

"Great." Leah said. They looked around before taking four empty spaces.

"Uh Ron…you don't think this is going to be like…real wizard's chess…are you?" Hermione asked. Her question was answered when Ron sent a pawn out and a pawn of the other team swung at it and broke it in pieces. Leah looked at Ron then at Harry before looking at the door…this was going to take a while. Every time one of the others was in trouble, Ron would quickly move around and got them out of the trouble. They were nearing the end when Leah looked at Ron and noticed he was thinking.

"Yes…" Ron said finally. "It's the only way."

"What's the only way?" Hermione asked. Leah looked at Ron then at the queen and understood.

"Ron…don't." She said.

"What?" Hermione asked.

"He's going to sacrifice himself." Harry said.

"You can't!" Hermione said.

"You want to stop Snape or not?" Ron asked. "Look…I'll move and the queen will take me. That leaves Harry free to checkmate the king."

"Ron please don't." Leah said. "This isn't regular wizard's chess…you're gonna get hurt."

"Don't worry about me Leah." Ron said. He moved before Leah could say something else. The queen whacked him in the head and Ron fell over unconscious. Leah and Hermione both screamed and made to move.

"Don't move!" Harry said and both girls stopped. "We're still playing." Leah nodded, so did Hermione. Harry took a few steps toward the king. "Checkmate." The king threw his crown to Harry's feet and a path cleared to the door. Harry turned around and saw Leah had run over to Ron. "Leah…stay with Ron."

"Duh." Leah said. "You guys go." Harry and Hermione started for the door. "Harry!" They stopped and turned around. Leah ran over to them and hugged Harry. "Be very careful."

"Don't worry…I will be." Harry said. Leah let go of him and watched him and Hermione walk through the door. A bad stench came through the door and Leah covered her nose. The door closed behind them and Leah went back over to Ron. She knelt next to him.

"God Ron…I am such a bad influence on you." Leah said, smiling slighting after checking that Ron had a pulse. She sat there with her hand on Ron's neck for a while, always making sure that he was breathing.

The door opened up again and Leah looked up to see Hermione rushing towards them.

"Where's Harry?" Leah asked.

"He went ahead." Hermione said. "We have to wake up Ron…grab brooms from the key room and go send Hedwig to Dumbledore."

"Hedwig isn't fast enough!" Leah said. "We'll use Starr." Starr was Leah's owl that was small but strong and fast.

"Alright." Hermione said. They spent the next five minutes waking up Ron then helped him back into the key room. Leah sat behind him on a broom and steered it. She didn't trust Ron on a broom when he was wobbling on his feet.

"Ok…I gotta start singing again don't I?" Leah asked as they got to the Devil's Snare.

"Unless you have a better idea…yes." Hermione said.

"Ok." Leah said. "Let's go." They flew up and through the trap door. Leah started singing the scale…it was the first thing that came to her mind. They got off the brooms and, with Leah holding Ron up, made their way out of the room and to the owlery.

"Leah, Hermione, Ron!" They spun around to see Dumbledore rushing towards them.

"Dude…quite doing that." Leah said.

"Where's Harry?" Dumbledore asked. They all burst into explanation. "Miss Black."

"He's down there." Leah said, pointing at the door in which they could hear Fluffy growling behind.

"You three…get to the hospital wing." Dumbledore said. Without another word he turned and went through the door. Leah felt Ron collapse next to her. She looked at him then at Hermione.

"Hospital wing would be good." Leah said. Hermione helped her carry Ron. Madam Pomfrey, who obviously knew everything already, bustled about them.

From then on everything was a blur to Leah. She was suddenly feeling tired and sick. She was vaguely aware of Ron talking to her (when did he wake up?) and of Hermione shaking her slightly. All Leah wanted to do now was sleep…and that's what she did. She just lied down on one of the beds and fell asleep.

Leah woke up in the hospital wing, hearing Dumbledore's voice, and then Harry's voice responding. She sat up quickly and grabbed her head.

"Oh…head rush…lying down again…whoa." Leah said.

"Ah…Miss Black. You're awake." Dumbledore said. "I was just explaining to Mister Potter here about why I dislike Bertie Botts Every Flavoured Beans." Leah sat up slowly this time and smiled. She looked at Harry then at Dumbledore.

"Hey…why wasn't I moved?" Leah asked.

"Well…you looked so peaceful that I told Madam Pomfrey not to." Dumbledore said. "Besides…I would suspect that the second you awoke you would have come down here to see Mister Potter."

"Good point." Leah said, sliding off the bed she was on and going over to Harry before hugging him lightly. "I'm glad you're ok."

"I'll leave you two alone then." Dumbledore said. He left the hospital wing and Leah sat down next to Harry on his bed.

"So…how long have we been in here?" She asked.

"Dumbledore said about eight hours." Harry said.

"Oh…well…that's ok then." Leah said. They sat there for a while.

When they got to the common room they found Ron and Hermione talking. Leah smiled and whistled to get their attention before running up and hugging Ron.

"Whoa…what was that for?" Ron asked.

"I have no clue." Leah said.

"How you two doing?" Harry asked.

"Alright…you?" Ron asked.

"Alright…Hermione?" Harry said.

"Never better." Hermione said.

That night they sat together, slightly disappointed because of the Slytherin banners all over the place.

"Another year gone. And now as I understand it, the House Cup needs awarding. And the points stand as thus." Dumbledore said, after everyone had settled down. "In fourth place, Gryffindor with 262 points. Third place, Hufflepuff with 352 points. In second place Ravenclaw with 426 points. And in first place, with 472 points, Slytherin House." The Slytherin table broke out in cheers.

"God…as if it isn't bad enough." Leah said, holding her head. "Getting a headache here." She glared at Draco who was smirking.

"Yes, yes. Well-done Slytherin. Well-done Slytherin. However recent events must be taken into account. And I have a few last-minute points to award." Dumbledore said. The hall went quiet. "To Miss. Hermione Granger, for the cool use of intellect when others were in grave peril. 50 points." Leah smiled at Hermione who went red and ducked her head out of sight. "Second, to Mr. Ronald Weasley, for the best-played game of chess Hogwarts has seen these many years. 50 points." Ron stared at Dumbledore with unbelieving eyes. "Third, to Miss Leah Black," Leah really wasn't sure what she could get points for but paid attention for once. "For showing such loyalty to her friends and trusting their instincts as well as her own. 50 points."

"Not really sure how I could get points for that but alright!" Leah said, smiling at her friends.

"And forth, to Mr. Harry Potter, for pure nerve and outstanding courage." Dumbledore said. He looked at the Gryffindors. "I award Gryffindor House 60 points.

"We're tied with Slytherin!" Hermione said, over all the cheering. Leah wished Dumbledore would have given Harry one more point.

"And finally, it takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to your enemies." Dumbledore said, smiling at Neville. "But a great deal more to stand up to your friends. I award 10 points to Neville Longbottom." The cheering was outrageous and Leah stuck her tongue out at Draco in a childish way. "Assuming my calculations are correct I believe that a change of decoration is in order." Dumbledore clapped his hands and the banners changed to those of Gryffindor instead of Slytherin. "Gryffindor wins the House Cup!"

"Oh yeah…go us!" Leah said, laughing and ignoring the headache from all the noise. She clapped until her hands hurt.

It was sad having to go home at the end of the year, but Leah wanted to see her mother…she also wanted Harry to meet her as well.

On the train there wasn't much talked about. They all watched until the school vanished from sight, and then there was a game of exploding snap being played. When they got to the station Leah and Harry went through the barrier first, followed by Ron and Hermione.

"Ron! Leah!" They both turned to see Sabrina walking over to them.

"Hey mom!" Leah said, hugging Sabrina when she got close enough. "Mom…this is Hermione Granger."

"Hi." Sabrina said.

"Hi. You're Leah's mom?" Hermione asked.

"Yep." Sabrina said. She then looked at Harry and her face changed.

"Mom…Harry Potter." Leah said, knowing she didn't need to say anything.

"Oh my god." Sabrina said. Before any of them did anything she had grabbed Harry and hugged him.

"Umm…Le…a little help." Harry said.

"Ma…let go." Leah said, gently prying Sabrina off of Harry.

"Sorry…it's just…wow." Sabrina said. "I remember when you're mother had you."

"You knew my parents?" Harry asked. He looked at Leah.

"I figured I'd just wait for my mom to tell ya." Leah said, trying to defend herself.

"Uh huh." Harry said.

"Sorry?" Leah said. Harry laughed and nodded.

"You…boy…come on!" Leah and Sabrina looked over at Vernon and Petunia.

"Let me guess…uncle and aunt." Leah said.

"Yeah." Harry said.

"Hi Petunia." Sabrina said, smiling and waving. Leah laughed when Petunia's face paled.

"Are you going to have a nice summer Harry?" Hermione asked.

"Oh yeah." Harry said, smiling. "They don't know we're not allowed using magic outside of school. I'm gonna have a lot of fun with Dudley this summer." Leah laughed and hugged him one more time before they all watched Harry join the Durslies.

"Ron…we have to wait for your brothers." Sabrina said. "You guys are going to stay at my place for a few days. Ginny is there right now so we gonna hurry because she's alone in a muggle house."

"She's not dad but yeah…good idea to hurry." Ron said. Leah smirked. Hermione left to go to her parents and the rest of the Weasley boys showed up. When they got to the house, they were attacked by Ginny, hugging them all.

"Miss us?" Leah asked.

"Yeah." Ginny said. 'Oh I'm glad I'll be going with you guys next year."

"Fun times." Leah said. "Ma…are you gonna make me and Ron stay in separate rooms?"

"No." Sabrina said. "I know for a fact that you guys so will not do anything. I heard about what happened over the summer."

"Yeah…Molly scares me now." Leah said.

"Well…go put your stuff away." Sabrina said.

"Race ya!" Leah called before running into the house.

"YOU HAD A HEAD START!" Ron, Fred and George all called after her before going after Leah.

"Why aren't you joining in the fun?" Sabrina asked Percy.

"Please." Percy said, rolling his eyes.

"Alright Mister a-little-fun-is-too-much-for-me." Sabrina said, smiling. Percy smiled slightly back. Sabrina was the only one that got him to loosen up a bit. Her free spirit got most people to do that. Percy joined the others upstairs and put his stuff away in the room that was all his. Leah, Ron and Ginny always shared Leah's room. Fred and George had their own. And Percy had one to himself…unless Bill and Charlie were around as well. The house had four bedrooms all together and an extra room that held instruments of various kinds for Leah and anything else to do with music.

This summer was going to be different, Leah could tell. She stayed quiet while she and Ron put their things away. He didn't seem to mind or even notice.

Ok…next chapter is gonna be the start of the third year. Like I said…skipping the second year because there's really nothing I can do with Leah in that. The third year, obviously, is gonna have a lot of stuff for Leah. A lot of emotional stuff as well seeing as how it is her father.

Leah: Yay! I get to see my dad again! Oh god…I hope he's not scary looking.

Me: You'll just have to wait and find out.