Chapter Thirteen: Brightlamp ( Hogsmeade part I)
NOTICE: Don't own any thing of J.K.R. except for the characters I made up…and I own the plot, 'course.
Contradicts to the 6th book because story was created before the 6th book and has nothing to do with it.
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"Helllllllllloooo and goooood morning English witches and wizards! It's 7'o clock according to the Big Ben so up and at 'em! This is Archy Carmicheal here, now lets check in with today's weather with our weather seer. Helllo? Andy? Ya there? Is this thing even on?"
"Hi there Archy! Andy here with today's weather…now, you see, the erm...sun here..."
"Arrrgh…that annoying voice…" Ginny groaned as she pulled a pillow over her head to mask the noise.
"And now, ladies, the thing you've been waiting for…I'm here today with the man voted this year's Witch Weekly's Most Handsome Bachelor, and the lead singer of HEX…(Drum rolls in the back ground) Venn Brightlamp !"
(A/N: if HEX is an actual band, then the name doesn't belong to me.)
The 6th year girl's dormitory fill itself with high pitch giggles and sighs.
"Shut up…" Ginny moaned and pulled a blanket over her head.
"Well hullo Archy, it's certainly kind of 198Magic to have me. Mind if a give a shout out to my fans?"
Shrieks and squeals.
That's it…Ginny sat up from her bed angrily and squinted at the corner where a group of girls were sitting around a Wizard's Radio, all grinning like broomsticks were passed out for free.
"I'd really appreciate it if somebody kill that thing." Ginny grunted while scratching at her head sleepily.
"Oh come off of it Ginny!" Olivia said brightly with a flushed faced and then turned back to the blonde girl next to her and squealed, " Isn't he just the dreeeeeaaamiest?"
The red head on the bed rolled her eyes.
"So I heard that there was going to be somethin' special going on eh, Venn? How 'bout share it with us?"
"Ooooooo!" the girls in the corner all cried out in union.
"If you're just so curious! Well, Archy, I'm going to visit none other than the famous Hogwarts, School of Witch Crafts and Wizardry, to hook up with my old pal Dumbledore!"
The room filled with stunned silence.
"Oh no…help me Merlin…" Ginny whispered and covered her ears with her hands.
"EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!"
"Can you believe it? Venn Brightlamp!"
"Yeah, like, omegosh!"
Ginny rolled her eyes as she walked past the chattering pair of 4th years. The news of Brightlamp's coming spread like wild fire across the school. Everybody seemed to have forgotten all the rumors about her and Draco Malfoy. Of course, she didn't mind that but she can't believe there was going to be another "Lockheart" figure walking around Hogwarts. Sure, she had a bit of a "crush" on him in her first year, but like all first years, she was naive, young, and gullible…that which let to the diary incident. In other words, she was stupid. But not anymore, she wasn't going to be fooled by some Brightlamp. Well…any case… she doesn't really know who Venn Brightlamp is.
Ginny made her way towards the Great Hall and but then caught some 3rd years talking about the up coming Hogsmeade trip.
"You're going with him?"
"Yeah!"
She couldn't take it anymore. Everything reminded Ginny of the promise she made to Draco Malfoy.
I won't go, I can't. A Weasley and a Malfoy together…it's against nature! I'll get out of it some how…but then...argh! Wait...I can disguise myself…that will probably work better, shows him Gryffindors aren't liars.
With that resolution, Ginny Weasley pushed past the two girls and sat down on the Gryffindor table across Ron and Harry.
Bright sky and light fluffy clouds shone through the school's enchanted ceiling on the Friday morning. The weather was nice and breezy that day. (No thanks to Andy the weather seer who turned out to be a fraud.)
"Morning Gin." Harry said cheerfully to her and bit into a heavy buttered toast.
"Morning." Ginny said glumly and reached for a muffin in a basket at the center of the table.
"Why the long face Ginny? I'd thought you be glad, on account that, that …er…lamp something fellow is coming." Ron said casually then waited a few minutes before asking curiously. "You fancy him don't you?"
Ginny sighed and looked up sadly at her brother.
"Ron, you think I fancy everybody…"
Her brother opened his mouth to complain but Ginny had already left the table. Harry chuckled and patted Ron on the back.
"Just let her fly away mate."
On the table across for the Gryffindors, an ice-blonde haired boy watched as Ginny Weasley disappeared out of the great oak doors.
She can't escape my clutches…
He grinned evilly.
Draco Malfoy scanned the faces of the crowd all queued up in front of Filch the caretaker on the morning of Halloween day. He watched for the flaming red hair and bright hazel eyes of the youngest Weasley but couldn't find her. He pushed through the large mob of students and caught a glimpse of red at the corner of his eye and reached for it.
"See, I'd knew you be here." He said with relief, almost happy in fact, and grabbed the hood of the red head's sweatshirt. "Do you know how long it took for me to fi-" he immediately cut of when he realized he got gotten the wrong Weasley.
"Malfoy?" Ron said with a tone of disgust mixed with surprise. The two figures beside him also turned and faced Draco with expressions of shock and annoyance.
"What do you want with Ron?" Harry asked suspiciously and noticed Draco's slightly pink face. He grinned mischievously.
"Nothing Potter, just checking up on old friends." The blonde boy quickly replied. He then turned and hurried away down the other direction.
"What'd you think he was up to?" Hermione asked curiously.
"Argh…he touched me…" Ron groaned and started swiping at his sweatshirt.
"I dunno, but Malfoy was blushing." Harry said with a chuckle and nudged Ron in the shoulders. "I think he fancies you." Hermione rolled her eyes.
Ron just simply turned white.
Down to the very end of the line, Draco was still looking for Ginny, his would to be bag carrier.
Damn that Weasley, what an embarrassment. I touched that clumsy oaf…argh…
Malfoy turned and wiped his hand on a statue of a nasty looking gargoyle.
Where can that woman be?
As soon as this thought ran through Draco's head, he felt a small tap on his shoulder. He turned and found himself faced with a very tall and heavily dressed person standing casually in front of him. It extremely hard to recognized the person at first but Draco noticed the golden freckles across her nose and realized it was Ginny Weasley in muggle platform shoes.
She was wearing an over sized trench coat that trailed to her feet with the zipper zipped all the way under her nose. The collar of the coat was flared up so that they hid her ears and she was wearing a top hat with her fire like hair all stuffed in it. Her shoes added a few inches to her height so she was taller even than Draco.
"It's me, Ginny Weasley." She whispered hoarsely.
Draco bit his lips so he wont burst into laughter at the spot. It was really the first time he felt like laughing for years, really laughing, not just to laugh because it's taunting someone, but laughing because it was funny.
"You-you look – hahaha- ridiculous bwahaha hahaa (snort hahahaha cough haha cough snort)!" he gasped and slapped a hand to his mouth to stop his snickers. Ginny stared back at him with disbelief and anger.
"You are the reason!" she argued, "This is for both of our safety!"
But Draco wasn't listening he was still trying to suppress all of his laughter. Ginny sighed and tugged at the end of the blonde boy's sleeve.
"Let's go."
They waited until they were the last ones left. Draco's laughters had subsided to a chuckle, but when Filch realized that the coat Ginny was wearing was his and threatened to skin who ever it was under it alive, Draco burst into laughter yet again and Ginny had to drag the laughing boy away to escape on the last horseless carriage to Hogsmeade.
The sky was clear on Halloween but it was extremely windy. As Venn Brightlamp stepped into the village of Hogsmeade he was sure it was going to be a good day.
"Uh…sir? Is it really necessary to wear all that?"
Venn turned to face his agent, Rusty, a middle aged wizard with a clipboard.
"I'd prefer it if my fans don't know that I am here." He said and took a deep breath of the Hogsmeade air. "I smell candy, common Rusty, lets go get some of those pretty jelly beans."
"Yes sir." Rusty said uncertainly and began to scribble unto his clipboard with his tongue between his teeth.
Venn Brightlamp pulled up the collar to his large trench coat so that they hid his ears and tugged at the rim of his old top hat and smiled to himself for his "clever" disguise.
With this concealing outfit, no one would recognize me for sure.
"Lets go Rusty!" he said brightly and hurried towards the candy shop.
A/N : I kno some of you out there expected more, but the things I've planed out for hogsmeade wouldn't fit in one chapter! Well anyways, now u kno that heres gonna be a new character stuck into the messy pile of stories. Hehehehehe. My evil plan is abrewing.
So …there might be 2 chaps on the trip…maybe even three… sorry… hehehe I will try to post the 14th as soon as I can. So I have decided to continue. Beside if I stop, I don't think I can let myself live it down. XD
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