Thank you to all my reviewers. Zippybn, jjp91, RavensWritingProphecies and an Anon reviwer.

Well Done RavensWritingProphecies you guessed my plan! And am I thinking my Anon reviwer would like this fic to include RWBZ pairings or did I misunderstand the review?

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Chapter 4.The First Attempt

"Oh My God, that class is going to be awful," Hermione was sitting in the Gryffindor Common room complaining about her Charms assignment, mainly partner. Harry and Ron were indulging in a game of Wizards Chess.

"Oh, come on 'Mione it could be worse, it's not like its Crabbe or Goyle at least he'll do some of the work, plus he's cute"

"Ginny Weasley! I cannot believe you just said that, you've actually thought of Malfoy that way? And you're going out with Harry!"

"Hey, don't get me wrong it's not like I don't like Harry, it's just that, well Malfoy's cute, the quiddich training paid off."

"Still whatever you may thing about his appearance, he is still a spoilt little bugger,"

"Hey, I never denied that!" The two girls started laughing at their conversation.

"Well I should be doing homework; it's a bad impression when the head girl sits around talking!" Ginny smiled at the last part of her sentence knowing that there's probably more disgrace in what they were talking about.

"Yeah. Ok see you tomorrow probably; when you get into your work, you never get out of it" The two Gryffindor's said goodbye and Hermione walked out of the common room.

Meanwhile…

"Um, hey, Ron what was with you today, you seemed really distant," Harry tried to initiate a conversation with his best friend.

"Me, oh yeah, no I was fine, I was just kinda tired you know, had a rough night sleeping last night," Ron supplied not looking Harry directly in the eye.

"You sure that's it? You were acting really strange. I was just wandering if it felt like somebody had like hexed you or something."

"No, no nothing like that just tiredness is all."

"Well if you're sure," Harry was uncertain about his explanation, but gave him the benefit of the doubt due to the fact that they were best friends.

However Ron had been scheming all day and had finalised his plans. Today was Tuesday, so that gave him tomorrow to find Peeves all ready for Thursday. He decided to put a mixture of bad smelling potion and fireworks in the bottom of Hermione's cauldron. That ought to annoy Snape! He really needed to owl Fred and George for the fireworks for them to get here in time. He would do that after this game of Chess. He'd have to put a spell on the potions to make the smell last and remember put a spell on Hermione's cauldron showing that's where the fireworks came from. He felt a little bit bad for getting Hermione into trouble but he felt his need not to be excluded from his friends was greater.

Ron and Harry finished their game of Wizards chess, Ron coming out on top of course and Ron excused himself to go up to the Owlery. He quickly scrawled a note on a spare bit of parchment and sent it off with Pig with direct instructions to bring a large parcel back by Thursday morning but not to deliver it during breakfast. On his way back he stopped by the library to do some quick research on how to make spells last longer. With positive results he headed back to the common room to find it empty except for Ginny.

"Hey Gin, where'd everyone go?"

"Most people have gone to bed, it is 11 you know."

"Oh, well I'm off to bed too then, I don't want another day like today,"

"Yeah I heard about that, most people were really surprised when you didn't try and punch Malfoy when he called Hermione a well you know what."

"He did? Oh I was really out of it today." Ron was surprised that he missed that, not that he knew why everyone expected him to defend Hermione in everything, they were just friends. The Weasleys bid each other goodnight and Ron went up to his dormitory. Neville, Dean and Seamus were in bed already breathing heavily. Ron got changed quickly and climbed into bed. He fell asleep slowly; his self conscious was fighting a battle about what he was planning for Hermione.

Hermione woke up the next morning in her double bed and rolled out, contrary to popular belief Hermione wasn't a morning person, she walked though the interlocking door and into the bathroom, she made care to lock both doors, the last thing she wanted was for Harry to walk in on her having a shower. She turned the heat right up, for some strange reason she was always cold in the morning. After about 20 minutes she emerged from the steaming room and got dressed and went down into the common room. She saw Harry in the kitchen area making a cup of coffee hair still everywhere from waking up. "Oh make me a cup will you Harry, I could do with the extra energy,"

"You? Extra energy? You've already had a shower how can you still need energy?"

"Appearances can be deceiving, I hate mornings, I only have the shower to wake me up" After their coffee Harry went to get ready and Hermione checked and re-checked that she'd done all her homework. By the time the head students were ready there was no time for breakfast so they said goodbye to each other this being the only time they had different lessons, Hermione had Arithmancy whereas Harry and Ron had a free period although Harry had to use his patrolling the corridors as part of his head boy duties.

Ron used his free period to track down Peeves, he found him in the trophy room throwing chairs around. "HEY PEEVES," Ron shouted at the poltergeist.

"Weasel boy's got a job for Peevsie?"

"Yeah, don't worry it's nothing good, I was wondering what you were doing during dinner on Thursday."

"Well I did plan on wrecking the Transfiguration corridor, but that can wait I guess."

"No, no that's fine. Just do it really well, get Filch and all the House Heads there. I just need a distraction."

"Ooh, the little Gryffindor's planning something evil!"

"Yeah, keep it quiet Peeves, it's serious." And with that Ron walked out of the room back to Gryffindor Tower feeling pleased with himself. The rest of the day was pretty uneventful. They still didn't get their Pygmy Puffs although everybody made an arrangement to meet their partners. Ron planned to meet Zambini on Friday in the library. Harry also planned to meet Pansy in the library but on Saturday. Hermione and Malfoy however arranged to meet on Friday in the Astronomy tower, Malfoy's reasoning was that she was the cleverest witch in the year and he was the cleverest wizard in the year therefore they didn't need books. Then he went off in a rant about how Dumbledore was just favouring 'Potter' and that he himself should have been Head boy. Hermione couldn't help but laugh.

The bell then went and everybody headed off to the Great Hall for Dinner. The evening came and went and Thursday greeted them with rain. Ron was woken by a tapping at his window; he rolled over to see Pig carrying a large box. He ran over and let the bird in collected the parcel and sent Pig on his way again, he didn't want to draw attention to the fact that he had a box being delivered to him.

The Morning went uneventfully and before long it was time for double potions. Ron had to box of fireworks shrunk in his pocket and a spare vial, ready to scoop up some of his own concoction of the day, knowing that in advanced potions, he was bound to go wrong, and planned to multiply it.

"Well, well, well Advanced Potions. I am of course unsurprised to be seeing members of my own house here but Gryffindors? Anyhow today we shall be making a very complex potion, I hope you can all keep up. I would like you all to brew me some Veritaserum. My stock has run low and I would find this most useful so I know who should indeed be in here," He looked at Malfoy "And who should not," He looked at Harry. "Instructions are on the board." He barked his last sentence and everybody jumped at the violent change in volume. As soon as the instructions were on the board people ran about collecting ingredients and their cauldrons.

Professor Snape walked in between his students praising the Slytherins, insulting the Gryffindors and just sneering as he walked past Hermione's potion that was of course perfect. Nothing happened between then and the end of the lesson, no petty arguments between the rivalling houses, no spillages nothing just a normal potions lesson. 15 minutes before the end of the lesson Professor Snape asked them all to fill a vial of their mixture and put it on his desk to be graded. After all the students had been given their mark, they tidied up and they all filed out of the classroom, all except one. Ronald Weasley stayed behind, hiding in the shadows of the dungeon he went un-noticed as the potions master sat at his desk and marked papers. About 15 minutes later Ron heard Bangs and Crashes of all sorts. He watched as the potions master lifted his head, the thumping continued. Snape hurried out of the dungeon, Ron heard to door click locked followed by quick footsteps away from the door.

Acting very quickly Ron jumped up from his hiding place and ran to where he knew his cauldron. OH CRAP! He realised he didn't know which one was Hermione's cauldron; it was either the one on his left or right. Knowing the distraction could only last so long and that Snape would be back as soon as he could he threw the potion in the one on his right pulled out his wand and cast a shabby multiplying spell he misjudged it and the potion nearly overflowed Ron reduced it just enough to let off a good bad spell and then cast the spell he had researched so the smell wouldn't die away. Then he unwrapped the fireworks that had been delivered that morning. He expanded the box back to its normal size and poured the contents onto the floor. One Firework fell out. Not even a big one, a tiny little firework fell out. Ron cursed under his breath but decided one was better than nothing and lit it. He threw it into the cauldron and placed a spell over it so it showed where the firework came from, then ran through the door using the inside lock, Professor Snape wasn't stupid enough to run the risk of getting locked into his classroom.

Ron jogged into the Great Hall to find people laughing and talking mainly about the stunt Peeves had just pulled. Ron walked up to the Gryffindor table and scanned for faces, good Hermione wasn't there, so she couldn't have any witnesses saying she wasn't in the Potions room. Ron slept well that night, he was confident that his plan had worked. It wasn't until the next morning that problems started to show.

The Golden Trio sat down to breakfast and helped themselves to porridge, sausages and all sorts. Slowly they realised McGonagall was walking towards them. He stopped in front of Harry, "Potter could I have a word please?" she wasn't smiling.

"Yeah, sure Professor, head business?"

"Could well be Potter"

"I'm sorry what do you mean?" Harry asked genuinely confused

"Don't play dumb with me Potter, you know what you did,"

"I'm sorry Professor, I really don't know what you're talking about"

"Last night during dinner you set off fireworks in Professor Snape's classroom and left a foul smelling potion in your cauldron!"

Oh my god I put it in the wrong cauldron?

"I assure you professor I didn't I was in my dorm making quiddich practice plans!" Harry exclaimed at this outrageous accusation.

"I would not like to discuss it here Potter you will accompany me to my office and we will be reviewing your Head Boy position, this is very serious!" McGonagall turned on her heel knowing that Harry would follow her.

Oh god I can't believe I put it in the wrong cauldron! Oh well it wouldn't be so bad if I got Harry demoted from Head Boy. Just as long as I get some friends back.