A/N: Woohoo! I'm finally back in binnez! (that's buisiness to all you proper folk!) Well, I should have three more in after thiss'n and then I'll write even more! Oh, if you liked the 'Wonderful Wonder of Songs and Humility', sorry because it's getting discontinued. But I'm leaving what I had up for awhile...seeing as how I had two faithful reviewers...(grins)
Chapter Thirteen: What Do You Want From ME?!
"Your cat, Ikis?" Ron asked increduously, "Why would it be following you?"
"Ron, don't try to understand..." Harry looked into the trees, "D'you want me to get her?"
"No, she's staying out here tonight!" Kit retorted defiantly, "She needs to be punished!"
"For following you when you were in danger?" Hermione asked, giggling as the cat jumped down onto a lower branch, climbing to Kit.
"I didn't mean to say that he was attacking me...it just slipped out! Drop it!" Kit snapped.
"Kit, can I go in now?" Ikis asked, jumping onto her neck and purring.
"Whatever..." Kit walked back to the trio, "Look, I'm going back in before I get into trouble, I'll see you all later..."
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Harry yawned loudly, getting up out of bed. Another day of work, another day of boredom. It wasn't as if he didn't like school, it was just that he had to go to class while his cousin had the great and perfectly useful opportunity to sleep in and relax.
He decided not really worry about as he pulled on his clothes and robes, slipping on his trainers. The only thing he needed to deal with was getting through this year alive. The fact that he wasn't a prefect was good news to him, he didn't have to stay out all night patrolling the corridoors, or deal with all of the other duties they maintained.
In fact, he would've probably gone mad if had been made prefect. He was happy for Seamus and Hermione, they deserved it!
"Wake, 'Arry?" Ron asked sleepily as he pulled back his curtains.
"Yeah, you should be to!" Harry shook his head as Ron uncerimoniously fell off his bed.
"Hurry up, hurry up everyone!" Seamus Finnegan called to the boys, making Neville and Dean fall out of bed too. "We have to prepared for classes, and I don't want anyone losing points for not paying attention. Understood?"
Okay, maybe Harry wasn't that glad that he was prefect, but still the same...
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"Damnit, Hermione!" Lavender yelled, tossing Crookshanks off her bed, "If that cat climbs in here one more time, it's going out of the window!"
"Crookshanks! Don't throw him! He's a creature with feelings!" Hermione grabbed the cat angrily, herself already gotten dressed. "You'll pay for that you...you...you foul little, spoiled little brat!"
Lavender gasped, "I'm spoiled?! Look at you! Prefect and a shoe in for Head Girl, you get the best grades in school, and go traveling every holiday with your wonderful mum and dad! Plus your best friends with the most popular boy in school!"
"I don't want to discuss this anymore!" Hermione said, her voice shaking as she left the room, "Hurry and get ready!"
Kit looked out on the scene from behnd her curtains, thinking that she should stay there. Lavender fell to a heap on the floor, not really crying, but shaking with anger. Parvati, who also was dressed, knelt down and attempted to comfort her.
"Look, she didn't mean it, Lavender. She's just a little stressed lately, and you throwing her cat onto the floor triggered it."
"Well, she didn't have to call me spoiled! I might be rich...but how would you feel if your parents never talked to you, and stayed in their studies all day long? I just wish that I had her life! She gets everything...wonderful and normal parents, a nice home, good grades, and nice friends...no offense Parvati."
Kit watched as Parvati gave her a look of pure disgust, "No offense? How can that not be offensive?! If you want nice friends like Hermione's, then go get new ones!"
Lavender and Kit both stared as Parvati stormed out of the room, her braided hair swinging wildly as she slammed the door.
"Some friends I have..." Lavender mumbled as she pulled on her robes and yanked her bag from the stand.
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"I hope that Lavender's okay, she's been crying all day," Seamus confided to Ron and Harry, "Said that the girls were all picking on her, called her spoiled they did!"
Harry gave him a look of pure disbelief, "Lavender isn't spoiled! Why would they say that? Especially not Parvati! They're best friends..."
"She's been telling me that Lavender's a stuck-up plebe and she wants nothing to do with her! Said that she told her she wished she had nice friends, like you and Ron...said Hermione was luckier than her!" Dean said, shaking his head.
"Luckier?! Hermione's in danger because of me!" Harry hissed, "If we weren't friends, she'd be better off, so would Ron!"
Ron glared at him, "D'you think I'd run scared if You-Know-Who wanted to hurt me? I'd stand up and call for you!"
Harry wasn't quite sure what he meant by that, but Ron's next action of bursting out laughing told him not to care about it either. They had just gotten back from History of Magic, and were out for break, when Seamus and Dean Thomas started to bombard them with questions, then telling about the grueling argument...
"Well, just one more class, mate!" Ron told him joyfully.
"Yay...Divination...woohoo..." Harry said grudgingly, "I can't believe the homework we've got!"
"Fifth year's O.W.L year!" Hermione declared, sitting down on the grass beside them, "I've been waiting for it since I got here!"
"Heard about Lavender, tough, eh?" Ron said, looking at her with a caring expression.
"She's just being stubborn, I couldn't help popping off! It's just that I'm so stressed out...I was tutoring all night, didn't go to bed until midnight---"
"Relax, 'Mione! I"m sure she'll come around!" Harry said helpfully, "Don't look now, but Draco's headed our way...Whoa...what an eye!"
Draco was walking steadily towards them, followed by Blaise Zabini and Nina Snape, all of whom were glaring at the trio.
"So, Malfoy," Harry asked, standing up, "what brings you do damper up our peaceful little chat?"
Draco sneered, "Just came to give a little message to your cousin, Miss Pretty-Potter, haven't seen her have you?"
Ron jumped up at this, "Leave her alone you little ferret! She doesn't need you to ruin her day, I'm sure she'd rather go without this little message of yours!"
"I wouldn't be so sure of that, Weasley my dear, dear pet...She'd be absolutely thrilled...at least from what she told me last night." Draco gave a suggestive smirk and lifted his eyebrows.
Harry glared, "She'd never be seen with you, you cheeky---"
"Now. now Potter," Nina warned in her husky voice, "We wouldn't want to give you a detention now would we? I'm sure my uncle would be delighted to have an extra pair of hands to help catagorize his potion's ingredients for tomorrow's classes!"
Harry looked at the three sneering Slytherin's, "Why don't you go tell Kit yourself, Malfoy..."
Harry pointed past Draco, who turned, followed by his friend's to face a defiant and sleepy looking Kit Clivelle. Kit smirked at Draco, pushing past Blaise and Nina.
"How nice of you to drop in, Kittie," Draco murmured, looking at her ferally. "I've been waiting all day to talk about what happened last night..."
Kit smiled, "Well, I'm sure that will be possible, after your classes are over at least!"
Draco looked her over, "Well, my classes are over...at least I can skip the last one..."
"Tsk, tsk, Draco! You musn't do that! This year is very important, what with you and you're O.W.L's!" Kit retorted. "No, no no! Can't have my dearest fail all of his subjects, now can I?"
Harry shot her a look of pure disgust, "Dearest?" He asked as the three left, Draco sulking and the others just smirking, "Whatever posessed you to say that?!"
"Harry," Kit said sarcastically, "I just love him sooooo much...Why do you think I did that? I'd rather have no one find out what happened...it's none of their business anyway!"
"But you could've been a little more antagonistic, couldn't you?" Ron asked helplessly, "I mean...what if he thinks you like him?"
"He's not that stupid, Ron...Besides, you two saw how he looked when she sent him off! He was positively livid! Good job, Katherine!" Hermione said, giving Kit a thumbs up.
Kit smiled appreciatedly, "I need to talk to you alone, Hermione...it's about Lavender."
Hermione frowned and looked at Harry and Ron anxiously, "I have to go to Arithmancy, Katherine, we'll have to talk later...Right, boys?"
"Yes, and we have Divination." Ron gave Hermione a glare as she kicked him, "I mean, we'll talk to you, Kit!"
"No, sorry Ron...I'll just see you later then, eh Hermione?"
"Right..."
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Kit tapped her foot impatiently, waiting at the door to the Great Hall. While she was trying to badger Hermione into talking to her, Draco Malfoy was badgering her.
"Look, Draco..." Kit sighed, "I'm waiting for someone! They're supposed to meet me and I'm afraid you might discourage them!"
"What, is it Potter? Or Weasley?" Draco asked, smirking, "They'd probably jump at the chance to catch you talking to me, eh? Then they could blame me for whatever goes wrong in your life!"
Kit growled frustratingly, "Look! I don't wish to talk with you now! I'll see you later...come see me at dinner!"
Instantly, Kit realized she had said the wrong thing, but before she could correct herself, Draco smirked.
"Well, I'll come then, shall I? Save me a seat..." Draco leaned forward and pecked her on the cheek.
Kit watched him walk away, thinking, "What have I gotten myself into..."
Chapter Thirteen: What Do You Want From ME?!
"Your cat, Ikis?" Ron asked increduously, "Why would it be following you?"
"Ron, don't try to understand..." Harry looked into the trees, "D'you want me to get her?"
"No, she's staying out here tonight!" Kit retorted defiantly, "She needs to be punished!"
"For following you when you were in danger?" Hermione asked, giggling as the cat jumped down onto a lower branch, climbing to Kit.
"I didn't mean to say that he was attacking me...it just slipped out! Drop it!" Kit snapped.
"Kit, can I go in now?" Ikis asked, jumping onto her neck and purring.
"Whatever..." Kit walked back to the trio, "Look, I'm going back in before I get into trouble, I'll see you all later..."
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Harry yawned loudly, getting up out of bed. Another day of work, another day of boredom. It wasn't as if he didn't like school, it was just that he had to go to class while his cousin had the great and perfectly useful opportunity to sleep in and relax.
He decided not really worry about as he pulled on his clothes and robes, slipping on his trainers. The only thing he needed to deal with was getting through this year alive. The fact that he wasn't a prefect was good news to him, he didn't have to stay out all night patrolling the corridoors, or deal with all of the other duties they maintained.
In fact, he would've probably gone mad if had been made prefect. He was happy for Seamus and Hermione, they deserved it!
"Wake, 'Arry?" Ron asked sleepily as he pulled back his curtains.
"Yeah, you should be to!" Harry shook his head as Ron uncerimoniously fell off his bed.
"Hurry up, hurry up everyone!" Seamus Finnegan called to the boys, making Neville and Dean fall out of bed too. "We have to prepared for classes, and I don't want anyone losing points for not paying attention. Understood?"
Okay, maybe Harry wasn't that glad that he was prefect, but still the same...
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"Damnit, Hermione!" Lavender yelled, tossing Crookshanks off her bed, "If that cat climbs in here one more time, it's going out of the window!"
"Crookshanks! Don't throw him! He's a creature with feelings!" Hermione grabbed the cat angrily, herself already gotten dressed. "You'll pay for that you...you...you foul little, spoiled little brat!"
Lavender gasped, "I'm spoiled?! Look at you! Prefect and a shoe in for Head Girl, you get the best grades in school, and go traveling every holiday with your wonderful mum and dad! Plus your best friends with the most popular boy in school!"
"I don't want to discuss this anymore!" Hermione said, her voice shaking as she left the room, "Hurry and get ready!"
Kit looked out on the scene from behnd her curtains, thinking that she should stay there. Lavender fell to a heap on the floor, not really crying, but shaking with anger. Parvati, who also was dressed, knelt down and attempted to comfort her.
"Look, she didn't mean it, Lavender. She's just a little stressed lately, and you throwing her cat onto the floor triggered it."
"Well, she didn't have to call me spoiled! I might be rich...but how would you feel if your parents never talked to you, and stayed in their studies all day long? I just wish that I had her life! She gets everything...wonderful and normal parents, a nice home, good grades, and nice friends...no offense Parvati."
Kit watched as Parvati gave her a look of pure disgust, "No offense? How can that not be offensive?! If you want nice friends like Hermione's, then go get new ones!"
Lavender and Kit both stared as Parvati stormed out of the room, her braided hair swinging wildly as she slammed the door.
"Some friends I have..." Lavender mumbled as she pulled on her robes and yanked her bag from the stand.
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"I hope that Lavender's okay, she's been crying all day," Seamus confided to Ron and Harry, "Said that the girls were all picking on her, called her spoiled they did!"
Harry gave him a look of pure disbelief, "Lavender isn't spoiled! Why would they say that? Especially not Parvati! They're best friends..."
"She's been telling me that Lavender's a stuck-up plebe and she wants nothing to do with her! Said that she told her she wished she had nice friends, like you and Ron...said Hermione was luckier than her!" Dean said, shaking his head.
"Luckier?! Hermione's in danger because of me!" Harry hissed, "If we weren't friends, she'd be better off, so would Ron!"
Ron glared at him, "D'you think I'd run scared if You-Know-Who wanted to hurt me? I'd stand up and call for you!"
Harry wasn't quite sure what he meant by that, but Ron's next action of bursting out laughing told him not to care about it either. They had just gotten back from History of Magic, and were out for break, when Seamus and Dean Thomas started to bombard them with questions, then telling about the grueling argument...
"Well, just one more class, mate!" Ron told him joyfully.
"Yay...Divination...woohoo..." Harry said grudgingly, "I can't believe the homework we've got!"
"Fifth year's O.W.L year!" Hermione declared, sitting down on the grass beside them, "I've been waiting for it since I got here!"
"Heard about Lavender, tough, eh?" Ron said, looking at her with a caring expression.
"She's just being stubborn, I couldn't help popping off! It's just that I'm so stressed out...I was tutoring all night, didn't go to bed until midnight---"
"Relax, 'Mione! I"m sure she'll come around!" Harry said helpfully, "Don't look now, but Draco's headed our way...Whoa...what an eye!"
Draco was walking steadily towards them, followed by Blaise Zabini and Nina Snape, all of whom were glaring at the trio.
"So, Malfoy," Harry asked, standing up, "what brings you do damper up our peaceful little chat?"
Draco sneered, "Just came to give a little message to your cousin, Miss Pretty-Potter, haven't seen her have you?"
Ron jumped up at this, "Leave her alone you little ferret! She doesn't need you to ruin her day, I'm sure she'd rather go without this little message of yours!"
"I wouldn't be so sure of that, Weasley my dear, dear pet...She'd be absolutely thrilled...at least from what she told me last night." Draco gave a suggestive smirk and lifted his eyebrows.
Harry glared, "She'd never be seen with you, you cheeky---"
"Now. now Potter," Nina warned in her husky voice, "We wouldn't want to give you a detention now would we? I'm sure my uncle would be delighted to have an extra pair of hands to help catagorize his potion's ingredients for tomorrow's classes!"
Harry looked at the three sneering Slytherin's, "Why don't you go tell Kit yourself, Malfoy..."
Harry pointed past Draco, who turned, followed by his friend's to face a defiant and sleepy looking Kit Clivelle. Kit smirked at Draco, pushing past Blaise and Nina.
"How nice of you to drop in, Kittie," Draco murmured, looking at her ferally. "I've been waiting all day to talk about what happened last night..."
Kit smiled, "Well, I'm sure that will be possible, after your classes are over at least!"
Draco looked her over, "Well, my classes are over...at least I can skip the last one..."
"Tsk, tsk, Draco! You musn't do that! This year is very important, what with you and you're O.W.L's!" Kit retorted. "No, no no! Can't have my dearest fail all of his subjects, now can I?"
Harry shot her a look of pure disgust, "Dearest?" He asked as the three left, Draco sulking and the others just smirking, "Whatever posessed you to say that?!"
"Harry," Kit said sarcastically, "I just love him sooooo much...Why do you think I did that? I'd rather have no one find out what happened...it's none of their business anyway!"
"But you could've been a little more antagonistic, couldn't you?" Ron asked helplessly, "I mean...what if he thinks you like him?"
"He's not that stupid, Ron...Besides, you two saw how he looked when she sent him off! He was positively livid! Good job, Katherine!" Hermione said, giving Kit a thumbs up.
Kit smiled appreciatedly, "I need to talk to you alone, Hermione...it's about Lavender."
Hermione frowned and looked at Harry and Ron anxiously, "I have to go to Arithmancy, Katherine, we'll have to talk later...Right, boys?"
"Yes, and we have Divination." Ron gave Hermione a glare as she kicked him, "I mean, we'll talk to you, Kit!"
"No, sorry Ron...I'll just see you later then, eh Hermione?"
"Right..."
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Kit tapped her foot impatiently, waiting at the door to the Great Hall. While she was trying to badger Hermione into talking to her, Draco Malfoy was badgering her.
"Look, Draco..." Kit sighed, "I'm waiting for someone! They're supposed to meet me and I'm afraid you might discourage them!"
"What, is it Potter? Or Weasley?" Draco asked, smirking, "They'd probably jump at the chance to catch you talking to me, eh? Then they could blame me for whatever goes wrong in your life!"
Kit growled frustratingly, "Look! I don't wish to talk with you now! I'll see you later...come see me at dinner!"
Instantly, Kit realized she had said the wrong thing, but before she could correct herself, Draco smirked.
"Well, I'll come then, shall I? Save me a seat..." Draco leaned forward and pecked her on the cheek.
Kit watched him walk away, thinking, "What have I gotten myself into..."