A/N: I mentioned something to Victoria, and I would just like to say that I'm not doing it! So I bring you...
Chapter Twenty-Eight: Valentine Mayhem
"What's this all about?!" Nina said in her husky voice, running up to Slytherin's notice board. "Hey, Draco...you'd better get a look at this...."
Kit frowned as Draco jumped up, running over to the notice board. She followed placidly, looking at the board.
"Great, another St. Valentine's give-away..." Draco muttered as Kit put her head on his shoulder, looking over him and at the notice board.
"'Twenty Galleons to the most original St. Valentine's Day card'?"
"Yeah, they've done things like this before. No one really takes it seriously," Blaise said, shrugging, "But...this year they might, read the next line..."
"'All entries are to be read in front of the entire school, and will be awarded accordingly. You may send them first, then whoever recieves them are allowed to enter them.'" Kit rolled her eyes, "If someone entered me, I'd kill them..."
Draco smirked, "Well, now I know how to get to you..."
"Don't you even dare!"
"This is sickening..." Pansy drawled, rolling her eyes, "You two, not the contest...that's just sad."
Kit rolled her eyes, "Just you wait until Crabbe and Millicent get in here...ugh!"
"I do concur..." Nina and Pansy chorused, smirking.
"Oooh! I can't wait to see what Weasley sends you!" Pansy said, clapping her hands together.
"Indeed, it'll be something like this..." Blaise jumped onto the couch, putting on a dramatic pose. "The love I have is sweeter than wine..."
"And it has only aged with time!" Draco finished, then bowed. He smirked, Blaise, Pansy, and Nina in fits of laughter. Kit giggled slightly, trying to mask her sympathy.
"We'll have to find out now, won't we?" Nina smirked.
Kit's heart fell, "What are you implying?"
Nina and Blaise both grinned at each other, "You aren't serious, are you? Of course that's what we're implying! I'm sure that you of all people would recognize a ploy when it appeared right in front of your nose."
Kit glared at Nina, "Fine then, don't get all snippy...So what, do you all want me to publicly humiliate Ron, for the second time?"
"Definitely," Draco interjected, smiling as he slipped up next to her, "I think that he might appreciate it if you'd...read his efforts to the entire school."
"Right...Can we please go for our walk? I really want to get out of here! No offense, but it's so stuffy and cold down here..."
"It's colder outside..." Draco said, his voice oddly sweet.
"I like some cold, but this cold is wet and damp cold, not the dry and crisp cold, like outside!" Kit said, summoning her winter cloak from her room with her mind. Draco caught it, draping it over her shoulders and clasping it neatly.
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Ron looked over at Ginny. She was writing hastily on a sheet of parchment, her face flushed and strained. (She's been at it for hours...) Ron thought, shaking his head and turning back to the task at hand. Derek had bet him that he couldn't figure out how to play a simple chord of music on the guitar, a simple muggle tune, 'Mary Had a Little Lamb.'
"Oh, don't strain yourself, look..." Derek took the orange guitar from him and carefully picked the strings, "See, 'Ma-ry had a li-ttle lamb, li-ttle lamb, li-ttle lamb...Ma-ry had a li-ttle lamb, it's fleece was white as snow...'"
Ron grudgingly took the instrument, positioning the pick and putting his hands carefully on the strings, "'Ma-ry had a li-ttle lamb...li-ttle lamb, li-ttle lamb... Ma-ry had a li-ttle lamb, it's fleece was white as s---shit!"
He made a noise of disgust as a string snapped, making a tinging noise.
"At least it was on key," Hermione said helpfully, "Nice adlibbing, Ron!"
Ginny looked up, grinning. Ron caught her sneaking a look at Harry, who was grinning at Parvati Patil. Ginny didn't seem to notice...
"Hey, you four ready for that walk?" Derek asked, waving his wand at the guitar and handing it to Parvati, who gave it to Dean Thomas.
Ginny and Harry both stood up, "Yeah, definitely!"
Ron looked from one to the other, both of them now blushing, "My, we're just chorusing everything!"
Ginny rolled her eyes and grabbed her cloak, draping it over her shoulders. Harry did the same, but with a bit of clumsiness.
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Kit swatted Draco away for the tenth time. She knew that she shouldn't, but they really didn't need to have any publuc displays of affection in the middle of the castle grounds. Especially since Snape and McGonagall were on duty.
"C'mon, just one kiss?" Draco pleaded, giving her puppy-dog eyes.
Kit shook her head firmly, "Sorry, but there are other times to do that! And this just happens not to be one of those times!"
Shrugging, he settled for holding her hand as they walked past the lake. Kit saw the patch of trees just ahead, the place where she had told Kylie she'd meet her...alone.
"So," Draco sighed, "What am I supposed to do while you and your friend talk? I'm not going back to the commonroom."
"Just go and scare some second years or whatever it is you always do," Kit said impatiently, craning her neck to see through the brush.
He rolled his eyes at her, "That's not all I ever do!"
"Well, you could've fooled me..." She retorted, glaring at him.
"Didn't we have this talk last night? I'm not a purely evil person! I have my limitations...I only do it to piss them off!"
"Whatever...I have to go," Kit quickly gave him a peck on the cheek, then climbed through the brush.
"She had better be here already...it's freezing," Kit thought, pushing back a low branch as she climbed into the clearing. What she saw both shocked and outraged her.
"Hello!" The group chorused, grinning at her.
Kit was too stunned to speak. Standing, or rather huddling, together in the middle of the clearing were the exact people that she had been avoiding for the past month: Fred, George, Ginny, Harry, Hermione, Derek, and Kylie. But most of all...Ron.
Kylie looked at her cautiously before coming up to her, "I know this isn't exactly what you had been looking for, but it's really important and I think that you might want to talk to them."
Kit couldn't speak, it was as if her brain had frozen. Her mouth ached to shout at Kylie, but inside she knew that it wasn't her fault. She stared at Ron, who was standing against the tree, looking pale and flushed. Kit loved it when he blushed...
"Um...Erm--You aren't going to bite my head off are you?" Harry asked, stepping forward from his place next to Ginny.
She shook her head, then turned to spot George flushed just like Ron. Kit had an over powering feeling of dread as she looked into his eyes, something bad had happened, and she did not want to know. She looked at Hermione and had the same jolt.
Harry shifted on his feet, and Kit knew. Someone was hurt, maybe even dead. She had seen that look on Harry's face before. It brought back a distant memory, one of a little boy, crying in her mother's arms, his mind was overpowering, and his face was red. Kit didn't know where that had come from, but she knew it meant something...
"What happened," Kit croaked, finding her voice as Ginny let out a low sob. Fred pulled her close.
"Sirius is dead..."
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A/N: Okay, so so so so so sorry for the delay, but I had a little to do and I can safely say that I'll be back in my own stride! I've already started chapter twenty nine, and I have my plans for the finale! Have fun kiddo's!
Chapter Twenty-Eight: Valentine Mayhem
"What's this all about?!" Nina said in her husky voice, running up to Slytherin's notice board. "Hey, Draco...you'd better get a look at this...."
Kit frowned as Draco jumped up, running over to the notice board. She followed placidly, looking at the board.
"Great, another St. Valentine's give-away..." Draco muttered as Kit put her head on his shoulder, looking over him and at the notice board.
"'Twenty Galleons to the most original St. Valentine's Day card'?"
"Yeah, they've done things like this before. No one really takes it seriously," Blaise said, shrugging, "But...this year they might, read the next line..."
"'All entries are to be read in front of the entire school, and will be awarded accordingly. You may send them first, then whoever recieves them are allowed to enter them.'" Kit rolled her eyes, "If someone entered me, I'd kill them..."
Draco smirked, "Well, now I know how to get to you..."
"Don't you even dare!"
"This is sickening..." Pansy drawled, rolling her eyes, "You two, not the contest...that's just sad."
Kit rolled her eyes, "Just you wait until Crabbe and Millicent get in here...ugh!"
"I do concur..." Nina and Pansy chorused, smirking.
"Oooh! I can't wait to see what Weasley sends you!" Pansy said, clapping her hands together.
"Indeed, it'll be something like this..." Blaise jumped onto the couch, putting on a dramatic pose. "The love I have is sweeter than wine..."
"And it has only aged with time!" Draco finished, then bowed. He smirked, Blaise, Pansy, and Nina in fits of laughter. Kit giggled slightly, trying to mask her sympathy.
"We'll have to find out now, won't we?" Nina smirked.
Kit's heart fell, "What are you implying?"
Nina and Blaise both grinned at each other, "You aren't serious, are you? Of course that's what we're implying! I'm sure that you of all people would recognize a ploy when it appeared right in front of your nose."
Kit glared at Nina, "Fine then, don't get all snippy...So what, do you all want me to publicly humiliate Ron, for the second time?"
"Definitely," Draco interjected, smiling as he slipped up next to her, "I think that he might appreciate it if you'd...read his efforts to the entire school."
"Right...Can we please go for our walk? I really want to get out of here! No offense, but it's so stuffy and cold down here..."
"It's colder outside..." Draco said, his voice oddly sweet.
"I like some cold, but this cold is wet and damp cold, not the dry and crisp cold, like outside!" Kit said, summoning her winter cloak from her room with her mind. Draco caught it, draping it over her shoulders and clasping it neatly.
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Ron looked over at Ginny. She was writing hastily on a sheet of parchment, her face flushed and strained. (She's been at it for hours...) Ron thought, shaking his head and turning back to the task at hand. Derek had bet him that he couldn't figure out how to play a simple chord of music on the guitar, a simple muggle tune, 'Mary Had a Little Lamb.'
"Oh, don't strain yourself, look..." Derek took the orange guitar from him and carefully picked the strings, "See, 'Ma-ry had a li-ttle lamb, li-ttle lamb, li-ttle lamb...Ma-ry had a li-ttle lamb, it's fleece was white as snow...'"
Ron grudgingly took the instrument, positioning the pick and putting his hands carefully on the strings, "'Ma-ry had a li-ttle lamb...li-ttle lamb, li-ttle lamb... Ma-ry had a li-ttle lamb, it's fleece was white as s---shit!"
He made a noise of disgust as a string snapped, making a tinging noise.
"At least it was on key," Hermione said helpfully, "Nice adlibbing, Ron!"
Ginny looked up, grinning. Ron caught her sneaking a look at Harry, who was grinning at Parvati Patil. Ginny didn't seem to notice...
"Hey, you four ready for that walk?" Derek asked, waving his wand at the guitar and handing it to Parvati, who gave it to Dean Thomas.
Ginny and Harry both stood up, "Yeah, definitely!"
Ron looked from one to the other, both of them now blushing, "My, we're just chorusing everything!"
Ginny rolled her eyes and grabbed her cloak, draping it over her shoulders. Harry did the same, but with a bit of clumsiness.
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Kit swatted Draco away for the tenth time. She knew that she shouldn't, but they really didn't need to have any publuc displays of affection in the middle of the castle grounds. Especially since Snape and McGonagall were on duty.
"C'mon, just one kiss?" Draco pleaded, giving her puppy-dog eyes.
Kit shook her head firmly, "Sorry, but there are other times to do that! And this just happens not to be one of those times!"
Shrugging, he settled for holding her hand as they walked past the lake. Kit saw the patch of trees just ahead, the place where she had told Kylie she'd meet her...alone.
"So," Draco sighed, "What am I supposed to do while you and your friend talk? I'm not going back to the commonroom."
"Just go and scare some second years or whatever it is you always do," Kit said impatiently, craning her neck to see through the brush.
He rolled his eyes at her, "That's not all I ever do!"
"Well, you could've fooled me..." She retorted, glaring at him.
"Didn't we have this talk last night? I'm not a purely evil person! I have my limitations...I only do it to piss them off!"
"Whatever...I have to go," Kit quickly gave him a peck on the cheek, then climbed through the brush.
"She had better be here already...it's freezing," Kit thought, pushing back a low branch as she climbed into the clearing. What she saw both shocked and outraged her.
"Hello!" The group chorused, grinning at her.
Kit was too stunned to speak. Standing, or rather huddling, together in the middle of the clearing were the exact people that she had been avoiding for the past month: Fred, George, Ginny, Harry, Hermione, Derek, and Kylie. But most of all...Ron.
Kylie looked at her cautiously before coming up to her, "I know this isn't exactly what you had been looking for, but it's really important and I think that you might want to talk to them."
Kit couldn't speak, it was as if her brain had frozen. Her mouth ached to shout at Kylie, but inside she knew that it wasn't her fault. She stared at Ron, who was standing against the tree, looking pale and flushed. Kit loved it when he blushed...
"Um...Erm--You aren't going to bite my head off are you?" Harry asked, stepping forward from his place next to Ginny.
She shook her head, then turned to spot George flushed just like Ron. Kit had an over powering feeling of dread as she looked into his eyes, something bad had happened, and she did not want to know. She looked at Hermione and had the same jolt.
Harry shifted on his feet, and Kit knew. Someone was hurt, maybe even dead. She had seen that look on Harry's face before. It brought back a distant memory, one of a little boy, crying in her mother's arms, his mind was overpowering, and his face was red. Kit didn't know where that had come from, but she knew it meant something...
"What happened," Kit croaked, finding her voice as Ginny let out a low sob. Fred pulled her close.
"Sirius is dead..."
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A/N: Okay, so so so so so sorry for the delay, but I had a little to do and I can safely say that I'll be back in my own stride! I've already started chapter twenty nine, and I have my plans for the finale! Have fun kiddo's!