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Chapter 3
Gryffindor common room.
RON: -steps in through the portrait hole, trips and knocks over a plant-
HERMIONE: -leaves quickly-
HARRY: Ron! Are you okay?
RON: -gets up- Yeah, yeah…
HARRY: So? What did she tell you?
RON: -sits next to Harry and sighs- She said that we're not as good as the rest of the class and she can't go on with new things if the five of us can't even cast a blocking spell.
HARRY: -worried- She isn't kicking you out of the class, is she?
RON: No. She wants us to go to some private lessons with her.
HARRY: -grins- Ooohh… special lessons… that should be fun!
RON: But with Crabbe, Goyle and Zabini? Me and Dean are the only Gryffindors there!
HARRY: Well...
GINNY: -runs in through the portrait hole, gives Harry a kiss and sits between him and Ron- Why so sad, oh brother dearest?
RON: -pouts-
HARRY: He has to go to extra DADA lessons.
GINNY: But why, he's not that bad at casting spells!
HARRY: I think he got a little distracted by the teacher. I mean, she's pretty... good looking.
GINNY: -pretends to be indifferent- Really? When I saw her at the Great Hall she looked rather plain. And her hair was scruffy.
HARRY: Yes it was. But your hair is always nice and shiny. –grins-
GINNY: Aww, you're so sweet! –starts making out with Harry-
RON: -looks at them with a disgusted face- I don't think you need me here at the moment. –goes out through the portrait hole-
PROFESSOR ELENA: -is talking to a second-year-
RON: -is walking around, not looking where he's going and bumps into Elena-
ELENA: -is startled- Oh, it's just you, Ronald.
RON: -is staring at Elena with a stupid face- What did I just do? God, I'm such an idiot!
ELENA: Ronald? Are you feeling all right? You look a little pale. –touches his forehead-
RON: -is shocked- She just touched my forehead! Aah... I mean, um... I'm... I'm fine.
ELENA: -looks at him susceptibly- Are you sure? I think you should go see Madam Pomfrey.
RON: Oh no, no, I'm okay.
ELENA: -thinks for a minute- Come to my office, I'll give you some chocolate and herbal tea. –starts walking-
RON: -walks after her- Her hair looks so soft... and she moves her arms so gracefully... and her cloak moves so elegantly…
ELENA: -stops at a painting- Chudley Cannons!
PAINTING: -opens-
RON: -is a little surprised- Do you like the Chudley Cannons?
ELENA: -looks for some herbs- Oh, yes, they've been my favourite team since they won that match against those germans in… 1992, was it?
RON: The Cannons have been my favourite team since I can remember! They're brilliant!
ELENA: Oh, they sure are. Here, have some chocolate! And you can sit down. –offers Ron some chocolate while she adds herbs to the tea-
RON: -takes the chocolate and sits- Thanks! I didn't know you liked quidditch that much.
ELENA: -laughs- I was brought up playing quidditch. I was a chaser for my school team in Bulgaria. That's where I'm from. Now drink this tea, it will make you feel better. –hands Ron the tea-
RON: Thanks! –drinks the tea- Did you go to Durmstrang?
ELENA: Yes I did. So you've heard of it?
RON: Yeah, there were some students from Durmstrang here during the Triwizard Tournament in my fourth-year.
ELENA: -sits down too- Oh, I read about that in the Daily Prophet. Viktor Krum was the Champion for Durmstrang, wasn't he? And Harry Potter was the Champion for Hogwarts. I never really understood how he was chosen though.
RON: Oh, he didn't put his name into the goblet. It was Barty Crouch's son who had disguised himself as our Defence teacher. He taught us Defence for most of the year. Creepy if you think about it now.
ELENA: I heard you had had interesting Defence teachers, but that interesting… -laughs-
RON: Actually, he was one of the best Defence teacher's we've had. I'd put him second on my list.
ELENA: Oh, and who would you put first?
RON: Lupin. Remus Lupin, he taught us in third year.
ELENA: And what about me? Do you think I'm a good teacher?
RON: We've only had one lesson with you but so far you've been doing great!
ELENA: -smiles- Thank you, Ronald, it's good to know that. –puts her hand on Ron's hand-
RON: Her. Hand. Is. On. My. Hand. Oh, um… no problem. –gets up- Erm... thanks for the tea and chocolate, I'm feeling much better now. I think I should be going, need to do some erm… essays and stuff.
ELENA: It was nice talking to you.
RON: You too. -smiles and leaves through the portrait hole-
7th floor, empty corridor.
HARRY: -is wearing an invisibility cloak and heading towards the Room of Requirement-
DOOR OF THE ROOM OF REQUIREMENT: -appears out of thin air-
HARRY: Yay! –goes in-
DRACO: -is waiting for Harry- Finally, Potter! You were supposed to be here 20 minutes ago!
HARRY: -removes invisibility cloak- Sorry, I got um… a little carried away with Ginny.
DRACO: That Weasley again! What does he see in her? –sighs- We better get started.
HARRY: Yeah. Okay, so last time we practiced the basic stuff like Expelliarmus and Protego so this time I think we should try something a little-
DRACO: What are we doing the kiddie-spells for? Can't you show me something more powerful? Like the patronus charm?
HARRY: Draco, the patronus might be a powerful charm but it won't be a lot of use when you're fighting the Death Eaters!
DRACO: And what? This crap will?
HARRY: It's something that will give you time to take cover and use something better.
DRACO: I'm not a coward who hides from others! I take them on, face to face!
HARRY: -mutters- That's why you're so bad at this.
DRACO: Sorry, what did you say? I can't hear very well today, that Parkinson has been blabbering beside me all day.
HARYY: -looks at the ceiling- Oh, um, nothing much.
DRACO: Whatever. So can you or can't you conjure a Patronus?
HARRY: I can but that's not-
DRACO: Then teach me! Dementors are still out there sucking out peoples' souls. I need to know how to fight them!
HARRY: -sighs deeply- All right. I'll show you how to do it first. –pulls out his wand- Expecto patronum!
HARRY'S PATRONUS: -glides around the room-
DRACO: -stupid look- That… that looks just… beautiful… And how is it supposed to help against a dementor?
HARRY: I'm not sure but the dementors back away when they see the light.
BOTH: -look at the patronus for a while-
HARRY: All right, it's your turn now.
DRACO: -stands up confidently and pulls out his wand- Expecto Patronum!
DRACO'S WAND: -nothing-
DRACO: WTF?
HARRY: What were you thinking about when you cast the spell?
DRACO: I was thinking about casting the spell, duh.
HARRY: To conjure a patronus, you have to think of a very happy memory. Try again.
DRACO: Happy memory, happy memory, happy memory! –raises wand- Expecto Patronum!
DRACO'S WAND: -some smoke comes out-
HARRY: That's an improvement. It took me three tries to get anything out of my wand.
DRACO: -sits next to Harry and leans against the wall- This really drains away all your energy. I feel like I just ran around the castle ten times!
HARRY: -laughs slightly- You know, I practised this on a boggart and the two first times I actually fainted.
DRACO: -laughs too- No way! You? The most powerful wizard of our generation fainted?
HARRY: It's true! The boggart looked like a real dementor and it was really sucking away all my happy memories…
DRACO: Aww, poor Potty, that must have been terrible! –grins-
HARRY: Stop it! You're lucky I didn't make you face a boggart-dementor on your first try! –smacks his arm slightly-
DRACO: -smacks him back- Oh yeah? I bet I could have conjured a patronus while facing a boggart-dementor on my first try without fainting. –grins-
HARRY: Oh yeah? –grins too-
DRACO: Yeah!
HARRY: I wouldn't bet on it! –grabs his cloak and pulls him on the floor, they roll over a few times until they hit a wall-
DRACO: -is on top of Harry, still smiling- This is it. My chance.
HARRY: -is looking at Draco with a stupid grin- Wow, he has really strange eyes. They're so deep…
DRACO: You know what, Potter?
HARRY: His eyes… I can't look away… Oh, what?
DRACO: I could get any girl I want in this school. Heck, I could even get any guy. But there is still this one person… The unreachable one…
HARRY: Who?
DRACO: You. –kisses Harry-
HARRY: -is being kissed by Draco- WTF?
DRACO: -still kissing him-
HARRY: Hmm, he's not a bad kisser…No wonder all the girls like him.
DRACO: -finally stops and gets up- See you Thursday night then. –leaves the room-
HARRY: -is still laying on the floor- Wow. I just kissed a bloke! And I think I cheated on Ginny. –gets up- Have to admit, he's not a bad kisser though… –smirks, gets his cloak and hurries back to the common room-
HERMIONE: -is sitting in the Gryffindor common room writing an essay-
RON: -steps in looking very dreamy-
HERMIONE: -looks at him disparagingly, then continues essay-
RON: -steps over to Hermione- Hermie?
HERMIONE: -is annoyed- Ronald, please, you know I don't like to be called "Hermie"
RON: -sits next to her- I'm sorry.
HERMIONE: -ignores him-
RON: -tries to explain- Hermione, I really like you. I just- -waves his hands and knocks over Hermione's ink-
HERMIONE: -jumps up- Now look what you did! I have to rewrite it again! Thanks a lot!
RON: -worried- Oh, I'm so sorry, I'll help you clean it up!
HERMIONE: No thanks. –grabs her things and goes to her room-
RON: -falls down on the couch moaning- This sucks. Hermione hates me!
HERMIONE: -sits next to Ginny in the bedroom-
GINNY: -was lying on her bed, reading a book, now looks up at Hermione- What's wrong?
HERMIONE: -sits down on her bed and scratches her head- I don't know… It's just Ron… he… he… urgh! He's so annoying! He's so clumsy and all he talks about is food! I… I really think I should break up with him.
GINNY: -sits up- I know the clumsiness can get on your nerves but can't you remember how in love with him you were last summer? All the nights I spent on listening you rambling about his "perfect hair", "wonderful handwriting" and everything? All that talk about him being "the one"?
HERMIONE: I don't know. People can change a lot. I guess I've now seen the side of him that I tried to ignore before. I can't take it anymore! Besides, I'm really falling for Draco. I don't think I told you that I actually had a normal conversation with him before?
GINNY: -surprised- Really? Tell me! Tell me! –sits next to Hermione-
HERMIONE: -smiles shyly- Uh… I kinda accidentally ran into him. He called me Pansy Parkinson!
GINNY: -laughs- Parkinson? Why?
HERMIONE: -laughs too- He said Pansy was stalking him and he was trying to escape from her firm grip. Anyway, we talked a little and then I started wondering why he wasn't calling me a "mudblood" or something. So I asked him.
GINNY: And what did he say?
HERMIONE: I can't believe it myself now, but he said that we're all adults and don't have to call each other names.
GINNY: -mouth drops- Malfoy said that? But… he's the most childish person in Hogwart's history! Not to mention his horrible insults.
HERMIONE: Yeah, I thought it was strange too but-
HARRY: -shouts from the common room- Hermione? Could you come down here please? I need to talk to you!
GINNY: What does Harry want with you?
HERMIONE: I guess he needs help with Potions or something. I'd better go see him. –goes to the common room-
HARRY: Let's go outside, I need to talk to you about something.
BOTH: -leave through the portrait-
The end.
I'm very sorry it took this long to update, I got carried away IRL. I know, who would have guessed I had a life? xD
Okay, maybe not my best work (or longest) but it was necessary to do this. The plot depends on it! xD Reviews would be loved and adored!
Atal Round My Neck - I just thought that was a very Hermioneish thing to do. Glad you liked it! xD
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What does Harry want to tell Hermione? Will Ron and Hermione break up? What are Draco and Harry up to? What will Ron do about his crush on the DADA teacher? Find out in the next chapter...