Title: A Halliwell in Hogwarts- chapter 12

Author: Artino2

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Rating: R

Warnings: language, moderate sexual activity.

Pairings: George Weasley/ofc, Fred Weasley/Angelina, Harry/Ginny, Ron/Hermione.

Disclaimer: I do not own any of them. I'm only playing with them and will return them unharmed and happy.

Summary: This is a Charmed/HP crossover. Payton Halliwell is the daughter of Phoebe Halliwell and only female legacy in the Halliwell family. When the sisters are summoned to Hogwarts, Payton must follow. Will she adjust to living in a witch's world or will she find herself an outcast among her kind?

"What were you thinking?" Hermione hissed at Ginny once they had made hasty retreats from the common room. "I think your comment really upset Harry."

Ginny frowned. "I didn't mean to say that Hermione, honest. I was ready to agree with Harry and then the moment I opened my mouth it was like I had no control over it."

"Do you think someone slipped a truth potion in your butterbeer Ginny?" Hermione looked wide eyed at the scandalous thought.

"No, I don't see how that would be possible. I'll apologize to Harry later," Ginny said as she waited for Hermione to open the door to her room. She followed her inside to find Payton lying on her bed. Ginny went over and sat down. "What are you reading?"

Payton showed Ginny the book she was looking at. "Ahh," Ginny said with a smirk, "Divine Prophecies. Hermione tells me Divination is not worth the class time spent."

"Its rubbish if you ask me," Hermione snipped. "Professor Trelawney could not tell the future if it hit her upside her head.

Payton was surprised to hear the girl say that. Her opinion of her so far was that she was deeply into learning. "You do not believe in Seers?"

"It's not that I don't believe," Hermione explained. "It is more like I don't think Trelawney is versed enough to teach it. She is always predicting bad things for everyone."

Payton frowned. "It is not like one can control what they see you know. It just happens; good or bad."

"Do you know much about the subject?" Hermione ask, interested in the girl's point of view.

"My mother is a Seer."

This surprised Hermione, "Really? How fascinating. Does she predict good things for people?"

"No," Payton frowned. "Usually her premonitions are bad. That is why she gets them, to help stop them from coming true."

While Hermione and Payton were engrossed in their conversation, Ginny took the opportunity to slip George's ring off of her finger and onto Payton's stand beside her bed. That was when it hit her. The ring! It had to be the ring that had made her tell Harry that Dean was a better kisser because it had been the truth! She silently cursed her brother and grabbed the ring back. "Hermione," she said with a wicked grin on her face, which one would only describe as being identical to her twin brothers when they were up to no good. "I think I have figured out why I told Harry what I did." She held open her hand with the ring in the middle of it.

"What's that?" Payton asked as she picked up the little ring. "It's beautiful."

"Beautiful yet deadly," Ginny said at least it almost killed my relationship with Harry."

Hermione's mouth dropped open, "It must have a spell on it Ginny!" Hermione was about to ask where Ginny had gotten it but Ginny spoke up first.

"Of course it is, George gave it to me to give to Payton!" Payton gasped at Ginny's words. "He wanted me to slip it on your dresser so you wouldn't know it was from him. Apparently he wants some information from you."

"That is so sneaky," Payton hissed.

"Well that is my brother for you," Ginny said as she made a silent vow to herself to hex George next time she saw him.

"I do hope you plan on getting him back for this," Hermione interrupted.

Payton smiled as a plan was already forming in her mind. "I fully intend too," she said.

George looked at the group of girls that were entering the great hall for breakfast but he saw no sign of Payton. Ginny had assured him that Payton had the ring in her possession and he was quite anxious to talk to her.

Payton entered the room with Hermione and Ron and made her way over to Gryffindor table. She saw George and smiled at him before sitting next to him at the table. "Good morning," she said cheerfully as she set her books down on the table and made sure he saw the ring on her finger.

"It is now," George said as he returned her smile, his eyes darting down to the jewel that sparkled on her finger.

Payton took some toast from her plate and nibbled it as she looked over her schedule. George peeked at her class list, "You have a free period same as I do."

"Really?" Payton saw hers was right after potions class. "What do you do during your free period; homework?"

"Not hardly," George snickered at the thought of spending free time doing homework. "Sometimes I hang around down by the lake, sometimes around the quiddich field."

"You want to show me the lake when it is time for our free period?"

George studied her face to see if she was serious. He could see no sign that she was toying with him. "Sure. It is a nice place. I'll come by potions class to get you and we can walk their together."

"Great," Payton said with a smile as she turned around to get her juice, giving Ginny and Hermione a wink in the process.

George finished his breakfast, looking forward to spending time with Payton later in the day. He would finally find out how she felt about him and it put him in a good mood.

When breakfast was over, Payton left with Hermione for their first class together. "Did you see him look at my hand for the ring?" Payton whispered.

Hermione nodded. "It serves him right for trying to pull a fast one on you like that. And for trying to get Ginny involved in it all." The two girls hurried off to their History of Magic class giggling.

"What are you two giggling about?" Harry asked as he caught up to them. They all took their seats in the back and Payton said, "A trick I am playing on George."

"A trick on George?" Ron said, his interest sparked. "Bloody hell it isn't everyday someone can play a trick on him."

Payton and Hermione proceeded to let the guys know their plan of action. "You see this ring," Payton said as she held out her hand, "It had a truth spell on it. At least it did until I broke it. Now it is just a pretty ring."

"You are going to let George think you are still under the spell then?" Harry said, "Brilliant."

"He will be so mad when he finds out he was tricked," Ron warned.

"Oh well," Payton shrugged, "It will serve him right for trying to be dishonest."

Class began and the group quieted down, but Payton hardly heard a word the teacher said as she went over her plan in her head. She would get George Weasley and get him good. It will teach him a lesson not to pull pranks on her ever again.

Payton hid a yawn behind her hand as Professor Snape went over an invisibility potion with the class. Normally she'd be all excited about learning a new potion, except this one was one she had learned to make when she was only ten. Her Aunt Piper had been unrelentless in teaching her potions, so by the time she was a teen, she knew practically every single one that was in the Book of Shadows.

Hermione added the eye of newt to her cauldron and smiled as it turned the pearl white color that it was supposed to. Snape walked down the rows of tables and peered into each student's pot. "Perhaps the potion will make itself Miss Halliwell so that you can take a nap during class."

Payton sat up straight, and blushed, "I'm sorry, my mind was elsewhere."

Snape frowned and glared at the American girl whom he found lacking completely in discipline. If she had been put in his house, she no doubt would have learned more. He held no liking for the carefree ways of teaching in the schools across the sea. "Might I suggest then that hurry, if this potion is not finished by end of class, you will owe detention."

Payton reached for what she needed and swiftly began preparing the potion. Ron and Harry, who had been watching Hermione, both looked at Payton as she poured several items into her cauldron. Quickly, they tried to copy her as they had found themselves completely lost in Snape's directions.

"Did she add the toadstool first or was it the spider's legs?" Ron asked as he eyed the ingredients on the table.

"Toadstool," Harry said as he stirred his cauldron which to his relief actually started looking like Hermione's.

By the end of class, they all took a sample up, labeled it, and placed it on the Professor's desk. Payton was about to grab her books and leave when she heard his growling command, "Miss Halliwell, you will stay behind. The others are dismissed."

Hermione and Harry gave Payton a look of sympathy as they grabbed their books. Payton sighed, "If George is in the hallway waiting for me, please tell him I'll be out as soon as I can."

She watched as her friends left and she went over to Snape's desk. "Yes Sir?"

He was silent for several moments as his eyes looked her over. "I have heard of the Charmed Ones," he began. "Do not expect any special treatment from me."

Payton was surprised that he would say that. "I never expected any. I apologize for the lack of attention today. I already knew how to make the invisibility potion so I found my mind wandering."

Snape did not like the tone of her voice nor the conceited smirk on her face. He picked up her vial of potion and dumped it into the trash. "You will receive an incomplete today."

"What the hell are you doing?" Payton gasped as she saw how unfair he was being. "That potion was perfect and you know it!"

"You will refrain from ever using foul language in my classroom Miss Halliwell. Twenty points from Gryffindor for your outburst. Now get out of my classroom before I add that detention that you so surely deserve."

Payton glared back at him, but said nothing as she turned and hurried out of the room. She was so upset and her mind so clouded by what happened that she had not even noticed George waiting for her. "Hey, hold up!" he called as he raced to catch up with her. He could see she was upset. "What's wrong?"

"I can't believe what an asshole that teacher is!"

George couldn't help himself as he smirked, "Snape is like that with just about everyone, don't take it personally. Don't let him ruin what can be a wonderful day. The sun is shining, the birds are probably singing somewhere and we both have a free period to go walk by the lake."

Payton could not help but smile at him. He was in such a good mood that it was rubbing off on her. "Yes, let's go for that walk," she said as she reached out and took his hand.