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Chapter 4

Harry's Not-So-Secret Admirer

"What exactly were Harry and Hermione doing in the library, Ron?" Hermione asked fearing the answer.

"I don't know. They were looking through a stack of books."

"Why are you so sad?"

"I begged Hermione for her homework, but she wouldn't give in. so, I'm gonna fail my assignment, then Mum's gonna find out, and that will put more stress on her!"

Hermione smiled and laughed. She actually laughed until she cried. She briefly explained to Ron that she had just suddenly remembered a hilarious joke. When asked to tell it she said she got it from a book and dashed off to the library.

She found Harry and Ginny doing exactly what Ron had said. She sighed, relieved that they had been to control themselves. Then she marched over to them and tried hard to keep her voice down to a whisper.

"I am very happy that you two are reading, but if you two go off together, I want to know why! Just until we're back to normal. I was worried that Ron might have seen you two engaging in what you were doing in the common room! If Ron saw…"

Harry and Ginny grinned knowingly. Hermione raised an eyebrow, forced another chair between Harry and Ginny, and sat down.

"So, what are you trying to look up?" Hermione picked up a piece of parchment that had her own handwriting on it (a/n: assuming that when they switched bodies they got each other's pattern of writing).

As Hermione red the parchment, Harry and Ginny took turns speaking.

"Well, I know we're telling McGonagall in two days about our situation, but Harry and I are trying to figure our what caused this and if it's dark magic or not."

"I found this book entitled The Difference Between Spells and Enchantments by Barnum Holifarth. As you know spells have to be said out loud or wordlessly. Enchantments are bewitched items. There also was a section on Spontaneous magic that happens randomly. There's a few Spontaneous magic situations, and every one was listed. There was noting about switching bodies. So, then we narrowed down this situation to either some sort of enchantment or a spell."

Harry handed the book he had referred to over to Hermione.

"Thanks to updated encyclopaedia volumes of spells, I discovered that there is a spell to switch bodies."

Ginny placed the 'S' encyclopaedia on top of the spells and enchantments book in Hermione's lap.

"I found the counter spell edition of Ginny's book. There is a counter spell, but it's only effective if the person who cast the spell in the first place does it. Every wizard in the world could say the counter spell, but if the person who cast it doesn't, it's pointless."

Harry put another 'S' encyclopaedia on top of Ginny's. Hermione felt her lap become numb.

"The body switching spell is a close range spell which means that the person who cast the original spell was in the same room as us at the time."

Ginny added another book to Hermione's lap.

"The body switching spell is not classified as dark magic, but it does require a lot of power. It's sort of like casting a Patronus, it requires a powerful witch or wizard. Or a thirteen year old wizard who's been through a hell of a lot of problems."

Hermione smiled, but grimace soon afterwards when Harry placed the book on the pile which was up to her nose.

Ginny sighed. "So, we have all the facts. All we need to find now is a powerful witch or wizard who is allowed in the Gryffindor tower. We think it might be a 6th or 7th year Gryffindor. It's all we can come up with these clues."

"Well, I couldn't come up with anything better. I'm sure Headmistress McGonagall will get to the bottom of this. This is great guys. Thanks doing this," said Hermione as she piled the books on the table one by one and pocketed the parchment.

The three of them sat in an awkward silence for a moment. Harry and Ginny were wondering if there was somewhere they could go were no one would see them. Hermione first thought of what to tell McGonagall in two days, but her thoughts soon drifted to other things.

"I wonder if I should tell Ron?"

Harry and Ginny looked at Hermione funny.

"Did I ju7st say that out loud?" Hermione felt her face get very hot.

Harry dismissed himself to tune up his Firebolt. Hermione left and walked slowly down the hall.

"You know, Hermione, sometimes I ask myself what did I do to deserve someone so great like Harry. You know how everyone has read about him in volumes of books? Of course, I was amazed by him, but you know with my family's condition… I never thought he would even see me. When I heard he was going to Hogwarts I was so excited and thought that maybe he would see me. I almost had a heart attack when I was put in Gryffindor."

"I remember that! You were shaking so much when you sat down."

"I was glad he wasn't there to see me in such a state. Going on, I thought I was the luckiest girl in the world when he rescued me from the Chamber of Secrets. And I admit that I mentally kicked myself for saying yes to Neville three years ago. Sometimes I wonder, 'Why did he pick me?'. Now, I know that opposites really do attract… and no one can resist a Weasley."

"You got that right," Hermione muttered under her breathe.

"Did you just say what I think you said?"

"Maybe…"

:Meanwhile, Back in the Common Room (a/n: god, I sound like a comic book)

Ron had been staring at a blank piece of parchment for about 20 minutes. He figured he would wait about 5 more minutes before taking a break from… sitting. Harry came into the common room, briefly acknowledged Ron, then went up to the boys' dormitory. He came back down a few moments later holding a box of chocolates. He dropped it onto Ron's parchment and put a note on top of it.

To: Harry Potter

Hey! Just wanted to congratulate you for winning all o your Quidditch games! I never got a chance to tell you, but I was down in Hogsmeade and I got some chocolate for you. You don't really know me, but you did bump into me in October!

-Amelia Telson

"They look questionable," commented Harry.

Ron opened the box and sniffed the chocolates. "That's definitely Fred and George's love potion chocolate. I remembered how it smelled from last year."

Hermione and Ginny meandered through the portrait hole. Harry and Ron were still talking over the chocolate.

"Hey, Ginny. Hey, Hermione," said Ron and Harry in unison. Harry winked at Ginny. Luckily, Ron didn't see. Luckily, Ron didn't see the aggravated un-Hermione-like gesture she gave Harry for acting out.

"What you got there?" Ginny asked them cheerfully.

"Just some... chocolate. We were going to throw it away. It's not very good," Ron rubbed his neck and looked over at Harry.

"I'll take it if you want it properly disposed. The confiscation bin in the head girl's bedroom has a daily shredder. I… um, Hermione's very in with her, so she'll take it." Hermione gave Ginny the chocolate as she realized she was throwing obvious clues. Of course, Ron's no one to immediately (or ever) pick up obvious clues.

"Well," Ron started standing up, "Can I borrow your broomstick kit, Harry?"

"Sure, I'll show you the best way to straighten the tail. If you angle the end just a bit, it gives you a bit of a boost."

The two boys headed to the boys' dormitory in a deep discussion about brooms and whatnot. Ginny opened the box and picked up a chocolate. Hermione grabbed the box and slapped the chocolate out of Ginny's hand.

"Don't you dare. I got a cavity over the summer. My parents were furious and made me cut back on sweets."

Ginny huffed, slightly mad. "I'm going upstairs to try and sort out your hair. I was serious when I said I lost a brush in your hair. Knock right… here." Ginny pointed to a specific spot in her hair. When Hermione knocked she sure enough heard the sound of her hardwood brush handle.

Hermione stood with her mouth wide open while Ginny bounced up the stairs. Hermione looked at the table Ron was sitting at. Of course he had left his stuff all over the place. She looked at the box of chocolates biting her bottom lip. She put one in her mouth and hurriedly ate it before gathering Ron's things. As she headed to the boys' dormitory someone entered the common room when the person spoke she recognized his voice as Neville's. She waved over her back without turning to face him.

The first think she saw was Ron sniffing his broom.

"What are you doing!" she asked completely grossed out.

"Sniffing," he replied.

Hermione scoffed and threw his stuff at him. She hurried to the head girl's room to drop off the chocolate.

It had been a long day and Hermione was exhausted. She trudged to the 6th year girls' dormitory and dropped on Ginny's bed without undressing. After tuning out a pointless adventure story courtesy of Luna, she soon fell asleep.

She woke up the next morning in a giddy mood. There was on though on her mind. One thing she absolutely had to do. She whispered to herself, "I'm gonna snog Ron."

This was a little bit longer then the other chapters! Again, I'm asking for a minimum of 6 good reviews (from different people, please don't review then log out, then review again).

I just got back from the fair, and I've been walking all day, and I'm pretty much stranded at the computer.

Sorry for taking so long to update. I've been working on a report for English class, and I've just finished it! So, I should be updating more quickly.

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