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Jellemegg: Yes, it's always good when Ron gets jealous. I'm glad you thought Jack-in-a-wig was funny. I know I did!

TheOneandOnlyBarry: Well, love potions can be pretty powerful stuff. You'll just have to wait and see what happens. Believe me, Hermione isn't going to give up without a fight!

WillsOneLove: Well Snape was asking for it…he was a real stupid-head towards Jack! Apparently, rum is stronger than the firewhiskey that he's used to!

LighteningExperience: Yes Jack and Dumbledore are good for each other! Jack actually get's the elderly wizard's humor, and that's saying something! I understand about the swamp thing…Gred and Forge were seriously the best thing about book five. You aren't crazy, believe me. Keep reading!

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Ch. 10: Love Potions

Hermione and Ginny stared at Parvati in disbelief.

"Say that again…" said Ginny, thinking she'd misheard. Parvati repeated her sentence.

"Lavender and Romilda Vane have tricked Will and Jack into taking love potions." Ginny paled considerably.

"But how?" asked the redhead. Hermione's brow was furrowed as she was thinking.

"Romilda must've stolen some of the love potion you all were brewing during the potions fiasco. Everyone was watching Jack mess with Snape; it must've been relatively easy for her to smuggle out a flagon," Hermione surmised. The girls agreed with her theory.

"I can't believe this!" Ginny's fists were clenched in anger. "How could they do this to Jack and Will?"

"They won't get away with it, though," said Hermione. "I can assure you of that. Love potions are restricted to underage wizards…ooh, finally I've got something on Lavender that will land her in detention!"

"That's great, but shouldn't you tell Dumbledore what's happened?" Parvati asked the two close friends. Ginny bit her lip nervously.

"But he's not here. I overheard Harry telling my older brother that his lesson with Dumbledore was cancelled. Damn it, why did he pick tonight to be away on Order business!" Hermione gritted her teeth and asked Parvati a question which she didn't really want to know the answer.

"How badly has it affected them?" The Indian witch grimaced.

"Lavender made sure Will drank all of his drink at dinner so, you'd imagine, quite a lot. You'd better come and see for yourselves." As she led them down the spiral stairs of Gryffindor Tower, Hermione began thinking out loud.

"Who do we know has the antidote?"

"Professor Slughorn does," supplied Ginny. "But that doesn't help us. He took the day off – he could be anywhere."

"There's always Snape," Parvati suggested as she took them past the library, down another flight of stairs and into the foyer.

"He's still passed out in the hospital wing," Hermione reminded her. "Jack's rum didn't exactly agree with him."

"Oh yeah," Parvati said glumly as she unlocked the bulky front doors. "Come on, they're down by Hagrid's hut." The three young witches hurried past the lake down the path to the groundkeeper's home. As they reached the barren pumpkin patch, they were met with a furious Ron Weasley. He was having a rather loud row with his girlfriend, who had apparently just dumped him. Ginny, Hermione, and Parvati hid behind a large bush so they could hear properly.

"How could you do this to me, Lavender?" he roared. "I thought I meant something to you."

"Hah, as if," she snorted in disbelief. "I just wanted you as a boyfriend until someone better came along. And now that someone has." Will appeared next to Lavender, put his arm around her waist, and growled menacingly at Ron.

"Turner, you stole my girlfriend!" Ron exclaimed in disbelief, shaking his head. "And to think I was beginning to like you…"

"I did no such thing," snarled Will, pulling Lavender closer. "Lavender chose me over you. She loves me; right snookums?"

"That's right, my sweet William." Lavender smirked at Ron, who looked crestfallen. Hermione chose that moment to reveal herself despite Parvati and Ginny's protests.

"Will, how could you?" The bushy-haired witch searched his face for any indication of remorse but found none. His normally soft brown eyes had turned cold and Hermione shivered despite being quite insulated by her winter cloak.

"Who are you?" He asked her, not recognizing her as the girl that he cared for.

"It's Hermione! Don't you know me!" She cried out in anguish, tears forming in her eyes. He shook his head, confusedly and Hermione felt physically sick. She caught Ron's eyes and he gave her a tiny sympathetic smile. It must be worse for him, she thought, as Lavender was acting this way on her own.

"Hermione, it's okay," soothed Ginny, stepping out from behind the bush with Parvati. The redheaded girl gave her friend a hug. "Don't be too upset; remember it's not really Will who's saying those things!" She glared at Lavender who was still smirking because Will had taken it upon himself to start kissing her neck.

"How'd you do it, Lavender?" Parvati asked, her arms folded across her chest.

Lavender answered flippantly, "Romilda obtained the potion; I simply poured it into Will's drink at dinner. I followed him around for an hour, which is how long it takes for the potion to work. And now he's hopelessly in love with me." Will stopped kissing Lavender's neck to smile at her dreamily. Lavender leaned in to snog Will full on the lips in front of everyone, reveling in her newfound power over the handsome young pirate. Hermione had to resist the strong urge to hex the boyfriend-stealing Gryffindor.

"Speaking of which, where is Romilda now? I'd like to have a little chat with her about what she did to Jack!" Ginny continued to glare at her brother's ex. If looks could kill, Lavender would've been Avada Kedavra'd by now!

"Um, well…" Lavender couldn't finish her sentence as she was giggling so hard. Just then the door to Hagrid's hut burst open and Jack Sparrow tumbled out. Ron squeaked and ran behind the bush that the girls had been hiding just minutes before. Ginny and Hermione exchanged puzzled looks; normally Ron and Jack got along very well.

Then a very exhausted Harry and Romilda Vane came out of Hagrid's hut glowering at each other.

"You were supposed to hold him, Potter!" Romilda yelled in a prissy voice.

"Don't look at me!" Harry yelped. "You're the one that gave him the bloody love potion."

"Has anyone seen Ronald?" asked Jack, looking more inebriated than usual. "I must see him again!"

"No!" said Harry and Romilda innocently, in unison. "We haven't seen him."

"What's going on?" asked Hermione, tapping her foot in irritation. Romilda wailed,

"My love potion went all wrong! Jack was supposed to meet me down at the pumpkin patch so that when it would go into effect, he'd fall madly in love with me." She dramatically continued, "But alas, Harry and Ron just had to be here looking for Hagrid. Ron just had to be the first person that Jack saw one hour after he drank the potion." Ginny gasped in horror.

"So you mean that Jack is under the influence of a love potion and in love with my brother!" Romilda nodded regretfully. Lavender kept giggling, and Harry nervously ran his hand through his unruly hair.

"I've had enough of this; I'm going to bed," announced a frustrated Romilda. After being denied the love of Jack Sparrow, all she wanted to do was sleep away her disappointment.

"Oh no you don't!" said Hermione. "You started this mess and you're going to clean it up." Romilda looked like she wanted to bolt, but thought the better of it.

"What can I do? The effects should wear off sometime tomorrow since Jack only took one sip of his drink at dinner."

"You mean my drink," Harry pointed out angrily. Rolling his eyes, he turned to the girls and said, "She was originally trying to get me to take the love potion."

"Imagine my surprise when Jack grabbed Harry's goblet for a swig when he wasn't looking. I couldn't believe my luck," said Romilda, sighing in regret. "What a waste of potion it was."

"Look, you can help us keep Jack away from Ron," said Parvati.

"Exactly. I don't think he should be sleeping in the boys' dormitory tonight," said Ginny, her eyes flicking worriedly toward the bush that concealed Ron.

"I'll stay with Jack tonight," offered Harry. "We can spend the night in the Quidditch locker room…no one ever goes in there."

"Romilda; go with Harry. I'm holding you personally responsible if Jack gets loose," Hermione warned the young witch. "Sorry, Harry," she added with an afterthought.

"It's fine," he sighed. "I don't think I can detain him by myself anyway without using magic. And Dumbledore said not to perform magic on our guests unless absolutely necessary." He glared at Romilda who had the decency to look a bit sheepish.

"Good luck, Harry," Ginny encouraged him. The boy-who-lived blushed and muttered his thanks.

"Come on Jack." Harry prodded the pirate in the ribs, who was dreamily staring at the moon and drooling a bit.

"Are we goin' ta find Ronald?" Jack asked Harry who told him yes, lying through his teeth.

"Ron might be coming by the Quidditch locker room later this evening." Jack yanked on the young wizard's arm and he winced in surprise.

"Well come on, then! I'm gonna go see Ronnie…" Jack started to hum to himself and Harry looked genuinely concerned.

"You know something's wrong with him; he didn't even correct me when I didn't address him as captain." Unfortunately someone screamed before Romilda and Harry could lead Jack away.

"Spiders!" moaned the frightened voice. "They're everywhere!" Hermione heard a rustling noise and then a frightened-looking Ron sprang out from behind the bush. Jack spun around when he recognized Ron's voice.

"Ronald!" he squealed happily. "I've been looking all over for you! How about a goodnight kiss?" If Ron looked scared before, now he looked positively terrified.

"I think I'd take the spiders over you, mate." He hid behind Harry, Ginny, Parvati, and Hermione, who were shielding him, their wands outstretched at Jack.

Hermione hissed to Will, "Say something to him, please? Tell Jack to leave our friend alone!" Will frowned at her.

"Why should Jack be denied the happiness that I have with Lavender?" Hermione harrumphed in protest as Will and Lavender began snogging again.

"I love you, Ronald!" Jack sang as Ron wrinkled his nose in disgust.

"Well the feeling isn't mutual." Parvati succeeded in stifling her laughter…if the situation wasn't so dire it would've been quite funny.

"Aw, stop kiddin' around. You know you love me," said Jack, waving his arms in the air as he drunkenly staggered towards the group.

"Jack, it's time for bed," Harry told him firmly and he and Romilda slowly pulled him away. Hermione could still hear the pirate protesting as she returned to the castle along with Ginny, Parvati, Ron, Lavender and the lovesick Will. Groaning, she turned to Ginny as they made their way back up to Gryffindor tower.

"I just realized we've got another problem," she whispered as they allowed Parvati, Will and Lavender to go on up ahead. "How're we going to keep Will and Lavender separated? He's not going to want to willingly let her go."

"I'll look after him," said Ron. Hermione and Ginny looked at him in disbelief.

"Look, I'm sorry I've been such an idiot, Hermione. I realize now that I shouldn't have believed what Lavender said about you being with Malfoy. I was just angry…that's all."

"Thanks," she said quietly. "I'm glad you've finally come to your senses."

"Do you think we can be friends again?" he asked her hopefully. Hermione pretended to consider it.

"Well…alright." He grinned at her. "But only if you promise never to take her back again. I don't think I could stand it."

"Agreed." They shook on it and Ginny gave them a knowing smile that made Hermione feel a tad uncomfortable. By this time they'd reached the portrait hole.

"Password," commanded the Fat Lady.

"Courage," answered Hermione, and entered the common room with her friends. She knew she'd need some to get through the next few days until she found an antidote for the love potion. Allowing Will to be in love with Lavender was simply not an option.

End Ch.10

A/N: I'd like to thank SenatorSolo for giving me the fabulous idea of having Jack 'fall in love' with Ron. I love your silly plot bunnies!