Well, here's chapter 7, and I hope
you've enjoyed the story so far! Thanks for all the reviews...
even
though they were a little mean... -
Whitelight72: you know, you're the
only one that thought of Rile being a girl... Twenty points to
you! Congrats!
And just so a certain some one
:cough, cough: GryffindorRulez :cough, cough: can shut up,
I'll
tell you who Rile is! ...
Tonks! -
And I'll finally be revealing who
the other three Professors are! In the next chapter, of course...
lol
P.S. When
Tonks dropped her Illusions, Ginny stated "Harry!
What are you doing with that
Bloody man?"
it was supposed to be "Bloody Git" not "man".
And Ginny had a good reason
for calling her that too.
But, you'll find that out in the next chapter! -
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Last Chapter:
"Sorry, Ginny. You always were a blabbermouth..." Harry said with a soft smile.
Ginny
knew what was about to happen. A merry laugh escaped her mouth before
she closed her eyes and nodded at
her
friend. "It's alright Harry. I don't think I would have been able
to keep this from Ron and Hermione all by myself.
Go
ahead... I'm ready."
And with that, Harry pulled his illusion charm back into place, flicked his wand a few times at the girl and said
"Out of Sight... Out of Mind..."
A Few Moments Later:
Ginny
shook her head, trying to clear it. Looking around, she realized she
was still in the Astronomy Tower. Alone.
"That
Bloody Git! I swear I'll hex him into next Tuesday!" she yelled,
making her voice echo off the stone walls.
Ginny
stopped, stone still, and looked at her surroundings while going over
what she had just said.
Shaking
her head she whispered "Deja Vu..." as she made her way back down
the stairs of the Tower.
Chapter 7: Skiving Snackboxes are for Gryffindors!
'The scene before the Sixth Year Gryffindor was bright and clear. She was currently standing before the best known
Joke Shop in Diagon Alley; 'Weasley's Wizarding Wheezes'. A huge smile broke out on the girl's face as she began
to walk into the shop, and as soon as she opened the door, she had found who she had been looking for.
Pansy Parkinson.
Luna almost ran to the older Slytherin who was currently talking to Fred and George Weasley...
"Come
on, now,"
"We'll
let you buy it, but"
"Don't
expect us to tell you"
"Just
how to work it."
"Figure
it out for yourselves,"
"Considering
you are Slytherins!"
"We
have Faith that you"
"Won't
kill yourself!"
"Fine!" Pansy shouted
and she slammed fifteen sickles and four knuts onto the counter that
was separating her and
the Weasley Twins. "I'll
figure it out on my own! I don't need no Gryffindor to tell me how a
prank works!"
"But
just be warned!"
"If
Pomfrey finds out"
"That
you bought that from here,"
"You'll
probably be suspended!"
"Our
Skiving Snackboxes made it"
"Onto
Flitch's list of Banned Items"
"This
year. Brilliant, eh?"
Luna gave a cry of surprise when
Pansy turned around and walked right through her.
'Now
that feels weird. Almost like when you get bit by Skanders and the
venom acts as a... um.. I forgot what I was
thinking...'
As the bell sounded on the
door, Luna snapped out of her thoughts as she ran to catch up with
the
Slytherin girl.
There was no detours, no
stops... just straight back to Hogwarts where they made it to the
first class of the day without
getting into trouble. Not that
Luna would get into trouble anyway...
"Are you sure this is it?
I've never actually seen what those bloody Gryffindors take..."
Pansy whispered to the boy
that was sitting beside her.
The boy, Blaize Zabini , smirked
and nodded his head in approval. "Thanks Pansy. Would you care
for one? I
know you hate History of
Magic Class..." Blaize said as he held the open box before
Pansy, allowing her to take
the first skiving snack.
"Why thank you Blaize!"
Pansy replied in mock gratefulness as she snatched up a half purple,
half orange roll.
Not knowing how it worked, both
Slytherins broke the snack in half, and with a mutual decision, ate
the purple
piece first.
Nothing happened...
So, then they ate the orange piece...
"Bloody Hell! Pansy! What
happened to you!" A third year Draco Malfoy asked as he
sauntered up to the table
she was sharing with Blaize.
"You've got warts all over yourself!" with that
statement, Blaize turned to look at
the Slytherin girl and almost
fell off the bench because he was laughing so hard.
Luna scowled and stuck her
tongue at the laughing boy, while trying to pat her friends shoulder,
and making no
progress, seeing as how her hand
kept slipping through her friends body.
"Wouldn't
be laughing so hard if I were you, Blaize. You've got boils the size
of eggs covering you. What the Bloody
Hell did you two do?"
the young blond asked, shaking his head and taking a seat in front of
them.
"We can't go to Pomfrey...
Skiving Snackboxes are on the Banned List... we'll get into too much
trouble..." Pansy said
as she pulled a tube of liquid
foundation out of her Robe and began a futile attempt to cover the
warts...'
Suddenly, Luna felt like she was
being thrown backwards... the surroundings changed from the bright
classroom full
of students to the dark common
room of the Gryffindor Perfects...
Luna shook her head and gave a
quick glance around the room. Ron sat to her left, Hermione to her
right, and Ginny
and Blaize were kneeling over
the limp body of Pansy, just a few feet away. Luna blinked, trying to
remember what
she had seen in Pansy's mind.
"Pansy, you okay? Pansy.." Ginny was gently shaking Pansy by the shoulders.
A low grunt was heard from the
girl as she cracked a single eye open. "You didn't have to leave
so... hard. That kinda
hurt." Pansy stated as she
pulled herself into a sitting position after refusing the help that
she was offered by her
friends.
Luna cocked her head to the
side, with a twinkle in her eyes and a smile on her lips, everyone
burst out with
laughter at the words that
followed.
"Silly Slytherins. Skiving Snackboxes are for Gryffindors..."
No one knew what Luna saw
besides Pansy, but Blaize had a pretty good idea, considering that
there was only one
incident involving Skiving
Snackboxes and Pansy.
At the beginning of the previous
summer, Hermione had somehow found out that McGonagall was skilled at
entering
a person's mind without being
noticed and gathering any information she might need.
After Hermione and Ron
confronted her about it, she agreed to teach them. After Ron and
Hermione mastered the
skill, they taught it to Ginny,
Luna, Blaize and Pansy.
And thats why they were sitting here, laughing their butts off at each others memories...
"Alright! It's myyyyy
tuuurrrnnn!" Hermione sang as she placed her wand in the middle of
the circle that they had
re-formed. Giving her wand a
good spin, she pulled back and waited for it to stop.
"Good luck with that one.
'Mione! Last time I got Ginny, It was nothing but her and one boy or
another!" Luna said
with a cackle.
Hermione frowned and picked up her wand, pointing it at Ginny. "Are you ready, Gin?"
Ginny scrunched her eyes as tight as she could and gave a small nod "Just don't hurt me, alright?"
"Legilimency!"
Hermione was immediately standing in a vast, white, nothingness...
A pair or crystal clear blue eyes slowly appeared before her, before rapidly changing into emerald green instead.
After a moment of silence a soft voice managed to echo off of the emptiness that surrounded her.
"Out of Sight... Out of Mind..."
And with that, the eyes changed back to the color they were when they first appeared, looking saddened and hurt.
A scream was the last thing she
heard as she plummeted back into her own mind. Feeling two strong
hands tightly on
her shoulders, Hermione began to
cry.
Luna, Blaize and Pansy look on in horror.
"What happened, love? What did
you see? What made you cry out like that...?" Ron asked softly, his
hot breath on
Hermione's ear.
'That
was me? I screamed...? Those eyes... Why... Harry! It was Harry!'
Hermione quickly swiped at the
tears that
were falling from her honey
colored eyes and looked towards Ginny, who was sitting on the floor,
holding her knees
to her chest and rocking back
and forth. Hermione gently pushed Ron away from her, and began to
crawl over to her
boyfriends little sister,
casting a silencing charm around the two of them.
"Ginny... When did that
happened...? When did you see him...?" she asked in a hushed tone.
"Was it really him, or
was that just a dream? Ginny
please! I've got to know..."
Ginny lifted her head, eyes red
and puffy from crying. "It was him. But I wasn't supposed to
know... I wasn't supposed
to find out! We've got to go to
him... He has to fix this before someone else finds out! We're both
in real danger if we
don't find him tonight..."
Dungeons of Hogwarts:
"Why are we going to Professor Jynx? Does he know where Harry is? Is he helping him hide from Voldemort?
Ginny! Answer me!" Hermione screamed at the back side of her red headed friend.
"You'll know soon enough,
'Mione!" was the only reply as the girls wove their way into the
dungeons of Hogwarts,
using the Marauders Map to stay
out of Flitch and Mrs. Norris' way. And to be sure that no one tried
to follow them.
"Quiet! Hurry. In here!"
Hermione whispered as she grabbed Ginny by the arm and pulled her
into an unused
classroom, closing the door
slowly.
Hermione put a finger to her
mouth and made a 'shhh'ing sound, effectively causing Ginny to
refrain from asking who
was coming.
Knowing what Ginny was thinking,
Hermione handed the map to her friend and pointed to the hall that
they had just
left.
Ginny looked at the map and
smiled. Handing the map back to Hermione, Ginny threw the door open
and ran into the
hall.
"Professor Snitch! Hold on! We need to talk to Jynx.. It's important, I promise!"
Hermione, who had run after the youngest Weasley, stopped dead in her tracks.
'Professor Snitch? Professor Snitch is...!'
Snitch, who had turned to face
Ginny, scowled. "And what, pray tell, is so important that you need
to be wandering
the dungeons at two in the
morning?" he asked, looking impatient as always.
"I always wondered why I
always found you so familiar... This explains so much!" Hermione
stated quietly, mostly to
herself.
Snitch sneered at the girls as he looked from them to the map in their possession. "Fine! Follow me; And keep up!"
XXX
"Lion among Snakes" Snitch
whispered to the waiting Portrait, making the man in the picture
smirk before swinging
open for them to enter.
"Harry -Bloody-Potter! You
have guests! Get your sorry arse out here before I go in there to get
you myself!" Snitch
hollered as he began to bang on
another door. There was a few moments of silence before moving about
was heard in
the room behind the door.
After a bit of waiting, a
disheveled Harry emerged, Shirt missing, pants unbuttoned, and hair
messier than anyone
could every remember it.
Both girls looked stunned and speechless.
Snitch laughed outright.
"Sorry Harry! Didn't realize
you had a date tonight!" Snitch remarked as he sauntered over to
the sofa to take a seat.
Harry growled and slipped from
the room, making sure that the two girls before him couldn't see who
was currently
huddled under the green silk bed
covers in his room. (AN: Since I've already told you who Rile really
is... Harry doesn't
want them to see because she doesn't keep her
Illusion Charm on when they start snogging in the privacy of
their own room...)
But Ginny blushed. She knew who Harry was hiding in that room...
"What the hell are you two
doing down here! Ginny, how did you remember?" Harry asked as he
re-buttoned his
pants and took a seat in an
overstuffed armchair by the fire.
Ginny laughed as she remembered
what had taken place. "Well, McGonagall taught Hermione and Ron
Legilimency.
So, Ron and Hermione taught me,
Luna, Blaize and Pansy. We were in the Perfects common room playing
around
with the Legilimency. Hermione
hit me with the spell, and all she saw was blue eyes changing to
green. Then she
heard 'Out of sight, out of
mind' and then the eyes changed back to blue. She figured it out by
herself and made me
remember everything that you had
sealed away from my memory..."
Harry sighed. "Obviously, a memory suppressant charm won't work... Any ideas, Snitch?"
"Of course. Use a modified Secret Keeper Charm. They'll remember who we are, but won't -under Truth Serum or
Legilimency- be able to reveal what they know." Snitch said with a smirk.
Harry laughed. "I always knew you'd be useful."
Hermione and Ginny smiled. It
was odd to see these two in the same room without insults and hexes
flying at each
other. Just then, the door that
Harry had come out of earlier opened a crack. An older looking house
elf peered
through the crack, looking
around the tidy common room. Resting it's eyes on Harry, it slipped
through the crack and
shut the door behind it.
"Master, your friend is wanting to be free..."
Harry blushed deeply and began
to rummage through his pants pockets. Finally finding what he had
been looking for,
he handed a single key to the
waiting house elf. "Tell her I'm sorry... I didn't think I'd take
so long out here..."
The house elf nodded and headed back to the room...
"Well, about that charm! Who's
first?" Harry asked, turning back to look at one shocked face, one
amused face, and
one blushing face.
"Harry, is Rile under an Illusion charm too? If he is... who is he..?" Hermione asked when she finally found her voice.
Ginny choked and Snitch snorted.
"Hermione, you really don't want to know... Now, who trusts me
enough to put the
Charm on them?" he asked with
an actual smile..
The Next Morning; Great Hall Breakfast Feast:
"Good morning, Students! Before we begin our wonderful breakfast feast, I'd like to remind all Fifth Year students
that they will begin studying for their OWLs within the next week! And for the Seventh Years, if you are wanting
to study for your Apperation Test, classes will be held here in the Great Hall at 7 P.M. this Thursday, Friday, Monday
and Tuesday. Please, do not be late!
"And with that said, Tuck in!"
The entire Hall broke out in
conversations. And for a moment, Ron forgot that there was something
that his girlfriend
and little sister were refusing
to tell him...
"So, why exactly did you two
run off like that last night? It was pretty weird, if you ask me."
Ron stated
matter-of-factly with a mouth
full of eggs and bread.
Hermione, Ginny and Luna rolled
their eyes. "Really, Ronald! Don't talk with your mouth full! It's
rather disturbing."
Hermione chided as she looked
away.
Ron stuck out his tongue, then, swallowed his food. "Is that better, Hermione?" he asked with a snort.
"Yes, thank you!"
"Now, like I was saying, why
did you two run off last night? We couldn't even follow you, you left
so fast! Didn't
know which way you went..."
"I'm sorry, Ron, but we really
can't tell you that!" Ginny replied with a grin, making her look
oddly like the cat that
ate the canary...
"But-"
"Sorry, Ronald. We are
physically unable to tell you what transpired after we left the
common room." Hermione
stated in such a tone that ended
all conversation about the matter.
Hermione smiled to herself and glanced up at the Head Table.
He was looking straight at her!
Long blond hair falling to his shoulders, crystal clear blue eyes... It was an amazing disguise.
Harry was back.
And that was all that mattered...
"Hermione? Did Professor Jynx
just wink at you?" Ron asked as he pushed his now empty plate away
from him.
'If that bastard is making
the moves on my girlfriend, I swear on my brothers graves,
I.will.kill.him.' Ron thought to
himself, an angry scowl on his
face.
"Come on, Ron. We'll be late
for our morning Classes." Hermione stated as she stood from her
seat, picking up her
book bag, and giving one last
glance to the occupants of the Head Table.
'I
cannot believe that they are all here... after all this time, they
were right under our noses!'
Hermione thought as she
once again smiled at Harry.
'Hermione,
you've got to stop doing that. People are going to begin to wonder
about us. You wouldn't want that,
now would you?'
Hermione's face turned white. Was Harry talking straight into her
mind?
'Yeah,
Hermione. Brilliant, eh? All I need is to have eye contact with the
person I want to talk to. But that limitation is
only
until I get better at it. Go ahead and walk out of the Great Hall;
I'll still be ably to talk to you for a while. You're
attracting attention.'
Hermione looked around her, and sure enough, Ron, Ginny and Luna were
looking at her
strangely.
"Sorry, I guess I was
daydreaming..." she said with a small laugh as she turned around
and walked straight out the
Great Hall; not even waiting for
her friends to follow.
'Good.
Now, I just wanted to tell you that you need to pretend that you
still don't like me. Too many questions will be
asked
if you just suddenly see me as a friend. If you slowly warm up to me
and the others, it will look less
suspicious
to your classmates, alright?'
Professor Jynx' Common Room:
"... so, Snitch suggested a Modified Secret Keeper Charm. We even tested it with Legilimency." Harry was saying as
he began to rub a bruise potion onto Rile's wrists.
Rile nodded his head in
approval. Taking Harry's hands in his own, and looking into those
clear blue eyes, he made a
decision.
"Harry, would you like to use that charm on all of your friends? Maybe even on McGonagall...?" he asked quietly.
The pair of eyes before him
flashed emerald green for just a second, and he knew that he had just
made Harry very
happy.
"We'll call them all together
tonight and tell them. I'm sure Balus won't mind... this can even be
an advantage to us..."
Rile added as an afterthought.
"Well, what are you waiting for? Classes are about to start! If you
are late for your own
class, Balus will have a hissy
fit."
Defense Against the Dark Arts; First Period:
Six letters were received before
the first bell wrung, to six students who all happened to be in their
Defense Against
the Dark Arts class.
Hermione sat, stunned at the letter that had just appeared before her.
Cautiously, she picked up the letter, opened it, and began to read.
'This letter has been received by seven people, concerning the whereabouts of one, Harry Potter.
Be in the Headmistress' office at 10:30 P.M. Sharp.
Please, store the place and time safely in your mind, As this letter will disappear five seconds after you have finished
reading it.
Until then,
-Professor Jynx'
Hermione's eyes widened in shock as both Ron and Neville jumped from their seats in surprise.
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Most of the Hall were on their feet, cheering Hermione on. Including the entire Head Table.
"And as for minding by own
business, why don't you talk about things like that in the privacy
of your own dorm! As
much as I hate to do this,
Ten points from Gryffindor for talking bad about a Professor!"
Again, the Hall was enveloped in cheers as Professor Snitch looked on with awe. Hermione had defended him...
'But, she would she have done
it if she knew who I really am...'? he asked himself. Looking on, he
noticed that the
young girl was staring at
him, so, he smiled, giving her a small nod of gratitude.
McGonagall held both hands
out in a useless attempt to hush the noisy room. After a few minutes
of getting nowhere,
She shouted that she would
begin to issue out detentions if the students would not calm
themselves.
As soon as the cheers had died down, Hermione took her seat, only to be tackled by Ginny.
"That was amazing, Hermione! I couldn't believe that was actually you talking!"
"Screaming is more like it..." Ron corrected with a huge grin.
Blushing, Hermione waved the
comments off. She couldn't believe she had done that, herself...
Hermione was pulled from her
thoughts as a slim hand made contact with her shoulder. Looking up,
she saw a very
distraught looking Pansy, and
immediately became concerned.
