"I am just curious Ron, but what made you in such a teasing mood last night"
Ron froze in the middle of pulling on his robes."Er.. nothing"
"Uh-huh.And I'm Merlin.What happened with that girl you were dancing with?"Harry said, as realization dawned on him.
Ron mumbled something.
"What was that"
"I kissed her"
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That night, Ron made Harry report to his parents.Lily was doing something else, apparently the prank war hadnt ended.So James answered.
"Hi dad.How are you"
"Still a little itchy, but the spells wear off in a few days.Ron called last night.Said that you might take me up on the girl advice?..."James said with a grin.
Harry blushed.Stupid Ron."Well, it jsut that we had a Halloween Ball the other day"
"Oh.So who is she?"James asked.
"Thats the thing.(He explianed the point of the ball, and the fact that no one knew who anyone was.)I want to try and meet her again, but I have no clue who she is."Harry said.
"Well, the house unity wasnt in style so our masked ball didnt have masks.Infact, the first time I got Lily to go out with me, it was at one of those things..."
"Well thanks, I think.Anyway, can I talk to Mrs.Weasly for a moment?There is something about Ron she should know..."Harry said, his evil plan already formed.
"Sure"
Harry explained to Mrs.Weasly, who ended up fuming, that Ron had kissed someone when he didnt even know her name.
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The next morning, the post arrived.Harry felt guiltily happy to see a red envelope in the beak of Errol.Heading towards Ron.Who paled.
"What have I done this time"
"I WILL TELL YOU WHAT YOU DID! KISSING A GIRL AND YOU DIDNT EVEN KNOW HER NAME!THAT IS JUST PLAIN RUDE!I DONT CARE IF IT WAS THE POINT OF THE BALL NOT TO KNOW ANYONE, IMAGINE HOW THAT GIRL FEELS!JUST PLAIN RUDE!IF YOU DONT FIND HER AND APOLIGIZE, YOU WILL REGRET IT!"Mrs. Weasly's voice magnified 100 times over was a little scary.Everyone at the Griffindor table cringed, even though it was not adressed to them.They just felt bad for Ron.Who was sinking in his chair, face redder than his hair.The Slytherin table however, was laughing theyre heads off.Harry almost felt like admitting that he had told Mrs.Weasly, but he realized that that would only succeed in Ron ripping his head off.
November came and passed, with Harry and Ron no closer to finding the mystery girls.Soon it was the last quiditch game before Christmas.Ron was going crazy and had them up for practises at 7:30, agianst his promise.Harrys team mates scolded him for telling Ron about the dream of winning the quiditch cup.
Finnaly, the day before the match, conditions couldnt be worse.It was a blizzard.The wind was crazy.The visibility was low.Harry was very presured to catch the Snitch quikly, as the team wouldnt last long.
"And here we are at the worst conditioned quiditch game since 4 years ago!Dont expect much commentary, as I cant even see the pitch!I will take this time to anounce that my brother is planning to propose to Miss.Bell..."
"Jordan"
"Iam happy for him Professor!Anyway, I think the players are off, and why do I bother, I cant see a thing from here"
He was right, it was the worst conditioned game in a while.Harry circled above the pitch, trying very hard not to actually freeze to his broom.The Ravenclaw seeker didnt follow him like Cho used to, he circled the pitch too.Harry heard the distant sound of a whistle, signalling time out.Harry flew down to the ground and joinded his team mates.
"No pressure Harry, but WE'RE FREEZING OUR ARSES OFF UP THERE!"The other chaser shouted.
"Its not my fault I cant see a thing!What is the score"
"Its 30-30.Feel free to catch the Snitch anytime, Harry."Ginny said.
Harry however, froze.He knew that voice.He didnt have time to respond, because Hermione and Ron came up,and Hermione did some sort of spell to make the broom handles warm.They all thanked her and flew up.He would talk to Ginny later.
"Well since the spell to make me see things perfectly has decided to work, I can cammentate"
Harry however, was frozen.Not that Hermione's spell wasnt working, but he had seen the Snitch.He casually changed his course, since Tom had a nasty habit of giving his position away,and when he feared the Snitch would fly away, he dived.
"And its Weasly with the-Potters diving"
The Snitch was flying everywhere.Up, down, left, right.Harry swerved with it.If the person in the mirror, who was James,could see what was going on, he would be very proud of his son.
The other seeker flew with him, he had cought up by going straight whilst Harry swerved.It soon came to a point where Harry ended up doing a barrel roll.But he cought it.
"Come on Harry!Party in the common room!"Ron said while thumping him on the back.
Harry welcomed the warm butterbeer, and treacle tart.No doubt gotten by the newly-elected chief troublemakers.He didnt get a chance to talk to Ginny, who seemed to be avoiding him.Ron seemed to see the damper on this ocasion.He asked Harry about it.
"Harry, we won the game, whats the matter"
Harry, who decided that if he told Ron he had gotten lovesick over his sister it wouldnt go down well, said"I guess I am just frusterated over that girl from the ball."
"Oh.Well come on, I know treacle tart is your favourite"
That night Harry had his last dream.(I know it said only a week, but I have changed it)
He was tied to a stone pillar.'Oh great.'he thought.He realized there was someone in the room with him.He looked across from him and saw, to his horror, a girl tied to another pillar.Unconcious.A long cut across her cheek.
Harry woke up in a cold sweat.He saw Ron had done the same thing.Silently they boht put on theyre robes and headed downstairs, where Hermione was waiting.Her face was just as bad as theyres.
"Why do all the dreams we share end up horrible?"Hermione said.
For it was quite obvious that they had the same dream.What they didnt see was a shadow in the corner, listening to theyre every word.
"You know, sometimes its really annoying being the person destinned to defeat Voldemort."Harry said.
His friends looked shocked at this sudden statement.The person in the shadows was more shocked.
"Well, yeah I mean, you must worry every time you leave the castle."Hermione said.
"I try not to, but its not like I can help it.All the attacks last year...Remember Diagon Alley?All those people lost theyre souls to the Dementors jsut because he was after me..."
"Harry, there was no way you could have done anything other than what you did.Dont think of what happened then.You cant change the past."Hermione said.
Ron changed the subject."But who was that girl tied to the stone pillar beside you Harry?You had a better view than either of us."
"It was strange.I knew her, but yet I couldnt recognize her.You know how in dreams you sort of know things..."
"Yeah."
But then they had to stop, because it was time for the feast.
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Of course, the trio just had to give the Slytherins a chrsitmas present.How could they not?
Everyone at the Slytherin table didnt seem to notice as they changed.But the other tables did, and were holding in theyre snikering as they continued eating, making the spell stronger.The Griffindor table held its breath as the Slytherins all broke into song:
We are the Slytherins,
the very hairy Slytherins,
we wish you all better luck,
with your hair than we had,
we like our hair like this,
we are so stupid that we didnt even notice it,
untill the spell on it was so strong it will last through the
Chriiiiiiiiiiissssssstmmmmmmmmaaaasssssss
Hooooooooooolllllllliiiiidddddddaaaaayyyyyyyssssss!
They did indeed have a hair problem.It had grown and was now switching between red and green.They kept singing, aware that the entire school was laughing theyre socks off.
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The trio was just telling DA members the spell they used, when the compartment opened, to reveal a livid-looking gang of about 20 Slytherins.In about a second, Harry,Ron,Hermione,Ginny,Dean,Neville,Seamus,Parvati,Lavender,Padma,Michael Grosner,and his little gang (who somehow all fit into one compartment)had theyre wands raised at the Slytherins.The Slytherins thought they had outnumbered them though.They sneered and made jokes about Harrys parents.However, Slytherins arent stupid for nothing.
As soon as Harry fired the first spell, it was the go-ahead for the others.By the end, they leaned the Slytherins against the door like last year, strengthend the spell on theyre hair and had them singing again.They laughed at the Slytherins trying to curse them between notes.When they tumbled out, the look on theyre parent's face was priceless.The rest of the platform laughed with the DA.
Harry was very happy to be home for Christmas.Yes, to Sirius' delight, he called 12 Grimmauld Place home.Harry joined his father and Sirius against his mother in the prank war.So did Ron.Hermione on the other hand had joined Lily.James didnt know why the boys were so worried about it untill he came in with his hair bright yellow.
Harry had had a hard time not laughing.
Yay!R&R please!Tell me if you like hte idea of romance in it!Well, it wont really matter, because by the time I post this, I will have already written the next chapter!