Disclaimer: In my English class, we had a writing final. He gave us a list of topics. The only one I thought I could ramble on 600 words for was "Someone I Admire is…" The first person I thought of was JK Rowling. Then, I thought, "Ashiri, you always pick JK Rowling. Who else is there?" I thought about Madeline L'eingle (sp?) and William Shakespeare (I'm naming my first son after him). Maybe even Emily Dickenson (my sister was named after her). There were a lot of people I thought of. But, I didn't know enough about any of those people to write 600 words about them. So, I went ahead with JK Rowling. When I was done, I had 741 words, only about 15 minutes left in the class period, and I still thought of things I could have put in my essay. So, JK Rowling probably could have written 2000 words in that much time, including a bunch of stuff I didn't know. However, mine was 1259 words shorter, and mostly talked about how cool she was, not her breakfast habits. If I was JK Rowling, I probably would have gotten an A plus, rather than a regular A…

AN: OK, my dad has finally gotten the internet, so I will be updating a LOT more. I'm actually almost done. Well, off I go! Sorry about the wait!

BEWARE!!! IT IS SHORT!!!! (Writer's Block Sucks…)

AN2: PoA (MOVIE) SPOILERS: Saw PoA!! I know a lot of people were mad cuz all that was left out, but I really enjoyed it. I thought it was beautiful. And the little additions that Cuaron put in were great and fit perfectly. I really liked Lupin's music and the scene at the beginning with the boys just sitting and joking around. It was cute. OMG!!! Neville has become hot! And Seamus too!! And the twins were the Beatles!!! sigh I loved it…. And I personally think the Firebolt thing was better changed… The only really bad things were that Harry never figured out who Padfoot, Moony, Prongs, and Wormtail were and that it never explained the prophecy (I personally loved Dumbledore's line in the book about giving Trelawney a raise). There's so much I could say about the movie, but I'll let you guys read now…

"So, that means… You're going to suffer, but you're going to be happy about it…" OK, I really will shut up now…


Hermione smiled as Draco led her into the Library. "There are only a few Muggle classics over there," Draco said pointing over to a dusty unused corner. "They're only some really old ones that Mother got to 'enrich the library'."

Draco kept talking about the rest of the shelves, but Hermione didn't really notice as she found herself walking towards the corner of Muggle books.

The Secret Garden. Great Expectations. A Midsummer Night's Dream. The Canterbury Tales. She smiled as she skimmed through their titles. If Narcissa Malfoy had picked these selections out herself, Hermione had many compliments on her reading preference.

She hadn't noticed, but Draco had stopped talking, and was now standing a few paces behind her, grinning at her concentration as she studied the books.

Hermione briefly pulled out The Phantom of the Opera, remembering seeing that book on Professor Weasley's desk many times.

Draco came up behind Hermione, encircling her waist with his arms, lightly kissing the side of her neck. She looked back at him. "Sorry. Did you say something?" she asked guiltily.

Draco grinned. "Only useless information. I'm sure you know your Dewey Decimal System by now…"

"Was that sarcastic, sir?" Hermione chided, turning around to face him, with one hand on her hip, holding the book with her other.

"Maybe," Draco answered, dodging the question by giving her an Eskimo kiss.

Hermione rolled her eyes at him. "You really are a ladies' man, you know? It's obvious how you always get your way."

Draco grinned childishly. "Of course I do. With this face, who could ever resist me?"

"Someone who likes modest guys?" Hermione teasingly suggested. Draco smiled down at her and grabbed her waist, pulling her closer. Hermione dropped the book in surprise and put her arms around his neck to steady herself. After a moment to realize where she was and how she had gotten there, Hermione glared up at Draco.

"Jerk. But I have to admit, that was smooth."

"I've had a lot of practice," Draco replied with a cocky grin.

"And believe me, I don't want to know," Hermione answered back, definitely not wanting any details, and knowing Draco, he'd probably tell her every one.

"I was just kidding, Hermione," Draco said in a fake exasperated tone.

Hermione smiled, not completely believing him, but willing to fake it anyway. She leaned up and kissed him lightly.

Draco, however, was not going to settle for just that. Hermione shrieked softly as Draco swung her up and sat her beside him on the loveseat. "Miss Hermione Granger," he began in a mock serious voice. "Our research has found out some very important information pertaining to a certain young man's happiness…"

Hermione looked at him suspiciously. "Really? What might that be?" The sarcastic look on Draco's face faded into something more serious as he answered her. "I'm in love with you."

The smile on Hermione's face grew slowly. "I'm in love with you, too."


Shaylee grabbed the book off of the top of her trunk and crept across the hallway to Sera's (but for the time being, Severus') room. She had her hand up to knock on the door when it opened.

"Holy sh-" Shaylee covered her mouth before she could finish, knowing that there were children just down the hall. She glared at Severus. "You know what I want to call you," she said angrily to him, slightly disappointed that she couldn't cuss him out just then.

A sly smile came on to his face. "I'm very well aware what you want to call me. And I'm also very well aware that you can't- no… That you won't call me anything with little kiddies down the hall," he teased.

Shaylee's eyes narrowed, then a laugh escaped her lips. "Did I just hear Severus Snape say 'kiddies'?"

Severus shrugged and went out into the hallway, closing his door behind him. "If you have to ask…" he started, but didn't finish.

Shaylee just glared at him, then turned around and headed back to her room, assuming that they'd be reading in her room that night.

Shaylee grinned secretly as she stood in front of her door.

"What did you do this time?"

"Nothing…" Shaylee responded innocently, opening her door.

As Severus looked in her room from the hallway, he didn't notice anything. It wasn't until he stepped into her room that he noticed it.

"Oh, for Merlin's sake… Why in the world did you bring it with you?"

Sitting in the corner of her room was Shaylee's green beanbag.

Shaylee grinned coyly up at him. "Why do you think?"

Severus just shook his head and muttered under his breath, "Evil temptress…"


Miles away at the Burrow, the Weasley family, along with Harry, was sitting in the Living Room, putting the finishing touches on the tree.

Molly was sitting on the coach with her husband, watching her children and honorary child jostle each other playfully to get to the undecorated spots of the tree. All of the Weasley children were going to be home for the holidays. Charlie and Percy had already arrived and Bill was coming the next day, Christmas Eve.

Most of the family stood back from the tree to admire their handiwork. The twins were still trying to maneuver their way between the wall and the tree to put some ornaments on the hidden side.

"If that's not a sure fire way to make the tree fall, I don't know what is…" Arthur complained, but didn't get up to stop it.

After Fred and George emerged triumphantly from behind the tree, Arthur and Molly stood up. Arthur waved his wand at the star, which was sitting on the side table. The star floated up and towards the Christmas tree.

Harry had never spent his Christmas at the Weasley house before, and gaped at the star as everyone else just watched their father levitate it to the top of the tree. The star was strangely shimmering both gold and silver at the same time and had small glittery clouds of dust hovering around it, as if it were a real star.

"It's been in the family for a couple of generations," Ginny informed him, coming up behind him and making him jump slightly. "The youngest child always gets it, but since the youngest child has been a boy every time, I don't know if it's Ron who gets it, or if I do."

"It's really beautiful," Harry said, still gazing at the star, and still in shock from being snuck up on.

There was an awkward silence and Harry realized that he hadn't really spoken to Ginny one-on-one since the Halloween Masquerade.

"Um… Ginny…" he began, but then realized that no one else in the room was talking. A quick check showed that they weren't listening to him, but admiring the tree. "I need to talk to you later…" he said quickly, still not wanting to be overheard, just in case.

Ginny nodded. "I'll remember." With that said, Harry and Ginny joined the family in admiring their handiwork.


Remember, I started writing this before the 5th book. This is when they are in 5th year, so the 5th book never happened. Percy isn't evil here.


It's short… Deal with it. I have figured out where the chapters are all going until the… crap… I can't tell you…. Um… I've figured out what the chapters are all going to be like, up until the climax. That works. So, the updates might speed up… Maybe not. Remember, I have Summer School (Driver's Ed) starting on Monday… It's an easy course, so I wouldn't worry much. But if I don't appear for a year, I probably crashed and died.