Chapter 54
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December 25th 1994
It has been half an hour since the champions were lead into the hall and everyone has now eaten dinner and are all standing as Albus causes the tables to go off to the sides of the hall so that there is enough room to dance.
"Time for us to dance." Hermione realises.
"Yep." Harry responds and the two of them head over to the dance floor, both of them incredibly nervous, "Keep me from making a fool out of myself?"
"Only if you do the same for me." Hermione responds.
"Done." Harry responds and the two of them move over to the dance floor.
A few seconds later the music starts and Harry takes Hermione's hand with one of his and puts his other hand around her waist and the two of them, with the other champions and judges, start to dance.
Even though they are both awkward and nervous both Harry and Hermione manage to dance together without showing any of that awkwardness.
After the first song the remaining teaches and students join them on the floor and as she sees her Fathers dancing together Hermione can't help but smile.
"They look soo happy." Hermione says with a smile as she and Harry dance together. As they dance Harry turns around and as he does he catches sight of Sirius and Remus and smiles too.
"They do, good for them." Harry says with a grin and as he does he notices something else that makes his mile grow, "I think Lee is playing match maker." He comments.
"Dean and Seamus?" Hermione asks curious.
"Yep, he's basically pushing them onto the floor together." Harry reveals.
"Good." Hermione says, sounding relived as ever since the truth or dare game it became clear that Dean and Seamus feel more than friendship towards one another, "Ron's glaring at us."
"Just ignore him." Harry responds and the two of them drift into silence as they dance.
The more they dance the more Harry and Hermione find themselves enjoying themselves, so song after song they continue to dance.
"Can I cut in." A voice says, after several songs and Harry and Hermione look to see Sirius, "I'd like to dance with my daughter." Sirius says with a smile.
"Sure. I see Nev with Fred, George and Lee coz Katie, Alicia and Angelia are dancing together, I'm going to go see them." Harry reveals.
"Sure, I'll catch up with you later." Hermione says and Harry walks off to their friends leaving Hermione with Sirius.
"You having fun, Princess?" Sirius asks his daughter curious.
"Yeah, I really am." Hermione confirms as she starts to dance with her father.
"Good, that's good." Sirius says, feeling amazed as he dances with daughter.
"Where's Papa?" Hermione asks curious.
"Dancing with Minnie, she's kind of demanded that we both dance with her." Sirius explains.
"Of course she did." Hermione says amused as she rests her head on her Dad.
As she dances with her Dad Hermione feels amazed and after they dance to one song Remus walks over and he dances with Hermione for a song too.
Once Hermione dances with both her fathers she walks over to Harry, Neville, Fred, George and Lee.
"You looked like you were having fun out there." Fred comments as Hermione walks over.
"Yeah, I was." Hermione confirms, "I dance with both my fathers, in public, there was a time where I never thought I would ever get to do something like that." Hermione reveals.
"That's great Mione." Neville says with a grin.
"Really is."
"No way, come on you lot." Katie says as she walks over with Angelina, Alicia, Seamus and Dean.
"What?" George asks confused.
"We're all dancing together." Angelia says as she pulls George onto the dance floor, Katie pull Harry and Neville, Alicia pulls Fred, Seamus pulls Hermione and Dean pulls Lee and together the group of eleven Gryffindor's head onto the dance floor together.
Across the room Sirius and Remus are sitting together, taking a break from dancing, watching their daughter, godson, and their friends.
"They're so happy." Sirius says sounding amazed as he pulls Remus back so he is leaning again him.
"Yeah, they are." Remus confirms with a smile.
"You know; I think those eleven spending time together is good. They have a lot of fun and could probably teach each other a few things." Sirius realises.
"You just like the fact that they've been pulling pranks." Remus says, looking at Sirius.
"Maybe." Sirius admits with a sheepish look.
"There is nothing maybe about it, my friend." Remus says.
"Maybe not." Sirius admits an as he looks around he notices something, "Karkaroff and Snape are gone."
"Really?" Remus asks, looking around.
"Really." Sirius says, not liking that one bit, "I'm going to go and find them."
"I'm joining you." Remus says and they both get up and head out of the hall, just as Hermione, Harry, Neville, Fred and George walk over to Ron who has just caused Ginny to run off crying.
"What the hell is wrong with you?" George asks angrily.
"What? She needed to hear what I had to say. Guys like Krum is only interested in one thing and she should know that. It's perfectly obvious." Ron says, sounding like he doesn't think he did anything wrong.
"Ginny likes Krum, and I've talked to them both, they're friends and you're an ass." Fred says, sounding angrily as he was worried about Ginny going with Krum but that worry was decreased slightly once he and George spent nearly an hour talking to Krum, though as a big brother he'll never be completely okay with it.
"I am ass am I? He's the enemy! And way too old for our sister!" Ron tells Fred.
"He's not the enemy Ron." Hermione tells him, "Part of this tournament is about making friends, that's what Ginny is doing."
"Seems to me like he has a bit more than friendship on his mind, which is exactly what I told Ginny." Ron reveals.
"Are you trying to ruin tonight for everyone?" Harry asks, "You're my friend, but right now I don't even want to know you. Everyone else I having fun, Ginny is having fun and you're just sitting over hear glaring at us, what is wrong with you?"
"Oh I'm so sorry that I'm not up to the standards of the famous Harry Potter, maybe I should just go." Ron comments, not understanding why everyone is attacking him.
"If you're going to attack everyone and try and make everyone else miserable then you should." Neville comments.
"What are you even dong here Longbottom? You don't matter. This has nothing to do with you." Ron comments, causing Neville to look like he was slapped on the face.
"Neville is our friend." Fred and George say together, "And he's Ginny's." Fred ads.
"And we all want him here. I want him here because right now, and even longer than I've realised, Nev has been a much better friend to not just me but everyone who considers you a friend." Harry informs Ron.
"Well you know what, you can go to hell. You all can." Ron says before walking away.
"I'm going to go see if Ginny's okay." George reveals.
"Same." Fred says and the two of them walk away.
"You two okay?" Neville asks concerned and Harry and Hermione both nod.
"Are you?" Hermione asks concerned.
"Yeah, I think I'm going to go back over to Katie and the others." Neville comments, being sure that Harry and Hermione need a moment alone, "I'll talk to you both later." Neville says before walking away.
"Want to go for a walk?" Harry asks curious.
"Yeah, I think that would be good." Hermione responds and the two of them head out of the hall and just start to walk.
"What's going on, Snape? Why are you and Karkaroff being so chummy?" Sirius's voice asks, sounding suspicious, causing Harry and Hermione to exchange looks.
"I don't have to explain anything to you Black." Severus says bitterly.
"It's a fair question, Severus." Remus informs him, finding it odd that Snape was having such a, it seemed, friendly conversation with Karkaroff
"I don't care what you think." Snape says before walking away, almost walking right into Harry and Hermione, "What are you two doing?" Snape asks, sounding angrily.
"Walking." Hermione answers.
"Then keep walking." Snape says before walking back into the hall and Hermione and Harry keep walking.
"Hey, Pup, Princess." Sirius says as he walks over to them.
"What are you two doing out of the hall?" Remus asks curious.
"We just had a fight with Ron, we needed to walk." Harry explains.
"Oh, are you two okay?" Sirius asks concerned.
"Yeah, he's been an ass." Hermione explains.
"Well, even so it's hard when you're fighting with a friend." Remus tells Harry and Hermione.
"Yeah."
"We'll see you in a little while." Sirius says and he and Remus head into the hall while Harry and Hermione keep walking.
For a little while Harry and Hermione continue to walk until they hear a familiar voice that causes them to freeze,
"Momen' I saw yeh, I knew." Hagrid say and quickly exchanging looks Harry and Hermione realises that they really don't want to overhear this but as they look back they realise that they can't go back up the path as some students are in the middle of a fight while Fleur and her date are standing half-concealed in a rosebush.
Realising that they don't have another choice Harry and Hermione move so that they are more concealed beneath the shadow of a reindeer.
"What did you know, 'Agrid?" Madame Maxime asks, a purr in his voice, and exchanging looks Harry and Hermione both know that they really don't want to overhear this but with their path away blocked they both find themselves trying to distract themselves by focusing on the beetle that is crawling along the reindeers back, but at Hagrid's next words they both find themselves looking up.
"I jus' knew… knew you were like me. Was it yer mother or yer father?" Hagrid asks.
"Oh Hagrid." Hermione mutters, thinking that it is a bad idea for Hagrid to be talking about this in the open as she knows what he is going to say.
"I…. I don't know what you mean, 'Agrid…."
"It was my mother." Hagrid says quietly, "She was one o' the las' ones in Britain. 'Course, I can't remember her too well, she left, see. When I was abou' three. She wasn' really the maternal sort. Well, it's not in their natures, is it? Dunno what happened to her, might be dead fer all I know…"
"Stop talking Hagrid." Hermione thinks to herself, wanting to save Hagrid from the pain he is clearly about to be in as she very much doubts Madame Maxime is going to admit the truth.
"Me dad was broken-hearted when she wen'. Tiny little broke, my dad was. By the time I was six I could lift him up an' put him on top o' the dresser if he annoyed me. Used ter make him laugh." Hagrid says as his voice breaks, "Dad raised me, but he died, o' course, jus' after I started school. Sorta had ter make me own way after that. Dumbledore was a real help, min. Very kind ter me, he was…" Hagrid explains as he pulls out a large spotted silk handkerchief and blows his nose.
"So, anyway, enough abou' me. What about you? Which side you got it on?" Hagrid asks, causing Hermione to close her eyes and brace for the bad reaction as Madame Maxime suddenly gets to her feet.
"It is chilly." Madam Maxime says, her voice cold, "I think I will go in now."
"Eh?" Hagrid asks blankly, "No, don go! I've, I've never met another one before!"
"Anuzzer what, precisely?" Madme Maxime asks her tone full off even more ice than it was full of a few minutes ago.
"Don't answer." Hermione mutters, saying what Harry is thinking.
"Another half-giant, o' course." Hagrid reveals.
"Ow dare you!" Madame Maxime shrieks, "I 'ave nevair been more insulted in my life! 'Alf-giant? Mo? I 'ave, I ave big bones!"
Madame Maxime says before storming away. For about a minute Hagrid continues to sit on the bench before he gets up and heads back to his cabin.
"Oh Hagrid, he should not have said that." Hermione comments as she and Harry move towards the fountain that Hagrid was sitting next to.
"Why not?" Harry asks confused.
"It's something else the Wizarding world is prejudice about." Hermione reveals, "If people know they won't react well"
"Oh." Harry says, sounding worried.
"Yeah." Hermione responds and the two of them drift into silence as they stare at the fountain.
"The moon reflecting is really pretty." Harry comments as they stare at the fountain that the moon is reflecting off of.
"Yeah, it is." Hermione confirms.
"And so are you." Harry comments.
"Thanks Harry." Hermione says as the two of them turn to face each other, "Apart from Ron tonight has been really fun."
"Yeah, it has." Harry confirms, and neither sure who acts first they both move closer and slowly they lip meet and they both experience their first ever kiss, as they do Harry wraps his arm around Hermione's waist to pull her in closer.
After about ten second they both break apart and stare at each other,
"So…." Hermione says.
"So…." Harry repeats.
"That felt…." Hermione starts to say, but then trails off, not sure how to put into words what she is feeling.
"Like you were kissing your brother?" Harry suggests as he definitely felt like he was kissing his sister.
"Yes, you felt it too?" Hermione asks, sounding relieved about that.
"Definitely. I know for a while that I love you Mione, but now I realize that I love you like a sister, you're my sister." Harry realizes.
"And you're my brother." Hermione says before hugging Harry and kissing his cheek, "I love you." She says and then they break apart.
"Want to head back in there have fun with our friends?" Harry asks curious.
"Definitely." Hermione confirms and the two of them head back into the hall.
It has been a couple of hours since Harry and Hermione headed back into the ball and they have spent the last couple of hours having fun and dancing with Fred, George, Neville, Lee, Dean, Seamus, Alicia, Katie and Angelia, something which resulted in all eleven of them dancing alone with everyone else at some point.
It is midnight and as the ball I over everyone is heading out of the hall and towards the marble staircase, Harry, Hermione, Neville, Fred, George, Lee, Dean, Seamus, Alicia, Katie and Angelia walking together like they have been most of the night.
"The after party has been moved to our dorm room." Fred reveals, "With Ron being a prat we thought it was better." He explains as the after party was going to take place in the fourth year boys dorm.
"Really would be." Neville confirms.
"You know if you want I can grab my record player and some of my records and bring it so we can listen to some music." Hermione offers.
"That would be great." Fred comments, "Thanks Hermione."
"Not a problem." Hermione responds.
"HARRY, HERMIONE." A voice calls and the two of them turn to see Cedric at the bottom of the stairs, looking like he wants to talk to them,
"We'll catch up." Harry says and he and Hermione head back down to Cedric while the others head upstairs, "Yes?" Harry asks as he and Hermione meet with Cedric half way up the stairs.
"Listen." Cedric says, lowering his voice so that Harry and Hermione have to lean in, "I owe you one for telling me about the dragons. You know that golden egg? Does yours wail when you open it?" Cedric asks, looking between Harry and Hermione.
"Yes." Hermione answers, wondering where Cedric is going with this.
"Well, take a bath, okay?" Cedric tells them.
"What?" Harry asks confused as he and Hermione exchange confused looks.
"Take a bath, an, er, take the egg with you, and er, just mull things over in the hot water. It'll help you think. Trust me." Cedric says, causing Harry and Hermione to just look at him in confusion.
"Tell you what." Cedric says, "use the prefects' bathroom. Fourth door to the left of that statue of Boris the Bewildered on the fifth floor. Password's pine fresh. Gotta go, want to say goodnight." Cedric says before running back to Cho.
"Okay, that was a hint, right?" Harry asks Hermione.
"I definitely think so." Hermione confirms, "We think about it in the morning." Hermione comments, "I think if he is suggesting a bath then we should use Dad and Papa's rather than the prefects one."
"Makes sense." Harry realises, "Mione about what happened out by the fountain…."
"I don't regret it. I'm glad to know." Hermione tells him.
"Me too." Harry says with a smile, "So, we're good?"
"Always." Hermione confirms.
"Good, I'm glad." Harry comments, "Come on Mione, we've got an after party to enjoy."
"That we do." Harry confirms with a smile and the two of them hurry upstairs, "Race you." Harry says before running.
"Oh you're so on." Hermione says, taking off her heals, before running as fast as she can after Harry.
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A few minutes later Harry and Hermione, having ran the entire time, almost tumble into the Gryffindor Common room.
"I won." Harry informs Hermione.
"No way, it was a draw and considering I had to take off heels I think it technically means that I win." Hermione informs Harry.
"Nope." Harry says with a grin.
"Well, well, well, if it isn't the king and queen of Gryffindor." A bitter voice says and Harry and Hermione turn to see Ron, the only person in the common room.
"And if it isn't the bitter child." Hermione responds, sounding annoyed.
"You really do think you're better than everyone don't you?" Ron asks, standing up.
"No. I'm just done letting you treat me and the people I care about like crap." Hermione informs him, sounding angry.
"You're the daughter of a Black, who's spent twelve years in Azkaban and a werewolf, you deserve to be treated like crap, and it's about time that people see that." Ron says, causing Hermione to get a look of heartbreak on her face.
"You bastard." Harry says, swinging his hand and hitting Ron square in the jaw.
"Harry, it's okay, stop." Hermione says, grabbing Harry's hand as he goes to hit Ron again.
"No, it's not! You're incredible and Remus and Sirius are amazing! No one should ever be allowed to say those things about you. You shouldn't just accept that." Harry tells his friend, looking right at her before turning back to Ron, "You and me are done."
"Good." Ron says before heading upstairs as soon as he doe Harry turns and just hugs Hermione.
"I'm sorry, Mione, you're so much better than him." Harry says as he hugs Hermione.
"So are you." Hermione responds and the two of them break apart, "I've just got to go grab my recorder player and records, meet you in Fred, George and Lee's room."
"Definitely." Harry responds with a smile and the two of them head upstairs, going different ways.
It has been a couple of hours since the after party stared and everyone who is there all in all about thirty people, are more than a little bit tipsy.
"So, you said you're done with him?" Neville asks surprised as he and Harry are sitting together on George's bed and Harry is filing him in on everything that happened.
"Yeah, I couldn't believe what he said." Harry says, taking a drink, "He's been a jerk, more than once over the years, but this was different, and I'm done forgiving him. I'm done making excuses."
"I never been Ron's biggest fan, not since he made Mione cry first year, but I know how much he means to you and I know that you must be hurting right now. So, I want you to know that I'm here for you, whatever you need." Neville tells his friend.
"Thanks, Nev." Harry says, leaning over and hugging his friend.
"There you are, my boys!" Hermione says, stumbling over, causing Harry and Neville to break apart.
"Mione, are you okay?" Neville asks concerned.
"I did five shots with Fred and George." Hermione says as she climbs over Harry so that she can sit between Harry and Neville, forcing herself between the tiny gaps between the two boys.
"Why?" Harry asks as that just sounds like a bad idea.
"Dean didn't think I would." Hermione explains, causing Harry and Neville to exchange looks.
"So you drunk five shots because you were challenged to?" Neville asks, sounding surprised, trying to make sense of thing.
"Yep." Hermione confirms, "I just suddenly felt very competitive, I think I get it from Dad."
"Yeah, that sounds right." Neville confirms, honestly a little amused, and the three of them drift into silence.
"I love you guys." Hermione says, after about ten seconds, putting arms around both Neville's and Harry's shoulders, "You're my boys, my brothers." Hermione says, placing a kiss on each of their cheeks, "I love you guys." She once more tells them.
"Love you too, Mione." Harry and Neville say.
"I know I've never said it, but you are the closest thing to a sister I've ever had, my best friend." Neville tells Hermione.
"Thanks Nev." Hermione says, looking amazed, "We're going to be okay." Hermione says sternly, "The three of us, we're going to be okay." Hermione says.
"Yeah, we are." Harry confirms and the three of them are drift into silence again as they just watch the others.
"POTTER, LONGBOTTOM, LUPIN-BLACK." Fred's voice yells, "GET YOUR ASSES OVER HERE!" He yells from where he is with George, Lee, Dean, Seamus, Alicia, Katie and Angelia.
"I think we're being summoned." Harry comments, sounding a little amused.
"That we are." Hermione realises.
"I think we should respond, who knows what they're going to do If we don't." Neville tells the others.
"Good point" Harry realises and all three of them get off the bed and head over to their friends and together the group of eleven continue to have fun and a great time together until they are too tired to stay awake at which point most people leave the dorm but Harry, Hermione, Neville, Dean, Seamus, Alicia, Katie and Angelia end up staying with Lee, Fred and Georg in their dorm.
December 26th 1994
It has been several hours since she, Fred, George, Lee, Neville, Harry, Dean, Seamus, Alicia, Katie and Angelia all finally went to bed and Hermione is waking up on one an empty bed that Fred and George have in their room where she, Harry and Neville squeezed onto together to sleep.
Looking around to see what woke her Hermione sees Lee, Angelina and Dean throwing pillows at everyone.
"What are you three doing?" Hermione asks as she pushes herself up so that she can sit up.
"We snuck down to the kitchen and got us all breakfast, and coffee." Angelina explains.
"Any chance your Dad told you what's in that hangover cure of his?" Lee asks curious as the others start to wake up.
"Nope, I'm pretty sure that that is a secret he won't share with anyone." Hermione reveals as he climbs over the boys and towards the food and coffee.
"Try and get it out of him, will you?" Dean asks, "I think we can all use it."
"I'll try, but won't succeed." Hermione comment as the others, still half asleep, make their way over to where Lee, Angelina and Dean have put the food and together the group enjoy a, rather late, breakfast.
A little while after they started to eat breakfast Harry, Neville, Dean and Seamus are walking back into their dorm, none of them looking forward to seeing Ron, but as they walk in they see that Ron's stuff is gone.
"Where do you think he's gone?" Dean ask looking around.
"Probably moved into the empty bed in the other boys' dorm." Harry guesses as there is another fourth year boys' dorm that could fit five but that only has two boys in it, two boys who usually spend time with the girls, other than Pavati and Lavender, that Hermione shears a dorm with.
"Makes sense." Neville realises, "And probably a good idea."
"Probably, I don't think the four of us continuing to share with him will end well." Seamus comments.
"Really won't." Harry confirms and the four of them drift into silence.
While Harry, Neville, Dean and Seamus are getting used to the fact that Ron has left their dorm room Hermione is walking into her parent's quarters where she finds her Papa trying to make work while her Dad is obviously trying to distract him.
"Hey, Dad, Papa." Hermione says with a smile.
"Hey, Princess."
"Hey, Mione."
Her Dad and Papa respond.
"Can we talk? There's some stuff I want to tell you." Hermione explains to her parents.
"Of course, you can always talk to us." Remus says as he and Sirius get up and walk over to the couch and Hermione sits down too.
"Well, after the ball Ron was waiting in the common room for Harry and I and he said some stuff, really bad stuff, and Harry punched him and said that their friendship is over, something which I agree with." Hermione admits.
"I'm sorry, Princess, that can't be easy." Sirius says sadly.
"It's not, but it's been a long time coming." Hermione admits, "Harry, Nev and I talked last night and we're going to be okay." Hermione admits.
"That's good at least." Remus admits.
"Yeah." Hermione confirms, and the group of three drift into silence, "There's something else I wanted to talk to you about." Hermione tells her parents.
"Oh? What's that?" Remus asks as he and Sirius exchange looks, both wondering if this is about what they suspect.
"Last night Harry and I went for a walk around the fountain and, um, we kissed." Hermione reveals, nervous about telling her Fathers even though she wants them to know.
"We know." Sirius tells his daughter.
"What? How? No one was around." Hermione asks surprised as the only people she and Harry have told are Fred, George, Dean, Seamus, Alicia, Katie, Lee and Angelina and considering how drunk they all were and the fact that they've spent most of the morning together she doesn't think any of them would have the chance to tell her fathers.
Without a word Remus picks up something and hands it to Hermione, looking down Hermine sees that it is the daily prophet with the front page being an article from Skeeter, an article on her and Harry kissing.
"How the hell did she find out about that? We were alone, I know we were." Hermione says annoyed.
"Who knows." Remus comments, "So… you and Harry kissed." Remus says, being delicate about the matter for his daughter's sake.
"Yes." Hermione confirms, "But it wasn't, 'Delicate and sensual.'" Hermione says, sounding annoyed as she reads the article, "It was awkward." She reveals.
"First kisses usually are." Sirius tells his daughter.
"It was more than just first kiss awkwardness." Hermione reveals, "It felt like I was kissing my brother, and Harry felt like he was kissing his sister. It made us realise that even without being biologically related we are siblings."
"So, no more kissing each other in yours and Harry's future?" Sirius asks, being a little relieved about that as there is a part of him that doesn't want to think of his daughter as that much of a grown up.
"No." Hermione answers.
"And you're okay with that?" Remus asks his daughter.
"Yeah, best friends, practically siblings, that's what we are, and that's what I want us to be." Hermione explains to her parents and the three of them drift into silence.
After spending a couple of hours with her parents Hermione heads back up to the Common Room and just as she is walking into the room she sees Harry, Neville, Fred and George walking down the stair and into the common room.
"You have got to see this." Hermione says, walking over to Harry, Neville, Fred and George and handing Harry the paper that she took from her fathers' quarters.
"You have got to be kidding me." Harry says annoyed.
"I wish." Hermione answers.
"What is it?" Neville asks as Fred takes the paper from Harry and starts to read it.
"How the hell did Skeeter find out?" Fred asks, looking between Harry and Hermione.
"Who knows, but I'm going to find out." Hermione says angrily.
"Can that wait? Dean, Seamus, Lee, Katie, Angelina and Alicia are waiting for us out on the grounds for a snowball war." George reveals.
"Snowball war?" Hermione asks confused.
"Apparently it will be more epic than a fight." Neville explains.
"Okay, I think I can put aside trying to figure out what Skeeter is doing for a couple of hours." Hermione comments.
"Good, let's go Lupin-Black." Fred says, putting his arm around Hermione's shoulder and the five of them head down to the grounds.
December 27th 1994
After they spent most of the previous afternoon/evening out in the grounds Hermione, Harry, Neville, Fred, George, Lee, Dean, Seamus, Alicia, Katie and Angelina ended up going to bed relatively early and because of that they all got up in time to actually have breakfast in the Great Hall at breakfast time.
Harry, Hermione, Neville, Fred, George, Lee, Dean, Seamus, Alicia, Katie and Angelina have been sitting together eating for a little while when the post arrive. As the others eat Errol basically crashes in front of twins.
As Fred gives Errol something to drink George takes the letter and together he and Fred start to read it.
"Are you two okay?" Hermione asks concerned as she notices Fred and George from.
"Not really." George answers, trying to push down the fury he is feeling.
"What's wrong?" Angelina asks concerned.
"Ron went running to Mum. She's very disappointed in us." Fred reveals.
"Disappointed in you? How does that work? Ron's the one who's been a jerk and made Ginny cry, you two have done nothing wrong." Neville comments, sounding completely confused.
"Ron's always been Mum's favourite, after Ginny, he can get away with anything." George explains, frowning at that, "Basically that letter was to remind us that Ron is our brother and that we should always be on his side over people we barely know or be prepared to face the consequences."
"I'm sorry." Harry and Hermione say together.
"Things are bad between you and your family because of us, that's not fair to you, to either of you, I'm sorry." Hermione tells the twins, feeling bad.
"It's okay, Hermione." Fred says with a comforting smile, "Ron is class A jerk, and neither of us are going to suddenly be on his side just because he went running to Mum." He reveals, "You know the last few months, that the eleven of us have been spending time together has been a lot of fun, and I don't see it ending any time soon no matter what Ron does or the threats Mum makes."
"Here, here." Seamus says, causing everyone to laugh.
After spending the morning with their friends Harry and Hermione have headed to Sirius and Remus's quarters to spend time Sirius and Remus.
"Hey Pup, Princess." Sirius says as the two teens walk into the rooms and as they do the two fourth years see no sign of Remus.
"Where's Papa?" Hermione asks curious.
"Marking, in our office, I was being distracting." Sirius explains, "Now, there is something I wanted to talk to you both about, as you know the next step of learning the Animagus transformation is the two of you keeping a mandrake under your tongue for a week."
"Yeah, and we were having trouble figuring out how we were going to do that and not making it suspicious." Harry remembers.
"Well we've got just under two weeks left until the semester starts again so Rem and I were thinking that you two could spend a week, starting tomorrow, in our room complete step three." Sirius explains to his daughter and godson, "That's if you want."
"Sounds good to me." Hermione comments.
"Me too." Harry confirms.
"Good, now after next week that's when things will really progress." Sirius says and he starts to explain to Harry and Hermione what happens after the spend a week in the mandrake leaf under their tongues as they listen in complete interest.
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