Hermione was already halfway out of the Common Room when Barty ran up to her.
"Hullo," Barty panted, "Gotta get fitter then this. You'd think the Quidditch and Band would keep me fit, it does for the rest, but the fitteness. It aviod's me."
Hermione laughed and shoved Barty down the corridoor and, ignoring Barty's yell of "Oi!", pushed him playfully down the stairs. He stumbled slightly, worrying Hermione, but then glanced up towards her, grinning widely.
"You git!" Hermione yelled, running for him, "I'm gonna get you, you bastard!"
"Och now!" Barty yelled, while laughing, over his shoulder, as he ran half of his full spead down the stairs, "No name calling!" Once he hit the ground floor, Barty looked back to see Hermione closing in on him. Speading up, Barty ducked down behind a hanging of a Famous Wizard named Alberic Grunnion, who amidiatlly started yelling and cursing at him, giving away what could have been his only chance of hiding.
"Ha! I'll get you know Barty!" Hermione yelled triumphantly, chasing him down the secret passage way. Soon enough she found herself at the front door, so she ran outside and caught Barty running towards the Lake, laughing maddly. Barty figured that he still was not running at his full speed and decided to be evil with his Girlfriend, so, slowing right down, he let Hermione catch up to him and just as she moved to catch him, he ran, as fast as he could, leaving Hermione to learn that she had been tricked again. So, she ran after him.
When Hermione caught up with Barty, she imediatly jumped on him, causing him to roll over on the Lake bank. Laughing, they sat up and hugged until they heard clapping and jumped away from each other, looking around to see who was watching.
"Oh, nice show." a voice said, following a russle and thump as the figure jumped from the tree, "Quite speedy there, arn't we Bartemius."
"Och, it's you Thunto." Barty said with a smile. Hermione
"Yes," Thunto said, moving into the sunlight, squinting when the sun hit her eyes. Hermione took a quick glance over her. She was about 6 foot, brown hair, brown eyes, a tanned complexion, flat chested, with something malisious and violent looking her, "I hear wonderful thing's about your friend Remus Lupin. I wonder if I hear corectly."
"W..what aboout?" Barty asked, voice slightly higher then usual.
"That he has... shall we say..." Thunto said, kneeling down beside the pair and whispered, "his Fluffy Little Problem."
"How'd you know abou' that?" Barty asked in a hushed voice,
"For one, I've seen him, For another, I am one... sort of."
"What do you mean, sort of?" Barty asked, looking at Thunto with narrowed eyes.
"I'm a Werewolf, yeah, but I was bitten by a vampire too." Thunto said, looking around and scratching the back of her neck nervously. Hermione laughed quietlly, earning her confussed looks from both Barty and Thunto.
"You's two have the same nervous habits." Hermione had, smiling at them. Looking at them closly, she could see simularaties between them both. Dark, deep, Brown eyes, dark and light mixed hair and habits.
"What do you mean?" Thunto asked, flicking her tounge out over her bottem lip. Barty noticied that and laughed.
"You know, anyone would think we are related." he grinned, before seeing Thunto's serious look, "Oh, you are kidding. You have to be... right?"
"Nope." she replied, looking into the forest, "The family spreads wide. But, where I'm from, soemthing is different. I can't tell you now though."
"Oh.. " Barty said, looking in the same direction as Thunto.
"What relation are you to Barty, Thunto?" Hermione asked, squeasing Barty's shoulder gentaly.
"Can't say. Sorry."
"Oh. Ok." Barty said, looking at Thunto again, who was still looking into the forest, "Do you know a Morfin?"
"Yes." Thunto said, bluntly.
"He said to ask you about him..."
"Not now. I can bring him out for yo unow, but you cannot mutter a word to anyone." Thunto said, turning to look at them both, "Promise."
"Aye. Not a word." Barty said, bowing his head.
"I Promise." Hermione said, curious of what and who this Morfin was.