Crazy trouble with love part 4

Hermione and Harry

Series: Harry Potter

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-Hogwarts, Gryffindor commons, girls side, 12:30 am-

Hermione was currently sleeping as she had a book of potions on her face. The reason? Studying mostly and trying to stay on top of her work also is a factor but mostly studying for a test next week. But it was definitely taking it's toll on her. Plus the black bags under her eyes weren't helping her case.

'Gotta memorize this last chapter...then I can go to bed.' She snored in her head before hearing a massive crash from her bed. Which was kind of covered in hard books and her wand. "What the!?"

"Ow! That's gonna sting in the morning."

Hermione turned and saw a black robed figure on the bed. 'What the….? Who is this guy and why is he in the Gryffindor commons?' She then saw him getting up and looking around the room.

"Alright, where'd I land at? Looks old, ancient, but still comfy." he turned and saw Hermione. "Oh Hogwarts, classic."

"Who are you?" Hermione asked now really confused and on guard.

"I'm gonna be frank, it's Yui and tell me, which year are you in?"

"Second, why?"

"Have you heard of the chamber of secrets?"

"Huh? But that's a myth." 'Just WHO is he?!'

"Alright so this is before it opened. I'm gonna give you info that's true and about the future. This year it's gonna be opened, a basilisk comes out, petrifies a bunch of people, you being one of them, and Harry saves us all again by killing it with the Gryffindor sword."

"...you're insane! How is that even real?!" She yelled.

"Sweety, I've seen stuff that would scar you for life. I know how this whole story plays out, and I'm willing to help you stay alive AND help your best friend out, but if you wanna take the chance at being eaten, be my guest." he replied walking to the window.

Hermione blinked while thinking about the pros and cons of the strange figure. But the pros outweighed the cons this time. "Hey wait a second!"

"Yeeeees?"

"What do you mean you know 'how this story plays out'?"

"I mean I could tell you days about the future. What's gonna happen tomorrow, the next week, next year, I could even tell you what happens to YOU in the future after your school life is over, but be warned, it's not pretty."

"Try me, I faced a Cerberus, a large pile of creeping vines, killer keys and giant magical chess pieces."

"Alright, then sit back and don't be scared to go throw up if need be."

(One long talk later)

"..." Hermione looked at the figure in shock, fear and disgust.

"Need to go throw up?"

"No….but how?!" She yelled in horror. "How does this whole thing happen and WHY RON OF ALL PEOPLE?!"

"Believe me, I ask myself that too. I mean in the long run, you and Harry look cuter and have so much more chemistry together. But for some reason he gets with Ginny, I think so he can be 'part of the family' or something involving Ron's family."

'...I'm going to hex Ron to death!' "W-Wait, me and Harry have a what?!"

"Chemistry, I'm saying that you and him seem like you have a closer connection than Ron, who as I said turns into an annoying bastard later down the road. So yeah, although the fact I told you all this just means I've changed the timeline so much I'm surprised it hasn't imploded already."

"But why? We aren't that close." She said while feeling red on the cheeks.

"Well not that much now, but as the years go on you do kinda seem closer." He said with a chuckle.

Hermione blushed before seeing the figure giving her a book titled How to get your man in five easy steps-Yandere addition. By Yui in bold letters. "Huh?"

"Read it, you will thank me a ton later on." he replied before stepping on the window. "Now if you'll excuse me, I gotta get going. Oh and if you tell anyone else about the future their heads will explode. Bye now!"

She ran to the window as the figure fell off and saw he landed into a black portal that vanished in front of her eyes. 'What the….?' She looked at the book and felt a twinge of curiosity in her heart. 'Should I read it? I mean...this is all so weird and out of nowhere!'

A note landed on her which read It's real so get to reading Miss cat girl!

Hermione looked around and frowned before opening it. 'I'll give it a look and then go to bed, but that's it!'

The first chapter was simply a page that read:

Step one- When saved by a troll or other being, then thank him or her by hugging him or her tight. They love affection, especially ones from abusive families.

'Thats….kind of accurate, but abusive family? What does that mean?' she thought before turning to the next chapter.

Step two- When in doubt, make friends with interest. Do things for him and never be afraid of one's insecurities. Most people love a strong person with a big heart.

'Thats kind of good advice but why does…..oh.' she thought realizing the stuff she did for Harry and the step as one in the same. 'Well, he did risk his life to save me when he could have stayed with the others.'

Step three- If one were to look beyond the veil of appearances, then one can see the person's kind but fragile heart. That is what one must fix before things look up for you.

She looked slightly confused that this before the future events the figure talked about sunk back into her mind. 'That's it! I can't believe I forgot! He's had to live with a terrible childhood because of his aunt, uncle, and cousin. If I show him that I'm there for him, maybe that'll help.'

Step four- If you make sure he's safe, make sure that you FIGURE OUT who's your friends and enemies. And if someone is always mocking or demeaning the person in question, make them pay in a unique way. (Note: violence or mind scarring is fair but be careful to keep others from finding out).

She blinked at that before reading the last chapter.

Step five- BE YOURSELF AND MAKE SURE YOU GET HIM OR HER BEFORE SOMEONE TAKES HIM OR HER!

She reeled back at the last one and shut it before putting it aside. 'Alright, time for bed.'

(Next morning)

"Zzzzz." Hermione snored while laying on a table in the Great Hall.

"Hermione?"

"Huh?" She got up and looked at the speaker while rubbing her eyes. "Yes Harry?"

"Are you ok? You kind of look...tired."

"Sorry, I was up all night studying."

"Studying what?" Asked Ron. "How to turn cats into dogs?"

"Why would I try to understand that?" she frowned.

"Because." He shrugged. "Plus if you do get a cat I think Scabbers would be scared."

'I would rather let it be fed to that cat.' She thought remembering that the figure said about that rat. "Ron, have you ever thought that getting a different pet would be a better idea?"

"Why? It's been with the family for years."

"And you do recall that rats don't live that long, yes sometimes, but for that long? Either it's a different creature or something else entirely.

"...huh?"

"Nevermind." she sighed. 'They wouldn't believe me, and if I tell them all this then it would really mess with time. I need to try and change things as they happen and be as discreet as possible.'

Ron looked at his food before a red owl flew by and a package landed right on Hermione's lap.

"Huh? What's this?" She said while looking at it. The only thing on it was a note that read Just in case. Omni. 'Omni?'

"Who is it from?" Asked Harry.

"Is it from me?" Asked Ron.

"No." she replied while opening it up. The package was a dark purple dress with light blue lines down the long skirt.

"Wow, didn't expect anyone to give you a dress Hermione." Harry admitted.

"Same here." She said looking at the dress.

"But it might look good if this school ever gets a ball or something like that." He chuckled. "But what are the odds of that?"

'Just in our fourth year.' she thought while closing the package up. "Um, hey Harry, wanna practice our defense spells after we're done eating?"

Harry blinked. "Really? But don't we have other spells to do?"

"Yes but since you know who attacked you last year it might be a good idea to get more acquainted with defense spells." she whispered with concern.

"Well….maybe?" he whispered back.

"Thanks, we can practice in one of the empty classrooms." she said while glancing at Ron and Ginny. 'I'm not going to let them interrupt, it might lead to issues later on that might hurt my Harry….wait my Harry?'

(later)

"Ok, let us start with a simple disarming charm."

"Ok, you go first."

She nodded while raising her wand. "Expelliarmus!"

Harry raised his wand before it was flung out of his hand.

"Try again Harry." she said while watching Harry getting his wand. "Expelliarmus!"

He opened his mouth, but it got sent flying out of his hand again. "Hermione!"

"You can't let your guard down even for a second. What if this was a real duel or battle?" she said seriously. "Now again."

He frowned before getting his wand back. "Expelliarmus!"

"Expelli-" she tried to say before her wand was knocked away. "Excellent work Harry, but it needs a little more practice."

"Well that's what we're here for, right?"

She nodded before grabbing Harry's wand and gave it back to Harry. "Ok, now we will take a few steps back and at the count of three we fire at each other."

"Right."

They moved towards each other before turning and leaned next to each other before walking away.

"One."

"Two."

"Three!" they said before casting the spells and disarming each other at the same time.

"Woah, didn't see that coming."

"But you did have a fast reflex time so I say you pass." She said with a smile. "The next part will be-"

"Wait." Harry interrupted. "Could I do the next spell?"

"Um sure?"

Harry smirked before saying. "Titillando!"

A beam shot out and hit Hermione who didn't flinch before she slowly smiled and started to giggle before it turned into laughter. "AHAH! H-Harry you HAHA!" 'Oh the tickling spell! He's going to get it!'

After a while the spell lost its potency as Hermione started to calm down a little.

"So no hard feelings?" Harry asked innocently.

"Oh I wouldn't say that."

He blinked before hearing the words 'Locomotor mortis' as his legs started to freeze in place and fell to the ground. "Hermione!"

'Gotta love that curse.' she thought before looking at Harry's annoyed face. "Hey, think of it like good practice to expect the unexpected."

"Yeah yeah." He said before casting another spell. "Stupefy!"

Hermione was knocked back and felt her body freeze up.

He finally got up and chuckled. "How was that for unexpected?"

'That was unexpected.' she thought with admiration. 'He really is kind of getting the hang of it.'

"I gotta say, maybe we should make this a weekly thing." he said as the spell started to lose its power over Hermione.

"That sounds good." she said stretching her arms. "How about every Saturday? 7-5?"

"Thats a great time Hermione." he smiled.

"But I will be a lot more strict with you." she warned with a serious tone.

Harry nodded before getting an idea. "Titillando!"

"AhAHAH! H-HARRY AAHAH!"

(A few weeks later)

"Good work on that last spell." Hermione said as they took a break from training. "I didn't even see that Petrificus Totalus spell."

"Thanks, I've been working on it all week."

"I know." She smiled. "But you really have been improving, I mean before you couldn't even hit me fast enough but now you're quite as fast as a gunslinger."

"Wait you know about gunslingers?"

"My family IS a muggle one so I know about them." she said while stretching her arms. "Plus I did watch a few shows about them."

'Wow….didn't expect that.' He thought in surprise.

"Keep that up and you'll be an expert in no time."

"Thanks," He grinned. "Especially when it comes from a good teacher like you, Hermione."

She felt her heart skip a beat at that compliment. "Um, thanks."

"Anytime Hermione." he said getting up. "So what's next?"

"Oh that….I really didn't think of anything for today besides that last spell and Jelly-Legs Jinx." she admitted with embarrassment.

"Well, we could always take a break for the day."

She nodded. "That sounds good and maybe we could try….pranking Ron?'

"Wait, huh? But you don't seem the kind of person to do that."

"Well maybe I wanna do something other than study. Even I know it gets boring and old." she said while thinking about what to use on Ron.

"Well ok, but what do you suggest?"

She smirked. "Well it involved the pimple jinx, the tickling charm and a few spiders."

(With Ron)

"Zzzzzz." Ron snored in his bed while dreaming of food. "Bacon….zzzzz." Not knowing he was going to have a bad morning.

(Later)

"So Hermione," Harry said while sitting on a chair in the lounge room. "Do you think this prank is a little too much?"

"Nah, I kinda have a feeling later on it'll feel just right." She said with a smile.

"Um….ok?" He said before hearing a large screaming from the bedroom. "I think he found out."

"Huh, I expected Ron to not realize until the next day." idly remarked Hermione before chuckling.

"Mione?"

She blinked at that. "Was that a nickname?"

"Yes, thought it would suit you." Harry admitted before Ron ran out with large pimples on his face and covered in spiders as he couldn't stop laughing like a hyena.

"Whahaahahahaha! H-H-Helpahahahaha!"

"What?" Hermione chuckled. "I couldn't hear you clearly."

"H-HELPAHAHAHA!" He laughed while running out of the room as laughter was sounded from the school halls.

"Maybe it was." spoke Harry while trying to hold in his laughter.

"But you must admit, it was funny." Hermione giggled while finding it hard not to laugh hardly as she fell out of the chair and laughed loudly on the ground. 'Oh god! My spleen!'

Harry smiled while crouching down and patted her back while letting her get it out of her system.

"Ha ha ha….oh." She said calming down. "That was so….he he. Funny, now I know why Fred and George like playing pranks." She slowly got up and smiled. "Thanks for helping me Harry."

"No problem Mione." He said before asking. "But why the prank?"

"Because I needed to let some stress out." She said. "And I just thought it would be an interesting experience."

"Well be careful, do more pranks like that and you might put Fred and George out of business." he joked.

"Maybe I should." Teased Hermione. "And you might be my co conspirator."

He sweatdropped at that.

"But in all seriousness, I'm not gonna make it a habit, but it does help."

"Oh." Harry said before asking. "So Mione, want to get some lunch?"

"Sounds good to me." She smiled while heading out. "But later we will start practicing how to use sponge knees curse."

"Ok." He said while following her out. 'Man, she sure showed me a new side of herself.'

'I hope I can stop the future events that will happen.' She thought while getting out of the room. 'Plus me marrying Ron, not in your life.'

(A few weeks later)

Both students were currently resting in the girl's room, thankfully no one was there at the time, as they talked about their personal preferences. And in this instance it was books.

"So Fifty Shades of Gray?"

"One of the worst, no contest."

"Really?" Harry asked. "You don't like that book?"

"It's just smut and dominating with whips." She said. "Not really good literature."

"Well I kind of like Little Red Riding Hood."

"Always a classic."

"I also like Beauty and the Beast." He said with a smile.

"What else? Sleeping Beauty too?" she teased.

"Yes and a few other stories." He said seriously. "But my real favorite is Snow White and the Seven Dwarves. The Brothers Grimm version that is."

"That's a really good one too." She smiled. "And it's my favorite too. Especially the whole 'true love' kiss part."

"Oh, well I like the queen. Kind of reminds me of…" he shivered. "A female Snape."

Hermione shivered at the image. "You might want to not tell me that again Har."

"Har?"

"You call me Mione, so why not call you Har?"

"Fair enough point." he said while scratching his head.

Hermione nodded while chuckling. "So Har, any other stories you liked?"

"Just one other." He said. "The Little Mermaid."

'That's kind of symbolistic.' She thought.

"I guess I like seeing her curiosity get piqued and go through so much just to see a new world."

"But she died at the end you know."

"Yes but in a way, her love for the prince kind of was noble in a way. Especially when she had the chance to kill him but chose not to. It's just noble but sad in a way."

'And reminds me of that future that guy said a while back.' she thought while subtly moving over and pulling Harry into a hug.

"Mione?" He said while feeling a little confused at the sudden hug. "What are you doing?"

"Just felt like giving you a hug, that's all."

"Oh." He said while returning the hug. 'I'm not complaining, this is actually pretty nice.'

'Harry, I will change it.' She thought. 'I will change it all, so that I'll not be the mermaid.' "Har, thank you."

"For what?"

"For being my friend." she smiled while hugging him tighter. "It means a lot to me."

Harry felt a lot better while hugging just as tight. "Same here Mione. You're my best friend and I'm grateful you stayed with me for all that Sorcerer's Stone fiasco."

"Trust me Harry, you're not gonna see me leave your side when you need me, especially in a situation like that."

"Thanks." He smiled as they continued to hug for a while. 'I hope nothing ruins it.'

Hermione heard his heartbeat and started to calm down. 'Harry, you really are a good person.'

"And I said it wasn't a…" spoke Alicia Spinnet while talking with Angelina Johnson as they walked into the room before seeing the two hugging. "Um...I'll just leave you two alone."

"Wow, I didn't know they were THAT close." whispered Angelina to Alicia as they walked out while the two friends watched.

"I know." Alicia whispered back. "And I thought that Ginny would have gotten the courage to ask Harry out. But it looks like Hermione got there before her."

Both blushed hearing that and quickly broke the hug.

"Mione….I think we gave the wrong...impression." Harry said with a flustered tone.

"Agreed." She said with an equally flustered tone. 'But it did kind of sound nice.'

'Oh man I hope this doesn't go around into a rumor.' Harry thought before seeing Hermione looking at him again. "Mione?"

"Harry, I have a suggestion." She said with a smile. "Let's make them think that we're dating, that way they don't pry into it. Think of it like a prank."

"What? But then it'd spread and might give people the wrong impression."

"So? We can do it for a while then tell them it's a prank. Like maybe a month." She said while thinking of other things. "So how about it?"

"I don't know."

"Come on, just one try please?" she pleaded. "Imagine everyone's faces when they find out it's a trick, even Fred and George would be caught off guard."

He thought about it and imagined the image in his head. "Fine, but nothing else ok."

"Thank you Harry." She smiled while hugging him again as somehow Luna popped up near the front door.

"Aw, what a sweet couple." She smiled while giving a thumbs up. "I approve."

"LUNA!" They cried out as the screen went black.