The Worst Summer of Her Life
Harry Potter Alternate Universe: First Year
A/N: Okay, so I totally see the cliche ending but in all fairness its a good line. Anyway, tell me what you think of the characters, if you'd like a change let me know. If you wanna see more Harry/Becca or Luke/Draco time. And let me know what you hate about the story or, God Forbid, I might think you actually like this story.
Harry came out of the Gryffindor portrait and met up with Ron down by the Great Hall. Ron looked worried that Harry came back alone.
"She wasn't up there, I cant think of any where else she'd go." Harry said and sat on the stairs, Ron did the same.
"What's gunna happen to her if Hermione doesn't come back?" Ron asked, Harry looked over at Ron and shook his head.
"I don't know, Ron." Harry said and then he stood up. "Hagrid's!" Ron jumped up and they raced down there.
"Hey there, Merry Christmas!" Hagrid said in his usual voice.
"Merry Christmas!" The duo replied, they saw Becca sitting inside drinking something. Hagrid turned and opened the door.
"She's pretty upset. About Hermione, I gather." Hagrid said and shut the door as they entered. Ron went over to Becca and sat next to her, he didn't know what to do so he just sat there.
"Hagrid, you like… uh, different creatures, right?" Harry asked as he sat across from Becca, her head shot up at this question.
"Yes, why?" Hagrid asked pouring himself a cup of tea.
"What do you know about a three headed dog in the castle?" Becca asked, Ron turned to her confused.
"How do you know about Fluffy?" Hagrid demanded turning to face them.
"Fluffy?" Ron asked not getting anything. Becca drank some of her tea and handed it to Ron, he drunk some.
"Yes, Fluffy's mine. I bought him awhile ago and gave him to Dumbledore to protect…" He trailed off, Becca stood up.
"Finish." Becca said nicely, Ron looked from her to Harry still confused.
"It has nothing to do with you." Hagrid said and Becca took a deep breath. Harry stood up and moved over to her.
"Don't touch me!" Becca yelled, once she was angry with someone she was angry for a while but this was new to Harry. "Listen, Snape's trying to steal the Philosopher's stone."
"Nonsense! Snape is one of the teachers protecting it." Hagrid said, Becca looked about ready to blow-up. Ron took her arm, she turned to look at him and found herself calming as she stared into his blue eyes.
"See-ya Hagrid. Lets go, Harry." Ron said and the three walked out, not caring they just told him about the stone.
Later that night, Harry couldn't sleep. He didn't know why, Becca had forgiven him earlier but he still couldn't sleep. He put on his invisibility cloak and walked around the castle not really knowing where he was going. He found himself in a corridor and saw Snape talking to Quirrell, no arguing with him. Snape turned and Harry thought he'd been caught, so he made his way quickly and quietly through the first door he saw. Harry shut the door and set the cloak down on a near-by desk. He sat on the floor and thought about everything and nothing, he was confused about lots of things, the break in at Gringotts and the stone. The three-headed dog, the anonymous gift, he knew it wasn't from Sirius or it would've had a joke on it, but most of all the weird feeling he had when he was around Hermione. Sure, it wasn't a bad feeling but it wasn't something he'd experienced before. He looked up and saw a long mirror standing in front of him. He sighed as he saw his messy hair but he stopped when two other people joined him in the mirror. Lily and James Potter, his parents.
"Mum? Dad?" Harry whispered, when another person joined them he smiled. Luke looked a lot like her. "Aunt Sam." They smiled at him and laughed with each other, he lifted a hand up to touch the mirror when a voice stopped him.
"Ah, I see you've found the Mirror of Erised." Dumbledore said, Harry turned around to face him.
"I can see my parents and Aunt Sam." He said and looked back to them, he looked over his shoulder. "How?"
"What do you think it does, Harry?" The Headmaster asked, Harry turned back him and shrugged. "You know, the happiest man could look into this mirror and would see only himself."
"It shows us our desires then?" Harry asked, Dumbledore nodded.
"Well done, Harry." Dumbledore said, his blue eyes, not as bright as his Aunt Sam's, twinkled before he looked down. "But I must ask you not to come looking for this mirror again, it'll be moved. And believe me, people have gone mad sitting before this mirror before you." Harry nodded, grabbed the cloak and went back to his room. He decided not to tell anyone about the mirror and went to a peaceful sleep.
Christmas was over and Hogwarts began to fill with kids as they came back for the second term. Harry and Becca didn't see Hermione yet, she missed the feast and they were sitting in the common room.
"Where is she?" Becca said to herself, Harry smiled at his cousin.
"Why don't you just accept the fact, she's not coming back?" The girl from Christmas said, Becca turned to her.
"Because she will come back, Dana." Harry said for Becca, she finally sat down next to Harry. When the portrait opened, Becca ignored it and felt sad.
"Wow, no hugs? No greetings? I would have thought you forgot about me." Hermione said behind them, Becca jumped over the couch and tackled her into a hug, Harry laughed and went over to help them up.
"Don't do that again!" Becca said, Hermione smiled. "Where were you? We almost thought your parents actually pulled you out."
"McGonagall pulled me into her office. She's the one who changed my parents minds, she came by personally and told them that I was one of the best students and they shouldn't even consider taking me out." Hermione said and Harry pulled her into a hug, Ron came down the stairs.
"Hey, Harry, quit hogging her." Ron said, Harry stepped away and Ron stuck out his hand. Hermione laughed and shook it. "You should have seen Becca when she thought you weren't coming back. She went crazy in the Great Hall and yelled at McGonagall, also Hagrid but it something about a dog named Fluffy and Snape trying to steal a stone. Your guess is better than mine about what that's about." Hermione nodded to Harry and Becca
The circle of chaos had another meeting at midnight, Luke and Draco both had been worried Hermione wasn't coming back too.
"No wonder Snape's after the stone." Harry started, everyone but Hermione knew what he was talking about. "Voldemort wouldn't have to worry about anything again."
"Snape's refereeing your next match, Harry." Draco said and Hermione and Becca shared a look.
"Well, if he jinxes Harry again, one of you lot do it. If I do it, I'll end up giving you all a heart attack what with you all thinking I was getting pulled." Hermione said, the group laughed.
"Don't worry, I don't think Snape will try anything because Dumbledore will be there." Harry said, Becca sighed.
"But if he does…" Becca trailed off, they all nodded in agreement. Sirius would most likely kill Snape if he tried something again.
The Quidditch match came fast, Hufflepuff came out onto the pitch followed by Gryffindor. The captains shook hands and Snape let the bludgers and snitch out before throwing up the quaffle. Harry caught the snitch almost straight away bringing the game to an end. Everyone in Gryffindor cheered. No one could remember a time when the snitch had been caught so fast and they were happy to be in the lead for the Quidditch Cup.
Harry, Becca, Ron and Hermione found themselves walking down to Hagrid's Hut that night. Becca, Ron and Harry were talking about the match and how furious Snape had been. They questioned why he would even want to referee the game when they came to a stop outside Hagrid's hut. Hermione was silent.
"Hello, come in. Great win, Harry." Hagrid greeted when he opened the door and let them in. They smiled politely and sat on the chairs when Hermione noticed something in the cauldron that was hanging over the fire.
"Hagrid, what's that?" Hermione asked gesturing to the cauldron.
"Oh, its nearly ready." Hagrid said excitedly, he pulled on some worn out oven gloves. He took out the object and they saw it was a giant egg. Being careful not to drop it, he moved the egg over and set it down on the table. The five surrounded the table and watched as the egg started cracking.
"That's a dragon!" Ron exclaimed watching as the egg opened, Hagrid nodded.
"I won it in a card game, the bloke did seem mighty pleased to be rid of it, don't know why though." Hagrid said, Harry smiled as he saw a small green dragon. Its wings were a bit big for its body and it had a long snout. It looked around at everyone before letting out a small sneeze, causing sparks to shoot out.
"That's a Norwegian Ridgeback!" Ron said before looking at Hagrid with a puzzled look. "But why would you want one? They're dangerous." At the sound of dangerous, Becca backed away.
"Isn't he adorable?" Hagrid asked, the dragon seemed fixated on Hermione. "I'll call him Norbert." Norbert puffed out his chest before sending a stream of fire towards Hermione's hair, Harry pulled her to him before it got to her. Since her back was turned, she had no idea what was going on.
"Harry?" Hermione asked, Harry released her and pointed to where she was, the picture on the wall was burnt. "Oh, thanks." She said timidly and tucked some hair behind her ear, Harry nodded. Becca and Ron exchanged looks.
"Whoops, sorry about that Hermione." Hagrid said before something caught his eye. He turned to the window and saw two people standing at the window before they ran off. Harry and Ron ran over to the door and flung it open to see Pansy and Dana running back up to Hogwarts.
"It was Pansy and Dana." Harry called back, Ron and Becca shared a look while Hagrid sat back in his chair.
"Oh, boy." Hagrid said miserably, Becca sighed.
"Hagrid, you have to send Norbert away and soon." Becca said and Harry nodded. "But where?" Becca asked herself, Ron smiled.
"Charlie, one of my brothers, works in Romania with dragons. I could owl him to see if he'll get him." Ron said and Becca smiled at him.
"Don't worry about Pansy, she wont say anything for a couple days and try to offer us something to keep her mouth shut. I don't know about Dana though." Harry said and looked over at Hermione who wasn't paying attention. "Hermione?" She looked up.
"Sorry. I was just thinking, what was Dana, a Gryffindor, and Pansy, a Slytherin, doing together?" Hermione said and Becca shrugged. They all left making plans of how to get Norbert out of the castle without anyone else knowing.