HP the Gryffindor Heir of the Labyrinth
By Rina Bollyqueen 420
**************************************************************************** ***** A/N Just a short A/N to say I might be changing the rating of this to PG- 13 soon. Anyway here's another new chapter.
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A Day of Avoidances and Sapna Confesses
The next morning was a Monday and it was back to lessons for the students after their crazy weekend. As the trio and their 6th year friends sat down at the table for breakfast, Dumbledore made a surprise announcement.
"I would just like to say that we have two guests staying to help us with the upcoming battle against Voldemort." When the trio looked up at the staff table, what they saw would have made Harry fall off his seat in shock if Ron hadn't grabbed a hold of him. "King Jareth and Queen Sarah, rulers of the Labyrinth, the Prince and Princess of the Underground Realm will be staying with us. I hope that you will treat them with the same respect that you give to all the teachers. Now tuck in." And with a wave of his hand, the food appeared on the table.
The full realization that he was related to Sarah and Jareth hadn't really sunk in yet. Until now. He caught Sarah's eye and nervousness washed over him. 'They know', he thought to himself. 'Oh crap!'
"Harry, you alright mate?" asked Ron.
"Yeah, I'm fine guys," he said grabbing a few pieces of toast. "I... I just remembered that I need ... I need to return a book to the library .... Yeah ... and I've left it in the common room." Saying that he dashed out of the great hall.
"Isn't that usually your line Mione?" said Ron, earning himself a slap upside his head. "What was that for?"
"For being a prat," she replied as she put jam on her toast.
"Did you see the way he ran out of here when he saw us?" asked Sarah.
"Of course I did, love," replied Jareth, as they walked through the corridors towards their guest room. "He needs time to adjust to the idea that he's had grandparents all along."
"I thought he'd be happy."
"He's just nervous Sarah. We just need to give him time."
"Okay," she nodded. "Anyway, I need to reacquaint myself with this castle. I've heard that Rubeus is a teacher here." Jareth frowned.
"Hagrid?" Sarah nodded.
"I always knew he couldn't be the Heir of Slytherin. He was too sweet and gentle. They only suspected him because of his taste in 'pets'. It was Tom Riddle all along, you know."
"I know dear." Sarah quirked her eyebrow.
"How do you ..........."
"Harry told me when we talked. Did you know that it was Peter who betrayed Liliannah and James to Voldemort?" Sarah's eyes widened.
"Peter? Little Pete? But he was so funny, sweet and full of life. What made him go over to the dark side?" A look of loathing appeared in his eyes.
"I don't know. But it will be the only thing I'll ask him before tearing him apart with bare hands," he growled.
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Ginny was not having a good day either because Sapna, was repeatedly asking them to kill her. In a way, Ginny did feel sorry for her friend. It would be like if she herself found out that she was betrothed to Malfoy! Ginny shuddered at the thought. But ever since Transfiguration, Sapna had crossed Rahul's path no less than three times. He had, as usual, tried to get a rise out of her. Ginny smiled to herself when she remembered his stunned expression when Sapna completely ignored what he said and walked away without even blinking her eyes. It was probably the first time that she'd completely ignored his comments. She always had a comeback for whatever he said to her.
They had potions with the Slytherins next. When she entered the class, she set her books down on the desk beside Collin and sat down behind Luna and Sapna. Sapna was sitting with Luna at the very front of the class beside the door. Ginny knew that she had deliberately chosen this seat because Rahul always sat at the back.
Sapna, was feeling very anxious. She'd seen Rahul three times already and he'd tried to get a rise out of her. But every time she looked at him, she remembered that in less that two years time, she would be married to him. She took out her potions homework and began to read over it.
"Hey Saps," came the familiar male voice. She ignored him. "What's wrong with you today? Have my prayers come true?" he asked. "Have you finally realized that there's no point in arguing with me because I'll always win?" Sapna put down her homework and opened her potions book and began reading up on the weaker version of the truth Potion. "I'm talking to you Sapna!" he whispered loudly. Sapna quickly wrote something on a spare bit of parchment and held it up for him to read.
'Get lost and leave me alone! The reason I'm not arguing with you is that I've finally realized that you are insignificant and I don't want to waste my breath on you.' After she was sure that he'd read it, she erased what she'd written with her wand and went back to reading. Without even glancing up at him, she knew that he was fuming.
"Mr Khannah," came Snape's voice. "Please take you seat. I would like to start this class sometime before Christmas." Rahul shot a glare at Sapna, who was still reading and took his seat.
After taking in their homework, Snape paired them up to begin brewing the potion. All through the lesson, Sapna ignored any comments that Rahul made and worked silently on her potion with Luna.
"Okay. Your potions will have cooled down by tomorrow's lesson so we will test them then" drawled Snape. "Also you will be starting your projects tomorrow. You partners have been chosen by me, depending on your 'talents' for potion brewing. They are as follows. Creevey and River, Bulstrode and Weasley, Stevenson and Winter, Wasai and Khannah, Parker and Donald, Abbot and Lovegood and Zabini and Melrose." Sapna felt as if the entire world was conspiring against her. She would have to work with him for a whole month! "You are dismissed," said Snape.
The instant he'd said it, Sapna dashed out of the dungeon after stuffing everything into her bag. She heard someone run after her and she ran faster. She knew who it was. Why couldn't he leave her alone! Suddenly she felt him grab her arm and pin her against the wall.
"What is your problem?" asked Rahul, his green-gold eyes filled with fury. "You do not walk away from me!" Sapna glared right back at him.
"You're my problem," she hissed. "Your fault that MY life is completely ruined!"
"What on earth are you talking about?" he asked. "Sure we annoy the hell out of each other for the sake of it but this is the first time in 13 years that you've not argued back!" Sapna suddenly realized that he didn't know yet. Oh God, why was this happening to her.
"If you don't know, I'm not telling you," she said angrily. "Now would you kindly let me go so I can go and have my lunch."
"Not until you tell me what's gotten into you."
"I thought you'd be happy Rahul. You don't have to hear me talk to you ever again."
"What the hell is wrong with you?" he shouted, tightening his grasp on her arm and pushing her harder into the wall. Sapna closed her eyes bit her lip, trying to hold back her tears.
"Let go, you're hurting me," she whispered.
She opened her eyes and stared right into his. Tears were forming in her eyes and when Rahul saw this he let her go. This was the first time that Rahul had seen her cry because of him in 10 years. He stared after her retreating form in confusion. Their age old battle in wits and skill had never brought her to tears before. What on earth had changed that?
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Sapna didn't go to the great hall for lunch or supper. Instead, both times, she'd taken Zarina to the kitchens to eat. The house-elves were very generous. Kind of like her Mum, when they had guests over. 'Please have some rice'; 'Please take some more samosa's'. Sapna smiled at the thought of her mum.
Suddenly the door to the kitchen opened and Harry walked in.
"You avoiding someone as well?" she asked. Harry nodded. Instantly Dobby was asking him what he wanted to eat.
"I'll just have chicken wings with potatoes and gravy, please Dobby," he replied and sat down on a stool that the house-elves had provided. "So you avoiding whatshisname?"
"Yeah," she replied "I'm avoiding Rahul. The worst thing is he doesn't even know!" she exclaimed.
"Well you know who I'm avoiding, right?" Sapna nodded as Dobby b
"Yeah the King and Queen." Harry sighed as Dobby brought him his dinner.
"Somehow I still can't believe that they're my grandparents." Sapna laughed. "What?"
"You know, it's funny really," she said. "You never knew about them, but now that you know you're in like a denial stage."
"I could say the same thing about you and Rahul." Sapna ate her samosa and frowned at her thoughts.
"It's complicated," she said after finishing her samosa.
"How?" asked Harry as he popped a potato into his mouth. That one worded question, made Sapna think why on earth she was about to spill her deepest secret to THE Harry Potter. She thought about it for a few minutes, trying to think of a way to put her feelings into words.
"Well, we've been arguing and fighting with each other since we were old enough to pick something up and throw it at the other." Harry laughed, wondering what toddlers in nappies would throw at each other.
"Sorry," he mumbled, as he bit into his chicken wing. "Go on."
"We used to have physical and verbal fights until the age of 9, then he moved away and I met him when I started Jadoo Sitara two years later. Then it just got worse from there. We would constantly argue and duel in the school courtyard." Harry stared at her.
"You had duels in the school courtyard?" Sapna nodded.
"That was only on Saturdays in the dueling tournament though. I always beat him," she replied smugly. "Then when I came here, it felt as if something was missing. Sure I missed my friends, but I missed those fights and arguments that would occur several times a day with Rahul." Now it was Harry's turn to frown.
"You missed the arguments or the person you were arguing with?" Sapna shrugged.
"Both I guess." Harry finished off the last of his potatoes and asked Dobby to bring him two glasses of pumpkin juice.
"Do you like him?" Sapna shrugged again.
"I don't know," she replied. "I care about him a great deal. And do you remember last year, when Gryffindor was playing Slytherin in the final?" Harry nodded, trying to remember that match. "I remember when he got hit by that bludger. I was so scared that something would happen to him."
"Oh yeah, you went up to bed earlier that anyone else. You hardly joined in with the party." Sapna shook her head.
"I didn't go to bed," she told him. "I went upstairs and changed into my animagus form. I slipped outside the portrait hole and went to the hospital wing."
"Really?" Sapna nodded.
"No one even realized that I was there. Rahul looked so nice when he was sleeping. Probably because he wasn't talking," she added as an afterthought.
"You really like him don't you?" Again, Sapna nodded. "Why don't you tell him?"
"I can't tell him. Where I'm from, the girl doesn't speak what's in her heart until the boy tells her first." Harry's eyes widened. "I've always liked him, but he doesn't like me in that way at all. Now he's going to be forced into marrying me, and he's going to hate me more for it." Harry patted her hand.
"It'll be okay Sapna." Sapna wiped away the unshed tears that were forming in her eyes.
"It's not going to be alright Harry," she whispered. "I've always had a certain view that marriage should be based on friendship, love and trust. And we don't have any of that between us." Harry shrugged.
"You never know," he said. "Maybe, you might have that in the future." Sapna snorted. "Does anyone else know about this?" Sapna shook her head.
"No, and you have to swear that you won't tell anyone."
"I swear, I won't tell anyone that you like this Rahul guy," he promised. "We best get back to the common room."
"Yeah," said Sapna, getting up. "Oh and Harry,"
"Yeah?" he said, opening the door.
"Thanks for .... you know." Harry smiled.
"Anytime. Plus talking to you, made me forget about my own problems."
"You forgot that your Mum's side of the family is Royalty, that you're the boy-who-lived and the fact that there's and evil dark wizard out for your blood?" Harry laughed.
"Just for a few minutes," he smirked.
By Rina Bollyqueen 420
**************************************************************************** ***** A/N Just a short A/N to say I might be changing the rating of this to PG- 13 soon. Anyway here's another new chapter.
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A Day of Avoidances and Sapna Confesses
The next morning was a Monday and it was back to lessons for the students after their crazy weekend. As the trio and their 6th year friends sat down at the table for breakfast, Dumbledore made a surprise announcement.
"I would just like to say that we have two guests staying to help us with the upcoming battle against Voldemort." When the trio looked up at the staff table, what they saw would have made Harry fall off his seat in shock if Ron hadn't grabbed a hold of him. "King Jareth and Queen Sarah, rulers of the Labyrinth, the Prince and Princess of the Underground Realm will be staying with us. I hope that you will treat them with the same respect that you give to all the teachers. Now tuck in." And with a wave of his hand, the food appeared on the table.
The full realization that he was related to Sarah and Jareth hadn't really sunk in yet. Until now. He caught Sarah's eye and nervousness washed over him. 'They know', he thought to himself. 'Oh crap!'
"Harry, you alright mate?" asked Ron.
"Yeah, I'm fine guys," he said grabbing a few pieces of toast. "I... I just remembered that I need ... I need to return a book to the library .... Yeah ... and I've left it in the common room." Saying that he dashed out of the great hall.
"Isn't that usually your line Mione?" said Ron, earning himself a slap upside his head. "What was that for?"
"For being a prat," she replied as she put jam on her toast.
"Did you see the way he ran out of here when he saw us?" asked Sarah.
"Of course I did, love," replied Jareth, as they walked through the corridors towards their guest room. "He needs time to adjust to the idea that he's had grandparents all along."
"I thought he'd be happy."
"He's just nervous Sarah. We just need to give him time."
"Okay," she nodded. "Anyway, I need to reacquaint myself with this castle. I've heard that Rubeus is a teacher here." Jareth frowned.
"Hagrid?" Sarah nodded.
"I always knew he couldn't be the Heir of Slytherin. He was too sweet and gentle. They only suspected him because of his taste in 'pets'. It was Tom Riddle all along, you know."
"I know dear." Sarah quirked her eyebrow.
"How do you ..........."
"Harry told me when we talked. Did you know that it was Peter who betrayed Liliannah and James to Voldemort?" Sarah's eyes widened.
"Peter? Little Pete? But he was so funny, sweet and full of life. What made him go over to the dark side?" A look of loathing appeared in his eyes.
"I don't know. But it will be the only thing I'll ask him before tearing him apart with bare hands," he growled.
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Ginny was not having a good day either because Sapna, was repeatedly asking them to kill her. In a way, Ginny did feel sorry for her friend. It would be like if she herself found out that she was betrothed to Malfoy! Ginny shuddered at the thought. But ever since Transfiguration, Sapna had crossed Rahul's path no less than three times. He had, as usual, tried to get a rise out of her. Ginny smiled to herself when she remembered his stunned expression when Sapna completely ignored what he said and walked away without even blinking her eyes. It was probably the first time that she'd completely ignored his comments. She always had a comeback for whatever he said to her.
They had potions with the Slytherins next. When she entered the class, she set her books down on the desk beside Collin and sat down behind Luna and Sapna. Sapna was sitting with Luna at the very front of the class beside the door. Ginny knew that she had deliberately chosen this seat because Rahul always sat at the back.
Sapna, was feeling very anxious. She'd seen Rahul three times already and he'd tried to get a rise out of her. But every time she looked at him, she remembered that in less that two years time, she would be married to him. She took out her potions homework and began to read over it.
"Hey Saps," came the familiar male voice. She ignored him. "What's wrong with you today? Have my prayers come true?" he asked. "Have you finally realized that there's no point in arguing with me because I'll always win?" Sapna put down her homework and opened her potions book and began reading up on the weaker version of the truth Potion. "I'm talking to you Sapna!" he whispered loudly. Sapna quickly wrote something on a spare bit of parchment and held it up for him to read.
'Get lost and leave me alone! The reason I'm not arguing with you is that I've finally realized that you are insignificant and I don't want to waste my breath on you.' After she was sure that he'd read it, she erased what she'd written with her wand and went back to reading. Without even glancing up at him, she knew that he was fuming.
"Mr Khannah," came Snape's voice. "Please take you seat. I would like to start this class sometime before Christmas." Rahul shot a glare at Sapna, who was still reading and took his seat.
After taking in their homework, Snape paired them up to begin brewing the potion. All through the lesson, Sapna ignored any comments that Rahul made and worked silently on her potion with Luna.
"Okay. Your potions will have cooled down by tomorrow's lesson so we will test them then" drawled Snape. "Also you will be starting your projects tomorrow. You partners have been chosen by me, depending on your 'talents' for potion brewing. They are as follows. Creevey and River, Bulstrode and Weasley, Stevenson and Winter, Wasai and Khannah, Parker and Donald, Abbot and Lovegood and Zabini and Melrose." Sapna felt as if the entire world was conspiring against her. She would have to work with him for a whole month! "You are dismissed," said Snape.
The instant he'd said it, Sapna dashed out of the dungeon after stuffing everything into her bag. She heard someone run after her and she ran faster. She knew who it was. Why couldn't he leave her alone! Suddenly she felt him grab her arm and pin her against the wall.
"What is your problem?" asked Rahul, his green-gold eyes filled with fury. "You do not walk away from me!" Sapna glared right back at him.
"You're my problem," she hissed. "Your fault that MY life is completely ruined!"
"What on earth are you talking about?" he asked. "Sure we annoy the hell out of each other for the sake of it but this is the first time in 13 years that you've not argued back!" Sapna suddenly realized that he didn't know yet. Oh God, why was this happening to her.
"If you don't know, I'm not telling you," she said angrily. "Now would you kindly let me go so I can go and have my lunch."
"Not until you tell me what's gotten into you."
"I thought you'd be happy Rahul. You don't have to hear me talk to you ever again."
"What the hell is wrong with you?" he shouted, tightening his grasp on her arm and pushing her harder into the wall. Sapna closed her eyes bit her lip, trying to hold back her tears.
"Let go, you're hurting me," she whispered.
She opened her eyes and stared right into his. Tears were forming in her eyes and when Rahul saw this he let her go. This was the first time that Rahul had seen her cry because of him in 10 years. He stared after her retreating form in confusion. Their age old battle in wits and skill had never brought her to tears before. What on earth had changed that?
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Sapna didn't go to the great hall for lunch or supper. Instead, both times, she'd taken Zarina to the kitchens to eat. The house-elves were very generous. Kind of like her Mum, when they had guests over. 'Please have some rice'; 'Please take some more samosa's'. Sapna smiled at the thought of her mum.
Suddenly the door to the kitchen opened and Harry walked in.
"You avoiding someone as well?" she asked. Harry nodded. Instantly Dobby was asking him what he wanted to eat.
"I'll just have chicken wings with potatoes and gravy, please Dobby," he replied and sat down on a stool that the house-elves had provided. "So you avoiding whatshisname?"
"Yeah," she replied "I'm avoiding Rahul. The worst thing is he doesn't even know!" she exclaimed.
"Well you know who I'm avoiding, right?" Sapna nodded as Dobby b
"Yeah the King and Queen." Harry sighed as Dobby brought him his dinner.
"Somehow I still can't believe that they're my grandparents." Sapna laughed. "What?"
"You know, it's funny really," she said. "You never knew about them, but now that you know you're in like a denial stage."
"I could say the same thing about you and Rahul." Sapna ate her samosa and frowned at her thoughts.
"It's complicated," she said after finishing her samosa.
"How?" asked Harry as he popped a potato into his mouth. That one worded question, made Sapna think why on earth she was about to spill her deepest secret to THE Harry Potter. She thought about it for a few minutes, trying to think of a way to put her feelings into words.
"Well, we've been arguing and fighting with each other since we were old enough to pick something up and throw it at the other." Harry laughed, wondering what toddlers in nappies would throw at each other.
"Sorry," he mumbled, as he bit into his chicken wing. "Go on."
"We used to have physical and verbal fights until the age of 9, then he moved away and I met him when I started Jadoo Sitara two years later. Then it just got worse from there. We would constantly argue and duel in the school courtyard." Harry stared at her.
"You had duels in the school courtyard?" Sapna nodded.
"That was only on Saturdays in the dueling tournament though. I always beat him," she replied smugly. "Then when I came here, it felt as if something was missing. Sure I missed my friends, but I missed those fights and arguments that would occur several times a day with Rahul." Now it was Harry's turn to frown.
"You missed the arguments or the person you were arguing with?" Sapna shrugged.
"Both I guess." Harry finished off the last of his potatoes and asked Dobby to bring him two glasses of pumpkin juice.
"Do you like him?" Sapna shrugged again.
"I don't know," she replied. "I care about him a great deal. And do you remember last year, when Gryffindor was playing Slytherin in the final?" Harry nodded, trying to remember that match. "I remember when he got hit by that bludger. I was so scared that something would happen to him."
"Oh yeah, you went up to bed earlier that anyone else. You hardly joined in with the party." Sapna shook her head.
"I didn't go to bed," she told him. "I went upstairs and changed into my animagus form. I slipped outside the portrait hole and went to the hospital wing."
"Really?" Sapna nodded.
"No one even realized that I was there. Rahul looked so nice when he was sleeping. Probably because he wasn't talking," she added as an afterthought.
"You really like him don't you?" Again, Sapna nodded. "Why don't you tell him?"
"I can't tell him. Where I'm from, the girl doesn't speak what's in her heart until the boy tells her first." Harry's eyes widened. "I've always liked him, but he doesn't like me in that way at all. Now he's going to be forced into marrying me, and he's going to hate me more for it." Harry patted her hand.
"It'll be okay Sapna." Sapna wiped away the unshed tears that were forming in her eyes.
"It's not going to be alright Harry," she whispered. "I've always had a certain view that marriage should be based on friendship, love and trust. And we don't have any of that between us." Harry shrugged.
"You never know," he said. "Maybe, you might have that in the future." Sapna snorted. "Does anyone else know about this?" Sapna shook her head.
"No, and you have to swear that you won't tell anyone."
"I swear, I won't tell anyone that you like this Rahul guy," he promised. "We best get back to the common room."
"Yeah," said Sapna, getting up. "Oh and Harry,"
"Yeah?" he said, opening the door.
"Thanks for .... you know." Harry smiled.
"Anytime. Plus talking to you, made me forget about my own problems."
"You forgot that your Mum's side of the family is Royalty, that you're the boy-who-lived and the fact that there's and evil dark wizard out for your blood?" Harry laughed.
"Just for a few minutes," he smirked.