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Seven Deadly Sins.

Chapter One

Albus Dumbledore was a clever old man, who recognized love when he saw it. He saw it with Lily and James and he sees it with their son Harry, and Ginny. He also sees an unlikely yet budding romance between none other then Hermione Granger and Cedric Diggory.

Albus walked over to a little black box and carefully opened it. He peered inside at seven beautiful swirling colors. Red for lust, blue for greed, green for envy, purple for gluttony, pink for pride, yellow for sloth, and orange for wrath.

Later the Headmaster would sit at his desk and wonder how all seven sins got out. Was he too slow, or were they too fast? All he could do was watch them speed out the door and into the corridors of Hogwarts, waiting for an unsuspecting student to become their prey.

Vincent Crabbe was walking to the bathroom when a red blob floated around the corner and headed straight for him. At first he just stood there, watching as it slowly came towards him, like a predator stalking its prey. He started to back away, and as if sensing his uncertainty, it quickly pursued him. He prepared to scream, but before any sound escaped his lips, the red blob vanished into his open mouth.

Vincent looked around wildly for it, turning in confusion. Deciding he just imagined it, he continued his way to the bathroom, unaware that he was carrying one of the worst sins one could carry: lust.

After using the bathroom, he felt slightly strange, hot and confident. He went back to his room and got changed into a black top that showed off his muscles and pair of jeans that gave off the impression of long legs, carefully combed his hair, and left to go to lunch.

Going to lunch that day was…well different. Girls swooned at the sight of him and the boys raised their eyebrows in surprise, sensing competition. No one recognized him, and none voiced a speculation as wild as Vincent Crabbe, one of Malfoy's dull bodyguards. Vincent reveled in the looks girls gave him from under their batting eyelashes, and loved the way they blushed when he winked at them.

As he entered the Great Hall, students stopped eating and watched as he sauntered to his house table. The only one who wasn't watch was Draco Malfoy, who didn't notice the newcomer until Vincent sat down beside him. Draco looked up in surprise.

"Hey, you can't just come here and si - holy crap, Crabbe!" His mouth hung open in shock as he looked over his body guard.

"Hey mate," Goyle said looking as if he was waiting for someone to say "GOT YOU," but no one did.

Draco was still looking at Vincent, trying to figure out what happened, but nothing was coming to his mind.

After lunch Vincent saw Padma Patil, whom he had had a crush on for some time. She was sitting under a willow tree reading a book and writing down notes. He walked over and stood behind her, bent down and read her work. He noticed she made a mistake.

"You made a mistake," he whispered in her ear, making her jump.

She turned around and saw who it was; if it wasn't for her dark skin he would have seen her blush. She turned back to her work and looked it over.

"Where?" she asked almost whispering, scanning her work, and failing o find anything wrong.

"There." He told her pointing to a word in the middle of the paper. "You mixed up the word. It should be, Pieces of the book were found. Not, Peaces of the book were found," he corrected.

"Oh, I'll have to re-do it now." She sighed, and gave him a grateful look. "Thank you – that would have damaged my grade."

"Maybe, but you don't have to re-do anything." He handed her an expensive Flourish and Blotts eraser. "Use this; just rub it over the word gently and it should disappear. You can write the right word in."

She smiled; her smile was the thing that drew Vincent to her. She could light up a room, and make everything ok, just by smiling.

"Really?" she tried it, and re-wrote the right word in. "Thanks! That saved me a whole load of trouble."

She made to hand it back to him but he shook his head. "I have another, you keep it."

She stood up and dusted herself off, packed her bag and was about to leave, but turned around to face him.

"Hey, do you want to go with me to the 'Three Broomsticks' next week?" she asked shyly. He could see in her eyes she was being sincere.

"Sure, why not? I'd love to go with Hogwart's prettiest girl," he answered and winked at her, making her smile and laugh.

"You're just saying that," she replied, giving him a big smile. "Walk me back up to the school?"

"Well I was just going to stalk you until you went into your common room, but since you asked." He held out his arm in a gentlemanly manner, sharing Padma's smile as she hooked her hand through it.

The headmaster watched from his office as the two students walked smiling, laughing, and falling for each other.

"Well maybe something good will come out of this, Falkes," he told his phoenix.

"So far only one sin has been accounted for," he thought as the colored blob came in through his door and went back into the box. "Six more sins to go..." He stroked Falkes' gleaming head. "Given time they will come back." He turned and walked down the steps, hoping he was right.

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