Midnight: Hey! This is Chappie 7! :D
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Summary: After her so called 'happily ever after', Ginny Weasley found out that her boyfriend, Dean Thomas was cheating on her. As she was crying she ran into the hero of the wizarding world, The-Boy-Who-Lived, Harry Potter. You see, Harry has never noticed Ginny...Until now that is. Will their friendship bloom into romance? Will Dean get Ginny back? Will Ginny forgive Dean? Will Harry finally see the missing piece in front of him was always been there, waiting for him to notice it? Would you read and review this fanfic made by XxMidnightStarxX? Rated T for safety.
Chapter 7: Strike Three and You're out!
Re-cap: Harry and Ginny just looked at each other and smiled again. "Hurry up!" Sakura said as she went back outside. The two laughed and went to follow Sakura.
Outside the Fat Lady's Portrait door…
Normal POV
The whole Gryffindor House was laughing. To be more specific, they were hysterical. Why? Simple. Because of Dean Thomas. Dean was in the middle of the Weasley twins, still clad in a pink outfit but this time it was a short evening dress and that had sparkles on it and a hot pink bow attached to the waist line and hot pink stilettos and on his head was a glittering diamond tiara and he was trying to catch one of the twins with an angry expression on his face.
"Get back here you gits!" Dean exclaimed angrily as he tried to catch Fred.
Fred easily avoided his capturing hands while bringing his wand out.
"Oh Dean, you say the nicest things." Fred chimed in a cheery-sweet voice, still evading him and quickly muttering a spell and shoots it to Dean.
A white light shined over at Dean and when the light faded, his usual black hair became long and blonde. His face was smeared in make-up and his eyes had long eyelashes. His lips were covered in hot pink lipstick and lip-gloss. The Gryffindors were watching the three and wailed in laughter. Cheers and claps were heard as well.
By this time, Dean paused and touched his face. He felt something itchy and sticky on his face. He touched his lips with his fingers and he saw that there was a pink substance of them with a bit shine on it.
When he realized it was lipstick, he wiped his mouth violently, but the lipstick wouldn't come off. Yes, it would stick with his skin but it wouldn't come off of his lips. He tried doing the same with his make-up but it wouldn't come-off.
Fred was now standing beside George, smirking and the twins fist-punched each other.
"What do you think, brother? Don't you think that pink definitely goes with Dean's eyes?" Fred asked, still smirking.
"Oh, I agree, dear brother. But there are some things missing to our Ickle Deanniekins." George said, while smirking as well.
"Please tell me, brother." Fred said.
"Why do I show you? In fact, why don't I show everybody? Don't you lot want to see what I'm thinking?" George turned to the crowd of Gryffindors surrounding them. Cheers were heard.
"I can't hear you!" He exclaimed as they cheered even louder.
"Alright then.." George said as he cast a spell on Dean. And once again, Dean began to shine. Literally shine. It was a blinding white light so everybody had to close their eyes. Once the light faded, Dean was now an exact replica of Dolores Umbridge. His face and body was Dolores Umbridge and he was still wearing the pink evening dress.
The claps, cheers and laughs became louder. Dean looked at his hands and saw they were a woman's hands. He began touching his body. From his head down to his hips. He was about to say something when he heard another spell coming from the twins. When he thought nothing happened, he began to talk.
But there was something wrong in his voice. It was high and pitchy. Then it hit him. It was Dolores Umbridge's voice. Dean screamed loudly. Only to hear more laughs because he screamed like Dolores Umbridge. Dean held his head down. He had never been so humiliated in his entire life.
The twins walked up to him, grinning darkly at Dean.
"I believe that" Fred started
"You have something" George continued
"to say to our dear little sister." They both finished in unison as they looked in the crowd, looking for Ginny.
When they spotted her, she looked at them with a confused face and they gestured her to come forward. When Ginny did what they said, Fred and George turned to Dean and asked,
"Aren't you going to say something to Ginny, Dean?"
Dean glared at the twins and looked at Ginny. When she looked back at him, he looked away and said,
"I have nothing to tell her."
The twins looked at each other and grinned even more darkly. They looked at Dean once more and said in a low voice,
"Wrong answer."
In one swift motion, the twins reached for something in their pocket and threw it to the ground, leaving a cloud of white smoke. When the smoked cleared, the twins were nowhere to be found. Ginny had a bad feeling about this so she went back to the crowd, standing beside Harry.
Dean was left in the middle of the crowd. Everyone was wondering where the twins went. When it seemed like a while and the twins were still not in sight, Dean said in a snicker,
"Show's over everyone." And he began to pick himself from the ground and dusted himself. When he was about to go back to the Common Room, he heard something in the left corridor. Soon, everybody heard it too.
They waited for something and in one swift motion; Dean felt his face hit the ground. He looked up and saw the twins on their broomsticks with a dark smile on their faces.
"Hello Dean. I hope you missed us" Fred started
"Because we have a gift for you" George continued
"So, please accept our gift as a sign of our apology" they both ended.
Before anybody could react, the twins began throwing firecrackers and fireworks at Dean. The fireworks surrounded all the watching Gryffindors. Cheers, claps and whistles were heard again. When one firework touched Dean he yelped in surprise.
Then, George had an idea and whispered it to Fred. Fred grinned evilly and reached for more fireworks from their pockets. With one flick of George's wand, he muttered a spell as Fred lit up all the firecrackers and fireworks and began throwing them again to Dean. All the fireworks were surrounding Dean and they began to come closer and closer to Dean.
Dean gulped.
He began running and the fireworks started following him. The fireworks were now coming to him at a very fast speed. He ran and ran, avoiding the fireworks. Soon, Dean found himself in the middle of The Quad, still surrounded by millions of floating, colorful, bright and literally hot fireworks.
The twins were standing a few feet away from Dean with dark smiles on their faces and the entire Gyffindor house was behind them, wondering what the mischievous twins would do next.
"Last, chance Dean" George started while holding up his wand.
"If you apologize now" Fred continued while doing the same thing.
"We might consider" George said
"on stopping this" Fred said
"once and for all" they both ended.
Dean glared at the twins. He yelped in surprise as another firework touched him.
"Come on, Dean" George repeated
Dean gritted his teeth together and said,
"I really don't have anything to say to your sister."
The twins smiled innocently at Dean.
"Wrong answer again, Dean Thomas." They both said and before anybody could react, they said a spell and all the fireworks that were surrounding Dean were now coming to him very fast. He soon found himself in the middle of The Quad, surrounded by the floating fireworks. When Dean was close contact with the fireworks, they began to explode.
One by one, the fireworks exploded in different ways. Beside Dean, above him, under him, in front of him, behind him and many more. Smoke from the exploded fireworks were surrounding Dean. He was coughing fiercely.
When the fireworks ended, Dean found himself very cold and the whole Gryffindor house began laughing and cheering again and whistles were even heard as well. He wondered why and when he heard someone shout, "Nice knickers, Thomas!"
He looked down and saw that right now, he was just wearing white boxer shorts with pink bunny designs.
More laughter, cheers and claps were heard. The twins really did outdo themselves in this prank. Dean looked around him and saw the faces of his fellow Gryffindor housemates laughing at him.
The twins noticed this and slowly went to Dean and said in a very serious voice,
"Regret is always at the end, Dean."
Dean looked at the twins and saw their serious faces. Everyone went dead silent when they heard the twins' voice in a very serious manner. This was one of the rare times that everybody would see and hear the seriousness of the twins.
Dean held his head down. The twins looked around in the crowd, searching for Ginny. When Fred spotted her beside Harry, he gestured her again to come forward. Ginny hesitated, by seeing a serious Fred, but still went to him, she looked at Dean and Dean looked at her as well.
When Dean looked into her eyes, he quickly felt guilty.
'Why did I cheat on her again?' His thought asked.
'She's perfect in everything, too perfect for me. She's every bloke's dream girl but I ended up breaking her heart.' The other thought answered.
He slowly held his head down and bit his lip. His body shaking from the emotions he was feeling. He abruptly stood up and looked straight at Ginny.
"Ginny!" He called out.
Ginny seemed to be a bit startled, because she flinched, but quickly hid it by biting her lower lip. Dean closed his eyes and clenched his fists.
"I'm sorry, okay?!" He said out loud, making the crowd surprised.
"I'm sorry for cheating on you with Lavender, I'm sorry I didn't apologize sooner and I'm sorry that I'm such a stupid and idiotic git! I'm sorry! I'm sorry!" He wailed.
While Dean was continuing his apologies, one by one The Quad started to clear out. Soon, the remaining people left were Dean, Ginny, and the twins, Harry, Ron, Hermione and Sakura.
Ginny just remained silent and listened to his words of regret. Soon enough, the twins, Harry, Hermione and Sakura left them alone, thinking they need to talk privately. Except for Ron, who was watching quietly with his little sister. When Ginny thought he had calmed down, she broke her silence by asking,
"Why did you do it, Dean?"
Dean's head shot up when he heard her talk.
"I mean, why did you cheat on me with Lavender? We were so happy, right? So… Why?" She asked.
"I… didn't mean it." He said quietly.
Ginny stared at him, disbelievingly.
"You didn't mean it?! That's all you've got?!" Ginny exclaimed, frustrated.
"Look, Ginny, that's not what I meant." Dean explained.
"Then why did you cheat on me? Why, Dean? Why?" Ginny asked, feeling the tears in her eyes form.
Dean was just silent and was looking down at his feet.
When it stayed like that for a while, Ginny composed herself and nodded.
"That's what I thought. Goodbye Dean." She said and walked away back to the Common Room.
Dean stared at her retreating form and felt an ache on his heart.
Ron stared at him and shook his head and went after Ginny.
'Strike three and you're out, Thomas.' he thought.
In the Common Room…
Normal POV
The portrait door opened and Ginny stepped inside, ignoring the looks she was getting from every Gryffindor inside and walked towards her friends by the fireplace.
Clearly, everyone was dying to know what happened but they expected they won't get to hear anything from Ginny.
"Hey." Ginny said.
"Hi." Colin said.
"Mind if I sit next to you?" She asked and Colin just laughed, making her smile too.
"Of course you can, Ginny. You know, Dean deserved it. I mean, what kind of bloke would do that? Cheating, I mean. You're smart, funny, you're nice, you're brave, you're pretty and you have a good heart. Only an idiot would let you go and that idiot is Dean." Colin said.
Ginny smiled and kissed his cheek, making Colin blush.
"Thanks, Colin. You're the best friend a girl could have." She said.
"I can't believe you're replacing me with Colin!" A voice was heard and Ginny and Colin's heads turned to see Andrea Klausters, Ginny's other friend with both of her hands on her hips, her shoulder-length blonde hair in a one-sided braid and her blue eyes shone with teasing demeanor.
"Annie!" Ginny exclaimed, standing up and hugging her.
"Hey there, kiddo." Annie grinned.
"Kiddo? You're younger than me!" Ginny protested.
"Yes, but you still look younger and I'm way taller than you." Annie countered with a win-face.
Ginny pouted and laughed. Annie looked over and smiled at Colin.
"Hey there, Col." Annie greeted and the two friends hugged.
"Hey, Annie." Colin replied and the sat down on the couch.
"What are you doing here? I thought you were at France and won't be back until next semester?" Ginny asked.
Annie smiled and stretched her feet on the small wooden table in front of them.
"I was and that was the original plan. But I got homesick and I couldn't stand being apart from you guys." Annie continued and placed each of her arms around Colin and Ginny's shoulders.
"It's nice to hear you haven't replaced us." Colin grinned.
"How could I forget you guys? You guys are my siblings!" Annie explained and the three of them laughed.
"How was France, Annie? I bet it was beautiful since you kept mentioning how beautiful it was in your letters." Ginny said.
"Oh, it was beautiful, alright. Very classy and there a lot of handsome guys." Annie smirked slightly.
Ginny and Colin face-palmed and laughed.
"There you go again with your boy-instincts, Annie." Colin said, sighing.
"Can't help it." Annie said with a laugh.
"You are diseased, woman." Ginny added.
"I agree." Colin nodded.
"But you two love me." Annie said and laughed as Ginny and Colin hugged her.
"Welcome Back, Annie." Colin and Ginny said.
"It's great to be back." Annie replied.
The three friends just chatted there until they were joined by Ron, who looked like he was the target of a food fight.
"What happened to you?" Ginny asked, eyeing the stains on his shirt and jeans.
"Well, after your little incident with Thomas, I was heading back here and I saw Peeves." Ron started.
"Then?" Ginny asked.
"Well, he called me 'Ronald Weasel' over and over and I was trying to ignore him but the bloody poltergeist started to threw fruit at me! I didn't even know where in the world he got the fruit!" Ron complained.
Ginny, Colin and Annie stiffed a laugh.
"That's it?" Ginny asked.
"There's more to that, alright. After that, I tried to chase him but I couldn't and he began tormenting me. I got frustrated and threw an apple at him and he became angry and I closed my eyes, waiting for the impact. When I opened them, I saw the fruit behind him and he began throwing them to me. I tried to run but I slipped on a banana peel and he massacred me with fruit! Luckily, I was able to see an escape and ran and that's when I got here." Ron explained, sighed.
Ginny, Colin and Annie didn't know what to do. But they laughed at Ron. And poor Ron, got frustrated.
"You think this is funny? I thought you were on my side! But, no! You and your friends are laughing at me!" Ron complained.
Ginny, Colin and Annie only laughed more.
"And I don't even know who you are!" Ron said to Annie.
Annie was still giggling but managed to tell her name.
Ron only sat there, complaining until Harry and Hermione joined them.
"What happened to you?" Hermione asked Ron.
Ron didn't answer. Instead he just groaned and sunk to his seat, crossing her arms in front on his chest.
"Peeves threw fruit at him." Ginny stated.
"Why?" Harry asked as he sat beside Hermione.
"I don't know! Now I look and smell like a walking fruit salad!" Ron complained.
"Stop complaining, Ronald. You can always use a charm or spell." Hermione stated in a matter-of-fact tone.
Ron blushed in embarrassment. He had completely forgotten about that fact.
"I-I knew that! Are you saying I'm stupid?" Ron argued, standing up.
"I'm not saying you're stupid!" Hermione countered, standing up too.
Soon enough, they were bickering again and were out of sight.
The rest of them sighed.
"Are they always like that?" Annie asked, gesturing at Hermione and Ron.
"Apparently yes." Harry and Ginny said simultaneously.
They both noticed this and turned red.
Annie and Colin looked at each other and smirked.
"Is there finally something between you two?" Annie asked, still smirking.
"W-What?! No!" Ginny exclaimed.
"Y-Y-Yeah! It was just a c-coincidence! Right?" Harry stuttered.
Ginny just nodded like a madwoman and this made Annie and Colin quiet but they were still smirking. Just then, Harry noticed Sakura walking down from the Girls' staircase, about to leave the Common Room.
"Sakura!" He called and Sakura looked at him and smiled.
Harry beckoned her to join them and she obliged.
"Hello, Harry, Ginny. Who are they?" She asked, sweetly.
"I'm Colin. Colin Creevey." Colin started.
"I'm Andrea Klausters. You can just call me Annie." Annie said.
They shook hands and Sakura introduced herself.
"Wow! I've always dreamed of going to Japan!" Annie said.
"You should visit there sometime. It's a very lovely place." Sakura said.
After talking about places, their topic finally switched to the Halloween Ball that was coming up.
"I think I'm not attending." Sakura said.
"Why not?" Annie asked.
Sakura blushed.
"Well.. I don't have anyone to go with, actually.." She said shyly.
"None sense! A pretty face like you? I think that's preposterous!" Annie said.
Sakura just blushed even harder and thanked her.
"Well, who are you going with Annie?" Ginny asked.
"I still…don't know." Annie said and laughed.
"You know, Annie, if nobody's going to ask you, you can always come with me." Colin grinned.
"That's sweet of you, Colin. Alright! I'll go with you if no one asks me. But if you already get a date, it's cool. I'll just join little ol' Sakura here." Annie said.
"How about you, Ginny? Who are you going with?" Sakura suddenly asked and it made Ginny and Harry look at each other for a moment.
"It's… a surprise! You'll see him at the Halloween Ball." Ginny said.
"You're no fun! Come on, tell us!" Annie insisted.
"I-It's a secret, Annie!" Ginny said, blushing.
Annie sighed in defeat.
"Well, he better be handsome, nice and a really good dancer if he's taking my Ginny to the Ball." Annie said with a grin.
"Oh, I don't know about the good dancer thing, but he is nice and he's not too bad-looking." Ginny teased and out in the corner of her eyes, she saw Harry smile like an idiot.
"What about you, Harry? Who are you going with?" Annie asked.
Harry just smiled at her.
"I'd like to keep that a secret too." He said.
"You and Ginny couldn't possibly be going together, right?" Sakura asked, mischievously.
Harry and Ginny looked at each other.
"Of course not! I'm going with a Hufflepuff!" Ginny blurted out, not thinking and covering her mouth.
"Yeah, and I'm going with a Ravenclaw." Harry lied.
"If you say so." Sakura said.
"Anyways, shouldn't you be heading Professor McGonagall's office for your detention, Sakura?" Ginny asked, changing the topic.
Sakura bolted up.
"I completely forgot about that! Thanks for reminding me, Ginny! I'll see you later, Harry, Ginny!" She exclaimed and turned around.
"Oh! I almost forgot! It was nice meeting you, Colin and Annie! See you later, guys!" She said and ran off.
When she was gone, Annie and Colin decided to read something and asked Harry and Ginny to join them but they both declined and the two left, leaving Harry and Ginny alone.
"Why didn't you tell them you were going with me?" Harry asked.
Ginny sighed.
"Harry, if I told them I was going with you, then that would make them think of something different and besides, it's kind of exciting to see their reactions when they see that we're going together. As friends, I mean." Ginny grinned.
"Yeah, I guess you're right." Harry agreed.
"Speaking of which, how did you know that Sakura had detention?" Harry asked.
"I heard it in the library. I can't believe that Malfoy! She helped him and that's how he says thanks? By jinxing her behind her back? That's just low." Ginny complained.
"Yeah, good thing I disarmed him before he could even finish chanting." Harry said.
"Yeah, good thing." Ginny agreed.
Meanwhile, in McGonagall's Office…
Normal POV
"Ah, good to see you two have arrived." McGonagall said.
Sakura and Draco just stood there, unsure what to do.
McGonagall sighed.
"I figured you both don't know where to clean. Very well, follow me." She said and led the way with the two students following her.
McGonagall stopped in front of an old wooden door and whispered something and the door opened. It revealed a very large room that was very dusty and dirty with cobwebs, dust and dirt everywhere.
"You expect us to clean that?!" Draco exclaimed.
"Is there a problem, Mister Malfoy? Wasn't it your fault why you're here in Detention?" McGonagall asked.
Draco was just quiet.
"Well, get working then." McGonagall said and the two students went inside.
Sakura was about to chant a cleaning spell until McGonagall asked them to give their wands.
"What? No wands? Then how do you expect us to clean this mess?" Draco complained.
"You have many complaints, Mister Malfoy." McGonagall said, rubbing her temples.
"You'll see a broom, a trash bin, a mop and a squeezer inside. And there is also a bathroom there with water. Now start cleaning." McGonagall said and closed the door.
"A Saturday night and I get to spend it cleaning this filthy room with you." Draco complained as he looked around the room.
"Don't think that I'm thrilled being stuck here with you." Sakura countered.
"Oh, I don't." Draco said.
Sakura just rolled her eyes at him, tied her long hair into a high ponytail, rolled-up her sleeves and picked up the broom and started sweeping.
"What are you doing?" He asked.
"Cleaning. Why? Is this your first time seeing someone clean?" Sakura asked.
"No, it's just a weird way." Draco said.
"Well, this is the Muggle way." She replied.
Draco looked disgusted but was quickly irritated when Sakura threw a broom at him and it hit him on his forehead.
He was about to say something until she interrupted him by saying,
"Don't just stand there, your royal highness. Start sweeping." Sakura said and proceeded to sweep.
Draco grumbled but listened to her anyway.
Midnight: Well guys? Was it alright? I'm sorry I couldn't update sooner. I was just busy with school. Well, since it's my Holiday Break at school right now and I won't be back to school until January 6th, I'll try to update A.Y as much as I can. Again, thanks for reading! Leave your reviews! :)