A/N: Sorry for not updating for a long time. Apparently, my teachers decided to bombard us with major projects that were all due in the same week. So….hope you like it!
Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter.
Ara Black shifted in her bed. Somehow, she slept better than the other nights. She felt warm and safe. She dreamed of better things like Quidditch and eating in the Great Hall. It was much better than those of her detentions and Umbridge. She slowly woke up. The light from the near by window shown which made her seeing blurry.
'Wish I could stay here forever.' She thought.
Her vision finally went back to normal and found herself lying down on a strong chest with a white shirt on it.
"What the?" she said and tilted her head up.
The chest she was lying down on was that of Mr. Harry Potter. His hair was even messier than she had ever seen. His face seemed so peaceful, as if Voldemort never existed. His arm wrapped around Ara, as if not wanting to let go. She smiled then tried to go back to sleep. A few seconds later, something in her head clicked.
"HOLY CRAP!" she said loudly and stood bolt up, making Harry wake up. She was sleeping with her godbrother. (A/N: Not sex, you perverts.)
They looked at each other for a moment in silence then Harry broke it.
"I'm sorry, Ara. I just didn't want you to sleep in the common room, alone." Harry said.
"It's okay, Harry." Ara said. "I was just shocked that's all."
"You sure?" he asked, rubbing his green eyes.
"Yeah. I'm sure." Ara said and she stood up. She was still wearing her uniform from yesterday. "I'll go back to my dorm and change first."
"Sure. See you at breakfast." Harry said, leaning back at his headboard.
Ara exited the 5th year boys' dormitory, thankful that no one else saw what happened.
The next few weeks were full of pranks and detentions. On Monday, Ara slipped an unsatisfactory Cure for Boils potion into Umbridge's morning coffee, hence making her have boils everywhere. Another was when Ara added mashed Puking Pastilles in the Slytherin's food. Another was when Ara sneaked into Umbridge's room and replaced all her plates of cats with fake lion's heads, which she enchanted to make them roar at her. All those got her a month's worth of detention. Detention every single day. First two weeks with Filch, to clean the greenhouse. The next week would be with Snape to sort his potions' stores and clean all the dirty cauldrons, and the last week was with Umbridge for lines.
"Have I beat them now?" Ara asked Hermione one Wednesday morning.
"How many have you got?" Hermione asked.
"Thirty, I think." Ara said.
"Ten more to go." Hermione said. "And I think you've got a good time to prank since Fred and George are mysteriously lying low."
"Wow!" said a voice.
Ron and Harry were walking to them. Harry sat beside Ara and she blushed.
'Ara! You do not blush! BE A MAN!' she thought to herself.
"I would never see the day when Hermione Granger would actually encourage pranking." Ron said.
"Ara's spunk rubbed off on me." Hermione shrugged. "And that toad is seriously getting off hand."
"Don't worry, Hermione." Ara said. "By May, she'll be gone."
The two weeks of detention with Filch was finished. Ara dragged herself and her cramped arm to the Gryffindor Tower, in hope that Hermione could cure it.
"Damn Filch and his stupid detentions." Ara muttered.
There were a few people walking around the corridors. Most were couples from different houses, taking a stroll or snogging.
"Snog somewhere else!" she said to a couple behind a statue. "You'll scare the statue!"
"That was rude!" said the girl. She sounded familiar.
Ara stopped and checked on the couple. The guy was a buff looking Gryffindor and the girl was no one other than Cho Chang.
"Chang, what the HELL are you doing cheating on my godbrother?" she asked, giving her a death glare.
Cho flushed and Ara smirked. "Looks like you've been caught."
"YOU LITTLE-" Cho yelled but her boyfriend stopped her.
"No, Cho. That's not the way to do it." He said. He took out his wand.
"What the-" Ara said.
"Obliviate."
"Ara! Ara! Oh Merlin. Please be alright." Said a familiar male voice.
"Let me sleep!" Ara said before turning to her side and felt the cold hard floor on her cheek. She sat bolt up and hit Harry's nose in the process.
"Sorry 'bout that." Ara said, laughing at the same time.
Blood was spurring out from his nostrils and his nose looked like Dumbledore's.
"Episkey." Ara said, pointing her wand at his nose and with a crack, it looked normal.
"What happened?" Harry asked, helping her up.
"I-I don't remember." Ara said, rubbing her head. "I just remember coming from the trophy room then BAM I'm here."
"Let's take you to the hosp-"
"It's okay, Harry." Ara laughed. "I might have just hit my head on the statue. Besides, I want to rest. Cleaning the entire trophy room isn't very relaxing."
"Well, I was just going to find you because," Harry dropped his voice. "the first meeting's today."
Ara beamed. A D.A. meeting, she was actually going to a D.A. meeting. The two walked up to the seventh floor. Harry walked past the wall at the end of the corridor three times and a door appeared. She ran to the door and opened it for Harry.
"Ladies first." She said.
"Haha, Ara." Harry said but walked in anyway.
The room was filled with chatting students, all seemed restless and excited for the next lesson.
"Okay, you lot!" Harry yelled and all of them became silent. "We've got a new member and she's here to tell us about security. Her name's Ara Black, and she's my godsister."
Ara walked in front of Harry. He gestured them to sit down on their pillows as she began to speak.
"Well, since Umbridge has been suspicious of recent events, she had submitted suspicious people into questioning." Ara started. "If you ever get called, do not drink anything she offers. It's spiked with Verituserum. One sip and even Voldy could spill his deepest secrets."
They started murmuring. Ara wasn't sure if it was good or bad, so she looked at Harry for him to take the spotlight.
"Thank you for that information, Ara. Now everyone, get into pairs. We're going to practise the levitation charm." Harry said.
The small crowd separated into pares. Neville and Luna, Cho and Marrieta, Parvati and Lavander.
"Well," Ara said and walked to a dummy in the corner of the room. "I guess you're my part-"
"Ara!" Harry said. He jogged to her. "Be my partner. The only ones left without one are you, me, Ron and Hermione."
"Excellent." She said, grinning like an evil scientist.
The two friends watched as Ron and Hermione shyly agreed to be partners, Harry and Ara high fived and started working.
"Okay. Just stand right here." Harry said, moving Ara to a certain spot.
"Levitate me, oh Boy Who Lived!" Ara said in mock praise.
He pointed his wand at her and levitated her. She giggled in amusement. Being levitated was fun, but not as fun as going on a broom. Ara slowly touched the floor.
"Your turn!" Harry said.
Ara took out her wand and pointed it at Harry. She levitated him. The first time was weak, which made Harry levitates a few inches.
"Haha!" Harry said. "Famous Ara Black can't even levitate!"
"I'll show you, Boy Who Should've died!" Ara said and pointed her wand at Harry, saying the spell.
This time, Harry levitated so high he hit the ceiling.
"HA!" Ara said as she let him down. "Now that's what you call levitating."
Harry chuckled and took the hand Ara offered.
"I was just saying that to get you to do it, you know." He whispered in her ear.
It made Ara have chills go up and down her spine. His warm breath touching her ear was soo…..
'ARA BLACK! WHAT THE BLOODY HELL ARE YOU THINKING OF?'
"Well, your dignity got lost in the process, so let's call it even." Ara said.
They laughed and spread out to help the others. The two made sure not to go to Ron and Hermione, to help them bond.
"Hey Neville! Hi Luna!" Ara said, turning to the pair.
"Hello Ara!" Neville said quite joyfully.
"I'm sorry," Luna said in her dreamy voice. "Who are you?"
"Oops! Sorry. I'm Ara Black." She said, pulling out a hand.
"Nice to meet you!" Luna said, shaking her hand. "You know who I am, anyway. Are you the girl who talked to us about Umbridge?"
"Yup!" she said, popping the 'p'.
"Well, thank you for that!" Luna said and turned to levitate Neville, which she did excellently.
Ara walked around, and helped people.
"Oi, Ara!" called a voice from behind her.
Fred and George were walking to her, boxes in their hands.
"Hello, Weasleys!" Ara said, looking up at them at their 6'2 height.
"We'd like to give you a special offer." George said, looking down at her 5'6 figure.
"We're planning our ultimate send off." Fred said, whispering into her ear.
"Cool! I'll help you." Ara said.
The three pranksters retreated into a corner and planned.
"Well, you've got to get Umbridge distracted first." Ara said.
"We've got that planned out." Fred said.
"Okay. What else do you need?" Ara asked.
"Shapes for the fireworks." George said.
"And where and when to set them up." Fred continued.
Ara told them the same day and time they pulled the firework prank and when they left.
"Okay! Now that everyone's done, can you all just sit again?" Harry asked.
"Well," Ara stood up. "Until we meet again, my fellow pranksters."
Fred and George bowed before they all started laughing and proceeded to the crowd.
"That was a good day, everyone!" Harry said, clasping his hands together. "I'll send the next date and time on your Galleons, so keep it with you at all time."
Harry dismissed them. Ara stood beside him as Colin looked at the Marauder's Map to see if Umbridge or her Inquisitorial Squad were roaming the nearby halls.
"Harry, can I talk to you first?" Cho said.
"Uh…sure, Cho!" he said then looked at Ara. "Wait for me in the common room."
"Aye yay, captain!" Ara said and followed the small crowd of Gryffindors to Gryffindor Tower.
Harry POV
Harry waved goodbye at Ara as she joined the Gryffindors going back to the common room.
"Harry. Harry!"
"What? Uh…yeah." Harry wiped his head to face Cho. "What did you want to talk about, Cho?"
"I thought I was your girlfriend!" Cho whined.
"Cho, you are! We never broke up, or anything!" Harry said.
She stared into his brilliant green eyes. "The way you look at her."
"What?" Harry said, confused.
"The way you look at her." Cho said again, fighting back tears. "The way you talk to her. The way you smile at her, everything! I want that, Harry! Why can't you give me that?"
Harry stared at his girlfriend, confused.
'What in Merlin's name was she talking about?' he thought.
"Cho. I honestly don't know what you're talking about." Harry said truthfully.
Tears were flowing free from Cho's eyes now. She ran out of the room, wanting to get as far away as possible from Harry.
"What the bloody hell was that?" he asked himself then went back to the common room to find Ara, yet again, asleep on the plump sofa.
He smiled and kneeled beside the sofa, her back turned on him.
"Ara. Wake up! You don't want to sleep in the common room, do you?" he said.
She grumbled then flipped on her side, this time, facing Harry. This was the first time Harry saw Ara. As in really saw her. Her pale face was clear and contradicted her dark hair. Harry just wished her eyes were open. Those gray orbs were nothing like he'd seen before. It was warm and inviting, yet mischievous and playful at the same time. A loose strand of hair fell on her face. Harry tucked it behind her ear, then Harry came to a realization.
A/N: And that, my readers, is my first take on romance. My cousin read it and told me to inject some romance already. Reviews are my chocolate.