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Chapter 4: Starlight, Starbright
It had been a few days since Harry had arrived at Hogwarts. During that time, he had come up with a way to get Ron and Hermione together. Today was the day that he was going to initiate his plan.
"Hey Ron," Harry whispered so Hermione wouldn't notice as they all were doing their homework in the common room.
"Yeah," he responded equally quiet.
"Listen, I think you should ask Hermione on a date." Harry stated. He didn't want to beat around the bush.
"WHAT?" Ron yelled in a whisper.
"Ask-her-out," Harry said calmly.
"Why?"
"Don't you find her attractive?" Harry asked.
"Hell yeah I do, but why should I? It might mess things up."
"Well, I think she's attracted to you too, and I have seen Malfoy looking at her. She has also noticed, but she actually seems flattered by it." Harry said.
"No," Ron said as if he had been kicked in the stomach.
"Yeah, I figure it's between you or Malfoy. Who ever asks her first gets her."
"Yeah," Ron said like he was catching on, "even if I don't like her like that, can't let Malfoy get to her." He said.
"What, you don't want to be her boyfriend?" Harry asked.
"Not really. The hormonal part of me does, but the rest of me would think I would be going out with my sister. I think Ginny is rather cute, but I don't even want to touch her. Truth be told, she's a real pig. Won't pick up after herself. I won't even let her make one of my sandwiches." At this, Ron visibly shook.
Harry understood what Ron was saying. He noticed that he checked his aunt out, and didn't like what he saw. Not that he would have done anything about it if she were attractive, but people can tell when other people are attractive.
It didn't matter though as his operation was under way.
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It was now a week that Ron and Hermione had been going out. Malfoy looked like he had swallowed something foul when they walked in the Great Hall hand and hand. A small victory for Harry since he had to watch his best friend date a girl he had a crush on. It didn't hurt, but was like an annoying throb every time he caught a glimpse of them.
Harry noticed though, that whenever the two were alone, they looked very uncomfortable. Harry thought it was as if they were brother and sister.
It didn't matter though. He could now go through with his plans.
The following day, Harry decided to go to the Chamber of Secrets. After classes, he went through the corridor that led to Myrtle's bathroom. Ten feet from the door, however, he was stopped by the youngest Weasley.
"What are you up to Harry?" she questioned in a flirtatious manner.
"Oh about 5'10"," Harry responded hoping to get rid of her quickly.
She giggled at that and took a step forward, and Harry took a step back. She started twirling a piece of hair around her finger and asked in a seemingly innocent manner, "Are you scared of me Harry?"
"Well you don't look like a hideous beast," he said.
She giggled once again and took another step forward. Harry was tired of this game so he asked what she wanted.
"What makes you think I want anything, Harry?" she asked with big eyes as if she was an innocent child.
"Because you could have said, 'hi,' and, 'bye,' twenty times since we been here."
"Well, you caught me," she said in a throaty voice, "now what are you going to do with me?" she questioned pressing herself up against him.
Harry thought back to the conversation he had with Ron. Right now, he wanted to do something… naughty with Ginny. He also realized it was nothing but hormones. Yes, she was very attractive, but it would be like doing something with… a sister.
Harry gathered his strength, pushed her off him, and told her "Don't do that again."
"What are you going to do, punish me?" she said with a little suggestion in her voice.
"No, but I will tell your mother."
That got her on her way quickly. After she left Harry went into Myrtle's bathroom, and opened the chamber. On the way down, he thought about the change in the youngest Weasley.
When he got to the bottom, he banished his thoughts and focused on his goal. He passed the little skeletons of rats among other things. He passed the cave in where Lockheart had casted the faulty Memory Charm. He finally got to the meat and potatoes of the chamber. In front of him rested the dead body of the basilisk. It still scared Harry.
Harry looked around the room a little more. He noticed a small cove in the great room. Upon closer inspection, he noticed it was a hallway. Harry followed it down some into a room that had a bookshelf on every wall. 'Wow,' Harry thought.
The feat now was to find the right books. Their was everything from home care to the best torture curses, but Harry hadn't found anything. Harry thought it didn't really matter since three hours had passed, and he was only half way through the first wall of bookcases.
It got boring fast. Harry figured it was the opportune time to work on his sword and elements. He worked on his elements first. Particularly his Myst element. That way he could by pass the rest of the chamber coming down, and could get out of it when he wanted to leave.
He could summon the Myst, make it do whatever he wanted, now he just had to get it to move him. He summoned a cloud in front of him, and pictured that it led to the other side of the room. Harry closed his eyes and walked through. It smelt like sulfur. He opened his eyes and noticed he was on the other side of the room. Harry felt invigorated. He was extremely excited. He did it a few more times, even going up to the library.
He thought about his Starlight element. He went and used it to see just what would happen. He didn't expect anything to happen, so he was surprised to find a bright purple and white light fill the room. He shielded his eyes from the glow of it. After a few seconds, it dimmed enough for Harry to see again. He noticed about five books retained a small portion of the glow though. Harry summoned them to notice that they were exactly what he was looking for. Even one that he wasn't. In his hands were four books on Immortality and one on elements.
The elements book in particular caught Harry's eye because as the book glowed, a page in the book glowed even brighter. On it was the power Starlight. It read:
Starlight is the strongest of the elements, only behind Sunlight. It can help the wielder of this power do almost anything. From attacking to helping find something, the possibilities are almost endless. One of the only things it can't do is enable the wielder to travel because it is energy and not matter.
Harry was speechless. The second strongest element. It could practically do anything Harry wanted. It did that when he wanted to find books on immortality. Harry now focused his attention on his books. He let go of a triumphant grin and decided to read them tomorrow since he was tired.
He used his Myst element to travel to a secluded hallway and made his way to Gryffindor tower a short ways away.
AN: How was that? Sorry for the shortness, but it might take me awhile to get back into the swing of things as I forgot some of the minor details for this story. Thank you for continue reading this story and your reviews. One thing concerns me though. When I ask for your input, like which story would you most like me to continue, no one does any input. I would update a lot faster if I had a story to focus on. So please tell me which story you would like most for me to update. Thank you.