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Harry Potter and the Staff of Merlin

Holland Sauce

Chapter 18 - A Night of Pure Magic - Part Two

When Harry arrived at the Owlery an hour later it was to find Hermione already sitting with Hedwig and her owl on the battlements outside the main door with a book open in her lap.

"Hey," he said giving his girlfriend a quick peck on the cheek before turning and giving Hedwig a stroke.

"Hello," said Hermione with a broad smile looking up from her book which she now closed and slipped back into her bag.

"Been waiting long?" asked Harry as he settled down beside her.

"Not really," replied Hermione with a shrug. "Did you three get your homework done?"

"Yes Mum," chuckled Harry dodging his girlfriend's punch easily this time. "So what about you? Have you got a name for your new feathered friend?"

"Yes actually," said Hermione turning to her owl. "I'm going to call him Professor Yaffle."

"You what?!" exclaimed Harry, his eyes widening in surprise. "Where'd you come up with that?"

"Professor Yaffle was a character in one of my favourite TV programs when I was little," Hermione explained as she stroked Yaffle's feathers. As for the bird himself he appeared to like the name as he gave a small hoot as if to accept it.

"Well, he seems happy enough with it," chuckled Harry as Hedwig fluttered up and landed on his shoulder. "What do you reckon girl?"

Hedwig merely hooted herself and gave a flap of her wings.

"I think she likes it," said Hermione with a laugh as Harry chuckled again before turning to Hermione. "Fancy a walk before lunch?"

Hermione smiled. "I'd like that."

"Come on then." Harry held out a hand which Hermione took and allowed him to pull her up before the pair made their way down from the tower with Hedwig and Yaffle flying ahead of them.

"So, enjoying your birthday?" asked Harry as he rubbed his thumb gently over the back of Hermione's hand.

"Immensely," replied Hermione turning to Harry with a smile. "But you must have spent a fortune on my presents."

"You're worth every galleon," was his simple reply causing Hermione to blush slightly as they continued down towards the lake.

"'Arry, `Ermione!" called a familiar voice. "Over `ere!"

The pair turned to see Hagrid waving cheerfully at them from the steps of his hut.

"Hey Hagrid," called Harry as he and Hermione turned and made their way towards their friend.

"Well `Arry," said Hagrid as they got closer to him. "Certainly made a scene this morning didn't yea?"

"Yeah, just a bit," agreed Harry sheepishly.

"Well, at least you two won't `ave to sneak `round in future," offered Hagrid with a twinkle in his eyes before turning to Hermione. "Oh, and by the way, `appy birthday `Ermione," and with that he reached into his pocket and pulled out a small box which he now offered to Hermione.

"Oh Hagrid, thank you," replied Hermione taking the box which she opened before looking up at Hagrid, her face a picture of delight. "Hagrid, it's beautiful!"

"Thought you'd like it," growled the Giant cheerfully as Harry looked over his girlfriend's shoulder into the box where a small apothecary's knife with a white handle which gleamed in the light.

"Is that a Dragon horn handle?" asked Harry looking up at Hagrid who nodded cheerfully.

"'Hat's right," he growled. "Take a closer look `Arry, you might recognise it."

Hermione handed the knife to Harry who turned it over in his hands for a moment before looking up sharply.

"This came from a Horntail didn't it?"

"Yup," replied Hagrid with a wry grin as Harry handed the knife back to Hermione. "Not often you find a Horntail's horn intact, and those that are, are considered very lucky!"

"Are you sure you don't want to keep it?" asked Hermione pulling her gaze away from her gift.

"Course not," growled the Professor-cum-Gamekeeper. "But I knew you'd appreciate it."

"I do, thank you Hagrid," and with that Hermione hugged the giant as best she could causing Hagrid to blush slightly whilst Harry grinned broadly.

***

Following lunch Hermione headed off to Ancient Runes whilst Harry joined Ron and Neville in the courtyard where they were joined by Becky who, as it turned out, was as good a chess player as Ron as she beat him twice during the afternoon much to Harry and Neville's amusement.

"Blimey Beck," muttered Ron as Becky put him in checkmate. "Where'd you learn to play?"

"My Great-Uncle Herbert," replied Becky with a grin. "He's a Grand Master."

"Bloody hell," groaned Ron whilst Harry and Neville burst into laughter just as Hermione and Luna stepped into the courtyard and made their way over to join their friends.

"Ronald, are you alright?" asked Luna seeing the miserable expression on her boyfriend's face.

"He's alright," chuckled Neville. "He just got beaten by the Great Niece of a Grand Master!"

"Oh dear," said Luna, albeit with a slight smirk whilst Hermione grinned as she flopped down beside Harry who slipped his arm around her waist.

"Good lesson?"

"As always," sighed Hermione resting her head on Harry's shoulder whilst they watched Ron and Becky resetting the board for another game.

"Hey Luna, where my sister," said Ron as he looked up from the board. At the question Harry felt Hermione stiffen slightly before Luna's reply.

"Oh, she just had to go up to Gryffindor Tower for something," replied Luna who'd now sat down beside Neville on a bench. Ron accepted the answer with a nod before turning back to the board and giving his knuckles a crack.

"Right then," he grunted. "Come on Becky, I'm gonna beat you this time!"

***

This time Ron's luck held as he beat Becky although it was a close run thing and Ron was more than willing to admit he'd found someone apart from Ginny (who'd turned up during the game with a mysterious grin on her face) who could actually give him a challenge as the friends packed up before heading to dinner.

"You guys coming to watch practice then?" Harry asked Hermione and Neville as they took their seats at the Gryffindor table.

"Eh, sorry mate," said Neville sheepishly. "Me and Becky have made plans!" And with that he went bright red.

Across the table Ron grinned and opened his mouth to say something when he yelped and turned to glare at Ginny.

"What was that for?!" he demanded angrily.

"Sorry Ron," replied Ginny innocently. "My foot slipped!"

"Like hell," grumbled Ron as he reached under the table and rubbed his sore ankle whilst Ginny, Harry and Hermione exchanged grins with Neville looking on in confusion.

"You're coming though?" Harry asked turning to Hermione.

"Oh, oh yes," replied Hermione quickly. "Of course I will."

"Good," said Harry as he rose from his seat. Here he hesitated briefly before placing a quick kiss on Hermione's cheek which earned a few wolf whistles from eagle eyed students before turning to Ron and Ginny.

"Come on then," he said before turning and signalling to the other team members.

"I won't be a second," said Ginny remaining in her seat. "I just want another glass of Pumpkin juice to wash my pudding down."

"Fair enough," said Harry and with that he and Ron headed towards the door where the rest of the team were stood waiting.

As soon as the team had vanished and after making sure no-one else was in earshot Hermione leaned towards Ginny.

"Did you get them?"

"Yup," came the reply. "I'll put them in his bag when we head out."

"Thanks," said Hermione with a nod as she handed over a small scrap of parchment which Ginny took without a word before finishing off her Pumpkin juice. Then with a wink she hurried off leaving Hermione on her own.

For a moment Hermione stayed seated, by now the butterflies that been in her tummy all day seemed to be whizzing around just as quickly as Harry could on his Firebolt. Taking a deep breath to try and calm down Hermione rose from her seat and started towards the door of the Great Hall. However, as she got there a voice called her name and she turned to see Luna hurrying towards her pulling something out of her bag.

"Sorry I didn't get this to you soon but I forgot it this morning," said the Ravenclaw with a wry smile as she handed Hermione a small rectangular parcel.

"Oh, thanks," replied Hermione with a grin. "Are you coming to watch?"

"As much as I'd love to I don't think Ron would appreciate it," said Luna with a chuckle. "Besides, I've got my first patrol to get ready for."

"Oh, well have fun," said Hermione before watching Luna hurry off up the stairs towards the Ravenclaw Common Room. Then, slipping Luna's gift into her bag she turned and made her way out the Entrance Hall and down the path towards the Quidditch Stadium.

She wasn't the only one heading towards the stadium either as she saw Dennis, Colin and Miles a few metres ahead of her whilst behind her she could hear a group of excited first years chatting eagerly with each other.

"Have you ever seen a Quidditch game?"

"I can't wait to see Harry Potter flying! He's meant to be fantastic!"

"The World of Quidditch says he's gonna be the next Viktor Krum!"

"I heard the Chudley Cannons `ave already signed him!"

"England should cap `im now, we might even have a chance of beating Liechtenstein in November in the European Championships!"

Hermione couldn't help but smile at the comments as the first years raced by towards the stadium. The fact was that Harry had admitted to her only a few weeks ago that he wasn't so sure he wanted to be an Auror as he was at the end of last year and that playing Quidditch professionally was now beginning to look very tempting. Hermione wasn't entirely sure she wanted her boyfriend playing pro Quidditch but at the same time it WAS safer than being an Auror and so she'd told Harry to do whatever made him happiest.

`After all,' she thought as she took her seat in the stadium. `If….no, WHEN, Harry defeats Voldermort he's going to have earned the right to do whatever he wants with his life.'

As the small crowd waited for the players to come out Hermione opened her bag and pulled out the package Luna had given her. Unwrapping it carefully Hermione was surprised to find it was a `Quibbler' special on Strange and Mythical Creatures of the Wizarding World.

`Wonder if it has a picture of a Crumpled-Horn Snorkack in here,' thought Hermione chuckling with amusement. However, as she opened the book she found a piece of parchment written in Luna's neat handwriting.

Hermione,

Here are a couple of other spells to help for tonight

Love

Luna

Hermione felt her cheeks warm as she examined the parchment and she quickly looked around to see if anyone had been reading over her shoulder. Thankfully everyone's attention was now fixed on the pitch and Hermione turned to see Harry and the others start to run through their set pieces.

Feeling somewhat relieved Hermione shoved the piece of parchment into her pocket whilst the book went back into her bag before she settled down to watch the practice.

***

Harry couldn't stop grinning as he threw his trusted Firebolt into a steep dive, the rushing wind sounding like music to his ears.

`Course, `Mione will probably kill you when you get down,' said the small voice in his head.

Then suddenly out the corner of his eye he saw a block dot rushing towards him.

`Bludger inbound!'

Harry pulled up slightly and then pulled into a tight loop and saw the bludger zip by.

"Nice dodge Harry!" called Dean from above.

"You'll have to do better than that mate," called back Harry with a grin.

"Yeah well, I'm not the one whose gonna be dealing with a mad Hermione when I get down!" replied Dean with a grin and nodded towards the stands. Harry turned automatically towards the stands and immediately felt a pang of guilty as he caught sight of Hermione who was paled faced and had her hands over her mouth.

"Oops," muttered Harry sheepishly before giving a small wave to Hermione who glared slightly at him.

"Hey Harry, to your left!" called Ginny's voice causing Harry's head to snap around in time to see a golden flash. With a tug he swung the Firebolt around and shot after the Snitch.

"Come on, come on," he hissed as the wind rushed by his ears. "Just…a…little…closer!"

Then, with one final effort he wrapped his fingers around the Snitch.

"Way to go Harry!" called Ron with a grin while a cheer came up from the stands. Harry merely grinned as he turned back to the stands and was relieved to see Hermione smiling at him before she suddenly winked then got up and hurried off leaving a very confused Harry hovering near the goalposts.

***

"Why did she take off like that?" said Harry as he sat on the bench unstrapping his pads.

"Dunno," replied Ron. "Maybe she's pissed at that stunt you pulled."

"I s'pose," allowed Harry gloomily tossing his pads onto the bench and grabbing his towel. "See you back in the Common Room?"

"Not right now mate," said Ron looking up with a grin. "I was gonna look for Luna."

"See you later then," replied Harry and headed for the showers whilst Ron rose, grabbed his bag and headed for the door.

As the door into the main corridor closed behind Ron the door separating the boys' locker room from the girls opened and Ginny slipped in, a bundle under one arm. Carefully she crept over to Harry's bag and stuffed in the bundle into the bag before hurrying back towards the door. Unfortunately as she did so she knocked a Beater's bat onto the floor with a loud thud.

"Ron? That you?" called Harry's voice from the shower room causing Ginny to throw herself behind the bench just before Harry appeared in the doorway.

"Ron?" said Harry looking around before he saw the bat on the floor.

"Dean," he grunted as he bent down and picked up the bat and hung it back on its hook before turning and heading back into the shower room.

As soon as he disappeared through the door Ginny scrambled to her feet and hurried back into the girls' locker room where she sank onto one of the benches and took a deep breath.

"That," she muttered. "Was way to close! You're gonna owe me one for that `Mione."

***

Meantime, up at the castle Hermione was sat on the edge of the bed in the Guest Quarters going over the plan one final time before she reached into her bag and pulled out her parchment scroll and the piece of parchment Luna had given her as well as a neatly packed bundle and her wand before getting up and crossing over to the bathroom where she undressed before standing naked in front of the mirror. Biting her lip Hermione unrolled the parchment and then, with her wand aimed at her stomach, muttered the words on the scroll. As she did so a warm tingling filled her body and she felt some of the nerves slip away before putting the scroll down and picking up the parchment Luna had given her. The first spell was, according to Luna's note, to be cast on Harry before things got too intense.

The second spell was the one that peaked Hermione's curiosity as it looked familiar to her but she couldn't for the life of her remember where she'd heard or seen it before.

She now read through one more time then replaced the tip of her wand against her abdomen and murmured the incantation. As she did she felt a brief moment of numbness inside of her and at that moment she realised that it was some sort of variation on an anaesthetic charm. A charm which she'd be willing to bet had just numbed her hymen.

"Thank You Luna," murmured Hermione softly as wave of relief washed over her and she now felt a small grin cross her face as she turned to the bundle laying beside the sink.

"I hope Harry likes this," she murmured softly before she started untying the package.

***

Stepping out of the shower Harry was still feeling as confused as he had when he gotten into it.

Was Hermione mad at him? She certainly hadn't looked very pleased when he'd pulled out of that dive earlier. But when she'd gotten up to leave she winked at him.

"Bugger!" muttered Harry as he towelled his hair. The last thing he'd wanted to do was piss his girlfriend off on her birthday. Maybe he should have just supervised training tonight; it wasn't as if he'd need the practice.

With a sigh he slumped down onto the bench chucking his towel towards the laundry skip before starting to dress.

He was just reaching down to do up his boots when he noticed some familiar sticking out the top of his bag.

Forgetting his laces for a moment Harry reached over and pulled his bag closer and pulled it open and found the Marauders Map and his invisibility cloak at the top of his bag.

`How'd they get here?' he though looking at the two items with a frown. It couldn't have been Ron or Hermione; they'd been with him all afternoon. Then it came to Harry.

Ginny.

`That's why she didn't turn up with Luna,' thought Harry as he sat holding the map and the cloak. `She was getting these from my trunk. But what the hell for? It's not as if she had time to use them.'

He then noticed there was another piece of parchment attached to the Marauders Map and on it in Hermione's distinctive handwriting were two words.

Find Me.

Suddenly the pieces of the puzzle began to fit. Ginny hadn't taken the cloak or the map for herself. Hermione had probably asked her to get them whilst she kept Harry, Ron and Neville out the way.

`That would explain why she was fidgety earlier on,' thought Harry with a wry smile.

It then occurred to him he was sitting in the Gryffindor Locker Room whilst Hermione was somewhere in the castle waiting for him and that if he kept her waiting she might not be too pleased when he found her.

He now hurriedly finished tying his lace before stuffing his Quidditch Robes in to the laundry basket and hurrying out the door and up the path to the Castle.

The Entrance Hall was still bustling with activity as Harry hurried through the main door and up the stairs where he quickly turned and headed towards Gryffindor Tower before, after checking no-one was watching, he ducked into an unlocked classroom and after making sure it was empty quickly pulled out the Marauders Map and spread it out on the floor in front of him.

"I solemnly swear I am up to no good," he murmured under his breath and then watched with a growing sense of expectation as the map slowly spread out from the centre of the parchment.

"Okay `Mione, where are you?" he murmured as his gaze ran over the map. As it was however he didn't have to look to hard as he quickly saw a dot marked `Hermione Granger' moving around one of the guest suites in the South Wing

Harry grinned to himself and was just beginning to lift his wand to deactivate the map when he hesitated and quickly returned his gaze to the dots. He quickly saw that the majority of the Professors were in the Staff room apart from Stoutbridge and Hedges who weren't visible on the map meaning they were probably in the Marauders Common Room and Snape who was in his Office. Filch's dot had the Caretaker located in the Trophy Room along with a dot marked `Jonas Finsbury' who'd received a detention from McGonagall for deliberately giving a girl in his class donkey's ears, or so Harry had heard.

But no-one else was near the South Wing and with a broad smile Harry now whispered `Mischief Managed' before shoving the now blank parchment into his bag and hurried out the door.

***

It only took Harry a few minutes to reach the South Wing where he quickly slipped through the door into the Wing and made his way quickly down the corridor until he came to the fifth door. Out of instinct Harry quickly glanced around but he was alone and with that he pushed the door open and stepped quickly inside pushing the door too behind him.

He now found himself standing in a room lit by floating candles whilst heavy tapestries in Gryffindor colours hung on the wall. Harry's gaze was quickly pulled to the four poster bed that seemed to dominate the room and as he stared at it he felt a nervous but excited tingle run through his body.

"Hello Harry, you found my note then?"

At the sound of his girlfriend's voice Harry turned…

…And immediately felt his jaw unhinge as his gaze fell on Hermione who was stood in a doorway on the other side of the bed wearing a thigh length light blue silk robe under which he saw she was wearing a chemise of the same colour.

Harry swallowed hard whilst at the same time a feeling of light headedness came over him as the majority of his blood began rushing south.

"Bloody hell!" he growled in a husky tone. "'Mione!"

"Do…do you like it?" asked Hermione timidly.

Like it? LIKE IT? Harry in all his years had never seen any quite as wonderful as the sight he was seeing right now.

"You…you look…..wow!" he managed thankful that he didn't sound like a total idiot.

"Thank you," said Hermione looking relieved as she now slowly made her way over to Harry.

"So…so what's with all this?" asked Harry with a quick glance around. "The candles and the bed and….you!"

"I…I wanted tonight to be special….for us," replied Hermione meekly.

"You…you want us to spend the night together?" blurted Harry feeling both shocked and excited at the same time.

"Yes," replied Hermione as she reached down and took hold of Harry's hands. "Do you?"

Harry suddenly found he'd lost the ability to speak but gave a quick nod.

Letting out a breath she hadn't realised she was holding Hermione smiled before pushing herself up on tiptoes and pressed her lips against Harry's which seemed to bring Harry to his senses as he released her hands and slipped his arms around her waist whilst Hermione's arms went around Harry's neck as they continued to kiss for several more minutes before a breathless Harry pulled back and looked into an equally breathless Hermione's eyes.

"Are you sure this is what you want `Mione?" he asked softly. "We don't need to rush this you know."

"I know," replied Hermione. "But this IS what I want." And with that she took Harry's hands in hers again and led him over to the bed.

"Sit down," she said in a trembling voice.

Taking a deep breath Harry sat down on the edge of the bed whilst Hermione moved so she was stood in front of him.

"Okay, me first," and with that she reached for the knot her robe and gave it a tug allowing the robe to slip to the floor causing Harry's eyes to widen dramatically. Hermione gave him a nervous smile then slowly reached up and slipped the left strap off her shoulder then, taking a deep breath, she slipped her finger under the right strap and pushed it off her shoulder and allowed the chemise to fall to the floor.

"Merlin's beard," hissed Harry swallowing hard as he took in the sight of a now pinked face Hermione standing in front of him dressed only in a pair of blue lace knickers.

The truth of the matter was that Harry wasn't exactly a newcomer to the naked female form. Fred and George had seen to that when they presented him and Ron with a few copies of PLAYWIZARD that they'd `borrowed' from Bill.

But right now none of the girls in those magazines could hold a candle to Hermione as far as Harry was concerned. True her breasts weren't large and she didn't really have what you could call an hourglass figure but to Harry she was the most beautiful thing in the world as he slowly got to his feet.

"I…I know I'm no Fleur," stammered Hermione, her head hung low. "But…I."

Before she could say anything else Hermione was cut off as Harry lifted her chin and kissed her hard for several seconds before breaking the kiss.

"Hermione," he growled staring straight into her eyes. "Take it from me, as far as I'm concerned Fleur isn't even in your League!"

Here a smile began to creep across Hermione face and tears welled in her eyes.

"How come you always know the right things to say?" she said softly reaching up and pressing a palm against Harry's face.

"Just repaying the favour I guess, after all you always seem to know what to say to cheer me up." replied Harry with a lopsided grin before giving a small nervous cough. "Anyway, erm, I…I guess it's my turn seeing as I appear to be rather overdressed!"

With that he began to reach for the hem of his top when Hermione stopped him.

"Let me do it."

"Alright," and with that Harry moved his hands away. Hermione bit her lip nervously then slowly reached for the hem of the top and began to pull it up as Harry raised his to allow her to pull the sweater over his head revealing his own bare chest whilst at the same time Harry had also kicked off his boots and with a bit of fancy footwork both socks.

With her heart now feeling like it was in her throat Hermione took hold of the buckle on Harry's jeans belt and started to undo it only for her fingers to fumble.

"Here," said Harry taking hold of her hands. "Let me help."

With Harry's hands guiding hers Hermione snapped open the buckle before popping the button. Then, with her hands still trembling she slowly undid the zip until Harry's jeans slipped down around his ankles where he promptly kicked them away leaving him standing in just his boxers which bulged at the front

"Oh my!" exclaimed Hermione softly as she took in the sight of her nearly naked boyfriend.

"My thought exactly," chuckled Harry taking her in his arms so they stood chest against chest and causing Hermione to be able to feel Harry's erection near her belly. That sensation however was briefly lost as Harry claimed another passionate kiss before reaching down and scooping Hermione into his arms and carrying her around to the side of the bed where he laid her before crawling on himself and taking her back in his arms.

"So, erm, you sure about this then?" said Harry slowly.

"I'm positive," replied Hermione with a nervous smile. "Really Harry, I want this/"

"Okay then, but I'd like to point I have absolute no idea what to do," Harry admitted sheepishly. "I mean, I know the mechanics and all but…"

"Harry," said Hermione placing a finger on his lips and cutting off his ramble. "I don't have any idea what to do either remember? This isn't exactly something I could read up on but we'll manage Okay?"

"Right," agreed Harry, his expression becoming even more sheepish. "So, eh, what first?"

"Here, give me you hand," said Hermione. Harry obediently gave his hand and could only swallow in surprise as he watched Hermione place his hand on her breast.

However at the same time that one simple action seemed to jump start something in Harry and fill him with confidence and a moment late he gently lowered his head and kissed the skin between Hermione's breasts causing her to shudder and whimper in pleasure.

Feeling emboldened by his girlfriend's reaction Harry began placing little kisses all over Hermione's breasts causing her to writhe in ecstasy which caused her thigh to accidentally brush against the front of Harry's boxers causing him to groan.

"'Mione," he hissed. "If we're gonna do this we'd better do it now or I don't think I'm gonna last!"

"Alright," murmured Hermione taking his hand again and guiding it to the top of her knickers. "Your turn I think."

Harry sat up slowly as Hermione rolled onto her back and watched as Harry, biting his bottom lip, began to pull down her last garment leaving her total exposed to him.

"Merlin," whispered Harry in awe as he drank in the sight of Hermione who blushed once more.

"Lay back down," she said pushing herself into a sitting position. Harry did so pausing only briefly to claim a swift kiss as Hermione now began to pull off his boxers.

As she removed them her eyes widened in stunned surprise as the size of Harry's erection was revealed to her.

`That's meant to fit?' said a shocked voice in her head.

`It WILL fit!' replied another voice.

"Mione? You okay?" asked Harry gently bringing Hermione out of her stupor.

"Sorry," she replied quickly blushing slightly.

"It's okay," came back Harry's reply as he sat up and pulled her into his arms before laying back taking her with him.

Now they were truly skin-to-skin as Harry stared into her eyes.

"So what now?" he asked softly.

Hermione was just about to reply when she remembered something.

"Hold on," she said and rolled onto her side and reached over to the left hand bedside table and retrieved her wand before rolling back towards Harry who looked at the wand with a bewildered expression.

"Do you trust me?"

"Completely," replied Harry although his eyes widened slightly as Hermione's wand descended towards his genitalia. Then suddenly as Hermione muttered something under her breath he gave a yelp of surprise.

"Bloody hell, that's cold!!!"

"Sorry," replied Hermione quickly as she dropped the wand back onto the bedside table.

"What was that?" asked Harry as he took his girlfriend back in his arms.

"Just something to help," came the rather odd reply but Harry wasn't going to push Hermione for answer. He now rolled onto his back with her still in his arms letting her legs fall either side of his hips so she was straddling him with his erection between them whilst his hands settled on her hips.

"Ready now?" he asked again.

"Ready," replied Hermione as she pushed herself up then slowly raised herself so that her entrance was just above the tip of his manhood. Then, slowly, she lowered herself onto him causing both of them to gasp as his erection disappeared within her.

Hermione sighed softly as she continued to ease herself down onto Harry until she felt the tip of his erection pressing against her barrier. Here Hermione took a deep breath and closed her eyes before raising herself slightly and then quickly pushed herself back down feeling her barrier give as she did so. However, thanks to Luna's spell Hermione didn't feel a thing as she continued to ease Harry's length inside her and stretching her inner muscles until finally she'd complete engulfed his erection.

"'Mione," growled Harry in a husky voice. "Look at me."

Hermione opened her eyes and met the emerald gaze of her boyfriend and realised that at some point his glasses had been removed.

"God, your beautiful," murmured Harry as he reached up and pushed a stray lock behind her left ear before placing his hand back on Hermione's hip.

Hermione merely smiled back at him as she gently started to rise and fall on his erection all the time keeping her gaze fixed on Harry who looked back at her with eyes filled with love as she slowly but surely increased the pace.

While this was going on Harry slid one of his hands up Hermione's side and then gently cupped one of her breasts in it before running a finger over her nipple causing Hermione to gasp with pleasure.

"Harry!" she hissed softly as she began to lean over him taking her hands off his chest and resting them either side of his head as she closed the gap between their bodies whilst never slowing her pace as she bucked her hips against his.

Harry responded by pushing himself up on his elbows slightly and kissing the other breast gently causing Hermione to wail softly whilst at the same time increasing her speed once more.

By now both were panting hard and covered in a thin sheen of sweat as Hermione moved up yet another gear whilst giving a small groan. Then suddenly she stilled, looked at Harry for a moment then threw back her head and screamed.

Harry would have probably jumped at the sound of Hermione's scream if it wasn't for the fact that it suddenly felt that his member was being crushed as Hermione's muscles began to spasm around it. Then suddenly he felt, rather than heard, a scream rip from his own throat as he erupted within her causing Hermione to cry out again before she bonelessly collapsed onto Harry's chest, her head resting under his chin and her ear pressed against his chest listening to his heart thundering as they couple lay panting whilst trying to regain their energy.

"Love you," murmured Hermione wearily as she slid off Harry and spooned up against his side.

"Love you too," replied Harry as he wrapped an arm around her. his own voice heavy with exhaustion and within a few moments the pair had slipped into a comfortable dreamless sleep.

***

The Great Clock was chiming four as Hermione drifted slowly back into consciousness and she allowed herself a smile as she enjoyed as she snuggled closer to Harry whilst listening to his heart beating.

"'Mione, you awake?" said Harry's voice softly.

"Umhmm," replied Hermione as she reached up and began to idly run her finger over Harry's chest.

"Shouldn't we be getting back to the Tower?" Here Hermione smiled and lifted her head so she was looking up at Harry's face.

"Little late to be worrying about curfew isn't it?" she asked softly.

"It's not the curfew I'm worried about," replied Harry as he ran his hand up Hermione's back. "It's Parvati and Lavender. Aren't they going to be suspicious when they wake up to an empty bed?"

"I didn't say we shouldn't head back," said Hermione quickly. "Just not yet."

"Oh?"

"No, I haven't finished with you yet seeing as it's still technically my birthday until 4.51am!" Hermione pressed a kiss against Harry's chest before rolling onto her back.

Harry couldn't help but grin as he pushed himself up on one elbow and regarded his girlfriend with a raised eyebrow.

"Only you would know the exact moment you were born!" he chuckled as he adjusted his position so he was above Hermione before slowly enter her giving a small hiss of pleasure as he did so whilst she gave a small groan of satisfaction.

"Harry," she sighed softly as she lifted her legs and wrapped them around him.

"Ssshh!" whispered Harry before closing the distance between them and claiming her swollen lips whilst his hips moved at a slow lazy pace causing Hermione to moan in contentment as she moved her own hips in time with his until finally her back arched as she reached her peak with Harry now far behind her.

"Wow," panted Harry as he rolled over onto his side bringing Hermione with him so they were face to face.

"Wow indeed," sighed Hermione as she reached up and stroked Harry's face. "Thank you for tonight Harry."

"Thank you as well," replied Harry with a broad smile as he took Hermione's hand in his and kissed it gently. "Tonight's been the best night of my life!"

Hermione beamed at him then sat up allowing the candlelight to fall over her naked chest.

"Come on," she said taking Harry's hand in his whilst smiling at him. "I want to have a shower before I go back, and I don't want to take it alone!"

All Harry could do was grin as he allowed himself to be dragged out of bed and through the door leading to the bathroom.

***

It had just gone five as the door to the 6th year girls' dormitory opened quietly and then shut followed by the sound of shuffling feet although if either of the room's two occupants had been awake they'd have seen nothing until the coverings on the third bed rustled slightly.

Hermione sighed happily as she slipped off the invisibility cloak and let her head flop against the pillow and then gave a small giggle as her thoughts travelled back to the shower she'd just taken with her boyfriend which had almost resulted in them breaking their necks as they'd made love under the hot water. Thankfully however, Harry's reflexes had saved them from anything other than a sore knee for him.

Then suddenly an idea occurred to Hermione and quickly she leaned through the hangings and reached under her bed before pulling out a small wooden box which she now pulled through the coverings.

Tapping the box with an unlocking charm of her own design she now flipped open the lid and pulled out the Pensive that Ginny and Ron had given her and looked at it for a moment before pulling her wand out of her robes and placing against her forehead concentrating on the events of that night then slowly pulled the wand away and felt an odd tugging sensation.

With a sideways glance she saw a silver thread connected to the end of her wand and with a little flick of her wrist the thread detached itself from her forehead and hung gently swaying at the end of her wand.

"This one is definitely a keeper," she murmured quietly and placed her first memory into her pensive.

Author's Note

Okay, I'm done. That is most definitely it for a few weeks! I'm taking a break, these two chapters have been two of the trickiest to write for me but I'm very happy with the way they came out and I hope you are too!

Enjoy!!!


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