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(and one of the characters)
Hello everyone!
Well, as a New Year's perk, I thought it'd be nice to update today! I hope you like this chapter! I like it!
Aha, it isnt gonna be as corny now! Lol... it gets better.
Now, I wanna thank EVERYONE who has reviewed…I appreciate it immensely! Thanx all!!!!!!! : D
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Chapter Four: Something to think about!
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The sun beat mercilessly down upon Harry as it swam through his large open windows. Harry twisted ant turned in his bed trying to find a more comfortable spot, but failed miserably. Finally giving up, Harry threw the covers off of him and sat up in his bed.
As he sat there, replaying the events of last night over in his head, he heard the sounds of three voices filter through his bedroom doors. Harry smiled as he recognized the three distinct voices.
"Shut up, will ya! You're gonna wake him up!" said the first voice.
"Why don't you shut up? And besides, isn't that why we were sent her in the first place, to Wake Him Up!" retorted the second.
"Oh, shut up the both of you!" came the third voice. Harry smiled as he quietly got out of bed and tiptoed over to his doors. Without watching his step, he hit a creak in a loose floorboard. He froze.
"Hey! D'ya hear that? I heard a noise!" exclaimed the first.
"Oh this is ridiculous! Move out of the way guys, let me through." Said the third voice.
"I didn't hear anything. Wait… oh you've done it now! You know how he gets when he's been disturbed - especially in his current mood! He's crabbier than Mum - OOF!"
Harry had suddenly pulled the door out from under then and watched as the two tumbled to the floor. Harry laughed at the heap of skirts, tunic, and fiery red hair at his feet. His best friend Ron, and his little sister the young Ginny Weasley.
"See! I told ya to move out of the way." Came the voice of the third. Harry looked over to the only other person standing, and into the face of the auburn haired beauty, Serenity Black. She was the daughter of Sirius Black, the King's right hand man and best friend, and Harry's Godfather.
Serenity was Harry's second half. She knew anything and everything there was to know about him, and she always seemed to know how to make things right. Her cascading garnet-auburn waves fell to her waist, and her skin shone with the softest tinge of pink. Harry loved her smile, but his favorite feature and the most captivating of all were her eyes - an amethyst purple, warm and endearing. The color was non-existent among humans - a feature she had inherited from her maternal ancestral family - an elite, hidden race, known as the High Elves. Once the more dominate magical species on earth, they divided themselves from the wizarding world long ago to preserve their race.
"Morning," she said with an amused smirk.
"Morning," he replied. Then he paused, 'Wasn't she supposed to be -'
"That wasn't funny, Harry!" came Ginny's voice from below, breaking his train of thought. Harry looked down upon her as she tried to smoothen out the wrinkles in her silk skirt and proceeded to stand up, laughing all the while. Ginny then threw him a look that would rival one of Mrs. Weasley's.
"Well, you shouldn't have made all that noise outside my door then!" he retorted.
"Ow, Harry! That hurt!" complained Ron as he continued to massage his bum. Again Harry laughed half-heartedly, not really in the mood to laugh - and Serenity saw it.
"Hey Gin." She called.
"Yeah?"
"Could you please go down and tell Aunt Lily that Harry's up and that he'll be right down?" Serenity asked the redhead.
"Well, why don't we all just go down together?"
"Gin, Ron and I need to speak with him first. Please Ginny, go tell them." She pleaded. Ginny sighed and trudged down to inform the Royals. "Thanks Ginny!" Serenity called after her. Serenity then turned to Harry, smiled, and walked right into his room, followed closely by Ron.
"Hey, Serenity… I thought you were supposed to be in Hufflepuff? What are you doing here?" Harry asked.
"Oh, yea, well we came back early." She said dismissively. "So Harry, what happened last night?" she asked as she walked over and lifted herself onto Harry's writing desk. She crossed her legs, then turned to look at Harry expectantly.
"Huh?" he said dumbly.
"Come on Harry. Yesterday, with Cho? What did she say?" she asked again.
"How did you -"
"Who do you think let her into you room? ("You?") Yes, but that is beside the point, Harry. Tell me, what happened?" Harry just stared at her for a moment as he processed everything. Finally, after coming out of his stupor, he sat down on the bed and began to tell the two everything that happened last night. When he finished he ran a hand through his untamable hair and let out a tired sigh.
"So she's off to Hufflepuff, huh?" asked Serenity.
"No, she is going to Ravenclaw." Came Ron's answer.
"Yes, I know that! I was with Hermione when she wrote the letter! I mean after! Permanently!" replied Serenity.
"Oh. Wait! What do you mean you were with Hermione? I thought you were supposed to be in Hufflepuff Kingdom." Ron asked.
"Yea, well, father and I went with King Amos to Ravenclaw to negotiate treaties concerning Slytherin. While we were there, we were told of the contract between Harry and Hermione." Serenity told Ron. She then heard Harry let out a long and weary sigh.
She looked over to him sadly. "Harry…"
She slid off of the desk and went to kneel next to her best friend. She could see all the emotions swimming around in his emerald eyes.
"Harry, listen…" she began. He looked to her and placed a finger upon her lips to stop her.
"Hey, it's nothing. I'm fine. Come on lets go down to my parents. I might as well get this all over with!" The three of them left the room and began to make there way down to the hall.
"Come on guys! Hurry up, I'm starving here!" wailed Ron. Serenity looked at him oddly.
"But you just ate about an hour ago!" she said. "How are you still hungry? You ate almost everything in sight!"
"Yea, well, I am still hungry," Ron told them. "Listen guys, I'll meet up with you down in the hall, ok."
"Yea sure, go ahead Ron." Harry said. As Ron left, Serenity touched Harry's arm.
"Harry, we need to talk," she said. "About this whole marriage situation. Now, I think it might be best if you listen and perhaps reconsider your decision on this." Harry looked over to her incredulously.
"What do you mean reconsider? You mean to tell me you agree with them? You too wish for me to marry a total stranger? I thought you were on my side here!" he yelled at her. Serenity sighed and tried to find the best sentence she could to explain to Harry.
"Harry," she said calmly. "You're a very passionate person. You think with your heart and juggle what's fair and unjust through feelings, but Harry, with this situation you must first think about what it may do for your people!" Serenity told him.
"What are you saying?" He raised his eyebrow. "Are you saying that I am being selfish about this whole thing?"
"No! Harry listen. Early this morning I received a letter from Hermione telling me that she had quit looking for a loophole to this marriage. I was shocked! She had been almost more upset about it than you were, saying that it was unethical and primitive! But as I read on she had said something that I'll never forget - she wrote 'I was raised a princess, Serenity, and a princess knows - the needs of her people outweigh her own!'" Serenity stopped and looked to Harry. "You know this marriage with strengthen both Gryffindor and Ravenclaw - think about it." Serenity softly placed a hand upon Harry's cheek before continuing down the hall, leaving a very confused Harry behind.
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Well Hermione will be making her big debut in the next chapter! Hope you enjoyed this!
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Silver-Magick131