Harry's Downfall

Trickery and Deceit

Chapter 3 ~

A year and a half gone by

Hermione Granger

After her detention in the dungeons, Hermione became even more of a bookworm. She would hardly do anything but study and try to keep her two friends out of trouble. In her sixth year, she became a Prefect again. A relationship developed between her and Ron and they became quite the couple, but in their haste, they left Harry out of the picture. Her appearance changed after she started going out with Ron. She started wearing more makeup, more revealing clothes, and she even tamed her bushy hair, which now hung gently on her shoulders. Sadly, she did not have a perfect record, and lost being Head Girl to a Slytherin.

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Ronald Weasley

Ron had become quite the handsome one. After his brothers graduated, Ron was accepted onto the Gryffindor Quidditch team to become a Beater. He had developed some muscle and girls swooned over his flaming hair and freckles. The famous trio kept going along with all things they had done before, when Ron and Hermione caught each other’s eyes. After that, they only had eyes for each other, except when they were with Harry, of course. With Hermione as his girlfriend, he also developed some study habits, and did not always depend on her to look over his homework. His grades were good enough on his own and he even became a Prefect in his seventh year.

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Harry Potter

Harry, of course, was one of the most sought out males of the school. He had replaced his old glasses with new ones, which were thin wires that accentuated his beautiful green eyes. After being convinced by everybody on the team, Harry agreed to become the Quidditch captain. Coming up with new plays and showing them to everybody helped him develop his muscles, and he was very strong. While Ron and Hermione’s relationship flourished, Harry decided to start a relationship with the cute redhead who always seemed to stutter around him. Now, he and Ginny were inseparable, except of course when the famous Trio (or Duo) were out doing making some mischief. He had also become a Prefect, but lost to Draco at becoming Head Boy.

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Draco Malfoy

Head Boy. That title was one that he always rubbed in the face of the famous Trio. He was Head Boy and The-Boy-Who-Lived-More-Than-Once had lost to him, Draco Malfoy. The famous Potter, the Quidditch captain, who always seemed to beat Draco Malfoy at everything, finally lost to him. He had finally become the Quidditch team captain for the Slytherins and developed into somebody who every girl wanted to be with. He was only second to Potter as the most sought out guy in Hogwarts (damn him, damn him all to hell!). He won all the Quidditch matches (except for the ones against Gryffindor). He kept ignoring Pansy, and tried, unsuccessfully, to start a relationship with Terra Delain, but she always got away from him. Draco’s father finally convinced him to become a Death Eater, and he had already started the initiation process.

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Terra Delain

Terra Delain. That was one person that everybody knew not to mess with. Professor Dumbledore had checked up on her background at Durmstrang to discover that she had nothing against her in the records. She never lost Slytherin a single house point, and kept her grades at the top of the class (giving Hermione a run for her money). These circumstances allowed her to beat Hermione and become the Head Girl. She was also quite adept at flying, and almost gave Draco a run for his money as Seeker. Since he was the team captain, he put her on the team as a Chaser, and she won lots of points for her house every game… she almost seemed unstoppable. Unfortunately for her, she gained lots of unwanted attention. She had to admit it, she was beautiful and probably the most wanted girl in the entire school. Hell, even Draco Malfoy, the one guy who had not had a single girlfriend since Terra came to Hogwarts, was trying to get her attention. She kept to herself mostly and enjoyed having her own room, except that every morning she had to go into her common room to find Draco sitting there waiting for her.

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Voldemort

Since the incident in the fourth year when he was revived, nothing had been found out or heard about Voldemort. He stayed well hidden, biding his time, making plans with his most trusted Death Eaters. Although they stayed well hidden, they did not stay idle. Voldemort had many people around killing random Muggles and Mudbloods, they were never caught, and nobody could say for sure it was a Death Eater, but everybody in the wizarding community knew it had to be them.

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Hogwarts

Hogwarts stayed the most protected place. Sirius Black, in his Animagus form, would prowl around the grounds every night watching for something, anything to happen. Dumbledore kept well aware of what was going on in the school and with Voldemort. Snape started his work again as a double spy, claiming that because he was a Professor and on Hogwarts grounds, he could not apparate to his master when he originally called them. Of course, he suffered greatly because his ‘master’ was disappointed, but he kept delivering them false information and giving Dumbledore the most information he could find. All of Hogwarts, of course, was stunned at two Slytherins becoming Head Boy and Girl. Some of the professors were worried that they might do something stupid, considering all the power they had, but Dumbledore just said that they would not have become Head Boy and Girl if he did not trust them.