Love And Drama In 7th Year

Dumbledore ran to the empty classroom, to find nothing but a small pebble. Dumbledore sighed, and turned to Harry and Hermione.

"Have you two figured out how Voldemort is traveling around the castle?" the professor inquired. Both Harry and Hermione shook their heads as if to saying no.

"Well, I think he is using the paintings that line the halls as teleporters. He can simply go from one portrait to another, and he can spy on us through them, too. Now, since you two are Head Boy and Girl, I am giving you the task of making sure all the paintings in the school are taken down."

"Professor?" Harry asked, "What about the portraits that guard the Common Rooms? Hermione and I don't know the passwords to Slytherin, Ravenclaw, and Hufflepuff."

"No need to worry about those. Voldemort hides within the paintings, but he can't go through to the other side of them"

So Harry and Hermione walked around the castle, levitating all the paintings above them. They had just almost finished the castle when Hermione broke into a
sob.

"Mione, what's wrong?" Harry asked.

"Oh Harry, I'm just so scared. I mean, Voldemort is could be watching us right now! I used to feel so safe, and now I feel like I could be safer at The Three Broomsticks!"

"Well, Hermione, if Voldemort is indeed watching us, I think we should put on a show for him!" Harry's face brightened.

Before Hermione could answer Harry, he backed her against the naked wall, and kissed her. Hermione melted in the kiss, and opened her mouth to let Harry explore. Hermione unbuttoned Harry's robe and put her hand under his shirt. Harry moaned in pleasure feeling Hermione's skin touch his stomach. After a nice make-out session, Harry pulled apart from Hermione.

Hermione looked up into Harry's green eyes and their eyes locked. Harry, then having a very nervous look on his face, opened his mouth.

"Hermione, will you be my girlfriend?" he asked. Hermione thought she was dreaming. It couldn't possibly be reality, but it was. Hermione looked at Harry saw he nervous look on his face, and her heart melted.

"Yes, I will," she responded happily.

Harry's green eyes lit up, then he backed her against the wall again, moving his mouth towards hers.

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Meanwhile, back in the Common Room, Ron had just won a game of Wizard's Chess, and decided to go look for his friends.

"I wonder where those two disappeared to," Ron thought. As he was walking along the corridors, he couldn't believe that all the portraits were gone!
There weren't any paintings at all, except the ones that were left guarding the Common Rooms.

Ron then turned the corridor, and his eyes widened. Against the wall were Harry and Hermione, practically shagging each other. Ron, who had a crush on Hermione, did the only thing he could think of doing: run!

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During dinner the next evening, Dumbledore made an announcement.

"As most of you may have noticed, the paintings are all gone except those in the common rooms. I have some reason to believe that Voldemort-" Â ¾ of the
students winced- "sorry about that-is using the paintings to get around Hogwarts."

Everyone in the Great Hall gasped. They turned, and started looking for Harry and whispering among themselves, for they knew why Voldemort would be in Hogwarts. Harry decided to ignore them and turned his full attention towards Dumbledore.

"Now, I don't want see any reason to panic. You will all be perfectly safe if you don't go wandering around the building at night by yourselves," Dumbledore continued ,"Now, without further ado." He swished his wand, and the plates in front of everyone were filled with delicious foods.

Harry turned his attention to Ron, who had been very quiet the whole day, but when he made eye contact with him. Ron just turned away. "As if you don't know why I am mad at you!" Ron sneered to himself looking at Harry's confused face.

Ron remembered it had only been last year when he told Harry he liked Hermione. Harry was actually thrilled with this and insisted on telling Hermione, but Ron chose not to.

"If it was meant to be, then it will happen," Ron remembered telling Harry those exact words.

"I guess it wasn't meant to be," Ron thought sadly to himself. Then turned his head to Lavender Brown, and quickly engaged conversation with her.

"But maybe this was," Ron thought to himself with a smile forming on his face.

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Back in the Common Room, Harry and Hermione announced that they were together. Ron, finally free of the shock, congratulated them, and told them excitedly that he was going out with Lavender.

As the common room slowly emptied out, it was left with Harry, Hermione, and Ron. Ron listened as he was filled in on the news about Voldemort.

"What I don't get is why he only stunned Dumbledore, and didn't kill me?" Harry though aloud, "It seems like he is torturing me by going around the school, and stunning people. Does he want me to surrender?"

"Harry, I really don't think there is anything to worry about. I mean, now that the paintings are gone, he has no mean of transportation throughout the castle!" said Ron, "Now, if you will both excuse me, I am going to bed!" And with that, Ron stood up, and went up the stairs to the boy's dorms.

"I guess we should always rely on Ron to take the easy way out of things," said Hermione, snuggling against Harry.

"Yeah, I guess... Anyway, Hermione, I'm not tired. Care to join me for a midnight game?" said Harry with a wicked gleam in his eyes.

"I think I might just say yes to you, Harry!" Hermione blushed.

The couple stood up, went to Harry's private room, and locked the door.