ACHOOO!" Malfoy sneezed a gallon of snot all over Crabbe, while Goyle tried to draw his wand. "Expelliarmus!" Hermione cried, disarming the slow Slytherin and then followed up with "Incarcerous!", wrapping Goyle up like a mummy in ropes, the large boy overbalancing onto the floor with a loud thud. "I'll ged you for dis, Podder!" Malfoy snarled thickly through his newly acquired severe cold, "And your little drollop do!" Harry's face froze into a set expression of anger before he snarled, "Melofors Magnus!" An orange jet of light struck Malfoy, who found his head encased in a very, very large pumpkin that had a jack-o'-lantern face cut into the front, but not enough to allow Malfoy to see out through it. The muffled shrieks coming from within the pumpkin indicated that Malfoy was not taking his new head ornament well. He stumbled out into the corridor, bumping into the walls as he fled. Crabbe, covered in snot, reached down, grabbed Goyle by the foot and dragged him after Malfoy. Harry walked over and slammed the door shut, then pointed his wand at it and said, "Colloportus", sealing the door shut. "H-Harry…did…did you teach Ginny the more powerful version of the Curse of the Bogies?" Ron asked in a quavering voice, his face slightly pale. "Yep. She took to the basic version of the spell like a duck to water, so I taught her the more powerful version." Harry replied, "Her version is actually more powerful than mine, so I think she has an affinity for curses, jinxes and hexes with humiliating consequences to the target." "Ron, don't you dare teach her the Slug Vomiting Charm!" Fred ordered Ron hastily, George nodding rapidly in agreement. "Spoilsports." Ginny pouted slightly at them. "Harry, what was that last spell you used?" Hermione asked. "Hmm? Oh, that was a modified version of the Melofors, or Pumpkin Head, Jinx." Harry replied as he retook his seat, "The regular one encases the target's head in a medium sized pumpkin. The powered up version encases the target's head in an extra large variety of pumpkin and adds the carving on the face area. I've actually been looking for an excuse to try that one on Malfoy since I learned the basic version last week." "Of all the times for my wand to have been blown up!" Ron cursed in disgust, "Bloody Lockhart!" "Ronald!" Hermione scolded. "If you want Ron, I can pay for a new one." Harry offered, "It was kind of my fault that it got broken in the first place." Ron flushed. "No mate, it's fine. Mum would throw a fit if I accepted." This made Harry frown in mild confusion, before he recalled the amount of Galleons, Sickles and Knuts that the Weasley's had had in their Vault prior to the school year, a small pile of Sickles and a single Galleon. Being poor, he knew from experience, made people prideful and touchy about being offered charity. He would have to think about this for a while, as something in his mind was niggling at him, something he had read recently but couldn't quite recall. He resolved to read his books again to find out what he was forgetting. Outwardly, he said, "Fine mate, but the offer's still there." Fred decided to break things up by challenging everyone to a game of Exploding Snap, which was accepted by all. Several games and singed eyebrows later, a thought occurred to Harry. "Ginny, why did Percy shut you up that time at lunch? He looked very nervous." he asked. Ginny giggled and grinned. "Percy's got a girlfriend." she replied, causing everyone in the compartment to look at her in shock. Fred even dropped a stack of books he had been putting into a trunk on top of his twin's head. "Percy? As in, our stuck-up, no-nonsense, 'Rules-mean-more-to-me-than-life-itself' elder brother?" George asked incredulously. "Yup." Ginny replied, clearly relishing the chance to one-up her brothers by telling them something they didn't know, "She's that Ravenclaw Prefect, Penelope Clearwater. That's who he was writing to all summer, who he probably met in Diagon Ally when we were getting our school things and who he's been meeting all over the castle in secret. I walked in on them snogging in an empty classroom one day. That's why he was so upset when she was attacked." Fred and George simultaneously smacked each other on the back of their heads and started bemoaning the possible pranking opportunities that had been missed that school year. "You won't tease him, will you?" Ginny asked anxiously. The twins assured her that they wouldn't, but the expressions of evil planning they had on their faces while they did so made it the most unconvincing spectacle the rest of the compartment had ever seen. Far too soon for Harry's liking, the train stopped at Platform 9 ¾. Harry, having changed into his usual cast-offs from Dudley, pulled out two pieces of parchment with a series of numbers on them. "This is called a telephone number." he informed Ron as he gave one to him and Hermione, "I talked your dad through using one last summer, so he should know how to use one. If he can't remember, owl me and I'll send a step-by-step guide. I do not only want to have only the Dursley's to speak to this summer." "You'll be going to the Ministry for Hagrid's acquittal though." Hermione pointed out as she tucked the parchment into her jean's pocket. "Not quite the same as talking to my best friends, 'Mione." Harry replied wryly, "That will be an interrogation under Veritaserum, meaning people will be talking at me, rather than with me." Hermione blushed, but continued, "I'll let you know if I find a way out of your…problem…for you." "Hermione, just give up on that already." Ron said in exasperation. She had told the both of them about the Founder's Amendment to the B.L.C.A. last week and Ron had been trying to reason with her ever since, "Merlin was the most brilliant wizard to live after the Founders. There is no way he left a loophole that could be exploited so easily."
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