Disclaimer: These characters do not belong to me (sadly). I'm just playing with them!

Note: Starts with a Ginny introspective bit, but it will definitely be Harry/Hermione (with a bit of Ginny/Dean).

Ginny Weasley was upset about many things. Firstly, she didn't get nearly enough attention from anybody; her family, her peers, or the boys she thought were cute. Right now she was very upset at her brother Ron for abandoning his friend Harry, who Ginny still kind of had a crush on (although she also had a crush on Dean Thomas, and Jason Davidson, and several other boys as well - she was a thirteen year old girl after all).

She was also very upset when she had read the Daily Prophet that morning. There was a very large piece on Harry Potter, which was many pages long, and was a complete piece of tripe. Ginny had ears, and she had eyes, and she knew Harry wasn't anything like Rita Skeeter made him out to be.

Then came the part of the article that made her stop still.

Harry has at last found love at Hogwarts. His close friend, Colin Creevey, says that Harry is rarely seen out of the company of one Hermione Granger, a stunningly pretty Muggle-born girl who, like Harry, is one of the top students in the school.

Ginny had had to take a deep breath. Of course she knew Harry and Hermione weren't dating. But of course she also knew that Harry and Hermione were close. She knew they practically never left each other's side, and that Hermione was probably the only girl in the world that completely understood and loved Harry exactly as he was.

Knowing that even Colin Creevey saw what could be between Harry and Hermione brought it home for her. Hermione was the girl for Harry.

Ginny glanced down the table, to where Harry and Hermione were sitting. A little ways closer was Dean Thomas, who shot her a shy smile. She blushed, but grinned back. Suddenly the day didn't look quite as grim.

Ginny ate her potatoes as she slowly hatched a plan.

Harry and Hermione looked at her in complete surprise.

"Trust me, it'll work!" Ginny pleaded. "And it won't be that hard - just hold hands and kiss each other on the cheek in public, all right?"

Hermione looked rather dubious and refused to meet Harry's eyes.

Harry grabbed her hand and squeezed.

"It won't be that hard, will it, Hermione?"

"No," Hermione sighed. "When do we meet her?"

Luna Lovegood looked like an eccentric fairy. She had long, ethereal blonde hair, luminous eyes, and very small, elfin features.

"Tell me more," she would say occasionally, and Harry would continue with the rehearsed speech, trying not to stare at the hand-painted pictures of vegetables across her shirt, or the large cabbage earrings she was wearing.

Occasionally Hermione would say a few things to support Harry, or to make a few new points.

Luna looked very solemn throughout the interview, and when they were through, the third year Ravenclaw started singing London Bridge under her breath.

Hermione and Harry looked at each other in confusion.

"This will sell very well," Luna said thoughtfully. "But I'm sure my father wouldn't object to paying you something..."

"I don't need anything - " Harry began.

"Like perhaps sending free copies of this edition to every student in school," Luna said sweetly.

Hermione finally smiled at her.

"That would be perfect, thank you, Luna."

The next day the entire school was surprised when they all received copies of the Quibbler. A few people made to just throw it away, but then their neighbors told them not to because the headline caught their eye.

The Truth about Harry Potter - an Interview with Harry Potter on page 2.

Below that headline was The Tri-Wizard Tournament come to Hogwarts, which had pictures of Cedric, Fleur, and Krum and biographies of them all. A few people skimmed over that, but most turned directly to the interview with Harry on the second page.

Gryffindors, Hufflepuffs, Ravenclaws, and Slytherins alike gasped as they read the article.

It began with Harry stating that he was furious that he had to participate in a contest he had not entered - and derided the abilities of the judges for not being more careful with the Goblet of Fire. He then declared that as he believed Cedric Diggory to be the rightful Hogwarts Champion, Harry would simply not be trying to win, because he didn't consider himself a true Champion. He then claimed he didn't want to enter the tournament: he was much younger and less experienced than the other contestants, and he simply wanted to lead a normal life.

He then claimed that ever since he became the Boy-Who-Lived, many supporters of the Dark Lord had tried to kill him for an event that he couldn't help, as he was a baby at the time. Professor Flitwick, who Luna had interviewed, then spoke briefly about the fact that Harry's life was probably saved by Lily through use of one of three magical rituals involving human sacrifice, and that it was thus Lily Potter, and not the baby Harry, who defeated Voldemort.

Harry and Hermione were both quoted talking about how Quirrell, a Voldemort supporter, tried to kill Harry, and how they suspected a Death Eater or one of Voldemort's supporters was the one whom put Harry's name in the goblet, in an attempt to get him killed.

Harry finished by saying that he just wanted to have the truth published somewhere after Rita Skeeter completely lied about everything he had said. The only thing she got right, Harry added, was that he and Hermione were together.

"She's the only one who's always been there for me, ever since we've become friends. I think she's the smartest, most beautiful girl that I know. I only hope that I make her as happy as she makes me."

As most people finished the article, they turned to look at Harry. He simply stood up with Hermione. Hand in hand, they left the Great Hall.

The moment they were gone, there was an uproar as everyone began discussing the Quibbler.

Luna was delighted. The Quibbler had never sold so many copies before, and they had had to reprint it several times to meet all the orders coming in. Her father was very happy, and had promised to let her be a full reporter as soon as she wished to, all because of the interview article she had done with Harry.

She caught up to Harry and Hermione out by the greenhouses, where they were talking quietly.

"I just wanted to thank you both," she told them, and they looked up. "If you have something else you'd like to say, come to me and I'll see if my Dad will print it. We've never sold so well before."

"I'll keep that in mind," Harry smiled wryly. "I'm glad it all worked out for you guys, I really appreciate being able to have the truth published for once."

Luna beamed, and looked down at their held hands. Her friend Ginny had told her Harry and Hermione were just going to act like they were together, but they seemed to be carrying the act quite far; there was nobody around and they were still practically cuddling.

"You two are very cute together," Luna smiled at them. "Let me know if you want me to start knitting baby socks. I knit carrots very well, you know."

"Okay," Hermione said weakly. "Thanks, Luna."

Luna just nodded and skipped off, humming merrily, her butterbeer cap earrings bobbing along to the music.

"Did she just – offer to knit us baby socks?" Harry asked, rather stunned.

"We've only been doing this for two weeks and she's thinking about us having babies," Hermione declared, shaking her head. "I like her, but she's off her rocker. Us – babies!"

"I bet we'd have beautiful children," Harry said.

Hermione looked at him in shocked surprise.

Harry blushed furiously – he hadn't realized he had said that out loud.

"You do?" She asked in amusement.

"Er – yes," he whispered.

Hermione just smiled at him and squeezed his hand happily, images of a future together finally beginning to dance through her mind. She had no idea that Harry was thinking very similar thoughts.

A/N: This will not be a very long story - I imagine a few more chapters will finish it off. It won't go past 4th year, but it will hopefully leave hints of what may happen in the future because of the changed events in this story.