°&&&& Fatal Affairs &&&&°

by QueenFriedl

Hey guys, I wrote this story in German first, so please don't sue me for grammar mistakes.

I am not a native speaker!!! But I'll try my best.

Another remark: I wrote this story before I read OoTP.

Special Thanks to my beta-reader, dragonsprincess.

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1.

Strange Appearances

Harry sat in the Gryffindor common room, bored as hell. He had already done his Potions essay (with a little help from Hermione of course) and there was nothing else to do.

For a while he had read Quidditch through the Ages, but not even this could keep him busy for long. An hour ago, Hermione had rushed out of the common room (Saying, 'I Have to go to the library') and Ron had gone up to their dormitory.

With a sigh Harry leaned deeper into the comfortable armchair in front of the fireplace, considering what to do now. Go searching for Hermione? No, better not disturbing her studies. And in the end he would probably run into that prat Malfoy. 'No thanks', he thought, 'I have no intentions to do so'.

He had just decided to write a letter to Sirius, when Dean Thomas stormed through the portrait hole, with a big grin in his face.

"Harry… you'll never guess… whom I've found… kissing in a corner…" He said, panting heavily.

Harry, who was grateful for the change of staring-into-the-fire, lifted his eyebrows expectantly. "Whom?"

"Ron and Lavender!!!"

"WHAAT? But I was here the whole time, how could he have gotten past me?" But after a moment it dawned him.The Invisibility cloak, of course. He had been so engrossed with his book, Ron could have easily slipped through the portrait, without him noticing.

Dean shrugged his shoulders and continued with his explanation. "I just left Snape's office, you know, detention, and as I rounded a corner I saw them standing in a tight embrace with their lips locked! Thank God they didn't notice me."

"Hmm, how should they? After all, they were occupied." Harry couldn't help grinning. "But Ron? Are you sure?"

"Of course, how many other redheads aside from Fred and George are there in Gryffindor?"

Harry was already on his feet. "There's an easy way to check your story."

With Dean behind him he climbed up the stairs to their dormitory and stormed through the door. No Ron anywhere.

Harry went to his trunk, opened it and searched for his Invisibility cloak. Just as he'd imagined, it wasn't there. The Marauders Map lay on top. 'Hmm, let's see what ickle Ronnykins is doing', he thought and took the map in his hand.

"Ah, Dean, I believe you're right. And now excuse me please, I have to go somewhere." With that he left a confused Dean behind and walked down to the common room, where he dropped in an armchair. Then he took his wand out of his pocket and pointed it at the map.

"I solemnly swear I'm up to no good." He muttered. In an instant, the map of Hogwarts began to spread over the paper. Harry's eyes wandered to the place where Snape's office was located and there, hidden behind a corner, he found two points labelled 'Ronald Weasley' and 'Lavender Brown'. The points lay tight together. That caused Harry to smile.

It seemed that Dean had not exaggerated with 'tight embrace'. For a short time he observed the two of them, but after a while his eyes wandered.

'Let's see what the others are doing.'

Snape was still in his office, certainly making plans on how best to take points from Gryffindor in the next lesson. Filch, the caretaker, prowled the fifth floor corridor, and along side him was his disgusting cat, Mrs. Norris.

His eyes wandered to the library, and he was surprised not to find Hermione there.

Was she kidnapped? Otherwise she would not have left the library. Not voluntarily. But on the other hand, maybe she had simply finished her research.

His eyes scanned the map, until he found her in an empty classroom…

But it wasn't as empty as he thought it was. Close to Hermione's was another point.

Harry gawked in disbelief at the name.

"MALFOY???"

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Yeah, that's it. The first chapter. Hope, you liked it.

There will be some romance in the next chapter. So, keep reading please!