Harry Potter Alternate Universe: Year Four
Dislaimer: I own nothing you recognize and some you dont. Also, the song is not mine, all the rights go to the writer and performer
A/N: Okay, so some of you are getting impatient so I've decided that Harry and Hermione will confess their feelings in this story. I wanted Fred to be the one who tells Hermione that she was in love with Harry, so you'll have to put up wih just a little more Fred-Hermione. Personally, this is my favorite one that I've written. Also, something big is gunna happen between two characters, it has been mentioned through out this story and one scene of the last. Aslo, I wanted to warn you of a character death, and not one you might expect.
I wanted to clear up questions about the last chapter of the last story, Steph trusts Luke completely, I wanted to maximize that by giving her a relationship with Draco, friendly of course, and Ron's 'wahtever' was to convey that something else was on his mind, something big.
Pairings: Harry/Hermione (For Real), Ron/Becca, Steph/Luke, SLIGHT Fred/Hermione, SLIGHT Steph/Draco
They walked up to the Burrow with a smile. The ride had been long and treacherous, the five kids had their bags on their shoulders and the two adults were levitating the trunks behind them. Luke and Steph were holding hands in front of Hermione and Becca, who were talking quietly.
"Hermione, I think I'm gunna break up with Ron." Becca said quietly, Hermione's eyes went wide as she stopped abruptly and turned to Becca.
"What?" Hermione asked, Becca glanced around before lowering her voice.
"I don't know, I just don't feel anything anymore. You know?" Becca said sadly, Hermione sighed as they continued walking.
"He'll be devastated." Hermione said, Becca looked down.
"But wont he be more devastated if I continue to be with him without feeling anything other than friendship for him?" Becca asked, Hermione sighed. They walked in, after being invited in by Ron, and looked around.
"Hey Beccs." Ron said before kissing her on the cheek. She flashed him a smile before turning back to Hermione.
"Hey you." Fred said with a smile as he walked into the kitchen. Hermione smiled as she walked over to him.
"Hey, so this is where you live." Hermione said looking around, Fred blushed lightly and rubbed the back of his neck. "I think its great." Fred smiled.
"So, where are we all staying tonight?" Luke asked throwing his arm around Steph's shoulders.
"Well, we thought we could sleep outside." Fred said with a shrug. "But those who want to stay in can grab a room." Steph turned to Luke with pleading eyes.
"Can we stay outside, Luke? Please, it'll be so romantic." Steph said, Luke looked deep into her eyes before smiling.
"Alright." Luke said rolling his eyes, the others grinned as Steph pecked him lightly on the lips before walking away, Luke's eyes following her.
"Dinner's outside tonight." George said, everyone quickly moved outside. Soon, everyone was stuffing their mouths full of food and not really talking.
"How's your summer going?" Arthur asked, the kids all shrugged and Steph rolled her eyes.
"Its been going well, at least for me anyway. Luke came over and met my family, he actually got along with my twin brother, Nate, which is practically impossible…" Steph stopped when she saw Luke smile and her cheeks turned a light shade of pink.
"Isn't she adorable?" Luke asked, Steph smiled as she pushed him lightly. Sirius and Remus smiled as they watched the two. Becca stood up, suddenly not hungry anymore.
"I need to go for a walk." Becca said before walking off, Ron looked defeated and confused as he stood and went after her. Hermione looked down at her food. Becca was sitting at the foot of the lake, throwing a rock in every now and than when she felt someone sit down beside her. "I'm sorry, Ron."
"What? What do you have to be sorry about, Beccs?" Ron asked as he turned his head to look at her.
"For this." Becca said before kissing him softly, when she pulled away slightly she put a hand on his cheek softly and looked into his eyes.
"Becca, please…" Ron trailed off, Becca could feel tears slipping down her face as she watched his eyes fill with tears.
"I am so sorry, Ron. But, I think we should break up." Becca said, Ron wiped his eyes quickly.
"But why? Things were going great." Ron asked, Becca stood up, pulling him up with her.
"Ron, I watch Steph and Luke everyday. The way they look at each other, you can see they're falling for each other. But, what Steph is feeling for Luke, I…I don't feel for you." Becca said as more tears slipped down her face.
"Well, they've been together way longer than we have." Ron said weakly, Becca shook her head.
Luke and Steph were laying underneath the stars on a blanket, she was wearing his gray hoodie while he was wearing long sleeves.
"Maybe you should talk to him." Steph said softly, he turned his head slightly to look at her.
"My sister broke up with him, I don't think he's up for a chat." Luke said, Steph put her head in the crook of his neck.
"Maybe you should though, he might need someone to talk to." Steph said, Luke looked down before kissing her softly.
"Alright." He gave in, she smiled. "You know, I love you."
"I know. And I love you too." Steph replied, they sat up and he walked into the house, quietly. Steph got up and walked over to where Becca and Hermione were sitting on their blanket. "Mind if I join?" They smiled and moved over a little to make room.
"I don't really want to talk about Ron." Becca said, Steph snuggled into the jacket a little.
"Naturally." Was all Steph said, the three girls sat in silence as they looked out at the lake.
The next morning, the three adults led the way through the forest that led up to the spot where the portkey would take them to the Quidditch World Cup. Ron and Harry brought up the back, sleepily.
"Why did we have to get up so early?" Ron asked, Harry shrugged and stifled a yawn. Steph was humming slightly and Luke smiled at her.
"How are you so happy this early in the morning?" Luke asked, Steph simply shrugged.
"What're you humming?" Fred asked, Steph turned a light red.
"Nothing." Steph said before biting her lower lip, Luke grinned back at Fred before looking at his girlfriend.
"Come on, Steph." Luke said, Steph rolled her eyes.
"Okay, it's a song I like to sing sometimes. But I'm not very good at it." Steph said, Luke smiled and put an arm around her.
"Steph, I bet you sing beautifully. Come on, sing it." Luke said, Steph looked down at the ground.
"Yeah, come on Steph." Hermione said with a smile, Steph looked around to see everyone smiling at her and sighed.
"Okay, but let me know if your ears start to hurt." Steph said before walking over to Remus. She whispered something in his ear, he smiled before waving his wand. A soft guitar started playing. Steph took a deep breath.
"Go on." Fred and George said together. Steph started singing 'Hallelujah' by Kate Voegele. The others were memorized when Steph had finished, her voice was soft at the beginning but as the song continued, her voice grew stronger.
"That was amazing." Becca was the first to break the silence, Steph shrugged.
"I told you, I'm not that good. You dont have to lie." Steph said quietly, Luke turned to her.
"Steph, you were incredible." Luke said, his eyes widening when he realized she didn't believe him.
"You have to say that." Steph said pushing him lightly.
"Well I don't." Fred said as he put an arm around Steph. "And you were the best I've ever heard, I swear." Steph smiled lightly.
"Yeah, how come you don't sing?" Becca asked, even Ron looked at her with a questioning look.
"Lets just say, I have major stage fright." Steph said, Fred smiled at her as they continued walking.
"Amos!" Arthur greeted as they bumped into two men. The older one had light brown hair and brown eyes.
"Arthur." Amos greeted, he shook Arthur's hand before turning to Sirius and Remus with a smile. "Mr. Black, Mr. Lupin."
"Mr. Diggory." They replied, shaking his hand in turn.
"And this is my son, Cedric." Amos said gesturing to the other boy. He was tall and very handsome, his light brown hair fell over his forehead slightly.
"Harry." Cedric said with a nod to the others, the twins looked away, still not liking him due to the Quidditch match last year, while the others smiled back.
"This is three of my boys, Ron, George and Fred and my daughter, Ginny." Arthur said gesturing to each boy and Ginny in turn.
"These are my three, Harry, Becca and Luke. And the young lady with Luke is Steph Blane." Sirius finished, Amos' eyebrows rose at Harry's name.
"Harry Potter?" Amos asked, Harry nodded.
"We should keep moving." Remus said, the others nodded and everyone kept walking. Fred put an arm around Hermione's shoulders with a smile.
"How much farther?" Fred called up, Hermione rolled her eyes as they stopped at the top of a hill.
"We have a couple minutes until the portkey is activated." Remus said, everyone nodded and stood around talking. Fred stood behind Hermione and put his hands on her shoulders with a grin.
"So much time, so little to do." Fred said, Hermione smiled as she turned around.
"And what is on this list of yours?" Hermione asked pushing his hands off her.
"So far, only one thing." Fred said, Hermione smiled and raised an eyebrow. "Get you to fall in love with me." He walked away, Hermione turned around with her mouth opened slightly. He grinned at her while talking to George. Luke walked over to Ron with his hands in his pockets.
"Hey." Luke said, Ron sighed and looked away. "Look, Ron, I just wanted to…"
"You don't have to check up on me, Luke. You never even liked me anyway." Ron said before starting to walk off, Luke grabbed his arm and spun him around.
"Hey, yeah, I never liked you but I don't really know you. And dating my sister isn't really a good first impression. I get that you're not very happy with anyone right now, but get over it." Luke said, Ron glared at him before looking down where Luke still had a hold of his arm.
"Can you let go of my arm now?" Ron asked, Luke let him go and watched as Ron walked off. Luke shook his head before somebody grabbed his arm roughly. He turned to see Becca, glaring at him.
"What?" Luke asked, Becca stepped closer to her brother.
"What do you think you're doing?" Becca asked, Luke closed his eyes before looking at her.
"I was just talking to him, then he went all defensive on me." Luke said, both Blacks glared at each other fiercely.
"The portkey is nearly ready." Harry said as he approached them. "Is everything alright?" Becca let go of Luke and turned to Harry with a smile.
"Yeah, fine." Becca said, Luke's jaw tightened. "Right, Luke?"
"Lets go." Luke said and walked away. Everyone reached out and grabbed a part of the old boot. They all felt a tugging sensation around their navels before they were swirling around. Soon, Sirius shouted at them to let go. The kids let go and felt themselves falling backward towards the ground at high speeds while the adults and Cedric had found a way to slow themselves down. Luke had grabbed Steph before they landed and she fell on top of him, Becca fell face first while the others landed on their backs with a thud. Steph smiled slightly and moved her face closer to Luke's but before she could kiss him, someone pulled her off. She turned around angrily but stopped when she saw Sirius. Luke stood up and glared playfully at his dad.
"Everyone alright?" Remus asked, Sirius grinned at Steph and Luke.
"Yeah, fine." Came the reply, Hermione looked up at Fred, who had offered his hand, and smiled as she took it. George helped Ginny up while Harry helped Becca up, Ron had got up on his own.