Harry Potter and the Mysterious Egg

Chapter 9- Beware of the Raven and Tabby


Harry and Hermione woke early the next day. It was a rainy and dark Saturday that was, in Harry’s opinion, the perfect weather for their long overdue revenge. If you had asked Harry or Hermione back in there first year they would have thought you mad for doing anything against the youngest Weasleys but now they where relishing the chance.

"Mione, I think we should check out what Ron and Ginny are doing. Before we get them so that we can learn a bit more about their plans." Harry told Hermione.

"Yeah. I think you’re right. We should follow them in our animagus forms. We might even be able to have a little fun with them while we’re at it." Hermione smirked.

Harry and Hermione had changed a lot over the past couple of weeks. Dumbledore, Ron and Ginny's betrayal had forced them to become a little darker, if only to survive. Harry and Hermione had no intention of being like Tom Riddle, but they couldn't afford to be naive either. They both found it a little too easy at times to stray from the thin line between dark and light, Dark magic and light magic seemed to blur and they used both where necessary. It was only a matter of not giving into their darker sides. They had to resist the temptation of the darkness, a slurring of reality and emotion so different from the cold, hard light with its rules and boundaries; the darkness called to them constantly, hot, exciting and rich with pain and pleasure, like fresh blood. They now embraced their darker sides, but they also knew where to stop; the hard part was sticking to the grey.

"Mione. You take Apollo to Hogwarts while I fly there; it wouldn't do for Ron or Ginny to know you are already there." Harry explained.

"I’ve got Ginny. You take care of Ron." Hermione told Harry.

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...Harry's Day...


Harry changed into his raven form and flew to Hogwarts and it didn't take long to find Ron. Harry watched as Ron tried to evade the lumpy, hairy and spotty form of Millicent Bulstrode. Harry would have laughed if it were possible for a raven to do so.

'I guess Draco finally got around to using his love potion idea. I think I should help her catch him.' Harry mused with the raven equivalent of a chuckle.

Harry darted down as fast as his wings would take him, banked and flew right across Ron slight. He couldn't hold his joy in as heard Ron mutter one of the phases that activated his prank. He flew to the nearest tree branch and enjoyed watching Ron scream and try to fight the invisible spiders. He laughed even more when Millicent caught up and grabbed him.

Bulstrode lavished Ron with kisses, which Harry thought looked like being slobbered on by a dog. She continuously confessed her undying love for him while trying to hold him closer. On the other hand Ron was trying to escape with all of his strength but he was no match for Millicent’s bulk. He could never love someone else as he loved himself too much, and it would never be Bulstrode; her sweaty rolls of fat did not appeal to him in the slightest, not when he would soon have Hermione.

"Get off of me you ugly bitch! I wouldn't want to touch you if my life depended on it." Ron yelled at Bulstrode.

"I love you, Ron. Why do you have to be so mean to me?" Bulstrode whined.

"How could I be nice to a fat ugly Slytherin whore like you?" Ron fired back.

Harry was not a fan of Bulstrode, but he knew it wasn't right for anyone to say those things. They were true, but never the less they shouldn't be said. He felt it was time for a little fun at Ron’s expense.

He quickly flew to the forbidden forest and found what he was looking for. He swooped down and caught a few magic leaches and flew back to Ron. With a quick pass he dropped the leaches down Ron’s robes, but before he could admire his handy work, Bulstrode realized what Ron was complaining about and carried him to the hospital ward as fast as her stubby legs could carry them.

Harry followed her and Ron. When they got to the hospital ward, Madam Pomfrey fussed over Ron for a long time trying to remove the leaches. She finally gave up on trying to remove the leaches after half an hour and burnt them off causing, Harry was happy to see, a lot of pain for the redhead. When Ron was well again Pomfrey sent Bulstrode away and called Professor McGonagall to deal with her house member.

Professor McGonagall was there in a flash and she wasn't happy to find that Ron had somehow ended up with magic leaches on him. She knew the only place that Ron could have gotten them was the forbidden forest.

"Ronald Weasley! How many times do I have to tell you and your brothers that school rules are to be obeyed! Monday, you will be in my classroom for detention! I am very disappointed in you! You mother will hear about this the moment I get back to my office!" McGonagall screamed at him.

Ron was dumbfounded; he couldn’t say anything. McGonagall had just given him detention after Bulstrode had chased him up and down the castle. He turned to look out the window to find a raven mocking him and he could have sworn it was the same raven form earlier. His day just couldn’t get any worse; but rest assured, it did.

After his terrible morning what Ron needed was to go flying, to relax him. He mounted his broom for some Quidditch practice. Just as the practice bludgers came at him, the same raven flew in front of him, blocking his sight. The next thing he remembered was waking up back in the hospital ward with a splitting headache. He looked at the window again and there it was, the raven staring at him with its beady emerald eyes.

It was almost noon, and Harry knew that he had to get to the Quidditch pitch. He flew to the pitch, and when he was sure no one was around, changed back into himself. He got his firebolt out of the broom shed and mounted it flying in lazy laps of the pitch as he waited for Ron to arrive.

Ron didn't waste any time. He was injured, but he needed to steal that move. He quickly got on his broom and flew up to meet Harry. He saw Harry was smiling broadly and even though he didn't know why, it disturbed him.

"Ron. I don't want Draco or any of the other Slytherins to see my move so you need to follow me off the grounds so I can show you it." Harry told Ron who quickly agreed that they couldn’t let the filthy snakes see it.

Harry flew to a hidden spot just north of Hogwarts. He quickly landed, followed closely by Ron. Which gave him the perfect opportunity to stun Ron as he landed, causing a satisfying crunch as he skidded to a stop on his face.

"Dobby!" Harry called.

"Yes, Harry. How can I serve you?" Dobby asked as he appeared on top of Ron’s body.

"Dobby. I need you to put my 'guest' here in the dungeon at home. I will be there as soon as I check up on Mione." Harry explained to Dobby, who quickly popped out with Ron’s body in tow.

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...Hermione's day...

After being dropped off by Apollo, Hermione changed into her cat form and quickly found Ginny. She purred when she saw Ginny was a wreck. She left quickly and came back with Ms. Norris.

Ginny tripped over Ms. Norris and Filtch came around the corner just as she did. This caused Filtch to go crazy; He wouldn't let anyone hurt Ms. Norris and if he weren’t a squib, he would have cursed her right then. He gave her a weeks worth of detentions starting on Monday instead.

She followed Ginny and stole all the toilet paper from the stall Ginny went to. When Ginny reached to get some from the other stall, Hermione stole Ginny's wand.

Hermione, with Ginny's wand in her mouth ran to the room of requirement. As soon as she was inside, Hermione changed back into herself and cast a few spells that weren't allowed for students and poured magic glue on the handled. She changed back into her Tabby form and ran back to Ginny.

Ginny was searching for her wand. She knew she had dropped it while getting the toilet paper. She reached behind the toilet and found her wand where Hermione had planted it. She left the bathroom not even noticing her wand was still in her hand.

Hermione changed back into herself, and cast the same spells she had done with Ginny's wand. After clearing her wand of all evidence, the way Bill had shown her and Harry, she changed back into her cat form. She ran up to Peeves and tricked him into following her into the restroom she had just trashed. She had carved GW into one of the sinks and destroyed pretty much everything else; Peeves was happy to report that Ginny had destroyed the girl’s bathroom.

Professor McGonagall checked Ginny's wand and found the spells Hermione done with it and she was furious. She didn't know what was going on with Ron and Ginny; if they weren't in trouble, they were causing it. McGonagall knew something had to be done. She called Ron to her office but he did not respond.

"If I find Ron or you causing anymore trouble, I will expel you. I mean it, no more out bursts or anything. You better tell your brother everything I’ve said and let him know to come to see me as soon as possible for not answering my summons." McGonagall told Ginny in a voice as hard as steel.

When Ginny was finally allowed to leave she found Hermione waiting for her in her room. They talked for a while and Hermione gave Ginny a potion to fix her cat-girl problem. After a little bit Ginny suddenly felt tired and passed out.

Hermione looked down at Ginny and wondered how Ginny couldn't tell it was dreamless sleep draught not a cure. Laughing softly to herself Hermione looked up to find a raven looking back at her with beady green eyes. She knew it was Harry just by looking at those eyes.

"Dobby!" Hermione called.

"Yes, Mistress. What can I do for you?" Dobby asked.

"I need you to take our 'guest' to the dungeons." She replied.

As Dobby disappeared with Ginny, Hermione called Apollo. Hermione took Apollo's tail feathers, and before she could blink she was in the Keep. She walked down to the potions lab and collected the finished batch of veritaserum from Narcissa.

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Harry and Hermione met up at the dungeons; they were ready to get some answers. As they walked into the cell they saw that Dobby had chained Ron and Ginny to the wall. They woke the pair up, with a painful zap, and gave Ron the veritaserum first.

"Ron. Who is helping you in your plans against me?" Harry asked a now dopey looking Ron.

"Dumbledore, Ginny, and the Order of Purebloods are helping me." Ron answered in a monotone.

"What is the Order of Purebloods?" Hermione asked.

"They are a group that believes that purebloods should rule over half-bloods and mudbloods, but they don't want to be associated with He-who-must-not-be-named." Ron explained.

Harry had never heard of the Order of Purebloods, but he instantly connected it with such groups as the KKK and the Nazis. It didn't take much to make the leap. He knew that there was always a group that believed they were better then everyone else. He, however, couldn't see how they were any different from Voldemort.

Hermione gave Ginny some veritaserum and watched her face go blank. She suddenly realized she and Harry hadn't tested the effects to see if the serum was working. She knew she had to ask a question Ginny wouldn't answer without the veritaserum.

"Ginny are you a virgin?" Hermione asked.

"No, I have slept with almost every guy in school." Ginny answered.

"Mione. What was the point of that?" Harry asked raising an eyebrow at the bushy haired witch.

"She was testing if the veritaserum was working." Harry heard Ginny reply instead of Hermione.

"Ginny. Are there others helping you with your plans that Ron hasn't mentioned?" Hermione asked.

"No." Ginny replied.

Before releasing them Hermione and Harry quickly cast an invisible tattoo on both Ron and Ginny. The tattoo would make them suffer pain anytime they tried to do something dishonest. It was a burning pain similar to the Cruciatus Curse, but it couldn't drive anyone insane it just really hurt. When they were done Harry Obilivated Ron and Ginny.

Hermione and Harry sent Ron and Ginny back to school with Apollo. They would wake up Sunday thinking that they had slept all Saturday. They would, however, remember they had detention even if they didn't know what it was for.

Harry and Hermione, tired from both there busy days, went up to bed straight after having a small dinner. After kissing and holding for a few minutes, they decided to wait to make love until the next day. Hermione fell asleep in Harry's arms and the Boy-Who-Lived fell asleep soon after.