Take me to count the stars

Chapter three

" I knew it!" Ron yelled, throwing his fist into the air.

"They had to acquit you"; said Hermione, holding a trembling hand over her eyes, " there was no argument against you, nothing."

" You all look pretty relieved, thouh, considering you alredy knew I was going to make it" Harry observed with a smile.

"What is happening?" Elizabeth asked as she entered the kitchen, stretching herself.

She hadn't slept all night, due to nigthmares, and had collapsed after dawn.

Fred picked her up, spinning around, yelling "Acquitted!"

He put her back on the ground, smiling at her, took her face in his hands and left a kiss on her lips.

"Fred!" Mrs. Weasley yelled, wiping her face in her apron.

"Mom they're celebrating", laughed George.

Meanwhile, Elizabeth was still processing what had just happened, while Hermione shooked her gently.

During the next few days, all of their letter from Hogwarts also arrived, as they were in Harry's room speculating who the new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher migth be.

"Dumblendore had a hard time finding one this year".

"No wonder if you think about what happende to he last four, right? George said "One fired"

"One dead" added Fred

"One with the memory removed" Elizabeth remembered.

"And one locked in a trunk for nine months" Harry concluded, counting them on his fingers.

"What have you got, Ron?" Fred asked" Are you angry that I kissed Eli?"

The girl tried to hide her face in her hands, as she litterally felt it burn with shame.

Harry turned to Ron, his friend was absolutely still, his mouth a litthe open, staring at his letter from Hogwarts.

"What happen?" Elizabeth asked, walking over to Ron to look over his shoulder at the parchment. Her mouth dropped open too.

"Prefect?" he said, looking at the letter. "Prefect!" she yelled, hugging him, passing the letter to red who just jumped forward, grapping the envelope.

The girl saw something golden and scarlett fall to the floor.

"Impossible" Fred murmured.

"There was a mistake" said George, pulling the letter out of his brother's grip and holding it up to the light as if to check its veracity.

The twins' head turned together and they both stared at Harry.

"We thought you were certaintly!" Fred said 

"We thought Dumblendore had to choose you!" George exclaimed indignantly.

"After you won the Triwizard and all!" Elizabeth added, picking up the pin from the floor.

"THis is yours" she smiled, throwing the pin at Ron who stared at it for a moment, the passed it to Harry, touching it as little as possible, as if looking for confirmation of its authenticity.

Harry took it. A large 'P' was superimposed on the Gryffindor lion.

The door swung open violently. Hermione came running in, her cheeks flushed and her hair fluttering. She had an envelope in her hand.

" Is it arrived to you?" 

She saw the pin in Harry's hand and let out a scream.

"I knew it" she exclaimed excitedly " Harry, me too!"