Second Chance at Saving Them {Harry Potter}

The Rumor Mill

Time for another chapter. I'm totally blanking on a good author's note, so I'm gonna just get to the question,

Who is the main character in the show "Psych"?

Answer: Shawn Spencer

P.S. If the question has been answered, leave a comment about your favorite parts!

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Harry and Ginny were in Remus' office, the essays they were supposed to be writing were sitting on their desks. Instead, they were dueling non-verbally as Lupin watched, with a careful eye on the Marauders Map. Whenever someone got close, they would resume writing. McGonagall checked on them three times to ensure they weren't abusing Harry's relationship with Remus to goof off. They were, but she didn't know that. Especially with the text duplication spell Remus had developed in school to get out of having to write so much in detentions. Hermione and Ron stopped by halfway through their detention and briefly joined in the dueling, but mostly just sat on the desks together as Harry and Ginny dueled. Remus was careful to shoo them away before Flitwick came in. This continued for most of their detentions, besides the one McGonagall sat in on because Sirius had accidentally blown up his kitchen and needed Remus' help to fix it. That had been the dullest two hours of Harry's life.

By the time Harry and Ginny had served all their detentions, Ron and Hermione's continued closeness had become a very popular topic in the Hogwarts rumor mill, though it was still second to Cho and Cedric, according to Lavender Brown. How Harry had missed the constant glances when the other noticed the first time around, he would never know. It certainly explained why he'd never had a chance with her. 

But for Harry, the most interesting rumor that had made its way through Hogwarts was the one Luna had brought to his attention one morning while she joined them at breakfast.

"Terry asked if it was true that I've been spiking your morning pumpkin juice to get into your circle of friends." Harry nearly spit out his orange juice in an effort to contain his laughter.

"What did you tell him?" Ginny asked with a smile.

"I told him that there was no possible way I could, as you all drink orange juice in the morning. Oddly enough, he wasn't convinced by my answer." 

Ron grinned, "I mean, that is how we Weasleys became his friends. After all, what would The-Boy-Who-Lived want with the Weasleys? It's definitely not because we're just good people who aren't dependant on money for loyalty."

"Trying to imply something, Weasley?" Ron turned around and saw Draco. He'd been eavesdropping on their conversations since the train. Or, trying to. Third year Draco was one of the least covert people Harry had ever met. Even so, the eavesdropping had been grating on Harry's nerves lately, which was doing nothing to help his attempts to keep Malfoy from completely hating him.

"Eavesdropping again, Draco?" Hermione questioned, and Harry could almost see Malfoy straining against saying Mudblood.

"I'm more concerned with the fact Malfoy assumed he was talking about his family. Ron didn't name anyone specifically. He really didn't even imply it was your family." Ginny put in, and Luna nodded in agreement.

"He must be trying to warn us. Is your father bribing Ministry officials?"

"Oh, that's illegal, Luna." Ginny waved the notion, "Mr. Malfoy would never stoop so low as to openly bribe Ministry officials, though I am sure they appreciate the large donations he talks about so often."

"That makes much more sense." Luna turned back to Draco, "Is that what you were trying to tell us, Draco? Has your father gained his power from being generous with the money he has?"