Of Muggles and Magic - A Harry Potter Fanfic [HIATUS]

Chapter 3 - Classes and Encounters

This chapter is dedicated to Starwarrior56! Happy reading! :)

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Jin Ha Pov:

We entered the Gryffindor dormitory after giving the house-specific password to a lady in a huge painting that acted as a door. Harry and I, having walked at a faster pace than Ron and Hermione, entered the Common Room first and were greeted by a cozy, warm colored room where other members of Gryffindor were lounging and talking with each other. However, the minute Harry entered, everyone fell silent and all eyes were on him.

Harry seemed awkward and hesitant as he walked through the room, even glancing at the Daily Prophet newspapers some of the students were reading. I noticed his picture on the front page with the headline 'Plotter?' written in bold. I frowned just a bit but looked at Harry when he spoke up to two of the students sitting closest to him.

"Hey Dean, Seamus. Good holiday?"

"Alright. Better than Seamus' anyway." Dean said.

Seamus threw the paper in his hands onto the table and stood up, walking towards Harry with an expression of displeasure. "Me mum didn't want me to come back this year."

"Why not?" Harry questioned, though sounded like he knew the reason.

"Let me see....because of you." He sneered. "The Daily Prophet's been saying a lot of things about you and Dumbledore, you know."

"Well, you mum believes them?" Harry challenged.

"Nobody was there the night Cedric died."

"Well, then maybe you should read the Daily Prophet like your stupid mother. It'll tell you everything you need to know about what happened that night." Harry spat in response.

"Don't you dare talk about my mother!"

"I'll have a go at anyone that calls me a liar!"

"Alright, that's enough!" I yelled, having heard enough of their bickering. I came to stand beside the two of them and looked at each of them still frowning. "Would you two break it up already?! Why are you two making such a big ruckus?"

"Don't interfere, newcomer! No one asked for your opinion!" Seamus hissed while looking at me.

"Well, excuse me for trying to help." I said with a scoff.

"What's going on here?" Ron said as he finally walked into the Common Room.

"He's mad, is what's going on." Seamus hollered. "Do you believe the rubbish he's come out with about You-Know-Who?"

"You-Know-Who?" I asked more to myself. Hadn't my parents discussed something on those lines the day before I was to leave to Hogwarts? What were they and these guys talking about??

"Yeah, I do." Ron answered confidently, "Does anyone else have a problem with Harry?"

No one spoke up after that and Harry climbed the stairs to go to the boy's dorm room. Ron followed and I watched them until they were out of sight. I looked at the others in the Common Room who had settled into whispering about Harry and he lying about the death of someone called Cedric and the return of 'You-Know-Who'.

Despite how I had interfered in the fight between Harry and Seamus, some in the room spoke to me with smiles and introduced themselves. I returned their greetings, introducing myself as well, and everyone soon dispersed to their respective dorms to sleep for the night. I, however, asked Hermione to call Harry and Ron out after everyone was asleep because I had something I wanted to talk to them about. When it was just a bit before midnight, we gathered in the Common Room and in front of the fire and sat ourselves comfortably on the couch.