The hero always gets the girl

// THIS IS AN OLD CHAPTER. THE NEW CHAPTERS ARE IN VOLUME 2. YOU CAN READ THESE CHAPTERS IF YOU WANT SOME INSIGHT ON WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN LATER BUT SOME EVENTS CAN BE DIFFERENT BETWEEN THE OLD AND NEW CHAPTERS.

Three days have passed since Sirius' trial, I still wake up half asleep. I take Styx who has escaped from his vivarium to sleep next to me, curl up on himself on the corner of my blanket and put him back in his vivarium under the heat lamp.

I take a quick shower before getting dressed and heading to the great hall, I meet Blaise and Edward on my way looking at me with a smirk. Why, I have the impression that they are hiding something from me.

"What is it, do I have something on my face?"

"No nothing, we just can't wait to eat, that's all." I still check in a mirror hanging on the wall that I have not been pranked during the night but no, I do not see anything strange.

We arrive in the great hall to have our breakfast and I see a lot of students looking at me, laughing. What's their problem in the end? We sit down at an empty table and for some reason Blaise and Edward stay a good distance from me. Did they trick me with smelly soap or something like that?

I start having scrambled eggs as usual when a package decorated with little pink hearts comes crashing into my plate.

"Don't tell me that ..." I look up to see the same bunch of killer owls come upon me like last year and the year before, I had completely forgotten about valentines with all this thing with Sirius and Peter. "Shit"

I rush under the table to hide from the massive bombardment of packages. I hear the creaking of the wood when the table suddenly breaks in two under the repeated impacts forcing me to come out of my hiding place to not end up crushed.

A big silence had settled in the great room when they saw the table break under the impressive number of packages. But seeing that there is more fear than harm, all the students have a great time making fun of me. I spot several girls blushing at other tables, I guess it's them I have to thank for almost burying me alive under their affection.

I start to pick up the gifts to examine them, at first, I didn't think it was necessary, it was more a security measure than anything else but I found about ten boxes containing a love potion. None of them had a card or signature like most boxes of chocolates I have received so far.

I toss them into a fireplace in front of everyone's eyes and look around the room to examine the facial expressions of the students looking for the girls who would have sent them to me. I only notice two Hufflepuff girls who looked ashamed when they saw me throwing the chocolates into the fire. I must not forget to find the names of the two girls in order to reciprocate them, maybe a boil or swelling potion would do, I still hesitate.

After sorting all the packages, I miniaturize them before putting them in my pocket. That's when I turn around to find Rose who hands me a little pink package wrapped with a red ribbon.

"I love you! Will you go out with me?" Rose spoke so quickly that I almost had a hard time understanding what she was saying. And more amusingly, I think I hear Potter choking in a corner of the room. I bet he had in mind to give his sister to a Gryffindor.

The whole great hall looks at us in silence and I can see Rose blushing a little more with every passing second. I take Rose's hand before lifting her head to place a fleeting kiss on her lips. No need to make it too passionate, we're still young, at least physically and I don't want to make her uncomfortable.

Most of the people in the great hall are applauding us and I can hear a loud 'Kyaaaaaa' echoing in the hall, I will be the object of the ladies' fanfiction again. The only person I don't see rejoicing for us is Daphne who leaves the room crying.

"Yes" Rose hides her head in my robes, embarrassed. I take her hand as we leave the great hall to go for a walk in the park of the castle, we end up settling under an oak tree near the lake and we have fun throwing the chocolates that I received in the water. With any luck a selkie will fall in love with one of the two Hufflepuff girls who tried to give me the trapped chocolates. We decide to take a well-deserved nap, and I lay her head on my lap while I fall asleep against the tree trunk.

I suddenly hear footsteps approaching us, I can distinguish three people, two with footsteps heavier than the last. I open my eyes to see Harry, Ron and Colin heading straight for us.

"Excuse me, I would like to have a word in private with my sister." Rose, who just woke up when she heard her brother's voice, is still a little sleepy.

"Harry what's going on?"

"I just want a chat." Rose looks at me, nodding her head.

"Well, I would be just a little further away if you're looking for me." I move away from the group to go and lean against a tree about twenty meters away, I have a good view of where Rose is.

Time to get my supernatural ears going.

"Rose, that's a mistake, you weren't meant to be with a boy like him."

"Really? Like what Harry? Don't be afraid to say the word that start with an S." Rose seems to know how to defend herself very well.

"Alright as you want it, you're too good to be with a Slytherin."

"But I'm a Slytherin, Harry! When are you going to accept it and move on?"

"You may have been placed in Slytherin by mistake but deep down you are a Gryffindor. Colin it's time"

I see Colin kneel down and bring out a miserable bouquet of flowers that he must have picked on the path between the castle and the lake.

"Rose I love you since the first day I saw you last year. Will you be my girlfriend?" I can feel the anger rising and even the Beast, which hadn't been moving for a while, begins to stir.

"You are pathetic, telling me this the day I just declared my feelings. I despise you; you and your prejudice can go rot in hell." Rose heads in my direction but I pass her and rush straight towards Colin.

Harry and Ron try to intervene, but I push them away like rag dolls and they find themselves sitting with their asses on the floor in less than two seconds. I grab Colin by the collar before lifting him over my head and throwing him into the lake.

"Disrespect Rose once again and I'll hang you by your panties from the top of the astronomy tower."

Rose pulls me by the arm to bring me back to the castle, while sticking her tongue out at her brother when we pass him.