Harry's Dark Secret: A Shocking Betrayal in the Gryffindor Common Room ================================================================== The following day, Ron, Hermione and Neville were surprised to find all the DA members, with the exception of Luna, Harry and Ginny of course, impatiently waiting for them at the Gryffindor common room. "What are you doing here?" asked Ron although he already knew why. "Because of this, mate. Now, tell us what's wrong." said Lee seriously as he handed them the latest copy of varied newspapers. "Err ...umm---" he began but was rudely interrupted by an irritating voice. "I knew it! Harry's been so weird lately. Now, I know why." said Zacharias with a smirk. "Shut up! Let him talk." snapped the usually jolly twins to him. "Do you believe what's written there?" asked Hermione shrewdly to the new arrivals. "Of course not! Harry would never do such a thing!" exclaimed Cho positively. "Are you kidding? We never believed in the papers at all." said Fred indignantly. "Yeah, we prefer to hear it from the source." added George with the same incredulous expression. "Absolutely not!" exclaimed another. Hermione leaned at Ron for support. "What if we tell you that aside from what you've read, Harry tried to rape Ginny yesterday and escaped after attacking Snape? What would you think then?" A deafening silence filled the room. "Well, actually, we do not know for sure yet but we have think that someone was impersonating him. I mean -- that's the only logical reason, isn't it?" said Neville calmly. "Is it? I-I guess I'm not so sure." said Parvati hesitantly. "Me, too. But Harry is not like that, is he?" said Padma, staring down at her shoes as she did so. …but everything was about to change
