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(OC) April Spinnet

Rita was flying around in her animagus beetle form, looking for gossiping students and using their discussions to come up with 'wonderful' stories to publish in the Daily Prophet. Rita happened to spot her favourite celebrity, Harry Potter, heading over to the quidditch pitch. He was accompanied by a girl with blonde hair in a low ponytail. Harry also had his firebolt in one of his hands (the beetle remembered watching him outfly the Hungarian Horntail during the first task), while the girl had a Nimbus 2000 in one of her hands. Rita flew closer to them and (as best as she could) she saw that the girl looked alot like Alicia Spinnet. Rita remembered seeing her before, since her mother worked for the Daily Prophet and remembered one occasion she brought her daughter to work for a bring-your-kids-to-work day. When Harry and the girl resembling Alicia reached the quidditch pitch, Rita landed on the girl's left shoulder to spy on the two. The girl felt the tiny insect feet and tried to scratch the spot, only to discover the supposed beetle (which was flying clumsily). She grabbed the beetle and looked at the unusual markings, then she whipped her wand out and cast the spell to cancel the charms. Rita unwillingly reverted back to her original form, shocking both Harry and the girl.

"Well, look who decided to drop by!" sneered Harry while glaring at the journalist (whose face was paste-white in fright, knowing that two students found out her well-kept secret).

"Now we know as to how Skeeter has been getting those cock-and-bull stories," the girl replied with realization. "She's supposed to be banned from entering school grounds.

"All of this can be explained, Alicia." Rita tried to sweet-talk her way out.

"I'm not Alicia, I'm her sister, April," the girl growled in Rita's face. "A third year Gryffindor! Now you'd better explain as to why you continue to push Harry into the spotlight against his will."

"Everyone wants a good story, April," Rita replied, trying to defend her actions. "How will I keep my fans entertained?"

"There are other ways to keep them entertained, Skeeter!" snapped April, pointing a finger in the beetle's face. "But the fact that you write those slandering articles about Harry and publish them in the Daily Prophet without his bloody consent was a dick move. Either you were raised to be a spoiled brat or you let the privilege of your job get to your head."

"Your mum and dad wouldn't be pleased with you for using foul language," said Rita sternly, in the manner of a mother scolding her child. "I could inform them of your infraction."

"Using foul language is nothing compared to slandering Harry several times, and to a lesser extent, slandering Hermione as well." stated April.

"Yes, and yet you never get punished for your actions," Harry informed Rita. "A slap on the wrist is nowhere near enough to make you learn a lesson. Look at Malfoy, he's a typical spoiled brat."

"But now's the time to teach you a real lesson, Skeeter." April sneered as a smirk started forming on her face.

Harry conjured up some magic suppression rope and tied Rita's ankles with them. Then April tied the other end of the rope to what appeared to be Harry's firebolt. Once that was taken care of, Harry cast a spell on the broom to make it levitate. When Rita was left dangling from fifty feet, April (with careful aim of her wand) cast a spell to make the broom spurt away with such speed to drag the beetle away. Rita screamed like a banshee as the broom flew at such a fast speed and soon, her screaming started fading before she was so far away that her screaming couldn't be heard. Harry and April were laughing themselves silly as they heard the screams. As soon as they settled down, the teens headed for the locker rooms. Harry brought out his real firebolt from his locker, resulting in the two giggling again.

"Skeeter will be shocked to learn that the broom taking her away isn't my real broom." said Harry with a smirk.

"Well, that's her loss," said April. "She shouldn't have slandered you nor Hermione in the Daily Prophet."

"Now she's paying the price." said Harry as he and April headed back outside. Then he asked. "Shall we go on our flight to see the beauty?"

"We shall." said April in approval.

Harry mounted his firebolt, then April got on and wrapped her arms around his waist. Once they were ready, Harry kicked his feet off the ground and began flying off into the sunset. With people like Rita gone, it may not be too much longer before the Daily Prophet's reputation can get repaired. Things for Harry were finally looking up.

The End!

Author's note: Another one-shot finished, I'll leave it up to you to decide what Rita's fate afterwards will be. Which girl should Harry be paired with in the next one-shot? Please let me know in a review or a PM, happy reading!