Disclaimer: All characters and places (besides Black) belong to the amazing J.K. Rowling.
Black
"The Exploriosis spell, one of the most fascinating spells. It allows us to explore any inch of the world, and in just one second you've reached you're destination! HOWEVER: say the words incorrectly, just one syllable, one fraction of the word -and you may end up somewhere else...
"Um, Professor Flitwick?"
"Yes Miss Granger."
"When will we be attempting to perform this spell? I'm very eager to start!"
"Oh no! We will not be performing this spell! Too many witches and wizards have
disappeared trying to perform it, and I wouldn't dare risk my own students with it!"
RRIIIIIIIIIIIINNNNNNNGGGGGGG!!!!!!
All of the students gladly got out of their seats and headed for the door.
"Don't forget I want all of the papers on the 'Bibliosa' charm next class on my desk!"
Harry and Ron waited at the door for Hermione while she handed in her paper, then all three of them started heading towards the "Great Hall" for lunch.
"Hermione? Why did you hand in your report now?" Harry asked, "It's only due in two days."
"Do you even have to ask Harry? I mean its Hermione," Ron rolled his eyes and said in a high pitched voice while batting his eyelashes, "Oh professor! I'm soooo eager to start!"
"Shut up Ron! Just because you can't perform spells properly doesn't mean you have to badger me about the way I study!"
"Oh yeah?! Like as if you could do that -spell -um -well you know, the one he was talking about"
"Oh you mean the 'EX-PLO-RI-O-SIS' spell? Of course I could! I'd be far away on some tropical island, while you Ron, would be stuck here trying to get it right."
Ron gave her a sarcastic smile, "Very funny Hermione"
After lunch Harry said he had quidditch practice and Hermione had "official" business at the library, so Ron decided to tag along with Harry to the quidditch field, and watch him from the benches. They decided to meet eachother in the Common Room later. After Harry's practice, he and Ron went to see if Hermione was there, but she wasn't.
"She's probably still in the Library," Harry told Ron. Ron nodded his head, and they both headed for the Library. When they got there they were surprised to see that it was mobbed with people -if they hadn't known that the Library was located exactly there, they wouldn't have recognized it. They tried to squeeze in to see what all the commotion was about, but there was barely any space to move. Everyone was shoving back and forth, and-
"What the?! - What're the teachers doing here?" Ron asked Harry.
"Don't know, hey and look there's Dumbledore!"
The teachers looked very nervous. They seemed to be passing around one particular book. Snape seamed to be lecturing Professor Flitwick. Harry and Ron felt utterly clueless. Harry asked a Ravenclaw girl to tell him what had happened.
"Some Gryffindor vanished herself with some spell she learned in Flitwicks class. -Um are you o.k?" Harry's blood rushed from his face all the way down to his toes.
"Ron, Ron!"
"What?"
"It's Hermione!"
"What's Hermione?"
"That's what all the commotion's about! She tried to do the 'Exploriosis' spell and vanished herself!"
"WHAT?! N-no -it can't be Hermione!"
"IT IS!"
Ron ran over to Professor McGonagall and started to tug at her robe.
"Professor! Professor!"
"Weasley, let go this instant!"
"It isn't Hermione, it isn't! -RIGHT?!"
She looked at Ron, then at Harry, who looked at her with the same concern as Ron. "Come with me to my office."
Fear clutched at their hearts as they followed her down the Hogwarts corridors, they knew, without her having to say anything, they just knew. Harry looked at Ron, but Ron couldn't find the strength to return his gaze, his eyes were fixed on McGonagall's back.
"Come in and sit down." McGonagall opened her office door. There was a change of temperature as they entered, they saw that there was a fire lit at the left side of the room, and they felt the warmth. They sat down, and Harry was first to speak:
"Is it true then, is she --- gone?"
-No, Please say no...
"Yes Harry, I'm sorry to say that Miss Granger did a very stupid and irresponsible action."
Ron jumped out of his seat hysterically. "Who cares what she did! The question is what are we going to do to get her back!?"
"Calm yourself Weasley, and for heaven's sake sit down! There will be no we. Do you not think we are doing all we can? It is not as simple as you may think; Miss Granger has vanished herself to a place unknown to us. It is not a place on earth-" She stopped.
"Well then where is she?!" Ron demanded an answer.
Professor McGonagall whispered one word- "Black"
Ron and Harry looked at eachother, "...Wow...Black. O.k then, Harry and I will go to the paint store and get a bucket of black paint. MAYBE SHE'S IN THERE!!"
"Ronald Weasley do not try my patience! I was kind enough to include the two of you in this!"
"We're sorry." Harry apologized while throwing Ron an angry look.
Ron didn't care. The only thing that was on his mind was Hermione and how to get her back. Right now she seemed to be the most important thing in the world for him- wait a second. Why was he feeling like this? It was only Hermione, but then he tried to picture his life without her and found that he couldn't.
"As I was saying," McGonagall stopped to look at Ron. "Black. It's a place, a place where all the vanished things go. It isn't an easy place to be in, it plays with the mind and I fear for Miss Granger terribly. You must understand we have a very small amount of information on Black since very few who have gone in have come out."
Ron put his face in his hands
"I'm sorry you had to hear this but I felt you should know since you are her best friends. We're doing the best we can. Hermione is in good hands as long as Headmaster Dumbledore is here. I only ask that what you have heard in this room should stay in here!"
Both Harry and Ron nodded their heads.
"You two will be informed immediately of any changes"
They thanked Professor McGonagall, and left the room. They didn't know where to go now, what to do, what to say, they just stood there in silence. After a while Ron broke it; "It's my fault."
"What are you talking about?"
"It's my fault I told her she wouldn't be able to do the spell, and then she went off and did it!"
"It's not your fault Ron, she'll be ok. She will! We can't lose hope."
"Well, I don't know about you, Harry," Ron began passionately, "but I'm not going to just sit here and do nothing!" Ron paused, breathing heavily, "I'm going after her!"
"Ron! Are you serious? No, wait, better question. Are you CRAZY?! You have no idea what you're talking about! Do you honestly think you can save her? You'll just cause another problem that Dumbledore will have to take care of!"
Ron had become rather red in the face at this point. "Well, I can't just sit around here waiting to see what happens, safe and sound, while she's out there! If there's a chance, even a really small one, that I can help her, then I'm willing to take that risk! Now, all I need to know is if you're with me, cause if you're not, than I'll just have to do this on my own!"
Harry stood there stunned into speechlessness from Ron's sudden outburst.
"Well, um," Harry stumbled over his own words, "if you put it that way, I guess I have no other choice. You're both my best friends, and I'm not going to sit let another one of you disappear. I'd rather go with you to Black."
"Yeah, Black..." Ron suddenly smiled nervously.
"Well then, Library, here we come!"
"Um, Harry, I don't think that's a very good idea being as it's mobbed with people!"
"Oh, yeah, I forgot. Ok, so then lets go get the book from Gryffindor Tower."
They headed back to their room and made sure no one was around (which wasn't really a problem).
"Get the book Harry."
Harry went over to his trunk and took out his 457 page Charms book. "Here it is."
He handed it to Ron who opened it to a page with the title 'The Exploriosis Spell.'
"Are you sure about this Ron?" Harry asked nervously.
Ron nodded.
"Don't forget Ron," Harry continued, "we have to say it wrong."
"Ok, well that won't be a problem!"
Harry laughed. "Ok, here we go!"
They picked up their wands and said together: "Exploriosis, Exploriosis, Exploriosis!"
(Though they really said this difficult tongue-twister in countless variations.)
There was a flash of light and they were gone.
To Be Continued...
A.N:)I hope you enjoyed this. Please review. Oh, and I'd like to thank my Beta reader and sister RosieG.
Black
"The Exploriosis spell, one of the most fascinating spells. It allows us to explore any inch of the world, and in just one second you've reached you're destination! HOWEVER: say the words incorrectly, just one syllable, one fraction of the word -and you may end up somewhere else...
"Um, Professor Flitwick?"
"Yes Miss Granger."
"When will we be attempting to perform this spell? I'm very eager to start!"
"Oh no! We will not be performing this spell! Too many witches and wizards have
disappeared trying to perform it, and I wouldn't dare risk my own students with it!"
RRIIIIIIIIIIIINNNNNNNGGGGGGG!!!!!!
All of the students gladly got out of their seats and headed for the door.
"Don't forget I want all of the papers on the 'Bibliosa' charm next class on my desk!"
Harry and Ron waited at the door for Hermione while she handed in her paper, then all three of them started heading towards the "Great Hall" for lunch.
"Hermione? Why did you hand in your report now?" Harry asked, "It's only due in two days."
"Do you even have to ask Harry? I mean its Hermione," Ron rolled his eyes and said in a high pitched voice while batting his eyelashes, "Oh professor! I'm soooo eager to start!"
"Shut up Ron! Just because you can't perform spells properly doesn't mean you have to badger me about the way I study!"
"Oh yeah?! Like as if you could do that -spell -um -well you know, the one he was talking about"
"Oh you mean the 'EX-PLO-RI-O-SIS' spell? Of course I could! I'd be far away on some tropical island, while you Ron, would be stuck here trying to get it right."
Ron gave her a sarcastic smile, "Very funny Hermione"
After lunch Harry said he had quidditch practice and Hermione had "official" business at the library, so Ron decided to tag along with Harry to the quidditch field, and watch him from the benches. They decided to meet eachother in the Common Room later. After Harry's practice, he and Ron went to see if Hermione was there, but she wasn't.
"She's probably still in the Library," Harry told Ron. Ron nodded his head, and they both headed for the Library. When they got there they were surprised to see that it was mobbed with people -if they hadn't known that the Library was located exactly there, they wouldn't have recognized it. They tried to squeeze in to see what all the commotion was about, but there was barely any space to move. Everyone was shoving back and forth, and-
"What the?! - What're the teachers doing here?" Ron asked Harry.
"Don't know, hey and look there's Dumbledore!"
The teachers looked very nervous. They seemed to be passing around one particular book. Snape seamed to be lecturing Professor Flitwick. Harry and Ron felt utterly clueless. Harry asked a Ravenclaw girl to tell him what had happened.
"Some Gryffindor vanished herself with some spell she learned in Flitwicks class. -Um are you o.k?" Harry's blood rushed from his face all the way down to his toes.
"Ron, Ron!"
"What?"
"It's Hermione!"
"What's Hermione?"
"That's what all the commotion's about! She tried to do the 'Exploriosis' spell and vanished herself!"
"WHAT?! N-no -it can't be Hermione!"
"IT IS!"
Ron ran over to Professor McGonagall and started to tug at her robe.
"Professor! Professor!"
"Weasley, let go this instant!"
"It isn't Hermione, it isn't! -RIGHT?!"
She looked at Ron, then at Harry, who looked at her with the same concern as Ron. "Come with me to my office."
Fear clutched at their hearts as they followed her down the Hogwarts corridors, they knew, without her having to say anything, they just knew. Harry looked at Ron, but Ron couldn't find the strength to return his gaze, his eyes were fixed on McGonagall's back.
"Come in and sit down." McGonagall opened her office door. There was a change of temperature as they entered, they saw that there was a fire lit at the left side of the room, and they felt the warmth. They sat down, and Harry was first to speak:
"Is it true then, is she --- gone?"
-No, Please say no...
"Yes Harry, I'm sorry to say that Miss Granger did a very stupid and irresponsible action."
Ron jumped out of his seat hysterically. "Who cares what she did! The question is what are we going to do to get her back!?"
"Calm yourself Weasley, and for heaven's sake sit down! There will be no we. Do you not think we are doing all we can? It is not as simple as you may think; Miss Granger has vanished herself to a place unknown to us. It is not a place on earth-" She stopped.
"Well then where is she?!" Ron demanded an answer.
Professor McGonagall whispered one word- "Black"
Ron and Harry looked at eachother, "...Wow...Black. O.k then, Harry and I will go to the paint store and get a bucket of black paint. MAYBE SHE'S IN THERE!!"
"Ronald Weasley do not try my patience! I was kind enough to include the two of you in this!"
"We're sorry." Harry apologized while throwing Ron an angry look.
Ron didn't care. The only thing that was on his mind was Hermione and how to get her back. Right now she seemed to be the most important thing in the world for him- wait a second. Why was he feeling like this? It was only Hermione, but then he tried to picture his life without her and found that he couldn't.
"As I was saying," McGonagall stopped to look at Ron. "Black. It's a place, a place where all the vanished things go. It isn't an easy place to be in, it plays with the mind and I fear for Miss Granger terribly. You must understand we have a very small amount of information on Black since very few who have gone in have come out."
Ron put his face in his hands
"I'm sorry you had to hear this but I felt you should know since you are her best friends. We're doing the best we can. Hermione is in good hands as long as Headmaster Dumbledore is here. I only ask that what you have heard in this room should stay in here!"
Both Harry and Ron nodded their heads.
"You two will be informed immediately of any changes"
They thanked Professor McGonagall, and left the room. They didn't know where to go now, what to do, what to say, they just stood there in silence. After a while Ron broke it; "It's my fault."
"What are you talking about?"
"It's my fault I told her she wouldn't be able to do the spell, and then she went off and did it!"
"It's not your fault Ron, she'll be ok. She will! We can't lose hope."
"Well, I don't know about you, Harry," Ron began passionately, "but I'm not going to just sit here and do nothing!" Ron paused, breathing heavily, "I'm going after her!"
"Ron! Are you serious? No, wait, better question. Are you CRAZY?! You have no idea what you're talking about! Do you honestly think you can save her? You'll just cause another problem that Dumbledore will have to take care of!"
Ron had become rather red in the face at this point. "Well, I can't just sit around here waiting to see what happens, safe and sound, while she's out there! If there's a chance, even a really small one, that I can help her, then I'm willing to take that risk! Now, all I need to know is if you're with me, cause if you're not, than I'll just have to do this on my own!"
Harry stood there stunned into speechlessness from Ron's sudden outburst.
"Well, um," Harry stumbled over his own words, "if you put it that way, I guess I have no other choice. You're both my best friends, and I'm not going to sit let another one of you disappear. I'd rather go with you to Black."
"Yeah, Black..." Ron suddenly smiled nervously.
"Well then, Library, here we come!"
"Um, Harry, I don't think that's a very good idea being as it's mobbed with people!"
"Oh, yeah, I forgot. Ok, so then lets go get the book from Gryffindor Tower."
They headed back to their room and made sure no one was around (which wasn't really a problem).
"Get the book Harry."
Harry went over to his trunk and took out his 457 page Charms book. "Here it is."
He handed it to Ron who opened it to a page with the title 'The Exploriosis Spell.'
"Are you sure about this Ron?" Harry asked nervously.
Ron nodded.
"Don't forget Ron," Harry continued, "we have to say it wrong."
"Ok, well that won't be a problem!"
Harry laughed. "Ok, here we go!"
They picked up their wands and said together: "Exploriosis, Exploriosis, Exploriosis!"
(Though they really said this difficult tongue-twister in countless variations.)
There was a flash of light and they were gone.
To Be Continued...
A.N:)I hope you enjoyed this. Please review. Oh, and I'd like to thank my Beta reader and sister RosieG.