The Quest
(Harry's Fifth Year late night wanderings)
Harry crept slowly down the staircase underneath the invisibility cloak. He was so nervous, he was shaking. He was going to do it. He was. He was so nervous, and concentrated on what he was about to do, that he almost forgot to jump the step. Inches away, his foot swung back onto the step above the one that creaks loudly. He breathed a sigh of relief. The step veritably screamed whenever someone stepped on it. That was sure to wake up the Slytherins, and as his cloak didn't make him "un-solid"(work w/me here, k?) They would have felt him on the step. That would not have, er, been fun. You always had to be careful when you were under the invisibility cloak."Aha!" he breathed as he found the bare, damp stretch of wall that was the entrance to the Slytherin Common Room.
"Urm.. Umm… Pure blood?" He said to the wall tentatively. Nothing happened. "Voldemort? Dark Arts? Severus Snape?"
On his last words, the door sprang open.
"Severus Snape?!" He muttered to himself. "How conceited." Harry still hated Professor Snape, and the feeling was mutual. He had, however, gotten over his, er, stereotypes of the Slytherin House. *Most* of them, anyway. He tiptoed through the door into the common room. On the other end of the deserted common room, he saw two staircases, descending into what he supposed were the dorms. Although he didn't know which side was the girls' and which was the boys', he guessed and went down through the right one.
As he descended along the staircase, he treaded carefully. Who knew if steps that creaked or vanished were in this stairway? When at last he reached the dormitory, he saw it was almost exactly like his. Except, the colours were Green and Silver, not Scarlet and Gold. And, of course, it was a girls' dorm… not a guy's.
"Yes!" Harry nearly cried out loud, but caught himself just in time and clapped a hand over his mouth.
"Now…" He muttered. "To find her room…" Harry strolled, almost casually, through the Slytherin girls' dorm rooms. It was easy to find who he was looking for, as all the Slytherins decorated their doors with their names, years and posters that read "Go Slytherin!"
"Aha!" he said under his breath. There, on the door, was a sign that read:
Slytherin Fifth years
Roxanna- fun loving and care-free. Go SLYTHERIN!
Pansy- Mudbloods suck. Slytherin Rules!
Clarrisa- Goooo Sly! *does a little cheerleader flip*
Millicent - Slytherin Rocks! I'll beat you up if you don't agree...
He tentatively pushed open the door, expecting to see every one asleep. When he did, though, there was a collective gasp, and then some scuffling, as though someone inside was hiding. Four bewildered looking girls sat on their beds. Pansy looked straight through him and into the hall. She obviously thought it was a gust of wind, or…
"Peeves?" She gasped. When there was no reply, she walked to the door (Harry quickly moved out of the way) shut it, and said
"Oh, I guess it was the wind or… Something. Maybe a prank. You can come out, I guess, Draco."
Harry quickly took in his surroundings. He was in their dorm room, and… So was MALFOY! All four girls were awake, Millicent still looking like a hag, Clarrisa like a doll, short and cute, Pansy practically glowing with joy that her boyfriend was in her room and no one knew or cared. Roxanna… well, she… Roxanna… was looking… well, beautiful. I guess that's the way to put it, thought Harry. She was like some sort of goddess… Somewhat tall, but not overly so, er... curvy, blonde, and green-eyed. But not only was she gorgeous, she was smart. She knew how to wrap Snape around her little finger, so he gave her extra help in Potions. She was top of her Charms class, and even McGonagall smiled at her.
Watching her sitting there, in her spaghetti-strap tank and pajama pants, he felt a now-familiar surge of lust. She was laughing at something Draco said, and he had an urge to throttle Draco. But then his common sense returned, and he realized he wasn't getting done what he came down here to do. But then, he was expecting a room full of sleeping girls, and not a slumber party like he supposed this was. Well, he certainly wasn't going to do it with Malfoy here!
He turned for the door, but then he realized it was closed. "Oh, no" he inwardly groaned. He couldn't pull the door open without them noticing... they'd run and tell Professor Dumbledore—Harry knew Malfoy knew he had an invisibility cloak. Harry suspected he'd be expelled if they told on him. There was nothing to do. So, he slowly and carefully walked over to where Roxanna's bed was. He sat down at the foot of the bed, and prepared. It was going to be a long night. Thankfully, he had his invisibilty cloak and the girls had their fire running in the fireplace, so it wasn't cold!
A/N
Alright, whatcha think for my first story? I know, I know... It's not great. But hey, I'm working on it! Yes, I used myself as a character, but I promise I didn't mean for it to be like, an ego thing. I just happen to like my pseudo name. Alot. Hey.. It's fiction, right? *grins* Should I make a sequel? How do you like my cliff-hanger of an ending? teehee... let me know! Thanks! I couldn't decide whether to put it under romance or Action/adventure... so I used general.
P.S. -- I had a pic for the sign... then I saw the rules for the upload. Sorry, ppls... (No colours, either!!)
Disclaimers-
I own Clarrisa and Roxanna, oh yeah, and Roxanna's pjs *grins* I don't own anything else. They belong to the extremely talented J.K. Rowling. Or to whoever else they belong!