Hey people, I was going to put all the chapters together, but there wasn't enough room to do so, so I'm going to cut it in half. Hope you enjoy the first half of 'Granted'. And yes, I know, Emma Watson will be playing Hermione in the movie.
Prologue~
"Wow, how did I ever land this part?" Cassandra Andesine asked herself. She had only been in a few commercials when she got the part of Hermione Granger in the movie version of Harry Potter. She stood outside the studio, still in awe. Cassandra had wanted to act for as long as she could remember, and she was really getting her chance now.
"How am I ever gonna walk in?" She asked herself again. She was having a slight case of the butterflies, and was nervous to go in. The door opened, and out came Daniel Radcliffe, the movie's Harry Potter.
"Hey Cass, finally, you're here. We're going to start shooting in a few minutes. Rupert's already here." He said. "Of course he wasn't feeling any butterflies, he was already in a movie that aired on BBC" Cassandra thought
"Hey Dan?" Cassandra said
"Yeah Cass?" He said back
"Do you feel any butterflies in your stomach right now?" She asked him
"A few. I always feel some when I'm about to do something in front of people. But this, this isn't as bad. You could always just do over whatever you messed up." He answered back to her.
"Hey Cass, where have you been?" Rupert Grint asked her when her and Daniel got to the studio. Rupert Grint was going to be playing the part of Ron Weasley in the movie.
"Oh, I was just running late. Morning traffic and all." She told him
"I forgot how far away you lived." Daniel said
"Actors! Take your places!" The producer yelled
"Hey Dan, that's you." Cassandra said to him. Daniel ran onto the set, Harry's room, and sat on the bed.
"Lights!" The producer yelled
"Camera!" He yelled out again
"Rolling!" The cameraman yelled out
"And, ACTION!" The producer yelled out
Cassandra watched in amazement. 'Dan is such a great actor, I'll never compare to him.' She thought. She was still pondering how in the world out of thousands of kids, she got the part, and she wasn't even British! They told Cassandra that she would have to fake a British accent, which she didn't think she did so great, but the Director and the Producer liked it.
"Cut!" Yelled the director "Let's take that one again!" The producer yelled
"And ACTION!" He yelled once again.
Hours had passed. They finally finished the scene in Harry's bedroom, and now it was time to break for lunch. The whole gang (Harry, Ron, Hermione, Draco, Pansy, and the rest of the kids.) all went together, but Cassandra, Daniel, and Rupert, much like the real Harry, Ron, and Hermione, were inseperatable.
"What scene are we doing next?" Rupert asked them.
"I think the first Quidditch game." Said Kate, who was playing Pansy Parkinson.
"Why would we do that scene now? I mean, we just finished the 1st scene." Cassandra asked.
"I never really figured out why they skip from scene to scene, but they always do. I hate that, you kind of forget where you were, and then get confused." Daniel said
"I want to see the Quidditch set before anyone uses it." Rupert said
"Well, then let's go!" Daniel said
"Are we allowed?" Cassandra asked
"I don't really know. But let's go anyway, we'll sneak in through the back." Daniel said. They finished drinking their waters (No soda during shooting hours!) and went to the studio. They found a back door, and went inside. It was like nothing they've ever seen before.
"Wow! This is amazing, it's just like I pictured it!" Cassandra said, still staring at the amazing set.
"Yeah, me too." Daniel said
"No, I had a different picture in my head." Rupert said, shaking his head "But this, this is much better." He said, shaking his head the other way.
"Don't worry, you're not the only one who had weird pictures about what everything looked liked." Cassandra said. "I pictured Snape green."
"I pictured him gray for some reason." Daniel said
"No, to me, he was a skin color." Rupert said. Rupert was somewhat of the joker in this friendship. Cassandra was the scholar, discovering new things everyday, and Daniel was the leader, with a rebellious side to him. They all fit the characters in the movie very well, since each of them portrayed many important qualities that the characters had.
"This looks great!" Daniel said
"I wish it were all real, but it's not." Cassandra said
She was so wrong.
And she knew it.
Chapter 1~
"Hey guys, I think I hear someone coming!" Cassandra said to the others. They were trying out the brooms to see what they were like, since only out of the 3, Daniel would be on one.
"Come on, let's go!" Daniel yelled
"To the back door!" Rupert yelled weirdly
Before anyone could see them, they made it outside, panting for breath.
"That was a close one." Rupert said. He couldn't crack any jokes now since he was grasping for air.
"Yeah, if we got caught…" Daniel started
"Another dumb lecture 'What are you kids doing in here! And on the brooms! You could have broken them!' and yadda yadda yadda." Rupert said
"Well, what do we do now?" Cassandra asked
Daniel looked at his watch. "It's 5 minutes till we have to be on the set, I guess we could go now, and skip another being late lecture."
"And we weren't even shooting that day!" Cassandra said
"Directors." Rupert said, and then he shrugged his shoulders "They're weird."
Then they walked to the front of the studio, which took up half of their 5 minutes. This would be Cassandra and Rupert's first scene, even if they were only in the stands. After they got into their costumes, they were given a banner with flashing lights, and their wands. Then they took their seats next to Sandra (The movie's Parvati Patil.), Brad (Seamus Finnigian.), Arnold (Neville Longbottom), Lorena (Lavender.) and Michael (Dean Thomas).
"Cassie! Hey! Rupert!" Both of them heard from down below. They looked onto the pitch, and saw Daniel on the pitch waving at them. He had his broom in his hand for when they were gonna come out of the Changing Rooms. Cassandra felt something weird when he was waving at them. 'What was that?' She thought to herself. 'Could it be that I…Nah, it can't be, can it?'
"Cass! Earth to Cassandra! Are you there?" Rupert yelled. By this time, he was waving his hands in front of her.
"Oh, what? Sorry, what's going on?" Cassandra snapped into the real world.
"You were in your own little world there for a minute. But now we're gonna start shooting. So let's get ready." Rupert said, handing her the other side of the banner.
"Alright, lights! Camera!" The producer said.
"Rolling!" The cameraman said.
"And ACTION!" The director said.
This scene to Cassandra was her favorite when she read the script, and now it was coming to life. It was such a different experience, seeing all of this happen right before her eyes. Now she didn't have to guess what everything looked like when she was reading the book. The director then motioned to Cassandra and Rupert. Cassandra took her wand and put it to the banner.
"LUMOS BANNER!" She yelled, and then whispered to Rupert, "Turn the switch." She looked at the banner. Lights were flickering on and off, it looked amazing. She then went back to the game and cheered whenever Eric (Lee Jordan) would say something good happened for the Gryffindor team. Obviously they won, when Daniel caught the Golden Snitch, and everyone on Gryffindor erupted into cheers, like it was a real game.
"CUT! Great job everyone! Be back in an hour for the Sorting scene!" The Director yelled out.
"Dan! Dan! Over here!" Cassandra and Rupert were yelling out. Finally he saw them, Cassandra on Rupert's shoulders. For some reason, Daniel didn't like that. He couldn't figure out why, so he pushed it aside.
"I still don't get why the do that, skip from scene to scene." Daniel said when he got to them.
"Well, since all the extras are here now, I guess they're gonna try to do all the scenes with the extras now." Cassandra said
"Will you please get off! You aren't exactly a feather!" Rupert yelled out.
"Oh, sorry, forgot I was here." Cassandra said, "A little help please." She said. Automatically, Daniel came to her, and he put his hands around her waist, and helped her off of Rupert's shoulders. Cassandra felt the same thing she felt when Daniel was waving at them.
'Do I? No, I just like the idea that he's playing Harry Potter. Or maybe not.' She quickly tried to push that thought out of her head. While in Daniel's head…
'What is this feeling? What does it mean? Do I like her or something? Nah, that can't be, she's my co-star, nothing can happen, can it?' He quickly tried to push that thought out of his mind, Rupert helped with that when he said,
"Listen, I have an idea." Rupert said
"Yeah, we're listening." Cassandra said eagerly, trying to get that thought out of her head.
"When everyone leaves, let's go try out the brooms, I didn't get as much time as I wanted!" He said
"Good idea! I want some clear space to try it out again." Daniel said eagerly also.
"Well, you guys better hope they leave all the brooms up. I mean, it's not like they're gonna work without the strings." Cassandra said, but she didn't know how wrong she was.
They went out of the studio with the rest of the masses.
"What time is it?" Cassandra asked.
"3:30." Daniel answered back to her.
"Tomorrow we have to start lessons! Great!" Rupert said frustrated
"Well of course silly! What do you think, you're parents would actually let you miss 3 months of school just to shoot a movie?" Cassandra said
"I wish." Daniel said
"So do I." Rupert said
"Well, at least the other 3 months of shooting are gonna be during summer." Daniel said
"Alright, besides that, does anyone remember what's happening tomorrow?" Cassandra said, hoping that Daniel would remember
"What, one of your American holidays?" Daniel said
"No, something else, that I believe should be made a holiday." Cassandra said.
"Well, you've got me there." Rupert said
"Yeah, me too." Daniel said
"IT'S MY BIRTHDAY!" Cassandra yelled
"I knew something else was happening tomorrow besides our lessons starting." Rupert said
"You never told us." Daniel said
"Yes I did, the first meeting, when we got our scripts, I told you guys." Cassandra said, still a little peeved
"Oh wow, I'm so sorry!" Daniel said feeling very guilty.
"How old are you gonna be? 12, right?" Rupert asked
"Yep, the big 1-2." Cassandra said. "And I expect presents!" She said sarcastically.
"Yeah, with what money?" Rupert asked sarcastically also
"Hello dork! You're am actor in a movie!" Daniel said
"Oops, I forgot about that." Rupert said
"Don't worry, I was just kidding." Cassandra said
"That doesn't matter. We'll still get you stuff." Daniel said
"Yep, we will." Rupert said
"Listen, I think it's safe to go into the studio now." Cassandra said, trying to change the subject. She really didn't expect anything for her birthday, this was already enough to last a hundred birthdays for her. They all went to find the studio empty.
"Aw man, they only left 2 brooms up!" Rupert said
"You guys go, I already went." He said to them, though really to Cassandra.
"No, I wanna check out the Great Hall set." Cassandra said
"Alright, I'll be there in a few minutes, I wanna see it too." Daniel said, as Cassandra walked to the next set, which was more amazing than the Quidditch set. The golden walls made the place look like it was worth a million dollars, and the 4 long tables could sit hundreds of people each. She looked at the middle and saw the Sorting Hat, which looked the way she imagined it. She thought she would have a little fun, and try it on. She walked up to the stool, and picked up the hat, and sat down. She yelled her read name (Cassandra Andesine!) and put on the hat, then something she didn't expect happened.
"Gryffindor!" The hat yelled out.
Chapter 2~
She immediately took off the hat. 'That was weird, too weird.' She thought.
"Hey Dan, Rupert, could you guys come here a minute?" She yelled, still staring at the hat.
"Yeah Cassie, what's up?" Daniel said
"Is the Sorting Hat computerized?" Cassandra asked
"Nope, some guy named Randy does the voice." Rupert said
"Why?" Daniel said curiously
"Randy's here." She said
"How do you know?" Rupert asked
"I put on the Sorting Hat to see what it was like, and it yelled out 'Gryffindor'." She said
"Well, at least we know you're a true Gryffindor." Rupert said jokingly
"Stop that, Randy could bust us." Daniel said
"We should go look for him." Cassandra said. They spent the better part of the hour looking for him, but he wasn't to be found. They never heard any of the doors open, so they thought that he must have gone out a secret way.
"He must have gone out a secret way." Rupert said (I told you)
"Well, I don't really think there's another way out of here." Cassandra said
"Me either." Daniel said.
"Then that means…" Cassandra said
"That can't be true." Rupert said
"Yeah, they just sewed it up for this scene." Daniel said, though starting to believe Cassandra more and more.
"Well, then what else could have happened?" Cassandra asked
"I have an idea, try the hat on again." Rupert said
"And we'll watch to see if the hat opens it's mouth again." Daniel said
"Alright." Cassandra said. They went back to the set of the Great Hall, Daniel and Rupert just noticing how amazing it was. Cassandra walked up to the stool on which the hat was on, looking like a normal wizard's hat.
"Alright, guys, I'm gonna put it on." Cassandra said as she sat on the stool. She put in on, and waited.
"This is taking awhile." Rupert said after about a minute
"Don't worry, it took about 2 minutes before it said anything." Cassandra said still sitting with the hat on her head.
"I hope this thing hurries up, people are gonna start coming any minute." Daniel said.
"Hold on. Just wait." Cassandra said. Then when Rupert and Daniel were about to walk off, they heard what they were waiting for.
"Gryffindor!" The hat yelled.
"Oh my!" Rupert said.
"That's impossible!" Daniel said
"I know but…" Cassandra didn't get to finish her sentence, since all of a sudden, she disappeared.
Chapter 3~
Cassandra felt herself being pulled by a foot. She had no idea where she was going. She had just put on the Sorting Hat, and now, she was traveling somewhere. She looked around and saw nothingness, plain nothingness. She couldn't move since she was moving so fast. Then she stopped. Her feet touched the floor, and she opened her eyes again. She was in front of a huge crowd. It looked like the Great Hall, but she couldn't find Daniel or Rupert. People she'd never seen before occupied most of the chairs in the Great Hall. She looked to the side of her, but she didn't see the camera or any of the chairs that they all sat at, but a huge door and another wall. It then hit her.
'I'm at Hogwarts!'
"What happened?" Rupert said
"I don't know, where did Cassie go?" Daniel said very worried
"I don't know." Rupert said. They were both out of words. They just stared at the hat the Cassandra was wearing.
"We should go find the Director or something." Rupert said, starting to run off, but Daniel had a different idea.
"I'm going after her!" He said, as he put on the hat.
"Dan, no…" Rupert tried to tell him, but before Daniel heard him, the hat shouted 'GRYFFINDOR!' and he had also disappeared.
Cassandra then felt something on her head. She looked up, and there was the sorting hat, on the top of her head. She was being sorted! She then heard a voice in her head, that didn't belong to her.
"Hermione Granger" The voice said,
'They think that I'm Hermione Granger!' Cassandra thought to herself
"Ahh, there's lots of talent, yes, and a lot of intelligence. Better make it-GRYFFINDOR!" The hat yelled out. She then heard an eruption of cheers from the table directly in front of her. She took off the hat, and went to the table. She turned her attention back to the Sorting when a woman who reminded her of Professor McGonagall yelled out "Harry Potter!" And there was Daniel, walking right up to the stool, and putting on the hat. When he sat down, he all of a sudden put on a puzzled face, looking around like he didn't know where he was.
'He just got here.' She thought, then another thought skirted across her mind, 'Did he come after me?'
'Where am I?' Daniel thought to himself. He looked around and he saw that he was in a room identical to the Great Hall set, except all the tables were full. He looked around to see if he could find Cassandra, but then a voice popped into his head, one that wasn't his.
"Oh…the legendary Harry Potter. Hmm, there's some bravery, and there's talent, oh yes there's talent. You would do great in Slytherin.' The voice said. Then Daniel looked up, and saw the Sorting Hat on his head.
'Wow, I'm really Harry Potter!'
Rupert stood there, not knowing what to do. If he went after them, than no one would know where they all went. But he didn't know if Cassandra or Daniel were in any danger.
After about 10 minutes of thinking this through, he decided that he would first tell someone, and then go after them. He started running to the door, but before he could open the huge and heavy studio doors, the Director and Producer opened the door, which sent Rupert to the floor, unconscious.
Chapter 4~
Daniel sat on the stool, waiting to be sorted. He looked around for Cassandra, but he couldn't find her. He looked down at himself, and he realized that he didn't even reconigized himself. He now had glasses on, and was wearing a long black robe. Then he put his hand on his forehead, and felt a lighting shaped scar. Then he heard the voices in his head that weren't his.
'So, what do you say, should we make you a Slytherin?' The voice said
'No, anywhere but Slytherin!' Daniel begged the voice. 'Hey!' Daniel said to himself, 'As long as I'm in this dream, I might as well go along with it.'
'Are you sure? You would do great in Slytherin.' The voice said to him.
'Anywhere but Slytherin! Anywhere but Slytherin!' He begged to the voice.
'Are you sure? Alright, better make it-GRYFFINDOR!' The hat yelled out. He then heard a roar of cheers coming from a table directly in front of him. Then he heard another voice that wasn't his, but this one was speaking out loud.
"Dan…I mean Harry! Over here!" The voice said. It was somewhat familiar, but he couldn't identify it. He looked to where the voice was coming from, and saw her. It was Hermione Granger.
Rupert awoke with people all around him. 'Where am I?' He thought to himself. 'Who are all these people? And who am I?'
"Rupert! How do you feel Rupert?" Someone with a soothing voice said.
"Rupert? Who's Rupert?" He asked curiously.
"Oh no, it's worse than I thought." The soothing voice said
"What's worse? What happened?" Rupert asked, but no one answered.
"Rupert, do you remember anything, do you remember any of them?" The soothing voice said, pointing to a bunch of people that he'd had never seen before.
"No, what happened?" Rupert asked again, and yet again not getting an answer.
"What Doctor Lambert? What's worse?" Said a woman, who looked like she was about to faint. He knew her, but he didn't know from where. He guessed that he must have seen her somewhere before.
"Mrs. Grint, Rupert has amnesia."
Daniel was looking at her like she was a maniac. He had just got sorted, and was walking her way after she had just called him.
"Dan…I mean Harry, why are you looking at me like that?" Cassandra said to him.
"Cassie?" Daniel said to Cassandra said after he sat next to her.
"Yeah, what made you so sure?" Cass asked sarcastically.
"Have you taken a look at yourself?"
"Why, what's wrong with me?" She then saw that he was wearing glasses. She looked into them, and saw someone that wasn't her. Before she had a chance to scream, Daniel put his hand over her mouth. After he was sure that she wouldn't scream, he took her hand off her mouth. He wanted to put her hand back on her. Everytime he touched her, he felt a surge of energy going through his body, and he would want to kiss her. 'Come on Daniel, this is a dream; I won't get to kiss her for real. Besides, you're only 12.' (Yes, I know he's really only 11, but I wanted to make him a year older.)
"Daniel, do I look like…" She asked him, but he already knew what she was going to say.
"Yeah, and I look like Harry Potter, right?" He asked her.
"Wow, I didn't notice before. You even have the scar!" She said, pointing to his forehead.
"Yeah, I know, and people think I'm actually Harry Potter."
"I already found that out when I was getting sorted, but what do we do now?"
"Don't worry, Rupert saw me go, and I don't think that the kid up there," He pointed to the stool, which a kid with wild red hair was sitting, sans the look of total confusion, "is Rupert. He'll tell someone. I know it."
"I'm not so sure. Maybe that kid is Rupert, maybe not, but even if it isn't, I'm not so sure."
Meanwhile, back at the hospital~
"Rupert, please tell me you know who I am!" The woman who was about to faint said. She had tears down her eyes. He wanted to tell her that he knew her, but he didn't have the slightest clue who she was.
"I'm sorry, but I don't know." He said to her. All the tears that she was trying to hold back came exploding out. A man came up to her, and tried to comfort her, but it seemed like nothing could stop her. The man looked very familiar. In fact, to Rupert, everyone but the doctor looked familiar, but he didn't know them, he couldn't remember.
"I'm sorry, I don't even know who I am!" He yelled out, feeling responsible for causing everyone grief.
"Honey, please don't be sorry. You didn't do anything." The familiar woman said. He then put it together.
"Are you my mother?" He whispered to her.
"Yes Rupert." His mother almost flew off his bed.
"So that makes me Rupert, right?" His mother sat down again, her hopes lost.
"Yes, you're Rupert Grint." The man that was trying to comfort his mother said. "And I'm you're father."
Then he heard the soothing voice again. "I'm sorry, but I must ask you all to leave. Rupert needs his rest."
"But can't we…" His mother started, but his father put his hand on her shoulder, and told her that they probably should leave. After they all left, the owner of the soothing voice came up to him.
"Rupert, you should be going to sleep now, and try to regain some of your memory. And if you forgot, I'm Doctor Lambert. Just press the button right next to the bed if you need anything. She left, closing the door behind her, letting Rupert fall into a dreamless sleep.
"Wow, the rest of the day off!" Brad (Seamus) said
"Stop that! That's only because of what happened to Rupert. I hope he's ok." Kate (Pansy) said.
"Does anyone even know what happened?" Arnold (Neville) asked the group.
"No, I was gonna ask you guys." Justin (Draco) said
"What about Cass and Dan? They're not here." Lorena (Lavender) said, looking around the group of 8.
"They're probably off making out or something." Michael (Dean) said.
"Finally. It's so obvious that they like each other." Sandra (Parvati) said, clinging to Justin's arm.
"I think the only one that didn't know was Rupert." Arnold said, getting into a pushing fight with Brad.
"Are you guys really sure that they're somewhere kissing?" Lorena said, concerned.
"Don't worry, Lori." Sandra said, letting go of Justin's arm. "They'll be fine, as long as they're together." She said to her on and off-screen best friend.
"Come on guys! Let's go eat somewhere, it's almost dinnertime!" Michael yelled to everyone.
"Yeah, in your world." Kate said
"Whatever, I'm hungry too! Let's break some rules and go eat fast food!" Sandra yelled to everyone.
"To Burger King!" Brad yelled, finishing off the playful pushing fight with Arnold. The rest of them walked away, chatting about whatever came up, except Lorena.
"Please let them be ok." Lorena whispered, and then went to talk to Kate and Sandra about how much more work they had to do tomorrow.
Cassandra was in her own little world while the Great Feast was going on. She couldn't really eat. She just had this terrible feeling about Rupert, like something was horribly wrong. She saw Daniel eating, without a care in the world. "He must think this is a dream or something!" Cassandra said to herself exaggerately (Is that a word?). The truth was, was that he did.
'Any minute, Rupert will come, I'll get to kiss Cassie, and this whole dream will be over.' Daniel thought to himself. He still had a lurking feeling that this could all be true, but it wasn't logical, but anything can happen, right?
He looked over to Cassandra, who hadn't touched any of her food, which wasn't very Cassandra. She could sometimes be a little pig, and still manage to keep pretty thin.
"Come on Cassie, eat something." He nudged her a little
"I can't, I have other things on my mind." She said, with a worried look on her face.
"What? That we're never gonna get out of here?" Daniel said sarcastically
"Yeah, that's back there somewhere, but I can't get my mind off of Rupert." She said. That instant, his spirit went way down. He had finally realized, along with the rest of the cast, that he really liked Cassie, and now she liked Rupert.
"Why, why is he on your mind?" He asked with a little attitude.
"Well, I can't help but have this feeling that something happened to him, something that could affect us also." She said. His spirit went up a little bit.
"Don't worry, Rupert's fine, what could possibly happen?" Daniel asked her, not expecting an answer.
"A lot can happen Dan, a lot more than you think."
Chapter 5~
"What do we do now Dan?" Cassandra asked him. They were now on their way to Gryffindor tower with the rest of the Gryffindors. It was hard to separate Ron and Daniel, but Cassandra had done it, and got to have a minute with Daniel.
"I dunno, I'm really asleep. This will all be over soon." Daniel said like nothing was going on. Cassandra couldn't believe her ears. He really thought this was a dream.
She punched him on the shoulder as the Fat Lady swung open.
"Oww, what did you do that for?" Daniel yelled to Cassandra as they walked into the common room, which turned some heads. Cassandra grabbed his arm, and dragged him to a corner and whispered,
"If this was a dream, that wouldn't have hurt. This is real." She said to him.
"So, we can't do anything, can we?" Daniel said sharply.
"Yes we can, we just have to figure something out." Cassandra said. After about a minute, Daniel said,
"So?"
"So what?"
"Have you thought of any brilliant ideas yet?"
"I don't see you coming up with anything."
"Well, the pain in my shoulder somewhat distracts me."
"What is wrong with you? Can't you take anything seriously?"
"Yes I can, it's just that you're so uptight."
"Really?" She yelled in his face
"Yeah, really!" He yelled back
"Fine, I'd had it with you!" Cassandra yelled. By this time, mostly everyone in the common room was looking at them. Cassandra stomped up to the Girls' Dormitories, found the door with 'First Years' on it, jumped onto a bed, and started to cry.
Daniel was stunned. One thing about Cassandra was that she could rise above being mad and yelling, she was better than that. But she had just yelled in his face that she'd had it with him, and marched up to the Girls' Dormitories. Ron came up to his side (He wasn't Rupert, Cassandra and Daniel had found this out before leaving the Great Hall) when she was out of sight, asking what happened.
"Were you guys seeing each other or something?" Ron asked
"No, I would never want to date her." Daniel said, even though he didn't mean it. Cassandra was right, he wasn't taking this seriously. They could be stuck here forever if they didn't act fast.
"Well, then what happened?" Ron asked, as they sat in 2 chairs by the fire.
"Nothing really. It was just that something came up that I didn't take seriously, and Cass…Hermione got mad." Daniel said, almost saying Cassandra. He thought that Ron didn't notice his slip-up, but he was wrong.
"You were about to say someone else's name. Does this involve someone else or something." Ron asked curiously.
"No, it's just that…Cassandra is Hermione's middle name, and she says that she prefers her middle name to her first name." He said whatever he could think of to cover up his slip up.
"Oh, did you know her before this?" Ron asked
"Yeah, we met at…Diagon Alley." Daniel said, trying to cover up another one of his mistakes. He hoped that Ron wouldn't talk to Cassandra before he had a chance to. After about an hour of talking, Ron and Daniel went up to the Boys' Dormitories. Not once during their whole conversation, had Daniel been able to take his mind off Cassandra. 'Why am I such an idiot?' Daniel thought to himself when he got into bed. He didn't even take the time to look around his room; he just changed, and went straight to bed, while Ron was admiring their room.
Daniel was nowhere near sleep when he heard the unpleasant sound of Neville's snores. He tried to think of a way to say sorry to Cassandra. Cassandra may be slow to anger, but she was slow to forgive (A quote from my 2nd Favorite book, 'Ella Enchanted'. One of the best books ever, I mean, after Harry Potter!). After hours of tossing and turning, he couldn't bare it anymore, and walked out the room. He saw a 5th year couple, arms around each other, sleeping, so he went to the only other place he could think of, the Astronomy tower.
Somehow, he managed to get through the halls without getting caught by Filch or Mrs. Norris. And another miracle was that he was able to find the Astronomy tower. But the Hogwarts School was amazing like the set, back in the real world. He went up the ladder, through the trap door, and out to the balcony. For some reason, he needed fresh air, it helped calm him down, and clear his mind. Then he started to talk.
"What am I gonna do, what would make her forgive me?" He said out loud. For some reason, Daniel liked to talk to himself; it was like telling someone that wasn't there.
"Wait, Cassie's birthday is tomorrow. I've gotta do something big." For the next 5 minutes, Daniel was thinking, but he didn't say his thoughts aloud. He was so enamored in his thoughts, he didn't notice the girl with the curly hair walk in.
"I've got it! I think I can go to sleep now!" Daniel said, not noticing the girl with the curly hair, and the dark robe. He ran out of there, and then slowly walked to his dormitory, and all of sudden, as he hit the bed, he felt sleep take him away, not even knowing that the girl with the curly hair was up in the Astronomy tower.
The girl with the curly hair couldn't sleep, sleep was to far away for her to reach, so she decided to go to the Astronomy tower balcony, it was as close as she could get to being outside without walking off Hogwarts grounds. She thought about running away, but she didn't know where in England she was. She somehow knew her way around the grounds, and after 20 minutes of switching from hall to hall, floor to floor, she reached the long tower, and climbed the steps, up the ladder, into the trapdoor, and into the classroom. But someone else was there. It was too dark to tell who he or she was. She didn't want to be seen, so she hid behind a desk, waiting for the stranger to leave.
"I've got it!" He yelled. She knew the voice; it was the same one as the one who was yelling in the common room, the voice belonged to Harry Potter. He then ran out of the room. 'I wondered what he figured out.' The girl with the curly hair thought. She went out to the balcony after she locked the door, so no one would interrupt her. She leaned against the railing, and by the light of the moon, you could see her face. It was Cassandra.
Rupert woke up, noticing that his room was dark. 'It must be nighttime.' He thought. He still hadn't gained any of his memory, but he woke up because he felt like he had to do something, he had to tell someone something, but what? And who?
Rupert felt something on his wrist, a watch. He looked at it, and it was 3:30 in the morning. He tried going to sleep again, but that feeling wouldn't let him. He felt that this must have been pretty important, and then a picture came into his mind, and a voice. He was in the picture, and so was someone else. It was a boy with jet black hair, and green eyes, he was putting on a hat, and the voice, which sounded like his, was saying 'Daniel, don't!', but that's all that came to him.
The nurse had given him a pad of paper, to write down anything that he remembered. Rupert picked up the pad of paper, and the pen next to it, and scribbled down,
"Daniel's in trouble."
"What do you mean 'You don't know where they are?' You're supposed to be supervising them!" A woman screamed. There were 4 people in an office, the director's office.
"Mrs. Radcliffe, we had to go to Rupert, he was unconscious when he was found." The director said.
"And you left the children there by themselves?" Mrs. Andesine said to him. About an hour ago, someone finally noticed that Daniel and Cassandra were missing.
"Well, we asked the older kids to watch after them. There were lots of kids there." The producer said
"You should have made them all call home or something! Now mine and Mrs. Andesine's kids are missing."
"Have you called the police?" The director asked
"Yes about 10 times!" Mrs. Andesine said
"What about the other kids?" The producer said, with a face like he had got them there.
"Already done. Last time anyone saw them was with Rupert, and Rupert can't remember a damn thing!" Mrs. Radcliffe yelled. She had lost it, and she had started to cry. She sat down, while Mrs. Andesine took charge.
"What is wrong with you people? Leaving a bunch of 11 and 12 years olds be themselves. Only God knows know where they could be and what's happening to them! I'm leaving now, come on Debbie." Mrs. Andesine yelled to Mrs. Radcliffe.
"Where are you going?" The producer asked
"To go look for our kids!" She said, and then they were both gone, but they were quickly stopped.
"Mrs. Andesine, Mrs. Radcliffe, I'm sorry to delay you, but I'm Lorena Valden, I play the part of Lavender Brown."
"Is that what you tell us?" Mrs. Radcliffe said, trying to hide her anger.
"No, it's just that, I think I know who would know where Daniel and Cassandra are."
"I'm going after her!" Daniel said, as he put on the Sorting hat.
"Dan, no…" Rupert tried to tell him, but before Daniel heard him, the hat shouted 'GRYFFINDOR!' and he had disappeared. She was there too, and she wanted to say something, but no sound came out of he mouth. She saw Rupert debating in weather or not he should go, and he had finally decided to go tell someone. He ran to the studio doors, and right as he was about to open the door, the director walked in, and the heavy door had hit Rupert on the head. She still wanted to say something, but this time, her mouth wouldn't open. She then heard a scream, and shot out of bed.
"Hermione! Hermione! Wake up, you're gonna be late for breakfast."
"Lorena, I'm sure you mean well, but Rupert can't help us now." Mrs. Andesine asked her. After Lorena explained everything that happened the previous day, Lorena wanted them to see Rupert, the one that would probably know what happened to them.
"Yes he can. The 3 of them never separate, so Rupert will most likely know what happened to Cassandra and Daniel." Lorena said to them. She had this strong feeling that he knew where they were, and if they were ok. They walked in to his room, to find him asleep. It was still very early, only about 6:30, but that's when welcoming hours started, and Lorena wanted to find Cassandra and Daniel.
"Lorena, we should go, he's asleep." Mrs. Radcliffe said to her, but Lorena saw a little pad of paper, and she wanted to know…
"Hold on a sec." Se walked over to his dresser, and picked up the pad of paper. She opened it to the very first page, and gasped.
"Lorena, what's wrong?" Mrs. Andesine asked. She walked over to her, and took out the pad of paper, and read what was said. She then also gasped, and then gave the pad of paper to Mrs. Radcliffe. She read what was written.
"Daniel's in trouble."
Chapter 6~
"Oh no." Was all that Mrs. Radcliffe could manage to say. They all stood in Rupert's hospital room in silence for a few minutes, until someone spoke up.
"Who are you?" Rupert asked, looking at them like they were maniacs for being in his room this early.
"I'm Lorena, a friend of yours. This is Mrs. Radcliffe and Mrs. Andesine, the mothers of your 2 best friends, which both are missing." Lorena said
But Lorena didn't get the reaction from Rupert that she'd expected. Instead, his face lit up, and he asked.
"By any chance, is one of my best friend's names Daniel?" Rupert asked. Mrs. Radcliffe rushed to the side of the bed and asked.
"Yes, my son, do you remember anything?" She asked, hoping it was something good.
"Yes, but I don't think it will help any." Rupert said, hoping that he wouldn't have to tell them what he'd remembered.
"Anything will help Rupert." The girl with the long black hair said.
"Well, alright. I was in this room, with a kid. He had jet-black hair and green eyes. He was putting on a hat that looked like it belonged to a sorcerer thousands of years ago."
"The Sorting Hat." Lorena, he girl with the long black hair said.
"Yes, whatever it's called. I was telling him 'No Daniel.' But that didn't stop him. And that's all I remembered." Rupert said
"Ok, so something must have happened on the set, since that's where the Sorting Hat is." Lorena said, hoping it would cheer someone up.
"But what good will that do us?" Mrs. Radcliffe asked, not really expecting an answer.
"Lorena, we appreciate your help, but we should go around town, looking for Cass and Dan. Good-bye." Mrs. Andesine said, and both mothers were gone.
"No you don't." Lorena muttered under her breath.
Daniel woke early for some reason. He usually was a person who slept in if he could, but today, today was different. He looked down at his watch, but it was broken. He then remembered a line in one of the Harry Potter stories.
'Electric things go haywire in Hogwarts, since there's so much magic around here.'
So he took off the watch, and put it in his trunk. He didn't even realize that it wasn't his watch. He looked out the window, and saw that the sun had just risen. 'Must be about 5:30.' He thought to himself. He put on his robe, took a quill and parchment, and went down to the common room. He saw that the couple was gone, which was good, he wanted to be alone. Since he couldn't buy Cassandra a present for her birthday, he was going to make her one. He went to a table, and started to write.
"Man, we came all the way down here just to be told that we have another day off!" Brad (Seamus) said.
"I know, geez, has the director heard of a telephone?" Kate (Pansy) said.
"Will you guys shut up! Cassandra and Daniel are missing, and the only person who might know where they went has amnesia. I think that's a pretty good reason to cancel shooting for the day." Lorena said to them.
"Yeah you guys, do you have any compassion at all?" Michael (Dean) said. He liked Lorena. Besides Cassandra, she was the only down to earth girl in this whole cast. Both Michael and Lorena spent most of their time chatting with Rupert, Cassandra, and Daniel, since they were the normal ones, the ones that didn't let stardom go to their heads, even though they were playing the main characters.
"They probably rented a hotel room with the shit load money they're getting for their roles." Arnold said. He was the pervert of the group, always thinking that if someone was missing or late, they were out having sex or something.
"Come on guys. I mean Daniel's 12, and Cassandra's 11. Get real!" Lorena said.
"Hey, isn't today her birthday?" Sandra (Parvati) said
"He's probably giving her a birthday present, if you know what I mean." Justin (Draco)
"You guys are sick pervs." Michael said
"Yeah, whatever." Brad said. Lorena then pulled Michael's arm.
"What?" Michael said, still following the rest of the group
"Don't you feel like we should be doing something more than this?" She said, pointing to the rest of the group.
"Yeah, but what can we do. The Director and the Producer are going all around town with their moms; the police are looking for them. There's nothing we can do." Michael said to her
"I just feel like there's a clue somewhere, somewhere I haven't looked. Did I tell you that I saw Rupert this morning?"
"No, did he remember anything?"
"Yeah, a little. He said that he and Daniel were in a room, probably the set of the Great Hall. Daniel said something about going after someone, most likely Cassandra. Daniel was putting on the Sorting Hat, and Rupert was saying 'No Daniel' like he was trying to stop him, and that's all he remembered. But I don't see how that helps."
"Well, something must have happened on the set. Maybe there's something there."
"Should we go check?" Lorena asked him
"Lets." He said as they separated from the group, and walked to the studio.
Cassandra was covered in cold sweat. Lavender was shaking her to wake her up. When she finally saw that Cassandra was awake, she stopped, and went back to the vanity to put her make-up on.
'What does that dream mean? Is that what happened back at the studio when I disappeared? Did Daniel come after me?'
Then she remembered what day it was. Her Birthday.
"Hey Lavender, today's my birthday." She said
"Oh, really? Must have slipped my mind. Happy Birthday. And sorry." Lavender said, never taking her eyes off the mirror.
"Don't be sorry, I never told you." She said. Cassandra then got out of bed, and went into Hermione's trunk to get some black robes. She put them on, and walked and ate breakfast with Lavender and Parvati. By this time, she was starving, since she didn't eat dinner the previous night. Cassandra kept looking over to Daniel, but he was too enamored in his conversation with Ron.
'He probably doesn't remember that it's my Birthday. He probably hasn't given me a thought.' She thought to herself. But the truth was, Daniel couldn't stop thinking about her.
"Is the Sorting Hat computerized?" A girl with curly hair asked
"Nope, some guy named Randy does the voice." Rupert said
"Why?" Daniel said curiously
"Randy's here." She said
"How do you know?" Rupert asked
"I put on the Sorting Hat to see what it was like, and it yelled out 'Gryffindor'." She said
"Well, at least we know you're a true Gryffindor." Rupert said jokingly
"Stop that, Randy could bust us." Daniel said
But the dream didn't continue, because something caused Rupert to wake up. It was still morning. He looked at his watch, which read 9:30. Then he noticed that his mother was there.
"Good Rupert, you're up." She said, "Do you remember anything?" She asked. Rupert looked into her eyes. He wanted to tell her that he remembered everything, and take away the sadness in her eyes, but he couldn't lie to her. She would probably be able to tell anyway.
"No, nothing really. Mom, did you know that my 2 best friends, Daniel and, well I forgot the name of the girl, but did you know that they're missing?" Rupert asked his mother. He knew that would probably cause more sadness, but something in the back of his head was telling him that he should tell her.
"Daniel and Cassandra? Oh no, I didn't." She said, her voice filled with worry. "How did you find out?"
"A girl named Lorena came with their mothers, and she asked me if I cold remember anything. I told them all I knew, but I don't thin it helped."
"Oh, so you did remember something?" She asked, now with hope in her voice.
"Yes, but that's it. And something else now too. There were 2 people by me, Daniel, and some girl, which I think is Cassandra. The girl was asking us if some hat was computerized, and I said no, some guy does the voice for the hat. Am I in a movie?"
"Yes, and Daniel and Cassandra are in this movie also. You were found unconscious on the set during a break."
"Oh, well, there's more. Cassandra said that the hat had said something; either that, or the person who does the voice of the hat was there. Daniel said that we should leave before we got in trouble, and that's it."
Rupert reached for the pad of paper, and scribbled down.
'There's something up with the Sorting Hat.'
Daniel was not a great writer. He wasn't even really a good writer. But he knew that Cassandra was a romantic person, and what could be more romantic than an original poem? He was in the common room for over an hour and a half before Ron came downstairs, and Daniel still had nothing.
"What are you doing?" Ron asked Daniel
"Oh, nothing much, just writing a letter."
"To who?" Ron asked
"You're nosy, you know that?"
"Yeah, I can't help it."
"Listen, I'll tell you later. Let's go down to breakfast. I'm starved."
"Ok, whatever, but you know I'll find out whatever you're hiding."
They walked down to breakfast without mentioning what Daniel was writing. He looked around, but he didn't see Cassandra anywhere. After they were about 5 minutes into breakfast, the big doors opened, and in walked Cassandra, Lavender, and Parvati. He tried not to look at them while they walked to the Gryffindor table, but he couldn't. As they walked to the table, he saw Cassandra laughing and joking with Lavender and Parvati.
'Probably not thinking about me at all.' Daniel thought. It's funny how alike people think sometimes, isn't it?
Their first day, the Gryffindors had Transfiguration with Professor McGonagall. She didn't even give them time to breathe before she started writing things on the board that they had to copy down, but Cassandra quickly realized that Hermione had a very fast writing hand. After Transfiguration, they went to Charms with the Ravenclaws. Professor Flitwick was a very ting teacher, who seemed very nervous. He didn't have them copy down any notes, but he talked until half of the Ravenclaws and most of the Gryffindors were asleep. Finally, after what seemed like forever, the bell rang, and it was time to go to lunch.
"Hermione, what do we have next?" Parvati asked
"Double Potions with Professor Snape and the Slytherins."
"I don't know about Professor Snape, but I don't like the Slytherins. They're pretty rude." Parvati said
"Yeah, one of the second years tried to trip me over on my way to Transfiguration." Lavender said
"I don't think then you'll like Professor Snape either." Cassandra said
"Why not?" Parvati asked
"Because he's the head of the Slytherin house."
Daniel wasn't looking forward to Double Potions. All he wanted was for night to fall, so he could slip to the Astronomy tower. The Gryffindors all walked in unison to the dungeons where the classroom was. And if wasn't bad enough, they had Potions with the Slytherins.
During the class, Daniel lost Gryffindor 10 points, 5 for sitting all the way in the back, and 5 for being a smart Alec. Along with that, Cassandra had lost 5 points for trying to keep Neville from freaking out, and Neville had lost them 5 more points for freaking out anyway. Draco Malfoy had gained the Slytherins 10 points for knowing today's date. Finally, after Slytherin gained 20 points and Gryffindor had lost 20, the bell had rung. Daniel didn't even wait up for Ron, but he slipped Cassandra a note, which simply said,
Cassie/Hermione,
Meet me in the Astronomy Tower at midnight.
Daniel/Harry
Cassandra heart skipped a beat. Lavender looked over her shoulder to read the note.
"Ohhhh, Harry likes you!" She said
"No he doesn't!" Cassandra said, though wishing it was true.
"Yes he does, I mean, why would he want to meet you in the Astronomy Tower, alone?" Parvati asked
"Because, we had a fight yesterday, maybe he just wants to call it even." Cassandra said, though not really believing herself.
"Whatever you say Hermione, whatever you say." Lavender said, walking up to Gryffindor tower. But Parvati stayed around for a minute.
"Why did it say Daniel on the letter, and why did it say Cassandra?"
"Middle names, Parvati, middle names." Cassandra said.
Parvati wanted to say something, but she didn't want to sound obsessed with Harry, but she always thought that his middle name was James.
"See anything?" Michael yelled to Lorena.
"Nope, it's kinda dark in here." Lorena yelled back
"I wish ours wands really worked. All we have to do is yell 'LUMOS' and we have light."
"And in the real world…"
"Funny, hey wait, I think I found a light switch!" He flipped the switch, and all the lights in the studio turned on.
"And we have light!"
"Alright, so we're looking for the Sorting Hat, right?" Michael asked
"Yep, that's what we're here for." Lorena said to him.
"Then we should be at the set of the Great Hall." They walked over to the Great Hall, where, sitting on the stool, was the Sorting Hat.
"Well, what do we do now?" Michael asked
"I dunno, I guess, we try it on, and see what happens. Lorena walked over to the stool, took off the Sorting Hat, and put it on.
"So, anything happening?" Michael asked.
"Nope, nothing." She was about to take off the hat when the hat yelled out 'GRYFFINDOR!' and Lorena was gone.
Chapter 7~
"Hermione, do you know the answer to question 7?" Lavender asked Cassandra.
"To which homework?" Cassandra asked back
"Charms."
"No, I'm on Transfiguration."
"I have an idea." Parvati said, "Everyone does one homework assignment, and then we just copy off each other. I mean, we have the same homework, what's the use of all of us doing it all?"
"Good idea." Lavender said
"I'm in." Cassandra said. She knew this wasn't what Hermione would usually do, but she was Hermione for now, and she was going to have a little fun.
They then got busy doing their one assignment each.
Michael stood there in shock. He didn't know what to do, but he had to go for Lorena, what if something happened to her? Without thinking, Michael put the Sorting Hat on, waited about 10 seconds, when finally the hat shouted 'GRYFFINDOR' and Michael was also gone.
"That's the 7th time you've beaten me Ron, could we call it quits and go to dinner already?" Daniel asked Ron. Ron was whipping Daniel's butt at chess, and Daniel wanted to end the embarrassment.
"Hold on, I wanna see if I can beat you Harry. We both suck, let's see who sucks more." Dean said walking over to their table.
"Alright. Maybe I'll actually beat someone." Daniel said
"Ok, you've got the white ones, so you start." Dean said
"Alright, I think I'll take this…" Daniel said, but then he looked up at Dean, and saw that he was wearing a puzzled face.
"Dean, are you alright?" Daniel asked
"Dean? Are we shooting? Where am I?" Dean asked.
"Dean, what's going with you?" Ron asked
"Dean, come here a minute." Daniel said, and pulled his arm to a corner "Michael?" He asked
"Daniel? Where am I?"
"Hogwarts, and you're Dean Thomas."
"Hold on, how do I know that this isn't a dream or something?"
"I'll do the same thing that Cassie did to me." Daniel said, and punched his shoulder, but not as hard as Cassandra had punched him.
"Oww, that hurt."
"Exactly, proving that this is all real."
"Ok, we're on the set of Hogwarts, big deal."
"No, this is the real Hogwarts, alright, the real one."
"But there's no such thing as Hogwarts…Lorena."
"What about Lorena?"
"She's here too."
"Well, she plays Lavender, so…we've gotta go to Cassie's room, now!"
"But…"
"I'll explain later, come on." Daniel said, pulling Michael's arm again, and going up the stairs to the girls' dormitories. Daniel opened the door to the room labeled 'First Years', and saw Cassandra and Parvati, sitting on the floor, doing their homework.
"Hermione, can I talk to you for a minute, it's really important." Daniel asked frantically.
"Yeah, hold on." Cassandra said
"I told you he likes you." Parvati whispered to Cassandra as she left. Cassandra closed the door, and she asked,
"What's going on, and why is Dean here?"
"He's not Dean, it's Michael."
"What? Great, we should burn that hat when we get back."
"Where's Lavender?" Daniel asked
"In the bathroom, why?"
"That's not Lavender, it's Lorena."
"Oh no, we've gotta go to Moaning Myrtle's bathroom, now!" Cassandra said, running and pulling Daniel's arm, who was still holding Dean's arm. They all ran to the 4th floor where the bathroom was, but before they touched the 4th floor, they heard an ear-splitting scream.
When Lorena touched the floor, she was still in shock. 'Rupert was right, there's something with that hat.' She thought. She looked around, and she saw a bathroom. 'What am I doing here? Is this a dream?' She thought. She went to a sink, and splashed her face, and her face felt wet.
'So this isn't a dream, but where am I?' She though. She then looked into the mirror, and saw her wet face. She then realized that she all of a sudden had to go to the bathroom. As a habit, she went to the stall closest to the wall. She opened the door, and saw a ghost crying. She screamed, and everything went black.
"CUT! Great job everyone! Be back in an hour for the Sorting scene!" Some man yelled out.
"Dan! Dan! Over here!" Cassandra and him were yelling out. Finally he saw them, Cassandra on his shoulders.
"I still don't get why the do that, skip from scene to scene." Daniel said when he got to them.
"Well, since all the extras are here now, I guess they're gonna try to do all the scenes with the extras now." Cassandra said
"Will you please get off? You aren't exactly a feather!" Rupert yelled out.
"Oh, sorry, forgot I was here." Cassandra said, "A little help please."
But the dream stopped, as Rupert woke up. He always caught himself drifting off, and wanted to wake himself up, so he would remember what would be happening is his dreams. He saw that no one was in his room.
'Good, I need some peace and quiet.' Rupert thought to himself. He took the pad of paper, and wrote,
Cassandra and I trying to get Daniel's attention. Cassandra was on my shoulders, Daniel didn't like that.
Before he could write anymore, he drifted off again.
"That was Lorena! Come on!" Michael said, running, but then stopping, "Which way do we go?"
"Go left!" Cassandra yelled, running ahead of Michael. She ran into the bathroom, and gave a little scream.
"Oh man, should we go in?" Daniel asked Michael as they came in front of the girls' bathroom.
"Who cares, I don't think anyone else is there." Michael said, walking in, Daniel following. They then saw Lorena on the floor, out cold.
"Lorena, Lorena, wake up!" Cassandra was saying. Lorena then started to flutter her eyelashes.
"Lorena!" Michael yelled loudly, running over to Lorena's side.
"Huh? What happened?" Lorena said faintly
"You screamed, and then you must have fainted." Cassandra
"She fainted because of me!" Someone yelled behind them. Cassandra turned around, and saw Moaning Myrtle.
"Yep, I frightened her so badly, that she passed out. That's surely a compliment!" Myrtle said madly.
"She didn't faint because of you, only because, well, you're a ghost." Daniel said.
"Great! Why did I have to die?" Myrtle said, and went back to her stall to cry some more.
"Lorena, are you feeling ok?" Michael asked
"Yeah, but my head hurts a little." Lorena said faintly.
"Ok, then we should take you back to your room." Michael said, picking her up. She was pretty light for 12; Michael didn't even need any help to carry her up to the Gryffindor tower. Michael then put her into her bed, and left with Daniel.
"Oh my God! What happened?" Parvati asked
"Moaning Myrtle scared her and she fainted." Cassandra said
"Are you ok Lavender?" Parvati asked
"What, are we shooting or something?" Lorena answered
"What are you talking about?" Parvati asked
"Parvati, can I talk to Lavender for a minute?" Cassandra asked
"Yeah, I'll be back in 15 minutes." Parvati said a little ticked off as she left.
"What's going on? And who are you?" Lorena asked
"It's Cassandra, but I look like Hermione Granger, and you're Lavender."
"Huh? How can that be?"
"Well, when you put on the Sorting Hat, you got transferred here."
"This is impossible." Lorena said.
"Well, you're head hurts, so you know this isn't a dream, and you…oh no." Cassandra whispered to herself.
"What? What?"
"I need to get Michael and Daniel here right now!" Cassandra said, as she flew out the room, and to the boys' dormitories. She ran into the room labeled 'First Years' and opened the door, and lucky for her, only Daniel and Michael were there, Daniel explaining to Michael what happened.
"Dan, Mike, we have a problem!" Cassandra said the minute she got in
"Well I know that, but I'm guessing this is something new." Daniel said
"Yeah. If we're Harry, Hermione, and all those people, where are the real Harry, Hermione, Lavender, and Dean?"
Chapter 8~
"Hey, wake up!" Someone said to her. She didn't want to wake up, she was having a pleasant dream, about acing all her final exams, but then she thought she would have to wake up to ace them all.
"Alright, I'm up. Who are you?" She asked
"Harry Potter, I should be asking you the same question." Harry said
"Oh, me, I'm Hermione Granger. Where are we?" Hermione asked
"To tell you the truth, I have no idea." Harry said
Then a bad thought came to her, "How long have I've been asleep?" She said very concerned.
"I just woke up about a few minutes ago, so I'd say about an hour or so."
"But what happened? One minute, I'm about to get sorted, and the next, I'm here."
"You got into Gryffindor, so did I."
"How do you know?"
"I just sort of feel it."
"How is that possible?"
"I don't know. I felt like I was there, like I saw it all when I was out cold, but I wasn't me. I mean, I was getting sorted, but I wasn't in my body, I mean…"
"I got it, don't worry."
"So, what do we do now?"
"To tell you the truth, I really don't know."
"Why didn't I think of that?" Daniel said, hitting his head
"I just realized it, since the real Lavender was here for awhile, and then Lorena came, so at some point, Hermione and Harry were their real selves." Cassandra said.
"Well, what do we do?" Michael said, after finding out what was going on.
"I don't know, I may be Hermione, but I don't have her mind." Cassandra said.
"Well, we'll sleep on it. Tomorrow, we'll go to library, and see if we can find something related to this." Michael said
"But wait, if we're them, shouldn't they be us?" Daniel asked
"Nope, in the real world, you guys are officially missing." Someone at the door said. Cassandra turned to the door, and saw Lorena.
"We are?" Cassandra said, surprised
"Yep, the rest of the cast doesn't think you guys are missing. They thought that Daniel was giving you a birthday present, if you know what I mean." Michael said.
"Perverts." Cassandra said
"Yeah, totally." Lorena
"Anyways, I think I'll go back to my dorm, I'm pretty tired." Cassandra said, somewhat upset. After she left, Michael said,
"What's up with her? There was something about the way she said that."
"She must be upset because today's her birthday. I mean, this isn't exactly my idea of a good day. And if it was my birthday…" Lorena said
"Hopefully I can change that. What time is it?" Daniel asked
"It's about 11:15. Boy does time fly by when you're traveling through dimensions." Michael said
"How do you know that, I mean, wouldn't your watch have gone crazy?" Daniel asked
"I don't know. Anyways, I'm tired. I'm going to bed." Michael said, as Lorena left. Michael got into bed without changing, and Daniel went to get his quill and parchment for one last shot at writing.
"Hey guys, I guess we should get to know each other since we'll be on screen best friends. I'm Daniel Radcliffe."
"Rupert Grint."
"Cassandra Andesine, but call me Cass."
"Alright, Cass, Rupert. Wow, this is awkward."
"Yeah, I know." Cass said
"Well, I guess that makes our friendship awkward." He said
"That really made no sense." Daniel said
"That's what so cool about me, I never make sense." He said
For some reason unknown to him, Rupert woke up with a start. He looked at his watch, midnight.
'Why do I have a feeling that something is gonna happen tonight?' Rupert asked himself. He thought that he was just making up things, but he was right, something was happening, just not in his world.
Cassandra made her way up to the Astronomy Tower at 11:45, hoping to get to the tower before Daniel did, hoping to hide and see what he was up to. She walked up the steps, and up the ladder, and to her surprise, Daniel was already there, and so were Lorena and Michael.
"Surprise!" They all said softly. Lorena was holding a cake that said 'Happy Birthday Cassie!' and the room was decorated with streamers.
"Wow! I didn't expect all this!" Cassandra said
"Well, we didn't expect you right now either. You were supposed to be here at midnight." Michael said
"Sorry, but I wanted to get here first, guess it didn't work." Cassandra said, sitting on a chair.
"Hold on a sec, birthday girl, you have to blow out your candles!" Lorena said, still holding the cake.
"Happy Birthday to You." Lorena and Daniel said
"Cha-Cha-Cha!" Michael said in between
"Happy Birthday to You."
"Cha-Cha-Cha!"
"Happy Birthday dear Cass."
"Cha-Cha-Cha!"
"Happy Birthday to You."
"Cha-Cha-Cha!"
"Thank you Latin boy." Lorena said
"Now blow out the candles, and make a wish." Michael said
"And if you blow then all out in one breath, your wish will come true." Daniel said, him wishing he could have a wish right now.
"Alright." Cassandra made her wish in her head, and she blew out all the candles in one breath.
"What did you wish for?" Lorena asked
"She can't tell, or it won't come true." Daniel said, though he really wanted to know what she wished for.
"Alright, anyways. We couldn't really exactly give you any presents, sorry." Michael said
"That's ok, I can't believe that you guys even got a cake." Cassandra said
"Those house elves, willing to do anything at any time. Whipped up this cake in a minute." Lorena said
"Anyways, why don't you and Michael go to the kitchen, and get something else to eat, Lorena?" Daniel said, trying to shoo them away.
"Oh, right, Lorena and I will be right back." Michael said, and they both left.
"Wow Daniel, this is great, thanks a lot." Cassandra said
"Cassandra, I kinda, sorta have a present for you." Daniel said
"Give it to me on the balcony."
"Why?"
"Because I like that balcony for some reason."
"Alright, I won't question the birthday girl anymore." They walked onto the balcony, and Daniel said,
"I know how much you like poems and stuff, so I tried to write one, but being the sorry writer that I am, I couldn't think of anything good."
"Yeah."
"So, I know this isn't exactly a present, but, I'll give you something better when we get to the other world or whatever."
"Hold on, before you give me my present, can I make my wish come true?"
"Yeah, sure, what was it anyway?" He said, not even really thinking of what it could be.
"This." And she kissed him, smack on the lips for about 5 seconds. After they pulled apart, they remained silent for about a minute, until Daniel said,
"Can I give you your present now?"
"Um, yeah, go ahead." Cassandra said, thinking that he didn't like that kiss.
"Alright, here goes nothing." Daniel said, and he kissed her. This one was a bit longer, about 20 seconds longer.
"Well, I have to admit, you have very good taste in presents." Cassandra said after they pulled away.
"Yeah, I guess you could say that." Daniel said, a little embarrassed
"I thought at first you didn't like me." Cassandra said
"No way, I was kinda shocked. I mean, I was just about to kiss you, and then you kissed me. I thought about a million different scenarios, and that wasn't one of them."
"Well, think a little harder next time."
"Anyways, what should we tell the others?"
"Well, that all depends."
"Depends on what?" Daniel asked, Cassandra made a face at him, and then he got the picture.
"Oh, sorry. Cassie, I like you a lot, will you be my girlfriend?" Daniel asked almost like a marriage proposal.
"You better say yes." Someone in the back said sarcastically
"What are you gonna do if I don't?" Cassandra also said sarcastically to Lorena.
"Lorena and I have enough food to tackle an army." Michael said
"Umm, Cassie, well…" Daniel said
"Oh, sorry, you know I'll say yes."
"Finally." Michael said
"Yeah, it's so obvious that you guys liked each other. I think you were the only ones that didn't know." Lorena said
"And Rupert." Michael said
"Poor Rupert, he doesn't even remember." Lorena said
"What do you mean?" Daniel asked
"Oh, they don't know. Something hit Rupert on the head, and he now has amnesia." Lorena said
"I told you something was wrong with Rupert." Cassandra said
"Sorry Cassie." Daniel said
"I love when you call me Cassie." Cassandra said. They kissed for about 2 seconds before…
"Umm, there are children in here!" Michael said
"Ok, we'll go to the balcony." Daniel said
"That won't be necessary." Someone said from behind Lorena and Michael. He stepped a little closer. It was Professor Snape.