Sorry I didn't update yesterday, I was out with my friend all day and I accidently deleted Chapter 4 for a supposed double update. I'm sorry. A double update tomorrow plus highlights from tomorrow's HAT PARTY!


Chapter 3: Mystery
(hey that rhymes. Also formally known as "BOXERS")

The next morning (8 am to be exact), Harry's supposed favourite holiday, was filled with so much fuss and planning and...decorating.

Naturally, the Great Hall had already been decorated for days, with extra props and games for the evening's party. Most teachers had decorated their offices/sleeping quarters and a few others were helping the ghosts get ready for the hourly ghost walk around the grounds of and in the Shrieking Shack.

In the Common Rooms of the houses, however, the prefects (and in some gases Head Boy/Girl) were ordering around, making their Common Room look "scary enough" for Halloween.

"Hey, 'Mione," Ron called his attention to his best girl friend, who was wearing some jeans and a plain white T-Shirt, "Do you think it's too early to change into our costumes?"

"Yes, Ronald. The festivities don't start until 7pm, sharp. What purpose would you have if you were in your giant Mickey Mouse costume all day, what would you do?"

Ron had got excited when he saw a "giant creepy mouse with red shorts and yellow shoes included" costume in Gladrags. Being raised by wizards all his life, he failed to recognize it as an exact replica of a Mickey Mouse costume from Disneyland Paris (where Hermione went in the Summer when she was 12).

"I dunno. Do Muggles normally wear their costumes all day?" The ginger asked, worrying about when he should change into the giant mouse.

"I don't know," Hermione admitted, "This is the only area I'm not familiar with. We don't celebrate Halloween at my house." She shrugged, before proceeding to hang up the bat banners.

"I'll go ask Harry." Ron finally decided, heading back upstairs. Then, the brunette noticed he was only in his boxers. White with red lovehearts on them. Hermione gave a little shrug to herself before deciding to help Parvati and Dean with the Jack O'Lanterns.


After an hour, the Gryffindor Common Room was finally decorated with bats, cobwebs and fake blood galore. Ron came through the portrait of the Fat Lady (who dressed up as a stereotypical witch for the occasion) still in his boxers.

"Ron, where did you go? And why are you still in your boxers? And are those boxers fresh or from last night?" Hermione bombarded him with questions, jumping up from her book she was reading whilst cuddling up on the comfy chair.

"These are fresh boxers, I had just put them on before my panic about to wear my costume or not, I'm still in said boxers because I had another panic attack and ran outside because Harry wasn't in the dormitorary when I went to ask him and I couldn't find him at all when I went to look for him." The red-head explained, shivering slightly from the cold breeze of October.

"Didn't you notice he was gone as you were getting...er...ready for the day?" Hermione questioned him.

"No. I was panicking to much about my Roger Rat costume."

Hermione didn't even correct him on his costume's name. She just slumped down. "Why is everyone so un-observant today?" The frizzy head girl exclaimed.

"I don't know, but I think we should keep looking." Ron told her to which she agreed. Hermione had also forgot to remind Ron of his lack of clothing but, who cared when they were looking for a boy whose fault it was the school were hosting this horrible Halloween extravanganza.

"You're right. We do have ten hours to kill, anyway." Hermione replied as they left the Gryffindor common room.


By the time they had searched the whole school (and ate lunch, yes Ron was still in his boxers) it was close to 2 in the afternoon.

"Ron, we have to get ready in 5 hours." She told him.

"Just one more look. We've only searched the castle, and most places are cut off anyway." Her future boyfriend informed/ begged her.

"What do you mean?" She asked.

"Well, for starters, the dungeons have been ruled off as I'm scared I'll run into Snape in my boxers and he'll take advantage of me, and plus there was a mysterious leak down there a couple of days ago and it's still not fixed. The suspects are either Seamus or Neville."

"Bloody hell." Hermione muttered. "Where else is ruled off?"

She, of course, asked that in a rhetorical way but Ron had heard and answered her, writing a list in the process:

* Dungeons (Weird Seamus or Neville caused potion leak, gay paedophile rumour/ Ron's phobia of Snape)
* Room of Requirement (Un-conclusive ideas to what Harry thought to get in there)
* Umbridge's office (Though Hermione said it was possible, as Umbridge hates him too much NOT to give him a detention. Ron said that Harry had been a good boy all week, possibly too excited to throw Halloween ideas at them)
* Common/ Dorm rooms (pretty obvious)
*Whomping Willow/Shrieking Shack (Harry's not stupid to get in that way, plus Shrieking Shack's currently under decorating and only ghosts, Peeves, teachers and Seventh Years helping out are allowed in there at the moment)
* Anywhere near Slytherins (unless Harry wanted to get in a fight)
*Dumbledore's office (Dumbledore hadn't been in his office all day, plus no-one knew password to get in though they were acting stupid today and not realising EVERY password was "Trick or Treat")
*Everywhere else they had looked (Hermione said that he may be under his invisibility cloak and they should check again just incase but Ron, being as lazy as he is, said there's no point going back...they should go FORWARD)

"Okay," Hermione concluded, looking at the piece of parchment, "That leaves us the Forbidden Forrest, The Quidditch Pitch, Hagrid's Hut, random grounds, the Black Lake and the Hospital Wing."

"And Hogsmeade." Ron butted in.

"And Hogsmeade." The brunette repeated.

They decided to go to the Infirmiry first but, acording to Madam Pomfrey, he hadn't went in there at all so they decided to go outside.

The grounds seemed pretty empty as they walked on the edge of the Black Lake, calling out their friend's name before heading over to Hagrid's, who didn't seem to be in.

"We'll have a quick look around the edges of the forrest, Quidditch Pitch, then Hogsmeade." Hermione told Ron.

"Hermione, it'd be easier to split up. I'll go to Hogsmeade, you go to the edge of the forrest and we'll meet at the pitch together." Ron commanded.

With an eye-roll, the smaller one agreed.

20 minutes and 5 chocolate frogs (on Ron's behalf) later, they were still Potter-less.

"Maybe we're wasting our time. It's ten to 4 now. We'll just go back to Gryffindor Tower and get ready. Plus, you should be cold." Hermione decided, looking Ron up and down. "Plus, where did you get the money to buy that junk in Honeydukes?"

"The man working there took pity on me and gave me a packet of ten of Chocolate Frogs free. I owe him, though. He said he'd owl me tomorrow." Ron replied with a shrug.

"Well, Harry's disappearance has gone on for too long. We'll just go to the Quidditch Pitch, if he's not there, we'll call it a day." Hermione made a final decision. She was surprised, however, to find quite a lot of people in the stands and on the actual pitch, just staring at the sky.

"What the..." Ron murmured, also staring at the sky. Up there, he saw, was a red and blue blob.

"Is it a bird?" A random student yelled.

"Is it a plane?" Another followed suit. Hermione was familiar with the cliche quotes...

"No! It's..."

"SUPERMAN!" The red and blue blob yelled right infront of two thirds of the Golden Trio.

Only it wasn't, it was Harry.


Sorry it was long :D

And, yes. I really am going to a hat party. Bedazzling cap, pink berret,black bedazzling berret, beanie, panda hat/scarf/pocket things, tiger hat, sailor hat, leopard ski hat, fedora 1, fedora 2, cat in the hat hat or black and white spotty sun hat?

Let me know in the reviews

-PANDA!