Chapter 3

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Observations: Time to introduce new character


Observator


I look at them, like hawk watching a prey. One of them, the one that survives, would be assigned for a special task. By early observations I cannot distinguish who it would be, surely not the follower, he's much a coward, just as I thought, fighter is obedient and fierce, thinks too much, that can be a problem. Leader would remain leader, he has a different task.

I look at them three, at the fighter and follower trudging before leader. My mind had already appeared their pseudonyms. They just continue through greenish cave, I would change their environment soon. Water would suit them the most, they have to cool down.

Now, it's time to add someone new to the project. I look at the girl, with bushy hair, closed eyes as if sleeping in peaceful dream. It would be sin to wake up such an angel, well, life is tough.

I gave her pseudonym Teacher, forgetting how her previous one sounded. She would symbolise knowledge, she surely has lots of it.

I take out small flask of health potion, yes, she would use it cleverly. Teacher lies soundly on the bed as I pour glass with liquid to her dark pocket, before raising my wand and sending her to the caves, I wonder if it is safe. What if she would crack the code? Of course, I had deformed her memory, but she is witty. What if she would try to escape or trick the experiment? What if she would bring artificial results? I stare at her, then my wand spins and she vanishes, her body is somewhere far down in the magical caves.


Ginny.


She takes out her dagger and examines it closely, especially the detailed dragon carvings, as it would her give some sort of clue. Harry was doing the same, constantly looking at his compass that was only showing north. What's the use of compass if you haven't got a map?

Maybe her dagger is useless as well, maybe all their gifts are useless and random. She sighs and throws it back from where it came from.

"So..." Harry starts. "What was the last thought you remember.

She bites her lip, considering if she can tell the truth or lie. "I felt like I was fighting with someone, then it all faded and I was here."

He sighs, "Same happened to me."

"Do you also have that feeling?" She ask him, he seems to blush, but it is hard to tell in this shadows.

"What feeling?" He faces her, his green eyes piercing her soul.

"Like someone is constantly observing us?" She says looking up at the rocky celling.

"Yeah." He says, also looking up. "I am sort of used to stuff like this, but I can feel it as well, who do you think is observing us?"

She shrugs, "I call him observator, don't ask me why!"

He smiles, she does too. Then the world starts to shake. Walls tremble and rocks underneath their feet jump, as if caused by earthquake. Sound of water fills the caverns, as if one giant wave was coming to them from where they came from.

They all faced back, then quickly looked down as something cold swept down their feet, it was icy water.

"Something is coming." Draco mutters and instinctually breaks to the run, the other two do also. Water stabbing their skin, they continued, until reached a sloping cliff, too steep and too high to jump down. The sound of coming wave grew louder. Ginny looked back, wall of fuming water was coming at them, with such a speed it could break bones.

"We have to jump" Harry shouts then the boy jumps down the slope and slides down into darkish nothingness. Ginny hesitates looking down the slope and then at the coming wave. Draco stoops there, still as if carved in granite. A silent cry escapes her lips as she pulls boy down and falls down the slope with them. Sliding on cold walls, rocks cutting in their flesh, water like blood wetting their bodies, until they land on soft ground, like a moss, wet but safe. Wave seemed to change into fog, it evaporated and transformed itself into a murky cloud that accompanied them in the new foreign area.


Hermione


She wakened up from her sleep and was welcomed by darkness, somewhere she heard water running, and soft scent of aqua filled her nostrils. That wasn't a thing she was expecting. She yawned and stretched herself, until her mind was finally working as it should be.

Natural cave, probably two hundred metres below sea level, near the source, must be in a mountain judging by the rocks. Were her first observations, walls unusually sticky, smeared with some sort of chemical, that chemical dissolves quickly and has many nutrients, iron, salt, carotene, artificially made, used in vitamin tablets. Her finger went down the cave wall and she tasted the sticky substance rock was smeared with, the taste was our and proved her theory. Right, so, what I am doing down here?

There she was struck, she didn't know, that was really unusual, she hasn't got a clue considering her current residence. Panic shot down her throat, what the heck is going on? She held down to the wall, but she finally let it go when she heard that someone was speaking.

"Answers..." Hermione muttered to herself.


Draco.


He followed blindly chattering couple, they both were discussing last experiences and tried to come up with sensible answers. He doesn't contribute, he knows that it annoys them, he can see it in their eyes.

He keeps his distance, around six meters away from them. How he wished his friends were around, how he wished he had his fathers support.

He walked with his head down, white hair covering not-amused eyes.

They are now in yellowish caves, also wet, but not as slimy. You can hear torrents of waters splashing against each other.

Then the chatter stops. And pair in front of him comes to halt. Silence.

"Hermione-" Potter asks, hope in his tedious voice. Then something comes in sight, small girl with bushy hair. Hater rises In his veins. That mud-blood, know it all, annoying nerd. Don't ask me if we have to accompany her!

The pair jumps at the new girl, they hug and laugh, say sweet things, kiss in friendly fashion. That's real happiness, that's real friendship. But Draco could feel nothing but jealousy. He steps backward, to not spoil their fun.

"What are you doing here?" They ask her, spinning and laughing. Eye filled with new hopes and fresh spirits.

"Don't have idea! Me and lack of idea can you believe it?" She laughs, they all laugh, forgetting the serious situation, just like they were back at dormitories.

"Same as us!" Ginger adds. "Have you seen Ron?"

"He isn't with you?"

"Nah, there's only us and" they face him with disgust. "him"

"Ah..." She stares blankly. "So... All I know we are locked in a cave, me and you three."

"Easy to see..." Harry speaks. "And that we are weirdly observed."

"By someone I call observator, don't ask why!" Ginny laughs. "And that this observator want us to die!"

Nerd laughs, "he isn't, walls here are smeared with healthy sap that evaporates to our bodies to fulfil our nutrients. It blocks us for starving."

Harry and Ginny eye each other, "You're really clever girl you know that?" Nerd shrugs, spoil brat that one.

"Well, said observator tried to drown us a while ago... He didn't succeed through." Ginny speaks. "Wonder what is the reason for all this." She stops. "Hey what did you had I your pocket, what was your gift?"

Hermione looked awestruck. "Gift in pocket?" She said putting her palms I to pockets, and taking out a notebook with self inking quill. "Something I like!" Then they started chatter about all things we went through before, about knifes and compasses and dreams and visions. He had enough.

"Ok, we won't get anywhere if we would stay here and chatter!" Draco pushed through them. "Let's go, I don't want to face tsunami again!"


Thanks for follows! Ad what do you think, who is the observator?

Diyou have any questions?

And, sorry for little glitches, I haven't proff read it yet :)