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Chapter 4-Eleanor


I felt my shoulder being roughly shaken. I opened my eyes to see a frantic Bridget.

"What's happening" I mumbled.

"Get up, we've got to go" she said tugging me out of bed. I stumbled out of my bed pausing to put on a pair of fluffy slippers, then letting her drag me down the staircase.

By the time we got to the common room I was fully awake and could see the Prefects hurriedly leading everyone out.

I reached up and flattened my hair which thank god wasn't a mess. Truthfully my hair never looked perfect. It was dark black and extremely curly. When I say extreme, I mean it. They naturally formed perfect curls themselves but always seem to wrap around each other so that my hair looked more unruly than perfect. The only time they looked good was when I actually took the time to comb my hair perfectly and uncurl the strands from around each other.

I ran my fingers through my side bangs and followed the herd of Ravenclaws down towards to the Great Hall where we were obviously heading. I felt rather uncomfortable because I was only wearing a pair of blue plaid pajamas and a dark blue tank top.

I fell into step besides Melissa with Bridget behind me.

"What's going on?" I asked.

She glanced at me worriedly. "Black's been sighted"

I started feeling fidgety. 'Please don't start again' I thought miserably.

You see, I was diagnosed with Claustrophobia when I was younger and it always seemed to act up when I was in a crowd like this. Part of the reason why I loved playing Quidditch.

I was also Hyperactive. I couldn't seem to stay focused whenever I was bored. I figured ways around it though. By focusing on something I was actually interested and using self-control I could keep myself still.

I wondered whether or not Oliver had made it to the castle, then chided myself. Of course he had gotten there. It had only been a bit before dinner when I got back to my dorm. My stomach grumbled. Had I slept through Dinner?

We finally reached the great hall where the rest of the houses were waiting looking confused.

I stood next to Melissa feeling a little creeped out at the fact that Black was able to get into Hogwarts.

She wrapped an arm around my shoulders. At times like this I really appreciated having her as a friend. She always stayed calm in these types of situations.

Dumbledore walked in and like everyone else I turned my attention towards him as he began to speak.

"The teachers and I need to conduct a thorough search of the castle," Professor Dumbledore told them as Professors McGonagall and Flitwick closed all doors into the hall.

"I'm afraid that, for your own safety, you will have to spend the night here. I want the prefects and Quidditch Captains to stand guard over the entrances to the hall and I am leaving the Head Boy and Girl in charge. Any disturbance should be reported to me immediately," he added to Percy, who was looking immensely proud and important. "Send word with one of the ghosts."

Professor Dumbledore paused, about to leave the hall, and said, "Oh, yes, you'll be needing…"

One casual wave of his wand and the long tables flew to the edges of the hall and stood themselves against the walls; another wave, and the floor was covered with hundreds of squashy purple sleeping bags.

"Sleep well," said Professor Dumbledore, closing the door behind him.

"Come on" I said grabbing a sleeping bag and dragging it towards a corner. Melissa, Bridget and Nicole who had finally showed up followed suit.

"We've got to go get our instruction" said Melissa grabbing my hand and pulling me towards the Head Boy and Girl who were figuring out shifts.

********This is a Line Break. Isn't it absolutely, positively beautiful. I know what your thinking, it is a sexy line**********

After we had both gotten our schedules (Melissa is a Prefect by the way) I headed back towards out friends who were "asleep".

I had the 3rd shift that night while Melissa had hers right now. I slithered into my sleeping bag and fell asleep staring at the starry roof of the Great Hall.


For the Second Time that day (or would it be considered night?) I felt my shoulder being shaken.

The Difference? Whoever was trying to wake me up, sure wasn't in a hurry unlike Bridget had been.

"Wake up." whispered a soft voice in my ear.

I'm not sure exactly what I said, my brain being fuzzy but I'm pretty sure it was something intelligent like "5 more minutes mommy". *Note the Sarcasm*

I heard a chuckle and opened my eyes to see the face of Oliver Wood above me wearing an amused expression. I mentally groaned. Even my luck couldn't be this bad. I was hoping to play it safe for the next couple of days and avoid him.

Luck was definitely not on my side.

"Mommy" he teased.

I was too tired to even glare at him. I snuggled back into my sleeping bag.

"Have it your way." he whispered.

I felt myself being lifted up and my brain went into panic mode as I realized he was carrying me bridal style. I felt the blood rise to my cheeks again and resisted the urge to hide my face. Instead I closed my eyes and leaned my head against his chest. Why did he have to be so warm?

Again, I felt myself being lowered and I opened my eye to see that I was sitting against the door to the Great Hall with Olivers arm around me as I leaned against him. I felt tingles along my arm where his fingers touched my bare skin.

"Cold?" he asked grabbing a blanket and wrapping it around us both. Unfortunately, the blanket wasn't big enough and I ended up sitting in his lap with his arms around my waist keeping me close and my head resting on his shoulder.

I felt butterflies in my stomach. I'd never actually been this close to a boy and that kiss in the change rooms did not count. I didn't really date because I did not like feeling too dependent on someone else.

I pulled my wand out from my Pajamas pocket and fiddled with it. I prayed that Nicole would not wake up and see us. I thought about what I'd heard about Black.

Apparently he'd been trying to get into the Gryffindor Common Rooms. The weird thing? He had gone to Hogwarts himself and obviously knew the schedule for when we ate. Was he hoping to hide in Harry's dorm and do him in while he was sleeping?

I couldn't help but think there was more to this than met the eye because the idea that Black would try to murder Harry in his sleep was possibly the worst plan ever devised.

What if one of his roommates wasn't really asleep or was in the bathroom? Where would he hide? Under the bed? There was definitely something going on and I intended to find out.

I stood up, removing Oliver's arms from around my waist.

"Be right back" I whispered.

He grabbed my arm. "Where are you going, it's dangerous, Black could still be in the Castle?" he whispered frantically.

"I'll be fine" I said shaking his arm off. "I-er-have to go tell McGonagall something" I lied.

He scrunched his eyebrows together. Please don't be able to tell I'm lying.

"Don't be too long" he said finally pulling out his wand as well.

I nodded and started down the hallways. I didn't have a particular destination in mind, I was simply letting my feet carry me wherever.

The castle at night was very dark and the medieval feel it had to it didn't help my nervousness that anyone could jump out from the suits of Armour or from around the corners at any second.

Absentmindedly, I began to tap my fingers against my thigh in a random beat.

I turns out that the place my subconscious wanted to go was the Fat Lady's portrait. I inspected it. It really was shredded as though someone had taken a knife and run it through the painting. Using my left hand I reached out and touched the shreds. Could his temper really have scared the Fat Lady that badly?

I began to turn around ready to head back. I don't know why I even came here. I guess I just wanted to see what had happened myself.

Instead I bumped into a figure.

The last thing I saw before I blacked out was a bright green light.


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