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Out of the console: chapter 4
Peach looked around, she was definitely not in Mushroom Kingdom anymore. She appeared to be in some sort of castle turret, and her surroundings looked very like a boy's dormitory. Her mouth fell open as she saw the state the room was in; the room was the messiest room she had ever seen, it was even messier than Mario's bedroom, and that was saying something. She immediately called for her loyal butler but then remembered the terrible event that had befallen her butler. Then she remembered Yoshi. She felt tears well up in her eyes at the thought; her butler was dead and Yoshi was as good as too. Through the hazy vision she had from the tears, she looked down at the strange box, it seemed to have the portal that had carried her to this world; it also seemed to show what was happening in Mushroom Kingdom. She watched with horror as at least fifty Koopa Troopa's were beating Yoshi anywhere they could. She then saw Yoshi fumble with something just as Bowser appeared, the Koopa Troopa's scattering to make way for him, Bowser looked at Yoshi, inhaled and then fire filled the screen and Peach screamed. She ran out of the room, down the staircase and into the common room, where she met Hermione.
"Please, please help me, you have to, PLEASE!"
"OK just calm down,"
However, it was no use as Peach had started calling for Mario at the top of her voice.
"Look he won't be able hear you he's in the Library, I'll go get him for you stay there." Hermione said as she swung open the portrait of the Fat Lady.
Peach sat down on the comfortable armchair in the room and warmed her hands by the fire. She seemed to have been waiting forever, when the door swung open to reveal Hermione, Ron, Harry, Luigi, and lat of all Mario.
"Peach!" Mario said, a smile appearing under the large moustache. He ran to Peach and flung his arms around her in a tight embrace. He looked up,
"Are you all right-a?"
Peach just shook her head in response,
"What's-a wrong?"
"H-he d-didn't m-make it, Mario, h-he's g-gone."
It was clear by Mario's crestfallen expression that there was another person; a friend of Mario's who had been killed trying to get through to the real world.
Harry felt a pang of guilt; it had all been his fault. If he had not tried to do that ridiculous charm than Mario would not have come through, Luigi and this woman would not have followed, and their friend would not have been killed. Harry looked at Mario, he just stood there looking surprised and afraid, close to tears, Luigi, who was also in this state, moved over and put a comforting arm around Mario.
"Er, who was it, um, you know that didn't make it?" said Harry sadly
Mario took a deep breath in, obviously to calm himself and said four words;
"His name was-a Yoshi."
A figure was strapped to the ceiling by a pair of shackles, he tried to take steady breaths and look calm and cool as Bowser: King of Koopas appeared.
Bowser had been torturing him for days now on the information about the portal closure.
"How do you open the portal, how do you work this thing!" he roared at the figure, but the figure remained silent.
"Are you going to speak or do we have to force it out"
The figure remained silent, Bowser ordered a Koopa Troopa to come forward and hit the prisoner. The figure flinched as the blow was struck, but still did not speak a word.
Bowser began to shake with rage and then suddenly left the room. The figure sighed.
Bowser marched into the scientist's room and ordered the scientist to give him any results.
"Well we are trying our best, my lord, but we need the information that the prisoner has."
THAT'S NOT GOOD ENOUGH!" Bowser roared, knocking strange instruments on to the floor. The scientist flinched.
Bowser roared into a microphone,
"Electrocute the prisoner!"
A Koopa turned dial and then pressed a button,
The prisoner cried "Please, please, no ARRRGGGGHHH!!" The scream could be heard everywhere in the castle.
Harry leant lazily on his cauldron watching Snape write down the list of ingredients for a replication potion, and then told them that they would have to test it on themselves. Harry gathered ingredients for the potion, thinking how great it would be if Malfoy's potion went wrong, so he would not have to endure two Malfoys.
Harry began to grate the maple tree balk and then chopped the dragon brain, before emptying it all into his cauldron. Whilst he allowed the mixture to simmer he readied the other ingredients; Boomslang liver, Dragon blood, doxy wings, powdered beetle eyes and a pint of bubotuber puss, and some crushed nettles. Halfway through making his potion Snape came to inspect. Harry's potion, like Hermione's, was a bright, electric blue that smoked slightly.
"It's terrible Potter, once again you have made a shoddy piece of work, five points from Gryffindor."
Harry opened his mouth to protest, for this was exactly what it was supposed o look like, but Hermione elbowed hard in the ribs.
Snape then went on to Goyle's potion; which was the colour of vomit and smelt like rotten eggs.
"Nice going Goyle, keep up the good work."
The end of the class could not come quickly enough for Harry. He joined the line that was queuing to test their potions, both Crabbe and Goyle's potions failed to do anything, and Malfoy's gave him two heads. Snape quickly rectified the problem.
When Harry came up and drank his potion an identical replica appeared next to him
"Great, just what we need; two Potters."
Then he told the class to go to the great hall, after making Harry's clone disappear.
By the marble staircase he met, Mario, Luigi and Peach, who were all in Gryffindor robes.
"Congratulations, Peach" Harry said as they walked to the large doors and into the great hall. When the rest of the school had come and sat down, Dumbledore stood up and made his speech, but he was cut short by a great knocking on the doors. Everyone in the hall stared at the doors in amazement, there was a large bang and the doors gave way to reveal a hooded figure. The figure stood there panting, until suddenly it collapsed on to the floor. Harry, Ron, Hermione, Mario, Luigi and Peach were first at the scene and gasped as the hood fell back to reveal a face.