Everyone sat by the fire, aside from Harry who was at Quidditch practice, in the common room either under a blanket or in a very warm jumper. It was raining out side as it had been almost all October. We were talking about Hallowe'en and how last year there was a troll running a muck and our celebrations were cut a little short. Dean looked more interested in the edge of his blanket than whatever was coming out of Neville's mouth.

Harry then stomped into the common room drenched from head to toe with rain water. He looked at us and practically ran in front of the fire. We all chuckled at his satisfied sigh from the warmth of the fire. Oliver Wood then entered the room and Lavender, Parvati, and I didn't waste this chance to get a good look at him. Lavender and I shared a look and burst into a fit of giggle.

"Why don't you go change in to warm clothes and then join us Harry?" Parvati said standing up and ushering him towards his dormitory. "You'll warm up faster."

"I see the gang is all together. I have to say I've never seen such a big group of people as close as you guys are. I'm kind of jealous! Having this many people to rely on." Oliver observed looking around the room and I blushed when his eyes met mine for a brief second. "Well, goodnight, don't be up too late now. Harry." He said as he passed Harry and towards his dorm.

"Wow, the girls were practically drooling over him." Dean laughed when Parvati's eyes went wide and she looked down.

"What's he got that I don't?" Seamus asked crossing his arms like a child would.

"Height?"

"Talent?"

"Charisma?"

"Looks?"

"Girls?"

"Friends?"

"Ouch, guys that hurts." Seamus pouted as everyone yelled out answers to his question.

"Awe, we think you're prefect, Seamus." I said laughing with everyone else.

"Oh, I bet you do." Lavender mumbled from beside me and I elbowed her in the ribs.

"It's so nice to be in the warmth." Harry said sitting directly in front of the fire.

"Harry!" Fred and George ran into the common room looking more wet than Harry had. "We just took a peek at the Slytherin practice." Fred said wiping down his nose and over his mouth to rid himself of some of the rain water.

"Those new brooms are so fast. I could barely keep track of who was who." George said waving his arms around wildly.

"Were they really that fast?" Ron asked skeptically eyeing his brothers.

"Yes," Fred said simply. "They were."

"We should go tell Oliver." George said looking at his brother.

"Or," Fred said thinking. "We could not. Otherwise he'll take away every second of downtime we have for Quidditch practice."

"True. G'night Harry." Both the twins bid adieu before disappearing to their own rooms.

"Why'd they come over here, and then just talk amongst themselves?" Parvati asked laughing.

"Anyway, I have plans for us on Hallowe'en. We're going to go to Nearly Headless Nick's death day party." Harry smiled looking around at us.

"Sounds fun, but uh, why?" Dean asked looking down at Harry.

"He got me out of detention and he was so upset that I couldn't say no. I said I would bring my friends and now, here we are." Harry said giving us a brief explanation.

"I think it sounds fun." I said looking at Harry.

"Yeah, me too." Seamus sputtered immediately.

After everyone agreed to go to the party we all split up to go to bed. I quickly changed into night clothes and climbed into bed anticipating Hallowe'en night as per usual. Hallowe'en, as a matter of fact, came a lot quicker then I had thought it would. Classes zoomed by and dinners were hardly remembered. Now, here we were, all standing in the common room waiting for Neville to come down and join us. Once Neville joined us we began making our way to the dungeon.

"Look at the great hall." Parvati pointed out as we passed. "My sister will wonder where I am." She continued following us down the steps. "Or maybe not, I think she's with Cho anyway."

"Are you ready?" Harry asked everyone while leading us down the final staircase.

"Ready for what?" Neville asked shivering while looking over his shoulder.

We walked into the dungeon and followed the trail of dull candles to where Nick had his celebration occurring. Slowly, sounds of cats dying and nails on a blackboard filled the air and the temperature decreased with every step.

"What is that?" Lavender asked cringing at the sound.

"Music I think." Ron answered looking over at her.

"Well, it's not very good." Lavender said rolling her eyes.

"Don't let the band hear you say that." Nearly Headless Nick said coming up to us.

"Nick!" Harry yelled smiling. "Happy Deathday."

"Thanks dear ones," He took off his hat and bowed to us. "Please go have a look around."

When we walked in we saw ghosts of all kinds floating around. The Bloody Baron. Peeves. And countless other, Lavender started talking about a girl named Moaning Myrtle and how she haunts a toilet. Ron had somehow made his way over to the long, black table clothed table covered in food. But he stopped dead in his tracks and came back over to us informing us that everything there was rotten and he couldn't even get close enough because of the smell.

"Can ghosts even taste?" Parvati asked looking around.

"I don't know, do you want to ask one?" I asked her looking towards the band quickly.

"No." She answered quickly. "It could offend."

"Having a good time?" Nick asked startling Neville and smiled at us.

"Oh, splendid." Lavender forced a smile.

Before Nick could question us further, ghosts -with no heads and most on horses- burst threw the walls and windows. They stomped their way to the middle of the dance floor and made their horses stop. One of them trotted over to where we were standing and began talking to Nick about some 'hunt' that I didn't know about.

"I think we should go," Dean said. "This isn't a party for us."

"You're right. Let's see if we can catch the tail end of the feast." Ron said leading us out the door.

As we were walking down the hallway Harry stopped abruptly. He looked determined, distraught, and worried all at once. He looked as though he was concentrating very hard on something. He suddenly gravitated to the wall and clung to it and pressed his ear against it. When Seamus began to ask what was wrong he simply stuck out his hand as if telling Shay to shut up. I patted his back quickly and smiled at him when he looked offended.

"It's moving!" Harry suddenly yipped before running up the stairs.

We all followed him with confused faces. We had to run to keep up with him because he was skipping three steps at a time. We stopped when Harry did and we all inched our way over to him.

"Harry?" I asked trying to look at what he was looking at.

We were all shocked to see words written in metallic looking paint. Spanning across two windows and the brick wall between them. THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS HAS BEEN OPENED. ENEMIES OF THE HEIR BEWARE.

"We should go." Dean started before noticing something. "What's that hanging beneath the words?"

"It's Mrs. Norris." Harry said swallowing hard.

I practically fell into Seamus and he caught me and held me upright easily. We kept his arms around me as we all just stared at the sight. An unexplainable puddle of water covered the floor, Mrs. Norris may or may not be dead, and someone is threatening the students.

"We should really go now." Dean said turning around to walk away.

Except, the distant sound of yelling students and feet slamming against the floor become less and less distant. The feast must be over because the hallway they were standing in was soon filled with the rest of the school.

"Enemies of the heir beware? You'll be next mudbloods." Draco said sneering directly at Seamus and I just gripped him tighter.

This year, will be worse than the last.