Chapter 7: Night Time Challenge or A Trick?

Neither Luke, Leia, Ron nor Hermione spoke a word to each other during dinner, Hermione especially, too shocked that now Leia was going along with Luke and Ron tonight to confront Draco, when he could clearly be tricking them, but none of them wanted to listen, instead planning how they would sneak out and outside in the courtyard without being seen by teachers or perfects.

Luke and Leia had never done everything like this before, but Luke had discover that his father use to sneak out from the Temple when he was younger without Obi Wan knowing, and so this couldn't be any different to what they were about to do.


Luke looked over to the Slytherin table to see Draco Malfoy smirking at him intently, then his eyes moved over to the teacher's table where he saw Sarah having an in depth conversation with Jesse, who seemed to be smiling at her cheerful, "anymore of that playful attitude and he'd flirting with her" he thought, before turning back to his friends, who still remained in silence at each other,

"Is anyone going to talk?" he asked them as Leia replied,

"Only if it's not about tonight. We don't want anyone else to hear" she pointed out,

"Okay, how about Luke getting into trouble for causing trouble with Malfoy, on the first day?" Ron pointed out as Luke laughed,

"I think it's funny how Draco lied and tried to get out his punishment" he added as Leia rolled her eyes,

"I can't believe you were entertaining him by hanging around and engaging conversation the second time today" she poke up, "The first time was correct, calls our parents mudblood, they're never mudblood" she spat as Hermione quickly looked up,

"That's reminds of something. I'll go retrieve it and meet you back in the common room" she told them before darting off and out of the Great Hall as Ron, Luke and Leia stared at where she left, with confused, blank looks across their faces: What did she mean now? Did she find something of interest? They wondered.


Once the long, dining tables had been cleared and the students were dismissed from the hall, Ron, Luke and Leia all hurried from the hall in great haste, eager to see if Hermione was back from wherever she had to disappear to,

"Knowing Hermione, it's probably some book she found while she was in the library earlier today that she trying to work out all day" Ron told them as Leia looked serious,

"I was with her all and it seemed something else was bothering her, even more when we left the dungeons after Potions" she informed them as Luke laughed,

"Yeah, but what if it was something about one of the essays we had to write?" he suggested as Ron joined in and Leia only rolled her eyes and huffed off,

"I guess she thought we didn't take it seriously" Ron spoke up as Luke shrugged,

"Don't worry about it, we'll find out when we get into the common room" he confidently told them, manoeuvring their way through the swarms of students making their way back to their common rooms.


Anakin slowly made his way back to his quarters, having said a quick, secretive goodnight to Padme when he felt a sharp, dark disturbance through his senses and the voice he had heard back in his apartment,

"The Darkness is approaching, and Luke and Leia will have to face their most feared fears to save the ones they are closest to, if they fall, Hogwarts will be finished" the voice spoke as Anakin tried to sense where it was coming from, this was getting too dangerous,

Luke and Leia shouldn't have come, as they were warned all the years ago, to protect Luke and Leia from darkness so a new evil doesn't emerge, he was here undercover to watch over them, but why did he have this eerie feeling that something will happen and he just couldn't see it coming?


There were still a fair few amount of students in the Gryiffindor common room as Luke and Ron climbed through the portrait entrance, they were waved over by Hermione and Leia, who were peering over a big, thick book,

Ron and Luke looked at each other as if to say, I knew it was over a book, but moved over to the girls anyway, Leia was the first to acknowledge them, her deep brown eye moving over to Luke,

"You have to see this, Luke, there are pages about us" she told him, looking blank, Luke leaned in, seeing pictures of himself, Leia and their parents under a title:

The prophecy lives, can these two children save the magical world from destruction?" Luke looked to Leia, then Ron before continuing on with the book:

For many years now, the wizarding world has been a gust with rumours of two children from the prophecy who will end the evil and darkness that fears us, are these two it? Luke and Leia Skywalker, the twin children of Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker and Chancellor Padme Amidala Skywalker could be the answer, according to Ministry and Professors across the country.

Headmaster Albus Dumbledore says, "Born to well known parents, carrying their talents speaks of what the prophecy says: two humans, not from the wizarding will be born and return to this world to stop the evil from taking over"

Luke and Leia were born in hard times in their own world, with close family members falling all around them as their parents struggled to protect them, through the times of the Sith rising again. Hopefully, they will be able to stop the evil rising in our world like their parents overturned the Sith in their world.

Luke, Ron, Leia and Hermione all looked up at one another, in complete shock, no more than Luke and Leia were, they were a prophecy, like their father had been,

"Whoa, you never mentioned that your dad was a Jedi Knight" he pointed out, although he looked confused, having no idea what a Jedi Knight was as Luke laughed,

"We didn't know how to explain what one was" he replied as Hermione spoke up,

"Is a Chancellor like a leader, like the Minister for Magic?" she asked as Leia informed her,

"Yes, she is very powerful and the people love her, much like when she was Queen of her planet" she proudly added as Ron's eyes nearly fell from his sockets,

"She was a Queen too? You guys are lucky" he breathed as Luke laughed once more,

"That was before we were born, we didn't know all that, until we found out ourselves" he pointed out before glancing at them,

"We should be preparing to leave so we can meet Draco" he reminded them as Hermione sharply closed the thick book,

"I can't believe you're going. You're going to get caught because Draco will trick you" she snapped, rising to her feet, she quickly fled up the stairs as Luke, Leia and Ron began to discuss their plan for sneaking through Hogwarts undetected.


At five past eleven, Leia descended the stairs to the common room, to find Luke and Ron already there, dressed warmly in their normal clothes,

"You ready?" she asked them,

"I guess, let's just get this over with" he informed her, tiptoeing their way out into the dark, dimly lit corridor, no one in sight, for now, no doubt there were school perfects patrolling every floor, so they would have to be quiet and move around stealthy through the castle until they were outside, which is where Draco told them to be at midnight.

"I have a bad feeling about this" Leia whispered as Luke laughed,

"You're starting to sound like Obi Wan or dad" he replied, in a low voice, as they avoided the lights, keeping to the shadows, almost to the front doors, they quickly ducked behind the stairs as they heard voices,

"Sarah, you have too much concern for the students, like Jesse or Minerva" Dumbledore informed her as she remained serious,

"It is my position to watch over all students and I just feel that someone is here to sabotage that, Severus's assistant, who seemed awfully curious about the Skywalkers earlier today" she pointed out as Dumbledore gave a soft laugh,

"I'm sure he like everyone else and wants to found out more, but I will keep an eye out on him if you are suspicious of him, Sarah" he smiled as she smiled,

"I appreciate that, Albus" she replied, moving off towards her quarters followed by Dumbledore then Luke, Leia and Ron resumed their journey towards the front of the castle.


Hermione could not believe that they had left to meet Draco, she had a strange feeling that this was all a scheme to get them in more trouble, she had tried to talk them out of it but they were persistent and she had to inform someone, rather their head of house teacher or a perfect.

She decided to sneak up to Professor Quinn's quarters, if Draco planned on using any kind of dark magic spells, Professor Quinn could stop them or catch them before anyone else did. She let out a deep breath, raised her left hand and knocked quiet loudly on the door.


Anakin's eyes sprung open at the sound of the rather loud knocking on the door, who could it be at this hour, no student should be out of their quarters, unless it was Padme, sneaking over to steal some time alone.

Never the less, he grabbed a robe and slipped it over his uncovered chest, opening the door, to find Hermione Granger staring up at him, her eyes wide with fear, hoping that she wasn't in trouble, he gave a smile,

"Miss Granger, what brings you here at this hour. Is something wrong?" he asked as she shook her head,

"No, but it's my friends" she answered him, as he froze,

"What's wrong?" he asked,

"Well, Draco Malfoy issued a midnight challenge out on the grounds and Ron, Luke and Leia have gone to meet him, but I think it's a scheme and he won't show and they'll be caught" she informed him as he looked at her,

"You did the right thing to come to a teacher, so I will head out there to stop them" he informed her as Hermione froze,

"Could you not mention it was me who told, I don't want them to hate me over this?" she asked,

"Of course, I understand. I will return with you to the common room, then will head out to the grounds to find your friends" he explained as she smiled, "Thanks, I just didn't want them in more trouble because of Draco again" she replied,

"I understand" he smiled, following her out of his quarters, he did he have a strong feelings all alone, Luke and Leia would try something like this.


The grounds of Hogwarts were cold, damp and dark, as winter began to creep over Hogwarts, Luke, Leia and Ron squinted in the darkness, looking at each other, they each took out their long, pointy, wooden wands and whispered,

"Lumos" as a bright yellow light formed at the end, "I don't see Draco or his friends anywhere" Luke spoke up,

"Maybe Hermione was right, that he was planning to get us in trouble" Leia told them, jumping as they heard a snap of a twig and rustling of leaves,

"Who's there?" Ron asked, his voice shaky with fear, as no reply came,

"This is bad, we are in so much trouble" Luke told them,

"Ooh, Draco is so dead when I see him tomorrow!" Leia declared,

"Let's just go, before someone spots us" Ron told them, as another voice filled the air,

"Already too late" they spoke, twisting around, they came face to face with Professor Quinn,

"Now I wonder what are three first years doing out, in the cold, dark grounds and not in their rooms?" he asked,

"Uh, well, we were meeting a friend" Luke laughed nervously, "They're not here so I guess we'll be going" he added,

"Not so fast" Jesse told them, stopping them, "This is inexcusable, you should not even been out at this time, you know the rules and what happens if you were caught. Now come on, I'll escort you back to your beds" he informed them as another voice entered the air,

"Ah, I see, you already have caught our night owls" came the cold voice, as they all turned to see the black figure of Professor Snape coldly eying them over,

"Severus, I can handle this. I was informed about this matter and I was handling it" Anakin told him, matching his gaze,

"So was I. Inform of a midnight challenge against Draco Malfoy and his friends" he explained, as Luke exclaimed,

"What!? He issued the challenge to us in the first place!" his face was red with anger as they watched Jesse and Snape argue against each other over who should punish them,

"Snape, I think I will handle this, I was informed first and I will handle it" Anakin told him, moving back up the stairs, brushing past him, followed by Luke, Leia and Ron, who couldn't even look the teachers in the eye, they knew they were in trouble and also knew that Hermione was right and they never listened to her, now they had to pay the consequences.


Luke, Leia and Ron kept on following Professor Quinn, noticing he wasn't going to their common room,

"Uh, Professor, our rooms are that way" Leia spoke up,

"We're not going there straight away. We have this situation to deal with first" he informed then not even bothering to turn around to look at them, until they reached Professor McGonagell's quarters, and entering into the quarters to find McGonagell up and waiting beside her bed and to his surprise, Padme was waiting,

"Jesse, is there something wrong? What's happened?" Sarah asked,

"Unfortunately, there is. I was informed about an incident that didn't happen but I found these three out in the grounds followed by Professor Snape, who was informed of a midnight duel with Draco Malfoy who planned all this, only to get them caught and in trouble" he informed them, seeing both women reveal shock expressions,

"This is unbelievable, the Skywalkers and Weasley, I am shocked. They should know better" McGonagell informed them, as Sarah spoke,

"Well, I think they're showing signs of their families. Luke and Leia are showing signs of who their father is and Ron is starting to act like his twin brothers" she smiled,

"Be that as it may, it was foolish to be out of bounds when they know the rules and will be punished" McGonagell ordered,

"20 points from Gryiffindor each and the three of you will receive detention" she explained,

"What! Unfair, Malfoy should be getting in trouble, he planned it" Luke argued,

"Mr Malfoy was not out of his bed when he shouldn't be, you were and you must face the consequences" Jesse told them,

"Now, move back down to your beds. It's nearly morning and you need some sleep" he told them, Leia wanted to argue but it was pointless, so they just slowly moved from the quarters.

"I cannot believe what has happen, and with them" McGonagell told them, breaking the silence,

"Something was bound to happen, it just needed some time" Jesse replied, "I'll get heading back, Sarah you coming?" he asked,

"Yeah, sure" she smiled, following him out of the quarters, into the long, quiet, deserted hallway,

"Nice attitude, Professor. You love this, don't you?" Padme smirked,

"Oh, sweetie, you know me too much. I just can't believe they would do this" he told her,

"Well, they were just like their father when he was younger" she laughed,

"I can't believe Obi Wan told about those stories" he sighed as she giggled,

"Ani, you should know not everything can be kept a secret for long" she assured him, with one last sweet kiss before heading to her quarters and Anakin ascended the stairs to his quarters.


Luke, Leia and Ron slowly climbed back into the portrait, almost having to lift their feet just to walk,

"I can't believe Draco, he tricked us and now we're in more trouble!" Leia shouted as Luke sighed,

"I know, two detentions in the first week, how bad is that?" flopping down onto the lounge,

"This is so bad, I mean to be compared to Fred and George, mum is going to be not too thrilled at that part" Ron complained, as Luke gave a small laugh,

"Well, I know how you feel, mum's going to be worried about how we're showing signs of our father" he added as another voice filled the air,

"I take it Draco didn't show" they spoke and all three turned to see Hermione standing at the foot of the stairs, in her pale pinkie white dressing grown over her pyjamas, "I take it from your expressions he didn't and you got caught" she added, "Professor Snape?" she asked,

"No, Professor Quinn, then Snape, who was told we planned it on Draco, who didn't show then we were taken to Professor McGonagell's quarters where Administer Hearty was and we received our punishments" Leia explained,

"I knew it!" she cried "I knew it, Draco was trouble and you coped the punishment" she pointed out,

"Enough, already, I don't want to talk about what happened anymore" Luke cut in, before storming up the stairs followed by Ron, leaving Hermione and Leia left,

"Let's just get upstairs and try and get some sleep" Leia quickly spoke up, brushing past her, while Hermione let out a sigh of relief, he had kept his promise and not told them it was her, she knew they would hate her but she knew she had to inform someone, Draco was not good news she thought as she ascended the stairs back to her room.