So sorry for breaking my promise. But I'm taking a long-deserved break and I can write again. YAY! BTW, the last chapter was called House of Dreamers.

I don't own House of Anubis or Harry Potter

Chapter 7: House of Traverse

Patricia's POV

'Please don't expel me! Please don't expel me!'

I can't believe that I'm having a stare-down with Victor and I'm actually scared. He's actually threatening to have me expelled for ruining his precious party. The thing is, I didn't do anything, but I have a pretty good idea who did…

"DRACO!" I shouted at the sneering boy after Victor had left. Draco was leaning against a pillar looking relaxed. He seemed to be enjoying himself as the heavy metal music boomed around him. It was all wrong: this was supposed to be classical music playing.

"What did you do? You just got me in so much trouble!"

"What makes you think I did this?" he drawled. I narrowed my eyes to slits and he caved.

"Okay, if you're going to be so mad about it… yes, I did this. You like it don't you?"

"You little creep!" I took a few steps towards him.

Draco raised his hands in protest. "Alright, alright. I'll fix this!"

As he disappeared behind the curtain where the band was, I heard him mutter, "Just wait till my father hears about this…"

I rolled my eyes and went back to the party.

Harry's POV

It's been a long time since I've had a sip of Coke. The bubbly drink was matching the atmosphere of the room nicely; everyone was talking, laughing or dancing. Some managed all three.

It was like a muggle version of the Yule Ball. I almost expected Hagrid to appear with a "Hey Harry."

Someone tapped my shoulder and I spun around to find a tall, important looking man. At the back of my brain, I identified him as Gustav, the man who this party was for.

"Isn't this a brilliant party, young man?"

I tried to keep my head low, the less said from me, the better. "Yes, it is nice."

"What's your name?" he asked.

"Harry Potter."

"Well, Harry," Gustav said, "I hope your enjoying yourself!"

He left and I let out my breath. Wait…what am I worrying about? These people don't know me.

Hermione came with Amber close behind her, both looking really nice in their dresses. By now, I wasn't surprised that Amber was in pale pink.

"Hey!" Amber said, "Nina's disappeared again."

"Maybe she's gone back to the tunnels?" I suggested.

"Oh…wait." Hermione pulled out her wand, but I stopped her.

"'Mione, relax. Nobody can hear us above the music and talking anyway."

Just then, Nina pushed through the curtain and smiled at us. Then, her expression changed to horror.

"Nina, what is it!" I said, approaching her.

She shoved my arm away and ran back the way she came, crying.

Hermione's POV

Amber, immediately chased after Nina. I stayed behind, alarmed. What could make her cry like that? Was she in pain, or something?

Then, I turned and saw Fabian.

He was looking in our direction, his mouth open; he looked like he had tears in his eyes as well. Was that Joy beside him? She was grinning.

I ran to where I found Nina and Amber talking.

"If he comes…just…don't tell him where I am." Nina burst into tears and ran away. There was no point following her.

"What happened?" I asked.

Amber turned to me, stony faced. " .Joy."

"What?" Now I could feel Nina's pain; Nina had told us that she loved Fabian.

Just then, Fabian appeared. Amber turned and hit him on the arm. Really hard.

"Ow! It was an accident!" he knew what we were talking about.

"So you fell on Joy's lips did you!" Amber was really mad. She looked like she was about to lunge at him.

I whipped out my wand and quickly whispered, "Protego."

Amber tried to hit him again but her hand stopped at an invisible barrier.

"Hermione!" she cried, "Why did you do that?"

Amber was becoming sharper; she now knew magic when she saw it. Or, in this case, felt it.

Fabian looked relieved but still scared. "Look Amber, Nina might be in danger! Where is she?"

"She's…um…in the bathroom." Sensing what Fabian wanted to do, Amber moved in front of the door to the girl's toilet. "There's no way I'm letting you into the girl's bathroom! Not now, not ever!"

I didn't know what to do. I just watched the scene unfold.

"Listen to me!" Fabian sounded panicked now, "I know who I kissed. It…wasn't the same girl but she was wearing the same dress! Don't you see! This is our dream all over again. Nina's going to get killed!"

My heart seemed to jump out of its place in my chest as I remembered. Did this mean Nina, Fabian and Amber were some sort of psychics? This was impossible.

"Um…Fabian? Nina isn't in there."

Fabian looked at her incredulously. He looked at me and I was frozen. What have we done?

"I didn't know she was in danger!" Amber began, defending herself.

"Where is she?"

"She didn't say." I said.

Fabian looked at the both of us one last time and took off running.

Of course, we ran after him.

He led us straight to the tunnels. I saw the hem of Nina's dress whip around the corner. We were just in time.

"Nina!" Fabian cried and ran as we heard a scream.

We hurried around the corner and saw Fabian in shock. Nina was gone.

Amber burst into tears as well.

Wiping a few tears away myself, I pulled out my wand and shouted, "Accio Nina!"

A few seconds later, Nina's scream, which had diminished as she had fallen further from us, rose again. She suddenly appeared and landed in Fabian's arms. She stopped screaming. Fabian and Nina looked at each other. "Nina…" Fabian said, weak with happiness.

"Get off me!" she spat back. Nina got to her feet and backed away.

"Why aren't you busy saving some other girl's life?"

"Nina," I said, pained that she was hurting Fabian like this, "Why are you here?"

She wiped her tears away and avoided Fabian's hurt gaze. "I found out how to get across this chasm."

She pointed up at the crocodile statue. "It's just long enough to go across the chasm. But how to get it down, I don't know."

I immediately tried Accio Crocodile but nothing happened. Something at my feet clanked.

"Wait," Fabian said, crouching down, "There's a hole here. I can see a lever. Maybe if I pull it, the statue will move."

"You don't say?" Nina said as sarcastically as possible.

Fabian reached down and pulled. The crocodile came down…right towards us.

We were going to be crushed.

So? How was that. So sorry about breaking my promise, I know you guys have been waiting. I'm on summer vacation now so I might have more time to update, even if I can't give an exact time between the updates. PLEASE REVIEW!

Till next time,

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