LH: What did I tell you? I would update more frequently! Sorry if it's a wee bit shorter
Chapter 6: Kidnapped
Alex could not believe it. Harry was kissing her. Harry was kissing HER.
She pushed him away.
"Harry, I like you…but not…"
"I see." Harry tried not to sound too disappointed and turned around. As he started to walk away, Alex grabbed his arm.
"No, I mean I…"Alex started to say a bit sheepishly, but was cut off.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!"
"That sounded like Justin!" Alex said as she let go of his arm.
"Let's go," Harry said as he and Alex raced down the hall to where the shout came from.
"What is this thing?"
"Let me go, Ronald!" Hermione said as she struggled in Ron's arms. A light had enveloped itself around Justin.
"What if it gets you too? Hermione!" Ron tried to reason with the girl with the chocolate tresses, but then she elbowed him in the gut, causing Ron to let go.
Hermione whipped out her wand and shouted…
"Relashio!"
However, the light did not go away.
"Justin!" Alex screamed when she saw her brother.
"Guys," Justin said as he tried to move, but no use. "Stand back! Don't let it get you too!"
"Justin! I won't leave you," Hermione said as she tried to reach for Justin, but it was too late.
Justin and the light disappeared.
Interlude: What has Max been doing all this time
"Max!" his mother called him. "According to your dad, your brother and sister are stuck in an alternate magical universe and won't be home for a while. Make sure that all of their teachers don't get suspicious, okay?"
The youngest Russo sighed. He was always left to do cover up.
"Ok."
"So, Mr. Russo," Mr. Larrytate asked the boy sitting across from him in his office, "I believe you when you say Justin is at home with the Bavarian Mump-blisters, but Alex? No. That girl is probably using Justin's excuse for her own. You're lying."
"Well," Max said as he leaned back into the chair he was sitting and folded his hands calmly, "If I told you the truth, you wouldn't believe me."
"What if I told you that Alex and Justin can't come to school because by some magical reason, are stuck in one of the Harry Potter books and can't get out?"
"Then, I'd have to give you an award for being an even more outrageous liar than your sister."
"Point proven," Max grinned, "Bavarian mump-blisters it is."
"Say," Harper asked as she and Max, being the only kids at the Russo home right now, were sitting in the kitchen a couple days later, "When do you think Alex and Justin will come back? It's not like they have to finish the whole story…"
When Harper said that, Max became quiet. Harper actually didn't notice until five minutes later, she found it oddly quiet.
"Max," she asked. He looked like he wanted to say something, but couldn't formulate the words.
"Max," Harper poked the younger teen.
"I got it!" Max suddenly said as he jumped to his feet, "They have to…"
"They have to what?" Harper asked.
"I forgot," Max sighed. Short memory, huh?
"Wait!" Harper said as she got up this time, "I think I know what you were about to say!"
"What was I going to say?" Max asked. Seriously, this kid…
"Alex and Justin need to finish the story in order to get out of the book!" Harper squealed. "Oh my gosh! OH MY GOSH! We need to tell them! But how?"
"I can do that," Max grinned.
Back to the others…
"We have to get Justin back."
"But how?" Harry asked as he, Ron, Hermione, and Alex sat in the Gryffindor Common Room.
Alex stopped her pacing. How would they do it?
"Maybe we need to find out who is behind this," Ron said as he gave a sideways glance towards Hermione, who just sat quietly on the couch.
"Maybe it was Malfoy," Harry gritted his teeth.
"Psh, as if blondie could do something like that," Alex scoffed. "Maybe it was that Moldy-wart guy that you guys always talk about."
Harry, Ron, and Hermione all looked at Alex with disbelief.
"Bloody hell, she's got more balls than you, Harry," Ron joked, but then got elbowed in the stomach by Harry.
Hermione tried to hide a smile. "No one has called him that before."
Harry couldn't help but grin either. Alex was definitely something else.
"What's so funny?" Alex asked them, no idea why the trio was trying to suppress their laughter.
"Well," Harry said as he slowly got up from his seat, "Maybe we need to focus on why Justin was the one to get kidnapped."
Hermione gasped. "I think I know why."
LH: DUN DUN DUN! WHY WAS JUSTIN KIDNAPPED? R&R to get me to update more quickly again!
