The Attack

The Attack

When I entered the Girl's dormitories, I screamed. Lavender and Parvati were lying on the floor. They were surrounded by issues of Teen Witch. Hermione ran to them and saw that they had been petrified. She said, "Oh my God! They've been petrified! We got to go get Professor Dumbledore and some adult Mandrakes!"

The boys had heard my scream and now appeared next to me. Fred said, "Julie! What's wrong? What happened?" By now I was crying. I sobbed, "Lavender and Parvatti have been petrified!" The guys gasped. We all have been familiar with this. In our second year, Ginny and Hermione, had been petrified by the giant snake in the Chamber of Secrets.

Hermione said, "The snake can't have returned! Harry destroyed it! I bet there's a spell that did this!" She ran to her school books and flipped through a book titled Horrible spell and curses. Hermione whimpered and said, "Yeah there's a curse. Supposively we don't learn about it until our 7th year. It says that only a dark strong magic can do this!" Ron and Harry said in unison, "Voldemort!"

Hermione muttered something that sounded like a curse. I said, "I'm going to get Dumbledore!"

I ran down the stairs as fast as I could. I didn't stop until I bumped into Professor Snape. He smiled and said, "Where are you going in such a hurry? Oh yeah. 5 points from Gryffindor for running in the halls!" I was building the greatest anger inside me but instead I said, "Lavender and Parvatti have been petrified! Voldemort did it! They're in the girl's dormitories! I was running to go get Professor Dumbledore!"

When I had finished Snape's mouth was wide open. He said, "Oh God save us! You go get Dumbledore!" I nodded and Snape started running. He was obviously running to the Gryffindor tower.

I started running until I got to Professor Dumbledore's office. I banged as hard as I could on the door. After about 5 bangs he opened the door. I said, "Lavender and Parvatti have been petrified by Voldemort! They're in the Girl's dormitories! I ran into Snape and he's already there." Dumbledore looked scared out of his pants. He said, "Oh God! I had hoped that we wouldn't have to face him this year. You go tell Madame Pomfrey and Professor sprout! Tell them what happened and tell them to go to the Hospital Wing! Tel Professor sprout to get adult Mandrakes!" I nodded and Dumbledore sped off.

I hurried to Professor Sprout's off ice. She was there. I explained what had happened and she got some adult Mandrake's leaves. We hurried to the hospital wing and told Madame Pomfrey what happened. She nodded and she prepared two beds. We waited until Professor Dumbledore and Professor Snape came. When they finally did they were surrounded by worried students. I moved everyone out of there and into the hall. Madame Pomfrey closed the door and locked it.

We sat in the halls and waited until they got we heard if they were going to be okay. Me, Hermione, and Ginny were crying. The boys tried to comfort us but it was no good. Finally Dumbledore opened the door and said, "They are going to be okay! They are just going to stay in the Hospital for a week or so." We cheered and went back to the Common Room.

We went back to bed and tried to sleep but it was no good. I read some of Lavender and Parvatti's magazines and then I fell asleep.