Chapter 8
Katie's Curse
It was almost dark now and people became spilling back into the common room, talking, laughing and in general just making a bunch of noise. Frankly, I was not in the mood for people right now; I had a lot on my mind.
I was about to leave and go into my dormitory, when Neville came running up to me; his round face etched with distress.
"What's wrong," I asked, wondering if I might need to teach Draco Malfoy a lesson again.
"Its Katie Bell," he answered.
The name sounded familiar. "The Gryffindor quidditch player?" I asked.
"Yes," said Neville, "she's been cursed."
"Cursed?"
"Yes, In Hogsmead. They are saying that she touched a necklace or something and that is how she got the curse.
I looked around the room; it seemed that more people were being informed about Katie, for the laughter had stopped and everybody's faces were of shock and concern. Then I noticed a girl walking in to the common room, I recognized her to be Katie's friend, silent tears were streaming down her face and ignoring everybody, she sat in an arm chair next to the fire and buried her face in her hands.
"What happened to Katie, Neville?" I asked nervously.
"No one knows for sure," he told me. "She has been taken to St. Mungo's hospital."
"Madam Pomfrey, couldn't help her?"
"No," said Neville, "she was really bad."
I wondered who had done this and why. Did someone have something against the Gryffindor quidditch team, a Slytherin perhaps? One thing I did know was, it couldn't have been Draco Malfoy, because he had a detention with McGonagall today and didn't go to Hogsmead. Not even Malfoy could be capable of such evil as this.
A/N: Dear Readers,
I know this chapter is shamefully short but I promise that tomorrow I will post the next one. Thank you for reading.
*Thora Jane
P.S.
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