Chapter 6: Minotaur or Abercrombie?

Amelia's PoV

Incredible! I'm the Slytherin seeker! This would probably be the best thing to ever be, if I actually knew about Quidditch and grew up in a wizarding family. Well, at least Cane explained to me the wonders of Quidditch, and I think it's pretty cool. Though Cane said that the Seeker has the hardest job; Flying around the stadium and looking for "The Golden Snitch" which ends the game and grants the team about 150 points, or something like that. So basically all the pressure is on the seeker to win. But Cane said it probably wouldn't be too hard, at least for me. He said, "You only get picked to be on the Quidditch team in your 1st year if you're that good, and well, no one has ever been picked in their 1st year"

Cane also told me that Wright girl will also probably be the Gryffindor Seeker, so there's some competition. Whatever, I'll eat that Wright girl alive the first chance I get!

"You guys could've gotten into serious trouble!" Kate scolded in the common room. I was sitting in an arm-chair near shelves of books, poring over One Thousand Magical herbs and Fungi.I'm not going to let Professor Green outsmart me again.

"Just chill, Kate. All that matters is that we didn't get into trouble" I said looking up at her. She had a disapproving look on her face and her brown hair was unusual messy as if she had been pulling it out all evening.

"You just got lucky!" Kate snapped. "Under any other circumstances-"

"So what if I got lucky? If there was no luck in the world, well, that would be messed" I replied. Katherine's eye twitched before she stormed back to the dormitories, muttering under her breath.


Me and Katherine were in the Great Hall the next day, just minding our business, eating our toast peacefully, and then someone just decides to interrupt us:

"Hey, I heard you and Taylor are on the Quidditch team"

I turned around in my seat, prepared to yell at Malfoy and slap him with my toast. As I raised my toast, though, I realised it was actually Jason Blackwell.

"Oh, it's you" I groaned. Of course it was Jason. Malfoy wouldn't call Wright Taylor, would he?

"Uh…"Jason shifted awkwardly, "Yea, it's me. But…You and Taylor are on the Quidditch team right?" Jason blurt.

"Keep quiet" I hissed. "And no. Where would you get such ludicrous ideas, anyway?" I snapped.

"Oh…Well, Anabel told me…" Jason stuttered.

"Who's Anabell? How does she know…I mean, not know…I mean….Where did she get the idea?" I interrogated.

"Cane and Bamboo (The Gryffindor team captain, I'm sure you know who Cane is) were arguing about their new seekers. Anabell is the Hufflepuff team seeker, so she was excited about the new competition and asked Cane and Bamboo about their Seekers, and they kind of just spilled…"Jason explained.

"But how do you know?" Katherine joined in on the conversation.

"She told me…"Jason replied.

"Why would she tell you?" I asked.

"We're….Uh…Kind of…I mean we know each other! We're not really friends, but…" Jason stuttered.

"Sorry I asked" I sighed. "Anyway, you believe her?"

"Of course. Why would she lie?" Jason said.

"Well, of course, there could be plenty of reasons. One does not just simply always tell the truth. Like you said, you and Anabell aren't really friends, so there must be some things about her you don't know, which could be quite sinister, which might be why she's lying. Or maybe Cane and Bamboo are the ones lying. You said they fed her the information, which could be false, and then she later passed the false information onto you" Aisley explained, magically appearing behind Jason, making him jump, fall, and almost knock over the table.

"Aisley? When did you get here?" Katherine asked. Aisley had her blue hair tied up (Which is pretty surprising since her hair is short) and wearing her new Ravenclaw robes.

"Well, I was all alone at the Ravenclaw table, so I went to the Gryffindor table where Taylor told me about becoming the new Seeker with Thomas, so I came over to confirm that" Aisley explained briefly.

"Wright told you?"I asked gritting my teeth.

"Oh yeah! I asked Taylor about it too and she said yes, sothere's no point lying!" Jason had now picked himself up next to Aisley.

"So….What if it is true?" I said.

"But….You can't tell anyone. This is supposed to be a secret and surprise" I lowered my voice to a whisper. Just then, hundreds of owls zoomed into the Great Hall, delivering letters and packages. I never did get anything, so I never paid attention. So of course, you could imagine my surprise when a tawny owl fluttered over next to me and started hooting loudly, almost knocking over my pumpkin juice.

"We'll be going now" Aisley said, grabbing Jason's arm and heading off to their respectable house tables.

"Good grief" Katherine said, catching my pumpkin juice. "Seems like you've got an owl."

"Thanks, Kate. I totally didn't notice" I said sarcastically, rolling my eyes.

"I know, but I've never seen one-"Katherine said before I interjected.

"Kate, you've seen my owl before! You know, Aquarelle" I was a birthday present gave to me by Hagrid a little earlier this year. She was a magnificent snowy white owl. I picked her since she was different from all the rest, and would be easily recognisable.

"I mean…I've never seen one deliver a letter or package Gosh, Amelia, you've got to let me finish my sentence for once!" Katherine spazed.

"Whatever" I said. I looked down at the package; it was brown and shaped like a broom. It had a note attached to it:

Hey, this is your broom; a Nimbus Two Thousand!

Don't tell anyone, though; it's still a secret!

-Professor McGonagall

P.S Don't open it right away!

"Yeah, you totally can't tell what this is" I said.

"Really? Because it's kind of obvious it's a broom" Katherine said.

"Idiot! Ever heard of sarcasm?" I said.

"Opps…Sorry. Better bring that up to the common room right away, though, before classes start" Katherine suggested.

"Ok. Thanks, Kate. See you at…"I skimmed my timetable, "Ugh…Herbology"

I sprinted out of the Great Hall and into the corridors, a smile plastered on my face. I had a broom! I'm sure it would've been what I've always wanted.

As I headed down the corridor, I spotted a certain black-haired girl standing on a staircase.

"Oy, Wright!" I called out. Wright turned around and glared at me coldly.

"And what do you want, Thomas?" She snapped.

"You got a broom, too, right?" I called, holding mine out.

"What's this about brooms?" A familiar, arrogant voice called out. And this time, I was certain it was Malfoy.

"Hey, Malfoy!" I said, waving. "It's just none of your business, ok?"

Scorpius was accompanied by Princess and Contemptuous, both looking ready to crush someone's skull. "You've got a broom, Thomas?" Malfoy said, eyeing my package and completely ignoring what I said to him earlier.

"What if it is?" I snapped.

"Well, let's think about it. What would you need a broom for?" Malfoy asked.

I narrowed my eyes. I could tell Malfoy, making him absolutelyfurious, and I'd get some fun out of that. But, then again, I am supposed to keep it a secret, and either way, Malfoy will stillfind out and he'll still be angry. "I'm preparing for next year" I lied smoothly.

"I don't see the point, Thomas. First years aren't even allowed to practice" Malfoy pointed out.

"J-Just shut up, Malfoy! Stop poking around in other people'sbusiness? Do you really want to know that much, does it really matter? The world is full of secrets, yet no one or nothing will just tell you, you know!" I yelled. Malfoy blinked.

"Whatever, Thomas" Malfoy craned his neck so he could see Wright. "Hey, Wright, you got one too? What did you have to do to get it? Sell your house? Oh wait, never mind. Your house wouldn't even be worth a galleon!"Malfoy and his cronies laughed as they turned around and went back the way they came.

"I hate that guy" Me and Wright muttered in unison, as we both headed our separate directions.


"Thomas, you going to tell me what that brooms fornow?"Malfoy had been tailing me all day trying to figure out what the broom was for, and I had kept on ignoring him, acting like he was just empty space. But now, after about the 100th time, I finally snapped.

"No, Malfoy! And I won't tell you ever!" I snapped at him. We were in the common room and I was sitting by my usual place near the book shelf. Kate was in the dormitory, doing her homework.

"How about….We have a duel, and if I win, you have to tell me!" Malfoy declared a mischievous glint in his eye.

I rolled my eyes. Well, if this is what it would take to get rid of him. "Alright" I said. "But only if you beat me. And I tell you, that's impossible. So you might as well drop dead now".

Malfoy smiled. Wait, no, more like smirked. "Alright. At midnight, in the Trophy Room. That place is always empty" And he skipped off to his dormitory, not even interested in my answer.

Whatever. Like that mattered. I'm still going to pound him in the dust. I ran up to the dormitory to find Katherine lounging in her green four poster bed.

"Where's everyone else?" I asked. The dormitory as empty except for me and Kate.

"I don't know" She shrugged, and continued reading her book. I sat down on my bed calmly.

"Malfoy challenged me to a duel and I said yes and I'm so going to rip his head off and…."I blurt this all out really fast and Katherine just looked at me with a bewildered expression.

"You…..You're challenging Scorpios to a duel? That's crazy!" She exclaimed, standing up.

"I know but he keeps on bugging me about my broom and I just wanted to pound him and…I sort of agreed to duel" I explained.

"You….Don't you realize how much trouble you could get into?!" Kate spazed.

"Chill, woman. Why you like rules so much? I mean, after all, rules were made to be broken" I pointed out.

Katherine looked ready to explode, but she quickly calmed herself down. "Fine. But I'm coming with you" She proclaimed.

"WHAT?! You can't…..You can't come!" I protested.

"I'll be your second" Katherine continued. I fumed. I wasn't going to let Katherine come! She'll probably ruin the fun with rules and whatnot.

" ' " I said.

"Oh, I'm coming. And there's nothing you can do to stop me. Trust, you'll be thankful" Katherine said.

"What does a second even do?" I asked.

"They take over if the dueler dies" Katherine said casually.

"Well, looks like you'll never have your turn" I smirked. Katherine just shrugged.

"Look, it's almost midnight. Better get prepared" Katherine suggested. I nodded.

"Whatever. I won't need preparation. I'm pro on my own"


"We really shouldn't be doing this…"Katherine said. It was 10 minutes to midnight and me and Katherine were preparing to leave.

"Relax. Before you said you wanted to do this" I said.

"But what if we get in trouble?" Katherine panicked.

"Relax. The worst they can do to us is give us a detention" I replied.

"But I can't afford a detention! I have to study and do my homework? It'll be bad for me reputation…." Katherine explained.

"Don't worry about your reputation. As long as you hang with me, it'll be fine" I reassured Katherine.

"Whatever. If we get in trouble, I'm blaming you." Katherine said.

"Hey, you're the one who wanted to come along! And blame that stupid Scorpius Malfoy! He's the one who challenged me! Plus he's really annoying…" I sighed.

"I will not blame Scorpius! It was you who accepted in the first place!" Katherine countered.

"Ok, whatever. Let's just go" We wandered through the dark common room and exited through the hole in the wall.

At night, the castle was darker than usual and the torches shined brighter than ever before, though even so it made every turning corner more creepy. Me and Katherine stealthily tip-toed our way through the castle, staying in the shadows and looking out for teachers. Though I don't even see why, since we didn't encounter any.

Suddenly, as I was walking and looking out for any signs of movement, my foot hit something.

"Ow…What the…Andrew?" As I was rubbing my foot, I realized Andrew sitting there on the ground.

"What are you doing here, Andrew?" Katherine asked.

"I couldn't remember the password to the Gryffindor common room, so I came here…" Andrew briefly explained.

"In front of the trophy room?" I asked, pointing to the door behind him.

Andrew just shrugged. "It's comfy"

"Whatever. I'm kind of due for a duel, so…"I trailed off.

"You mean, in there?" Andrew pointed to the door.

"Yes, in the Trophy Room, Andrew" I sighed.

"Really? Because I didn't see anyone in there, or anyone come in there. Then again, though, I wasn't really paying attention…"Andrew said.

Katherine kicked Andrew aside and opened the door to the Trophy Room "No one there" She said in awe.

"What? Don't tell me he's late for his own duel? He's the one who challenged me! Dude, that's so lame…" I whined. How could he be late? That's just so pathetic…

"No, Amelia. I….don't think he's coming?" Katherine murmured.

"What? He's not coming?" I repeated. What? Why would he do that…?

And then it suddenly clicked.

"Of course…" I muttered. "No one inside…We didn't even see him when we were leaving….It must have been another attempt to get me expelled…So he should have…."

"Ha! I'll get those kids now!"Abercrombie.

Abercrombie was the old caretaker at Hogwarts. Probably the oldest staff member there is. Along with his cat, Ms. Chuck(Such a stupid name) they're like the crime fighters of the school. By that I mean if they catch anyone putting a foot over the line, he'll call McGonagall as soon as he can. Expelling kids is kind of his hobby.

"Run!" I whispered as loud as I could. Katherine helped me pick up Andrew and we scurried off as fast as we could in any direction. I knew Abercrombie could hear us, but right now it didn't really matter.

"Amelia…"Katherine whispered after awhile of running and turning around corridors.

"What?!" I hissed while dragging Andrew.

"Where are we? It looks like we're on…"Katherine started.

"T-The forbidden corridor!"Andrew gasped. It was true. We were on the forbidden corridor. We had just started running around like crazy, and I happened to open this door, which led exactly to the forbidden corridor. And standing in front of us, (Well, stop really standing. It was sleeping so it was lying down) was a man with a head of a bull. A Minotaur.

I could tell Andrew was about to scream, so I clasped one hand on ontop his mouth to muffle out the sound. Unfortunately, he bit my hand in the process. I let out a little squeal, and then suddenly, the Minotaur's eyes snapped open. Quickly, I grabbed the door handle, swung it open, and threw everybody outside just as the Minotaur tried to bite our heads off (At least, I think that's what it was trying to do).

"You guys are crazy!" Andrew squeaked as he ran off along another corridor and out of sight.

Me and Katherine just stood there, staring into each other's eyes, panting like we'd just run a 100 km race. I pushed my black glasses higher up my nose and me and Katherine dashed towards the common room. It didn't matter anymore if we got caught byAbercrombie, because at least that would be better than dying. Maybe.


A/N: Hey! The ending might have been messed up, but whatever. And yes, Amelia has glasses, but we just don't mention it much. I just realized I didn't show much of Taylor in this chapter. Oh well, it'll be fine. As I'm guessing, ginnykane probably won't update until we get 40 reviews or something. Maybe 30, 35, I don't know.

Anyway, REVIEW REVIEW REVIEW! As usual, 40threview or whatever gets a shout out and sneak peak. Alright, that's the end of this author's note. Peace! Cookies and lollipops to you all! :D

Ginnykane's A/N:

Yes Zenya! I will wait for 40 reviews before I post the next chapter. The 20th reviewer was Guest! Thank you soooo much for reading our Fanfic and thank you sooooo much for reviewing! Peace out!