Chapter 10
A Picnic in the Snow
Midnight rolled around. A majority of the common room had gone to bed so it
reverted back to it's original size. Any one left in the common room was too
drunk on butter best to notice them so they quickly slipped under the cloak and
out into the corridor. Filtch, now much older than he was when Harry went to
school, but still the same grouchy man he always was, was patrolling the
corridors.
"Hhmph, ever since Potter and his friends left this job just doesn't have
the thrill it used too, don't you agree."
"Yeah, to be honest I kinda miss him and his silly friends antics." Peeved
the poltergeist was floating next to him.
"Well sneaking past them wasnt very difficult." Melanie said after reaching
the astronomy tower. They took off the cloak and walked into the moonlight.
"GASP, It's so beautiful.
Jake looked up. It really was beautiful. Since they were in the astronomy
tower there was no ceiling as to see the sky. So when Jake looked up he saw the
brightest sky he has ever seen. Covered in every inch with stars. Then the snow
that was falling made it even more amazing.
"Well let's get set up." he put out a picnic blanket and she conjured up
food.
They sat for a while just eating and talking.
"Hey, can I ask you something?" Melanie asked, and Jake nodded. "I feel
like there is something there isn't telling me. Something your hiding and it's
scaring me. Just tell me what's been on your mind for the last few weeks."
"Well to be honest," Jake began.
Then a large bright light began to appear from the sky. A giant meteor was
headed toward them.
"What's that?" She looked up. "AHHHH JAKE RUN!" She quickly got up.
They grabbed each other and ran. "O NO YOUR GIFT." She ran back to get the
cloak.
"No Melanie!" Jake heard a felt a tremor. The tremor was so
strong he fell and hit his head on a table side knocking him unconscious.