Chapter ten- Nickolas Famel

Once the Christmas holidays were over and the five friends started classes again. They had no time to look for information on Nickolas Famel. Alice made sure to wear her necklace from Jasper as much as she could. She had only forgotten it a few times since classes started again. Draco Malfoy got his chance to attack her in the corridor between Transfiguration and Charms.

She woke up in the hospital wing. She had no idea what happened. Her friends and brother were by her side. This was one of the times Alice had forgotten to wear her special necklace. She didn't know that it also alerts danger. She looked towards Harry for help. She wanted to know what had happened to her. He didn't know if he should tell her or not. He knew that she needed to know, but it might make her have a panic attack.

Alice opened her mouth to speak, but no sound came out. Now she was scared that her voice was gone forever. "Ali, relax, you won't be able to talk for awhile. Malfoy did a spell to make that you couldn't tell anyone. He didn't know that the ghosts witnessed the whole thing. They reported it to Professor Flickwick and McGonagall. Now Malfoy's got a month or so of detentions." Harry paused for a moment. "Professor Dumbledore wants you to have body guards for awhile. Emmett Cullen will be taking the first shift."

"Ali, you will be able to talk in a few days or so. You will be excused from classes until then. Until Madam Pomfrey releases you, you need to stay in bed. Your legs are very stiff so you have to stay where you are. You must wear your necklace all the time for now. I will let you know when you are allowed to take it off. I only gave it to you was because of how much danger you're in."

A small tear rolled down from her eyelid. Jasper knew that she was upset when she heard the news about what happened to her. He silently sent her a wave of calm. Within seconds she was calmed down a little. Hopefully no one noticed the change in Alice's emotions. To both Jasper and Alice's luck no one did notice. She wanted to say something that was very important. Harry gave her a piece of paper and a pencil. She wrote: Look on the back of Dumbledore's chocolate frog card for information on Nickolas Famel.

He read his sister's note. He smiled at what she wrote for them. "What does it say, Harry?" Hermione asked.

"We need to look on the back of Dumbledore's chocolate frog card for information on Nickolas Famel. Alice knows who he is. She has known all this time. She must have kept it a secret ever since Hagrid told us."

"Why hasn't she told us?"

Harry finally used his telepathy to help out his sister. He would only use it if he needs to. However, he can only communicate telepathically with Alice. "She wanted us to find on our own. She had a vision about him and didn't tell us. She's been getting good at hiding her visions from me." He never told the others that he and Alice could communicate telepathically. He had to keep that secret from his friends. "I know that there are more that she's keeping from me, but I still didn't know what it is."

Darkness approached so that meant that her brother and friends had to leave her for the night. She didn't want to be left alone. Harry sighed. "What is it?"

"She doesn't want us to leave her alone." He turned towards Alice. "It's okay, Ali we will be back when we can. It will be as soon as we can."

She stared at her brother. She was definitely afraid of something, but what was it. "Ali, you will be fine for the night. Nothing bad will happen to you with Madam Pompfrey near by." Jasper whispered in her ear.

Alice decided to sign 'thank you' to him. She knew sign language and would use it when she needs to. This is one of the only ways she could communicate without anyone noticing. She didn't feel like writing a note for Jasper so she signed to him. Luckily he knew sign language. He smiled back and signed 'you're welcome, Alice'.

"What did you say to her, Jasper?"

He waited until they were out of the hospital wing. "I told her that she'll be fine while Madam Pomfrey is with her. Then she signed 'thank you' and I signed 'you're welcome' to her."

"You know sign language?"

"Yes, I do, Harry. I'll explain all about it later. I don't know how long Malfoy's curse will last. I hope that it would only last a few days, but I'm not positive. I'm so sorry, Harry, but that's all I know."

"What do you mean you don't know how long Malfoy's curse will last?"

"I've read only a few books about the curse that Malfoy used on Alice. Hopefully it will only last a few days, but sometimes it would last a week or so at most."

Four of the friends headed back to Gryffindor tower. Harry was so terrified that Alice would never get her voice back. He knew that she would at some point. He was just nervous that she wouldn't get her voice back anytime soon. They got to the portrait of the fat lady. Harry gave her the password. She swung open and the friends went inside into the common room.

Ron looked at the back of his Dumbledore chocolate frog card. He quickly read it. "I found him Flamel."

Hermione raced up the stairs to get a book. She was back within five minutes. She quickly opened the book to a certain page. Together the four friends read the page. "Nickolas Flamel is the only known maker of the sorcerers stone."

"The what?" the three boys asked.

"Honestly don't you two read?" Hermione turned to look at Harry. "Don't you know what it is?"

"Hey, Alice is getting good a blocking her thoughts from me when she wants to. She only told me where to look for Nickolas Flamel."

The next morning only Harry and Jasper went to check on Alice. The schools nurse Madam Pomfrey let them in reluctantly. She didn't want anyone disturbing Alice while she slept. However, it turned out that she heard two pairs of footsteps so she woke up quickly. She also knew that her friends and brother found what they were looking for, ever since the Christmas holidays.

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