The start of the next term (Christmas has been and gone)
Kendra was sitting in the library helping Sarah do her history of magic homework when Harry came over to them with Ron and Hermione. "We know what the dog is guarding" Harry said excitedly but in a hushed voice.
"Took you long enough, we worked it out as soon as we came across fluffy" Kendra said as she was reading what Sarah was writing.
"No that's wrong, it was 1580" Kendra corrected pointing at her work where she had written the wrong date.
"Thanks" she said crossing it out and writing the correct date.
"You knew and you didn't help us" Ron said outraged.
"Hey it's not my fault you didn't ask me" Kendra said defending herself.
"It's not Quirrel that's after the stone its Snape" Hermione said almost happy to have proven the Slytherin wrong in that respect.
"No its not, Quirrel is working for Voldemort" Kendra answered still watching Sarah write.
"How do you know?" Ron asked curiously.
"Because I heard them talking about me. Voldemort wants me on his side but Quirrel keeps telling Voldemort to just kill me" Kendra said casually.
"How would you-know-who get in here though?" Hermione asked in thought.
"I've just realised something" Sarah said, snapping her history of magic book shut.
"What?" They all asked at once, eager to know what she had realised.
"When you over heard Quirrel talking to Voldemort did you see anyone in there with him?" she asked Kendra.
"No I don't think so" Kendra said frowning in thought. Then it clicked "oh my gosh! Is that even possible?" Kendra said shocked and slightly disturbed.
"What is it?" Harry asked. Sarah ran out and Kendra followed leaving the Gryffindor trio standing in the Library confused.
"Potter!" Filch shouted. Kendra stopped annoyed and so did Sarah.
"What have I done now?" Kendra asked him impatiently.
"Peeves tells me it was you who put chewing gum in the lock of my broom cupboard" Filch said angry.
"Peeves told you this. Peeves as in the biggest trouble maker in school" Kendra said raising an eyebrow. Filch cursed and ran off.
Kendra laughed in victory. "It was you wasn't it?" Sarah asked already knowing the answer.
"Yup, I got bored" Kendra replied. Sarah shook her head and they carried on going to their common room. When they got in they sat by the fire on two black leather armchairs.
"How is it possible for him to do that though?" Kendra asked getting back on topic.
"Well you said he isn't dead just weak" Sarah stated.
"Yeah that's right" Kendra agreed nodding.
"So he must have been gaining his strength by feeding off animals or something and then Quirrel came along" Sarah explained.
"Yes but how? I've never heard or seen that magic before" Kendra said in thought.
"This is Lord Voldemort we're talking about. He might be weak but he still has some power" Sarah answered.
"Yes but I have quite a lot of power and I don't know how to do that" Kendra pointed out.
She thought for a moment. "well I don't know how then all I know is when Quirrel goes for the stone you can't go, just let Harry, Ron and Hermione go" Sarah said already knowing that the trio would try to stop him.
"No, if we are right then Voldemort will kill Harry" Kendra said.
"And if we are right and you go with Harry, Voldemort will kill Harry and either kill you or make you be a death eater" Sarah stated.
Draco decided at that point to go over to Kendra and Sarah with a slight swagger in his step "I know who you are" He smirked when he reached them.
"Wow have you learnt my name's Emily?" Kendra asked sarcastically and Sarah giggled.
"Shut up Kendra" he hissed. Kendra's eyes widened and she pushed him against the wall.
"How do you know?" Kendra asked, she couldn't figure out how he knew!
"I worked it out" he choked as Kendra put pressure on his throat.
"have you told your father? Does he know where I am?" Kendra asked frantically.
"No" he choked.
"If you tell him, I will kill you. Understand?" Kendra asked threating him but being completely honest. He nodded quickly and Kendra let him go and stepped back a few paces, as Draco gasped for breath.
"Why are you scared of my father now?" Draco asked after he regained his breath back.
"I'm not scared." She snapped. "If he knows I'm here, and then he'll tell the other death eaters and I really can't be bothered to fight them again" Kendra said as she walked back over to her chair.
"I won't say anything" he said. Kendra looked at him in suspicion, why was he suddenly being nice to her?
"Thank you" Kendra replied, she was still going to be on her guard around him now though. Draco went back up to his dormitory in silence as Kendra sat back on her chair. "Anyway. If I go I can make sure he doesn't kill Harry" Kendra said to Sarah as if there had been no interruptions.
"Yes but it might get you killed in the process" Sarah stated.
"Then so be it. I've already told Quirrel that I'd die before I'd become a Death Eater" Kendra said unafraid of death.
Sarah sighed in frustration. "Didn't you say that Voldemort said to Quirrel 'That would be a terrible waste, of your powers. The possibility's you have. No you will join him' it sounds to me that Voldemort is determined to make you join him" Sarah said trying to make her friend see the danger.
"We should speak to Dumbledore" Kendra said finally giving in. Sarah nodded in agreement and stood up.
They walked out the common room and walked until they found McGonagall "what are you two doing out?" she asked sternly.
"We need to speak to professor Dumbledore" Kendra said.
"I'm afraid professor Dumbledore has had an urgent owl from the ministry" McGonagall said.
"WHAT!" Kendra and Sarah screeched. Kendra knew now that Quirrel was going to steal the stone tonight and had gotten Dumbledore out of the way.
Before McGonagall could say another would they ran to the third floor and crashed into Ron, Hermione and Harry. "Its tonight Snape's going to steal it now" Harry said quickly to his sister.
"Its Quirrel not Snape" Kendra corrected.
"We'll see when we get there come on" Harry said. And they all quickly pushed open the door, got past Fluffy and jumped through the trap door, they landed on some squishy plant. That the females of the group recognised immediately.
"Everyone relax" Sarah ordered.
"This is devils snare" Kendra, Hermione and Sarah said together. Kendra, Hermione, Sarah and Harry got sucked down and landed on a hard floor but Ron was still screaming as the devils snare wrapped tighter and tighter around his body, slowly squeezing the life out of him.
"He's not relaxing" Sarah pointed out.
"I remember reading something in herbology, um devils snare it likes the dark and the wet" Hermione said thinking hard.
"Fire. INCENDIO" Kendra shouted pointing her wand at the plant, making sure to burn it without burning Ron.
Ron came falling down "good thing we didn't panic" Ron said panting.
"Good thing the girls pay attention in herbology" Harry said.
They made their way to the next room, hoping it would be slightly easier. In this room there were thousands of keys with wings. "We have to ride a broom to catch it" Harry figured pointing to a broom.
"Accio key" Kendra said knowing that things aren't always what they seem. A small, old grey one with a broken wing came into her hand.
"Or we could do that" Ron said. Kendra stuffed the key in the lock and opened the door, she was rather enjoying the challenges. The next room turned out to be a huge chess board, they took their places and Ron directed them being the master at chess. Ron ended up sacrificing himself to win the game for them. Hermione took Ron back up to the surface to the hospital wing whilst Kendra, Harry and Sarah carried on.
They opened the next door and a horrible smell filled their noses. On the ground was a disgusting troll, dead. "Oh, I don't get to have another ride" Kendra said sadly.
"You're weird you know that right" Harry said to Kendra.
"Yep, but that's why you love me" Kendra smiled. We opened the next door and there was a purple fire at one end and a black fire jumped up behind them, trapping them in the room. There were 7 bottles in the middle and a roll of parchment. Kendra picked it up and read it to the others.
Danger lies before you, while safety lies behind, Two of us will help you, whichever you would find, one among our seven will let you move ahead, another will transport the drinker back instead, two among our number hold only nettle wine, three of us are killers, waiting hidden in line. Choose, unless you wish to stay here for evermore, to help you in your choice, we give you these clues four: first, however slyly the poison tries to hide you will always find some on nettle wines left side; second, different are those who stand at either end, but if you would move onwards neither is your friend; third, as you see clearly, all are different size, neither dwarf nor giant holds death in their insides; fourth, the second left and the second on the right are twins once you taste them, though different on first sight.
"This isn't magic, its logic" Sarah sighed.
"You two can solve it, right?" Harry asked hoping that they could.
"Yeah give us a sec" Kendra said. And they both Re-read it, muttering to each other occasionally. "This one takes you towards the stone" Kendra finally said pointing at the smallest bottle.
"And this one will take you back" Sarah said pointing to another bottle.
"There's only enough for one in this bottle" Harry said holding the small one.
"Sarah you go back, Harry you go forward. I can get through the fire without the potion" Kendra directed knowing Harry wouldn't go back.
"Remember what we spoke about" Sarah said.
"Yeah but Harry will need me. Now go" Kendra said. She drank the potion and walked through the fire behind them.
"You go first Harry" Kendra said to him after Sarah had disappeared.
"Are you sure you can get through?" he asked concerned.
"Positive" Kendra answered. He drank his potion, shivered and walked through the purple fire.