Chapter 10: What happened?
I was on edge all day. The nurse had let me go earlier that morning, after giving me a quick check up, and told me to be more careful. People whispered as I passed them in the halls, and they would give me funny looks. Hardly anyone would talk to me, even Raven was cautious around me. No one would tell me what the thing I had seen was. Everything was just, strange. Draco hadn't gone to school today, and no one knew where he was.
"Ebony are you ok?" Raven asked me as we walked to one of our classes.
"What? Ya I'm fine." I replied.
"Really? Because we just passed a poster about that band you like and you didn't even glance at it." She said, a concerned look on her face.
"Sorry...I guess I'm just out of it today." I said.
As we rounded a corner a strange music began to play throughout the corridor. It was soft but full of bass and resinated in a way that made you shiver with each cord. Raven and I followed the sweet sound all the way to the Gryffindor tower. We couldn't get into the common room to see who was playing but the sound continued to amaze us. It had been joined by a drum now and the music they were making was sounding more and more familiar as they went. It was a surprise when a violin was added to the mix but it made the music sound happier with it's sharp and joyful high notes. There was no voice to the tune but it sounded like something you'd hear in the streets of Hogsmeade. A happy joyful tune. And then it stopped. Raven was about to say something when voices behind the painting began to speak as well.
"That was beautiful, Ron. I forgot how good you were at bass." A female voice said.
"Thanks Hermione. You're pretty good at the violin." Said a male voice, probably this Ron fellow.
"Now don't you two get all sappy on me." Said another male voice, this one was familiar.
The sound of someone being hit and laughter followed as the voices began some sort of magical fight. I had to laugh as we listened because it sounded like a lot of fun. Raven was smiling too but she motioned for me to keep quiet so I stifled my laugh the best I could and continued to listen to the voices.
"Alright alright you win!" Said the familiar voice.
"Haha! Girls rule!" Said the female voice, Hermione.
"Only because we're tired." Ron said.
"And you know more magic than us." Said the familiar voice again.
"You'd know more if you'd study, Harry." Said Hermione.
I gasped. That's why it was so familiar! It was Harry. Harry and his best friends had been playing the lovely music together. I smiled again. It was nice to know that he had friends like them. They sounded nice.
"Come on then. They'll have lunch ready soon." Harry said.
Raven and I looked at one another as we heard the friends get closer to the common room door. 'What are we going to do?' I mouthed to her. Raven shrugged. One thing was for sure, we couldn't stay there crouched by the door. We straightened up and walked down the stairs a little bit before we heard them come out the door.
"You heard about it then?" Hermione was saying.
"Ya. Everyone has, and yet no one knows why he did it." Ron said.
"Didn't someone say that..." Harry said before stopping, "Oh. Hello Ebony. How are you?"
"I'm fine. How are you?" I said.
"I'm good. But I thought you'd be..." Harry started but stopped again.
"You thought I'd be where?" I asked
"I thought you'd be with...don't you know what happened?" He asked me, a worried look coming on to his face.
"Know about what?" I asked him.
"Draco….he's dead." Harry said.
And a sad ending...I'm sorry to leave you there but that's how the original was too. I hope you don't hate me too much for this. I promise all will be resolved in the next chapter. Have fun my little readers! I'll see you in the next chapter! -Raven