Chapter 11-
I wearily opened my eyes. It felt as though I had been run over by the Hogwarts Express. I groaned and stretched a little, only to hit someone who was sitting next to me.
"Kira's awake!" Hermione exclaimed, grasping at my hand. I groaned again and opened my eyes farther. I was laying across one of the train seats.
"What was that… thing?" I asked, sitting up a little. Ginny and Neville were nowhere to be seen, but Ron, Harry, Hermione, and the professor were still in the compartment.
"It was a dementor. They suck the happiness right out of you!" Ron exclaimed, obviously still weary from the experience.
"Eat this, Kira." The professor said, handing me a bar of Honeydukes chocolate. I looked at him strangely as I tore the wrapper in the corner.
"Trust me, it helps." He said before leaving the compartment. I nibbled at bit at the chocolate. To my surprise, it immediately made me feel better. I sat up all of the way and continued eating the chocolate.
"Did anyone else pass out?" I asked.
"Harry did. He woke up about 30 seconds before you did."
"Did you hear a scream?" Harry asked.
I shook my head. I could vaguely remember two men, but there was definitely no scream. Harry frowned but said nothing else. The train pulled to a stop as they approached Hogwarts. The three got off of the train and walked towards the carriages. I shivered when I saw the beasts that pulled the carriages once again. I had yet to find someone who could see the scaly monsters at well, though I was fairly sure I wasn't insane. Maybe it had something to do with the defense mechanism? I sighed, but thought no more about it.
When we walked into Hogwarts, Professor McGonagall took Harry, Hermione, and I up to see Madame Pomfrey. She checked over us, because she was worried that we were hurt after we fainted. Harry and I shared a look, but said nothing. She let us go after Hermione finished talking to Professor McGonagall. Hermione wouldn't tell us what they talked about, but I trusted her, so I kept quiet.
We went back down and finished the feast. Dumbledore told us some stuff about how a man named Sirius Black had escaped, and we would now have dementors outside of the castle. The name rang a bell, but I could not figure out from where. I went to bed that night, unsatisfied.
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