Chapter 14 Tomorrow CAN'T come!
The whole school was bewildered with Aphelia's sudden change-of-crowd, but that wasn't what was bugging them, it was the fact that Malfoy was hanging out with the POTTER crowd! NEVER in the whole of Hogwarts, did ANYONE believe that Malfoy would be hanging with Harry.
"Yo, what's up?" asked Aphelia as she and Draco made their way up to Hermione and Harry who were sitting out by the Quidditch field.
" Nothing. We finally came up with a decent plan to keep you from blowing your cover in front of Voldemort," said Harry. Aphelia smiled.
" Don't you mean HERMIONE came up with a plan?" she laughed at her little catch.
" Actually, Aphelia, Harry figured the plan out all by himself. Well, except for me handing him books to read," said Hermione. Aphelia raised an eybrow, " Fine, you don't believe me? Go brew a Truth Spell, and we'll see if I am lying!" Aphelia smiled.
" Chill, girl! I believe you! Sorry, Harry, for doubting you," she added to her brother, " Okay, so tell me this, PLAN" she said, entwining her fingers together.
' I actually found it using my Invisibility Cloak, it turned out the book we needed was in the restricted section of the Library. The thing is, it's a potion…" he said.
" Okay, Let's Brew it! I'll drink it now!" she said, sounding excited. She had never taken a potion before.
"Uh, there's a slight problem…" started Harry. Aphelia looked at him, expectantly.
" Well? Come on! Tell me what it is! I don't have forever, we leave TOMORROW!" she practically yelled.
"Okay, it's the ingredients. They are rather, er, HARD to get…" stated Hermione, a slight droop in her voice.
" okay, well, just list the ingredients… I am SURE we can get them, one way or another!" shared Draco.
" Okay we need Dragons Heart String, Strings of Fangs, Aconite, Scarab beetles, and…" Harry paused.
" and WHAT?" shouted Aphelia. She was getting excited, and tense over hearing all the things they'd have to steal in order to make this potion.
" And, Oh Aphelia, we need your blood, and a lot of it!" he just blurted it out. Aphelia looked stunned.
" That's it? You just need a little blood? Sure why not, anyone got a needle? I've done this MANY times… OH! Not that I'm some, psychotic blood thirsty freak or anything!" she added, seeing the grossed out look on everyone's faces.
" Oh, Aphelia, we don't need just a little bit. We need at LEAST a cup full… I can TOTALLY understand if you don't want to do it…" began Hermione.
" Well, tell me what this Potion'll do first, I'll decide if I will or wont after… I mean, it's just a little blood," she said as she squeezed Draco's hand.
" Okay," said Hermione as she picked up the book and began to read, " *The Mind-Locker Potion* Used to keep your mind locked from anyone reading your mind. Perfect for telling lies, or changing your identity, one bottle last for one month* that's the potion. It was the fastest one we could find, it only takes three hours to brew, but I guess we'll have to find another one then, eh?" she asked.
" No! Let's do this one, it's our only chance…. I have to DRINK it though, right?" she asked, sounding uncertain.
" yeah, but I am sure it wont be as bad as the polyjuice potion we had to drink!" said Harry.
" Wait, what? You guys drank a polyjuice potion? When?" he asked, sounding enthralled at the thought.
" Oh, it's not important. We used it to find out who the Heir to Slytherin was. Anyways that's beside the point!" added Hermione, remembering that they used it on Malfoy's friends to see if he was the heir to Slytherin.
" Okay, so anyone have a dagger, or a bottle? I can cut myself really deep and drain the blood, but Hermione, when we get a cupful, I want you to do a spell and make the blood stop flowing so I don't lose too much. Okay?" she asked.
" Definitely, Aphelia, I wouldn't ever want you to lose too much blood," she said as she pulled out her wand, already getting ready to stop the blood flow.
" here, is this good enough Aphelia?" asked Draco as he handed her his pocket knife.
" it'll do I guess. Harry, do you have a container for my blood?" she asked him. Harry nodded, " okay, here I go!" she said as she closed her eyes and slit her upper arm. Thick, purple-red blood spilled down Aphelia's arm and into the container in Harry's hand. The world seemed to spin inside of Aphelia's closed eye's. Just as she was feeling faint, she heard Hermione mutter something, and she was feeling much better than before.
" Okay, we got it! Don't worry Aphelia, we'll brew your potion and have it to you for tomorrow," said Harry as he and heroine headed back towards the Castle.
" Where are they going to brew that potion at?" asked Draco. He certainly didn't think that they'd be brewing it in there dorm room.
" Oh, Moaning Murtle's bathroom. Don't worry, they've brewed in there MANY times! I think Murtle's got a crush on my brother," giggled Aphelia as she got up and headed towards the castle, also. Draco trailed behind.
" That potion better work, or I am going to have to kill myself," Draco muttered to himself as he walked to the castle with her. He hoped tomorrow would never come.
The whole school was bewildered with Aphelia's sudden change-of-crowd, but that wasn't what was bugging them, it was the fact that Malfoy was hanging out with the POTTER crowd! NEVER in the whole of Hogwarts, did ANYONE believe that Malfoy would be hanging with Harry.
"Yo, what's up?" asked Aphelia as she and Draco made their way up to Hermione and Harry who were sitting out by the Quidditch field.
" Nothing. We finally came up with a decent plan to keep you from blowing your cover in front of Voldemort," said Harry. Aphelia smiled.
" Don't you mean HERMIONE came up with a plan?" she laughed at her little catch.
" Actually, Aphelia, Harry figured the plan out all by himself. Well, except for me handing him books to read," said Hermione. Aphelia raised an eybrow, " Fine, you don't believe me? Go brew a Truth Spell, and we'll see if I am lying!" Aphelia smiled.
" Chill, girl! I believe you! Sorry, Harry, for doubting you," she added to her brother, " Okay, so tell me this, PLAN" she said, entwining her fingers together.
' I actually found it using my Invisibility Cloak, it turned out the book we needed was in the restricted section of the Library. The thing is, it's a potion…" he said.
" Okay, Let's Brew it! I'll drink it now!" she said, sounding excited. She had never taken a potion before.
"Uh, there's a slight problem…" started Harry. Aphelia looked at him, expectantly.
" Well? Come on! Tell me what it is! I don't have forever, we leave TOMORROW!" she practically yelled.
"Okay, it's the ingredients. They are rather, er, HARD to get…" stated Hermione, a slight droop in her voice.
" okay, well, just list the ingredients… I am SURE we can get them, one way or another!" shared Draco.
" Okay we need Dragons Heart String, Strings of Fangs, Aconite, Scarab beetles, and…" Harry paused.
" and WHAT?" shouted Aphelia. She was getting excited, and tense over hearing all the things they'd have to steal in order to make this potion.
" And, Oh Aphelia, we need your blood, and a lot of it!" he just blurted it out. Aphelia looked stunned.
" That's it? You just need a little blood? Sure why not, anyone got a needle? I've done this MANY times… OH! Not that I'm some, psychotic blood thirsty freak or anything!" she added, seeing the grossed out look on everyone's faces.
" Oh, Aphelia, we don't need just a little bit. We need at LEAST a cup full… I can TOTALLY understand if you don't want to do it…" began Hermione.
" Well, tell me what this Potion'll do first, I'll decide if I will or wont after… I mean, it's just a little blood," she said as she squeezed Draco's hand.
" Okay," said Hermione as she picked up the book and began to read, " *The Mind-Locker Potion* Used to keep your mind locked from anyone reading your mind. Perfect for telling lies, or changing your identity, one bottle last for one month* that's the potion. It was the fastest one we could find, it only takes three hours to brew, but I guess we'll have to find another one then, eh?" she asked.
" No! Let's do this one, it's our only chance…. I have to DRINK it though, right?" she asked, sounding uncertain.
" yeah, but I am sure it wont be as bad as the polyjuice potion we had to drink!" said Harry.
" Wait, what? You guys drank a polyjuice potion? When?" he asked, sounding enthralled at the thought.
" Oh, it's not important. We used it to find out who the Heir to Slytherin was. Anyways that's beside the point!" added Hermione, remembering that they used it on Malfoy's friends to see if he was the heir to Slytherin.
" Okay, so anyone have a dagger, or a bottle? I can cut myself really deep and drain the blood, but Hermione, when we get a cupful, I want you to do a spell and make the blood stop flowing so I don't lose too much. Okay?" she asked.
" Definitely, Aphelia, I wouldn't ever want you to lose too much blood," she said as she pulled out her wand, already getting ready to stop the blood flow.
" here, is this good enough Aphelia?" asked Draco as he handed her his pocket knife.
" it'll do I guess. Harry, do you have a container for my blood?" she asked him. Harry nodded, " okay, here I go!" she said as she closed her eyes and slit her upper arm. Thick, purple-red blood spilled down Aphelia's arm and into the container in Harry's hand. The world seemed to spin inside of Aphelia's closed eye's. Just as she was feeling faint, she heard Hermione mutter something, and she was feeling much better than before.
" Okay, we got it! Don't worry Aphelia, we'll brew your potion and have it to you for tomorrow," said Harry as he and heroine headed back towards the Castle.
" Where are they going to brew that potion at?" asked Draco. He certainly didn't think that they'd be brewing it in there dorm room.
" Oh, Moaning Murtle's bathroom. Don't worry, they've brewed in there MANY times! I think Murtle's got a crush on my brother," giggled Aphelia as she got up and headed towards the castle, also. Draco trailed behind.
" That potion better work, or I am going to have to kill myself," Draco muttered to himself as he walked to the castle with her. He hoped tomorrow would never come.