Chapter 9 Cassie slowly stood, looking at the figure lying on the ground. "WHERE did THAT come from?" Fred sat up with the help of Percy. He looked at the figure and a little bit of blood trickled out of his mouth. Percy made him lie back down and everyone looked back at the clown. "It's skin." Harry stood and walked near it. He was cautious and had his wand out just in case. "It's coming off." He looked up at Oliver and Cedric who were also approaching the clown. Harry knelt near it and pulled on the skin, ripping off a mask. "MALFOY!" Ron screamed angrily. Draco blinked looking up at them. He smiled coldly. "You lumps fell for it. You should have seen your faces!" Susan stood next to cassie her face towards the ground. "You're a Jerk Draco." Cassie shook her head. She was angry and still seemed to be shaking with fear. She made her way to Oliver and sat on a chair near him. "That really was uncalled for. We have one person hurt. We don't need another one." Percy glared at him. Penelope put a hand on his shoulder to calm him down. Crabbe and Goyle were laughing and pushing themselves to their feet. They helped Draco up and kicked the costume away. "Whats wrong? Can't we have a bit of fun?" Draco shook his head. "Stupid Mudbloods, afraid of clowns." Hermione shook her head and narrowed her eyes. "Just you wait Draco." "Wait for what? What do you plan on doing?" Draco walked towards her, threateningly. Ron stood between them and Draco shook his head, backing off. "I." Hermione looked around. "I remember reading something about this house." She sighed. "Oh, here we go." Ron looked to Harry who returned to his side. "She remembers reading about it." "No, seriously. I remember reading about it. Bad stuff happened in this house. I think." Hermione shook her head and ran to her bag which was discarded by the doorway. She began digging through it and pulled out a few books. "She brought the library!" Harry groaned. Everyone watched her as she went to a desk and opened a few books. A loud noise upstairs made them all jump and look toward the doorway. A huge spider entered the room, clicking its long legs on the floor. Ron went pale and fell over his chair as he tried to sit. Cassie turned towards Draco who was also equally pale, his two goones sat behind him. He met her eyes and raised his hands to show he had no part. Hermione screamed and a spider landed in front of her on the book. She tried batting it away with other books but stumbled over her cloak and landed at Ron's feet. More spiders filled the room and they formed a huddle in the middle. "Make them go away!" Ron screamed and covered his face with his hands. "Try not to think about them ron!" George cried out, still sitting by his brothers feet. "Think about something else!" They formed a circle around ron who was shaking and cryign with fear. He covered his face with a pillow and began humming. Soon the spiders began disappearing as his hums got louder. "Ron, stop humming and look." Oliver looked around confused. Ron opened his eyes, looking around the room. "They're gone!" Hermione screamed as one appeared above her. She closed ehr eyes and started to hum a happy tune and it too disappeared. "I don't quite understand." Cedric sat on a chair and they all looked at him. "Where did they go?" Ron stood looking around everywhere. "I don't know." Susan sighed. "I have a bad feeling they will be back."