CHAPTER 2
By: Dreamer
Jason, Nyomi, Bobby, and Cleo were sitting listening to Professor Nicholas drone on and on about some war that happened in 152 B.C. against these two wizard families. Just then Carla came over the load speaker (Carla is there headmistress but they are aloud to call her Carla). "Excuse me professors, I need all students to reports back to their common rooms immediately, make no stops on the way there. Teachers report to my office. Thank you, and I am sorry to cut your classes short."
"I'm not," Bobby said. Jason could tell all the kids were happy to get out of class but worried why classes were being stopped.
"I wonder what's up, I mean I don't think Carla has ever done this before. At least since we've been in school." Said Nyomi with a worried look on her face. She had always been a worrywart, as Jason's mom would say. She started to continued, "What if there is a murderer in the school and he is out to get everyone and he is going into the classrooms and…"
"NYOMI!! CALM DOWN!!" Bobby screamed. Which made Marta and her friends turn around and start to giggle.
"Great, I've got the Giggle Gang started up." The 'Giggle Gang' is what the called Marta's gang. Because they ever ran into Bobby or Jason they started to giggle, even if they weren't doing anything. Bobby has always thought they were from another planet.
They finally got into the common room. All the seats were taken, so they went and sat on the dormitory stairs. They were sitting there for about fifteen minutes when Professor Hopkins, their head of house as well as teacher for transfiguration, came into the common room. She cleared her throat, and in her stern voice said, "First, Second, Third, and Forth years please go to Great Hall." She waited for all of them to leave. "Carla has received an anonymous note that stated 'If you continue the pen pals Grawshots and Hogwarts will be doomed.' Right now we have two possibilities. One, It is a real note and we must stop the pen pal service, or Two, It is a foolish prank. If we find out it is a joke and catch the person in charge of this monstrosity, he or she will be severely punished. You are free to go to lunch now."
After she left, they all looked at Luis and Theresa. Not only twins, but the best troublemakers in the history of Grawshots.
"We swear, we didn't do it," Theresa said with not even a spec of a smile on her face, so they believed her.
They filed out of the common room and down into great hall where they saw Slycerin and Ripperwing houses already there. They went and sat down in their normal seats, and started eating as Huperlooff house was walking in. They almost always were the last ones in due to the fact that Professor Nicholas was their head of house and he ALWAYS lost track of time.
"I'll bet ya ten sickles it was Natasha," Cleo said through a mouthful of French fries.
"I bet you're right Cleo, she'd love to get the whole school panicked." Said Nyomi with Bobby and Jason nodding along, knowing not to argue with Cleo when she is angry. But by the look on Bobby's face Jason could tell that he was thinking the same thing as him. Natasha wouldn't do this because she loves the pen pal thing. Luis had told Jason and Bobby one day in Herbology that Natasha's pen pal, Draco Malfoy, is her boyfriend now. But they said nothing.
Harry and Ron walked towards the library, where Hermione had been going every night right after dinner. They walked and saw Madam Pince behind the desk muttering something about not getting enough vacation time. Hermione ran out from behind some shelves and ran right into Harry not noticing him.
"Harry, Ron, I told you guys not to come down here, I told you I'd come up!"
"Yeah, we know Hermione but you've been down here a lot longer than usual so we decided to come get you," Ron said, which was a lie, because she had been down there only ten minutes, like usual, and Hermione knew this but didn't argue. She walked ahead of them on the way back to the common room.
"I know she likes to read," Ron said, "But still I think she isn't going down because of the books. I mean she has been acting strange lately. Stranger than usual anyway."
Harry simply nodded, not taking his eyes of Hermione. He couldn't help but think that there was something wrong.
They got to the fat lady and Hermione quietly but clearly said 'flobberworms' and they climbed into the portrait hole. They went in and sat down. Hermione in her usual chair, Ron laying on the couch, and Harry sitting on the floor to do his homework on the coffee table.
"Hermione will you come over here and help me with this question?" Ron looked up and Hermione just sat there staring up into space. "Hermione," Harry repeated. "Hermione!!" This time Ron joined in.
"Huh? What?" She said.
"Well I asked you to help me with this question but obviously there is something more important what is it?" Harry asked calmly.
"It's nothing guys it's none of your business" Hermione said shaking her head. With that she got up and walked up to her dorm.
"I don't know what's up with her, but I still need help with my homework." Harry said, Ron laid back down rolling his eyes
Everyone was sitting in Great Hall eating breakfast and getting ready to listen to Carla.
"Good Morning Students! Now, our cheerleaders for the Quidditch teams think we should have a dance for the opening of the Quidditch season. The Growlyn table looked at the cheerleaders, Theresa, Marta, Nyomi, and Tiffany. They all smiled. Bobby had this "Oh Great" look on his face.
Natasha shot up her hand.
"Yes, Ms. Slate?"
"Well," she said standing up, "Why don't we have our pen pals come to Grawshots and we can have them come to the dance and then have like a tournament."
Carla put that look on her face. "That is an excellent idea Natasha. I will send the idea to Professor Dumbledore immediately. Please finish your breakfasts you have ten minutes until classes start"
Jason and his friends had finished already so decided to go to flying class early. In this class Bobby, Cleo, and Jason were straight A students since they were on the Quidditch team. Jason was the seeker, Cleo was one of the chasers, and Bobby was the keeper.
"Hey guys!" yelled Hermione bouncing down the stairway with a paper in her hand.
"My, aren't we lively this morning?" Ron said sarcastically.
Hermione stuck out her tongue at him. "ANYWAY, my pen pal Jason just told me that we might be going to their school to go to a dance and have a Quidditch tournament. But the bad thing is they have cheerleaders and we don't. I think… Oh my gosh!" With that Hermione ran out of the common room and into McGonnagaul's office.
"Man she is a nutcase today!" Ron said. Harry just laughed.
Harry and Ron waited outside Dumbledore's office. It had only been yesterday when Dumbledore told the fifth through seventh years that they were going to go to Grawshots. Hermione had had this huge idea that she couldn't tell them about and she told them to wait outside Dumbledore's office. At that moment, sixteen girls, four teachers, and a headmaster came out of the office. The headmaster of coarse was Dumbledore; the four teachers were McGonnagaul, Snape, Flitwick, and Sprout. The sixteen girls were Hermione, Lavender, Pavarti, and Ginny from Gryffindor, Pansy, Bronwin, Christy, and Brittany from Slytherin, Hannah, Courtney, Heather, and Megan from Hufflepuff, and Keisha, Rose, La Toya, and Alison from Ravenclaw.
"Thank you girls and remember you have cheerleading practice every weeknights alright?" Said Dumbledore. There was sixteen 'yeses' and then they all left Hermione went up to Harry and Ron.
"You? A cheerleader? For us?" Ron seemed really puzzled. This year Ron became the keeper and Harry the captain.
"That's great Hermione!" said Harry giving her a hug. Ron agreed and gave her a hug too.
Hermione laughed and Ron's foolishness. "Yes Ron a cheerleader, for you guys. Oh I'm just so excited to meet Jason and him friends! AND to go to America! Aren't you guys?"
"Yeah can't wait!" Harry said with a smile.
Ron shuffled his feet. "Well yeah I can't wait but I really don't want to leave Ginny here by herself."
"Ron she is going to be here all by herself for a year after we have graduated. She'll be fine." Harry said, consoling his friend.
"Oh yeah Harry," Ron said smirking that special way he does. "She is CRUSHED you're actually leaving her!"
"Oh give me a break let's go come on we've got to start packing,"
With that Harry, Ron, and Hermione went down the hall to find the most beautiful thing Harry and Ron had ever seen.
Bunches of people were standing around a huge sculpture, McGonnagaul included.
"It is so gorgeous I must go ask Dumbledore where he got it!" Then Professor McGonnagaul drifted down the hallway towards the headmaster's office.
When Hermione, Ron, and Harry got closer there stood the sculpture. It was a beautiful sculpture of a princess and a unicorn. Some people said a muggle snuck it in, because it was not moving like the other sculptures and others said that the witch or wizard probably just never got around to it and it was shipped here without a spell.
"Sheesh, just what this place needs, another piece of junk." Said a cold harsh voice that Harry was quite used to now.
"Shut Malfoy we think it's beautiful." Hermione said in her 'oh know you didn't' voice.
"Shows what kind of taste you've got Mudblood!" With that Hermione walked up to him whispered something in Malfoy's ear pushed him to the ground and walked away. Just then when Malfoy was standing up Dumbledore came charging down the hallway behind Professor McGonnagaul.
"See, Dumbledore, I told you there was a sculpture here NOW do you believe me?"
"Yes Minerva, I see you are quite right it is rather pretty. But I swear to you that I have never seen it before in my life."
Not wanting to listen to this argument that going to last a while the students walked back to their common rooms. When Harry and Ron got to theirs, they quickly found Hermione.
"Man, Hermione what did you tell him?" Ron asked with wide eyes very excited to here the answer.
"Oh Ron, I just told him I'd do worse if he criticized me again." Hermione replied staring into the fire. Harry knew she was lying and he was going to figure out the truth.
The night before they were going to leave for Grawshots Harry and Ron sat by the fire in the common room with Maurderer's Map and the invisibility cloak at hand, waiting for Hermione to leave.
She finally closed the book she was reading grabbed her book bag and walked out of the portrait hole.
"Let's give her some time to get down there" Harry whispered. After two minutes, They 'turned on' Maurderer's Map and looked for Hermione's name.
"There she is," Ron said, "Right there in the library but wait!" There was a black dot right next to Hermione's labeled Draco Malfoy. "I bet he is out to get her come on we got to get down there!"
Harry and Ron rushed down to the library under the invisibility cloak. When they got there they slowly moved to the back. Harry could here the faint playing of a muggle radio. Harry knew it was muggle because the song that was on it he heard at Hermione's house over the summer.
"Harry, I thought Hermione told us that muggle things didn't work at Hogwarts, only a million times." Ron whispered.
"I know that's what she told us but maybe she got it to work on magic, I mean this IS Hermione we are talking about."
"Yeah, I guess your right"
Harry and Ron moved closer. They could now see and hear them. Hermione and Malfoy were sitting at a table. Hermione had a large sheet of paper in front of her.
"I told you Draco, if you made fun of your own artwork I was going to hurt you."
"I know Hermione but I had to cover it up it would ruin my reputation."
"Alright, fine, this was your first one and I'll give you a break, I have an idea for your next sculpture." Hermione pushed the piece of paper towards Malfoy.
"The four founders, it would go wonderfully in Great Hall don't you think?"
"Yeah! You're brilliant Hermione look I've got to go and write to Natasha. Is it ok if I tell her you are a pureblood?"
"If you want to lie Draco, go right ahead. But, I'm warning you, she most likely will find out."
"Ok, I'll just tell her I'm going to introduce her to you when we get there." With that Malfoy walked right pass Harry and Ron, Hermione just sat there for five minutes and walked out herself.