A/N: Well, nobody is correctly guessing what is in the box, but I'll give a clue: It is a type of jewelry… Also, I'd like to thank clara2000 for an inspiring idea to add to my 4th Chapter. Thx to all of the reviewers, and here is Chapter 3.
Disclaimer: All characters, settings, etc. belong to J.K. Rowling.
Harry, Ron, and Hermione were just about to leave through the portrait hole when they heard muffled noises from Harry and Ron's dorm. They told Hermione to wait and they'd be right back. So Harry and Ron went up to the room. Ron opened the door.
"Holy…" Ron didn't finish his sentence. Seamus, Dean, and Neville were all tied up in the corner. Harry's trunk was upturned and all of it's contents were spewed across the floor.
"I'll see if any of my stuff is missing. You go untie them," Harry said to Ron. Ron nodded in reply and went to untie the three boys. Harry looked but didn't notice anything missing.
In the meantime, Ron, Seamus, Dean, and Neville were joining Harry. "Be...before you guys got here," Neville stuttered, "a guy in a black cloak and hood came in and went through Harry's trunk, after he tied us up."
"Did he take anything?" Ron asked.
"He took a box or something out of there, but I didn't see what it was," Dean said. "I hope it wasn't very important."
* * *
Harry and Ron went back down and told Hermione what happened. Her reply was "Oh, my." So they left, courtesy of the fat lady, in search for Dumbledore. Before long, they heard a voice behind them.
"My, my, out causing trouble again I see. I'll just have to report you to Professor Dumbledore, now won't I?" the voice said. (A/N: I'll give you one guess who it is.) They whirled around to see Professor Severus Snape, the Potions teacher. "Wandering around in the middle of the night, are we? Follow me. Now."
"But…but Professor, you see we were just going-" Hermione started.
"I didn't ask for an explanation, Miss Granger. I don't need one. It's obvious that you were going to cause trouble somewhere or another."
They knew not to push it too far, so they followed Snape quietly. He led them to Dumbledore's office. He said the password (Acid Pop), and they went in. "Professor Dumbledore, I have found these children wandering the corridors," Snape said. He looked very smug.
"Leave them here Severus, I will deal with them," the headmaster replied, and Snape (who didn't look very smug anymore), left the office. "Now, being as it is you three, I'm sure there is a reasonable answer for this. Please tell me what you were doing," he said.
They all started at once, but finally got it through, telling him about the box, how it said Tom Marvolo Riddle on it, Seamus, Dean, and Neville being tied up, and the mess the room was in.
"Well," Dumbledore said, "I will be on the lookout for anything suspicious, so you are now excused." They left the office and headed back to the Gryffindor tower. They were all so tired that they didn't even talk to each other; they just got in bed and fell asleep.
A/N: Well, another short chapter, but… Anyway, please review, and send some more guesses about what's in the box. Remember, I'll dedicate the chapter to you! ^_^
The next chapter, (4), should be up and running tomorrow. Thx!
Disclaimer: All characters, settings, etc. belong to J.K. Rowling.
Harry, Ron, and Hermione were just about to leave through the portrait hole when they heard muffled noises from Harry and Ron's dorm. They told Hermione to wait and they'd be right back. So Harry and Ron went up to the room. Ron opened the door.
"Holy…" Ron didn't finish his sentence. Seamus, Dean, and Neville were all tied up in the corner. Harry's trunk was upturned and all of it's contents were spewed across the floor.
"I'll see if any of my stuff is missing. You go untie them," Harry said to Ron. Ron nodded in reply and went to untie the three boys. Harry looked but didn't notice anything missing.
In the meantime, Ron, Seamus, Dean, and Neville were joining Harry. "Be...before you guys got here," Neville stuttered, "a guy in a black cloak and hood came in and went through Harry's trunk, after he tied us up."
"Did he take anything?" Ron asked.
"He took a box or something out of there, but I didn't see what it was," Dean said. "I hope it wasn't very important."
* * *
Harry and Ron went back down and told Hermione what happened. Her reply was "Oh, my." So they left, courtesy of the fat lady, in search for Dumbledore. Before long, they heard a voice behind them.
"My, my, out causing trouble again I see. I'll just have to report you to Professor Dumbledore, now won't I?" the voice said. (A/N: I'll give you one guess who it is.) They whirled around to see Professor Severus Snape, the Potions teacher. "Wandering around in the middle of the night, are we? Follow me. Now."
"But…but Professor, you see we were just going-" Hermione started.
"I didn't ask for an explanation, Miss Granger. I don't need one. It's obvious that you were going to cause trouble somewhere or another."
They knew not to push it too far, so they followed Snape quietly. He led them to Dumbledore's office. He said the password (Acid Pop), and they went in. "Professor Dumbledore, I have found these children wandering the corridors," Snape said. He looked very smug.
"Leave them here Severus, I will deal with them," the headmaster replied, and Snape (who didn't look very smug anymore), left the office. "Now, being as it is you three, I'm sure there is a reasonable answer for this. Please tell me what you were doing," he said.
They all started at once, but finally got it through, telling him about the box, how it said Tom Marvolo Riddle on it, Seamus, Dean, and Neville being tied up, and the mess the room was in.
"Well," Dumbledore said, "I will be on the lookout for anything suspicious, so you are now excused." They left the office and headed back to the Gryffindor tower. They were all so tired that they didn't even talk to each other; they just got in bed and fell asleep.
A/N: Well, another short chapter, but… Anyway, please review, and send some more guesses about what's in the box. Remember, I'll dedicate the chapter to you! ^_^
The next chapter, (4), should be up and running tomorrow. Thx!