A/N: Well, nobody guessed what was in the box, so you'll just have to find out… I am using an idea though, that I got from clara2000. So, without further ado, here's Ch. 4!
Disclaimer: All characters, settings, etc. belong to J.K. Rowling.
When they woke up in the morning, Harry, Ron, and Hermione found that everyone else had already gone to the Great Hall for breakfast. They all got dressed and went down to eat. When they got there, though, not a soul was there. They were in awe. It wasn't that late, it was breakfast time, and there wasn't anybody in the hallways. They went outside, looked in classrooms, the dungeons, the towers, the owlery, but still, they couldn't find anyone.
Then Hermione said, "Maybe Dumbledore's in his office." So they went to look. Remembering what Snape said yesterday, Hermione said "Acid Pop." They went in. Dumbledore wasn't there.
"Do you think that this has anything to do with that box?" Ron muttered.
"I'll bet it does," Harry replied. "Maybe whatever was in it did this."
"Wait a minute!" Hermione suddenly exclaimed, running off, without a doubt, to the library. Harry and Ron chased after her. When they got there, she was in the Restricted Section.
"Hermione!" Ron practically yelled. "You went in there for once without having us nagging at you about it. I'm impressed."
"Oh, hush up for a minute, I'm looking for something," she hissed.
"Ooh, breaking rules and getting angry. It's an all new Hermione!" Ron said. He laughed.
Hermione, ignoring Ron, said, "I found it! Here it is!"
"What is it?" Harry said. Harry and Ron gathered around behind her. On the page she was looking at was a golden medallion with an emerald embedded into the precious metal.
She started to read it. "This medallion, called the Ecnaraep Pasid Pendant, recently owned by He-who-must-not-be-named, (Harry and Ron gasped), but now the loction of it is unknown, makes any person who wears it able to make people disappear. All they have to do is say a spell and whoever is in the same room will disappear into Oblivion. However, they are able to return, if the wearer of the medallion says the spell 'Returnus Oblivius' and all of the people will return. Also, there is allegedly a pink teddy bear (A/N: Idea: courtesy clara2000) along with the medallion that will supposedly make five people return if they recite the above spell."
"We won't be able to find the medallion if the guy still has it," Ron said.
"Maybe not, but we might be able to find the teddy bear. And if it brings back five people, maybe Dumbledore will be one of them," she said.
"You're right. Hey…how'd you know it was a medallion and to look in this book?" Harry asked, suspiciously.
"Well," Hermione began, "When we were leaving last night, I heard Professor Dumbledore mutter something like 'medallion' and 'Ecnaraep Pasid' and since we knew the box was from you-know-who, I looked in this book, Dark Magic: Mysterious Items, and I figured if anything had to do with dark magic, it would be in the Restricted Section." She said this all as one sentence, and when she finished she was almost panting.
"So if everyone was in the Great Hall…" Harry started.
"And if that's where they all disappeared…" Ron said.
"Then most likely, if the bear is here, it'll be in there," Hermione finished. So they raced into the Great Hall, and began to look.
After about two minutes, Harry yelled, "Over here!" Hermione and Ron came rushing over. Indeed, there was a box with a pink teddy bear inside.
* * *
They were now in the Gryffindor common room, with the pink bear. Hermione had written down the spell, so she held the teddy bear and read the spell. "Returnus Oblivius." With a wind-like noise, five people stood before them, the five that the bear had brought back: Parvati Patil, Colin Creevy, Gale McEddels (a Ravenclaw first year), Madam Pomfrey, and (you guessed it), Draco Malfoy.
A/N: Yes, the last part might have been sort of predictable, but I thought it would add to the story. Please review, and thx.
Disclaimer: All characters, settings, etc. belong to J.K. Rowling.
When they woke up in the morning, Harry, Ron, and Hermione found that everyone else had already gone to the Great Hall for breakfast. They all got dressed and went down to eat. When they got there, though, not a soul was there. They were in awe. It wasn't that late, it was breakfast time, and there wasn't anybody in the hallways. They went outside, looked in classrooms, the dungeons, the towers, the owlery, but still, they couldn't find anyone.
Then Hermione said, "Maybe Dumbledore's in his office." So they went to look. Remembering what Snape said yesterday, Hermione said "Acid Pop." They went in. Dumbledore wasn't there.
"Do you think that this has anything to do with that box?" Ron muttered.
"I'll bet it does," Harry replied. "Maybe whatever was in it did this."
"Wait a minute!" Hermione suddenly exclaimed, running off, without a doubt, to the library. Harry and Ron chased after her. When they got there, she was in the Restricted Section.
"Hermione!" Ron practically yelled. "You went in there for once without having us nagging at you about it. I'm impressed."
"Oh, hush up for a minute, I'm looking for something," she hissed.
"Ooh, breaking rules and getting angry. It's an all new Hermione!" Ron said. He laughed.
Hermione, ignoring Ron, said, "I found it! Here it is!"
"What is it?" Harry said. Harry and Ron gathered around behind her. On the page she was looking at was a golden medallion with an emerald embedded into the precious metal.
She started to read it. "This medallion, called the Ecnaraep Pasid Pendant, recently owned by He-who-must-not-be-named, (Harry and Ron gasped), but now the loction of it is unknown, makes any person who wears it able to make people disappear. All they have to do is say a spell and whoever is in the same room will disappear into Oblivion. However, they are able to return, if the wearer of the medallion says the spell 'Returnus Oblivius' and all of the people will return. Also, there is allegedly a pink teddy bear (A/N: Idea: courtesy clara2000) along with the medallion that will supposedly make five people return if they recite the above spell."
"We won't be able to find the medallion if the guy still has it," Ron said.
"Maybe not, but we might be able to find the teddy bear. And if it brings back five people, maybe Dumbledore will be one of them," she said.
"You're right. Hey…how'd you know it was a medallion and to look in this book?" Harry asked, suspiciously.
"Well," Hermione began, "When we were leaving last night, I heard Professor Dumbledore mutter something like 'medallion' and 'Ecnaraep Pasid' and since we knew the box was from you-know-who, I looked in this book, Dark Magic: Mysterious Items, and I figured if anything had to do with dark magic, it would be in the Restricted Section." She said this all as one sentence, and when she finished she was almost panting.
"So if everyone was in the Great Hall…" Harry started.
"And if that's where they all disappeared…" Ron said.
"Then most likely, if the bear is here, it'll be in there," Hermione finished. So they raced into the Great Hall, and began to look.
After about two minutes, Harry yelled, "Over here!" Hermione and Ron came rushing over. Indeed, there was a box with a pink teddy bear inside.
* * *
They were now in the Gryffindor common room, with the pink bear. Hermione had written down the spell, so she held the teddy bear and read the spell. "Returnus Oblivius." With a wind-like noise, five people stood before them, the five that the bear had brought back: Parvati Patil, Colin Creevy, Gale McEddels (a Ravenclaw first year), Madam Pomfrey, and (you guessed it), Draco Malfoy.
A/N: Yes, the last part might have been sort of predictable, but I thought it would add to the story. Please review, and thx.