*Hey all, ok here's the next chapter! Um it's short sorry bout that, just remember while you read that this story takes place during the SECOND BOOK. As you all know I do not own any of these characters except for Chloe. But I digress….. enjoy!*
Chloe gasped for air and waited for the block to hit. But nothing happened. She opened her eyes and was astonished to find herself sitting in a red plush chair in the middle of the Gryffindor common room. She wiped some of the cold sweat from her brow and stood up on shaky legs. As she put her foot down she realized to her delight that it was not broken, in fact all the pain that she had felt was gone. It was a dream, she told herself, it was all a dream! But still, there was something about it that was more than just a dream. She couldn't figure out what it was that made her feel that way, but never the less that feeling haunted her.
Chloe slowly made her way over to the window. The sun was just beginning to poke its head out from the horizon. How long have I been here? She asked herself. A quick look at the Gryffindor clock told her that it was 5:45, she had been asleep for nearly three hours. Still shaking she made her way up the stairs to the girls dormitory. Chloe was relived to find that no one was awake yet. She staggered into the bathroom, and what she saw in the mirror nearly made her faint. Her hair was matted, the robe she had borrowed from Angelina was torn, and she was a white as freshly fallen snow. Her once red lips now looked like those belonging to someone dying of a terrible disease, puffy white crescents rested under her blood-shot eyes.
"You look like hell." She whispered to her reflection as she raised an unsteady to straighten her hair.
Chloe walked over to the showers and turned one on. She slowly disrobed, careful placing the ragged garment on the counter. Chloe stepped into the shower shivering as the hot water wash onto her skin. She closed her eyes and tilted her head up opening her mouth to drink the warm water falling from the faucet. Her legs still weak began to tire and she slid down and sat on the tile floor with the water beating on her head. Steam began to fill the bathroom fogging up the mirror and clouding up the air. She sat like that for sometime, thinking of nothing but rather staring into foggy abyss. Chloe stood up when she heard the chipper voices of some third-years who had come to get ready for the day. Chloe rubbed her face in her hands and reached out to grab a towel. As she picked up the ripped robe Chloe smoothed it over with her hand and it immediately mended it's self. The group of first years standing by, gaped in amazement. Chloe thought that was odd seeing how she had been able to mend clothes like that since she was ten.
Feeling a lot better after taking a shower Chloe began to muse about her date with Oliver. She didn't even noticed that all four of her roommates were staring suspiciously at her when she walked in the door.
"Have a fun night?" Katie asked slyly.
"What?" Chloe was knocked out of her daydream and was suddenly aware of the compromising position she was in. "You don't think that I-" her roommates stared at her. "What?! No not at all! I feel asleep in the common room after we got back. Although I don't think sleep is the right word." She added testily.
"Bad Date?" Alicia asked
"No, bad dream." She replied throwing Angelina her robe.
"So what are we going to do today?" Katie asked, obviously bored with the subject of the previous night.
"I can't do anything." Alicia replied sadly, "I have an essay due tomorrow for potion and a test in History of Magic."
Katie looked hopefully at Angelina.
"Sorry," Angelina said, "Count me out too."
"What?" Katie sounded exasperated "What are you doing that's so important?"
"I am hanging out with some one else." Angelina said blushing furiously
"Who?" Demanded Katie
Chloe, who was pulling on her jeans looked at Angelina who mumbled something that no-one could hear.
"What?" Katie asked
"I said I am hanging with mwfrdew Weasley." She had mumbled the first name so much that the rest of the girls were left to make the obvious conclusion.
"So you're hanging out with George?" Chloe said, matter-of-factly as she pulled her shirt over her head.
"No." Angelina said. "I am hanging out with Fred."
Chloe spun around and Katie spit out the water she was drinking. Alicia looked puzzled.
"Fred?" They demand together.
Angelina became even redder as she nodded and muttered something about having to send an owl home and ran out of the room.
"That just leaves you and me babe." Katie said turning her attention to Chloe who was dressed in the clothes that she had arrived in. "You're not going to wear a robe?" she asked.
Chloe smiled and shook her head.
"Not unless someone pins me down and forces me into it. So what are we going to do?"
Although she had had fun on her date with Oliver, Chloe craved some of the excitement she had left back in the city.
"We're going to Hogsmead." Katie said as she bend down to put on her shoes.
They said good-bye to Alicia and walked down to the common room. Oddly enough there were masses of people just standing about whispering things amongst themselves. A group of first years cowered in the corners. The scene painfully reminded Chloe of her dream.
"What's up with every one?" She asked Katie who was just a dumbfounded as she was.
"I dunno."
They made their way through the crowd in the hopes of finding some answers. Chloe jumped as she felt someone tug on her arm. She spun around and let out a sigh of relief when she was that it was Oliver.
"Hi" She said as he pulled her and Katie away from the crowd. "What's going on?"
"Yeah," Katie asked George who was sitting in the same plush chair Chloe had fallen asleep on. "Why isn't anyone at Hogsmead?"
Oliver and George exchanged worried looks and George cleared his throat.
"There's been another attack," He said to everyone's horror. "And this time it was a student."
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