* Ok here's the next chapter, you really won't get it unless you read part nine. Just incase you have been living in a cave in Pluto with your eyes sealed shut and your ears filled with cotton I thought I would let you know that I do not own any characters, words etc. excepted for Chloe….. have fun!*
"Wh-what?" stammered a suddenly very pale Katie, "Who was it?"
"A first year, from this house, I can't remember his name." Said Oliver as he tightened his grasp around Chloe.
"Just like Mrs. Norris?" Katie continued still in disbelief.
"I would assume so." George said gravely.
Katie shook her head and crumpled into a seat beside George. The rest of the common room was just as surprised.
"Wait, Mrs. Norris," Chloe asked Oliver comprehension suddenly dawning on her, "was that the cat that you told me about? The one that was attacked down in the dungeons?" Oliver nodded, "Um I don't want to sound insensitive or anything but what exactly happened to the cat?" Chloe asked suddenly feeling like Katie looked.
"Petrified." George said plainly.
"It's like your dead, but your not. You look dead, feel dead and act dead but in reality your still alive." Katie said her voice sounding hollow.
Chloe shuttered at the notion and leaned closer to Oliver. A strange silence hovered though the air. Chloe felt suddenly out of place. After a few hours the initial shock of the news wore off and things went some-what back to normal. No one left Hogwarts that afternoon, instead they stayed in the common room and busied themselves with homework and games. Chloe played a few matches of wizard chess with Oliver. She lost horribly.
"I was never any good at chess." She frowned, "I am more of a poker person myself."
Lee Jordan, the twin's friend had heard this comment and perked up.
"You don't say? Well I just happen to have some cards in my room," He smiled. "If you got some money let's play."
Chloe agreed and Oliver deiced he would join in too. The group almost immediately was joined by some muggle-born 7th years and soon a crowd of Gryffindors was watching the game. For an hour or so everyone completely forgot that one of them was lying in the Hospital wing as if dead.
By the time that School had begun on Monday rumors of the attack were spreading like wild fire, as was the feeling of unease. Chloe however had little time to think about this with all of her new classes keeping her in a bind. Divination was a joke, but the teacher was a real pain, Care of Magical Creatures was actually at times quite enjoyable, and Charms, well in the words of Professor Flitwick Chloe was "A real natural, unbelievable." Chloe was having the most trouble in Transfiguration, Professor McGonagall was a hard ass and nearly drove Chloe to the edge. Chloe noticed that she wasn't as demanding on the other students, which just made her hate the class even more. On top of every thing else she wasn't getting much sleep. Every few days she would have a reoccurring dream about the castle in the woods. It would always begin and end in the same way. And every morning she would swear that some part of it was real. Despite all this Chloe was about to endure something much worse then she could ever imagine, the Tuesday after the attack was her first Potions lesson.
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Tuesday morning Chloe was awoken by Katie's loud and off key rendition of "I will always love you" by Whitney Houston. Chloe exchanged annoyed glances with her other roommates who were also rudely snapped awake.
"What's she so happy bout?" Angelina said groggily, "And I hope she doesn't use up all the hot water, I hate it when she does that."
Katie, who had just emerged from the shower just in time to catch Angelina's last comment, smiled and said, "Well at least the cold water will wake you up, you know that first period starts in an hour?"
"Bloody hell! Why does this school start so early?" Angelina moaned as she stumbled into the bathroom.
Chloe stood up and sleepily walked over to her wardrobe. She had been dreading this day ever since she was informed about the horrors of Potions. And the fact that the whole of Slytherin wanted her dead for publicly embarrassing their Quidditch captain didn't help much either.
"So you have your first Potions lesson today." Katie said as she threw her towel on her bed.
"Yes." Chloe grumbled as she rummaged through her wardrobe desperately looking for something.
"What are you looking for?" Katie asked, "You have one robe it's not that hard."
"I- am-loooking," Chloe said as she threw various articles of clothing over her shoulder "For a pair of shoes. Ah! Found them!" Chloe smiled triumphantly as she held up a pair of strappy heals.
"It's freezing out side your not actually going to wear those? Are you?"
"Fashion knows no seasons." Chloe replied as she slipped them on and threw on her robe.
Katie shook her head and laughed.
"And now for some final touches on this old robe." Chloe ran her hand down her already altered robe creating a slit on the left side. "There!" Her smile quickly faded as she looked at an astounded Katie.
"How did you do that?" She squeaked.
"Do what?" Chloe asked.
Katie who was at a loss for words ran her hand up and down her robe imitating Chloe's actions.
"Oh that, I dunno, I kinda picked it up somewhere. Why can't you all do that?" Chloe asked puzzled
"No!" uttered Katie, "I can barley do anything with out my wand."
Chloe shrugged, "Maybe witches all have different talents. Come on lets go eat, I wanna show Oliver my new "shoes"."
Katie snapped out of her astonishment and followed Chloe out of the common room, singing "I Will Always Love You" louder and even more off tune than before.
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Breakfast was pretty uneventful, Chloe was pleased to see that many of the Slytherin boys were taken by surprise by her new look. Like Rosemerta had said before, the people in Hogwarts usually dressed like nuns.
Oliver was needless to say, pleased with Chloe's new look as well. However he was not a thrilled with the attention she was getting from the other guys in the school, especially the Slytherins who would stare and then turn around to make lewd comments to cover themselves. By the end of Breakfast most people had calmed down, except for a few girls who would mutter things like slut and whore every time they passed by her. Chloe who was used to the fact that girls were indeed bitches to each other paid the comments no heed. Once the owls had left the students began to file out of the Great Hall and trudge to their first lesson.
"Hey come on, I'll walk you to class." Oliver said as he put his arm around Chloe's waist.
She gave him a quick peck on the check and they both walked out together.
The halls and classrooms were pretty empty, they still had some time before the first class started. Chloe looked over her left shoulder and noticed an empty dungeon with an open door. She stopped walking.
"What?" Oliver asked.
Chloe took him by the hands and started to lead him to the dungeon.
"Why are we here?" He asked daftly, Chloe put a finger to her mouth shutting him up, as she shut the door. "Oh-ho!" A smile spread across his face as she walked toward him.
He took her into his arms and kissed her deeply running his hands up and down her back as they both moved farther back into the room. In the darkness Chloe bumped into a table. Still leaning in to kiss Oliver she leapt onto the desk and wrapped her legs around his waste. He moved his lips from her mouth down her cheek and finally to her neck. Her stomach did summer-salutes as he kissed her. He moved back up to her lips as she squeezed her legs tightly around his waste. Unbeknownst to the pair the door began to open. A sliver of light spilled into the room and reviled Chloe and Oliver.
"WHAT IS GOING ON HERE?" bellowed a cold voice coming from the tall sallow man standing in the doorway.
Oliver turned around flabbergasted. "Pr-professor Snape…" He stammered.
To be continued…
* Ok all tell me what you think…I know it's a little different but this chapter DOES serve a very big purpose in the whole scheme of things J . Especially the conversation between Chloe and Katie…oh no I have said too much! Please please review cause I love reviews and you would make it the merriest un-birthday I have ever had!!!! Luv ya!*