"I'm telling you! He was there!" Colin said at breakfast the next morning.
The rumour of the Dark Mark in the sky had gone around about 10 times
already, the story changing after each person heard it. Right now, people
were saying that The Bloody Baron did it with help from Hagrid, but barely
anyone believed any of it.
"There's no way he could have seen us without us seeing him." Oliver said.
"Well…" Hermione started. Everyone looked at her. "He has an invisibility cloak."
"He does?" Lindsay said, "Thanks for the warning."
"I didn't think of it!" Hermione said, trying to defend herself.
"Well, if he was invisible, how do you know he was there?" Oliver asked Colin.
"He came in right after I did and put something in his trunk and went to bed." Colin recalled.
"The cloak, I'm guessing." Katie chimed in. They all sat there for a moment in silence.
"So," Hermione started, "I guess we'll have to let him in."
"I guess so." Said Oliver.
"What!?" Colin, Lindsay and Katie all said simultaneously.
"What else are we going to do!?" Oliver yelled.
Lindsay and Colin looked at each other and Lindsay pulled out a paper and handed it to Oliver. Oliver unfolded it and looked at the title. It said "Forgetting Spell".
"No!" Oliver said, "If we did this incorrectly, he could forget everything."
"Including how to play Quidditch, which would make this plan completely pointless." Katie said, as if she was just thinking clearly at that moment. Oliver looked at Katie and then nodded to the rest of them.
"Exactly." Was all he could say.
"So, this means he's in, right?" Hermione asked.
"I'll think about it." said Oliver. At that, Colin and Lindsay stood up and walked away.
"Oh, we don't need them." Said Hermione.
"For a brain, you're pretty naive." Oliver said. "We need them to be in the shop tomorrow night."
Harry and Ron stood beside an empty classroom, knowing they were being watched from about a metre or two away by Malfoy and Company. But Harry and Ron were shocked when they looked down the hall. As if the fight never happened, not that they'd know, Colin, Lindsay and Hermione walked down the hall as if they were royalty. People parted in front of them, seeing as the three were all stretched across the entire hallway. Malfoy and his little gathering of people watched them.
"Oh, look." Malfoy said, "Two wannabe wizards and a mudblood." His little groupies started laughing loudly.
"Wannabe's and a mudblood?" Lindsay said. Malfoy nodded coolly.
"Malfoy, what's that on your face?" Hermione asked, just as coolly. Malfoy started feeling around his face frantically.
"There's nothing on my face!" he finally figured out.
"Oh?" Colin said as he pulled out his wand. He waved it in the air and said "Furnuculus" and pointed it at Malfoy. Immediately, boils started popping up all over his face and hands. "How about now?"
"What did you do!?" Malfoy screamed. He covered his face and ran away.
The three smiled slightly, but their smiles faded as Snape approached.
"Magic in the hallways, eh?" he said, half smiling, half scowling at them. He grabbed away their wands and said 'Follow me.' The three did what they were told and they followed Snape on their way to see Dumbledore.
Harry knew that Hermione didn't really like Colin or Lindsay, and would NEVER under ANY circumstances break school rules. He didn't know what had come over her, but he knew one thing; he was going to find out. He and Ron followed behind them until they went into Dumbledore's office, and they sat on the ground just outside it and waited.
Inside, the three were sitting in three chairs, lined in front of Dumbledore's desk, where he sat. Snape stood in front of the door, behind the three and facing Dumbledore.
Dumbledore looked up at the three, glancing up at Snape.
"So, Professor Snape here tells me you used a spell on young Malfoy, hm?" Dumbledore said.
"Yes, I did." Colin said.
"And, did these two help you?" he asked, motioning towards the girls.
"No." Colin said.
"We just signalled for him to." Hermione said.
"Using what, Ms. Granger? A flare?" Snape chimed in.
"Severus, please." Dumbledore said. Snape leaned against the door again.
"Why did you do it?" Dumbledore said, looking back to the students.
"He called Hermione a Mudblood, sir." Lindsay said. Dumbledore seem most distraught by the word and looked at Hermione.
"Did he?" he asked. Hermione nodded. Dumbledore's face changed back to its normal, kind one.
"Even so, using magic in the hallways is very dangerous." He continued.
"It was a racist comment. We're aloud to react, I'd think." Colin said.
"Not in a way that could possibly injure innocent people passing by." Dumbledore said.
The three just looked at him, not nervous or anything. Not even Hermione.
"Very well. You are dismissed." He said eventually.
"But, Headmaster!" Snape shouted.
"That's enough Severus. My decision is made." Dumbledore said, putting up his hand. Snape moved to the side as the three got up and left. They didn't notice Harry and Ron, so the two decided to follow them. The echo of the stone hallway made the three's voices seem like they were standing right beside Harry and Ron.
"Will that spell work on the shopkeeper?" Lindsay asked Hermione.
"It should. He should be out of the way right away."
Harry automatically wondered what spell they were talking about when he thought about that lightweight potion. They were going to kill the shopkeeper!?
"Oliver still has the potion, right?" Colin asked.
"Yep." Lindsay responded.
Harry had to get to Oliver.
"There's no way he could have seen us without us seeing him." Oliver said.
"Well…" Hermione started. Everyone looked at her. "He has an invisibility cloak."
"He does?" Lindsay said, "Thanks for the warning."
"I didn't think of it!" Hermione said, trying to defend herself.
"Well, if he was invisible, how do you know he was there?" Oliver asked Colin.
"He came in right after I did and put something in his trunk and went to bed." Colin recalled.
"The cloak, I'm guessing." Katie chimed in. They all sat there for a moment in silence.
"So," Hermione started, "I guess we'll have to let him in."
"I guess so." Said Oliver.
"What!?" Colin, Lindsay and Katie all said simultaneously.
"What else are we going to do!?" Oliver yelled.
Lindsay and Colin looked at each other and Lindsay pulled out a paper and handed it to Oliver. Oliver unfolded it and looked at the title. It said "Forgetting Spell".
"No!" Oliver said, "If we did this incorrectly, he could forget everything."
"Including how to play Quidditch, which would make this plan completely pointless." Katie said, as if she was just thinking clearly at that moment. Oliver looked at Katie and then nodded to the rest of them.
"Exactly." Was all he could say.
"So, this means he's in, right?" Hermione asked.
"I'll think about it." said Oliver. At that, Colin and Lindsay stood up and walked away.
"Oh, we don't need them." Said Hermione.
"For a brain, you're pretty naive." Oliver said. "We need them to be in the shop tomorrow night."
Harry and Ron stood beside an empty classroom, knowing they were being watched from about a metre or two away by Malfoy and Company. But Harry and Ron were shocked when they looked down the hall. As if the fight never happened, not that they'd know, Colin, Lindsay and Hermione walked down the hall as if they were royalty. People parted in front of them, seeing as the three were all stretched across the entire hallway. Malfoy and his little gathering of people watched them.
"Oh, look." Malfoy said, "Two wannabe wizards and a mudblood." His little groupies started laughing loudly.
"Wannabe's and a mudblood?" Lindsay said. Malfoy nodded coolly.
"Malfoy, what's that on your face?" Hermione asked, just as coolly. Malfoy started feeling around his face frantically.
"There's nothing on my face!" he finally figured out.
"Oh?" Colin said as he pulled out his wand. He waved it in the air and said "Furnuculus" and pointed it at Malfoy. Immediately, boils started popping up all over his face and hands. "How about now?"
"What did you do!?" Malfoy screamed. He covered his face and ran away.
The three smiled slightly, but their smiles faded as Snape approached.
"Magic in the hallways, eh?" he said, half smiling, half scowling at them. He grabbed away their wands and said 'Follow me.' The three did what they were told and they followed Snape on their way to see Dumbledore.
Harry knew that Hermione didn't really like Colin or Lindsay, and would NEVER under ANY circumstances break school rules. He didn't know what had come over her, but he knew one thing; he was going to find out. He and Ron followed behind them until they went into Dumbledore's office, and they sat on the ground just outside it and waited.
Inside, the three were sitting in three chairs, lined in front of Dumbledore's desk, where he sat. Snape stood in front of the door, behind the three and facing Dumbledore.
Dumbledore looked up at the three, glancing up at Snape.
"So, Professor Snape here tells me you used a spell on young Malfoy, hm?" Dumbledore said.
"Yes, I did." Colin said.
"And, did these two help you?" he asked, motioning towards the girls.
"No." Colin said.
"We just signalled for him to." Hermione said.
"Using what, Ms. Granger? A flare?" Snape chimed in.
"Severus, please." Dumbledore said. Snape leaned against the door again.
"Why did you do it?" Dumbledore said, looking back to the students.
"He called Hermione a Mudblood, sir." Lindsay said. Dumbledore seem most distraught by the word and looked at Hermione.
"Did he?" he asked. Hermione nodded. Dumbledore's face changed back to its normal, kind one.
"Even so, using magic in the hallways is very dangerous." He continued.
"It was a racist comment. We're aloud to react, I'd think." Colin said.
"Not in a way that could possibly injure innocent people passing by." Dumbledore said.
The three just looked at him, not nervous or anything. Not even Hermione.
"Very well. You are dismissed." He said eventually.
"But, Headmaster!" Snape shouted.
"That's enough Severus. My decision is made." Dumbledore said, putting up his hand. Snape moved to the side as the three got up and left. They didn't notice Harry and Ron, so the two decided to follow them. The echo of the stone hallway made the three's voices seem like they were standing right beside Harry and Ron.
"Will that spell work on the shopkeeper?" Lindsay asked Hermione.
"It should. He should be out of the way right away."
Harry automatically wondered what spell they were talking about when he thought about that lightweight potion. They were going to kill the shopkeeper!?
"Oliver still has the potion, right?" Colin asked.
"Yep." Lindsay responded.
Harry had to get to Oliver.