Chapter 12 Twelve Rings of the Midnight Bell

"James! Wake up! The evil bitch is coming your way!" Draco teased him. James stood up abruptly, broom in hand and yelled 'get away bitch!' to the invisible Aphelia that was supposedly coming to murder him. At that moment the real Aphelia did show up.

"Did someone just bid me go?" she said in the most dominatrix sounding voice that she could pull off. Draco was laughing so hard that he fell to the ground.

"I…Well Draco, he… I mean, it was totally accidental!" mumbled James. He was truly in a pathetic state. Aphelia looked down at Draco sternly.

"I'm sorry, Lea, but it was the only way I could wake this guy up! I have been trying for an hour now!" Draco managed to choke out. It didn't matter though, for Aphelia was cracking up by now too.

"You're really THAT scared of me! Wow, James, I am SO sorry! I didn't think you were really scared of me!" she said, hugging him, " I wouldn't hurt you! Not even if Draco asked me too!" she promised. Draco got up off of the ground and scowled at her.

"Hey, Aphelia, stop being such a good two shoes and lets get out of here! I'm DYING to get some REAL food!" Draco muttered as he led the way. James followed him, and then Aphelia trailed on behind. She couldn't WAIT to get back to school, to see her brother, her friends, but she wanted to see Hermione the most. She was hoping she'd know of a counter to the spell on Draco and she, for she knew that Draco did not hate her.

"James, tell the super bitch back there that I see Hogwarts up ahead!" Draco called. When James turned to tell her Aphelia put her hand up telling James that she had heard the comment and he need not speak. The three ran across the grounds silently and quickly, until they had arrived outside of Dumbledore's office. The second Aphelia gave a knock on the door, the Clock tower's bell began to ring, and not a second before the twelfth ring did Dumbledore open his office door to receive the surprise of a lifetime.