Chapter 8: Panic!


"What?! How could they?!"
"I dunno! But now all of our joy and happiness is... GONE!!!"
"I wanna go home..."
"First the two evil weirdo freaks, which none of the teachers believe they are, come, next they say exams are still on?! What next?! Is Quidditch canceling now or something?!"
"May I have everyone's attention please?!"
Everyone feel silent and looked at Professor Lorain standing on the platform.
"Quidditch is now canceled. Good day!"
...
"WHAT?!?!"
"NOW WAY?!!"
Buzzes of anger rippled through. It sounded like a noisy beehive. Anger rose and many people looked like they were going crazy.

"I hear You-Know-Who is back for Harry!"
"Who cares? For all we know, Harry Potter may be the one behind ALL of this!!"
"That's RIDCULOUS!!"
That's the 500th argument over the subject for the day. Luckily it would be the last, for many people were going up to their dormitories to get some sleep before another tiring day.
All except for three.
"D'you think Syaoran and Sakura really may be-"
"Ron!!"
"Just a thought! But really, Harry, Hermione... Hmm..."
"...I don't think so. I think that Sakura and Syaoran are innocent. But that crap about Voldemort coming-"
"Say You-Know-Who will ya?!"
"Whatever. YOU-KNOW-WHO is definitely not coming for me now. Hmmm... He could be sending someone in."
Harry knew what Ron was thinking. "And it isn't Sakura nor Syaoran!!"
"Okay, okay... Maybe it isn't."
"What have they done so far to deserve all fingers pointing in their direction?"
"...Those cards!!"
"Ron, you know there are just as nice cards besides the ones Sara showed!! Sakura showed me!! There's the Flower Card, the Sweets Card-"
"Okay, okay!"
"The Dream Card-"
"OKAY!!! I don't think it's them anymore."
"You'd better not."

"Sir, I think it's possible that You-Know-Who is sending in a follower, a spy..."
Professor Dumbledore nodded gravely.
"I think so too, Severus."
"Oh no..."
"What is it Poppy?"
"Oh... Nothing, forget it..."
The door gently opened without a sound and closed again the same way
"Thank you, Erase," a voice muttered.
Sakura and Syaoran appeared.
"...Do you really think that's what it is?" Sakura asked.
"I dunno..."
Sakura and Syaoran went their way back to Gryffindor Tower.

The next day was the beginning of Christmas Break.
But many of the students were either gone home for the break or in the library staying in huddled groups.
Sakura and Syaoran told Harry, Ron, and Hermione what they heard the teacher's say.
"...I daresay... I spy? That's... nonsense!" Hermione said.
"Professor Dumbledore seemed to know what was really going on. He only nodded a few times, not saying a word."
Harry, Hermione, and Ron glanced at each other and back at Sakura and Syaoran.
"What were you doing there anyways?" Harry asked.
"Well... err... Well, you see... Okay, okay, we were in the library when we heard the teachers talking and then the teachers left and we -err- followed them," Syaoran answered.
"What if you were caught?" Hermione asked.
"We made sure we weren't," Sakura said with a little smirk on her face.

Knock.
Knock, knock.
"Come in, Sakura."
Sakura skipped in and plopped down on Syaoran's bed.
"What's SHE doing in here?!" Seamus asked. He trusted Syaoran more than Sakura since he's in Syaoran's same dorm room.
Sakura merely stuck out her tongue.
Dean shook his head and clearing his bed. It was as if they were used to girls popping in (I'm not saying they weren't. Hehe...).
Harry and Ron didn't even look up. They continued writing.
Sakura looked up from Syaoran's lap curiously at Harry and Ron.
"We're writing to my brothers. Percy may know something to do with this," Ron said without even looking up. "And Bill."
"Hmmm... Charlie might know something about this! I mean, he does dragons, right? And some dragons are evil, right?" Sakura asked.
"That's what I thought at first. But then, Charlie only learns about dragon evil. And unless there's a dragon in the school..." Harry said.
"You think it's in the school?"
"Yeah."
Sakura and Syaoran considered this when they felt hot glares. They turned around and there was Dean and Seamus.
"Leave if you're going to glare at them," Ron said angrily. It was obvious the four were in a fight at some time because he himself was glaring at the two. Dean and Seamus glared at the four before walking out and slamming the door behind them.
Harry and Ron rolled their eyes.
"Anyways. Bill might know something cause he works at Gringotts. He has to study the evil ways so that he can know some counter spells to stop evilness from getting into the bank. And you know about Percy getting into the Ministry of Magic, right?"
Syaoran and Sakura nodded.
"Well, he pretty much has to study the evil stuff."
Sakura and Syaoran nodded again.
"I'm going off to mail this stuff," Harry said. "Come on, Ron."
Ron and Harry left.
...
Sakura and Syaoran looked at each other with a mischievous glint in their eyes.

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"In 1986 Hogwarts was nearly devasted. In 1987 Hogwarts was made new and improved. 1988..."
Even in Hermione and Sakura had trouble staying awake. Syaoran was sleeping in Sakura's lap which made it extra hard for Sakura to concentrate.
Ron was asleep by the time he sat down.
Harry was asleep five minutes later.
"...And the Forbidden Forest is very dangerous. It's been dangerous since it was planted. The Whooping Willow was planted sometime around when your parents were in their 2nd year for a reason unknown..."
Sakura knew why. It was interesting hearing that, actually. It was cause of a boy who was a werewolf. The Whooping Willow covered a spot entrance to Hogsmead, a wizard village. ... Wait a minute!! Maybe THAT'S where this is all coming from...
"Hermione!! Harry!! Ron!! Syaoran!!"
"Wha-what?"
"The Whooping Willow!! Maybe that entrance to Hogsmead- or the others-"
"Miss. Kinomotto?"
"Nani?"
"...Anyways-"
"Excuse me for a second."
At the entrance stood Professor Lorain.
"We need the children to evacuate to their dorms."
Everyone was suddenly wide awake and the first thing that came to everyone's minds made shivers go down their spines: You-Know-Who.


I know, I know... Extra short today. Sorry!! ^.^