Chapter 10: Truth Revealved!
"Will you stop studying, Hermione?!"
Hermione puffed and stared at Ron in disbelief.
"Stop…studying?"
"Yeah."
"Exams are like… A few days away!!"
Ron, Harry, and Syaoran shook their heads.
Just then Sakura ran in and placed a large stack of books next to Hermione's.
"Sakura… We don't even belong to this world!! Why study if we're going back home soon?!" Syaoran whispered.
"Because… I… want… to… do… good…" Sakura panted as she sat next to Hermione.
"Good for you, Sakura," Hermione said, patting Sakura on the back.
The three boys stared at Sakura and Hermione as if they were stock raving mad.
"'Ello. Come in, come in."
"Hey, Hagrid. You feeling better?"
"Yup. Tea?"
"Yes, please."
Hagrid busied himself with making tea as the rest of the group sat down and waited patiently.
Hagrid joined the group at his table and sighed.
"What is it, Hagrid?" Harry asked over the brim of his teacup.
"Oh, nothin'."
Hermione looked curiously at Hagrid.
"You're tired."
Hagrid nodded.
"What have you been doing?" Sakura asked.
"Oh… The Forbidden Forest has been actin' weird lately."
The group leaned in to make sure they didn't miss a thing.
"(Yawn) Of course, you're not supposed to know that so I'm not tellin' you nothin'."
The group sighed and sat back into their seats.
"Please, Hagrid?"
"Nope."
"Please?"
"Pretty please?"
Hagrid smiled down at the tiny kids.
"Lemme guess. You want to try an' solve the puzzle, eh?"
The group smiled timidly.
"I dun think it would 'elp this time, but okay. The forest 'as been full of evil lately. Dunno why, too. Usually, the forest is so nice, 'specially under the 'elp of the centaurs…"
Harry and Syaoran half glanced at each other and smirked.
"What kind of evil, Hagrid?"
Ron, Hermione, and Sakura groaned and dragged Syaoran and Harry off of their chairs and towards the door.
"Thanks, Hagrid. We'll see you later."
Hagrid smiled and waved good-bye.
"I. Hate. Snape," Syaoran growled as he walked out of the dungeons with Sakura, Hermione, and Harry.
"Calm down, Syaoran," Sakura said warningly.
"Can't I just use the Thunder-"
"Iie."
Syaoran sighed and muttered under his breath some rather rude things.
"Syaoran!" Sakura said, crossing her arms.
"What's next?" Harry asked.
"Defense Against the Dark Arts. Come on."
The group walked up the stairs, pass the library, and over to the classroom.
The rest of the Gryffindors were chatting away happily and ignored Harry, Hermione, Ron, Syaoran, and Sakura as they walked into the back towards their usual seats.
Then, all became quiet as Professor Lorain walked in and smiled.
"Well, well, well. As you all know, exams are coming up-" Groans. "- and we need to review today. Hmmm… Oh yes. Evils…"
"Why. Are. You. Studying?!" Ron shouted in anger.
"Because. Exams are NEXT WEEK!!" Hermione shouted.
Ron sighed and threw his arms up, giving up. He sat next to Harry and took out a game of Exploding Snap (a card game, except the cards can explode any second).
Syaoran joined in the game as Sakura followed Hermione's example.
…
"OH!!!"
Syaoran, Ron, and Harry jumped sky high.
Sakura and Hermione squealed and jumped up and started playing ring-around-the-rosy.
"What?!"
"We know where the card is!! We know where the card is!!" Sakura squealed.
"Huh? Where?" Harry asked, suddenly very interested.
Ron and Syaoran stared at Hermione and Sakura, waiting for an answer.
"The Forest Nymph makes people evil!! Remember?! Our first lesson!!"
So… We've found out where the Evil Card is!! Or have we…?
Right… Well, I haven't updated in about a year… Only reason I have is because Eena reminded me about it. ^.^ Thanks, Eena. And thanks, all you wonderful reviewers.
