Chapter 12: The Evil Card

Sakura, Syaoran, Hermione, Ron, and Harry made their way stealthily towards the lake. Hermione gasped and backed away suddenly. Syaoran put his hand out to stop Sakura from moving forward, and Ron and Harry screeched to a stop.

"What's that ahead?" Ron asked a little worriedly.

"There are a bunch of shadows," Hermione whispered. "Like dementors..."

"But then why aren't we feeling cold or anything?" Harry muttered back.

Sakura and Syaoran glanced at each other, and both nodded; they pulled out their cards and turned to the other three.

"Maybe you should stay here," Sakura said. "It could be pretty dangerous."

"Danger is my middle name," Ron said, huffing out his chest.

Hermione used her index finger to shove Ron away and she held her head high. "I'm sure they're right. They know what we're up against; we don't..."

"What's there to know?" Harry asked. "It's Voldemort."

"Come on, lets just go," Syaoran said. They all raced down to it, only to see a girl standing there. She looked around 14, and everything about her was blue - even her aura was blue.

Before anyone could even make a move, the girl glowed a bright blue. Ron fell to the ground just as Sakura pulled out her wand and cards nervously and Syaoran his sword and cards readily.

"Oh, wow!" someone screeched from near by.

Hermione and Harry, who had rushed to Ron's aid, looked up and blinked, before shouting their heads off for Colin Creevy to get away. He didn't though. Instead, he started fumbling around for his backpack.

Hermione and Harry weren't able to yell at him anymore, however. It had happened all too quickly. Ron stood up and reached for his wand, and Hermione and Harry reached for theirs as well, but instead of pointing them at the girl, they pointed them at Sakura and Syaoran.

Before Sakura and Syaoran could react, the shadows, which had been long forgotten, moved. They started forward towards and girl and they pointed their wands at Sakura and Syaoran too.

Sakura and Syaoran were about to do something to protect themselves from danger when there was a flash. The two of them whirled around and stared incredulously at Colin, who was repeatedly taking pictures of the girl, who... who was fading away?

Syaoran didn't take anymore time to wonder what the heck could've possibly been going on. He took out his lightening card, but Sakura grabbed his hand. "What about Harry and Hermione and Ron?"

But the three had dropped their wands, as if on cue, and they looked around, as if surprised that they were out in the middle of the night beside the lake.

"What-" Ron muttered, but Sakura grabbed them and pulled them out of the way. The groups of shadows retreated away from the lightening.

Hermione was massaging her head. Ron was incredulous. Harry, however, wanted to know what the heck was going on.

"What is this?" he muttered. He turned to Sakura and Syaoran. "What's going on?"

Sakura glanced at Syaoran. "Well, I think we found The Evil Card," she said with a grin. "But how... Why...?"

Hermione gasped and turned to Colin. She instantly looked at the camera. "You took a picture of that girl, didn't you?"

Colin nodded slowly. He was trying to stuff his camera back into his bag.

Hermione's face broke out into a grin. "I was teaching this to Ginny the other day!" She turned back to look at the rest. "The only way you can defeat any type of nymph is to make a copy of itself!"

"But that wasn't a nymph," Ron muttered, turning to Hermione. "I have no idea what that was, but it was no nymph."

"Technically speaking, it was," Sakura said brightly.

"What is going on down here?" a voice called.

"Oh, no," Harry said, running a hand through his messy hair.

"Busted," Syaoran sighed.

~*~


"You're lucky to be alive!" Madam Pomfrey ranted. "I tell you, young wizards and witches today, believing they can take on everything!"

"Madam Pomfrey, we're fine," Sakura said through a mouth full of chocolate. "There weren't even any dementors!"

"Who knows what there was down there!" Madam Pomfrey screeched. "You five are all ready out of your minds!"

The five of them glanced at each other and held back their laughs.

"It seems that you're fine," Madam Pomfrey exclaimed indignantly, and she added, "luckily!"

She continued how crazy they all were and how they could've been dead until the five of them left the infirmary and out of her hearing.

"It nearly doesn't make any sense," Hermione sighed.

"I'm just glad it's over with," Ron muttered.

"You won't have to go back, will you?" Harry asked, looking at Syaoran and Sakura.

They weren't able to reply, because suddenly, all of Gryffindor flooded the hall ways and paraded towards them.

"We heard all about it!" Fred said joyfully.

"Brilliant!" George yelled. "Party in Gryffindor!"

A huge gigantic yell erupted as Harry, Ron, Hermione, Sakura, and Syaoran were dragged along. The parade abruptly stopped, though, and all became silent as Professor Dumbledore made his way towards the five. He nodded and smiled at Hermione, Ron, and Harry, and turned to Sakura and Syaoran.

"This way, please," he said politely.

The parade yelled, "COME BACK SOON!" to the two, who blushed faintly and gave them two thumbs up. The parade continued towards the Gryffindor common room.

Dumbledore smiled knowingly and his eyes twinkled. "I believe it's your time to go home..."

Sakura and Syaoran stared at Dumbledore before the words hit them with full impact, and before they could ask him how he knew, their worlds went black.