~Chapter 5: Kidnapping~
Casey ran inside. "You guys! You guys!" she called to her friends. She was in Jake's room and she found Jason and Kathleen there, Kathleen's head against the windowsill.
"YOU GUYS!" Casey bellowed.
"What? You don't need to yell," Jason said disgustedly.
"Jake.kidnapped.just now." replied Casey faintly.
Jason and Kathleen raised eyebrows, looked at each other, and snorted with laughter. "Oh, please!" Kathleen giggled. "Forget it! Hinkypunk's Homey's over, ok? I don't want to play anymore," Kathleen said, still chortling.
"THIS ISN'T PART OF THE GAME!" Casey yelled.
"Yeah right. We're not stupid Case." Jason said coolly.
"I'M SERIOUS!" Casey shouted once more. Without warning, everyone's heads turned to the door as they heard pairs of feet climbing the stairs.
"Honestly, what has been going on here?" Hermione said severely, hand on her hips.
"Case, what's the matter, why're you yelling?" Ron questioned.
"Harry! Cho! Jake, he's been kidnapped!"
There was a ringing silence.
"What?" Harry gasped.
Again, Kathleen and Jason went into a fitful of giggles. "Seriously, this game's gone far enough, Casey! Mum, Dad, we admit it: we were playing Hinkypunk's Homey. But Casey won't stop lying!"
"I'M NOT LYING!" Casey shouted to the group. "I JUST SAW JAKE.BEING KIDNAPPED BY SOME LADY!" She breathed hard through her nose and glared at them all. All the adults looked around. They believed Casey.
"He was kidnapped? By who? Where?" Cho said hurriedly.
Casey explained what she had seen and Jason told them all what they were going to do. "The lady had. . .black hair? And. . .red eyes? Like a snake's, right?" Harry asked softly, trying to keep his voice calm.
"Yeah. like a snake's."
All the adults looked at one another and Harry could tell they were all thinking the same thing: The myth about Voldemort's sister was true. And she'd kidnapped Jake. They'd suspected something like this might happen, but no one thought about it TOO much.
"We've got to go," Ron said quickly.
"You're leaving me here? Now?" Harry asked angrily.
"No, not Hermione and me. We've all got to go to the Temple. You know where it is, don't you?" Ron asked Harry. Harry shook his head.
"It's in Snape!" both Cho and Hermione cried out. All of the grown-ups around them raised eyebrows and Hermione said, "No, not Snape the teacher - Snape the old English village!" (A/N: Snape IS the name of an old English village. . .ok?)
"Ohhh," the others all said. "That's not too far from here." Andy said thoughtfully.
"Let's go!" Harry announced, and everyone hurtled themselves down the stairs, grabbed coats and jackets and they were on their way.
Casey ran inside. "You guys! You guys!" she called to her friends. She was in Jake's room and she found Jason and Kathleen there, Kathleen's head against the windowsill.
"YOU GUYS!" Casey bellowed.
"What? You don't need to yell," Jason said disgustedly.
"Jake.kidnapped.just now." replied Casey faintly.
Jason and Kathleen raised eyebrows, looked at each other, and snorted with laughter. "Oh, please!" Kathleen giggled. "Forget it! Hinkypunk's Homey's over, ok? I don't want to play anymore," Kathleen said, still chortling.
"THIS ISN'T PART OF THE GAME!" Casey yelled.
"Yeah right. We're not stupid Case." Jason said coolly.
"I'M SERIOUS!" Casey shouted once more. Without warning, everyone's heads turned to the door as they heard pairs of feet climbing the stairs.
"Honestly, what has been going on here?" Hermione said severely, hand on her hips.
"Case, what's the matter, why're you yelling?" Ron questioned.
"Harry! Cho! Jake, he's been kidnapped!"
There was a ringing silence.
"What?" Harry gasped.
Again, Kathleen and Jason went into a fitful of giggles. "Seriously, this game's gone far enough, Casey! Mum, Dad, we admit it: we were playing Hinkypunk's Homey. But Casey won't stop lying!"
"I'M NOT LYING!" Casey shouted to the group. "I JUST SAW JAKE.BEING KIDNAPPED BY SOME LADY!" She breathed hard through her nose and glared at them all. All the adults looked around. They believed Casey.
"He was kidnapped? By who? Where?" Cho said hurriedly.
Casey explained what she had seen and Jason told them all what they were going to do. "The lady had. . .black hair? And. . .red eyes? Like a snake's, right?" Harry asked softly, trying to keep his voice calm.
"Yeah. like a snake's."
All the adults looked at one another and Harry could tell they were all thinking the same thing: The myth about Voldemort's sister was true. And she'd kidnapped Jake. They'd suspected something like this might happen, but no one thought about it TOO much.
"We've got to go," Ron said quickly.
"You're leaving me here? Now?" Harry asked angrily.
"No, not Hermione and me. We've all got to go to the Temple. You know where it is, don't you?" Ron asked Harry. Harry shook his head.
"It's in Snape!" both Cho and Hermione cried out. All of the grown-ups around them raised eyebrows and Hermione said, "No, not Snape the teacher - Snape the old English village!" (A/N: Snape IS the name of an old English village. . .ok?)
"Ohhh," the others all said. "That's not too far from here." Andy said thoughtfully.
"Let's go!" Harry announced, and everyone hurtled themselves down the stairs, grabbed coats and jackets and they were on their way.
