Title: One in a Million
Chapter Two: Hardly known
Chapter summary: The teachers of Hogwarts have many worries on their minds... and they're tightening security at Quidditch games and practices. Yet, it seems the only ones who are suspicious of the changes are Oliver Wood and Hermione Granger.
A/N: Thank you to everyone who reviewed the story and sent in email comments. I was so shocked to the responses. I did not expect that much for this. Anyone still feel free to review or email me at KAYKEL1207@msn.com cause a lot of times the turn out of the story depends on comments.
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Snape did not waist much time after he got the two Gryffindor students out of his room. Dumbledore had requested that all the teachers met in the staff room. The last time this had happened it had been very grave news. Surely another evil had not overcome the school. It was like the place attracted evil, especially the evils of the Dark Lord himself. Of all the professors Snape more than all did not want to see 'him' return. Whenever you-know-who arrived the suspicion always hit him with full forces from all the teachers.
"What is it?" he asked the teachers as he burst in.
"We don't know." Professor Sprout replied to his question "Dumbledore isn't here yet."
"Surely it's some more nonsense." Snape muttered
"I'm sorry but it's not nonsense." Dumbledore said "but we don't know if it's evil or not. The heads of houses should be aware that violent threats of dark magic were used of late against..."
Before the teacher could finish panic erupted throughout them. "Surely they weren't from..." Professor Mcgonagall started.
"That is unimportant." Dumbledore yelled "Silence! Calm down. There is no reason to believe that Lord Voldemort is responsible for the threats but be wary of them.... the threats were against house quidditch teams. It threatened horrible deaths to anyone associated."
"The Quidditch teams?" Madam Hooch asked in shock "Why would.... any Dark Wizard threaten kids playing a sport?!?"
"The reason is not clear." Dumbledore replied "I need especially from you, a watchful eye. I do not intend to cancel the matches this year. At the end of last year the children were made to give it up... but I'm asking you all to keep the equipment tightly guarded and all teachers will attend the games and practices of each team.... the only reason I can think of is that the quidditch teams are a bright asset to Hogwarts and many Dark Wizards would love to destroy that."
Snape who had kept quiet spoke up "Sir, the Dark Lord himself probably made those indirect threats. He probably will take the teams in his effort to destroy his enemy, Potter."
"No." Dumbledore said "Though Mr. Potter is on the Gryffindor house team and Lord Voldemort out there... I do not see these as threats to him but to all Quidditch Players."
He looked at all of the teachers "House leaders, please inform your teams of the security matters but do not tell them of the threats please... they have no need to worry at all. The should have there minds on the Quidditch cup. Don't get them suspicious if you can avoid it."
~*~*~*~
The next day Hermione was leaning over the wall watching the Quidditch practice going on. She had never really 'watched' quidditch paying attention so carefully. She had just thought of it as a waste of time or just a hobby, but now that she did she realized what a life could be made of it. Like Oliver Wood had told her the other night when they were talking " Some people can make a life off of a dream."
Quidditch was a very wild dream and she was sure that someone like him could pull it off. She was sure she'd take something more sensible and much more stable....
~*~*~
"Great job." Oliver yelled up to Harry "With speed like that we will win the cup. We've all ready got Slytherin beat so Ravenclaw must be scared right now...."
The they all noticed Madam Hooch and Professor Mcgonagall coming toward them. The team swooped down from the sky.
"What is it, Professor?" Oliver asked taking charge as the captain.
~*~*~
"Nothing too serious Wood." Mcgonagall started "It's just that it has been seen lately that the matches are getting so serious to some of you that desperate measures have been taken to win and there must be some more serious security measures."
She liked the way she had let the Gryffindor team know about the security. It was a good small lie. She hated having Gryffindor to explain to because for some reason it always had the most suspicious, meddlesome children... nothing seemed to get past them!
"All right..." he replied looking back at his team "What are they and what can I do?"
"First of all..." Madam Hooch replied to the question aimed for Mcgonagall "I will extend my duties to attending the practices as well. Then, the equipment will be monitored, your brooms will be inspected each practice and game, and the teachers will monitor the games for foul play. Also do not go out to practice your game without getting permission."
"All right." he replied "We understand, and if there is anything our team can do to help you just tell us, Professors."
Mcgonagall headed back to the castle and Madam Hootch remained to watch the rest of the practice. "Wonder what they found?" Fred asked George as the mounted and took to the air again.
"Probably some Slytherin trying to sabotage another teams broomstick or something." George replied seriously and then he yelled jokingly "Or...... Hey Oliver! You didn't try to curse the Ravenclaw's brooms did you?"
"Funny..." he yelled across the field "It's probably something that Marcus Flint did I'm sure. Slytherin vs. Hufflepuff is coming up soon also..."
~*~*~*~
After the practice session was over and Madam Hooch had left Hermione came down "What was up with the teachers coming down?" she asked the team.
Oliver spoke up "Not sure.... they said that there were reasons for extra security. Now they're gonna be down hear every day."
"That sounds suspicious." she replied "Don't you think so?"
He started to say 'yes' when Harry cut in "No Hermione," he said "She just said it was some students are taking it too seriously, hurting people... nothing is gonna go wrong this year... everything will work out."
"All right then," she said but her suspicion was obvious. It just didn't seem to her like such drastic measures would be taken for troubling students. In her opinion something more was going on.
Of course she also saw Harry's reason for not questioning it. He had a lot of hard times and he had no reason for wanting more. He had faced evil two years in a row since coming to Hogwarts and he obviously wanted a easy year without such events.
"Hey..." Oliver said to her as the practice ended and he followed her out "I agree with you ... the teachers are not telling us something."
"I know." she said "The kinds of measures they're taking are too much."
"I want to find out why." he said "I want to know if my team is in danger..." She could see he was obviously concerned for the well being of his team. He looked a little crazy when he asked "Could you help me find out what it is.... we have a match against Ravenclaw very soon and if something is wrong I should know."
She nodded, "They should let you know honestly what your up against."
As they walked down the hallways they passed Professor Snape who was muttering to himself. When he saw them he took in a little smirk, "Why am I not surprised to see you two?" the teacher asked them " Just remember to be careful, you little troublemakers... I could see you in bigger trouble soon...."
Then he walked off muttering about a teachers meeting. "What does he have against us? He needs to mind his own business..." Oliver muttered, his dislike of Professor Snape showing obviously.
"Didn't you hear what he was saying?" she asked.
"What do you mean?" he asked a little frustrated.
"Honestly!" she yelled "Talking about a teachers meeting. They must be talking about the Quidditch."
"True..." he said then a laughing he asked "Are you suggesting spying in on a teachers meeting?"
"It would be breaking a lot of rules." she said "but I do that a lot.... would you want to?"
"Yes..." he said "I really would... that is if you help me. I wouldn't want to get expelled alone.
"All right..." she said softly "Do you have any ideas how we could get there?"
He thought for a moment... he looked at her like he really didn't have a clue and then he got it "I have to go get one of my books all right. I think I've got it... meet me outside of Gryffindor tower at about seven tonight."
"All right." she said "But the teachers usually don't have meetings until late."
"I'm counting on that." he said and left without a better explanation. She was confused. She decided that Harry and Ron really did not need to know about Oliver Wood's plans to invade a teachers meeting. Usually anything she did was their business but this thing was unimportant to them and she could do some things without them.
~*~*~*
Oliver rushed up to where his things were and pulled a brown old book out of his bag. He had gotten the book last year as a gift and he was sure it had what he needed to get into the teachers room unnoticed.
He flipped the pages of the book rapidly looking for something of interest. There it was, he read:
To make oneself soundless what could be used is a famous spell used by many thieves and escaping criminals. It is a simple spell even most school aged students could do..."
He smiled. He knew he and Hermione could pull it off. They were both a little more intelligent then the average student their age... if they could find a place to hide. He almost wondered why the third year girl was doing this. He had his reasons for doing it, he cared a lot for his team... the teachers were not telling him things, things that could hurt his team. Hermione though, she had no real obvious reason for doing it so he was extremely grateful to her.
He looked at a clock on the wall. He still had a few hours until seven... he was excited. He had, in all seven years at school never done some major rule breaking... it would be his first time... and he loved it!
~*~*~*~*
Hours passed slowly and finally it was time. Hermione hoped badly that she wouldn't see Ron or Harry. They did not need to get into this. She then saw them both. They were doing homework, of all surprises. She walked past sneakily shutting the door very quietly. In a way she wished that Harry was coming along because when they went with him on those scary journeys, they always had his invisibility cloak. Not being seen would have made her feel better.
~*~*~*~
Seven o clock outside the tower they ran into each other. "Hey..." he said nervously "Are you ready?"
"Yes..." she said "So what is the plan?"
"It's still early..." he said "The meeting shouldn't take place until late tonight. This..." He showed her the book that contained a spell for being soundless "This should help."
She laughed nervously "I should have thought of this.... it is kind of amazing this book is issued just to anyone." she read aloud "A favorite spell of thieves and criminals. Very easy."
"The easier for the task." he said "If we can hide somewhere."
"I'm sure we will find something." she said "Now for this spell...."
"We need to do it to ourselves. Now, it's nothing drastic... simple kind of incantation, almost too easy."
"Wait!" she said "We have to do it after we get there... it only lasts for about an hour."
He looked at her. He smiled gratefully, he was incredibly glad that she noticed that. "All right... then let's get into the staff room."
Oliver stepped ahead and opened the staff room door lightly. They both sighed relived that no one was in there. "Here." Hermione said rushing ahead of him "We can hide here and do the spell... no one will know."
"Unless..." he whispered darkly "Unless someone needs a mop."
She laughed "Be serious! We have no clue when the teachers will get here. We need to hide."
The broom closet was pretty large. They moved into it and closed the door... it was very dark. "Let's test the spell..." she said "To see if it works all right."
"Sure..." he said and then he told her the words "If you moved your wand properly all you should have to do is say "Silecia..."
"All right." she said calmly "Silecia..."
Then she couldn't hear her own breathing in the closet. She tried to speak but she couldn't hear her own voice. She nodded to signify it worked. She heard him whisper the words too and then everything in the closet was very quiet.
They sat in the funny, awkward silence for a long time until the spell wore off just long enough for Hermione to say "The teachers... they're here."
The quickly did the spell and once more didn't make any sound. They listened hoping so badly that they would find out what was really wrong. There was always the possibilities that this meeting was nothing more than lesson discussion.
They heard the voice of the school headmaster say "There has been more updates on the quidditch threats."
Hermione felt Oliver look at her meaningfully.
"The indirect threats as you all must remember are much more direct now. You will all be happy to know that they are not from Lord Voldemort."
There was cheers from some of the teachers and Oliver was sure that if he could hear himself he would have been gasping.
"However..." Dumbledore continued "They are from a supporter of 'him'. A former Hogwarts student I am afraid. The first Gryffindor student to become a supporter in the last 50 years, unfortunately."
The yell from Professor Mcgonagall made Hermione think that she must have been as shocked as they were. "Who was it?" Mcgonagall asked sounding mire angry than ever.
"A former Quidditch player from a few years back... the last captain of the Gryffindor team Charles Reynolds."
Hermione felt but not hear Oliver bump his head against the wall. Then she heard Dumbledore say two unexpected words "The closet."
Then of course shocked they bumped open the door of the closet and went falling out in the front of all of Hogwarts teachers.
~*~*~*~*~
A loud noise rose from the teachers. The expressions were mixed from anger to surprise to Professor Snape's odd triumphant look and Dumbledore's amazed smile.
Hermione was very surprised at the situation. Every year so far she had been the one to tell Harry and Ron not to get into trouble, always fearing getting expelled. There was little doubt today that they were both gonna be expelled for sure.
Oliver looked at Hermione. Clearly he was saying something to her but he made no sounds at all....
They looked at the Hogwarts teachers. They tried to defend themselves but the effort made was useless until Dumbledore holding a wand said softly "Silencia revesa"
They instantly found themselves able to speak. "An anti spell..." Dumbledore whispered is a great assistance to you sometimes"
Snape then spoke up "Headmaster, may I say that these.... these two.... are the biggest troublemakers I've seen for a... long time and also are involved in a... an unquestionably wrong relationship."
Dumbledore looked agitated "May I," he said "For not the first time.... remind you that Gryffindor students are the problem of their house head and me."
"But...." Snape began
"No." Mcgonagall added also obviously a bit bothered by Snape taking her position "Now Mr. Wood... please explain what you and Miss Granger think you were doing spying on this private meeting?"
"Well..." he said nervously looking at Hermione hoping she had a good answer.
She did "Professor, we did it because of the new precautions on the games... mainly because he.... was very worried."
"Yeah..." Oliver added "We both thought something was up... so we decided we had to..."
"Could you not trust us teachers?" Dumbledore asked making all the teachers look
"It isn't that..." said Hermione "We were being lied to though."
Snape looked so angry "So... you cared so much that you... snuck into our meeting with your third year girlfriend?"
Hermione looked shocked. She'd never expected Snape to say something so outrageous. His girlfriend! How could anyone ever think that.... he was seventeen! Obviously Snape's point cause she saw the boy next to her turn completely red. "She's not...." he whispered
so faintly hardly no one heard him.
"Anyway...." Dumbledore started making no notice to Snape's words. "Now you two know I guess... you obviously remember Charles Reynolds?"
The question was aimed at Oliver. Did he ever! "Of course I do." he whispered "Our old captain before me."
Hermione then realized why he was so stunned.
"Yes... unfortunately." replied the headmaster "Now you know and I'm betting will do
anything to protect your team... I cannot stop you. I know that but do not tell it please... panic is unnecessary ."
They both nodded and left a little shocked.
"Sure got out of that one didn't we?" Hermione asked after they were far away.
"Yeah...." he said nut he wasn't listening much.
"What is it?" she asked "Is it your old captain... or Snape? Somethings worng.
"Nothings wrong."he said but then went up to bed without saying goodnight.... She knew something was wrong but she couldn't help.
Chapter Two: Hardly known
Chapter summary: The teachers of Hogwarts have many worries on their minds... and they're tightening security at Quidditch games and practices. Yet, it seems the only ones who are suspicious of the changes are Oliver Wood and Hermione Granger.
A/N: Thank you to everyone who reviewed the story and sent in email comments. I was so shocked to the responses. I did not expect that much for this. Anyone still feel free to review or email me at KAYKEL1207@msn.com cause a lot of times the turn out of the story depends on comments.
~*~*~*~
Snape did not waist much time after he got the two Gryffindor students out of his room. Dumbledore had requested that all the teachers met in the staff room. The last time this had happened it had been very grave news. Surely another evil had not overcome the school. It was like the place attracted evil, especially the evils of the Dark Lord himself. Of all the professors Snape more than all did not want to see 'him' return. Whenever you-know-who arrived the suspicion always hit him with full forces from all the teachers.
"What is it?" he asked the teachers as he burst in.
"We don't know." Professor Sprout replied to his question "Dumbledore isn't here yet."
"Surely it's some more nonsense." Snape muttered
"I'm sorry but it's not nonsense." Dumbledore said "but we don't know if it's evil or not. The heads of houses should be aware that violent threats of dark magic were used of late against..."
Before the teacher could finish panic erupted throughout them. "Surely they weren't from..." Professor Mcgonagall started.
"That is unimportant." Dumbledore yelled "Silence! Calm down. There is no reason to believe that Lord Voldemort is responsible for the threats but be wary of them.... the threats were against house quidditch teams. It threatened horrible deaths to anyone associated."
"The Quidditch teams?" Madam Hooch asked in shock "Why would.... any Dark Wizard threaten kids playing a sport?!?"
"The reason is not clear." Dumbledore replied "I need especially from you, a watchful eye. I do not intend to cancel the matches this year. At the end of last year the children were made to give it up... but I'm asking you all to keep the equipment tightly guarded and all teachers will attend the games and practices of each team.... the only reason I can think of is that the quidditch teams are a bright asset to Hogwarts and many Dark Wizards would love to destroy that."
Snape who had kept quiet spoke up "Sir, the Dark Lord himself probably made those indirect threats. He probably will take the teams in his effort to destroy his enemy, Potter."
"No." Dumbledore said "Though Mr. Potter is on the Gryffindor house team and Lord Voldemort out there... I do not see these as threats to him but to all Quidditch Players."
He looked at all of the teachers "House leaders, please inform your teams of the security matters but do not tell them of the threats please... they have no need to worry at all. The should have there minds on the Quidditch cup. Don't get them suspicious if you can avoid it."
~*~*~*~
The next day Hermione was leaning over the wall watching the Quidditch practice going on. She had never really 'watched' quidditch paying attention so carefully. She had just thought of it as a waste of time or just a hobby, but now that she did she realized what a life could be made of it. Like Oliver Wood had told her the other night when they were talking " Some people can make a life off of a dream."
Quidditch was a very wild dream and she was sure that someone like him could pull it off. She was sure she'd take something more sensible and much more stable....
~*~*~
"Great job." Oliver yelled up to Harry "With speed like that we will win the cup. We've all ready got Slytherin beat so Ravenclaw must be scared right now...."
The they all noticed Madam Hooch and Professor Mcgonagall coming toward them. The team swooped down from the sky.
"What is it, Professor?" Oliver asked taking charge as the captain.
~*~*~
"Nothing too serious Wood." Mcgonagall started "It's just that it has been seen lately that the matches are getting so serious to some of you that desperate measures have been taken to win and there must be some more serious security measures."
She liked the way she had let the Gryffindor team know about the security. It was a good small lie. She hated having Gryffindor to explain to because for some reason it always had the most suspicious, meddlesome children... nothing seemed to get past them!
"All right..." he replied looking back at his team "What are they and what can I do?"
"First of all..." Madam Hooch replied to the question aimed for Mcgonagall "I will extend my duties to attending the practices as well. Then, the equipment will be monitored, your brooms will be inspected each practice and game, and the teachers will monitor the games for foul play. Also do not go out to practice your game without getting permission."
"All right." he replied "We understand, and if there is anything our team can do to help you just tell us, Professors."
Mcgonagall headed back to the castle and Madam Hootch remained to watch the rest of the practice. "Wonder what they found?" Fred asked George as the mounted and took to the air again.
"Probably some Slytherin trying to sabotage another teams broomstick or something." George replied seriously and then he yelled jokingly "Or...... Hey Oliver! You didn't try to curse the Ravenclaw's brooms did you?"
"Funny..." he yelled across the field "It's probably something that Marcus Flint did I'm sure. Slytherin vs. Hufflepuff is coming up soon also..."
~*~*~*~
After the practice session was over and Madam Hooch had left Hermione came down "What was up with the teachers coming down?" she asked the team.
Oliver spoke up "Not sure.... they said that there were reasons for extra security. Now they're gonna be down hear every day."
"That sounds suspicious." she replied "Don't you think so?"
He started to say 'yes' when Harry cut in "No Hermione," he said "She just said it was some students are taking it too seriously, hurting people... nothing is gonna go wrong this year... everything will work out."
"All right then," she said but her suspicion was obvious. It just didn't seem to her like such drastic measures would be taken for troubling students. In her opinion something more was going on.
Of course she also saw Harry's reason for not questioning it. He had a lot of hard times and he had no reason for wanting more. He had faced evil two years in a row since coming to Hogwarts and he obviously wanted a easy year without such events.
"Hey..." Oliver said to her as the practice ended and he followed her out "I agree with you ... the teachers are not telling us something."
"I know." she said "The kinds of measures they're taking are too much."
"I want to find out why." he said "I want to know if my team is in danger..." She could see he was obviously concerned for the well being of his team. He looked a little crazy when he asked "Could you help me find out what it is.... we have a match against Ravenclaw very soon and if something is wrong I should know."
She nodded, "They should let you know honestly what your up against."
As they walked down the hallways they passed Professor Snape who was muttering to himself. When he saw them he took in a little smirk, "Why am I not surprised to see you two?" the teacher asked them " Just remember to be careful, you little troublemakers... I could see you in bigger trouble soon...."
Then he walked off muttering about a teachers meeting. "What does he have against us? He needs to mind his own business..." Oliver muttered, his dislike of Professor Snape showing obviously.
"Didn't you hear what he was saying?" she asked.
"What do you mean?" he asked a little frustrated.
"Honestly!" she yelled "Talking about a teachers meeting. They must be talking about the Quidditch."
"True..." he said then a laughing he asked "Are you suggesting spying in on a teachers meeting?"
"It would be breaking a lot of rules." she said "but I do that a lot.... would you want to?"
"Yes..." he said "I really would... that is if you help me. I wouldn't want to get expelled alone.
"All right..." she said softly "Do you have any ideas how we could get there?"
He thought for a moment... he looked at her like he really didn't have a clue and then he got it "I have to go get one of my books all right. I think I've got it... meet me outside of Gryffindor tower at about seven tonight."
"All right." she said "But the teachers usually don't have meetings until late."
"I'm counting on that." he said and left without a better explanation. She was confused. She decided that Harry and Ron really did not need to know about Oliver Wood's plans to invade a teachers meeting. Usually anything she did was their business but this thing was unimportant to them and she could do some things without them.
~*~*~*
Oliver rushed up to where his things were and pulled a brown old book out of his bag. He had gotten the book last year as a gift and he was sure it had what he needed to get into the teachers room unnoticed.
He flipped the pages of the book rapidly looking for something of interest. There it was, he read:
To make oneself soundless what could be used is a famous spell used by many thieves and escaping criminals. It is a simple spell even most school aged students could do..."
He smiled. He knew he and Hermione could pull it off. They were both a little more intelligent then the average student their age... if they could find a place to hide. He almost wondered why the third year girl was doing this. He had his reasons for doing it, he cared a lot for his team... the teachers were not telling him things, things that could hurt his team. Hermione though, she had no real obvious reason for doing it so he was extremely grateful to her.
He looked at a clock on the wall. He still had a few hours until seven... he was excited. He had, in all seven years at school never done some major rule breaking... it would be his first time... and he loved it!
~*~*~*~*
Hours passed slowly and finally it was time. Hermione hoped badly that she wouldn't see Ron or Harry. They did not need to get into this. She then saw them both. They were doing homework, of all surprises. She walked past sneakily shutting the door very quietly. In a way she wished that Harry was coming along because when they went with him on those scary journeys, they always had his invisibility cloak. Not being seen would have made her feel better.
~*~*~*~
Seven o clock outside the tower they ran into each other. "Hey..." he said nervously "Are you ready?"
"Yes..." she said "So what is the plan?"
"It's still early..." he said "The meeting shouldn't take place until late tonight. This..." He showed her the book that contained a spell for being soundless "This should help."
She laughed nervously "I should have thought of this.... it is kind of amazing this book is issued just to anyone." she read aloud "A favorite spell of thieves and criminals. Very easy."
"The easier for the task." he said "If we can hide somewhere."
"I'm sure we will find something." she said "Now for this spell...."
"We need to do it to ourselves. Now, it's nothing drastic... simple kind of incantation, almost too easy."
"Wait!" she said "We have to do it after we get there... it only lasts for about an hour."
He looked at her. He smiled gratefully, he was incredibly glad that she noticed that. "All right... then let's get into the staff room."
Oliver stepped ahead and opened the staff room door lightly. They both sighed relived that no one was in there. "Here." Hermione said rushing ahead of him "We can hide here and do the spell... no one will know."
"Unless..." he whispered darkly "Unless someone needs a mop."
She laughed "Be serious! We have no clue when the teachers will get here. We need to hide."
The broom closet was pretty large. They moved into it and closed the door... it was very dark. "Let's test the spell..." she said "To see if it works all right."
"Sure..." he said and then he told her the words "If you moved your wand properly all you should have to do is say "Silecia..."
"All right." she said calmly "Silecia..."
Then she couldn't hear her own breathing in the closet. She tried to speak but she couldn't hear her own voice. She nodded to signify it worked. She heard him whisper the words too and then everything in the closet was very quiet.
They sat in the funny, awkward silence for a long time until the spell wore off just long enough for Hermione to say "The teachers... they're here."
The quickly did the spell and once more didn't make any sound. They listened hoping so badly that they would find out what was really wrong. There was always the possibilities that this meeting was nothing more than lesson discussion.
They heard the voice of the school headmaster say "There has been more updates on the quidditch threats."
Hermione felt Oliver look at her meaningfully.
"The indirect threats as you all must remember are much more direct now. You will all be happy to know that they are not from Lord Voldemort."
There was cheers from some of the teachers and Oliver was sure that if he could hear himself he would have been gasping.
"However..." Dumbledore continued "They are from a supporter of 'him'. A former Hogwarts student I am afraid. The first Gryffindor student to become a supporter in the last 50 years, unfortunately."
The yell from Professor Mcgonagall made Hermione think that she must have been as shocked as they were. "Who was it?" Mcgonagall asked sounding mire angry than ever.
"A former Quidditch player from a few years back... the last captain of the Gryffindor team Charles Reynolds."
Hermione felt but not hear Oliver bump his head against the wall. Then she heard Dumbledore say two unexpected words "The closet."
Then of course shocked they bumped open the door of the closet and went falling out in the front of all of Hogwarts teachers.
~*~*~*~*~
A loud noise rose from the teachers. The expressions were mixed from anger to surprise to Professor Snape's odd triumphant look and Dumbledore's amazed smile.
Hermione was very surprised at the situation. Every year so far she had been the one to tell Harry and Ron not to get into trouble, always fearing getting expelled. There was little doubt today that they were both gonna be expelled for sure.
Oliver looked at Hermione. Clearly he was saying something to her but he made no sounds at all....
They looked at the Hogwarts teachers. They tried to defend themselves but the effort made was useless until Dumbledore holding a wand said softly "Silencia revesa"
They instantly found themselves able to speak. "An anti spell..." Dumbledore whispered is a great assistance to you sometimes"
Snape then spoke up "Headmaster, may I say that these.... these two.... are the biggest troublemakers I've seen for a... long time and also are involved in a... an unquestionably wrong relationship."
Dumbledore looked agitated "May I," he said "For not the first time.... remind you that Gryffindor students are the problem of their house head and me."
"But...." Snape began
"No." Mcgonagall added also obviously a bit bothered by Snape taking her position "Now Mr. Wood... please explain what you and Miss Granger think you were doing spying on this private meeting?"
"Well..." he said nervously looking at Hermione hoping she had a good answer.
She did "Professor, we did it because of the new precautions on the games... mainly because he.... was very worried."
"Yeah..." Oliver added "We both thought something was up... so we decided we had to..."
"Could you not trust us teachers?" Dumbledore asked making all the teachers look
"It isn't that..." said Hermione "We were being lied to though."
Snape looked so angry "So... you cared so much that you... snuck into our meeting with your third year girlfriend?"
Hermione looked shocked. She'd never expected Snape to say something so outrageous. His girlfriend! How could anyone ever think that.... he was seventeen! Obviously Snape's point cause she saw the boy next to her turn completely red. "She's not...." he whispered
so faintly hardly no one heard him.
"Anyway...." Dumbledore started making no notice to Snape's words. "Now you two know I guess... you obviously remember Charles Reynolds?"
The question was aimed at Oliver. Did he ever! "Of course I do." he whispered "Our old captain before me."
Hermione then realized why he was so stunned.
"Yes... unfortunately." replied the headmaster "Now you know and I'm betting will do
anything to protect your team... I cannot stop you. I know that but do not tell it please... panic is unnecessary ."
They both nodded and left a little shocked.
"Sure got out of that one didn't we?" Hermione asked after they were far away.
"Yeah...." he said nut he wasn't listening much.
"What is it?" she asked "Is it your old captain... or Snape? Somethings worng.
"Nothings wrong."he said but then went up to bed without saying goodnight.... She knew something was wrong but she couldn't help.