Chapter 12: seek ball
After Harry and dumbledore were alone, dumbledore motioned for Harry to follow him, which he did. They went into dumbledore's office. Harry's only been in the office about 2 in all his years at hogwarts. Harry saw fawks, dumbledore's phoenix, sleeping peacefully on his perch. "Now Harry. what is it?" dumbledore asked kindly. "Well. I wasn't all telling the truth back there." Harry explained. "You weren't?" dumbledore asked with a curious voice.
"No. the truth is, I was sleeping. And then Avalon woke me up asking how to spell potion. So after I told her, I threw a pillow at her to make her go to bed. She fell down the steps but got back up, and threw the pillow back. It hit my face and so I got up and then glanced out of the window. I saw someone coming into the castle. I saw that It was Sirius and went downstairs cause I heard a sound. Which was Avalon falling down the steps. and then I got the invisibility cloak so no one could see. While I was going out, she decided to come. Then when we got outside the common room, Sirius was there. So I took the cloak off of me to greet him. Then I told him about Avalon, she was still under the cloak, and so we didn't know where she was, and then we heard a faint music and followed it. Then we heard a scream and ran faster. then I saw Avalon lying on the ground bleeding. Sirius told me to be careful cause he heard from some people that voldermort is stronger than he was before, and he wanted to tell em in person so if an owl got intercepted, he didn't want everyone protecting me or I wouldn't be able to talk to him. So then he fled cause he figured professor snape would come and find he was here, then you all came." Harry explained.
"I see." dumbledore replied putting his elbows on his desk and holding his hands. "Well. Harry, you must be very careful as now if lord voldermort has gotten stronger, and about the music, we, the teachers, heard the music and thought it was from one of the common rooms, so we went to investigate it and we as well heard a scream. We are looking in to what it was, and we're going to see what scratched miss Avalon as well." dumbledore explained. "But till tomorrow, get some rest. Tomorrow you get to go to hogsmead as a surprise and you need your rest." Dumbledore smiled. "Really?" Harry asked. Dumbledore nodded. "Cool!" Harry thought aloud. "now go on to bed. Tomorrow we'll tell you if we find anything about Avalon."
Harry got up and walked out of dumbledore's office sad but happy. He walked slowly back to the common room and up the steps to his bed. He wasn't really tired anymore, so he got his seek ball and asked to see Avalon. it fogged up then showed Avalon laying in a bed in the hospitol wing. Her arm was not bleeding any more and the blood was gone, but it was wrapped up in bandages. He smiled and put the ball on his bed side table and fell asleep looking at the ball. The next day, he was woken up by Ron. Ron was holding the ball looking at it smiling. "What happened?" he asked. "What do you mean?" Harry asked putting on his glasses. "Avalon's in the hospital wing, and you obviously watched her as you fell asleep with the seek ball huh?" Ron asked gleaming down at Harry. "I wanted to make sure she was going to be ok. Something attacked her last night when I was talking to Sirius and there was some music that she must of followed. but I have to go see her!" Harry said suddenly getting dressed. He and Ron ran down the steps, told hermione where they were going, and ran out as hermione said bye while she was writing her paper for class. They ran down the hall all the way to the hospitol wing.
Avalon was sitting up in her bed eating some breakfast from a tray. When she saw Harry and Ron coming in, she threw the tray onto the floor. "Harry! Say you brought me some REAL food!" Avalon asked. "Uh. no." Harry replied looking at the tray and food splattered on the floor. "Why am I here anyways. last thing I remember was watching you get out from under the cloak thing and hugging that one man... black or something." Avalon explained fiddling with her fingers. "Uh. someone attacked you, they slashed your arm. You ok?" Harry asked. "Yah I'm fine." Avalon replied scratching her head. "What's that in your hand Ron?" Avalon asked pointing to the seek ball Ron was holding. "It's a seek o' ball. you can see anyone you want in it. All you do is say there name. I got it for Harry's birthday this year." Ron explained.
"Can I see?" Avalon asked. Ron looked at Harry, who shrugged and then handed it to Avalon. "Show me. professor dumbledore!" Avalon commanded. The ball fogged up then showed dumbledore in his office. All the teachers were with him. "Cool!" Avalon thought aloud. "So you can't hear I suppose?" "No." Ron replied. "How do you get rid of it?" Avalon suddenly asked. "Shake it" Ron told her. Avalon shook it and put it on the table next to her. "Well. do you know when you'll be able to get out?" Harry asked. "She said not till tonight." Avalon replied sighing. "dang." Harry muttered. "Why?" Avalon decided to ask. "Because we're about to go to hogsmead, this really cool place, and I wanted you to come." Harry replied. "You go ahead guys. Don't let me stop you. Just bring me back some stuff k? and tell em about it. I've waited a long time to see a place like hologon alley--" "Diagon alley." Ron corrected.
"Right. I can wait till next time to see hogsmead. it'll still be there tomorrow, or the next time we go." Avalon explained. Harry nodded as they both said good bye and left. Avalon looked to the table and saw Ron forgot the ball. She sighed and thought to give it to him later. After Avalon heard everyone leaving, malfoy walked in grinning. "Avalon. how do you feel?" he asked. "Fine." Avalon replied. "Look. I've wondered you've been hanging around potter lately. I bet if he wasn't famous you wouldn't like him right?" malfoy asked. "I never knew Harry was famous. He looks normal to me. and what would he be famous for?" Avalon asked. "HE survived you- know-who. no one has ever been able too. Nothing big. But people sure act like it." Malfoy shrugged. "Whose you-know-who?" Avalon asked. Malfoy looked at her. "Lord. lord volder- voldermort." Malfoy replied shuddering a bit. "oh. him." Avalon replied losing interest.
"Why aren't you at hogsmead with your buddies?" Avalon asked after a minute of silence. "I felt like comforting you. I mean, Harry just left you all day to be lonely. That's not very friendly." malfoy explained. "I told him too." Avalon replied. "So. how do you know he's not talking with another girl.?" malfoy asked making a grin. "I don't care. We're just friends." Avalon replied. "You are? Why don't you see anyways what you friend Harry's doin eh? See if he's buying you a present." malfoy suggested looking at the seek ball. Avalon looked at it and then picked it up. "If I see will you leave me alone for I can rest?" Avalon asked. Malfoy nodded. "Show me Harry." She said weakly. The ball again fogged, then showed Harry talking to Cho Chang. She was a 6th year and on ravenclaw. They were laughing and Harry handed her some candy as they walked up the street alone. "So?" Avalon asked. "He's laughing with Cho. Cho never liked him till you showed up. I heard him saying he was glad you came, cause he thought if cho saw you two together, she would get jealous and start to like him. And it seemed to work." Malfoy replied.
After Harry and dumbledore were alone, dumbledore motioned for Harry to follow him, which he did. They went into dumbledore's office. Harry's only been in the office about 2 in all his years at hogwarts. Harry saw fawks, dumbledore's phoenix, sleeping peacefully on his perch. "Now Harry. what is it?" dumbledore asked kindly. "Well. I wasn't all telling the truth back there." Harry explained. "You weren't?" dumbledore asked with a curious voice.
"No. the truth is, I was sleeping. And then Avalon woke me up asking how to spell potion. So after I told her, I threw a pillow at her to make her go to bed. She fell down the steps but got back up, and threw the pillow back. It hit my face and so I got up and then glanced out of the window. I saw someone coming into the castle. I saw that It was Sirius and went downstairs cause I heard a sound. Which was Avalon falling down the steps. and then I got the invisibility cloak so no one could see. While I was going out, she decided to come. Then when we got outside the common room, Sirius was there. So I took the cloak off of me to greet him. Then I told him about Avalon, she was still under the cloak, and so we didn't know where she was, and then we heard a faint music and followed it. Then we heard a scream and ran faster. then I saw Avalon lying on the ground bleeding. Sirius told me to be careful cause he heard from some people that voldermort is stronger than he was before, and he wanted to tell em in person so if an owl got intercepted, he didn't want everyone protecting me or I wouldn't be able to talk to him. So then he fled cause he figured professor snape would come and find he was here, then you all came." Harry explained.
"I see." dumbledore replied putting his elbows on his desk and holding his hands. "Well. Harry, you must be very careful as now if lord voldermort has gotten stronger, and about the music, we, the teachers, heard the music and thought it was from one of the common rooms, so we went to investigate it and we as well heard a scream. We are looking in to what it was, and we're going to see what scratched miss Avalon as well." dumbledore explained. "But till tomorrow, get some rest. Tomorrow you get to go to hogsmead as a surprise and you need your rest." Dumbledore smiled. "Really?" Harry asked. Dumbledore nodded. "Cool!" Harry thought aloud. "now go on to bed. Tomorrow we'll tell you if we find anything about Avalon."
Harry got up and walked out of dumbledore's office sad but happy. He walked slowly back to the common room and up the steps to his bed. He wasn't really tired anymore, so he got his seek ball and asked to see Avalon. it fogged up then showed Avalon laying in a bed in the hospitol wing. Her arm was not bleeding any more and the blood was gone, but it was wrapped up in bandages. He smiled and put the ball on his bed side table and fell asleep looking at the ball. The next day, he was woken up by Ron. Ron was holding the ball looking at it smiling. "What happened?" he asked. "What do you mean?" Harry asked putting on his glasses. "Avalon's in the hospital wing, and you obviously watched her as you fell asleep with the seek ball huh?" Ron asked gleaming down at Harry. "I wanted to make sure she was going to be ok. Something attacked her last night when I was talking to Sirius and there was some music that she must of followed. but I have to go see her!" Harry said suddenly getting dressed. He and Ron ran down the steps, told hermione where they were going, and ran out as hermione said bye while she was writing her paper for class. They ran down the hall all the way to the hospitol wing.
Avalon was sitting up in her bed eating some breakfast from a tray. When she saw Harry and Ron coming in, she threw the tray onto the floor. "Harry! Say you brought me some REAL food!" Avalon asked. "Uh. no." Harry replied looking at the tray and food splattered on the floor. "Why am I here anyways. last thing I remember was watching you get out from under the cloak thing and hugging that one man... black or something." Avalon explained fiddling with her fingers. "Uh. someone attacked you, they slashed your arm. You ok?" Harry asked. "Yah I'm fine." Avalon replied scratching her head. "What's that in your hand Ron?" Avalon asked pointing to the seek ball Ron was holding. "It's a seek o' ball. you can see anyone you want in it. All you do is say there name. I got it for Harry's birthday this year." Ron explained.
"Can I see?" Avalon asked. Ron looked at Harry, who shrugged and then handed it to Avalon. "Show me. professor dumbledore!" Avalon commanded. The ball fogged up then showed dumbledore in his office. All the teachers were with him. "Cool!" Avalon thought aloud. "So you can't hear I suppose?" "No." Ron replied. "How do you get rid of it?" Avalon suddenly asked. "Shake it" Ron told her. Avalon shook it and put it on the table next to her. "Well. do you know when you'll be able to get out?" Harry asked. "She said not till tonight." Avalon replied sighing. "dang." Harry muttered. "Why?" Avalon decided to ask. "Because we're about to go to hogsmead, this really cool place, and I wanted you to come." Harry replied. "You go ahead guys. Don't let me stop you. Just bring me back some stuff k? and tell em about it. I've waited a long time to see a place like hologon alley--" "Diagon alley." Ron corrected.
"Right. I can wait till next time to see hogsmead. it'll still be there tomorrow, or the next time we go." Avalon explained. Harry nodded as they both said good bye and left. Avalon looked to the table and saw Ron forgot the ball. She sighed and thought to give it to him later. After Avalon heard everyone leaving, malfoy walked in grinning. "Avalon. how do you feel?" he asked. "Fine." Avalon replied. "Look. I've wondered you've been hanging around potter lately. I bet if he wasn't famous you wouldn't like him right?" malfoy asked. "I never knew Harry was famous. He looks normal to me. and what would he be famous for?" Avalon asked. "HE survived you- know-who. no one has ever been able too. Nothing big. But people sure act like it." Malfoy shrugged. "Whose you-know-who?" Avalon asked. Malfoy looked at her. "Lord. lord volder- voldermort." Malfoy replied shuddering a bit. "oh. him." Avalon replied losing interest.
"Why aren't you at hogsmead with your buddies?" Avalon asked after a minute of silence. "I felt like comforting you. I mean, Harry just left you all day to be lonely. That's not very friendly." malfoy explained. "I told him too." Avalon replied. "So. how do you know he's not talking with another girl.?" malfoy asked making a grin. "I don't care. We're just friends." Avalon replied. "You are? Why don't you see anyways what you friend Harry's doin eh? See if he's buying you a present." malfoy suggested looking at the seek ball. Avalon looked at it and then picked it up. "If I see will you leave me alone for I can rest?" Avalon asked. Malfoy nodded. "Show me Harry." She said weakly. The ball again fogged, then showed Harry talking to Cho Chang. She was a 6th year and on ravenclaw. They were laughing and Harry handed her some candy as they walked up the street alone. "So?" Avalon asked. "He's laughing with Cho. Cho never liked him till you showed up. I heard him saying he was glad you came, cause he thought if cho saw you two together, she would get jealous and start to like him. And it seemed to work." Malfoy replied.