Chapter four:
Violent Attacks on Hogwarts
For most of the morning the professors kept us in the great hall, but they wouldn't tell us why. It was rumored that a unicorn or some other wild beast for the forest came into the castle, which was very unlikely. Other student thought of this as a way out of class. I didn't know what to make of this.
Some of the professors went off into the castle the rest stayed in the great hall keeping the students from running all over the place. Like always Ron, Harry and I sat at the Griffindor table talking about our classes and our plans for an adventure, or at least Harry and Ron were.
"Why don't we see for ourselves what is causing all this in the school?" Ron suggested.
"No way, it's too dangerous," I replied.
"It can't be the most dangerous thing we've done," Harry said, "Every year we have at least one crazy mishap here."
"Exactly and why not be the hero?" Ron agreed.
"Hero or not, I still say you are crazy if you go to find this thing," I said.
Harry then laughed, "If you want to or not we are taking you with us. The team is not complete without you."
Ron then whispered across the table, "Why take her if she'd just ruin the fun."
"Hey!" I stated, "I am not that boring, Ron."
"Did I say that? Or did I say that you would just ruin it?" Ron growled.
"Either way, it just makes me sound bad," I said.
Ron was the first to stand up, then Harry. They started off, but I stayed at my seat. Harry came back for me and grabbed my hand, pretty much dragging me along.
We left the great hall without any of the professors noticing which must have been a good thing. We walked swiftly avoiding any unnecessary trouble with Peeves or the professors. There was a large creek and the Hogwarts Castle shook violently causing the student in the great hall to scream and yell.
"Bloody hell that was a bit scary!" Ron said.
"'A bit'?" I repeated, "A bit is an understatement, Ron, the whole castle just shook, and nothing on Earth could have caused it except an Earthquake, which does not occur in magical borders, may I remind you."
"Come on, let's go," Harry said and we started to walk again.
We had reached the trophy room when the castle shook, yet again. The doors to the trophy room slammed shut and a click was heard. As soon as the castle stopped shaking we ran to the doors trying to pull them open, but they refused to budge. The doors never had a lock to lock them and spells refused to work, we were trapped.
A shrill laugh filled the air, but there was no one in sight as we looked about the room. For a third time the castle shook this time more violently than the previous two times. We were knocked off our feet and the trophy cases fell shattering the glass and scattering the shards across the floor. The room filled with the sound of clattering metal and shattering glass.
This time when it stopped we were in a pile. Harry had used his body as a shield to protect me from glass cutting into my skin, but still bits got in my arms from where I had held onto Harry. Ron only got a few in his arms and legs while Harry got shards in his back and legs. It took us a few minutes to recover from the pain and stand up. Went to get a piece of glass out of my arm and was stopped by a gentle hand.
"Don't," Harry said, "you'll only hurt yourself worse."
"What the hell was that?" Ron asked.
We shrugged and we heard the shrill laugh again. And once again we looked about to see no one. The laugh continued sounding evil and chilled to the bone.
"Who's there?" Harry asked.
There was no reply, but the laugh stopped as if the person, or whatever it was, was listening to us.
"Who the hell is laughing like that?" Ron asked aloud.
"I will not tell you," the voice said in a singsong voice.
"Let us out!" I yelled.
"No," the mysterious voice replied.
An hour later some of the professors had found us, bruised and in pain, leaning on the walls with an arm or back, that didn't have shards of glass in them. They didn't yell at us, but sent us to Madam Pomfrey's to get the glass out and clean the various cuts and bruises.
We were with Madam Pomfrey for two hours with all the deep wounds we has received. Harry had the most injuries for trying to save me, which made me feel bad that he risked himself for me. We were sent to class after every cut and scratch was cleaned and fixed.
"Harry, thank you for protecting me," I said throwing my arms around his neck.
"It was nothing, really, Hermione," he replied as a light blush came to his face.
"Go to class, the three of you," said Madam Pomfrey as she showed us to the door.
Next class was Charms with Professor Flitwick, which we were glad, but after charms we had potions with Snape, the evil wizard of the world as we joked, but if he heard us call him that Griffindor would loose at least five to ten points.
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A/N: Hope you enjoyed chapter four! This really did take me less time than I thought it would and I'll hopefully have chapter five up by Friday, I hope. This chapter went through a change in name and in plot, originally I called this chapter "The Thankful Ghost" until, I really started writing and had a change of ideas.
If you are wondering why my chapters remain short. Well, it is because I lose intrest in writing a story if the chapters are really long, because then I add too many pointless details and I get off topic, so I hope that you like that the chapters are short.
Questions and/or comments (or if you want me to e-mail you when this is updated) please send to: Buffysar@aol.com
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Violent Attacks on Hogwarts
For most of the morning the professors kept us in the great hall, but they wouldn't tell us why. It was rumored that a unicorn or some other wild beast for the forest came into the castle, which was very unlikely. Other student thought of this as a way out of class. I didn't know what to make of this.
Some of the professors went off into the castle the rest stayed in the great hall keeping the students from running all over the place. Like always Ron, Harry and I sat at the Griffindor table talking about our classes and our plans for an adventure, or at least Harry and Ron were.
"Why don't we see for ourselves what is causing all this in the school?" Ron suggested.
"No way, it's too dangerous," I replied.
"It can't be the most dangerous thing we've done," Harry said, "Every year we have at least one crazy mishap here."
"Exactly and why not be the hero?" Ron agreed.
"Hero or not, I still say you are crazy if you go to find this thing," I said.
Harry then laughed, "If you want to or not we are taking you with us. The team is not complete without you."
Ron then whispered across the table, "Why take her if she'd just ruin the fun."
"Hey!" I stated, "I am not that boring, Ron."
"Did I say that? Or did I say that you would just ruin it?" Ron growled.
"Either way, it just makes me sound bad," I said.
Ron was the first to stand up, then Harry. They started off, but I stayed at my seat. Harry came back for me and grabbed my hand, pretty much dragging me along.
We left the great hall without any of the professors noticing which must have been a good thing. We walked swiftly avoiding any unnecessary trouble with Peeves or the professors. There was a large creek and the Hogwarts Castle shook violently causing the student in the great hall to scream and yell.
"Bloody hell that was a bit scary!" Ron said.
"'A bit'?" I repeated, "A bit is an understatement, Ron, the whole castle just shook, and nothing on Earth could have caused it except an Earthquake, which does not occur in magical borders, may I remind you."
"Come on, let's go," Harry said and we started to walk again.
We had reached the trophy room when the castle shook, yet again. The doors to the trophy room slammed shut and a click was heard. As soon as the castle stopped shaking we ran to the doors trying to pull them open, but they refused to budge. The doors never had a lock to lock them and spells refused to work, we were trapped.
A shrill laugh filled the air, but there was no one in sight as we looked about the room. For a third time the castle shook this time more violently than the previous two times. We were knocked off our feet and the trophy cases fell shattering the glass and scattering the shards across the floor. The room filled with the sound of clattering metal and shattering glass.
This time when it stopped we were in a pile. Harry had used his body as a shield to protect me from glass cutting into my skin, but still bits got in my arms from where I had held onto Harry. Ron only got a few in his arms and legs while Harry got shards in his back and legs. It took us a few minutes to recover from the pain and stand up. Went to get a piece of glass out of my arm and was stopped by a gentle hand.
"Don't," Harry said, "you'll only hurt yourself worse."
"What the hell was that?" Ron asked.
We shrugged and we heard the shrill laugh again. And once again we looked about to see no one. The laugh continued sounding evil and chilled to the bone.
"Who's there?" Harry asked.
There was no reply, but the laugh stopped as if the person, or whatever it was, was listening to us.
"Who the hell is laughing like that?" Ron asked aloud.
"I will not tell you," the voice said in a singsong voice.
"Let us out!" I yelled.
"No," the mysterious voice replied.
An hour later some of the professors had found us, bruised and in pain, leaning on the walls with an arm or back, that didn't have shards of glass in them. They didn't yell at us, but sent us to Madam Pomfrey's to get the glass out and clean the various cuts and bruises.
We were with Madam Pomfrey for two hours with all the deep wounds we has received. Harry had the most injuries for trying to save me, which made me feel bad that he risked himself for me. We were sent to class after every cut and scratch was cleaned and fixed.
"Harry, thank you for protecting me," I said throwing my arms around his neck.
"It was nothing, really, Hermione," he replied as a light blush came to his face.
"Go to class, the three of you," said Madam Pomfrey as she showed us to the door.
Next class was Charms with Professor Flitwick, which we were glad, but after charms we had potions with Snape, the evil wizard of the world as we joked, but if he heard us call him that Griffindor would loose at least five to ten points.
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A/N: Hope you enjoyed chapter four! This really did take me less time than I thought it would and I'll hopefully have chapter five up by Friday, I hope. This chapter went through a change in name and in plot, originally I called this chapter "The Thankful Ghost" until, I really started writing and had a change of ideas.
If you are wondering why my chapters remain short. Well, it is because I lose intrest in writing a story if the chapters are really long, because then I add too many pointless details and I get off topic, so I hope that you like that the chapters are short.
Questions and/or comments (or if you want me to e-mail you when this is updated) please send to: Buffysar@aol.com
And please if you do send me an e-mail, please put "I Love you Forever...Harry Potter" as the subject so I do not mistake it for an advertisement or junk mail, because I find it important that I read the mail that is sent by the audience of my fic and I do want to hear your opinions or ideas. I mean, if you have a great idea and I use it, I will give you credit for your ideas.
A side comment is I love reading the reviews, but somtimes my computer is a jerk and won't let me read the comments that you write, so if you think it is really important that I read it or you just want me to hear it, e-mail me, as I said before.