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The next three days were like hell for Oliver. She didn't speak to him, not a single word. He didn't have the courage to talk to her also. So, besides Snape voice (which is rare), the dungeon is a very serene place.
He is very glad when they reach the 14th day. It is the last day of their detention. She seems glad also. They waited for Snape to come, because they thought it is the last day, and he'll be there to assist them. After a few minutes, they hear a knock on the door. Then come a very tiny head from it.
"Umm.. professor Snape told me to give this message to you" the little boy, appears to be 1st class, said.
"What message?" Naire asked him.
"Well, he said that…" he stopped when a loud voice came from one of the windows.
"Ignore that, continue" she said.
"Oh..Okay. he said that you'll be working without him again tonight. He has lots to do, so he won't be here" he continued, trembling.
"What?" she screamed followed by another growling voice from the window.
"I.. I …don't know! I'm here just to give you the message!" he jumped from where he's standing.
"Can I go now? I'm scared… this place is very creepy at night" he begged them.
"Sure, you can go now! Thanks" Oliver said to him.
"Thank you Oliver, I'm a big fan of you!" he said with a big smile.
"Oh please!" she said.
"Thanks again!" Oliver smiled to him.
the little boy walk out the dungeon as fast as he could. They were alone again.
"So, I guess we have to do this by our self again" he said.
"Okay" she said.
"What are we going to do with this?" he asked, holding the Baygon root, which is the last ingredient they have to put in the potion.
"It says here that we have to heated it up in the fire. Then, after that we put it in the potion" she reads the note.
"I'll do it" he said walking to the fireplace.
"Remember, heat it, don't burn it" she warned him.
"Okay, but how am I suppose to know if it's heated? And how?" he asked.
"It'll turn to slightly to grey after 15 minutes. Just throw it in the fire. But be careful, when it turns to grey, you have to take it from the fire immediately. It won't be burned if it's under 15 minutes" she said.
"Use this to take it out again" she continued handing him a long metal stick with pointed end.
"Okay" he said throwing the root in to the fire.
He watches the fire flickers surrounding the root. It's odd to see, because even it's in the middle of flame, it didn't burn. It's like there's a thin layer that keep it from burning. He watches silently. When suddenly Naire came to him.
"Oliver, thanks for the sweater" she said giving him his sweater. The blue sweater that she gave him.
"Oh, okay" he said.
He didn't realize that she didn't give back the sweater that night. She ran away quickly after the kiss wearing that sweater.
"Thanks" he said.
"No, thank you for lending me the sweater" she said.
"I mean… thanks for giving me the sweater" he smiled.
Naire didn't say a word. He knew! He knew that I'm the one who gave him the sweater. When he said giving, it's not for giving it back, but for giving it at the first place. He knew it all the time!
She turns away from him and start to stir the potion again. He smiles to him self. It's funny to look at her expression when he gave the hint that he knew about the sweater. He watches her while she stirs the potion. She wipes her damp forehead with the end of her shirt's sleeve, slips her falling hair behind her ears. Everything she does only makes her more beautiful than ever. He keeps on looking at here. It wont hurt nobody to look at her now, Angelina will never know. If she knows, it won't be a problem anyway. Time seems so fast with her around. It's only like 5 minutes when suddenly she screams his name.
"OLIVER! Oh no!" she screamed pointing at the fireplace.
"What?" he asked confused.
"The root! It's burned!" she told him.
"WHAT? It can't be… it's not 15 minutes yet!" he said panicked looking at the burning root. The thin layer has gone. It was bursting into flames.
"Yes it was… it's 15 minutes for sure! If it's not 15 minutes it won't be burned" she said furiously.
"Oh God… what should we do?" he asked.
"We? What do you mean by we? I don't see me in this situation" she said sarcastically.
"Okay, it's my fault, I admitted it! But there's got to be a better way to solve this problem than keep fighting!" he snapped back.
"Okay, two heads are better than one, I guess" she softened.
"Do you think Snape still have another one?" he asked.
"There's no way we could tell Snape, he'll be furious!" she said.
"Besides, remember what he told us? He said that it was the last one, and we have to be careful, because the nearest place that we can find it is in…." she continued.
"The Dark Forest!" he finished her words.
"Oh no!" she gasped.
They were silent for a moment, trying to think other solution to this matter. But it doesn't matter how hard they turn their head, they always come back to one solution.
"Are you thinking what I'm thinking?" he asked.
"And what is it exactly?" she asked carefully.
"As much I hate to think about it, but I guess there's only one thing to do" he said.
"Are you thinking that we…?" she didn't continue.
"I think we should go to The Dark Forest" he said.
"Is it the only way? I mean… it's dangerous!" she said holding her breath.
"I know, but what else can we do?" he asked hopelessly.
"I don't know… maybe we should just tell Snape" she suggested.
"And Gave a reason to give us more detention?" he said.
"You're right. This 2 weeks detention is more than enough for me" she agreed.
"So, what are we waiting for? Let's go then" he said walking to the door.
"Okay. But we have to think a way to pass Filch!" she said following him to the door.
"We'll think of something. Now let's go!" he said grabbing his robe. She grabbed hers and followed him outside.
They walked outside silently. There's no sign of Filch, so they keep on walking. When they reach Hagrid's hut, they stopped.
"Hagrid won't be pleased if he finds out. We have to be careful. The forest is just right behind it!" he said pointing at Hagrid's hut.
"Okay" she gulped looking at the pitched black forest behind the hut.
"Ready?" he asked.
She didn't answered. Oliver took it as a yes, then he slowly walks in the forest. She follows him. They walk slowly into the forest. It's getting darker and darker as they go deeper inside it. The sights of it frightened her. It was nothing like she ever saw. It's so dark, she couldn't see further than a metre. She reaches out her wand.
"Lumos!" she shouted and a bright light shoots out from the tip of her wand.
"Good idea. I almost forgot about that!" he said and then takes his wand out, too.
"Wait, it just came to my mind. What if we get lost?" she asked.
"No problem!" he said, taking a round thing out from his pocket.
"What is it? A compass?" she asked curious.
"It's not just a compass, it's special" he said smiling.
"How does it works?" she said looking at it.
Instead of just plain U and S in the upper and bottom of it, it is like a small map with one green dot on the edge of it.
"You see the green dot? It's me, and it shows only me, because I'm the owner… and it shows us where we are right now. The green dot will move whenever I move, and it'll shows us where we are then" he explained.
"Wicked! But don't you think it'll be hard to see in the dark? I mean.. it's so small!" she said.
"This is my favourite part, just look!" he said pushing a little button on the side of it, pointing it to the air. Suddenly the map appears on a see through screen, in front of them. it's big enough to read it clearly.
"Wow, I'm impressed! How did you get it?" she asked.
"My father gave it to me for my 7th birthday. But, back then he's the one who hold it, because I used to disappeared and came back in such mess. He used it to track me down, to know where I was. But when I went to Hogwarts, he gave it to me. It turns out to be very useful at time like this!" he smiled.
"I agree!" she smiled.
"Well, nuff bout that, come on, let's go!" he walks again.
With the lights from both of their wand, now they can see more clearly. But still, it didn't lessen the creeps that it gave them. They kept on walking with their eyes looking at every direction, hoping to find the roots real soon. It could be anywhere in the forest. After a long hour of searching, they began to get tired.
"Oh God! It's been an hour, and we haven't found it!" he said frustrated looking at his watch.
"We have to look more closer! We have to find it, we need it!" she said.
"I know, but how? The forest is too big for the two of us. Not forget to mention, we're blind about this place! We know nothing…" he stopped when a howling sound interrupted.
"What's that? Is that werewolf?" she panicked leaning closer to him.
"Maybe, you know what they say about The Dark Forest. It's full off dark and magical creatures" he said put a little smile on the sight of her leaning closer to him.
"Let's sit for a while. We could use some rest" she said sitting on a big bulky root above the ground.
"You can rest, I want to go and do some searching again" he said starts to walk again.
"But, Oliver… it's too dangerous to walk alone! And I don't want to sit here alone!" she screamed.
"Don't worry, I won't go far. I'll sing all the way, so you can still hear me. Just scream my name when you can't hear me again" he said calming her.
"But …" she continued.
"Sssh… just sit here and wait, I'll be back in a sec!" he said walking away from her, singing.
Slowly his figures disappeared from her sights. She can hear him singing, but it seems so far away. She starts to look around, hoping nothing dangerous wouldn't come to her, or to him. It's getting cold, so she hugged herself tight enough to prevent any cold breeze touch her skin. She looks at the direction that Oliver has disappeared. She can still him singing a very lame song. She let out a little laugh. It would be very funny if they're in a different situation.
Suddenly the singing stop, replace by a loud scream. She wakes up and froze. What has happen? Is it Oliver? What happen? She run towards the scream direction. Tears start falling from her eyes. Please don't let anything bad happen to Oliver, she prayed.
The next three days were like hell for Oliver. She didn't speak to him, not a single word. He didn't have the courage to talk to her also. So, besides Snape voice (which is rare), the dungeon is a very serene place.
He is very glad when they reach the 14th day. It is the last day of their detention. She seems glad also. They waited for Snape to come, because they thought it is the last day, and he'll be there to assist them. After a few minutes, they hear a knock on the door. Then come a very tiny head from it.
"Umm.. professor Snape told me to give this message to you" the little boy, appears to be 1st class, said.
"What message?" Naire asked him.
"Well, he said that…" he stopped when a loud voice came from one of the windows.
"Ignore that, continue" she said.
"Oh..Okay. he said that you'll be working without him again tonight. He has lots to do, so he won't be here" he continued, trembling.
"What?" she screamed followed by another growling voice from the window.
"I.. I …don't know! I'm here just to give you the message!" he jumped from where he's standing.
"Can I go now? I'm scared… this place is very creepy at night" he begged them.
"Sure, you can go now! Thanks" Oliver said to him.
"Thank you Oliver, I'm a big fan of you!" he said with a big smile.
"Oh please!" she said.
"Thanks again!" Oliver smiled to him.
the little boy walk out the dungeon as fast as he could. They were alone again.
"So, I guess we have to do this by our self again" he said.
"Okay" she said.
"What are we going to do with this?" he asked, holding the Baygon root, which is the last ingredient they have to put in the potion.
"It says here that we have to heated it up in the fire. Then, after that we put it in the potion" she reads the note.
"I'll do it" he said walking to the fireplace.
"Remember, heat it, don't burn it" she warned him.
"Okay, but how am I suppose to know if it's heated? And how?" he asked.
"It'll turn to slightly to grey after 15 minutes. Just throw it in the fire. But be careful, when it turns to grey, you have to take it from the fire immediately. It won't be burned if it's under 15 minutes" she said.
"Use this to take it out again" she continued handing him a long metal stick with pointed end.
"Okay" he said throwing the root in to the fire.
He watches the fire flickers surrounding the root. It's odd to see, because even it's in the middle of flame, it didn't burn. It's like there's a thin layer that keep it from burning. He watches silently. When suddenly Naire came to him.
"Oliver, thanks for the sweater" she said giving him his sweater. The blue sweater that she gave him.
"Oh, okay" he said.
He didn't realize that she didn't give back the sweater that night. She ran away quickly after the kiss wearing that sweater.
"Thanks" he said.
"No, thank you for lending me the sweater" she said.
"I mean… thanks for giving me the sweater" he smiled.
Naire didn't say a word. He knew! He knew that I'm the one who gave him the sweater. When he said giving, it's not for giving it back, but for giving it at the first place. He knew it all the time!
She turns away from him and start to stir the potion again. He smiles to him self. It's funny to look at her expression when he gave the hint that he knew about the sweater. He watches her while she stirs the potion. She wipes her damp forehead with the end of her shirt's sleeve, slips her falling hair behind her ears. Everything she does only makes her more beautiful than ever. He keeps on looking at here. It wont hurt nobody to look at her now, Angelina will never know. If she knows, it won't be a problem anyway. Time seems so fast with her around. It's only like 5 minutes when suddenly she screams his name.
"OLIVER! Oh no!" she screamed pointing at the fireplace.
"What?" he asked confused.
"The root! It's burned!" she told him.
"WHAT? It can't be… it's not 15 minutes yet!" he said panicked looking at the burning root. The thin layer has gone. It was bursting into flames.
"Yes it was… it's 15 minutes for sure! If it's not 15 minutes it won't be burned" she said furiously.
"Oh God… what should we do?" he asked.
"We? What do you mean by we? I don't see me in this situation" she said sarcastically.
"Okay, it's my fault, I admitted it! But there's got to be a better way to solve this problem than keep fighting!" he snapped back.
"Okay, two heads are better than one, I guess" she softened.
"Do you think Snape still have another one?" he asked.
"There's no way we could tell Snape, he'll be furious!" she said.
"Besides, remember what he told us? He said that it was the last one, and we have to be careful, because the nearest place that we can find it is in…." she continued.
"The Dark Forest!" he finished her words.
"Oh no!" she gasped.
They were silent for a moment, trying to think other solution to this matter. But it doesn't matter how hard they turn their head, they always come back to one solution.
"Are you thinking what I'm thinking?" he asked.
"And what is it exactly?" she asked carefully.
"As much I hate to think about it, but I guess there's only one thing to do" he said.
"Are you thinking that we…?" she didn't continue.
"I think we should go to The Dark Forest" he said.
"Is it the only way? I mean… it's dangerous!" she said holding her breath.
"I know, but what else can we do?" he asked hopelessly.
"I don't know… maybe we should just tell Snape" she suggested.
"And Gave a reason to give us more detention?" he said.
"You're right. This 2 weeks detention is more than enough for me" she agreed.
"So, what are we waiting for? Let's go then" he said walking to the door.
"Okay. But we have to think a way to pass Filch!" she said following him to the door.
"We'll think of something. Now let's go!" he said grabbing his robe. She grabbed hers and followed him outside.
They walked outside silently. There's no sign of Filch, so they keep on walking. When they reach Hagrid's hut, they stopped.
"Hagrid won't be pleased if he finds out. We have to be careful. The forest is just right behind it!" he said pointing at Hagrid's hut.
"Okay" she gulped looking at the pitched black forest behind the hut.
"Ready?" he asked.
She didn't answered. Oliver took it as a yes, then he slowly walks in the forest. She follows him. They walk slowly into the forest. It's getting darker and darker as they go deeper inside it. The sights of it frightened her. It was nothing like she ever saw. It's so dark, she couldn't see further than a metre. She reaches out her wand.
"Lumos!" she shouted and a bright light shoots out from the tip of her wand.
"Good idea. I almost forgot about that!" he said and then takes his wand out, too.
"Wait, it just came to my mind. What if we get lost?" she asked.
"No problem!" he said, taking a round thing out from his pocket.
"What is it? A compass?" she asked curious.
"It's not just a compass, it's special" he said smiling.
"How does it works?" she said looking at it.
Instead of just plain U and S in the upper and bottom of it, it is like a small map with one green dot on the edge of it.
"You see the green dot? It's me, and it shows only me, because I'm the owner… and it shows us where we are right now. The green dot will move whenever I move, and it'll shows us where we are then" he explained.
"Wicked! But don't you think it'll be hard to see in the dark? I mean.. it's so small!" she said.
"This is my favourite part, just look!" he said pushing a little button on the side of it, pointing it to the air. Suddenly the map appears on a see through screen, in front of them. it's big enough to read it clearly.
"Wow, I'm impressed! How did you get it?" she asked.
"My father gave it to me for my 7th birthday. But, back then he's the one who hold it, because I used to disappeared and came back in such mess. He used it to track me down, to know where I was. But when I went to Hogwarts, he gave it to me. It turns out to be very useful at time like this!" he smiled.
"I agree!" she smiled.
"Well, nuff bout that, come on, let's go!" he walks again.
With the lights from both of their wand, now they can see more clearly. But still, it didn't lessen the creeps that it gave them. They kept on walking with their eyes looking at every direction, hoping to find the roots real soon. It could be anywhere in the forest. After a long hour of searching, they began to get tired.
"Oh God! It's been an hour, and we haven't found it!" he said frustrated looking at his watch.
"We have to look more closer! We have to find it, we need it!" she said.
"I know, but how? The forest is too big for the two of us. Not forget to mention, we're blind about this place! We know nothing…" he stopped when a howling sound interrupted.
"What's that? Is that werewolf?" she panicked leaning closer to him.
"Maybe, you know what they say about The Dark Forest. It's full off dark and magical creatures" he said put a little smile on the sight of her leaning closer to him.
"Let's sit for a while. We could use some rest" she said sitting on a big bulky root above the ground.
"You can rest, I want to go and do some searching again" he said starts to walk again.
"But, Oliver… it's too dangerous to walk alone! And I don't want to sit here alone!" she screamed.
"Don't worry, I won't go far. I'll sing all the way, so you can still hear me. Just scream my name when you can't hear me again" he said calming her.
"But …" she continued.
"Sssh… just sit here and wait, I'll be back in a sec!" he said walking away from her, singing.
Slowly his figures disappeared from her sights. She can hear him singing, but it seems so far away. She starts to look around, hoping nothing dangerous wouldn't come to her, or to him. It's getting cold, so she hugged herself tight enough to prevent any cold breeze touch her skin. She looks at the direction that Oliver has disappeared. She can still him singing a very lame song. She let out a little laugh. It would be very funny if they're in a different situation.
Suddenly the singing stop, replace by a loud scream. She wakes up and froze. What has happen? Is it Oliver? What happen? She run towards the scream direction. Tears start falling from her eyes. Please don't let anything bad happen to Oliver, she prayed.