Chapter 5: The Threat
Albus Dumbledore chuckled appreciatively to himself as he proudly watched the activities taking place in the rain out of the window. He performed a magical spell that caused a great, big bright colourful rainbow to appear on the grounds.
"Wow!!"
"That is just so cool!"
Students were taking it for granted. Then Ginny said, "Peeps, I know a spell that will allow us to safely slide down it. Brebusterut!"
All of a sudden the rainbow turned solid, everyone was finding it hard to believe that the usually shy and unnoticeable Ginny was acting so. popular.
"All right everyone, be sensible, line-up and take turns sliding down this." Hermione ordered, being prefect.
Ginny would've had the opportunity to be first in line, as she had performed the spell herself. But she chose to be just in front of Harry, who was behind Hermione in-line. The though having of Harry slide behind her was awesome, who knows if he'd hold her waist or something?
"Wow Ginny, I'm impressed!" Hermione complemented, "Where did you learn that advanced spell?"
"Oh, Bill used to perform it every winter before I came to Hogwarts when a rainbow came out. I still remember it."
It was now Ginny's turn to slide down. She began climbing up then with a swish of magic she ended up sliding on her buttocks, like a ride on an amusement park. She touched the rainbow as she went up it; it felt like smooth solid wood. Then, she felt her body going over the curve, the wind blowing her hair. She then started to go down, she was just about to reach the end when the edge she was heading to disappeared! The rainbow was fading; she let out a shriek as she was thrown violently against the ground with a loud smash!
She felt a pain shoot through her right leg, "My bones! Owwwwww, they're broken!"
Then, with horror, as if things weren't bad enough already, Harry who was right behind her, landed on her with a thud! He leaned all his weigh on his hand with support, of which a sickening crunch was heard from.
"My hand's broken!" Harry moaned.
"Hurry! Move!" Ginny crawled away, pulling Harry to a safe destination where the people who still hadn't realized half the rainbow had disappeared couldn't land on them.
Luckily, Ron and Hermione were the last and they managed to safely land on their buttocks.
The staff began to realize that a lot students, in one way or another, were starting to get badly injured. And the rain was starting to get dangerously heavy so Professor McGonagall began shooing everyone up to the castle.
Ginny leaned on Maline and another fellow 4th year Gryffindor, Sara to help her up to the hospital-wing.
Madam Promfrey, the nurse, was shrieking. The hospital-wing had never been this crowded before. "Resign! I swear, if I could I would quit this job right now I would! Playing foolishly around in the rain!" the matron scolded, very angry indeed. "What were you people thinking? I don't think you were thinking at all!"
Three quarters of the school students (Hufflepuffs, Ravenclaws and the Gryffindors) were crammed in it.
People who weren't injured but just had colds, fevers or whatever were lined up to take a goblet-full of the ill-ness cure given by house-elves (there's only one nurse to go around after all), large cauldron-fulls of this potion was being brewed by the house-elves too. Ginny could see Hermione beam, everyone now knew about slavery behind Hogwarts, she would probably get more members of the Society of the Promotion of Elfish Welfare (SPEW).
As for the people who were injured, Madam Promfrey made them lay on beds and attended them, one by one, giving them each a lecture of disapproval and dozes of specific healing potions according to their injuries.
Ginny, being one of the injured people (broken leg), was fortunately, lying in the bed next to Harry's (broken arm, ouch!). They both had to stay for the night; the nurse had given them bone-healing potion that would take effect over-night.
Ginny and Harry talked; they were getting closer, the more time they spent together, until Ginny fell asleep as the moon rose, the lights went out and the hospital wing (finally) emptied.
Harry, having just experienced another Voldemort dream (or nightmare) woke up. He lay there, thinking about his parents when all of a sudden he heard the hospital-wing door slowly creak open. Someone was sneaking in! He quickly shut his eyes, pretending to be asleep. The footprints of the intruder were getting louder; they were approaching Ginny's bed now.
Then, they turned around, headed for the door again, and left, closing it quietly behind them.
Harry opened his eyes, and stared over Ginny's bed; there was a small piece of paper on top of Ginny's blanket. He reached out and grabbed it.
He unfolded it and read,
Ginny! Stay away from Harry! You'll be sorry if you don't, he's mine. Cho Chang, Ravenclaw.
Harry stared at it in disbelief for another five minutes, and drifted off to sleep. He didn't notice it falling off his hands, onto the ground, and then magically vanish! (These magic-folk know how to handle litter, LOL).
Albus Dumbledore chuckled appreciatively to himself as he proudly watched the activities taking place in the rain out of the window. He performed a magical spell that caused a great, big bright colourful rainbow to appear on the grounds.
"Wow!!"
"That is just so cool!"
Students were taking it for granted. Then Ginny said, "Peeps, I know a spell that will allow us to safely slide down it. Brebusterut!"
All of a sudden the rainbow turned solid, everyone was finding it hard to believe that the usually shy and unnoticeable Ginny was acting so. popular.
"All right everyone, be sensible, line-up and take turns sliding down this." Hermione ordered, being prefect.
Ginny would've had the opportunity to be first in line, as she had performed the spell herself. But she chose to be just in front of Harry, who was behind Hermione in-line. The though having of Harry slide behind her was awesome, who knows if he'd hold her waist or something?
"Wow Ginny, I'm impressed!" Hermione complemented, "Where did you learn that advanced spell?"
"Oh, Bill used to perform it every winter before I came to Hogwarts when a rainbow came out. I still remember it."
It was now Ginny's turn to slide down. She began climbing up then with a swish of magic she ended up sliding on her buttocks, like a ride on an amusement park. She touched the rainbow as she went up it; it felt like smooth solid wood. Then, she felt her body going over the curve, the wind blowing her hair. She then started to go down, she was just about to reach the end when the edge she was heading to disappeared! The rainbow was fading; she let out a shriek as she was thrown violently against the ground with a loud smash!
She felt a pain shoot through her right leg, "My bones! Owwwwww, they're broken!"
Then, with horror, as if things weren't bad enough already, Harry who was right behind her, landed on her with a thud! He leaned all his weigh on his hand with support, of which a sickening crunch was heard from.
"My hand's broken!" Harry moaned.
"Hurry! Move!" Ginny crawled away, pulling Harry to a safe destination where the people who still hadn't realized half the rainbow had disappeared couldn't land on them.
Luckily, Ron and Hermione were the last and they managed to safely land on their buttocks.
The staff began to realize that a lot students, in one way or another, were starting to get badly injured. And the rain was starting to get dangerously heavy so Professor McGonagall began shooing everyone up to the castle.
Ginny leaned on Maline and another fellow 4th year Gryffindor, Sara to help her up to the hospital-wing.
Madam Promfrey, the nurse, was shrieking. The hospital-wing had never been this crowded before. "Resign! I swear, if I could I would quit this job right now I would! Playing foolishly around in the rain!" the matron scolded, very angry indeed. "What were you people thinking? I don't think you were thinking at all!"
Three quarters of the school students (Hufflepuffs, Ravenclaws and the Gryffindors) were crammed in it.
People who weren't injured but just had colds, fevers or whatever were lined up to take a goblet-full of the ill-ness cure given by house-elves (there's only one nurse to go around after all), large cauldron-fulls of this potion was being brewed by the house-elves too. Ginny could see Hermione beam, everyone now knew about slavery behind Hogwarts, she would probably get more members of the Society of the Promotion of Elfish Welfare (SPEW).
As for the people who were injured, Madam Promfrey made them lay on beds and attended them, one by one, giving them each a lecture of disapproval and dozes of specific healing potions according to their injuries.
Ginny, being one of the injured people (broken leg), was fortunately, lying in the bed next to Harry's (broken arm, ouch!). They both had to stay for the night; the nurse had given them bone-healing potion that would take effect over-night.
Ginny and Harry talked; they were getting closer, the more time they spent together, until Ginny fell asleep as the moon rose, the lights went out and the hospital wing (finally) emptied.
Harry, having just experienced another Voldemort dream (or nightmare) woke up. He lay there, thinking about his parents when all of a sudden he heard the hospital-wing door slowly creak open. Someone was sneaking in! He quickly shut his eyes, pretending to be asleep. The footprints of the intruder were getting louder; they were approaching Ginny's bed now.
Then, they turned around, headed for the door again, and left, closing it quietly behind them.
Harry opened his eyes, and stared over Ginny's bed; there was a small piece of paper on top of Ginny's blanket. He reached out and grabbed it.
He unfolded it and read,
Ginny! Stay away from Harry! You'll be sorry if you don't, he's mine. Cho Chang, Ravenclaw.
Harry stared at it in disbelief for another five minutes, and drifted off to sleep. He didn't notice it falling off his hands, onto the ground, and then magically vanish! (These magic-folk know how to handle litter, LOL).