CHAPTER 10: The Specter's Advice
As they were trying to find The Bloody Baron, they came across Peeves, the school Poltergeist. He had a bucket in his hands and was spilling the heavily perfumed liquid in a trail on the polished floor.
Draco and Aislinn both pinched their noses.
"Ugh, Peeves, what is that? It smells awful!" said Draco.
Peeves laughed in his high pitched voice.
"Something that'll surely annoy Filch." replied the squat little ghost of a man.
"Peeves! I'll get you this time!"
"Oh, Filch! I'd love to stay and talk, but I have to go." said Peeves.
He dropped the bucket and flew down the hallway and out of view
"Oh no.. Quick, in here!" Draco whispered to Aislinn.
He grabbed her by the back of the robes and pulled her into a broom closet.
"Wha -" said Aislinn, trying to hold her balance.
"Shh, Filch will hear us!" whispered Draco.
He saw Aislinn nod just before he closed the door and then it became dark.
"It smells in here." Aislinn complained.
"I know, be quiet." said Draco. "Peeves! Where did you go?" yelled Filch.
When Draco was sure Filch was gone, he opened the door.
"What was that all about?" said Aislinn.
"Oh that? Well that was Filch, the Caretaker. Try to stay as far away from him as possible. He always tries to frame students for doing things. And the other one was Peeves, the school's Poltergeist. He causes most of the trouble Filch blames the students on." Draco informed her.
"Cool." said Aislinn.
"I wonder where the Baron is?" said Draco.
Aislinn shrugged, "We better hurry up though, we've only got about an hour."
Draco and Aislinn walked around for a couple more minutes then spotted the Baron talking to the Grey Lady, ghost of Ravenclaw. They waited until they were finished with their conversation, then ran to catch up to the Baron, who was floating away pretty fast.
"Baron! Wait.. Please!" Draco called after him.
The Baron turned around and squinted to see who it was.
"Ah, Mr. Malfoy! Could evening." said the Baron, bowing to Aislinn, who blushed shyly.
"Good evening to you too, sir. Err. Aislinn and I were just wondering.err.if you've seen any new ghosts around?" said Draco.
"You know, now that you mention it Malfoy, yes I have, one. They call her The Lost Love. She doesn't talk to any one except Moaning Myrtle." said the Baron.
"Moaning Myrtle? Who's that?" said Draco.
He looked at Aislinn, she had the same expression on her face as he did.
"She's the ghost who haunts the girls' lavatory on this floor. It's been out of order for over fifty years because she keeps flooding the place." said the Baron.
At first he was bewildered, and then it came to him.
"I know just where that is!" yelled Draco suddenly.
"You do?" said Aislinn.
"Yeah, come on, I'll show you. By the way, thanks Baron!" said Draco.
The Bloody Baron bowed and floated away.
"Draco, wait up for me!" yelled Aislinn.
He ran to the girls' bathroom that had the 'Out of Order' sign on the door, Aislinn following him. When she finally caught up to him sometime later, he explained to her what he heard before.
"Are you sure it might have been her voice?" said Aislinn, still panting.
"It should've been.. I hope." Said Draco.
He opened the door for Aislinn and waited until she stepped inside, hesitantly, then he went in after her. This bathroom was larger than the ones he'd seen so far. The sinks were in the middle and made of white marble and the stalls were in the far corner.
"Hello? Is there any one in here?" said Draco, unaware if he was even talking to any body.
"Harry is that you?" said a squeaky girl's voice.
Draco looked at Aislinn in a confused expression and mouthed, "Harry?"
Aislinn shrugged.
A squat ghost of a girl with tattered robes, pigtails and glasses, flew out of one of the stalls.
"You're not Harry Potter!" she yelled in her squeaky voice.
"N - no, I'm Draco and this is Aislinn." He was really scared, event though she looked younger, somehow she was bigger and taller.
"What do you want? This is a girl's bathroom, you are not a girl!" she yelled at Draco once again.
"Are you Moaning Myrtle?" Draco asked, standing against the wall now.
Aislinn was looking at both of them, not knowing what to do.
"Yes. What do you want?" She asked again.
"W - w - well, w - we just came to ask you if you've seen Piper Haliwell." Said Aislinn, trying to get Myrtle off Draco's back.
"Yes, I have. Why?" said Myrtle.
"Do you know where she is?" said Draco, ignoring her question.
"You can usually find her in the dungeons or the Slytherin girls' dormitories. I can't tell you what she does or what she is, though.. Now get out of my bathroom!" screamed Myrtle.
She flew up and dived headfirst into one of the toilets, splashing water all over everything.
"For a ghost, she seriously needs an attitude adjustment." Said Draco the second they were out of there. Aislinn stopped in her tracks all of a sudden.
"What's wrong with you?" said Draco.
"I can't tell you what she does or what she is." Mumbled Aislinn.
"What are you jabbering on about Njass?" said Draco.
"That's what Myrtle said, 'I can't tell you what she does or what she is'" said Aislinn.
Her eyes widened and she quickly ran the opposite direction of the Slytherin common room.
"Where are you going?" Draco yelled after her.
"Library!" Aislinn yelled back, her voice now distant.
As they were trying to find The Bloody Baron, they came across Peeves, the school Poltergeist. He had a bucket in his hands and was spilling the heavily perfumed liquid in a trail on the polished floor.
Draco and Aislinn both pinched their noses.
"Ugh, Peeves, what is that? It smells awful!" said Draco.
Peeves laughed in his high pitched voice.
"Something that'll surely annoy Filch." replied the squat little ghost of a man.
"Peeves! I'll get you this time!"
"Oh, Filch! I'd love to stay and talk, but I have to go." said Peeves.
He dropped the bucket and flew down the hallway and out of view
"Oh no.. Quick, in here!" Draco whispered to Aislinn.
He grabbed her by the back of the robes and pulled her into a broom closet.
"Wha -" said Aislinn, trying to hold her balance.
"Shh, Filch will hear us!" whispered Draco.
He saw Aislinn nod just before he closed the door and then it became dark.
"It smells in here." Aislinn complained.
"I know, be quiet." said Draco. "Peeves! Where did you go?" yelled Filch.
When Draco was sure Filch was gone, he opened the door.
"What was that all about?" said Aislinn.
"Oh that? Well that was Filch, the Caretaker. Try to stay as far away from him as possible. He always tries to frame students for doing things. And the other one was Peeves, the school's Poltergeist. He causes most of the trouble Filch blames the students on." Draco informed her.
"Cool." said Aislinn.
"I wonder where the Baron is?" said Draco.
Aislinn shrugged, "We better hurry up though, we've only got about an hour."
Draco and Aislinn walked around for a couple more minutes then spotted the Baron talking to the Grey Lady, ghost of Ravenclaw. They waited until they were finished with their conversation, then ran to catch up to the Baron, who was floating away pretty fast.
"Baron! Wait.. Please!" Draco called after him.
The Baron turned around and squinted to see who it was.
"Ah, Mr. Malfoy! Could evening." said the Baron, bowing to Aislinn, who blushed shyly.
"Good evening to you too, sir. Err. Aislinn and I were just wondering.err.if you've seen any new ghosts around?" said Draco.
"You know, now that you mention it Malfoy, yes I have, one. They call her The Lost Love. She doesn't talk to any one except Moaning Myrtle." said the Baron.
"Moaning Myrtle? Who's that?" said Draco.
He looked at Aislinn, she had the same expression on her face as he did.
"She's the ghost who haunts the girls' lavatory on this floor. It's been out of order for over fifty years because she keeps flooding the place." said the Baron.
At first he was bewildered, and then it came to him.
"I know just where that is!" yelled Draco suddenly.
"You do?" said Aislinn.
"Yeah, come on, I'll show you. By the way, thanks Baron!" said Draco.
The Bloody Baron bowed and floated away.
"Draco, wait up for me!" yelled Aislinn.
He ran to the girls' bathroom that had the 'Out of Order' sign on the door, Aislinn following him. When she finally caught up to him sometime later, he explained to her what he heard before.
"Are you sure it might have been her voice?" said Aislinn, still panting.
"It should've been.. I hope." Said Draco.
He opened the door for Aislinn and waited until she stepped inside, hesitantly, then he went in after her. This bathroom was larger than the ones he'd seen so far. The sinks were in the middle and made of white marble and the stalls were in the far corner.
"Hello? Is there any one in here?" said Draco, unaware if he was even talking to any body.
"Harry is that you?" said a squeaky girl's voice.
Draco looked at Aislinn in a confused expression and mouthed, "Harry?"
Aislinn shrugged.
A squat ghost of a girl with tattered robes, pigtails and glasses, flew out of one of the stalls.
"You're not Harry Potter!" she yelled in her squeaky voice.
"N - no, I'm Draco and this is Aislinn." He was really scared, event though she looked younger, somehow she was bigger and taller.
"What do you want? This is a girl's bathroom, you are not a girl!" she yelled at Draco once again.
"Are you Moaning Myrtle?" Draco asked, standing against the wall now.
Aislinn was looking at both of them, not knowing what to do.
"Yes. What do you want?" She asked again.
"W - w - well, w - we just came to ask you if you've seen Piper Haliwell." Said Aislinn, trying to get Myrtle off Draco's back.
"Yes, I have. Why?" said Myrtle.
"Do you know where she is?" said Draco, ignoring her question.
"You can usually find her in the dungeons or the Slytherin girls' dormitories. I can't tell you what she does or what she is, though.. Now get out of my bathroom!" screamed Myrtle.
She flew up and dived headfirst into one of the toilets, splashing water all over everything.
"For a ghost, she seriously needs an attitude adjustment." Said Draco the second they were out of there. Aislinn stopped in her tracks all of a sudden.
"What's wrong with you?" said Draco.
"I can't tell you what she does or what she is." Mumbled Aislinn.
"What are you jabbering on about Njass?" said Draco.
"That's what Myrtle said, 'I can't tell you what she does or what she is'" said Aislinn.
Her eyes widened and she quickly ran the opposite direction of the Slytherin common room.
"Where are you going?" Draco yelled after her.
"Library!" Aislinn yelled back, her voice now distant.