Ch. 10
Just the beginning
Oct 31st
Nothing had happen since the one night during the summer, well except for school and homework and hanging with Ron, Harry, and Hermione.
Savanna and Ron, and Any and Harry where developing a very close relationship , Trel had developed a repoir with Hermione as they were both missing their current others. Victor Krum decided not to come to Hogwarts because he would miss his family to much.
With Hallowe'en fast approaching the initial pilots were reminiscing about a very memorable Hallowe'en past.
"Well why wouldn't you use a charming light show instead of going through all that trouble using special lights and using all that technical hardware?" asked Hermione.
The team paled at this slightly"Umm... ahh.... "said Savanna.
"It's good that they've learned to use muggle things , look at my brothers ... they learned to pick locks" said Ron.
"Besides I don't think I would go anywhere without my computer back in the ... muggle world" said Trel.
"True , I have one of those" said Hermione. "It was a birthday gift for passing Grade 6 from my parents , who are both Dentists"
"Does that make it a passing present or an actual Birthday present? "said Jason.
"Well my Birthday is in September so in August before my Birthday after passing Grade 6 I received it , so you could say it was both" stated Hermione.
Jason leans over to Savanna. "I wish my parents would buy me my own computer"
Savanna elbows Jason in the ribs.
Jason starts coughing loudly , Trel jumps back and yells "Hairball ... look out"
An owl flies in the window , it was pure black , carrying a mouse in it's beak with a message attached to his leg.
"Killer" yells Jason as he runs over and tries to hug his owl which promptly tries to bite him. Taking the message carefully from his leg , avoiding the talons. Killer got up , swooped through the room chasing all the cats then swooped out the window and was gone.
"What a cute owl you have" said Niki.
"What does the message say?" asked Mathew
Meet me in my cabin
~ Hagrid
"Umm , it's a reminder to go to the library to study from my mother" said Jason.
"It's Hallowe'en" said Ron.
"That's probably why she is reminding me" said Jason as he crumpled the note and tossed it in the fireplace.
"That sounds like a good idea" said Hermione. "The feast doesn't start for another couple of hours."
"Good , you go study and I'll go find something else to do" said Jason , looking very meaningfully at Matt.
"Why don't we go for a walk then ?" suggested Niki.
"Sure , why don't we all go for a walk?" said Harry.
Matt looked at Amy and Savanna , Savanna catching on quicker then Amy."Well why don't you two stay here with us , Trel can go with Hermione ."
"I think I'll go for a walk with the boys" said Niki.
Ron looked at Harry , Harry just shrugged , not sure what just happened but the idea of being alone with Amy seemed like a good idea. Well as alone as one could be in the common room. Ron was thinking along the same lines for Savanna. Trel grabbed Hermione by the arm and whisked her out of the room , down to the library for her own evil purposes. Niki , Matt and Jason quickly hurried to Hagrids cabin. On the way down they could see someone darting into the forest.
"Who's that?" asked Jason
They could hear someone running just inside the tree line. The three pulled out their wands and said luminous.
The small glow that their wands gave off could not penetrate the darkness of the forest.
"Well this is kind of pointless during the day" said Niki.
"Show yourself" said Matt.
Hagrid , hearing them talking outside open the door and said, "Come in, come in."
Entering they found Dumbledore sitting at Hagrids kitchen table. "Who were you talking to?: asked Hagrid.
"We saw someone running into the forest" said Matt.
"This is news indeed" said Dumbledore. "Were are the rest of you?"
"They stayed behind with the other three." said Matt.
"Well that nice. It such a surprised that you three decided to pay a visit to Hagrid when I'm here." It been nice seeing you but I have to be going." with that Dumbledore got up from the table and made his way to the door.
When the door shut the three turned to Hagrid.
"Would you like some tea. I'll just put the kettle on." said Hagrid
"So what have you been up to Hagrid?" asked Niki causally
"Well I've been grow pumpkin for tonight. They are bigger then last years." gleamed Hagrid.
"I can hardly wait. I love Hallowe'en" said Jason
Matt started walking around the cabin looking out the windows trying to see if he could see who was out there. Shaking his head. everyone breathed a sigh of relief
"So is there anything you want to talk about?" asked Matt
"Yeah as a matter of fact there is something." said Hagrid taking the kettle off the fire.
"Boy is it warm in here or what?" asked Jason
Hagrid put a tea cup in front of everyone then sat himself down once again.
Passing a letter to Matt Hagrid when on to say "Could you tell Harry to come see me. I haven't seen him in a couple of weeks. I know that it hard with Quidditch practices starting and homework.."
"Not to mention girlfriend.." mutter Jason
"Sorry, what was that. I didn't hear ya." said Hagrid
"Oh nothing important." replied Jason trying not to snicker.
"We'll give him the message." said Niki giving Jason a dirty look.
"Well we got to be getting back wouldn't want to be late for the banquet." Said Matt as he stood up, walked over to the fire and throw out the letter, now that he had finished reading the letter.
"Oh ok then we'll catch you later them Hagrid." said Jason.
"Yes , bye Hagrid , we'll catch you later" said Niki.
"Thank you for the tea Hagrid" Matt said as he opened the door , letting the others pass in front of him.
Closing the door behind them the three walk silently back to the castle , entering the castle they found a classroom that was empty
"Well what did the letter say." Asked Niki cautiously.
"It said that we should be careful because tonight is a full moon and Hallowe'en , maybe Amy or Trel will know what that is suppose to mean. " said Matt looking very thoughtful.
"Are you sure that was it. There wasn't any more?" asked Jason, "Man we went through all that trouble for that."
"Umm..." was the response from Matt
"Well I know that profession Lupin transform into a werewolf during a full moon , maybe it's something like that." added Niki , paying no attention to the other two.
"Well we should get back up stairs." said Matt ending the conversation and discussion.
As the small group walked back up stairs Niki had a thought. "Hay guys , I'll catch you later. I'm going to the library , see you went we get back."
"Ok Niki see ya" said Jason
Niki walked over to the Library to find Trel and Hermione because that's where they were suppose to be. After only about a minute she found not only Trel and Hermione but the dark haired boy as well. He was watching the girls from behind a bookshelf.
"Aren't Dragons fascinating." said Niki over the first year's shoulder.
"Uh ... what ... oh yeah." said the dark haired boy , picking up a book and looking at it. "I need it for a project I'm working on. " with that he turned around and walked away.
Walking over to the two at the table. "So what were you two talking about?" asked Niki.
"Oh hi Niki , nothing much , Hermione was just showing me a spell that would change someone's hair color , unfortunately it doesn't last long , only about three days" answered Trel.
"Why do you ask?" questioned Hermione.
"Oh just cause the dark haired boy that Matt saw at the sorting was listening to you from behind the book shelf." replied Niki. "So what do you have to do for the spell ... well , we really should be getting back because the feast is about to start"
Rising from the table Trel tells Niki how to change someone's hair color as they make their way back to the room. "That's easy , it's a simple spell cast on their shampoo stating the color that you want at the end of the incantation"
"Yeah ... that sounds really simple" said Niki with a puzzled look on her face.
"Hey we could use this for Hallowe'en" said Trel rubbing her hands together.
"Well we don't have time before the banquet unfortunately." stated Hermione
"Hey , here comes everyone now" commented Trel.
The three stood where they were and waited for the other 6 to join them. "Look'it , we found them easily enough" said Jason. "Ready for some fun?"
The group made their way down to the great hall , when they entered they saw 4 giant Jack-O-lanterns all carved with a very scary face. Bats hung from the ceiling , and the Hogwart's Ghosts having the pleasure of trying to set the right mood.
Dinner was absolutely delectable. Jason stuffed himself so full that he could barely walk and then dessert came. Nearing the end of dessert Trel excused herself from the table under the pretense that she needed to use the ladies room.
Trel quickly made her way upstairs and right into the boys dorm. Finding Jason's stuff was not a problem , his trunk was no longer neatly packed. Quickly finding his Shampoo and soap , waiving her wand in just the right way repeating the incantation that they had found earlier and stated 'orange' on the shampoo and 'black' on the soap.
"Well it works on hair , I wonder if it will work on skin" she said leaving the room.
Quickly walking downstairs and heading back to the dining hall she could hear two people talking , moving closer so she could actually hear the conversation she could hear Draco Malfoy talking to someone unknown. "So it's all set then , this will get that blasted big dumb Owf" Draco said with a laugh.
It sounded like they were leaving the room so Trel hid behind a suit of armor. Draco and the dark haired boy walked out of the classroom. Draco looked very happy and the dark haired boy had no expression on his face , reminding Trel a lot of Matt , and of someone else.
Trel returned to the table just in time for everyone to be getting up so they could return to their rooms.
"What took you so long?" asked Niki. "We went to the bathroom but couldn't find you"
"Not now , there's more important things" she whispered back , looking around. "I just heard Draco and that dark haired boy planning to do something to ... "
Everyone turned to see Draco approaching the group with Crab , Goyle and the dark haired boy. "Oh look , it's the looser gang , it's nice to see you found more people with no parents"
Niki , trying to hold back both Amy and Trel "Is there anything you want , or are you just wasting air?"
"What mug-blood , why don't you just let your friends go , if they do anything I'd just have them expelled , and as for you Potter , do you have to have females stand up and fight for you , so did you pay for these friends Potter , obviously Weasley didn't ... with no money"
"I'd watch your step Malfoy , after all I am a Prefect" contorted Hermione , glaring at him.
"Well lets go boys , her being a Prefect just shows how little self respect this school has left" sneered Draco , this time it was Matt and Harry holding back Jason and Ron.
"Is there a problem?" asked Professor McGonnogall , coming closer to the table.
"No , no problem here" said Hermione as Malfoy kept walking.
""Well I hope you children are not still squabbling" she said as she swept past the group.
"One of these days I'm going to get him" said Ron.
"Not if I get him first" said Trel , and Jason , and Amy , and Harry all at the same time.
"Now what were you saying about Draco and the dark haired boy" asked Matt as they headed up to the Gryffindor tower.
"Oh yeah , them ... they're planning on doing something at Hagrid's , I think ... know anyone else that they'd describe as a big dumb Owf?" growled Trel , still fuming after the last confrontation.
"Are you serious , how do you know?" asked Ron.
"Cause I overheard them while I was hiding behind some old armor in the hallway" retorted Trel.
"So that's why you weren't in the bathroom" said Amy.
"Oh yeah ... bathroom , I knew I forgot something" she laughed as she left the group.
Later on , upstairs in the room.
"So what exactly are they going to do to Hagrid?" asked Harry.
"I'm not exactly sure , but it seemed everything that they needed was already in place" replied Trel.
"You were gone that long and you still don't know what they were doing?" interrogated Savanna.
Trel just glares at Savanna.
"So what are we gonna do about it ?" says Jason. "That little twerp is not getting away with this"
"Do you guys remember the duel , what did Draco try to do to us?" reminded Hermione.
"She acts like we asked her to come" quipped Ron , leaning over towards Harry.
"Yes , I remember" said Harry.
"Yeah but ... we saw someone over by Hagrids when we went down" said Niki.
"Who was it?" said Harry.
"We don't know , they ran into the forest before we could get a good look at them" said Matt.
"Yeah I was just thinking Hermione , your a Prefect right?" stated Trel.
"Yeah" replied Hermione , trying to figure out what her point was.
"You can do some things that regular students like us couldn't ... right?"
"Yeah so ..." she still had not caught on to what Trel's point was.
Amy chimed in , picking up Trel's thought. "You can be out after dark"
"Oh yeah" said Savanna "You can like ... go out side and like ... not get into trouble"
"Sure , and she could also bust people" added Jason.
"Ah ... yeah , like students out of bed , after dark , outside ..."said Matt.
"Especially going after a teacher" said Harry.
"I wonder if we could get the little rat expelled" said Ron.
"And you could likely excuse some people for helping you catch these criminals in the act" suggested Trel.
"There's only one flaw with your plan guys , I can only be accountable for me , anyone else caught out of bed after hours that is not a Prefect or a Head boy or girl could be up for detention or worse ... expulsion"
"Who says they need to see us , we can hide real good" said Jason.
"We're to big of a group , some of us would have to stay here" interjected Matt. "No offence Harry and Ron but you two have a record as far as I can tell , you should stay here"
"No way , Hagrid is our friend too you know" said Ron.
"But we have no record and I think Amy and I would be staying back" said Savanna. "Isn't that right Amy."
"Oh yeah we would. That would only leave 4 missing not including Hermione and you could said that the rest were in the dorm the whole time. Don't worry about us we can hide very well. Beside if this does back fire you two wont be there." Explain Amy
"Beside Ron your brother have shown me some helpful umm... tips on how t get around Filch and Ms Norris not to mention how to get out of the castle. All though all of those ways lead to Hogsmead." helped Jason
"We're not relying on Jason are we." said Trel with a groan.
"Well I guess that just this once we could." Said Matt "He does have his uses you know."
"Hey thanks Matt that meant a lot." sniffed Jason going into a full blown crying fit.
"Well some." said Matt amending his last statement.
"I don't feel right about staying behind. We could leave in small groups and Ron and I have own way of hiding." said Harry.
"Well we can't do anything now , everyone is still up" said Matt "We'll have to wait till everyone goes to sleep"
"We could just send an Owl to Hagrid telling him that something is a foot and that he is the target." suggested Hermione "That way no one has to be out of bed."
"Where's the fun in that , we can handle this ourselves" said Jason.
"I hate to say it but Hagrid is to soft , I don't think he'd take it seriously enough until it was to late Hermione" said Harry.
"You do have a point , I don't like the idea of you guys being out of bed" she lectured.
"I think that Prefect's badge has gone to your head" jabbed Ron.
Slowly everyone started drifting off to their rooms since the next day was Saturday , the group sat discussing what they were going to do till a plan was formulated. All 9 would be going out or so everyone thought , Trel had ideas of her own on how to make Harry and Ron stay safe , unfortunately she wasn't the only one with the same idea , all taken from the first book.
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Well that takes cares of two of them. Now on to the spooky night ahead for all. whoooooooo. (Enter the Twilight Zone music.) Hope you like it. Sorry it took me so long. Now I have cheats so the game is moving along nicely. This Chapter got so big that we had to break it down into two parts and rename it. Next part update unknown.
Catch yeah on the other side. Even my ending is getting to big.