Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter.
Aubrey stepped cautiously outside the Great Hall and looked around for Midas.
She saw him standing on a staircase a ways down, beckoning.
Aubrey padded silently up to him.
"This had better be good." She told Midas.
"Oh, don't worry, it'll be more than good." Midas told her before running up the stairs and leaving Aubrey to follow.
***
Twelve staircases, three dark corridors, five secret passageways and thirty- two suits of armor later, Midas and Aubrey emerged from a secret tunnel and into a dark room.
Aubrey, who was sweaty and out of breath from the run, collapsed on the ground, which was covered with a plushy, soft, rug, seriously considering hexing Midas senseless.
"Where in Merlin's name are we?" She asked after a few moments of panting on the ground.
"Why don't you see for yourself?" Midas asked, clapping his hands.
Suddenly the room was filled with light.
Aubrey looked around and gasped.
They were in a living room of sorts, with four satiny couches, two colored gold and two colored scarlet.
The couches surrounded a small wooden table that shone with a gold luster and a roaring fire had been lit previous to their arrival.
The carpet Aubrey was seated on was scarlet and the walls were made of a reddish mahogany wood.
The rest of the furniture (three bookshelves, two desks, countless vases and candles, etc.) were all colored either scarlet or gold and there were many statues of lions.
On one of the walls there hung a picture of four people, two men and two women.
Aubrey recognized them immediately from all the books and stories she had read with them in them.
"The four Founders…Is this Godric Gryffindor's old quarters?" She asked.
Midas nodded slowly.
"I also know where Salazar Slytherin, Rowena Ravenclaw and Helga Hufflepuff's quarters are." He murmured.
Aubrey raised an eyebrow.
"Why did you show me this?" She asked.
Midas blushed and turned away.
"I…I just felt like it." He told her quietly.
"Yes, well, thanks, Midas." Aubrey muttered before turning to explore her surroundings.
First she looked at the bookshelves, which were intact and the books were in perfect condition (surprising for furniture so old).
Next she looked at the painting more carefully.
Godric Gryffindor had blonde hair, like corn, and flashing blue eyes.
Salazar Slytherin had a sneering face, black hair and a snake curled around his left arm.
Helga Hufflepuff was a happy, slender looking woman with fire red hair like Aubrey's and big hazel brown eyes.
Then came Rowena Ravanclaw.
Rowena had golden brown curls that tumbled out of a messy bun.
She wore prim glasses and had amber eyes.
"Nice picture, huh?"
Aubrey screeched in surprise and backed into Midas.
"Don't sneak up on me like that!" She cried, backing away and frowning.
Midas just gave her a strange smile.
"Sorry…Listen, the real reason I wanted to bring you here was to give you this book…It's the real deal on the Founders. I…I just have a feeling that you'll need it." He said, shoving a thick book into her arms.
Aubrey gave a grunt and tried not to collapse under the book's weight.
"Thanks, Midas. Now…I think we should get back to the common room. People might start talking." She told him, flashing a bright smile.
If she hadn't been so eager to show Jessica the book, she might have noticed the look on Midas's face.
***
"So, where'd you two go?" Jessica asked her cousin as soon as Aubrey walked in the first year girl's dorm.
Aubrey dropped the large book on the bed and picked up Star.
"Oh…He just wanted to give me a book. About the four Founders." She told Jessica, Toni, and Whitney, who had all crowded around her bed.
"So…there were no smooches?" Toni asked, puckering up her lips and making smacking noises.
"No! There were no smooches, kisses, or any kind of flirtatious acts!" Aubrey snapped, pulling the curtains to the four poster bed around it.
She sighed and ignored the giggles outside the curtains.
She slipped into a loose night shirt and a pair of shorts.
When she opened the curtains again, she found all the girls in the dorm (there were nine) dressed the same.
Most of the girls were in the center of the circular room, talking happily.
Aubrey remembered the bony girl with rusty colored pigtails was Imogene and that the short girl with strawberry blonde hair and small, wire frame glasses was Tina Figg.
The girl with bushy black hair was Sarah Grant and the cute girl with a big hairdo was Olivia Cunnings.
After that came Toni, Jessica, and Whitney…and that made eight…where was the ninth girl?
Then Aubrey noticed the ninth girl slinking out of the dorm room, obviously not wanting to be seen.
Curiosity got the better of Aubrey and she tiptoed after the girl, who had coffee colored skin, big hazel eyes and a long black braid…Joyelle was her name.
Aubrey crept down the stairs and into the common room.
She heard sobbing from a chair by the fire.
Creeping softly over to the chair, she whirled it around, and gasped.
Aubrey stepped cautiously outside the Great Hall and looked around for Midas.
She saw him standing on a staircase a ways down, beckoning.
Aubrey padded silently up to him.
"This had better be good." She told Midas.
"Oh, don't worry, it'll be more than good." Midas told her before running up the stairs and leaving Aubrey to follow.
***
Twelve staircases, three dark corridors, five secret passageways and thirty- two suits of armor later, Midas and Aubrey emerged from a secret tunnel and into a dark room.
Aubrey, who was sweaty and out of breath from the run, collapsed on the ground, which was covered with a plushy, soft, rug, seriously considering hexing Midas senseless.
"Where in Merlin's name are we?" She asked after a few moments of panting on the ground.
"Why don't you see for yourself?" Midas asked, clapping his hands.
Suddenly the room was filled with light.
Aubrey looked around and gasped.
They were in a living room of sorts, with four satiny couches, two colored gold and two colored scarlet.
The couches surrounded a small wooden table that shone with a gold luster and a roaring fire had been lit previous to their arrival.
The carpet Aubrey was seated on was scarlet and the walls were made of a reddish mahogany wood.
The rest of the furniture (three bookshelves, two desks, countless vases and candles, etc.) were all colored either scarlet or gold and there were many statues of lions.
On one of the walls there hung a picture of four people, two men and two women.
Aubrey recognized them immediately from all the books and stories she had read with them in them.
"The four Founders…Is this Godric Gryffindor's old quarters?" She asked.
Midas nodded slowly.
"I also know where Salazar Slytherin, Rowena Ravenclaw and Helga Hufflepuff's quarters are." He murmured.
Aubrey raised an eyebrow.
"Why did you show me this?" She asked.
Midas blushed and turned away.
"I…I just felt like it." He told her quietly.
"Yes, well, thanks, Midas." Aubrey muttered before turning to explore her surroundings.
First she looked at the bookshelves, which were intact and the books were in perfect condition (surprising for furniture so old).
Next she looked at the painting more carefully.
Godric Gryffindor had blonde hair, like corn, and flashing blue eyes.
Salazar Slytherin had a sneering face, black hair and a snake curled around his left arm.
Helga Hufflepuff was a happy, slender looking woman with fire red hair like Aubrey's and big hazel brown eyes.
Then came Rowena Ravanclaw.
Rowena had golden brown curls that tumbled out of a messy bun.
She wore prim glasses and had amber eyes.
"Nice picture, huh?"
Aubrey screeched in surprise and backed into Midas.
"Don't sneak up on me like that!" She cried, backing away and frowning.
Midas just gave her a strange smile.
"Sorry…Listen, the real reason I wanted to bring you here was to give you this book…It's the real deal on the Founders. I…I just have a feeling that you'll need it." He said, shoving a thick book into her arms.
Aubrey gave a grunt and tried not to collapse under the book's weight.
"Thanks, Midas. Now…I think we should get back to the common room. People might start talking." She told him, flashing a bright smile.
If she hadn't been so eager to show Jessica the book, she might have noticed the look on Midas's face.
***
"So, where'd you two go?" Jessica asked her cousin as soon as Aubrey walked in the first year girl's dorm.
Aubrey dropped the large book on the bed and picked up Star.
"Oh…He just wanted to give me a book. About the four Founders." She told Jessica, Toni, and Whitney, who had all crowded around her bed.
"So…there were no smooches?" Toni asked, puckering up her lips and making smacking noises.
"No! There were no smooches, kisses, or any kind of flirtatious acts!" Aubrey snapped, pulling the curtains to the four poster bed around it.
She sighed and ignored the giggles outside the curtains.
She slipped into a loose night shirt and a pair of shorts.
When she opened the curtains again, she found all the girls in the dorm (there were nine) dressed the same.
Most of the girls were in the center of the circular room, talking happily.
Aubrey remembered the bony girl with rusty colored pigtails was Imogene and that the short girl with strawberry blonde hair and small, wire frame glasses was Tina Figg.
The girl with bushy black hair was Sarah Grant and the cute girl with a big hairdo was Olivia Cunnings.
After that came Toni, Jessica, and Whitney…and that made eight…where was the ninth girl?
Then Aubrey noticed the ninth girl slinking out of the dorm room, obviously not wanting to be seen.
Curiosity got the better of Aubrey and she tiptoed after the girl, who had coffee colored skin, big hazel eyes and a long black braid…Joyelle was her name.
Aubrey crept down the stairs and into the common room.
She heard sobbing from a chair by the fire.
Creeping softly over to the chair, she whirled it around, and gasped.