Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter or and of his enemies and friends.
They all belong to the talented J.K. Rowling.
Aubrey awoke the next morning with a pit in her stomach. The dream she had had the night before startled her.Had it been real? Shaking her head, Aubrey got out of bed and stumbled into the shower. After hurriedly rinsing off, Aubrey slipped into some black robes and put her hair up in a messy bun. She raced down the stairs and into the common room (where only Toni, Midas, Thomas and Morgan remained).
When Toni saw Aubrey, she grinned. "Hey, sleepy-head. The two of us were the last ones up the morning.All the other girls went down already. These three just came down, by the way. Midas said you were studying late last night."
Aubrey yawned as if to clarify Midas's statement and shouldered her book bag. "Yeah, I was up really late last night, working on a report for Potions."
Toni made a face. "You didn't finish it? Me neither.Of course, Ray could have had a hand in that." She flipped her honey blonde braid and winked mischievously at Aubrey.
Immediately, Morgan's eyes were narrowed. "Who's Ray?" he asked from across the room.
Toni gave him a strange grin before answering, "My boyfriend.And Alan's best friend.You know, Ray Smith? The Keeper on the Hufflepuff house quidditch team?"
Morgan frowned. "What's with girls and Hufflepuffs these days? Aren't they the duffers?"
Toni sneered at Morgan, saying in a cruel voice, "Well, he's better than you three are!"
Morgan crossed his arms and glared at Toni, his mahogany bangs falling into his eyes. Toni frowned right back at him before grabbing Aubrey's arm and dragging her towards the portrait hole. "Come on, Brey. The Three Stooges obviously have grown tired of our presence!"
Just as she was being pulled out of the hole by a steaming Toni, Aubrey distinctly heard Morgan say, "Well, Mide, I'm in the same boat as you now. Toni and Ray are together.What a bloody match that one is!"
"Just how many friends does this Alan guy have?" Thomas asked.
Midas shrugged. "I don't keep an eye on Mr. Perfect's social schedule." He muttered, glaring at the floor.
Aubrey was unable to hear anymore of the conversation, seeing as Toni had slammed the portrait of the Fat Lady shut. "I can't believe the nerve of that bozo!" Toni cried once they were down the hall. "The nerve of him.To insult my boyfriend!" Aubrey nodded and grinned. She had a feeling Morgan cared a great deal for Toni.At least more than he let on.
As they turned the corner and started down the stairs to the Entrance Hall, Aubrey suddenly remembered Jessica teasing her about Midas, when they first met him. "I think he likes you!" Sure, at the time Aubrey had laughed it off.But-
"Hey, there's my girl!" Aubrey's deep thoughts about the possibility of Midas caring for her in "that" way were banished when Alan appeared out of the mass of students going to a leaving breakfast, Ray right on his heels. Alan pecked Aubrey on the lips, slipped his right arm around her waist, and all but dragged her over to the end of the Hufflepuff table, where Jessica already sat with Greg Landrey, a Hufflepuff chaser.
Apparently Alan felt that dating Aubrey meant that he could "hook up" any of her friends and/or family members with friends of his own. "Bacon, Aubs?" Alan asked, using Aubrey's new nickname. She hadn't the heart to tell him she hated it.
Aubrey was about to say yes when Patricia Parkinson and Marina Randalls passed her, giggling and swinging small pouches in their hands, snickering in their trademark mischievous way. With a feeling of dread forming in her stomach, Aubrey realized they had just come from the High Table, where the teachers dined. Turning to Jessica, Aubrey asked, "Hey, Jess, who were those two talking to?"
Jessica raised an eyebrow but answered, "Prof. Nartino.Why, you think they're up to something?" Something in Jessica's voice caught her attention.
"I do.you see, I had a dream last night.Those three were burglarizing Prof. Snape's private stores so they could poison Prof. Nartino." Aubrey said, glancing at the chubby young witch in violet robes.
Jessica's eyes were wide and her pupils dilated. "I had a dream too.Only my dream was when she drank the juice, and got sick.and died.or something like that!" She whispered. Together, as if they had planned this all along, the two girls jumped from their seats and rushed to the High Table, where Prof. Nartino was about to take a sip from her morning juice.
Just as her lips were about touch the goblet, Aubrey knocked it from her hand and Jessica pulled the startled witch back. The goblet landed on the table and burnt a hole through in and through the ground below. By now all the Great Hall was watching and McGonagall had rushed over to the two first year witches, a look of horror on her face.
"What in the world.What was in that cup?" She asked, turning to Aubrey and Jessica, who were helping Prof. Nartino up from the ground.
Snape, who had been two chairs down, had also joined the gathering. "It's Barbain powder, I'm sure of it." He said, sniffing the air around the burnt piece of table. "That stuff will burn holes through anything but gold and silver, which the goblets are made of. Even if Ms. Potter had knocked the goblet out of Prof. Nartino's hand, it would have burned right through the table and onto her."
The Great Hall burst into excited whisper and Prof. Nartino fainted dead away. Aubrey stared at Snape and then the hole before saying, "But Marina and Patricia said they were trying to make Salamader powder.So they wouldn't have to take the tests!" Again the Great Hall burst into whispers, and many heads turned to the two girls sneaking out of the Great Hall.
McGonagall ignored them and turned back to Aubrey and Jessica, a very strange look on her face. "Just how did you girls find this out?" She asked, her eyes closed as if she didn't want the answer.
"We dreamt it." Jessica whispered, her eyes even wider now that she was telling an adult. "Brey dreamt that Patricia and Marina were burglarizing Prof. Snape's private stores and I dreamt that Prof. Nartino actually did take the potion.It was awful." She added, shivering.
Snape's head had whipped up mid-story and his black eyes were boring into McGonagall's blue ones. "Minerva-should we tell their parents? Is this a side effect of-"
"Shut up, Severus!" McGonagall hissed, turning from her colleague to Dumbledore, who had been watching in silence from the beginning.
Aubrey noticed that the twinkle was gone from his usually merry eyes.replaced by a look of great sadness and maybe even fear. "It's beginning." He said softly, and Aubrey would have sold her Firebolt8000 right then to find out what exactly he meant.
Aubrey awoke the next morning with a pit in her stomach. The dream she had had the night before startled her.Had it been real? Shaking her head, Aubrey got out of bed and stumbled into the shower. After hurriedly rinsing off, Aubrey slipped into some black robes and put her hair up in a messy bun. She raced down the stairs and into the common room (where only Toni, Midas, Thomas and Morgan remained).
When Toni saw Aubrey, she grinned. "Hey, sleepy-head. The two of us were the last ones up the morning.All the other girls went down already. These three just came down, by the way. Midas said you were studying late last night."
Aubrey yawned as if to clarify Midas's statement and shouldered her book bag. "Yeah, I was up really late last night, working on a report for Potions."
Toni made a face. "You didn't finish it? Me neither.Of course, Ray could have had a hand in that." She flipped her honey blonde braid and winked mischievously at Aubrey.
Immediately, Morgan's eyes were narrowed. "Who's Ray?" he asked from across the room.
Toni gave him a strange grin before answering, "My boyfriend.And Alan's best friend.You know, Ray Smith? The Keeper on the Hufflepuff house quidditch team?"
Morgan frowned. "What's with girls and Hufflepuffs these days? Aren't they the duffers?"
Toni sneered at Morgan, saying in a cruel voice, "Well, he's better than you three are!"
Morgan crossed his arms and glared at Toni, his mahogany bangs falling into his eyes. Toni frowned right back at him before grabbing Aubrey's arm and dragging her towards the portrait hole. "Come on, Brey. The Three Stooges obviously have grown tired of our presence!"
Just as she was being pulled out of the hole by a steaming Toni, Aubrey distinctly heard Morgan say, "Well, Mide, I'm in the same boat as you now. Toni and Ray are together.What a bloody match that one is!"
"Just how many friends does this Alan guy have?" Thomas asked.
Midas shrugged. "I don't keep an eye on Mr. Perfect's social schedule." He muttered, glaring at the floor.
Aubrey was unable to hear anymore of the conversation, seeing as Toni had slammed the portrait of the Fat Lady shut. "I can't believe the nerve of that bozo!" Toni cried once they were down the hall. "The nerve of him.To insult my boyfriend!" Aubrey nodded and grinned. She had a feeling Morgan cared a great deal for Toni.At least more than he let on.
As they turned the corner and started down the stairs to the Entrance Hall, Aubrey suddenly remembered Jessica teasing her about Midas, when they first met him. "I think he likes you!" Sure, at the time Aubrey had laughed it off.But-
"Hey, there's my girl!" Aubrey's deep thoughts about the possibility of Midas caring for her in "that" way were banished when Alan appeared out of the mass of students going to a leaving breakfast, Ray right on his heels. Alan pecked Aubrey on the lips, slipped his right arm around her waist, and all but dragged her over to the end of the Hufflepuff table, where Jessica already sat with Greg Landrey, a Hufflepuff chaser.
Apparently Alan felt that dating Aubrey meant that he could "hook up" any of her friends and/or family members with friends of his own. "Bacon, Aubs?" Alan asked, using Aubrey's new nickname. She hadn't the heart to tell him she hated it.
Aubrey was about to say yes when Patricia Parkinson and Marina Randalls passed her, giggling and swinging small pouches in their hands, snickering in their trademark mischievous way. With a feeling of dread forming in her stomach, Aubrey realized they had just come from the High Table, where the teachers dined. Turning to Jessica, Aubrey asked, "Hey, Jess, who were those two talking to?"
Jessica raised an eyebrow but answered, "Prof. Nartino.Why, you think they're up to something?" Something in Jessica's voice caught her attention.
"I do.you see, I had a dream last night.Those three were burglarizing Prof. Snape's private stores so they could poison Prof. Nartino." Aubrey said, glancing at the chubby young witch in violet robes.
Jessica's eyes were wide and her pupils dilated. "I had a dream too.Only my dream was when she drank the juice, and got sick.and died.or something like that!" She whispered. Together, as if they had planned this all along, the two girls jumped from their seats and rushed to the High Table, where Prof. Nartino was about to take a sip from her morning juice.
Just as her lips were about touch the goblet, Aubrey knocked it from her hand and Jessica pulled the startled witch back. The goblet landed on the table and burnt a hole through in and through the ground below. By now all the Great Hall was watching and McGonagall had rushed over to the two first year witches, a look of horror on her face.
"What in the world.What was in that cup?" She asked, turning to Aubrey and Jessica, who were helping Prof. Nartino up from the ground.
Snape, who had been two chairs down, had also joined the gathering. "It's Barbain powder, I'm sure of it." He said, sniffing the air around the burnt piece of table. "That stuff will burn holes through anything but gold and silver, which the goblets are made of. Even if Ms. Potter had knocked the goblet out of Prof. Nartino's hand, it would have burned right through the table and onto her."
The Great Hall burst into excited whisper and Prof. Nartino fainted dead away. Aubrey stared at Snape and then the hole before saying, "But Marina and Patricia said they were trying to make Salamader powder.So they wouldn't have to take the tests!" Again the Great Hall burst into whispers, and many heads turned to the two girls sneaking out of the Great Hall.
McGonagall ignored them and turned back to Aubrey and Jessica, a very strange look on her face. "Just how did you girls find this out?" She asked, her eyes closed as if she didn't want the answer.
"We dreamt it." Jessica whispered, her eyes even wider now that she was telling an adult. "Brey dreamt that Patricia and Marina were burglarizing Prof. Snape's private stores and I dreamt that Prof. Nartino actually did take the potion.It was awful." She added, shivering.
Snape's head had whipped up mid-story and his black eyes were boring into McGonagall's blue ones. "Minerva-should we tell their parents? Is this a side effect of-"
"Shut up, Severus!" McGonagall hissed, turning from her colleague to Dumbledore, who had been watching in silence from the beginning.
Aubrey noticed that the twinkle was gone from his usually merry eyes.replaced by a look of great sadness and maybe even fear. "It's beginning." He said softly, and Aubrey would have sold her Firebolt8000 right then to find out what exactly he meant.