Chapter Four-Detention
At dinner they got their letters about detention. *You're detention will take place with Professor Wood. Meet him in the Entrence Hall at 8:00 tonight, Professor Malfoy.* "At least Oliver will let us off easy if we tell him what happened." said Rose.

That night they met Oliver in the Entrance Hall and told him what had happened. "He changed you into a rat?" Oliver asked Rose, then he called him something that made Rose say "Oliver!" they were silent for a while, then Rose said "I totally agree." they all laughed.

"For your detention." said Oliver "And remember, Mr. Malfoy very powerful, so if I defy him.." "Oliver, you can't let Malfoy put you in his pocket like that." said Rose. "What did he threaten to do." "He said that if I didn't make you do this for detention, he would hand you over to the Dark Lord.

He told me he was in his inner circle." They just stared. then Oliver said "We have to go into the forest and capture an Acromantula for one of his so-called 'classes'."

Then he turned and started walking toward the forest. Harry, Rose, Melanie, and Oliver said nothing until they had gone deep into the forrest.

Halfway down a dark trail, something leapt out of the shadows and grabbed Rose. Oliver jumped forward and stared directly at the giant spider. "Put HER DOWN!" he yelled........... The spider didn't take notice to Olivers words.

The spider carried Rose deeper into the forest. Of course, they all had to follow. The spider carried Rose into a clearing where the full moon was bright. "The full moon..." whispered Melanie.

"Do you think she took her potion Harry?" "I don't know if she had time with detention and homework." They looked to Rose and just as a dark figure came out of the bushes and made a grab for Rose she howled and became a vicious werewolf.

"Oh no!" said Melanie. No one had finished their animagi class yet. "What are we going to do?" said Melanie. "We're going to have to run," said Oliver. "Its not that I want to, but its to dangerous for you guys here with Rose and that figure which is Voldemort or Malfoy.

I'll stay here and keep an eye out, if I hang low I think it will be safe.

You guys go. Harry and Melanie turned around to leave. They took one step foward when the dark figure grabbed Harry by the leg, sat him down, pulled down his hood. It was Voldemort. "Well well well" spoke Voldemort. "If it isn't famous Harry Potter!"

As Voldemort spoke these words two beams hit him squarely in the back causing him to drop Harry and knocking him over Harry and Melanie.

Two figures ran up "are you okay!" they said in unison. It was Avril and Ron. "Are you guys insane" cried Melanie! "Yeah" said Harry "what are you guys doing out here".

"What are you nuts we couldn't let you guys go into the forbidden forest alone" said Avril. A noise sounded in front of them and Harry, Melanie, Ron, and Avril all pointed their wands at Voldemort as he slowly climbed to his feet.

"We'll meet again next time Harry Potter and this time you won't have your little friends to stand by you" said Voldemort. "You see that's where your wrong we will always be here for each other" cried Melanie as Voldemort fled.

"Where's Rose I brought her potion because I know she did not take it" said Avril. "We kind of figured that out when she was taken away by this huge spider then we heard a howl and Oliver told us to go back he would keep an eye on Rose" breathed Harry.

"Should we go or should we stay?" Ron asked the question that was on everybody's mind. "Well, lets just go back and see if anythings wrong...doesn't it seem a little quiet to you?" asked Melanie.

They went back to the clearing, everyone was gone except for Oliver, lying on the ground knocked out. "OLIVER!" screamed Ron. They ran over to him. "enervate" whispered Harry. Oliver slowly opened his eyes.

"Oliver what happened?" asked Avril. "Rose ran off into the dark and I tried to follow her, the spiders sensed me and I guess I got knocked out." Oliver said as he slowly stood up. Melanie and Avril helped support him.

"Oliver your arm is bleeding." said Hary. Indeed it was there was a large gash down his forearm. "Here." said Melanie, and she whispered "ferula." Bandages wrapped around his arm.

"Ok." said Ron. "Which way did Rose go?"

Oliver replied, "Uuum, I'm pretty sure she want down that path, toward Hogwarts." "Right then, lets go." said Harry. The 5 of them searched for Rose for about and hour and a half, but no luck. "You guys better get back." said Oliver

"I'll handle the acromantula catching for you." "Alright, thanks." said Oliver.

The next morning, Rose was in the Great Hall before any of them were. When Ron, Harry, Melanie, and Avril walked in, they spotted her grayish hair and torn robes and ran over to her instantly.

"Rose!" said Melanie "Thank god you came back."

"Of course I did" said Rose.

"Sorry I didn't take my potion you guys, I put you all in danger." she said feeling guilty.

"Its alright." said Avril. They then continued eating. Just then Oliver walked in.

His arm was in bandages and he looked at Rose with an odd sort of look on his face.

"What is it?" she asked. "What's wrong with your arm?" she looked deeply concerned.

"I didn't know until I went to the hospital wing and Madam Pomfrey told me..." his voice faded.

He looked away. He didn't seem to want to tell Rose.

"What?" she asked eagerly. Then her eyes grew wide and she froze.

Then she started to cry. "Oh, Oliver, I am SO SORRY! It's all my fault. I don't belong here, I'm going to ask Dumbledore if I can leave."

"No!" said Oliver. "It's not your fault, I know it wasn't."

"What is it?" asked Avril? Rose started crying harder, Oliver took her in his arms.

"It's a werewolf bite." "Now wait a minute" cried Melanie. "You have just as much a right to be here as any of us" she said slowly.

"Yeah Rose nobody's perfect it was just an accident" spoke up Ron.

"It's a good idea though to go to Dumbledore though he may know the counter thingymagiggy for all this he usually can make it all better" said Harry soothingly. Rose cried harder.

"Really it's okay" Oliver whispered in her ear as he held her tightly and stroked her hair.

"We'll go see Dumbledore and that's that and you will not ask Dumbledore if you can leave there's no reason for it just because your different.

Look at all of us we have someone or something that makes us different we all have faults you must understand this Rose." Spoke Avril.

The five of them just stared at her they had never heard her speak so much so passionately (not even Ron). "Well what are you guys sitting there staring around for let's go!"

Avril pactically shouted as she hauled Ron (who was closest to her) to his feet and went around and helped Oliver get Rose up and they headed off to Dumbledore's office. On the way to Dumbledores office Rose stopped crying and said

"Thanks guys. So, you do understand that that wasn't me, it was the wolf part of me. I would never hurt any of you. Especially not you Oliver."

"Of course we understand." replied Oliver soothingly, and he held her hand as he said this. When they got to Dumbledore and explained it, he said

"I am sorry, I cannot take back the bite. There is no cure." Just then there was a knock on the door. Harry opened it.

"Hermione!" he shouted. "I thought you were in Bulgaria with Krum as an exchange student!"

"I was." answered Hermione.

"But it turns out Karkaroff is still in leauge with Voldemort, and Krum is in league with Karkaroff. It was all a plot. They were going to kidnap me so they could get to you Harry.

I had to um...I apologize Professor Dumbledore, but I've read about it, and I'm fine. I had to apparate back to Hogsmeade. I wouldn't tell them anything, so they were going to kill me."

Dumbledore made everyone wait outside while he talked to Hermione. Hermione. Something about her triggered Rose's memory.

When they were let back in to Dumbledore's office she said.

"Professor, what about Time Turners."

"I am afraid not." said Dumbledore.

"It took a great deal just to get Hermione hers, and now the Minister would not allow it, he is starting to believe about Voldemort coming back ("finally" said Harry) and he doesn't trust anyone.

I will inform Professor Snape that there is a need for more Wolfsbane potion." That night at dinner they filled Hermione in on the events of the year so far, but they didn't have much time afterward, as tonight was the duel between Malfoy and Harry, or, more properly put, the trap.