Chapter 6-The Slytherin Common Room
When Rose got back to the dormitory she immeadiatley woke Avril, Melanie, and Hermione.
"Crabbe." she said. They got the point immeadiately.
"What are we going to do?" asked Avril. "He'll tell Snape! And he'll believe him!" said Hermione.
They went quietly into the boys dormitory and woke Ron and Harry. "You're not supposed to be here!" said Ron in a whisper, but after Melanie told them what it was about, they didn't care.
"We can get the common room password out of Malfoy!" said Rose, pointing at the rat cage. "But we can't turn him back."
"Why not?" asked Harry. Rose told them all about earlier that night. "You could have been killed!" said Ron.
"Never mind that." replied Rose. She turned to Malfoy's cage. "Hermione, do you thinkyou could make that cage bigger, but unbreakable?"
"Easy." replied Hermione, and she did it.
Rose turned Malfoy back into a human. Malfoy started to speak, but Harry said "Shut up!" and pointed his wand at him. "Malfoy," started Rose, so polite that it startled the others.
"What do you want more than anything in the world that you can buy." Malfoy thought hard. "An invisibility cloak." he said finally. Rose looked disappointed.
This wasn't the answer she had expected. "All right." she said. "You can have mine, but you need to do me a favor."
"What?" asked Malfoy, a mischevious glint in his eye. "What is the password to the Slytherin Common Room?" "I won't tell you." he said.
Rose held up the cloak, but Malfoy shook his head. Rose went right up to the cageand said dangerously "If you don't tell me what it is, I will tell Minister Fudge that your family is hiding dark magic items under your drawing room."
Malfoy looked disgusted. He cast a loathsome look at Rose, then said, rather reluctantly "Dragon Scale."
Hidden by the invisibility cloaks and Malfoy locked up in a cage, back in rat form, they set off for the Slytherin Common Room. When they reached a certain slab of stone wall located somewhere in the dungeons, Harry said "Dragon Scale."
the section of wall slid to the side and what they saw made their heart stop. Standing there was Mr. Malfoy and Snape. Its a good thing they still had the invisibility cloak on.
They backed up, careful not to make a sound. Mr. Malfoy and Snape were arguing.
"Lucius, you cannot be in the common room."
"You don't understand Severus, I have buisness here tonight. My son-"
"I don't care what you and your son are up to, you can't be here. I will have to see the Headmaster about you if you do not leave."
Snape whispered firmly. Mr. Malfoy gave Snape a look of disgust, but left. Snape then went the other way.
"Phew that was close." whispered Melanie, finally letting go of Harrys hand. "Alright," said Rose.
"I'll go in and find the dorm, do a memory charm, and come right back." "Rose be CAREFUL." said Avril firmly. "Don't worry, Av, I have nothing to lose."
"You've got everything." said Hermione. "I'll come" "No all of you stay," said Rose. "I'm going to wake Crabbe up and ask a few questions first.
Then I'll do the charm. If you guys get caught...well just stay here, we can't have Malfoy waking everyone else up with his squeaks."
"Fine." they all replied. "Rose went up to the boys dorms of Slytherin, put her hand over Crabbes mouth so he wouldn't shout, and woke him up.
"If you shout one word, I'll have you join Malfoy." Crabbe looked scared so Rose took her hand off his mouth, luckily Crabbe stayed quiet. "Now," said Rose.
"what was Malfoy going to do to get me into his fathers hands?" "Uh-I don't know." said Crabbe quickly. "You do." said Rose. She raised her wand. "Ok Ok," said Crabbe.
"He was to send you a note from Oliver to meet in the trophy room. When you went Malfoys dad would take you." "OK, now, seeing as no one has confronted any of us about last night, I assume you haven't said anything.
Sadly, I will be erasing all memory from last night and now in 5...4...3...2..." and Rose did the memory charm. Rose left quietly and when she got into the hall she saw her friends...but someone else was there too.
"Professor Lupin?" Rose said, surprised. "What are you-but-" "I am to teach Care of Magical Creatures from now on, seeing as Hagrid has left to deal with, um, GIANT problems." he winked.
"Oh." said Rose. "Right." "Have you been taking the potion weekly?" he asked her. "Yes, except for one week." "No problems I hope?" "Umm, my boyfriend, Oliver Wood, the flying professor, tried to save me from an Acromantula and I transformed and he got bit."
"Brave boy." said Lupin. "Now, why are you all here?" They went to Lupin's office to explain everything. "Well," said Lupin finally. "I figure I should give you detention."
Everyone's face fell. "But, you WERE provoked, and Malfoy has learned his lesson, so, if you let him go, I will let you off." Everyone looked relieved."
"Okay." said Rose brightly. "But Rose," said Harry "their plan." "I know what it is, so it won't be a problem. Plus, we'll do a memory charm on Malfoy, so he'll have to learn it over again."
Then there was a knock on the door, and in came Professor Dumbledore.
"Dear me, whats going on in here?" asked Dumbledore. "Sorry, Professor, we were getting reaquatinted with Professor Lupin." spoke up Hermione.
"Yes, understandable." said Dumbledore.
"Well I think the 6 of you will be happy to know that Mr. Malfoy will be gone tomorrow. Professor Snape told me he was in the common room and almost refused to leave, and I also heard him muttering to himself about a plan...believe it or not to catch Miss Garrison and Mr. Potter here." he said, almost in disbelief.
"As for lack of teachers, Professor McGonagall is coming back."
They all couldn't help but smile.
"Since things are so dangerous and it doesn't look like Voldemort will be coming here himself, Remus, I would like you to keep an extra eye out for Mr. Potter and Miss Garrison, since you are already so well aquainted for certain reasons." Dumbeldore continued.
"Now, its getting late, so why don't you all head back up to your dormitory."
On the way back up to the Gryffindor Common Room, Melanie asked, "Rose, why did Professor Lupin wink at you when you were talking about Hagrid?"
"Well, he said that Hagrid was dealing with some GIANT problems, but he didn't mean big problems. He meant problems with the giants."
"Oh, I see." said Harry. "Lupin's still a troublemaker after all these years. Letting us off of detention, telling us things we're not supposed to know."
"Yeah." agreed Rose. "But that just makes him more like-able."
When Rose got back to the dormitory she immeadiatley woke Avril, Melanie, and Hermione.
"Crabbe." she said. They got the point immeadiately.
"What are we going to do?" asked Avril. "He'll tell Snape! And he'll believe him!" said Hermione.
They went quietly into the boys dormitory and woke Ron and Harry. "You're not supposed to be here!" said Ron in a whisper, but after Melanie told them what it was about, they didn't care.
"We can get the common room password out of Malfoy!" said Rose, pointing at the rat cage. "But we can't turn him back."
"Why not?" asked Harry. Rose told them all about earlier that night. "You could have been killed!" said Ron.
"Never mind that." replied Rose. She turned to Malfoy's cage. "Hermione, do you thinkyou could make that cage bigger, but unbreakable?"
"Easy." replied Hermione, and she did it.
Rose turned Malfoy back into a human. Malfoy started to speak, but Harry said "Shut up!" and pointed his wand at him. "Malfoy," started Rose, so polite that it startled the others.
"What do you want more than anything in the world that you can buy." Malfoy thought hard. "An invisibility cloak." he said finally. Rose looked disappointed.
This wasn't the answer she had expected. "All right." she said. "You can have mine, but you need to do me a favor."
"What?" asked Malfoy, a mischevious glint in his eye. "What is the password to the Slytherin Common Room?" "I won't tell you." he said.
Rose held up the cloak, but Malfoy shook his head. Rose went right up to the cageand said dangerously "If you don't tell me what it is, I will tell Minister Fudge that your family is hiding dark magic items under your drawing room."
Malfoy looked disgusted. He cast a loathsome look at Rose, then said, rather reluctantly "Dragon Scale."
Hidden by the invisibility cloaks and Malfoy locked up in a cage, back in rat form, they set off for the Slytherin Common Room. When they reached a certain slab of stone wall located somewhere in the dungeons, Harry said "Dragon Scale."
the section of wall slid to the side and what they saw made their heart stop. Standing there was Mr. Malfoy and Snape. Its a good thing they still had the invisibility cloak on.
They backed up, careful not to make a sound. Mr. Malfoy and Snape were arguing.
"Lucius, you cannot be in the common room."
"You don't understand Severus, I have buisness here tonight. My son-"
"I don't care what you and your son are up to, you can't be here. I will have to see the Headmaster about you if you do not leave."
Snape whispered firmly. Mr. Malfoy gave Snape a look of disgust, but left. Snape then went the other way.
"Phew that was close." whispered Melanie, finally letting go of Harrys hand. "Alright," said Rose.
"I'll go in and find the dorm, do a memory charm, and come right back." "Rose be CAREFUL." said Avril firmly. "Don't worry, Av, I have nothing to lose."
"You've got everything." said Hermione. "I'll come" "No all of you stay," said Rose. "I'm going to wake Crabbe up and ask a few questions first.
Then I'll do the charm. If you guys get caught...well just stay here, we can't have Malfoy waking everyone else up with his squeaks."
"Fine." they all replied. "Rose went up to the boys dorms of Slytherin, put her hand over Crabbes mouth so he wouldn't shout, and woke him up.
"If you shout one word, I'll have you join Malfoy." Crabbe looked scared so Rose took her hand off his mouth, luckily Crabbe stayed quiet. "Now," said Rose.
"what was Malfoy going to do to get me into his fathers hands?" "Uh-I don't know." said Crabbe quickly. "You do." said Rose. She raised her wand. "Ok Ok," said Crabbe.
"He was to send you a note from Oliver to meet in the trophy room. When you went Malfoys dad would take you." "OK, now, seeing as no one has confronted any of us about last night, I assume you haven't said anything.
Sadly, I will be erasing all memory from last night and now in 5...4...3...2..." and Rose did the memory charm. Rose left quietly and when she got into the hall she saw her friends...but someone else was there too.
"Professor Lupin?" Rose said, surprised. "What are you-but-" "I am to teach Care of Magical Creatures from now on, seeing as Hagrid has left to deal with, um, GIANT problems." he winked.
"Oh." said Rose. "Right." "Have you been taking the potion weekly?" he asked her. "Yes, except for one week." "No problems I hope?" "Umm, my boyfriend, Oliver Wood, the flying professor, tried to save me from an Acromantula and I transformed and he got bit."
"Brave boy." said Lupin. "Now, why are you all here?" They went to Lupin's office to explain everything. "Well," said Lupin finally. "I figure I should give you detention."
Everyone's face fell. "But, you WERE provoked, and Malfoy has learned his lesson, so, if you let him go, I will let you off." Everyone looked relieved."
"Okay." said Rose brightly. "But Rose," said Harry "their plan." "I know what it is, so it won't be a problem. Plus, we'll do a memory charm on Malfoy, so he'll have to learn it over again."
Then there was a knock on the door, and in came Professor Dumbledore.
"Dear me, whats going on in here?" asked Dumbledore. "Sorry, Professor, we were getting reaquatinted with Professor Lupin." spoke up Hermione.
"Yes, understandable." said Dumbledore.
"Well I think the 6 of you will be happy to know that Mr. Malfoy will be gone tomorrow. Professor Snape told me he was in the common room and almost refused to leave, and I also heard him muttering to himself about a plan...believe it or not to catch Miss Garrison and Mr. Potter here." he said, almost in disbelief.
"As for lack of teachers, Professor McGonagall is coming back."
They all couldn't help but smile.
"Since things are so dangerous and it doesn't look like Voldemort will be coming here himself, Remus, I would like you to keep an extra eye out for Mr. Potter and Miss Garrison, since you are already so well aquainted for certain reasons." Dumbeldore continued.
"Now, its getting late, so why don't you all head back up to your dormitory."
On the way back up to the Gryffindor Common Room, Melanie asked, "Rose, why did Professor Lupin wink at you when you were talking about Hagrid?"
"Well, he said that Hagrid was dealing with some GIANT problems, but he didn't mean big problems. He meant problems with the giants."
"Oh, I see." said Harry. "Lupin's still a troublemaker after all these years. Letting us off of detention, telling us things we're not supposed to know."
"Yeah." agreed Rose. "But that just makes him more like-able."