~ ILLEGAL SUBSTANCES ~
Every footstep Ernie took sounded like a cannonball being dropped on the floor. Ernie trembled from head to toe. He was positive that Filch would be around the next corner…or behind him. Ernie glanced quickly behind him. The corridor was clear and empty, but he scurried to keep up with the others. They rounded a couple more corridors, went up a staircase, down a staircase…then Harry came to a stop.
"Wait…where are you taking us?" Harry asked. His voice echoed off the empty walls of the corridor.
"The kitchen." Draco rolled his eyes.
"No. This isn't the way to the kitchen." Harry narrowed his eyes. "Admit it Malfoy, you don't know the way to the kitchens."
"All right, I might not know the way to the kitchens, but I know something much better." Draco said with a shrug. "Come on, it's not farther along now."
Draco led the group further down the hallway. He came to a stop at a statue of Organdy, the prettiest ogre in the history of the world. Draco knelt down and pulled a loose brick from the wall. He stuck his hand inside, and pulled out a small brown package.
"Lemme see what's in that." Harry pulled the bag from Draco's hands. He peered in. "No way Malfoy! No one's been able to sneak this stuff in since the Weasley twins graduated!"
Curious, Ernie took the bag from Harry and looked in. He saw a couple of wands. "What do these do?" Ernie took one out. It was soft and rubbery, unlike a normal wand. "What is this made of?" Ernie asked. He bent the front of the wand to see how stretchy it was, and the wand broke in half. Before Ernie could apologize, a white, dust-like substance floated into the air, and four cries rang out at the same time.
"Draco!"
"Malfoy!"
"Macmillan!"
"Malfoy!"
A strange, wheezing sound came from Daisy. She seemed partly delighted, and partly terrified.
"I'm so sorry about your wand Draco, I didn't mean to break…" Ernie apologized.
"This isn't a wand, Ernie!" Lavender cut him off. She snatched the broken wand from Ernie's hand, causing more of the white substance to fly into the air. "This is sniffler!" Lavender cried between coughing fits.
"Sniffler?" Ernie shoved the bag away from him as though it were poison. His mothger had told him all about sniffler. It was a type of substance that young people liked to put up their nose, then they had a weird feeling and acted woozy. Ernie had been told that sniffler destroyed a person's mind when taken.
"Shh! Keep your voices down." Draco hissed. "You'll attract Filch or a teacher in no time, screeching like that." Draco snapped the bag from Ernie, and the broken sniffler wand from Lavender. He stuffed the broken wand in the paper bag.
"URGH! THEY'VE ESCAPED!" Filch's loud voice echoed from below.
"Shit! This way!" Draco whipped and ran.
"Are you sure you know the way?" Ernie asked between pants.
"Shut-up Macmillan! And will you run quieter?" Draco hissed. They ran until they were out of breath and Ernie was positive he would faint. Then, they stopped at large double doors. Draco pulled on the doors, but to no avail.
"Draco! This is all your fault!" Lavender shrieked shrilly.
"Shh…"
"We're gonna get caught and I'll have detention again…" Draco reached over and clamped his hand over Lavender's mouth. "Okay, go back down this corridor, turn right, go down the staircase, turn left, down another corridor, and you should be back in the Detention Dungeon." Draco released his grip on Lavender.
"Wait…what are you going to do?" Lavender asked.
"I'm going to make sure you don't get caught." Draco turned and began running. After he was out of sight, Ernie could hear him singing, "I'm right here Filchy! Come and get me…if you can!"
"C'mon, let's go." Harry hissed.
"But…what about Malfoy?" Lavender asked.
"He volunteered for this job." Harry said. He grabbed Ernie and Lavender by the wrists and began running. "Come on, and be quiet, mind you." Harry said over his shoulder to Daisy.
Every footstep Ernie took sounded like a cannonball being dropped on the floor. Ernie trembled from head to toe. He was positive that Filch would be around the next corner…or behind him. Ernie glanced quickly behind him. The corridor was clear and empty, but he scurried to keep up with the others. They rounded a couple more corridors, went up a staircase, down a staircase…then Harry came to a stop.
"Wait…where are you taking us?" Harry asked. His voice echoed off the empty walls of the corridor.
"The kitchen." Draco rolled his eyes.
"No. This isn't the way to the kitchen." Harry narrowed his eyes. "Admit it Malfoy, you don't know the way to the kitchens."
"All right, I might not know the way to the kitchens, but I know something much better." Draco said with a shrug. "Come on, it's not farther along now."
Draco led the group further down the hallway. He came to a stop at a statue of Organdy, the prettiest ogre in the history of the world. Draco knelt down and pulled a loose brick from the wall. He stuck his hand inside, and pulled out a small brown package.
"Lemme see what's in that." Harry pulled the bag from Draco's hands. He peered in. "No way Malfoy! No one's been able to sneak this stuff in since the Weasley twins graduated!"
Curious, Ernie took the bag from Harry and looked in. He saw a couple of wands. "What do these do?" Ernie took one out. It was soft and rubbery, unlike a normal wand. "What is this made of?" Ernie asked. He bent the front of the wand to see how stretchy it was, and the wand broke in half. Before Ernie could apologize, a white, dust-like substance floated into the air, and four cries rang out at the same time.
"Draco!"
"Malfoy!"
"Macmillan!"
"Malfoy!"
A strange, wheezing sound came from Daisy. She seemed partly delighted, and partly terrified.
"I'm so sorry about your wand Draco, I didn't mean to break…" Ernie apologized.
"This isn't a wand, Ernie!" Lavender cut him off. She snatched the broken wand from Ernie's hand, causing more of the white substance to fly into the air. "This is sniffler!" Lavender cried between coughing fits.
"Sniffler?" Ernie shoved the bag away from him as though it were poison. His mothger had told him all about sniffler. It was a type of substance that young people liked to put up their nose, then they had a weird feeling and acted woozy. Ernie had been told that sniffler destroyed a person's mind when taken.
"Shh! Keep your voices down." Draco hissed. "You'll attract Filch or a teacher in no time, screeching like that." Draco snapped the bag from Ernie, and the broken sniffler wand from Lavender. He stuffed the broken wand in the paper bag.
"URGH! THEY'VE ESCAPED!" Filch's loud voice echoed from below.
"Shit! This way!" Draco whipped and ran.
"Are you sure you know the way?" Ernie asked between pants.
"Shut-up Macmillan! And will you run quieter?" Draco hissed. They ran until they were out of breath and Ernie was positive he would faint. Then, they stopped at large double doors. Draco pulled on the doors, but to no avail.
"Draco! This is all your fault!" Lavender shrieked shrilly.
"Shh…"
"We're gonna get caught and I'll have detention again…" Draco reached over and clamped his hand over Lavender's mouth. "Okay, go back down this corridor, turn right, go down the staircase, turn left, down another corridor, and you should be back in the Detention Dungeon." Draco released his grip on Lavender.
"Wait…what are you going to do?" Lavender asked.
"I'm going to make sure you don't get caught." Draco turned and began running. After he was out of sight, Ernie could hear him singing, "I'm right here Filchy! Come and get me…if you can!"
"C'mon, let's go." Harry hissed.
"But…what about Malfoy?" Lavender asked.
"He volunteered for this job." Harry said. He grabbed Ernie and Lavender by the wrists and began running. "Come on, and be quiet, mind you." Harry said over his shoulder to Daisy.