Besides Kalypso's dad's snoring coming from behind the closed door of her
parent's room, it was extremely silent. There were no crickets out, the cat
was sleeping, her owl Dragon was sleeping, and the wooden floors seeming to
be of her side today.
The silence was ringing in Kalypso's ear like a huge brass bell. The imaginary ringing was making her even more nervous on the fact she might accidentally make a noise and wake her parents.
She was all ready to go. She was in her favorite pair of deep blue bleach- slashed bell bottoms with her black sweatshirt. On the front it said System of a Down, and on the back it said Toxicity with green all around it.
It was five minutes to midnight. All her stuff was downstairs by the door. She took it all down when her parents thought she was asleep. All she had to bring down was Dragon in her cage, her carry-on backpack, and then wait for Hermione. She'd be here in less then four minutes now.
Kalypso gently woke Dragon. The black and gray owl stared at his owner threw amber eyes, confused. She opened the window a little bit and held Dragon outside.
"Wait for me out here," Kalypso whispered. Understanding her, Dragon took flight and landed in the tree outside her window. He turned on the branch and stared back at her. She closed the window and looked at her digital clock on her nightstand.
Only three minutes now. She quickly yet quietly walked over to her closet. She took out Dragon's carrying cage and put it under one arm. With her other hand, she picked up her backpack and swung one of the straps over her shoulder. She carefully opened her door, trying not to make it sqeak. She put on shoe in front of the other slowly as she made her way down the wooden-floored hallway to the carpeted stairs. She had a slight advantage, for she had learned where the weak spots were in the floor and could easily avoid them.
After what seemed like hours, she finally made it to the staircase. She softly padded down the stairs and onto the first floor. She walked to the family room and put the cage down next to her trunk. She carefully rumaged through her things to make sure she had everything. To her knowledge, she had everything.
She peered at the clock over at mantle above the fireplace. One minute.
Her heart was beating rapidly. She was so excited, yet still worried. She was glad to be getting away from her parents, yet she was even more determined to find out what had happened with Draco. She hoped he was alright.
All her dreadful thoughts were pushed away as she heard a car pull up into her driveway. She looked out the window and saw a black Jeep Grand Cherokee. A man who looked around his forties with glasses was driving. When the car slowed a little, a teenage girl jumped out on the left side. She was wearing blue and white slash-bleached flared jeans with a black hooded sweatshirt with Blink 182 on the front. Her naturally brown curly hair was now straight and shiny in the moonlight with small blonde highlights.
Kalypso looked at the lock. She didn't want Hermione to get into trouble for using magic outside of school. She slowly reached for the lock and turned it, trying to supress the clicking noise of the lock. She saw Hermione stop outside the door when she heard the click.
She moved the curtains away from the window and lightly tapped on the glass. When she caught Hermione's attention, she pointed to the door's hinges, signaling that they squeak.
Hermione nodded at this and took out her wand. Saying a word or two, a purple light blazed from her wand. It enveloped the brass hinges in the purple light and then stopped. Hermione reached for the door knob. She turned it slowly and pushed it open. There was no noise as she quietly pushed the door and stepped inside.
Kalypso sighed and smiled. "I'm trying to not make you use your magic so we don't get into trouble, but you end up using it anyway."
Hermione put her hands on her hips. "Well, I'm glad to see you too!"
Kalypso hugged her best friend, giggling. "Thanks so much for coming."
Hermione smiling, patting her back. "Think nothing of it. Just give me one week of you cleaning my part of the dormitory and I'll be happy." She smiled and picked up Dragon's cage. She stepped out the door just as her dad got to the door. He nodded at me.
"How are you, Kalypso?" he asked.
"I'm great Mr. Granger, and yourself?" Kalypso responded sweetly.
"Never been better, thank you." He lifted up her trunk and carried it to the car. Hermione had opened the trunk of the car for him to put Kalypso's own trunk in. She came back to Kalypso and too her last bag.
She followed Hermione back to her car and was about to step inside when she stopped suddenly. Her eyes were wide and she turned a little pale.
"My wand..." she whispered softly. "It's in my room."
Hermione looked at her. "Didn't you check to see if it was in your trunk?"
"I forgot that I hid it in my room so my parents wouldn't take it away from me. I hid it in the loose board behind my desk so they wouldn't find it. I forgot all about it." Kalypso turned toward the house. "I'll be back in a minute."
"Do you want me to go with you just in case something happens?" Hermione walked toward her, taking her wand out of her sweatshirt pocket.
"I need someone to cover me," she smiled as she ran back toward the house, Hermione following her.
They quietly shut the door and made their way up the stairs. When they got to the wood-floored hallway, Kalypso told Hermione to step wherever she stepped, for she didn't know about the weak parts of the floor. Successfully, they made it to Kalypso's room. Hermione loved the dragon posters decorating much of the room.
Kalypso dropped to her knees on the floor and went under her desk. She yanked open a small board in her wall that no one knew was loose. There, she kept most of her private things that she didn't want anyone seeing. She had a box of letters from her friends, a bag of small items she found in various places, a scrapbook, and her wand. She grabbed the polished wand and got up.
"Got it?" Hermione asked.
"Yeah." Kalypso took one last look around her room to make sure she hadn't forgotten anything else. Decided she had everything she needed, both girls cautiously entered the hallway again. They slowly made their way down the hall to the staircase, and to freedom.
Suddenly, a loud, long creaking noise filled the hallway. Kalypso and Hermione jumped around and saw a large, tall, and agry-looking man at the end of the hallway.
"Oh crap," Kalypso mouthed. Her face turned pale and she could feel her heart beating so hard, she thought it would burst out of her chest. She could feel her heart in her throat.
"RUN!" Hermione shoved Kalypso forward, almost making her fall with the suddenness of the gesture.
They both jumped down the stairs, listening to the thunderous stomping coming after them, getting closer and closer to them. They slid around the corner and out of the open front door.
Hermione spun around, still running, and pointed her wand at the door. "Fermeccio!" The door of the house suddenly slammed shut in Kalypso's dad's face with a great force.
Hermione grabbed Kalypso's arm. "C'mon!" She shoved her friend into the car, shut the door, and her dad backed out into the rode. He sped off and away from her house as her dad burst out of the house, yelling after them.
Both teenagers collapsed on the car seat, out of breath. Hermione pocketed her wand and looked back at her friend's pissed off dad.
"Well, you won't be seeing him for a while," she panted.
"Yeah, and when I finally see them again, I'll receive a whole lotta Hell," Kalypso tried to laugh, but her lungs were keeping her from breathing.
For the hour back to Hermione's house, Kalypso kept thinking about the rest of her summer, staying at Hermione's, and not having to deal with her father, mother, and sister. It brought joy to her.
It was quickly washed away by the thoughts of Draco entering her head. The whole purpose of her escaping from her home was so she could find out what had happened to him. She was determined to help him. She once again hoped for the best.
"Here I come, Draco."
Slowly, the story is piecing together. I'm feeling accomplished. I actually wanted to do this chapter. Maybe I'll get some more inspiration to write the next who knows how many more chapter until the end of the story. *sigh*
-]--Chaos-
The silence was ringing in Kalypso's ear like a huge brass bell. The imaginary ringing was making her even more nervous on the fact she might accidentally make a noise and wake her parents.
She was all ready to go. She was in her favorite pair of deep blue bleach- slashed bell bottoms with her black sweatshirt. On the front it said System of a Down, and on the back it said Toxicity with green all around it.
It was five minutes to midnight. All her stuff was downstairs by the door. She took it all down when her parents thought she was asleep. All she had to bring down was Dragon in her cage, her carry-on backpack, and then wait for Hermione. She'd be here in less then four minutes now.
Kalypso gently woke Dragon. The black and gray owl stared at his owner threw amber eyes, confused. She opened the window a little bit and held Dragon outside.
"Wait for me out here," Kalypso whispered. Understanding her, Dragon took flight and landed in the tree outside her window. He turned on the branch and stared back at her. She closed the window and looked at her digital clock on her nightstand.
Only three minutes now. She quickly yet quietly walked over to her closet. She took out Dragon's carrying cage and put it under one arm. With her other hand, she picked up her backpack and swung one of the straps over her shoulder. She carefully opened her door, trying not to make it sqeak. She put on shoe in front of the other slowly as she made her way down the wooden-floored hallway to the carpeted stairs. She had a slight advantage, for she had learned where the weak spots were in the floor and could easily avoid them.
After what seemed like hours, she finally made it to the staircase. She softly padded down the stairs and onto the first floor. She walked to the family room and put the cage down next to her trunk. She carefully rumaged through her things to make sure she had everything. To her knowledge, she had everything.
She peered at the clock over at mantle above the fireplace. One minute.
Her heart was beating rapidly. She was so excited, yet still worried. She was glad to be getting away from her parents, yet she was even more determined to find out what had happened with Draco. She hoped he was alright.
All her dreadful thoughts were pushed away as she heard a car pull up into her driveway. She looked out the window and saw a black Jeep Grand Cherokee. A man who looked around his forties with glasses was driving. When the car slowed a little, a teenage girl jumped out on the left side. She was wearing blue and white slash-bleached flared jeans with a black hooded sweatshirt with Blink 182 on the front. Her naturally brown curly hair was now straight and shiny in the moonlight with small blonde highlights.
Kalypso looked at the lock. She didn't want Hermione to get into trouble for using magic outside of school. She slowly reached for the lock and turned it, trying to supress the clicking noise of the lock. She saw Hermione stop outside the door when she heard the click.
She moved the curtains away from the window and lightly tapped on the glass. When she caught Hermione's attention, she pointed to the door's hinges, signaling that they squeak.
Hermione nodded at this and took out her wand. Saying a word or two, a purple light blazed from her wand. It enveloped the brass hinges in the purple light and then stopped. Hermione reached for the door knob. She turned it slowly and pushed it open. There was no noise as she quietly pushed the door and stepped inside.
Kalypso sighed and smiled. "I'm trying to not make you use your magic so we don't get into trouble, but you end up using it anyway."
Hermione put her hands on her hips. "Well, I'm glad to see you too!"
Kalypso hugged her best friend, giggling. "Thanks so much for coming."
Hermione smiling, patting her back. "Think nothing of it. Just give me one week of you cleaning my part of the dormitory and I'll be happy." She smiled and picked up Dragon's cage. She stepped out the door just as her dad got to the door. He nodded at me.
"How are you, Kalypso?" he asked.
"I'm great Mr. Granger, and yourself?" Kalypso responded sweetly.
"Never been better, thank you." He lifted up her trunk and carried it to the car. Hermione had opened the trunk of the car for him to put Kalypso's own trunk in. She came back to Kalypso and too her last bag.
She followed Hermione back to her car and was about to step inside when she stopped suddenly. Her eyes were wide and she turned a little pale.
"My wand..." she whispered softly. "It's in my room."
Hermione looked at her. "Didn't you check to see if it was in your trunk?"
"I forgot that I hid it in my room so my parents wouldn't take it away from me. I hid it in the loose board behind my desk so they wouldn't find it. I forgot all about it." Kalypso turned toward the house. "I'll be back in a minute."
"Do you want me to go with you just in case something happens?" Hermione walked toward her, taking her wand out of her sweatshirt pocket.
"I need someone to cover me," she smiled as she ran back toward the house, Hermione following her.
They quietly shut the door and made their way up the stairs. When they got to the wood-floored hallway, Kalypso told Hermione to step wherever she stepped, for she didn't know about the weak parts of the floor. Successfully, they made it to Kalypso's room. Hermione loved the dragon posters decorating much of the room.
Kalypso dropped to her knees on the floor and went under her desk. She yanked open a small board in her wall that no one knew was loose. There, she kept most of her private things that she didn't want anyone seeing. She had a box of letters from her friends, a bag of small items she found in various places, a scrapbook, and her wand. She grabbed the polished wand and got up.
"Got it?" Hermione asked.
"Yeah." Kalypso took one last look around her room to make sure she hadn't forgotten anything else. Decided she had everything she needed, both girls cautiously entered the hallway again. They slowly made their way down the hall to the staircase, and to freedom.
Suddenly, a loud, long creaking noise filled the hallway. Kalypso and Hermione jumped around and saw a large, tall, and agry-looking man at the end of the hallway.
"Oh crap," Kalypso mouthed. Her face turned pale and she could feel her heart beating so hard, she thought it would burst out of her chest. She could feel her heart in her throat.
"RUN!" Hermione shoved Kalypso forward, almost making her fall with the suddenness of the gesture.
They both jumped down the stairs, listening to the thunderous stomping coming after them, getting closer and closer to them. They slid around the corner and out of the open front door.
Hermione spun around, still running, and pointed her wand at the door. "Fermeccio!" The door of the house suddenly slammed shut in Kalypso's dad's face with a great force.
Hermione grabbed Kalypso's arm. "C'mon!" She shoved her friend into the car, shut the door, and her dad backed out into the rode. He sped off and away from her house as her dad burst out of the house, yelling after them.
Both teenagers collapsed on the car seat, out of breath. Hermione pocketed her wand and looked back at her friend's pissed off dad.
"Well, you won't be seeing him for a while," she panted.
"Yeah, and when I finally see them again, I'll receive a whole lotta Hell," Kalypso tried to laugh, but her lungs were keeping her from breathing.
For the hour back to Hermione's house, Kalypso kept thinking about the rest of her summer, staying at Hermione's, and not having to deal with her father, mother, and sister. It brought joy to her.
It was quickly washed away by the thoughts of Draco entering her head. The whole purpose of her escaping from her home was so she could find out what had happened to him. She was determined to help him. She once again hoped for the best.
"Here I come, Draco."
Slowly, the story is piecing together. I'm feeling accomplished. I actually wanted to do this chapter. Maybe I'll get some more inspiration to write the next who knows how many more chapter until the end of the story. *sigh*
-]--Chaos-