Chapter 9: Helga and Rowena's secret
Disclaimer: As always, I don't own anything but the plot and American characters
"And Gryffindor steals the Quaffle as Malfoy rounds the Goal Posts in search of the Snitch," Leslie Jordan screamed into the loud speaker.
"What a beautiful day it is today Hermione," Chris remarked while he watched the game from our seats in the stands.
"Yeah.it is," I distractedly answered Chris. My eyes followed Draco's every move while he swooped and swerved skillfully dodging the Bludger.
"What's this? Chaser Gabriel Flint of Slytherin catches the Quaffle in mid- pass between the Gryffindor's, he's racing down the Quidditch mound, and he scores! Another ten points for Slytherin! And Flint ties the game, 80-80. Something must be wrong! What's going on Gryffindor, don't let those scumbags beat us!" Leslie was standing up screaming her lungs out. I could vaguely see Professor McGonagall pulling her down and scolding her. Although it was only her second game of commentating it was very clear she had her brother's temperament. I stood up and whooped for the Slytherin team, too late of course to realize my mistake.
"HERMIONE!" Ron screamed at me from a few seats down. "What are you doing?! Cheering for the Slytherin's are we? What a traitor." I could feel Ron's disapproving glare burning into me.
Quickly trying to cover up my own mistake, I replied "Slytherin scored? Oh shit! I thought he said Gryffindor.I'm kind of distracted.not paying too much attention to the game, sorry Ron. He gave me a skeptical look and turned back to Heather shaking his head. I could hear him mumble something and Heather answered him loud enough for me to hear.
"She's probably tired Ron, you know Hermione, she's always studying, just forget about it, ok?" she kissed him softly on the lips and turned her attention back to the game.
"I'll um.be in the common room after the game Chris, I'm not feeling too well." I squeezed his hand tightly and walked away from the field. "What was I thinking? I need to be more careful.I can't be with Draco, no matter how much I care about him. It just won't be approved of by my friends.and Chris, he likes me too." I started to get a little dizzy from everything going around in my head, and I stumbled as I entered the entry doors into Hogwarts. The last thing I remembered seeing was Peeves floating through a wall and then everything went black.
"This is the second time she has been in here so far this year Albus, something is going on with the girl," I could hear Madame Pomfrey's concerned voice floating somewhere in the room. Everything seemed very disorientating, and the slightest noise gave my head another twinge of pain.
"Dumbledore? Madame Pomfrey? What's going on?" I slowly opened my eyes and looked around the room, Dumbledore and Madame Pompfrey had just walked away to the other side of the room. Harry and Ron were by my side and quite a few teachers were in the room too. Except they were over by another bed, and they were all talking quietly.
"Dumbledore, she's awake!" Ron smiled happily and Harry jumped out of his seat at the sound of my voice. They both flung their arms around me, and started asking me what seemed like an infinite amount of questions.
"Guys come on, I have a huge headache.can we keep it down to a dull roar? And please.one question at a time," I snapped a little more harshly than I meant, but they got the clue.
"Sorry," Ron said sheepishly.
"Did you see it?" Harry asked me.
"See what?" I asked Harry curiously.
"The attacker." they both said simultaneously.
"An attacker? What are you two talking about?" I sat up sharply and craned my neck in attempt to see the skeptical across the room. "Who's that in the bed?"
"It's Chris.he ran after you when you left the Quidditch game, something got him in the Entrance Hall, we thought the same thing got you, because well.you were found lying next to each other." Ron said all of this in a quick but hushed voice.
"What?!" I began to panic. "Do the teachers know who it is?"
"Not that I know of, the Chamber couldn't have been open again.could it?" Ron asked fearfully.
"No Ron, that problem is done and over with. The basilisk is dead, and unless there is another Chamber no one knows about, I don't think the Chamber has been opened." Harry started across the room and stopped next to Dumbldore. I could see them whispering and Dumbldore looked over at me and smiled, but he looked weary, like he had seen one too many incidents occurring at Hogwarts.
"Hermione, my dear girl, how are you feeling?" Dumbledore walked over and clasped my hand.something must have been very wrong.
"I feel fine, just a little headache is all, um.may I ask what's going on over in the corner?" I was very curious, but I already knew the answer when I saw his face.
"Nothing you need to worry about right now Hermione, just get a little more rest," just as he finished talking I realized how tired I was.
"Yeah, I am pretty tired, but do you know why I passed out like I did?" I asked him stifling a yawn.
"I have the answer to that Ms. Granger," Madame Pompfrey came from around the corner as I asked. "You are a Vegetarian, am I correct?"
"Yeah, I am.does that have anything to do with it?" suddenly feeling worried
"Well, I think you have been lacking in numerous vitamins for awhile now, and it just caught up with you. My suggestion to you, is to either take some supplement pills, or, what I would recommend, is to start eating meat again.
Very annoyed, I answered her harshly. "No, I think I'll take the pills," and I turned over to go back to sleep. "Harry, Ron, you can go back to your dorms, I don't want to make you sit here while I sleep,"
"Ok Hermione, we'll see you tomorrow.right?" Harry asked me.
"Yes, of course you will, buh bye!" I answered as I drifted off into sleep.
*Begin Dream Sequence*
"Watch out behind you!" Draco screamed while he pushed me out of the way.
We were in the Great Hall and there were dozens of smoky gray shadows floating around the Great Hall. I could see maybe 20 students laying on the ground, and more were falling as the smoky creatures walked through them.
"Draco! What's going on?" I screamed hysterically.
"I'm not sure, but we need to get out of here," Draco turned around just to come face to face with one of the odd Shadow creatures. But it just sat there, unmoving, almost like he was examining Draco. Then he turned to look at me, and did the same thing. As if he seemed satisfied, he floated away to other students.
"That was weird," I stood in shock while I watched my fellow students being attacked. "Almost like he didn't want to hurt us,"
"Your right it was," Draco just looked around in disbelief. What was it with us that the creatures didn't feel the need to hurt Draco and I? "You know what, now that I notice, it seems to be only the Gryffindor and Slytherin students in here, does that seem odd to you?"
"I don't really care! We need to do something about this!"
"What we need to do, is get out of here. We may have just been pardoned by that other one. I don't want to risk being attacked." Draco grabbed my hand and tried to rush me out the door
"No! Ron, Harry, what about all of my friends?" I struggled to get out of his grasp but he kept pulling me. I turned around to try and find Harry or Ron and saw Ron fall to the floor. "Shit Draco! Let go of me!"
"I can't do that Hermione," I turned to see Draco but found my hand sitting in a thick sheet of smoke. It all hit me like a semi-truck, and I was out like a light.
*End Dream Sequence*
Draco's POV
I woke up with a start and realized I had been sweating.
"What a strange dream," I looked around my dorm room to see Crabbe and Goyle fast asleep.
"What lugheads," I stood up and went to open the door to the balcony. Taking in a deep breath, I calmed myself.
"Hermione.I hope she's alright," I looked across the Hogwarts grounds to the Gryffindor tower, when I got an idea.
"I should go over to her room and surprise her," I smiled and gathered up my broom and robes and sat on the edge while I steadied my broom. With the view I had from here it looked as if her lights were off. I began to silently creep through the air like a hawk when I heard someone get up from my room.
"Draco, where are you going?" I heard Goyle bellow after me.
"Just for a spin around the lawn, I'll be back later," I hollered back to my roommate. As I rounded the corner to Hermione's room I got a weird feeling.
"Did I see her after the Quidditch match? And where was she at dinner," I said to myself. Landing on her balcony I went to open her doors, but they were locked. I held my hand up to the door to see in. There was her bed, all made, and very empty. Where could she be?
Hermione's POV
After contemplating my dream for about 10 minutes I got out of bed. When in doubt, go to the library. I scoped out the infirmary and snuck out towards the library. I was almost there when Miss Norris rounded the corner.
"Shit." I backed up quietly and went to the closest classroom, being sure not to slam the door. "Hmm.this is odd, I don't think I have ever been in this classroom. It was very dark, but then I realized the lights were still off.
"Oops," I laughed at my own stupidity. The room had canary yellow walls with blue carpeting. But it still felt dark, the aura it gave off was rather creepy. I walked around the room in search of any kind of sign of inhabitance. In one corner, I saw a small closet, and on the opposite wall, there was a king sized bed with a yellow and blue embroidered quilt.
"How odd.it almost seems to be a combination of the Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw houses. I saw a large mirror off to the side with aquamarine and topaz jewels embedded in it.
"Oh my god, that's beautiful," I nearly cried out as I ran to look in the mirror. I gazed longingly into the mirror when all of a sudden Draco appeared next to my reflection.. He had his hand on my shoulder and whispered something in my ear. My reflection self giggled and turned around to look at him. Out of nowhere she screamed. Far behind them I could see the Shadow creature from my dream. He began floating towards them, but just as in my dream, seemed as if he wasn't interested in us. He looked us over and floated off to the side, where the door should have been. The room suddenly felt hot and clammy, and I started to back away from the mirror when the door slammed shut. I nearly jumped out of my skin, and looked back into the mirror at the horrified faces looking back at me. I had just set something deadly, loose in Hogwarts.
Author's Note=====================================================
I know it took awhile, but I got the 9th chapter out a little sooner than the 8th one. It even is a bit longer than most of my chapters. I hope everyone liked it, I tried hard to make it a little more interesting, and I finally know where I am going to go with it. So I can get the chapters out a little bit sooner. Happy Readings, and as always PLEASE review! I am so desperate for reviews! Lol.as pathetic as it sounds. I'm am going to take off that three review per chapter thing, because I feel bad for the people who actually are reading my writing. And I want to thank all of them! You give me the encouragement to write!
Disclaimer: As always, I don't own anything but the plot and American characters
"And Gryffindor steals the Quaffle as Malfoy rounds the Goal Posts in search of the Snitch," Leslie Jordan screamed into the loud speaker.
"What a beautiful day it is today Hermione," Chris remarked while he watched the game from our seats in the stands.
"Yeah.it is," I distractedly answered Chris. My eyes followed Draco's every move while he swooped and swerved skillfully dodging the Bludger.
"What's this? Chaser Gabriel Flint of Slytherin catches the Quaffle in mid- pass between the Gryffindor's, he's racing down the Quidditch mound, and he scores! Another ten points for Slytherin! And Flint ties the game, 80-80. Something must be wrong! What's going on Gryffindor, don't let those scumbags beat us!" Leslie was standing up screaming her lungs out. I could vaguely see Professor McGonagall pulling her down and scolding her. Although it was only her second game of commentating it was very clear she had her brother's temperament. I stood up and whooped for the Slytherin team, too late of course to realize my mistake.
"HERMIONE!" Ron screamed at me from a few seats down. "What are you doing?! Cheering for the Slytherin's are we? What a traitor." I could feel Ron's disapproving glare burning into me.
Quickly trying to cover up my own mistake, I replied "Slytherin scored? Oh shit! I thought he said Gryffindor.I'm kind of distracted.not paying too much attention to the game, sorry Ron. He gave me a skeptical look and turned back to Heather shaking his head. I could hear him mumble something and Heather answered him loud enough for me to hear.
"She's probably tired Ron, you know Hermione, she's always studying, just forget about it, ok?" she kissed him softly on the lips and turned her attention back to the game.
"I'll um.be in the common room after the game Chris, I'm not feeling too well." I squeezed his hand tightly and walked away from the field. "What was I thinking? I need to be more careful.I can't be with Draco, no matter how much I care about him. It just won't be approved of by my friends.and Chris, he likes me too." I started to get a little dizzy from everything going around in my head, and I stumbled as I entered the entry doors into Hogwarts. The last thing I remembered seeing was Peeves floating through a wall and then everything went black.
"This is the second time she has been in here so far this year Albus, something is going on with the girl," I could hear Madame Pomfrey's concerned voice floating somewhere in the room. Everything seemed very disorientating, and the slightest noise gave my head another twinge of pain.
"Dumbledore? Madame Pomfrey? What's going on?" I slowly opened my eyes and looked around the room, Dumbledore and Madame Pompfrey had just walked away to the other side of the room. Harry and Ron were by my side and quite a few teachers were in the room too. Except they were over by another bed, and they were all talking quietly.
"Dumbledore, she's awake!" Ron smiled happily and Harry jumped out of his seat at the sound of my voice. They both flung their arms around me, and started asking me what seemed like an infinite amount of questions.
"Guys come on, I have a huge headache.can we keep it down to a dull roar? And please.one question at a time," I snapped a little more harshly than I meant, but they got the clue.
"Sorry," Ron said sheepishly.
"Did you see it?" Harry asked me.
"See what?" I asked Harry curiously.
"The attacker." they both said simultaneously.
"An attacker? What are you two talking about?" I sat up sharply and craned my neck in attempt to see the skeptical across the room. "Who's that in the bed?"
"It's Chris.he ran after you when you left the Quidditch game, something got him in the Entrance Hall, we thought the same thing got you, because well.you were found lying next to each other." Ron said all of this in a quick but hushed voice.
"What?!" I began to panic. "Do the teachers know who it is?"
"Not that I know of, the Chamber couldn't have been open again.could it?" Ron asked fearfully.
"No Ron, that problem is done and over with. The basilisk is dead, and unless there is another Chamber no one knows about, I don't think the Chamber has been opened." Harry started across the room and stopped next to Dumbldore. I could see them whispering and Dumbldore looked over at me and smiled, but he looked weary, like he had seen one too many incidents occurring at Hogwarts.
"Hermione, my dear girl, how are you feeling?" Dumbledore walked over and clasped my hand.something must have been very wrong.
"I feel fine, just a little headache is all, um.may I ask what's going on over in the corner?" I was very curious, but I already knew the answer when I saw his face.
"Nothing you need to worry about right now Hermione, just get a little more rest," just as he finished talking I realized how tired I was.
"Yeah, I am pretty tired, but do you know why I passed out like I did?" I asked him stifling a yawn.
"I have the answer to that Ms. Granger," Madame Pompfrey came from around the corner as I asked. "You are a Vegetarian, am I correct?"
"Yeah, I am.does that have anything to do with it?" suddenly feeling worried
"Well, I think you have been lacking in numerous vitamins for awhile now, and it just caught up with you. My suggestion to you, is to either take some supplement pills, or, what I would recommend, is to start eating meat again.
Very annoyed, I answered her harshly. "No, I think I'll take the pills," and I turned over to go back to sleep. "Harry, Ron, you can go back to your dorms, I don't want to make you sit here while I sleep,"
"Ok Hermione, we'll see you tomorrow.right?" Harry asked me.
"Yes, of course you will, buh bye!" I answered as I drifted off into sleep.
*Begin Dream Sequence*
"Watch out behind you!" Draco screamed while he pushed me out of the way.
We were in the Great Hall and there were dozens of smoky gray shadows floating around the Great Hall. I could see maybe 20 students laying on the ground, and more were falling as the smoky creatures walked through them.
"Draco! What's going on?" I screamed hysterically.
"I'm not sure, but we need to get out of here," Draco turned around just to come face to face with one of the odd Shadow creatures. But it just sat there, unmoving, almost like he was examining Draco. Then he turned to look at me, and did the same thing. As if he seemed satisfied, he floated away to other students.
"That was weird," I stood in shock while I watched my fellow students being attacked. "Almost like he didn't want to hurt us,"
"Your right it was," Draco just looked around in disbelief. What was it with us that the creatures didn't feel the need to hurt Draco and I? "You know what, now that I notice, it seems to be only the Gryffindor and Slytherin students in here, does that seem odd to you?"
"I don't really care! We need to do something about this!"
"What we need to do, is get out of here. We may have just been pardoned by that other one. I don't want to risk being attacked." Draco grabbed my hand and tried to rush me out the door
"No! Ron, Harry, what about all of my friends?" I struggled to get out of his grasp but he kept pulling me. I turned around to try and find Harry or Ron and saw Ron fall to the floor. "Shit Draco! Let go of me!"
"I can't do that Hermione," I turned to see Draco but found my hand sitting in a thick sheet of smoke. It all hit me like a semi-truck, and I was out like a light.
*End Dream Sequence*
Draco's POV
I woke up with a start and realized I had been sweating.
"What a strange dream," I looked around my dorm room to see Crabbe and Goyle fast asleep.
"What lugheads," I stood up and went to open the door to the balcony. Taking in a deep breath, I calmed myself.
"Hermione.I hope she's alright," I looked across the Hogwarts grounds to the Gryffindor tower, when I got an idea.
"I should go over to her room and surprise her," I smiled and gathered up my broom and robes and sat on the edge while I steadied my broom. With the view I had from here it looked as if her lights were off. I began to silently creep through the air like a hawk when I heard someone get up from my room.
"Draco, where are you going?" I heard Goyle bellow after me.
"Just for a spin around the lawn, I'll be back later," I hollered back to my roommate. As I rounded the corner to Hermione's room I got a weird feeling.
"Did I see her after the Quidditch match? And where was she at dinner," I said to myself. Landing on her balcony I went to open her doors, but they were locked. I held my hand up to the door to see in. There was her bed, all made, and very empty. Where could she be?
Hermione's POV
After contemplating my dream for about 10 minutes I got out of bed. When in doubt, go to the library. I scoped out the infirmary and snuck out towards the library. I was almost there when Miss Norris rounded the corner.
"Shit." I backed up quietly and went to the closest classroom, being sure not to slam the door. "Hmm.this is odd, I don't think I have ever been in this classroom. It was very dark, but then I realized the lights were still off.
"Oops," I laughed at my own stupidity. The room had canary yellow walls with blue carpeting. But it still felt dark, the aura it gave off was rather creepy. I walked around the room in search of any kind of sign of inhabitance. In one corner, I saw a small closet, and on the opposite wall, there was a king sized bed with a yellow and blue embroidered quilt.
"How odd.it almost seems to be a combination of the Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw houses. I saw a large mirror off to the side with aquamarine and topaz jewels embedded in it.
"Oh my god, that's beautiful," I nearly cried out as I ran to look in the mirror. I gazed longingly into the mirror when all of a sudden Draco appeared next to my reflection.. He had his hand on my shoulder and whispered something in my ear. My reflection self giggled and turned around to look at him. Out of nowhere she screamed. Far behind them I could see the Shadow creature from my dream. He began floating towards them, but just as in my dream, seemed as if he wasn't interested in us. He looked us over and floated off to the side, where the door should have been. The room suddenly felt hot and clammy, and I started to back away from the mirror when the door slammed shut. I nearly jumped out of my skin, and looked back into the mirror at the horrified faces looking back at me. I had just set something deadly, loose in Hogwarts.
Author's Note=====================================================
I know it took awhile, but I got the 9th chapter out a little sooner than the 8th one. It even is a bit longer than most of my chapters. I hope everyone liked it, I tried hard to make it a little more interesting, and I finally know where I am going to go with it. So I can get the chapters out a little bit sooner. Happy Readings, and as always PLEASE review! I am so desperate for reviews! Lol.as pathetic as it sounds. I'm am going to take off that three review per chapter thing, because I feel bad for the people who actually are reading my writing. And I want to thank all of them! You give me the encouragement to write!