Chapter 4 - Disappearing Act
They didn't get a chance to talk to Avalon about what Snape wanted with her until dinner.
"So what silly thing did he get you on?" Ron asked sitting down next to her. Harry sat on her other side. Hermione sat on Ron's right.
"Get me on?" she asked, looking confused.
"He means," Harry said. "What did Snape say you did wrong? He doesn't care for Gryffindors very much, and he really doesn't care for us three either."
Avalon paused, looking very thoughtful. Then she said with a little laugh in her voice; "Nothing."
"Nothing! What do you mean? No detention and points taken, or detention and no points take, or both detention and points taken." Ron demanded.
'Neither. He just wanted to know how I was doing," she said simply.
"What!" the three said in unison. Before any of them could ask what she meant George and Fred came over to talk to Harry about Quidditch. Soon Ron was involved too. Hermione only joined when Fred asked her if she knew any spells to jinx the Slytherin brooms.
During this conversation Avalon slipped off. She knew the sport very well. Her uncle often said it was in her blood to know and like Quidditch. After all, both her father and mother played on the Quidditch teams at Hogwarts. Her father, after all, went on to play for a professional team before he died.
Besides, she had to meet someone.
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Harry looked for Avalon after Fred and George left. He didn't know how the girl could disappear and not have him or Ron notice.
"Did you see where Avalon went?" he asked his friends.
They shook her heads. "Maybe she went to the library?" Hermione said.
So they went and checked there. They checked the Gryffindor common room and Hermione checked the dorm room. They even checked Moaning Myrtle's bathroom.
"Where can she be?" Harry asked them as they exited Myrtle's bathroom.
"Should could have gotten a cold or something and went to see Madam Pomfrey," Ron said hopefully.
"Maybe she just needs sometime alone," suggested Hermione.
It wasn't till breakfast of the next morning that they caught up with Avalon.
They didn't get a chance to talk to Avalon about what Snape wanted with her until dinner.
"So what silly thing did he get you on?" Ron asked sitting down next to her. Harry sat on her other side. Hermione sat on Ron's right.
"Get me on?" she asked, looking confused.
"He means," Harry said. "What did Snape say you did wrong? He doesn't care for Gryffindors very much, and he really doesn't care for us three either."
Avalon paused, looking very thoughtful. Then she said with a little laugh in her voice; "Nothing."
"Nothing! What do you mean? No detention and points taken, or detention and no points take, or both detention and points taken." Ron demanded.
'Neither. He just wanted to know how I was doing," she said simply.
"What!" the three said in unison. Before any of them could ask what she meant George and Fred came over to talk to Harry about Quidditch. Soon Ron was involved too. Hermione only joined when Fred asked her if she knew any spells to jinx the Slytherin brooms.
During this conversation Avalon slipped off. She knew the sport very well. Her uncle often said it was in her blood to know and like Quidditch. After all, both her father and mother played on the Quidditch teams at Hogwarts. Her father, after all, went on to play for a professional team before he died.
Besides, she had to meet someone.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Harry looked for Avalon after Fred and George left. He didn't know how the girl could disappear and not have him or Ron notice.
"Did you see where Avalon went?" he asked his friends.
They shook her heads. "Maybe she went to the library?" Hermione said.
So they went and checked there. They checked the Gryffindor common room and Hermione checked the dorm room. They even checked Moaning Myrtle's bathroom.
"Where can she be?" Harry asked them as they exited Myrtle's bathroom.
"Should could have gotten a cold or something and went to see Madam Pomfrey," Ron said hopefully.
"Maybe she just needs sometime alone," suggested Hermione.
It wasn't till breakfast of the next morning that they caught up with Avalon.