Gwen opened her eyes in amazement as she wandered around Hogwarts. Dumbledore and Remus were in the headmaster's office. They had told her to wait for them, but, as usual, she didn't listen and that was why she was lost and hungry. She amused herself for a while by talking to the paintings on the wall, but the hallway she was in just seemed to be full of still-life portraits of fruit.
"Hm. I wonder. These paintings don't seem to be magical at all. Maybe they're real food!" Gwen was really hungry and, to her, anything seemed possible. She reached out to take a pear out of its painting. It giggled and then a doorknob appeared. Intrigued, Gwen grasped it and pulled. She entered a huge room. It was huger than huge. It was massive. There were dozens of little, green things running around. Finally, one stopped and noticed her.
"Can Mickey help miss?" Inquired the little thing in a squeaky voice.
"This may seem rather rude, but what are you?"
"Mickey is a house-elf, miss. Mickey and the other house-elves prepare the food for Hogwarts." It was then that Gwen noticed five long tables on the floor. Four were running parallel to each other and the fifth one was at its head, obviously the teacher's table.
"I'm kinda hungry. D'you think you could whip something up for me real quick?"
"Oh yes. Whatever miss wants."
"I think just a little snack, Mickey. I'm only a little hungry." In a flash Gwen was escorted to a small table in the corner. She was soon avalanched with various fruits and candies. "They call this a little snack." Gwen whistled appreciatively. Gwen soon ate her fill and immediately began wondering what to do. Her thoughts drifted to what Shane would do in such a situation. Grinning, she set about hr first-ever prank at Hogwarts. By asking directions of the paintings, Gwen managed to find her way back to Dumbledore's office. He and Remus were still in there. Perfect. She began opening doors until she found a janitor's closet. She dug around until she found a bucket of water and some string. She crept back up to Dumbledore's office.
Being as silent as she could, Gwen opened the door a crack and used a small stool to set the bucket of water on the top of the door. She checked to make sure it would fall the right way. The first time she tried that trick, it had landed bottom end down on her teacher's head and knocked him out cold. Plus, he didn't get wet. Gwen then set her mind to how to get them out of the office. She was starting to get bored. As she usually did when she was bored, Gwen started humming a familiar song. She hummed the chorus a few times, then moved her hand to brush her hair out of her face. It took her a few moments to realize that her skin was blue. She grinned in spite of her predicament. Perfect.
"Professor. Remus," she called. "I kinda need some help here." Dumbledore came out first, but he as moving with such speed that Remus got the water. Dumbledore smiled at her.
"I'm glad I learned something through all the years of the Marauders and the Weasley twins. Now. I thought you weren't supposed to sing."
"I didn't sing. I was just humming. And now I'm blue."
"Sing me the song you were humming." He commanded.
"I'm blue dab a de dab a di dab a de dab a di dab a de dab a di."
"Well that makes sense. Now we have to figure out how to make you not blue." Remus stated.
"What if I sang 'I'm not blue'?" Dumbledore nodded his consent and Gwen sang her eyes closed in concentration and fear. She opened her eyes and looked at her hand. She was no longer blue. She was pitch black. All over.
"Ah. Black. The absence of color." Said Dumbledore as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.
"But I thought white was the absence of color." Wondered Gwen. Dumbledore launched into an explanation of how white is all the colors and black is the absence of any color to a thoroughly intrigued Gwen. He took her back up to his office and showed her his collection of prisms. She felt as if she could spend hours just watching the rainbows dance across the wall. But soon it was lunchtime and the trio headed down to the Great Hall. It was a mirror image of the kitchen, one floor up. After lunch they went to the Library. Gwen felt that it needed to be capitalized. It was amazing. There was every book imaginable there. There were even a few Muggle classics.
"Eureka! I've found it!" Shouted Dumbledore, standing up and thrusting a book into the air. He even conjured a lit light bulb over his head. Gwen and Remus hurried over to him and read over his shoulder.
The Albanu Charm is a very powerful yet dangerous
charm. It can be used to restore someone to their
original form after a powerful spell. It's
properties are similar to that of the Mandrake
Restorative Drought. However, if not used
correctly, this charm could have the same
effect as that of Avada Kedavra, the Killing
Curse.
Dumbledore slammed the book shut. He looked at Gwen with worry in his eyes.
"This is the only way. I can perform the charm, if you wish. However, I will understand if you would rather stay black than risk death." Gwen grinned.
"I trust you, Professor." Dumbledore nodded and raised his wand.
A man woke up in the middle of the night. He sat up and looked at his wife, who was sleeping. He got out of bed and dressed in a pure white robe. He Disapparated to a shabby-looking house. Inside, it proved to be a nursing home. Everyone was asleep. He entered the nearest room. It contained two men, both on life support. The man in white smiled sadly at the men. They needed rest and peace. He was prepared to give it to them. The life support machines began to beep in a lonely way as they no longer had a use. The man in white visited every room that night.
"Albanus Normalus" Shouted Dumbledore, his eyes alight with the power of the spell. Gwen felt a blast of energy, and a bright blue light that left her temporarily blind. She glanced at her hand and grinned at Dumbledore. She was back to normal. But Dumbledore was not smiling back. Neither was Remus. They just stared at her with very interesting expressions on their faces.
"What? What's wrong?" Instead of replying, Dumbledore conjured up a large mirror. Gwen took it and gasped. Her eyes. Her beautiful eyes were now white. They were pure white. No color anywhere. She turned to Dumbledore.
"No. I'm afraid that I can't fix it. I think you're stuck like that." Gwen took another look in the mirror.
"Actually, it's kinda cool." Remus and Dumbledore went back to the Headmaster's office after leaving Gwen in the suite of rooms she was to share with Remus. She sat down to write a letter to Shane in which she told him everything. She then proceeded to get lost again as she tried to find the Owlery. She knew it was bound to be in a tower somewhere, but wasn't quite sure which one. Gwen gave up after an hour and decided to just wander. She discovered that it was quite fun to randomly open doors. She met three ghosts and Peeves, the poltergeist Sirius had told her about. They got into an interesting conversation about pranks and Peeves offered his help on anything she needed done that would humiliate a teacher. In a rare act of kindness, he even directed her to the Owlery. Gwen sent the owl off with directions to wait for a reply. Shane wouldn't be able to write back if the owl didn't wait.
Gwen discovered 13 secret passageways and password-protected 12 of them. (The one behind the statue of Helga the High-Heifer wouldn't let her.) She found her way back to the Great Hall just in time for dinner only to be directed to a small door behind the teacher's tables. Remus and Dumbledore were waiting for her there. The two adults talked until Gwen fell asleep over dessert, put her to bed, and then talked some more.
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