Chapter 10 Trouble On Our Hands
"I don't trust that git! I don't trust him one bit!" Ron was muttering over and over as if Hermione and Harry didn't seem to understand the foreign tongue he was speaking in.
"Ron, we don't have a choice! He didn't seem to be lying, anyway!" Hermione pointed out as she crossed her arms in front of her chest.
"I donno, Hermione. Ron DOES seem to have a point," Harry pointed out, causing Hermione to let her air out in frustration.
"Honestly you boys! Just because you hate Malfoy doesn't mean you have to disagree with every little point he makes!" She said, half-exasperated. Harry and Ron looked to each other.
"It does," they both said at the same time as they took seats on the couch. Hermione muttered something that sounded oddly like "boys will be boys" under her breath and took a seat next to Ron on the couch.
"Mr. Weasley, Mr. Potter, Ms. Granger; will you three please come with me?" Professor McGonagall asked suddenly as she entered the Gryffindor Common Room. Shocked, the three of them obliged. They followed suit, not making a sound, up into Professor Dumbledore's office. They didn't even let out their giggles at his rather unusual password.
"Er, is something wrong Professor?" Harry was the first to break the silence. Professor McGonagall almost winced at the sound of his voice.
"Yes, I'm afraid something is terribly wrong," spoke Professor Dumbledore said as he emerged from the dark shadows of his office, causing all three students to jump. Ron already seemed to know where this was going, because he had already reached to his pocket for his wand. "Mr. Weasley, I assure you that you will not be needing that," Dumbledore said as his eyes flickered down at the wand in Ron's hand.
"Er, right Professor," he said as he slipped his wand back into his pocket. He couldn't help it; it was a reflexive impulse.
"Do you mind telling us why we are here, Professor?" Hermione asked politely as she looked up at both Dumbledore and McGonagall.
"Ginny's...having...Problems..." Professor McGonagall managed to choke out, only causing more confusion in the trio's minds. "What I mean by that is that...she.."
"She has been hearing the voice of Tom Riddle again. He is taking control of her, having never actually disappeared from the depths of her mind," Dumbledore explained.
"But...then...wh-where is she?" Harry and Ron asked him at the same time, while Hermione just allowed her hand to clasp against her mouth.
"We have her secluded up in the Gryffindor Prefects' Tower," Professor Dumbledore answered. Hermione fainted.
'They think you are secluded do they...' she heard him ask her as he replayed the scene to her in her mind. Ginny began to knock on the walls, trying to find a way out.
"I don't hear you . . . Y-you are just a pretty bird . . . fly-fly away!" She began to guffaw hideously as she sat on the ground and began rocking back and forth.
'They don't need you....I need you....You need me...' he lied to her, so many lies.
"No I don't! I don't need you! I don't, I don't, I don't, I don't, I DON'T!" she screamed. The wall to the right of her exploded...revealing a way for her to escape.
"Albus! She-She's gone! She's escaped! Ginny's GONE!" Professor McGongall informed him.
"MY-my, we seem to have trouble on our hands..." Dumbledore announced as he walked away from the shocked Professor McGonagall.
"WHAT?" The four of them yelled together. They all seemed taken aback by what Dumbledore was now explaining to them.
"So you're telling me that Gin-Ginny Weasley has become dangerous? That's the most absurd thing I've heard yet!" Draco yelled.
"Watch it, Malfoy. Maybe she'll be back to finish her work on you!" Ron threatened as he threw his glares in Draco's direction. Hermione and Harry chose to sit out of this one.
"Boys, this is no laughing matter!" silenced Professor Dumbledore. "Ginny is in trouble, she needs your help.." he informed them. The four looked around at each other.
"Where's she at?" they asked in unison.
"You're sure this is necessary?" Ginny asked as she began to sip the potion that Tom had told her how to make.
'Absolutely necessary....That is if you want power beyond your wildest dreams..' the thought intrigued her...her eyes glazed over. She finished her potion quickly.
'Now wasn't that good?' He cackled, she popped her neck in a grotesque way.
"Ginny we know you are in there..." She heard Harry call. Ginny hissed, she could sense the four seventh year students standing on the other side of the blockaded door.
"Naughty, Naughty, you've been caughty!" Peeves teased suddenly as he appeared in the room. Ginny looked up to him, eyes glaring red, and hissed. He left the room in an instant.
'Virginia...where have your manners gone? Let the poor people in...Show them your new powers..' Tom ordered. Ginny's face broke out into a horrific grin.
"Come on in, guys... I've been expecting you..."
"I don't trust that git! I don't trust him one bit!" Ron was muttering over and over as if Hermione and Harry didn't seem to understand the foreign tongue he was speaking in.
"Ron, we don't have a choice! He didn't seem to be lying, anyway!" Hermione pointed out as she crossed her arms in front of her chest.
"I donno, Hermione. Ron DOES seem to have a point," Harry pointed out, causing Hermione to let her air out in frustration.
"Honestly you boys! Just because you hate Malfoy doesn't mean you have to disagree with every little point he makes!" She said, half-exasperated. Harry and Ron looked to each other.
"It does," they both said at the same time as they took seats on the couch. Hermione muttered something that sounded oddly like "boys will be boys" under her breath and took a seat next to Ron on the couch.
"Mr. Weasley, Mr. Potter, Ms. Granger; will you three please come with me?" Professor McGonagall asked suddenly as she entered the Gryffindor Common Room. Shocked, the three of them obliged. They followed suit, not making a sound, up into Professor Dumbledore's office. They didn't even let out their giggles at his rather unusual password.
"Er, is something wrong Professor?" Harry was the first to break the silence. Professor McGonagall almost winced at the sound of his voice.
"Yes, I'm afraid something is terribly wrong," spoke Professor Dumbledore said as he emerged from the dark shadows of his office, causing all three students to jump. Ron already seemed to know where this was going, because he had already reached to his pocket for his wand. "Mr. Weasley, I assure you that you will not be needing that," Dumbledore said as his eyes flickered down at the wand in Ron's hand.
"Er, right Professor," he said as he slipped his wand back into his pocket. He couldn't help it; it was a reflexive impulse.
"Do you mind telling us why we are here, Professor?" Hermione asked politely as she looked up at both Dumbledore and McGonagall.
"Ginny's...having...Problems..." Professor McGonagall managed to choke out, only causing more confusion in the trio's minds. "What I mean by that is that...she.."
"She has been hearing the voice of Tom Riddle again. He is taking control of her, having never actually disappeared from the depths of her mind," Dumbledore explained.
"But...then...wh-where is she?" Harry and Ron asked him at the same time, while Hermione just allowed her hand to clasp against her mouth.
"We have her secluded up in the Gryffindor Prefects' Tower," Professor Dumbledore answered. Hermione fainted.
'They think you are secluded do they...' she heard him ask her as he replayed the scene to her in her mind. Ginny began to knock on the walls, trying to find a way out.
"I don't hear you . . . Y-you are just a pretty bird . . . fly-fly away!" She began to guffaw hideously as she sat on the ground and began rocking back and forth.
'They don't need you....I need you....You need me...' he lied to her, so many lies.
"No I don't! I don't need you! I don't, I don't, I don't, I don't, I DON'T!" she screamed. The wall to the right of her exploded...revealing a way for her to escape.
"Albus! She-She's gone! She's escaped! Ginny's GONE!" Professor McGongall informed him.
"MY-my, we seem to have trouble on our hands..." Dumbledore announced as he walked away from the shocked Professor McGonagall.
"WHAT?" The four of them yelled together. They all seemed taken aback by what Dumbledore was now explaining to them.
"So you're telling me that Gin-Ginny Weasley has become dangerous? That's the most absurd thing I've heard yet!" Draco yelled.
"Watch it, Malfoy. Maybe she'll be back to finish her work on you!" Ron threatened as he threw his glares in Draco's direction. Hermione and Harry chose to sit out of this one.
"Boys, this is no laughing matter!" silenced Professor Dumbledore. "Ginny is in trouble, she needs your help.." he informed them. The four looked around at each other.
"Where's she at?" they asked in unison.
"You're sure this is necessary?" Ginny asked as she began to sip the potion that Tom had told her how to make.
'Absolutely necessary....That is if you want power beyond your wildest dreams..' the thought intrigued her...her eyes glazed over. She finished her potion quickly.
'Now wasn't that good?' He cackled, she popped her neck in a grotesque way.
"Ginny we know you are in there..." She heard Harry call. Ginny hissed, she could sense the four seventh year students standing on the other side of the blockaded door.
"Naughty, Naughty, you've been caughty!" Peeves teased suddenly as he appeared in the room. Ginny looked up to him, eyes glaring red, and hissed. He left the room in an instant.
'Virginia...where have your manners gone? Let the poor people in...Show them your new powers..' Tom ordered. Ginny's face broke out into a horrific grin.
"Come on in, guys... I've been expecting you..."