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Chapter Ten
Harry arrived at the Muggle Studies classroom just in time. He
quickly sat down next to Hermione. She offered a tentative smile, but he
ignored it.
He felt bad about it, but he couldn't bring himself to care about
anyone.especially Hermione. He was scared for her. So far people that he
did care about were missing. he didn't want that to happen to anyone else.
The new teacher, Professor Trachsel, smiled broadly as she walked inside the room. She introduced herself and began class immediately. She had two boxes on her desks, a white one, and a black one. "Okay," she said, "I want everyone to split up in to two groups, and we will begin today's activity. Hermione looked at Harry and he nodded slightly to acknowledge her. The other people in their group were Parvati and Padma Patil, Seamus Finnigan, and two other Ravenclaws, Tom Lotcher, and Jenny Merit. "Okay," said Professor Trachsel, "Will each team please select a captain?" Harry's group selected Seamus to be their captain, and the other team's captain was Lavender Brown. Professor Trachsel smiled at the two captains, "Class, you might want to write this down," she said, "One way for muggle children to solve their differences is by playing 'Rock, Paper, Scissors'." She continued to explain the concept of Rock, Paper, Scissors as the students wrote down what she said. When finished, she told Seamus and Lavender to play a round of it. "Rock, Paper, Scissors!" they chanted. Lavender made 'paper' with her hands, and Seamus made 'scissors'. "Seamus wins," Professor Trachsel announced, "His scissors cut Lavender's paper. Now, Seamus, since you won, you can choose either the black or the white box. Seamus chose the black box.
Professor Trachsel gave Seamus the black box and Lavender the white box. "Now," she said, "The first thing that we will cover is muggle- children board games. After that, we will discuss sports, leisure time, literature, and self-defense. Some other things that we will be talking about periodically are current events and muggle history. Anyway, back to today's lesson. captains, you can sit with your groups again, and you can open your boxes." Harry peered over Seamus's shoulder as he opened the box. In it was a board game called Candy Land! Harry knew that Dudley had the same game back at Privet Drive, but didn't play with it anymore. Hermione recognized Candy Land right away. She used to play it when she was younger. Jenny Merit, the Ravenclaw, was muggle born, so she knew the game too. The other group's box contained Checkers. Everyone in that group had heard of it, but not everyone played it before. "Well," said Professor Trachsel, "Take turns, and make sure everyone gets a chance to play, we will discuss the games in forty five minutes."
Hermione and Jenny had a hard time explaining their group how to play Candy Land. They just didn't understand the point of it. But finally, Hermione told them that there really was no point of it. It was just for fun, like exploding snaps and wizards chess. Seamus gave her an odd look. "Exploding snaps and Wizards Chess *are* fun though," he said, "In this game you just move a little, colorful, flat person on a board and try to get to the end. That does not sound like fun." "Its fun for children," Jenny explained, "Especially muggles because we didn't have wizard's chess, exploding snaps, or *any* magical games. Seamus looked horrified.
"Please cheer up, Harry," Hermione whispered as Seamus, Padma, Parvati and Tom played Candy Land, and Jenny scolded Tom when he tried to bewitch his little player person thingy. "Yeah right," Harry muttered as he tried to concentrate on watching his friends play the game. It was a losing battle though, he could barely concentrate a few minutes before when *he* was playing. He kept thinking that Ron should be there. "Why cant you talk to people about it, then?" she asked, "It could help." "It won't help Ron, Ginny, and Cho though, will it?" he snapped. The students continued to play the board games, and switched games once everyone was finished. Again, Harry could not bring himself to concentrate. He lost to Padma in less than five minutes.
"That class *was* fun," Seamus said as everyone left the class room, "The games were pretty childish, but it was better than writing notes all day." "I can't wait until we start learning about the sports," Neville said, "maybe Professor Trachsel will even teach us how to play them." Dean laughed, "And than Ron will finally see how amazing soccer (football in the non-American versions) really is." his voice trailed off once he realized what he said. Nobody spoke for awhile. Hermione's eyes filled up with tears. Every time someone mentioned Ron or Ginny she had a sudden sad attack. She really wished there were something she could do for them. but what?
Finally Hermione broke the silence, "So," she said, "what did you think of the class Harry.? Harry?" She whirled around. Harry's face was as white as a sheet, and he was shaking. All of the sudden his eyes rolled back in his head and he collapsed. Seamus and Dean jumped behind him to catch him so he wouldn't hit the ground. "Harry! Harry, wake up!" Hermione said as she tapped his face, trying to awaken him. A million thoughts were racing through Harry's mind. 'I should open my eyes.. That's Hermione, I should answer her. She sounds really scared..' "Harry! Harry! Someone get Madam Pomfrey or someone!" 'No don't, I'm fine..." Harry thought. 'I'm fine.'
Cho wished she had a blanket or something. She was beginning to feel extremely cold. She looked over and noticed that both Ron and Ginny were shivering. "I think I'm getting sick," she said softly. "Me too," Ginny whispered miserably, "I feel terrible." Ron nodded, than stopped. "I wish I didn't do that," he said, referring to the nod, "I have a bad headache." "M-Maybe we should open the box," Ginny suggested as she tried to fall asleep on the cold, uncomfortable cave floor. "Let's wait one more day," said Cho as she struggled to stay awake long enough to finish her sentence, "just one more day."
"What happened to him?" Sirius asked when he was in the hospital wing. Hermione ran to Hagrid's house, where he was staying and told him that Harry was in the hospital wing. He didn't ask any questions. He just ran right past her and up to the castle. "He collapsed again," said Madam Pomfrey, "If you want to stay with him until he wakes up, he is in the back room. Nobody will see you there." "Thank you," he said as he went to see his godson. When Sirius entered the room, he sat in a chair near Harry's bed. He could not believe what he had done. He had walked through Hogwarts and on the Hogwarts grounds with nobody seeing him. That was certainly lucky. Soon Dumbledore entered the back room too. "I trust that you were not spotted, Sirius," Dumbledore said in a subdued tone, "due to the fact that Hogwarts is going on as normal as usual." Sirius offered a guilty smile, "I am sorry, Professor, but I was extremely worried when I saw his friend, Hermione running to Hagrid's. I expected the worst." "Ah, yes," said Dumbledore, "We do tend to do that." "Headmaster." said a small voice from behind the door. Dumbledore recognized the voice to be Hermione's. "Please," he said at once, "come in Miss Granger." Hermione quietly opened the door. "Sir," she said softly, not quite looking him in the eye, "I. I want to know what is going on." Sirius smiled admirably at Hermione. She reminded him of his friends from Hogwarts. They would go to great lengths to protect him, if needed that is. Clearly Hermione was the same. Not many young teenagers would talk to the headmaster with such firmness in his or her voice. Dumbledore's eyes twinkled, "Yes, of course you do," he said, "and to tell the truth, you deserve to know. Please sit down, Hermione." "I am sure the thing that you want to know most, is where are Ron and Ginny and Cho?" Hermione nodded, "Yes sir." "Well, wherever they are, I assure you that although they are in mortal danger, they are also safe. Not completely safe, but they do have some protection on their side." "Professor," she said, "Is it true that-that they have been captured by He-who-must-not-be-named?" Dumbledore's eyes clouded over, "Yes, it is true. At first, I didn't believe it could have been Voldemort. I suppose I subconsciously have the same stubbornness as Mr. Fudge. Anyway, in the beginning of this terrible ordeal, the ministry thought that Ron and Ginny were just kidnapped by amateur death eaters who for some reason were not to happy with Mr. Weasley. But, now we know that they are in the hands of Voldemort." Hermione felt the color drain from her face. "How do you know that they are still alive?" she whispered. "Not everyone who claims to be at death eater truly is one, Hermione," Dumbledore explained, "I happen to have a few former death eaters who are on our side watching over them right now. Also, I know that Voldemort cannot directly kill anyone right now." "How do you know that?" "Well," said Dumbledore, "We have some help from an old friend." All of the sudden a cold draft blew through the room. Hermione looked up and gasped. The reason of her surprise was that she was starring into the dark gray eyes of Cedric Diggory.
A/N~ Hmmm. now what could that mean?? Well, u'll all find that out soon! Plz read and review!
The new teacher, Professor Trachsel, smiled broadly as she walked inside the room. She introduced herself and began class immediately. She had two boxes on her desks, a white one, and a black one. "Okay," she said, "I want everyone to split up in to two groups, and we will begin today's activity. Hermione looked at Harry and he nodded slightly to acknowledge her. The other people in their group were Parvati and Padma Patil, Seamus Finnigan, and two other Ravenclaws, Tom Lotcher, and Jenny Merit. "Okay," said Professor Trachsel, "Will each team please select a captain?" Harry's group selected Seamus to be their captain, and the other team's captain was Lavender Brown. Professor Trachsel smiled at the two captains, "Class, you might want to write this down," she said, "One way for muggle children to solve their differences is by playing 'Rock, Paper, Scissors'." She continued to explain the concept of Rock, Paper, Scissors as the students wrote down what she said. When finished, she told Seamus and Lavender to play a round of it. "Rock, Paper, Scissors!" they chanted. Lavender made 'paper' with her hands, and Seamus made 'scissors'. "Seamus wins," Professor Trachsel announced, "His scissors cut Lavender's paper. Now, Seamus, since you won, you can choose either the black or the white box. Seamus chose the black box.
Professor Trachsel gave Seamus the black box and Lavender the white box. "Now," she said, "The first thing that we will cover is muggle- children board games. After that, we will discuss sports, leisure time, literature, and self-defense. Some other things that we will be talking about periodically are current events and muggle history. Anyway, back to today's lesson. captains, you can sit with your groups again, and you can open your boxes." Harry peered over Seamus's shoulder as he opened the box. In it was a board game called Candy Land! Harry knew that Dudley had the same game back at Privet Drive, but didn't play with it anymore. Hermione recognized Candy Land right away. She used to play it when she was younger. Jenny Merit, the Ravenclaw, was muggle born, so she knew the game too. The other group's box contained Checkers. Everyone in that group had heard of it, but not everyone played it before. "Well," said Professor Trachsel, "Take turns, and make sure everyone gets a chance to play, we will discuss the games in forty five minutes."
Hermione and Jenny had a hard time explaining their group how to play Candy Land. They just didn't understand the point of it. But finally, Hermione told them that there really was no point of it. It was just for fun, like exploding snaps and wizards chess. Seamus gave her an odd look. "Exploding snaps and Wizards Chess *are* fun though," he said, "In this game you just move a little, colorful, flat person on a board and try to get to the end. That does not sound like fun." "Its fun for children," Jenny explained, "Especially muggles because we didn't have wizard's chess, exploding snaps, or *any* magical games. Seamus looked horrified.
"Please cheer up, Harry," Hermione whispered as Seamus, Padma, Parvati and Tom played Candy Land, and Jenny scolded Tom when he tried to bewitch his little player person thingy. "Yeah right," Harry muttered as he tried to concentrate on watching his friends play the game. It was a losing battle though, he could barely concentrate a few minutes before when *he* was playing. He kept thinking that Ron should be there. "Why cant you talk to people about it, then?" she asked, "It could help." "It won't help Ron, Ginny, and Cho though, will it?" he snapped. The students continued to play the board games, and switched games once everyone was finished. Again, Harry could not bring himself to concentrate. He lost to Padma in less than five minutes.
"That class *was* fun," Seamus said as everyone left the class room, "The games were pretty childish, but it was better than writing notes all day." "I can't wait until we start learning about the sports," Neville said, "maybe Professor Trachsel will even teach us how to play them." Dean laughed, "And than Ron will finally see how amazing soccer (football in the non-American versions) really is." his voice trailed off once he realized what he said. Nobody spoke for awhile. Hermione's eyes filled up with tears. Every time someone mentioned Ron or Ginny she had a sudden sad attack. She really wished there were something she could do for them. but what?
Finally Hermione broke the silence, "So," she said, "what did you think of the class Harry.? Harry?" She whirled around. Harry's face was as white as a sheet, and he was shaking. All of the sudden his eyes rolled back in his head and he collapsed. Seamus and Dean jumped behind him to catch him so he wouldn't hit the ground. "Harry! Harry, wake up!" Hermione said as she tapped his face, trying to awaken him. A million thoughts were racing through Harry's mind. 'I should open my eyes.. That's Hermione, I should answer her. She sounds really scared..' "Harry! Harry! Someone get Madam Pomfrey or someone!" 'No don't, I'm fine..." Harry thought. 'I'm fine.'
Cho wished she had a blanket or something. She was beginning to feel extremely cold. She looked over and noticed that both Ron and Ginny were shivering. "I think I'm getting sick," she said softly. "Me too," Ginny whispered miserably, "I feel terrible." Ron nodded, than stopped. "I wish I didn't do that," he said, referring to the nod, "I have a bad headache." "M-Maybe we should open the box," Ginny suggested as she tried to fall asleep on the cold, uncomfortable cave floor. "Let's wait one more day," said Cho as she struggled to stay awake long enough to finish her sentence, "just one more day."
"What happened to him?" Sirius asked when he was in the hospital wing. Hermione ran to Hagrid's house, where he was staying and told him that Harry was in the hospital wing. He didn't ask any questions. He just ran right past her and up to the castle. "He collapsed again," said Madam Pomfrey, "If you want to stay with him until he wakes up, he is in the back room. Nobody will see you there." "Thank you," he said as he went to see his godson. When Sirius entered the room, he sat in a chair near Harry's bed. He could not believe what he had done. He had walked through Hogwarts and on the Hogwarts grounds with nobody seeing him. That was certainly lucky. Soon Dumbledore entered the back room too. "I trust that you were not spotted, Sirius," Dumbledore said in a subdued tone, "due to the fact that Hogwarts is going on as normal as usual." Sirius offered a guilty smile, "I am sorry, Professor, but I was extremely worried when I saw his friend, Hermione running to Hagrid's. I expected the worst." "Ah, yes," said Dumbledore, "We do tend to do that." "Headmaster." said a small voice from behind the door. Dumbledore recognized the voice to be Hermione's. "Please," he said at once, "come in Miss Granger." Hermione quietly opened the door. "Sir," she said softly, not quite looking him in the eye, "I. I want to know what is going on." Sirius smiled admirably at Hermione. She reminded him of his friends from Hogwarts. They would go to great lengths to protect him, if needed that is. Clearly Hermione was the same. Not many young teenagers would talk to the headmaster with such firmness in his or her voice. Dumbledore's eyes twinkled, "Yes, of course you do," he said, "and to tell the truth, you deserve to know. Please sit down, Hermione." "I am sure the thing that you want to know most, is where are Ron and Ginny and Cho?" Hermione nodded, "Yes sir." "Well, wherever they are, I assure you that although they are in mortal danger, they are also safe. Not completely safe, but they do have some protection on their side." "Professor," she said, "Is it true that-that they have been captured by He-who-must-not-be-named?" Dumbledore's eyes clouded over, "Yes, it is true. At first, I didn't believe it could have been Voldemort. I suppose I subconsciously have the same stubbornness as Mr. Fudge. Anyway, in the beginning of this terrible ordeal, the ministry thought that Ron and Ginny were just kidnapped by amateur death eaters who for some reason were not to happy with Mr. Weasley. But, now we know that they are in the hands of Voldemort." Hermione felt the color drain from her face. "How do you know that they are still alive?" she whispered. "Not everyone who claims to be at death eater truly is one, Hermione," Dumbledore explained, "I happen to have a few former death eaters who are on our side watching over them right now. Also, I know that Voldemort cannot directly kill anyone right now." "How do you know that?" "Well," said Dumbledore, "We have some help from an old friend." All of the sudden a cold draft blew through the room. Hermione looked up and gasped. The reason of her surprise was that she was starring into the dark gray eyes of Cedric Diggory.
A/N~ Hmmm. now what could that mean?? Well, u'll all find that out soon! Plz read and review!
