Walking back to the Gryffindor tower, Kelsey and Harry ran into Vanessa and
Angela. Kelsey explained everything to Vanessa and Angela, and also swore
them to secrecy.
"I just can't believe that she fooled everyone!" Vanessa said. "Yeah, really!" Angela commented.
As they got closer to the Gryffindor tower they saw someone else returning. It was Lavender Brown.
"Hey Lavender! What are you doing?" Angela said. Lavender was facing the other direction and when she heard Angela's voice she whipped around.
"Oh, hey everyone. I am not doing anything, I just got back from, umm, tutorials, potions. They are horrible aren't they?" Lavender said.
"Yeah, no kidding, I probably should be going there myself, but the thought of spending any more time with Snape, its just too much." Harry said.
"Yeah, oh well. Shall we go in now?" Lavender said, gesturing at the portrait.
"Finals." Harry said to the portrait and it opened. Professor McGonnagal changed the password a few weeks ago to give them a subtle hint about remembering their finals coming up.
The five walked in. Everyone was in the common room, either doing homework, or goofing off. Lavender went off up to the dorms ("I'm really tired so I think I am going to turn in early.") The rest of the group found Ron, Ginny, Stacey, Hermione, and Draco all siting together. Hermione was doing homework, Stacey and Ginny were talking together, and Ron and Draco were playing Wizard's Chess.
"Hey guys!" Vanessa said. "Hey, how did everything go?" Ron asked right after he ordered his king to a different spot on the board.
"Oh, all right. How were things here?" Vanessa asked. "Boring as usual, you know."
At that moment Professor McGonnagal walked in. Everyone got quiet to see what she wanted. "I need Ginny Weasley for a moment. Ginny, there you are. Please come with me." Ginny looked at everyone else with a confused face. She got up and walked with Professor McGonnagal, who walked out the door.
"That was, strange." Ron said. "Yeah, way strange. I wonder what she wanted with Ginny." Stacey said.
Stacey and Ginny had really become friends. Since they were in the same year and all, they did everything together. It was the Potter and Weasley friendship all over again.
Everyone relaxed and talked for the longest time. It was soon getting late and people were retiring. Ron wanted to wait and see what happened to Ginny, so Harry said he would wait with Ron. The three girls, all extremely tired from their lessons, decided to go to bed. Hermione said that she had to finish a few things with her advanced astronomy homework first, and she would be up there in just a bit.
Once the three girls parted all that was left were Harry, Ron, and Hermione. Hermione put down her astronomy homework and gave Ron and Harry the look. The look that meant that she was thinking of something. She spoke.
"Harry, what happened tonight? What are Kelsey, Vanessa, and Angela doing? They disappear to go somewhere and don't return till late. Do you know what they are doing?"
"Its nothing Hermione, don't worry about it. If you have to worry about anything, it would be what happened to Ginny. Not that I think that anything has happened Ron, but, it is strange." Harry said.
The three girls had decided that it wasn't a good idea to show off their powers, and swore the three boys to secrecy. They consented so Hermione had no idea about the powers, let alone the classes from Lupin.
Hermione said something under her breath and departed. She was much better, friendlier and all with everyone, now that she admitted to her wrongdoings, but she was still a little distant and different. Not like the girl she was for the first four years.
It was ten by the time that Ginny came back. She had someone with her as well. It was Casey. Harry guessed that Ginny was also sworn to secrecy from Dumbledore, because when Ron asked Ginny about Casey, she just said that she had switched houses, like Draco, and now she was in Gryffindor.
Ron accepted the excuse and headed to bed. Ginny and Casey also headed to their dorm, talking quietly. Harry didn't know of anything else to do and he too headed to the dorm, to go to bed.
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The next day was class, and quidditch practice. Kelsey, Vanessa, Harry, and Ron headed to the changing room while Hermione, Draco, Angela, Ginny, Casey, and Stacey headed to the field to watch.
The team changed and headed out to the field. They started with drills and warmed up. Then Harry let out all the quidditch balls and let everyone practice on their own.
The beaters practiced together (Lavender and Ron); the chasers (Katie Bell, Angelina Johnson, and Kelsey) practiced moves while trying to get the ball past the keeper (Vanessa); and the seeker (Harry) looked for the snitch.
Everything was going smoothly, and then everyone heard a scream. Harry saw that Kelsey was hit by a bludger and fell of her broom. She was on the ground, unconscious. They all rushed her to the hospital wing and all the Lavender could say was "I didn't mean to, it was just an accident, I am so sorry!"
Kelsey had to stay in the hospital wing all day, and over night. The rest of the team changed and headed for class.
The day went slow, everyone wondering how Kelsey was. They all visited her during lunch and dinner, but there was no change. She was still unconscious and all that Madame Pomfrey said was that she needed her privacy.
In the common room everyone was working on their transfiguration homework. They were supposed to have the spell down that made a turtle into a box. It wasn't going well. Ron had gotten a green box with legs and a tail. Harry's was worse, with still a turtle, only it was square shaped.
"Its no use, I can't concentrate, I'm going for a walk." Harry said. He got up and walked out of the portrait.
"Yeah, we have to go too. Casey, you are coming right?" Angela asked. "Yeah, I am." Vanessa, Angela, and Casey all got up and also left.
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"Hello Casey, Dumbledore has told me about you. I have helped Kelsey, Angela, and Vanessa expand their powers, now I want to help you do the same. So let's start, show me what you can do." Lupin said.
Casey nodded and sat in a chair. It looked as if she fell asleep, but then right next to her sleeping self there was a shimmer and then a solid body. It was the exact replica of Casey, like she just cloned herself.
"I can do astral projection. I read up on it once I knew what it was, and I practiced a lot. When I didn't know much about it, all I could do was go places, but I was like a ghost and no one saw me. Now that I practiced and concentrated, I can become solid and talk to people and move things."
"Wow, that's amazing," Lupin said. "Well, here, lets do some drills. Vanessa, I laid some things out for you again. You know what to do. Angela, in a moment I want you to read my mind, you will get your drills in, plus help with Casey's drills. Casey, I am going to go into different rooms all in the school. I want to see if you can find me by astral projection. I know that you can go places in which you think of, but I want to know if you can go places in which you are looking for a person. Does that make sense?" Lupin asked Casey.
"Yeah, I think I get it." Casey said. "Good, Angela, try and read my mind, and when I get to my destination, you tell Casey and she can project to me."
Angela nodded and sat down and waited. Lupin left. Every now and then Angela would scrunch her face and close her eyes. Angela would say, "He's there." And Casey would go into her sleep. In about five minutes Casey would wake out of her sleep and wait for Angela's command again.
Vanessa had finished the things on the table, and started trying to get premonition from other things in the room, including Angela and Casey.
Vanessa touched Casey's shoulder and instantly got a premonition. Casey was at her old house out where they used to live. Casey it looked like had just gone to sleep, but then the scene changed to a place where Vanessa had never been before. It was pleasant enough, sort of tropical. She recognized the three people who were there. It was Kelsey, Harry, and Sirius, the care of magical creature's teacher.
Casey told Kelsey that, "It was fake, Kelsey, you need to get back to Hogwarts fast, everyone is in danger!"
Kelsey nodded and looked at Sirius who looked less convinced. The scene shifted again and Vanessa found herself looking at, well, herself and Ron. Casey was there also but told Vanessa something different. "Vanessa, it was fake, you and Ron have to go and get Dumbledore back to Hogwarts, everyone else is in danger with him not there."
Vanessa looked confused but Ron was nodding and pulled Vanessa inside the house. Casey followed.
The scene changed once more to a dark dreary place. Angela and Stacey were there. It looked as if they were searching the place, but were looking around cautiously, as if what they were doing was illegal.
Casey told Angela, "Forget him, you need to come back, for everyone's sake, everyone's in danger."
The premonition ended and Vanessa gasped. Angela looked at her and ran and caught her before she fainted.
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A/N: finally getting some where! This chapter, well it doesn't seem like much, but, well, it may be more important that you think ;) . Hope everyone still likes this! Umm, yea, nothing else, so I'll try and update soon. Bye!
"I just can't believe that she fooled everyone!" Vanessa said. "Yeah, really!" Angela commented.
As they got closer to the Gryffindor tower they saw someone else returning. It was Lavender Brown.
"Hey Lavender! What are you doing?" Angela said. Lavender was facing the other direction and when she heard Angela's voice she whipped around.
"Oh, hey everyone. I am not doing anything, I just got back from, umm, tutorials, potions. They are horrible aren't they?" Lavender said.
"Yeah, no kidding, I probably should be going there myself, but the thought of spending any more time with Snape, its just too much." Harry said.
"Yeah, oh well. Shall we go in now?" Lavender said, gesturing at the portrait.
"Finals." Harry said to the portrait and it opened. Professor McGonnagal changed the password a few weeks ago to give them a subtle hint about remembering their finals coming up.
The five walked in. Everyone was in the common room, either doing homework, or goofing off. Lavender went off up to the dorms ("I'm really tired so I think I am going to turn in early.") The rest of the group found Ron, Ginny, Stacey, Hermione, and Draco all siting together. Hermione was doing homework, Stacey and Ginny were talking together, and Ron and Draco were playing Wizard's Chess.
"Hey guys!" Vanessa said. "Hey, how did everything go?" Ron asked right after he ordered his king to a different spot on the board.
"Oh, all right. How were things here?" Vanessa asked. "Boring as usual, you know."
At that moment Professor McGonnagal walked in. Everyone got quiet to see what she wanted. "I need Ginny Weasley for a moment. Ginny, there you are. Please come with me." Ginny looked at everyone else with a confused face. She got up and walked with Professor McGonnagal, who walked out the door.
"That was, strange." Ron said. "Yeah, way strange. I wonder what she wanted with Ginny." Stacey said.
Stacey and Ginny had really become friends. Since they were in the same year and all, they did everything together. It was the Potter and Weasley friendship all over again.
Everyone relaxed and talked for the longest time. It was soon getting late and people were retiring. Ron wanted to wait and see what happened to Ginny, so Harry said he would wait with Ron. The three girls, all extremely tired from their lessons, decided to go to bed. Hermione said that she had to finish a few things with her advanced astronomy homework first, and she would be up there in just a bit.
Once the three girls parted all that was left were Harry, Ron, and Hermione. Hermione put down her astronomy homework and gave Ron and Harry the look. The look that meant that she was thinking of something. She spoke.
"Harry, what happened tonight? What are Kelsey, Vanessa, and Angela doing? They disappear to go somewhere and don't return till late. Do you know what they are doing?"
"Its nothing Hermione, don't worry about it. If you have to worry about anything, it would be what happened to Ginny. Not that I think that anything has happened Ron, but, it is strange." Harry said.
The three girls had decided that it wasn't a good idea to show off their powers, and swore the three boys to secrecy. They consented so Hermione had no idea about the powers, let alone the classes from Lupin.
Hermione said something under her breath and departed. She was much better, friendlier and all with everyone, now that she admitted to her wrongdoings, but she was still a little distant and different. Not like the girl she was for the first four years.
It was ten by the time that Ginny came back. She had someone with her as well. It was Casey. Harry guessed that Ginny was also sworn to secrecy from Dumbledore, because when Ron asked Ginny about Casey, she just said that she had switched houses, like Draco, and now she was in Gryffindor.
Ron accepted the excuse and headed to bed. Ginny and Casey also headed to their dorm, talking quietly. Harry didn't know of anything else to do and he too headed to the dorm, to go to bed.
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The next day was class, and quidditch practice. Kelsey, Vanessa, Harry, and Ron headed to the changing room while Hermione, Draco, Angela, Ginny, Casey, and Stacey headed to the field to watch.
The team changed and headed out to the field. They started with drills and warmed up. Then Harry let out all the quidditch balls and let everyone practice on their own.
The beaters practiced together (Lavender and Ron); the chasers (Katie Bell, Angelina Johnson, and Kelsey) practiced moves while trying to get the ball past the keeper (Vanessa); and the seeker (Harry) looked for the snitch.
Everything was going smoothly, and then everyone heard a scream. Harry saw that Kelsey was hit by a bludger and fell of her broom. She was on the ground, unconscious. They all rushed her to the hospital wing and all the Lavender could say was "I didn't mean to, it was just an accident, I am so sorry!"
Kelsey had to stay in the hospital wing all day, and over night. The rest of the team changed and headed for class.
The day went slow, everyone wondering how Kelsey was. They all visited her during lunch and dinner, but there was no change. She was still unconscious and all that Madame Pomfrey said was that she needed her privacy.
In the common room everyone was working on their transfiguration homework. They were supposed to have the spell down that made a turtle into a box. It wasn't going well. Ron had gotten a green box with legs and a tail. Harry's was worse, with still a turtle, only it was square shaped.
"Its no use, I can't concentrate, I'm going for a walk." Harry said. He got up and walked out of the portrait.
"Yeah, we have to go too. Casey, you are coming right?" Angela asked. "Yeah, I am." Vanessa, Angela, and Casey all got up and also left.
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"Hello Casey, Dumbledore has told me about you. I have helped Kelsey, Angela, and Vanessa expand their powers, now I want to help you do the same. So let's start, show me what you can do." Lupin said.
Casey nodded and sat in a chair. It looked as if she fell asleep, but then right next to her sleeping self there was a shimmer and then a solid body. It was the exact replica of Casey, like she just cloned herself.
"I can do astral projection. I read up on it once I knew what it was, and I practiced a lot. When I didn't know much about it, all I could do was go places, but I was like a ghost and no one saw me. Now that I practiced and concentrated, I can become solid and talk to people and move things."
"Wow, that's amazing," Lupin said. "Well, here, lets do some drills. Vanessa, I laid some things out for you again. You know what to do. Angela, in a moment I want you to read my mind, you will get your drills in, plus help with Casey's drills. Casey, I am going to go into different rooms all in the school. I want to see if you can find me by astral projection. I know that you can go places in which you think of, but I want to know if you can go places in which you are looking for a person. Does that make sense?" Lupin asked Casey.
"Yeah, I think I get it." Casey said. "Good, Angela, try and read my mind, and when I get to my destination, you tell Casey and she can project to me."
Angela nodded and sat down and waited. Lupin left. Every now and then Angela would scrunch her face and close her eyes. Angela would say, "He's there." And Casey would go into her sleep. In about five minutes Casey would wake out of her sleep and wait for Angela's command again.
Vanessa had finished the things on the table, and started trying to get premonition from other things in the room, including Angela and Casey.
Vanessa touched Casey's shoulder and instantly got a premonition. Casey was at her old house out where they used to live. Casey it looked like had just gone to sleep, but then the scene changed to a place where Vanessa had never been before. It was pleasant enough, sort of tropical. She recognized the three people who were there. It was Kelsey, Harry, and Sirius, the care of magical creature's teacher.
Casey told Kelsey that, "It was fake, Kelsey, you need to get back to Hogwarts fast, everyone is in danger!"
Kelsey nodded and looked at Sirius who looked less convinced. The scene shifted again and Vanessa found herself looking at, well, herself and Ron. Casey was there also but told Vanessa something different. "Vanessa, it was fake, you and Ron have to go and get Dumbledore back to Hogwarts, everyone else is in danger with him not there."
Vanessa looked confused but Ron was nodding and pulled Vanessa inside the house. Casey followed.
The scene changed once more to a dark dreary place. Angela and Stacey were there. It looked as if they were searching the place, but were looking around cautiously, as if what they were doing was illegal.
Casey told Angela, "Forget him, you need to come back, for everyone's sake, everyone's in danger."
The premonition ended and Vanessa gasped. Angela looked at her and ran and caught her before she fainted.
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A/N: finally getting some where! This chapter, well it doesn't seem like much, but, well, it may be more important that you think ;) . Hope everyone still likes this! Umm, yea, nothing else, so I'll try and update soon. Bye!