Oyev oliu
Chapter Three: Cracking the Code
Disclaimer: I don't own any of this, not the characters, not the settings. JK Rowling has created a wonderful world that can inspire even the uncreative, like me, to come and play. I only hope I remain true to the wonderful characters she has created.
A week later she could have screamed it frustration. She had tried every code she could think of. She had substituted letters for other letters and had even devised a clever number substitution code to attempt to translate the notes. Nothing she had done seemed to work. She didn't know whether to laugh of cry when she got another note. This time it said 'Think like a mirror: fen oonsi ereh tuo ytu bemro.'
"Think like a mirror? Backwards? Oh, how could I be so stupid?" Hermione cursed herself for overlooking an obvious solution and worked to solve the code.
She rewrote the note backwards and came out with 'ormeb uty out here isnoo nef.'
"Okay, there is obviously more to this code than just backwards writing," she thought out loud. "Could the spacing be misleading?"
To check this theory, she wrote all the letters out in one line with no spaces. 'ormebutyouthereisnoonef.'
"Or me but you there is no one f… Oh! If I move the f to the beginning of the line assuming it is meant to wrap around… 'There in no one for me but you!" Hermione exclaimed in the joy of finally solving the puzzle. As the meaning of what she had yelled out dawned on her, she was mortified that she had yelled it out loud in front of everyone. She looked around the Great Hall and noticed that Ron was looking at her again. His expression was unreadable.
"Umm… I figured it out," Hermione said, feeling color flood into her cheeks.
"Figured what out?" Ron asked.
"Oh, umm…that code. I mean, those letters. I figured out how to solve them."
"Oh, that's nice," Ron said in a bored sounding voice and went back to his plate of food.
Hermione was pleased with herself for finally cracking the code, but she was surprised to find that she was also sad. She had expected that Ron would take more interest in who the notes were from considering the subject of the one she had yelled out. She had always thought that he might be interested in her, but from his reaction, that was obviously wrong.
After her classes that day Hermione rushed back to here dormitory feeling excited and scared to translate the other two notes. 'Ebera uoyl ufi tuo' translated to 'you are beautiful'. Hermione knew she must have turned bright red and was glad that she was alone in her room.
When she managed to translate her very first note, she almost fainted it shock. 'Oyev oliu' came out to 'I love you.'
"I love you?" Hermione couldn't believe what she was reading. "Who? Who is sending me these letters?"
She realized that she had solved one puzzle only to uncover a bigger and more important one.
Chapter Three: Cracking the Code
Disclaimer: I don't own any of this, not the characters, not the settings. JK Rowling has created a wonderful world that can inspire even the uncreative, like me, to come and play. I only hope I remain true to the wonderful characters she has created.
A week later she could have screamed it frustration. She had tried every code she could think of. She had substituted letters for other letters and had even devised a clever number substitution code to attempt to translate the notes. Nothing she had done seemed to work. She didn't know whether to laugh of cry when she got another note. This time it said 'Think like a mirror: fen oonsi ereh tuo ytu bemro.'
"Think like a mirror? Backwards? Oh, how could I be so stupid?" Hermione cursed herself for overlooking an obvious solution and worked to solve the code.
She rewrote the note backwards and came out with 'ormeb uty out here isnoo nef.'
"Okay, there is obviously more to this code than just backwards writing," she thought out loud. "Could the spacing be misleading?"
To check this theory, she wrote all the letters out in one line with no spaces. 'ormebutyouthereisnoonef.'
"Or me but you there is no one f… Oh! If I move the f to the beginning of the line assuming it is meant to wrap around… 'There in no one for me but you!" Hermione exclaimed in the joy of finally solving the puzzle. As the meaning of what she had yelled out dawned on her, she was mortified that she had yelled it out loud in front of everyone. She looked around the Great Hall and noticed that Ron was looking at her again. His expression was unreadable.
"Umm… I figured it out," Hermione said, feeling color flood into her cheeks.
"Figured what out?" Ron asked.
"Oh, umm…that code. I mean, those letters. I figured out how to solve them."
"Oh, that's nice," Ron said in a bored sounding voice and went back to his plate of food.
Hermione was pleased with herself for finally cracking the code, but she was surprised to find that she was also sad. She had expected that Ron would take more interest in who the notes were from considering the subject of the one she had yelled out. She had always thought that he might be interested in her, but from his reaction, that was obviously wrong.
After her classes that day Hermione rushed back to here dormitory feeling excited and scared to translate the other two notes. 'Ebera uoyl ufi tuo' translated to 'you are beautiful'. Hermione knew she must have turned bright red and was glad that she was alone in her room.
When she managed to translate her very first note, she almost fainted it shock. 'Oyev oliu' came out to 'I love you.'
"I love you?" Hermione couldn't believe what she was reading. "Who? Who is sending me these letters?"
She realized that she had solved one puzzle only to uncover a bigger and more important one.