Chapter Three: The Book
Hermione walked swiftly through the corridors and didn't stop until she reached the portrait of the Fat Lady.
"My, you look quite excited, dear..." she said, looking at Hermione's flushed face with her arms clutched around a book.
Hermione nodded and said the password, Coffee Sprouts. The portrait swung open and Hermione strode in.
Ron and Harry were sitting next to the fireplace playing wizard's chess.
"Check!" Ron grinned. Harry moved one of his knights and killed a castle. Ron moved his queen. "Check!" Ron was still grinning.
It continued like that for...quite some time.
"Check!"
"Check!"
"Check!"
"Check!"
"Check!"
"Check!"
"Check!"
"Check!"
Harry cursed. Then he smiled widely. He moved one of his bishops next to Ron's king, but his queen was also facing Ron's king.
Ron looked stumped. "Oh damn." He said laughing.
The boys looked up as Hermione came in and sat down on one of the squashy armchairs.
"What's up, 'Mione?" Ron asked.
Oh nothing, just using an illegal charm to track down my secret admirer who's been writing me love letters ever since first year, no biggie...you? Yeah Right.
"Nothing, I just finished my charms essay and thought I'd get a nice book to read before bed," she said casually, trying to cover the title of the book without them noticing. Harry noticed, but didn't say anything. She was obviously hiding something from them. I'll ask her later, Harry thought. Ron just shrugged.
They started another game of chess as Hermione opened up the book.
"Check!" Ron said, just a minute after they started their game.
"Not this time, buddy..." Harry killed Ron's Queen with his pon. Ron gaped as the small pon whacked it's head against the queens face, therefore...beheading her. "Check!" Harry practically yelled, trying really hard not to laugh.
"Check!"
"Check!"
"Check!"
"Check!"
"Check!"
"Che-"
"UGHH!" Hermione snatched the book up and growled at them. She stormed out of the common room and into the girls dormitory.
The boys stared at the spot Hermione was a few seconds ago then continued their game.
It was perfectly quiet when Hermione entered the room. Lavender, and the other girls must've gone to Hogsmeade or something...She thought absentmindedly. She lay on her bed and slowly opened the book...
"O Charme de pista. 413 BC UM codigo secreto o fazra bom mas nenhum mais que o que voce necessita. ..choose sabiamente, nenhuma necessidade para pesares, nenhuma necessidade para voltar..." Senhor Decouverte.
Hermione gulped. Whatever THAT meant...
She continued.
This charm - if spoken correctly - will leave a secret code. Beware you encantador, this may be the last of the last. You only have once chance. And exactly twenty-seven minutes. Starting NOW.
"Hmmmmmmmm...a secret code..." She glanced at the last two sentences and almost fainted, "TWENTY-SEVEN MINUTES?!" She almost gave herself a paper cut as she quickly turned the pages to find the incantations. After a few minutes, she landed on page 4,013. It was titled: Conjuros, Decouverte Os Encantamentos. "Interesting..." She checked the index to make sure she was on the right page. It took her only 10 seconds to read and memorize everything on it. Not because she was smart, but because the charm was literally only...a sentence long. A very short sentence at that.
Decouverte, de-me o codigo.
She almost laughed, but there was no time left. She hurriedly read the instructions. She needed something of the person whom she tracked and she needed to say the incantation 3 times, while holding her wand up then swishing it to the left on the last word. So she just needed to point her wand at the letter and say the charm? This is almost too simple, there HAS to be a catch...She skimmed through the rest of the book, hoping she wouldn't find any drawbacks. She looked nervously at her watch. Only four minutes left...She had everything ready, but...
"Oh no! WHERE'S THE LETTER?" Hermione cried anxiously, she jumped out of her bed, looking everywhere for the letter.
> AN: Sorry for the short chapters, they'll get longer - I promise! :) I hid some secret codes in this chapter just for fun...(hint: something to do with numbers) well if you figure it out, just say it in your review! ;) You will be mentioned on the next update if you get a code right! Good luck!
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Hermione walked swiftly through the corridors and didn't stop until she reached the portrait of the Fat Lady.
"My, you look quite excited, dear..." she said, looking at Hermione's flushed face with her arms clutched around a book.
Hermione nodded and said the password, Coffee Sprouts. The portrait swung open and Hermione strode in.
Ron and Harry were sitting next to the fireplace playing wizard's chess.
"Check!" Ron grinned. Harry moved one of his knights and killed a castle. Ron moved his queen. "Check!" Ron was still grinning.
It continued like that for...quite some time.
"Check!"
"Check!"
"Check!"
"Check!"
"Check!"
"Check!"
"Check!"
"Check!"
Harry cursed. Then he smiled widely. He moved one of his bishops next to Ron's king, but his queen was also facing Ron's king.
Ron looked stumped. "Oh damn." He said laughing.
The boys looked up as Hermione came in and sat down on one of the squashy armchairs.
"What's up, 'Mione?" Ron asked.
Oh nothing, just using an illegal charm to track down my secret admirer who's been writing me love letters ever since first year, no biggie...you? Yeah Right.
"Nothing, I just finished my charms essay and thought I'd get a nice book to read before bed," she said casually, trying to cover the title of the book without them noticing. Harry noticed, but didn't say anything. She was obviously hiding something from them. I'll ask her later, Harry thought. Ron just shrugged.
They started another game of chess as Hermione opened up the book.
"Check!" Ron said, just a minute after they started their game.
"Not this time, buddy..." Harry killed Ron's Queen with his pon. Ron gaped as the small pon whacked it's head against the queens face, therefore...beheading her. "Check!" Harry practically yelled, trying really hard not to laugh.
"Check!"
"Check!"
"Check!"
"Check!"
"Check!"
"Che-"
"UGHH!" Hermione snatched the book up and growled at them. She stormed out of the common room and into the girls dormitory.
The boys stared at the spot Hermione was a few seconds ago then continued their game.
It was perfectly quiet when Hermione entered the room. Lavender, and the other girls must've gone to Hogsmeade or something...She thought absentmindedly. She lay on her bed and slowly opened the book...
"O Charme de pista. 413 BC UM codigo secreto o fazra bom mas nenhum mais que o que voce necessita. ..choose sabiamente, nenhuma necessidade para pesares, nenhuma necessidade para voltar..." Senhor Decouverte.
Hermione gulped. Whatever THAT meant...
She continued.
This charm - if spoken correctly - will leave a secret code. Beware you encantador, this may be the last of the last. You only have once chance. And exactly twenty-seven minutes. Starting NOW.
"Hmmmmmmmm...a secret code..." She glanced at the last two sentences and almost fainted, "TWENTY-SEVEN MINUTES?!" She almost gave herself a paper cut as she quickly turned the pages to find the incantations. After a few minutes, she landed on page 4,013. It was titled: Conjuros, Decouverte Os Encantamentos. "Interesting..." She checked the index to make sure she was on the right page. It took her only 10 seconds to read and memorize everything on it. Not because she was smart, but because the charm was literally only...a sentence long. A very short sentence at that.
Decouverte, de-me o codigo.
She almost laughed, but there was no time left. She hurriedly read the instructions. She needed something of the person whom she tracked and she needed to say the incantation 3 times, while holding her wand up then swishing it to the left on the last word. So she just needed to point her wand at the letter and say the charm? This is almost too simple, there HAS to be a catch...She skimmed through the rest of the book, hoping she wouldn't find any drawbacks. She looked nervously at her watch. Only four minutes left...She had everything ready, but...
"Oh no! WHERE'S THE LETTER?" Hermione cried anxiously, she jumped out of her bed, looking everywhere for the letter.
> AN: Sorry for the short chapters, they'll get longer - I promise! :) I hid some secret codes in this chapter just for fun...(hint: something to do with numbers) well if you figure it out, just say it in your review! ;) You will be mentioned on the next update if you get a code right! Good luck!
[TheDragonLady, Thanks :)] [dracosgurl_chrissy, I have no idea where I got the idea, but I'm glad you like it :)] [super-sycoh, Thankyou ^^] [xxdracozazngrlxx, More coming soon!] [dracoslover333, Yup, It's pretty obvious of who it is, I guess LOL] [Pandora The Vampire, Hi! That's a terrific guess =P and, thanks!] [Chach-A-Lot, Yay, I'm really glad you do! :)] [ElizabethMM, Thx! :)] [Nokomis Silverwolf, Thankyou!!! =D] [wutever, I'm really glad you do! :)] [Blue-Dreamz, You'll know really soon! :D] [Spaced Out Space Cadet, Hmm...Draco or Ron, eh? :D BWAHAHA, you'll find out real soon ;)] [Kalika14, Thnx so muchiez! =)] [overXposed, Thankyou! I read your fic, A Little Black Book, it's really good!] [girldevil, Shankyooz! ;)] [Yammas, Thankyou! Chapters will be getting longer! ;D] [Heretic Edge, They could belong to anyone! =P You'll see really soon!] [dark star, *bows* tankyoo tankyoo tankyooz! ;)] [dinka, You really think so? Thanks!! :D] Thankyou for all the reviews, they're very encouraging :). If you weren't on here, you'll be on the next update!