Chapter 16-
"Hermione...its OK...its...let me..." Ellie's hands began to shake as she tried to explain herself.
"RON...WHAT IS GOING ON?" Hermione slowly knelt down and picked up her, no empty, cup.
"Um...Hermione...it's Ellie...she um...well...she really hasn't finished her story yet but..." Ron seemed nervous too, but he was more upset about Harry's disappearance.
"Ellie...? How? What's going on?" Hermione's voice lowered as she rubbed her face with her hands.
So Ellie began explaining what she had explained to Ron. She told Hermione about waking up on the steps and seeing Angel. "That's when it started getting weird." Ellie continued, Hermione now sitting across from her.
"You think its just starting to get weird?" Ron asked her quizzically.
Ellie laughed slightly then kept going. "Right...well then I saw her, Angel, leaning against a pillar that was close to the stairs. She was looking at me, glaring really, that's when she started to walk over." Hermione moved her hands from on her knees to the bed, watching Ellie's every move.
"I knew Angel was evil from the start, hanging around with Malfoy and all" She sneered.
"It gets worse...and I didn't even know how worse till is heard you!" She stopped and took a deep breath. "Well she came over, she was holding something in her hand. I guessed a letter of sum sort. She stood beside me and looked down...Her eyes scared me...then she said." Ellie stopped, and she looked at Ron, then she closed her eyes. "She said, 'You stupid, clumsy girl! You attracted the WRONG person!' I didn't have any idea what she was talking about! And I wasn't about to ask her." She stopped again, opening her eyes and looking down at her feet.
"I didn't have to ask though, she sat down beside me and continued. 'I mean...you would think your BEST friend would come looking for you! But NO!' Personally, I had thought she had gone crazy, and I was getting scared..." She lifted her head and Ron just sat there in a state of shock...listening.
"I looked at her, a smile widening across her face...and I remember that she laughed. 'No bother though...because now everyone shall blame him!' Then she sighed and looked at me again. 'Your little red haired friend...Ugh...that poor prat! He'll be off to Askaban as fast as I can say Voldem-' " She stopped and shivered. "Well you know what she said. Anyway, well Ron I knew something had happened to you...I was so worried...! She laughed again, looking out past the pillar she had been leaning against before. "Malfoy, my darling you know, should be here any moment. He's going to help me with the rest of my plan since you messed it up! You stupid Prat! Oh well...I'll just leave you here...maybe they'll find you...maybe they won't...it doesn't matter to me either way...My sister will suffer no matter what I do!' Then she stood up."
By this time, Ellie was shaking uncontrollably, Hermione had moved from one side of the bed to the other, trying to comfort Ellie. Ron, had sat up and was holding her hands, rubbing them (he had gotten good at that).
"By.... By...that time...I was confused...and had no idea what was going on." She took another breath and Hermione wiped her eyes.
"Its OK Ellie, keep going." Hermione said sweetly, letting Ellie's head, rest on her shoulder.
"Well I saw Angel standing on the last step, and I heard loud footsteps down the hall. Before I could see the person who was coming Angel turned around and said, 'and you Screamed SO loud while you were out! Ugh! You're like a banshee! Gees!'" She stopped, and pulled her hands from Ron's to wipe her eyes.
"Ellie...your who I head screaming! It was you!" Ron exclaimed, sitting up again.
"Ellie...what does this have to do with Harry?" Hermione said, ignoring Ron and patting Ellie head gently.
"Well..." She said softly, letting Ron take her hands again.
"Hermione...its OK...its...let me..." Ellie's hands began to shake as she tried to explain herself.
"RON...WHAT IS GOING ON?" Hermione slowly knelt down and picked up her, no empty, cup.
"Um...Hermione...it's Ellie...she um...well...she really hasn't finished her story yet but..." Ron seemed nervous too, but he was more upset about Harry's disappearance.
"Ellie...? How? What's going on?" Hermione's voice lowered as she rubbed her face with her hands.
So Ellie began explaining what she had explained to Ron. She told Hermione about waking up on the steps and seeing Angel. "That's when it started getting weird." Ellie continued, Hermione now sitting across from her.
"You think its just starting to get weird?" Ron asked her quizzically.
Ellie laughed slightly then kept going. "Right...well then I saw her, Angel, leaning against a pillar that was close to the stairs. She was looking at me, glaring really, that's when she started to walk over." Hermione moved her hands from on her knees to the bed, watching Ellie's every move.
"I knew Angel was evil from the start, hanging around with Malfoy and all" She sneered.
"It gets worse...and I didn't even know how worse till is heard you!" She stopped and took a deep breath. "Well she came over, she was holding something in her hand. I guessed a letter of sum sort. She stood beside me and looked down...Her eyes scared me...then she said." Ellie stopped, and she looked at Ron, then she closed her eyes. "She said, 'You stupid, clumsy girl! You attracted the WRONG person!' I didn't have any idea what she was talking about! And I wasn't about to ask her." She stopped again, opening her eyes and looking down at her feet.
"I didn't have to ask though, she sat down beside me and continued. 'I mean...you would think your BEST friend would come looking for you! But NO!' Personally, I had thought she had gone crazy, and I was getting scared..." She lifted her head and Ron just sat there in a state of shock...listening.
"I looked at her, a smile widening across her face...and I remember that she laughed. 'No bother though...because now everyone shall blame him!' Then she sighed and looked at me again. 'Your little red haired friend...Ugh...that poor prat! He'll be off to Askaban as fast as I can say Voldem-' " She stopped and shivered. "Well you know what she said. Anyway, well Ron I knew something had happened to you...I was so worried...! She laughed again, looking out past the pillar she had been leaning against before. "Malfoy, my darling you know, should be here any moment. He's going to help me with the rest of my plan since you messed it up! You stupid Prat! Oh well...I'll just leave you here...maybe they'll find you...maybe they won't...it doesn't matter to me either way...My sister will suffer no matter what I do!' Then she stood up."
By this time, Ellie was shaking uncontrollably, Hermione had moved from one side of the bed to the other, trying to comfort Ellie. Ron, had sat up and was holding her hands, rubbing them (he had gotten good at that).
"By.... By...that time...I was confused...and had no idea what was going on." She took another breath and Hermione wiped her eyes.
"Its OK Ellie, keep going." Hermione said sweetly, letting Ellie's head, rest on her shoulder.
"Well I saw Angel standing on the last step, and I heard loud footsteps down the hall. Before I could see the person who was coming Angel turned around and said, 'and you Screamed SO loud while you were out! Ugh! You're like a banshee! Gees!'" She stopped, and pulled her hands from Ron's to wipe her eyes.
"Ellie...your who I head screaming! It was you!" Ron exclaimed, sitting up again.
"Ellie...what does this have to do with Harry?" Hermione said, ignoring Ron and patting Ellie head gently.
"Well..." She said softly, letting Ron take her hands again.