Chapter 19-
Ron, who was still holding on to Ellie, moved aside her fallen hair. "Hermione, its OK. Who's 'them'?" He said calmly.
"Ron..."she began, getting up slowly. "Its Dumbledore, he's here already...there's no way we can get out!"
"Hermione, but you just said-"
"I KNOW what I just said! But Ron, I didn't think it through! How are we going to get out of the castle in the first place! Where are we going to go?" Hermione spat, turning red in frustration.
Ron's thoughts turned to Ellie. Maybe she knew more...
"Hermione get up...you were the one who knew we could do this...we just...we just have to get out...COME ON" Ron, with one hand holding Ellie's ankle and then other pulling Hermione up, staggered down the hall way.
"Where are we going?" Hermione stammered, now running alongside him.
Ron didn't reply he just kept running. He could hear Dumbledore talking down the hall. The other wizards who had been there the day before were starting to get upset and yell, but as always the headmaster stayed calm. When they reached the stairs Ron stopped.
"Hermione? How long does the 'invisible thing' work?" He asked, holding tighter to Ellie's sock.
"It's NOT an 'invisible thing' and it works until I use a counter-spell, why?" She answered, getting some of her original sound back.
"I just want to make sure we can get her out of it if she just suddenly wakes up." And with that the two sped down the stairs heading for the Entrance Hall doors.
Down and down they went, with no conversation between them. Ron's mind was a blur, running down each step uncontiously, only thinking of finding Harry. When Ron could see the large doors that lead out of the school he began to think of one more thing. When was it? He had completely lost track of time...
A sudden burst of cold air hit his face. The cool morning air caught him off guard as he stopped outside the doors of the ancient school.
Ron, who was still holding on to Ellie, moved aside her fallen hair. "Hermione, its OK. Who's 'them'?" He said calmly.
"Ron..."she began, getting up slowly. "Its Dumbledore, he's here already...there's no way we can get out!"
"Hermione, but you just said-"
"I KNOW what I just said! But Ron, I didn't think it through! How are we going to get out of the castle in the first place! Where are we going to go?" Hermione spat, turning red in frustration.
Ron's thoughts turned to Ellie. Maybe she knew more...
"Hermione get up...you were the one who knew we could do this...we just...we just have to get out...COME ON" Ron, with one hand holding Ellie's ankle and then other pulling Hermione up, staggered down the hall way.
"Where are we going?" Hermione stammered, now running alongside him.
Ron didn't reply he just kept running. He could hear Dumbledore talking down the hall. The other wizards who had been there the day before were starting to get upset and yell, but as always the headmaster stayed calm. When they reached the stairs Ron stopped.
"Hermione? How long does the 'invisible thing' work?" He asked, holding tighter to Ellie's sock.
"It's NOT an 'invisible thing' and it works until I use a counter-spell, why?" She answered, getting some of her original sound back.
"I just want to make sure we can get her out of it if she just suddenly wakes up." And with that the two sped down the stairs heading for the Entrance Hall doors.
Down and down they went, with no conversation between them. Ron's mind was a blur, running down each step uncontiously, only thinking of finding Harry. When Ron could see the large doors that lead out of the school he began to think of one more thing. When was it? He had completely lost track of time...
A sudden burst of cold air hit his face. The cool morning air caught him off guard as he stopped outside the doors of the ancient school.