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two are going to go up together. I have no idea what that OMG was for by
the way! O well. I really appreciate your reviews!
Disclaimer: See chapter 1
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HILARY'S POV
I screamed. Hermione and Draco were standing at the door pointing their wands at us. Light filled the room. They rushed in and we rushed to them.
"OMG! I am so glad you guys are safe! Do you know where we are?" I asked them.
"We're on some sort of a tropical island or something. Go and take a look outside," Draco explained. We all headed out and looked around. There was beach in front of the house, and bush behind us. The house looked quite nice from the outside. We went back in and opened all the curtains. The house looked very comfortable and nice. It was incredibly dusty though.
Hermione flicked her wand and the dust disappeared. I walked into the kitchen and looked in the fridge. It was stocked with food, as were the cupboards. The closets as Hermione found out, contained one piece of clothing.
"Ok, you guys can go and explore the rest of the house. Hilary and I are going to explore the bathrooms and rooms," Hermione explained to the guys. They shrugged and walked downstairs.
"Ok, now should we try on the dress?" I asked Mione. They were long flowing dresses that looked medieval and were shiny and silver. I grabbed one and changed. Hermione went into the next room and did the same. We came out and looked at each other.
"Hang on. That's not what the dress looks like!" Mione exclaimed. I looked down. I was wearing a mini and a Singlet top. She was wearing a short orange summer dress.
"I think these dresses turn into the clothes we want to wear and the type of weather," I tried to reason with her and myself.
"No, did you say anything before you met me, and after you put the dress on?"
"Um, no, unless you count reading those weird words on the parchment attached to the dress. Of course! It must be a spell!" we went downstairs to find the guys and show them our discovery.
"I think they might be in here," I said to Mione. We were standing in front of a door in the basement.
"Ok. I'll open it then shall I," Hermione looked at me hopefully. We were both a bit wary about the room. She grabbed the handle and pulled it open. She looked in and screamed before running in.
DRACO'S POV
"Do you think it's a good idea to leave the girls by themselves? I mean, we don't know where we are or what this house could do," I said to Ron.
"Yeah. Maybe we should go and get them. Hang on. There's a kitchen!" He ran to the fridge and yanked it open. I saw his eyes light up and he started taking out food. I rolled my eyes and joined him at the table.
"Hey, Draco. Do you want an ice-cream?"
"There are no, hang on. Ice cream! This is like a dream house!" I grabbed a tub from him and we sat at the table and dug in. I was about half way through when we heard a scream somewhere below us, followed by another scream. I dropped the spoon as did Ron and we ran down the stairs.
There was a door open and we could hear something from in there. We raced in and saw Hermione and Hilary on the floor hunched over something. I made my way there and looked over their shoulders. I felt Ron come up behind me and whistle lowly.
HARRY'S POV
"Where are we?" Ginny asked.
"I'm not sure. Hang on. Lumos" I muttered. Ginny and Mrs Moody did the same. We were in some kind of a dungeon.
"Look! There are some stairs!" Ginny cried. We headed towards them cautiously. We climbed up and I cautiously pushed the door open. It was incredibly cold in here. It was like an icy cold draught had swept into the room, and into me. I felt someone fall beside me. I was about to say lumos and help them, when I heard the rattling breath.
"Lumos!" I cried, and gasped. The room was filled with dementors. I had become a little immune to them since I had encountered them so many times, but not this many since my third year at the lake. And even then, I hadn't been able to conjure a patronus. Only the me across the lake could.
"EXPECTO PATRONUM!" I started yelling this out. My eyes were starting to close. I could hear my mother's screams pounding in my ears.
"EXPECTO PATRONUM! EXPECTO PATRONUM! Expecto patronum!" my voice was giving out. They were going to get me. Think happy thoughts! I have to save Ginny and Mrs Moody. I love Ginny! I couldn't believe it. I had kind of known it all along.
"EXPECTO PATRONUM!" the silver stag erupted out of the tip of my wand. We were saved. Hang on. What did that dementor just do?
RON'S POV
Hermione and Hilary were huddled over a basket of kittens.
"Oh, hi guys. Aren't they so cute?" Hilary asked us.
I looked at Draco and we grinned sheepishly at each other.
"Yeah, they're nice I guess. Now lets go. There's something not right about this place," I said to them. Draco and I turned around and made our way up the stairs. At the top, I turned around and told the girls to hurry up, but they weren't there.
"Uh, Draco. They aren't there." We heard a scream and ran down the stairs. Draco and I ran down.
"I hope they haven't found puppies or something" I said through gritted teeth. We went in the basement.
"Look, if you find something cute don't." Hermione was bound by ropes, as was Hilary. I could see someone standing in the corner, twirling his wand. I pulled out my wand and pointed it at the man. He stepped out of the shadows and I fell to my knees in shock.
HARRY'S POV
That dementor had just glided into another one. That wasn't right.
"Riddikulus!" I cried just in case. The dementors, or boggarts rather, disappeared in a wisp of smoke.
"What is this?" I looked questioningly at Mrs Moody who was trying to calm Ginny.
"Well Harry, you just passed the test Dumbledore has set up for you guys. This trip wasn't only for the anti disapperition jinx."
"You're kidding?"
"No I'm not Harry. Well done by the way. Dumbledore informed me that you could not defeat the large number of dementors that cornered you last year, so we devised this."
"Gees, well you did a good job. Where are the others?"
"They should be out through that door. I'll stay here and revive Ginny, and then we'll come through and find you."
I walked through the door.
RON'S POV
"Stupefy!" yelled the voice. Draco fell to the floor. I was by myself.
"How could you do this? This isn't real. I know it isn't. You would never do anything like this. I know! You're under the Imperius charm aren't you?" I asked hopefully.
"If I was under the Imperius charm, then why haven't I thrown it of by now," Harry said.
"No. It isn't you. I know it isn't."
"Yes Ron. Well, I decided I wasn't going to get anywhere if I stayed with the so-called 'good guys'. I'm always out saving everyone's asses and you can't appreciate that. Just like when you got 'jealous' of me in fourth year and snubbed me off! Fuck this Ron. You, and everyone else, can go to hell. I've had enough."
"Harry. You didn't mean that. I know I was an asshole to you in fourth year, but hell! It was fourth year! I have a lot to live up to you know. I have to try and outdo my brothers, but I'm not too sure how anymore, and I have had to stay in your shadow for the past 7 years!"
I was mad now. I couldn't believe Harry was holding a grudge against me from fourth year.
"Be that as it may, I need to get rid of the lot of you. You know too much and my master wouldn't want that, now would he?" Harry's eyes narrowed and he pointed his wand at me.
Suddenly, a door to the right of me burst open and Harry walked in.
"Hey Ron. What's going on?" he had just taken a look at the scene. Hermione and Hilary in ropes by the wall, me kneeling on the ground, a stunned Harry opposite from him, and a motionless Draco on the ground.
"Holy shit. Enervate!" he quickly revived Draco and he got up and looked around.
"Geesus! What the hell just happened."
"We'll explain later. Get that Har. Harry?" I was motioning to air. The other Harry had disapperated.
Mrs Moody and Ginny came through the door.
"Was this another game of yours?" Harry asked her.
"What do you mean by game?" Hermione asked. She and Hilary had just been untied.
"Well, Mrs Moody put me up to a test with a room full of boggarts. Was the second Harry another trick?" Harry asked.
"No, I believe it wasn't. I didn't assign anyone to come. This house was supposed to become a maze, and you had to find your way out, but someone else knew we were here. Quickly, grab each other and this portkey. We have to get to Hogwarts straight away."
She muttered an incantation and we whistled in roaring sound and colour back to Hogwarts.
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Disclaimer: See chapter 1
~*~*~*~ Chapter 20: Stranger ~*~*~*~
HILARY'S POV
I screamed. Hermione and Draco were standing at the door pointing their wands at us. Light filled the room. They rushed in and we rushed to them.
"OMG! I am so glad you guys are safe! Do you know where we are?" I asked them.
"We're on some sort of a tropical island or something. Go and take a look outside," Draco explained. We all headed out and looked around. There was beach in front of the house, and bush behind us. The house looked quite nice from the outside. We went back in and opened all the curtains. The house looked very comfortable and nice. It was incredibly dusty though.
Hermione flicked her wand and the dust disappeared. I walked into the kitchen and looked in the fridge. It was stocked with food, as were the cupboards. The closets as Hermione found out, contained one piece of clothing.
"Ok, you guys can go and explore the rest of the house. Hilary and I are going to explore the bathrooms and rooms," Hermione explained to the guys. They shrugged and walked downstairs.
"Ok, now should we try on the dress?" I asked Mione. They were long flowing dresses that looked medieval and were shiny and silver. I grabbed one and changed. Hermione went into the next room and did the same. We came out and looked at each other.
"Hang on. That's not what the dress looks like!" Mione exclaimed. I looked down. I was wearing a mini and a Singlet top. She was wearing a short orange summer dress.
"I think these dresses turn into the clothes we want to wear and the type of weather," I tried to reason with her and myself.
"No, did you say anything before you met me, and after you put the dress on?"
"Um, no, unless you count reading those weird words on the parchment attached to the dress. Of course! It must be a spell!" we went downstairs to find the guys and show them our discovery.
"I think they might be in here," I said to Mione. We were standing in front of a door in the basement.
"Ok. I'll open it then shall I," Hermione looked at me hopefully. We were both a bit wary about the room. She grabbed the handle and pulled it open. She looked in and screamed before running in.
DRACO'S POV
"Do you think it's a good idea to leave the girls by themselves? I mean, we don't know where we are or what this house could do," I said to Ron.
"Yeah. Maybe we should go and get them. Hang on. There's a kitchen!" He ran to the fridge and yanked it open. I saw his eyes light up and he started taking out food. I rolled my eyes and joined him at the table.
"Hey, Draco. Do you want an ice-cream?"
"There are no, hang on. Ice cream! This is like a dream house!" I grabbed a tub from him and we sat at the table and dug in. I was about half way through when we heard a scream somewhere below us, followed by another scream. I dropped the spoon as did Ron and we ran down the stairs.
There was a door open and we could hear something from in there. We raced in and saw Hermione and Hilary on the floor hunched over something. I made my way there and looked over their shoulders. I felt Ron come up behind me and whistle lowly.
HARRY'S POV
"Where are we?" Ginny asked.
"I'm not sure. Hang on. Lumos" I muttered. Ginny and Mrs Moody did the same. We were in some kind of a dungeon.
"Look! There are some stairs!" Ginny cried. We headed towards them cautiously. We climbed up and I cautiously pushed the door open. It was incredibly cold in here. It was like an icy cold draught had swept into the room, and into me. I felt someone fall beside me. I was about to say lumos and help them, when I heard the rattling breath.
"Lumos!" I cried, and gasped. The room was filled with dementors. I had become a little immune to them since I had encountered them so many times, but not this many since my third year at the lake. And even then, I hadn't been able to conjure a patronus. Only the me across the lake could.
"EXPECTO PATRONUM!" I started yelling this out. My eyes were starting to close. I could hear my mother's screams pounding in my ears.
"EXPECTO PATRONUM! EXPECTO PATRONUM! Expecto patronum!" my voice was giving out. They were going to get me. Think happy thoughts! I have to save Ginny and Mrs Moody. I love Ginny! I couldn't believe it. I had kind of known it all along.
"EXPECTO PATRONUM!" the silver stag erupted out of the tip of my wand. We were saved. Hang on. What did that dementor just do?
RON'S POV
Hermione and Hilary were huddled over a basket of kittens.
"Oh, hi guys. Aren't they so cute?" Hilary asked us.
I looked at Draco and we grinned sheepishly at each other.
"Yeah, they're nice I guess. Now lets go. There's something not right about this place," I said to them. Draco and I turned around and made our way up the stairs. At the top, I turned around and told the girls to hurry up, but they weren't there.
"Uh, Draco. They aren't there." We heard a scream and ran down the stairs. Draco and I ran down.
"I hope they haven't found puppies or something" I said through gritted teeth. We went in the basement.
"Look, if you find something cute don't." Hermione was bound by ropes, as was Hilary. I could see someone standing in the corner, twirling his wand. I pulled out my wand and pointed it at the man. He stepped out of the shadows and I fell to my knees in shock.
HARRY'S POV
That dementor had just glided into another one. That wasn't right.
"Riddikulus!" I cried just in case. The dementors, or boggarts rather, disappeared in a wisp of smoke.
"What is this?" I looked questioningly at Mrs Moody who was trying to calm Ginny.
"Well Harry, you just passed the test Dumbledore has set up for you guys. This trip wasn't only for the anti disapperition jinx."
"You're kidding?"
"No I'm not Harry. Well done by the way. Dumbledore informed me that you could not defeat the large number of dementors that cornered you last year, so we devised this."
"Gees, well you did a good job. Where are the others?"
"They should be out through that door. I'll stay here and revive Ginny, and then we'll come through and find you."
I walked through the door.
RON'S POV
"Stupefy!" yelled the voice. Draco fell to the floor. I was by myself.
"How could you do this? This isn't real. I know it isn't. You would never do anything like this. I know! You're under the Imperius charm aren't you?" I asked hopefully.
"If I was under the Imperius charm, then why haven't I thrown it of by now," Harry said.
"No. It isn't you. I know it isn't."
"Yes Ron. Well, I decided I wasn't going to get anywhere if I stayed with the so-called 'good guys'. I'm always out saving everyone's asses and you can't appreciate that. Just like when you got 'jealous' of me in fourth year and snubbed me off! Fuck this Ron. You, and everyone else, can go to hell. I've had enough."
"Harry. You didn't mean that. I know I was an asshole to you in fourth year, but hell! It was fourth year! I have a lot to live up to you know. I have to try and outdo my brothers, but I'm not too sure how anymore, and I have had to stay in your shadow for the past 7 years!"
I was mad now. I couldn't believe Harry was holding a grudge against me from fourth year.
"Be that as it may, I need to get rid of the lot of you. You know too much and my master wouldn't want that, now would he?" Harry's eyes narrowed and he pointed his wand at me.
Suddenly, a door to the right of me burst open and Harry walked in.
"Hey Ron. What's going on?" he had just taken a look at the scene. Hermione and Hilary in ropes by the wall, me kneeling on the ground, a stunned Harry opposite from him, and a motionless Draco on the ground.
"Holy shit. Enervate!" he quickly revived Draco and he got up and looked around.
"Geesus! What the hell just happened."
"We'll explain later. Get that Har. Harry?" I was motioning to air. The other Harry had disapperated.
Mrs Moody and Ginny came through the door.
"Was this another game of yours?" Harry asked her.
"What do you mean by game?" Hermione asked. She and Hilary had just been untied.
"Well, Mrs Moody put me up to a test with a room full of boggarts. Was the second Harry another trick?" Harry asked.
"No, I believe it wasn't. I didn't assign anyone to come. This house was supposed to become a maze, and you had to find your way out, but someone else knew we were here. Quickly, grab each other and this portkey. We have to get to Hogwarts straight away."
She muttered an incantation and we whistled in roaring sound and colour back to Hogwarts.
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