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Chapter 3: The Plot Thickens
The girls enter the dorm again, Ginny with them.
Ginny: Wha-what happened? What happened to my brother?
Parvati: All the boys are frozen, but the girls are okay. We needed Ginny to check the boys' dorms.
Lavender: Plus we thought she should know about.about Ron. She'd find out eventually, anyway. By the way, he's on the couch in the common room.
Ginny: There's something else. It's.it's. oh Hermione, Harry's missing!
Silence while everybody digests this information
Hermione: Oh. My. God. Oh. My. God. *suddenly gets that look on her face like she has just realized something* Ohmygosh! *pulls book out from under a pile* It's.it's true! I thought it was impossible!
Others: What! What! What is it Hermione?
Hermione: It must be him.who else would it be? But wait.how's it possible?
Others: HERMIONE! WHAT IS IT!?!
Hermione: Voldemort.
All but Ginny: *flinch*
Ginny: Voldemort? But.why are all the boys frozen and not the girls? Wait.why are the boys frozen at all?
Others: Don't say the name!
Ginny/Hermione: Why not? Harry says it.
Parvati: Okay, fine.
Lavender: FINE! They said his NAME!
Parvati: *ignoring her friend* Back to what Ginny said. Why are the boys frozen?
Ginny: Yeah, I don't get it.
Hermione: The lactus curse.
Others: What? What's that?
Hermione: Harry escaped from Voldemort the first time because Avada Kedvra doesn't work against someone shielded with love. Harry's mom died to save him. The lactus curse is not as strong or commonly used as Avada Kedvra. However, it's not affected by things like love.
Ginny: But.then why are the boys all frozen?
Hermione: That's the flaw in the lactus curse. If the victim and the bearer of the curse have the same blood, not the same type, or family blood, but the same blood, instead of the victim dying, he will be stopped in place, unable to be harmed in anyway until the curse is removed.
Ginny: So, what does this have to do with the other boys being frozen?
Hermione: If the lactus curse set upon someone fails, all will be frozen, except for the bearer.
Lavender: Then why aren't we frozen?
Parvati: Or any of the other girls, for that matter?
Hermione: I'm not sure. But it probably has something to do with gender. Also, whether or not the victim is an adult. I know I read somewhere that it has something to do with soul. And we all.well, maybe not all of us know Harry's a true Gryffendor. (Hermione was remembering 2nd year, when a lot of people thought he was an evil Slytherin. Some still did, especially after the triwizard tournament.)
Ginny: What about the blood thing?
Hermione: Voldemort used some of Harry's blood to be revived during the third task.
Others: WHAATTT!!!!!
Hermione: *continuing as though she didn't hear them* That must be where the blood thing comes in.
Lavender/Parvati: Okay, what now?
Hermione/Ginny: Isn't it obvious?
Hermione: We save our friend.
Ginny: And kick some major evil lord arse!
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Chapter 3: The Plot Thickens
The girls enter the dorm again, Ginny with them.
Ginny: Wha-what happened? What happened to my brother?
Parvati: All the boys are frozen, but the girls are okay. We needed Ginny to check the boys' dorms.
Lavender: Plus we thought she should know about.about Ron. She'd find out eventually, anyway. By the way, he's on the couch in the common room.
Ginny: There's something else. It's.it's. oh Hermione, Harry's missing!
Silence while everybody digests this information
Hermione: Oh. My. God. Oh. My. God. *suddenly gets that look on her face like she has just realized something* Ohmygosh! *pulls book out from under a pile* It's.it's true! I thought it was impossible!
Others: What! What! What is it Hermione?
Hermione: It must be him.who else would it be? But wait.how's it possible?
Others: HERMIONE! WHAT IS IT!?!
Hermione: Voldemort.
All but Ginny: *flinch*
Ginny: Voldemort? But.why are all the boys frozen and not the girls? Wait.why are the boys frozen at all?
Others: Don't say the name!
Ginny/Hermione: Why not? Harry says it.
Parvati: Okay, fine.
Lavender: FINE! They said his NAME!
Parvati: *ignoring her friend* Back to what Ginny said. Why are the boys frozen?
Ginny: Yeah, I don't get it.
Hermione: The lactus curse.
Others: What? What's that?
Hermione: Harry escaped from Voldemort the first time because Avada Kedvra doesn't work against someone shielded with love. Harry's mom died to save him. The lactus curse is not as strong or commonly used as Avada Kedvra. However, it's not affected by things like love.
Ginny: But.then why are the boys all frozen?
Hermione: That's the flaw in the lactus curse. If the victim and the bearer of the curse have the same blood, not the same type, or family blood, but the same blood, instead of the victim dying, he will be stopped in place, unable to be harmed in anyway until the curse is removed.
Ginny: So, what does this have to do with the other boys being frozen?
Hermione: If the lactus curse set upon someone fails, all will be frozen, except for the bearer.
Lavender: Then why aren't we frozen?
Parvati: Or any of the other girls, for that matter?
Hermione: I'm not sure. But it probably has something to do with gender. Also, whether or not the victim is an adult. I know I read somewhere that it has something to do with soul. And we all.well, maybe not all of us know Harry's a true Gryffendor. (Hermione was remembering 2nd year, when a lot of people thought he was an evil Slytherin. Some still did, especially after the triwizard tournament.)
Ginny: What about the blood thing?
Hermione: Voldemort used some of Harry's blood to be revived during the third task.
Others: WHAATTT!!!!!
Hermione: *continuing as though she didn't hear them* That must be where the blood thing comes in.
Lavender/Parvati: Okay, what now?
Hermione/Ginny: Isn't it obvious?
Hermione: We save our friend.
Ginny: And kick some major evil lord arse!