A/N: So, I wonder who Stephanie likes? Huh. Anyway, back to Chapter 9. Hahahahaha!!!! (Oh, and

by the was, I made a slight mistake in the last chapter. "Rictisempra" should have been

"Surpensorsia". Sorry.)

Everybody gathered round Stephanie, just to make sure that she was okay. She was still breathing,

which is always a good sign. Thinking that maybe she was just a little light-headed, they all

gradually receded. But, Hermione was still freakin' out.

"Is she okay? Do you think that maybe we should take her the hospital wing? She might have a

concussion, you know!"

"Shut up, already." Said Ron, "She's fine."

"Really. And by the way, we don't have a "hospital wing", we have a nurse. This is a crappy

public school, remember?" Harry said. Hermione had a look of shock written all over her face.

He couldn't believe that her own best friends were sticking up to her. How dare they!

"Fine! If you two want to side with, with them, (she waved her hand in the general direction of

the others) then go ahead!" She stormed out of the room, slamming the door behind her.

"She really needs help." Oliver Wood said from next to the door. Stephanie stirred on the floor,

and her eyes opened slowly. She keyed in on Oliver.

"Is it really you?" She asked.

Oliver looked around. "Who are you talking to?"

"You. Are you really here?"

"Last time I checked..." Stephanie jumped to her feet, and ran over to Oliver. She started poking

him in the arm, and turning him around. Leanna and Claire got up, and walked over to her. They

took her by her arms, and pulled her away. They at her down next to Neville, and made sure that

she didn't get up. It was a little odd for her to be acting like that, and they figured that if

she was going to flirt with somebody, it was him. Hey, he needed it. Oliver opened his mouth to

speak, and at the same time, the bell rang. They all piled out the door.

"So, where to next?" Asked Draco.

"English, then math. Then it's lunch, science, and PE." Said Harry, reading off the schedule.

"I hate English!" Said Ron from the back.

"So do I." Responded Claire.

"I don't really mind it." Said Leanna, but nobody was paying attention. (A/N: What's new?)

They all made their way to room 55. They opened the door, and walked in. It was freezing. They

saw what looked like a student sitting at a big desk in the right-hand corner. He was bundled up in a thick jacket. It resembled something Hagrid would wear.

"Where is the teacher?" Asked Draco.

"Right here." Said the student in the corner. He stood up, and walked over to them. He wasn't a

student! He was a teacher!

"Not again!" Said Ron.

"You think that I am a student, don't you? Well Let me just clear that up. I am actually your

teacher. I'm young, but I am your teacher."

'How young are you?" Asked Harry.

"25."

"Mr. Mead?" Leanna said in amazement.

The teacher nodded.

They all sat down, and got prepared for the lesson. Hermione seemed quite interested in Mr. Mead.

It was beyond the rest of them why, but hey, it was keeping her out of their hair. The lesson

went quickly. It was mostly nouns, adjectives, you know, the basics. They already knew it.

(Draco seemed stumped, but he eventually got it.)

It was lunch before you knew it. They all shuffled out of the class, and headed toward the quad.

There was nobody there. Huh. It would make for pleasant, peaceful, eating. They separated into

the four different lines, and though of what they wanted. The silence was broken by Stephanie.

"How are we going to pay for this? We don't have any money!" Just then, a little portly goblin

wobbled out of the cafeteria door.

"Here is your money." He said as he gave each person a sack of dollars.

"I don't know how to use this!" Yelled Draco.

"Don't worry, I'll help you." Leanna said to him.

"Ron, you won't know how to use it, either. Maybe I can..." Hermione started. Then they all

noticed that Ron was missing. So was Claire. (How ironic.)

"Where are they?" Asked Harry.

"I have no clue." replied Stephanie. "I'll go look for them."

"I'll help." Said Harry. They walked off together, into the hellish-pits of YJHS.

"So, that leaves us, then." Draco said to Leanna, Hermione and Neville. But Neville wasn't there.

He was hiding in a dark corner from the goblin, who was long gone. Leanna and Draco decided to

order their food anyway. The others could do it themselves.

Leanna sat down at the picnic table with her nachos and Diet Pepsi, and Draco sat down across

from her. They were munching away, when they realized that they couldn't see anybody. There

wasn't any sign of them.

"I wonder where they went?" Said Leanna, looking around for any sign of life.

"Who cares?" Responded Draco. Then they both heard somebody say, "Leanna? Leanna!!!! What are you

doing here? What exactly is going on? Is this some kind of sick joke?" Leanna turned around, and

noticed Launi, her best PE buddy.

"Launi?" What are you doing here?"

"I really don't know." She said. "I was sleeping, then next thing I know, I woke up, and I was

here, at school. It's like a living Hell. Now, I'm gonna go home now.... Draco Malfoy? Is that

Draco Malfoy? Are you... really... OMG. This is unbelievable!!!! Forget 'living hell', this is

a living heaven!" She said as she poked Draco quite hard.

"Back off, Launi. He's mine. I've already called him. Now, just go home now. This is probably

just a dream of yours. You know how you are... Anyway, just go. Now. Don't worry yourself about

us. We'll be fine. I'll have Mr. Full explain everything on... wait, when does school start

again? Monday? Yeah, that's it, I'll have him explain everything on Monday. Now, we have somehow

misplaced six people, and we really must find them. " Leanna said, slowly nudging Launi toward

the gates.

"I... but... when... Monday... but... what's..." Launi stuttered.

"Just go. See you later." With that, she pushed Launi out of the gate, and closed it.

"C'mon. Let's go find them." She said when she had gotten back to the table.

"But, I'm not even done eating!" Said Draco in protest.

"I don't really care. Something's wrong. I just know it is." They got up, and decided to split

up separate ways. Leanna took the left, and Draco the right.