"You will take down that wall" McGonagall said pointing to the right of her
to a wall covered with bookcases, the wall didn't reach the ceiling, so
Gabrielle figured the glass ceiling extended to the other room. "And you
will clean it up for the ball on Friday, I do hope you're good at
decorating because you will be doing that too."
"What?" James said, clearly unhappy by the task.
"Yes James, you will do all this, be happy I'm letting you use your wands." She walked down the corridor. They all moaned, this would be hard work, and they only had a week.
"Did we do something that bad?" Sirius groaned. Gabrielle didn't say anything, she just walked into the room. She made the tip of her wand light up "Lumos." Then she walked around the room. It had statures and paintings in it, along with boxes of old vials. "I guess we should start on that wall," she said to James and Sirius, who were walking around the room with their wands out as well. They looked at her and considered. Sirius found torches under the heaps of dust on the walls. He blew off the dust off of the tip of a torch not far form him and lit it, then moved on to others along the wall. Gabrielle used a spell to move a bookshelf across the room. Some of the books fell out, and so she made them levitate to the top of the shelf after the shelf was in the opposite end of the room and let them drop so they landed on it. James moved the tables and chairs away form the wall, and after Sirius lit the room up, helped Gabrielle with the bookcases. Soon everything was away form the wall, and they were ready to demolish it until they heard a knock on the door. The heard a little squeaky voice behind it.
"Hello, its Mr. Flitwick, can you open the door?" they all looked at each other, they completely barricaded the door with chairs to make room at the wall. Gabrielle stepped onto the tables, and walked from the table onto chairs and onto tables until she reached the door. She let the door levitate over her head and opened it.
"Sorry Professor, we were working on the room." She said, and she suddenly felt she was no longer controlling the spell on the table levitating above her, and she looked behind her and saw James was controlling it now.
"And it looks like you were doing a splendid job to!" he said cheerfully to Gabrielle. She looked at him, wondering why he came to see them. "I'm so sorry to bother you, but Professor McGonagall asked me to bring the decorations to you." Gabrielle looked behind him and saw boxes, with gold writing on them saying 'Halloween, and some cages with bats in them.' "I'm so glad you could help out with the festivities, oh and do call me when the bats get out of line." He said "Thank you sir." And she made the boxes and the cages levitate into the room, and put them on top of the many tables. She heard the table that used to be levitating over her hit the ground with a thud that echoed in the room.
"Lets get to work" she said shrugging.
They blasted the wall down and cleaned up the rubble with spells that they learned in and out of class. They cleaned up the glass ceiling first, they used their wands (of course) they let water shoot out of the ends to clean the glass above. They ended up getting very wet form it all, but the water did clean some of the things in the rest of the room. They soon discovered that the ceiling extended down to the far wall, and through it you could see the courtyard. They all spent time in that courtyard, but never new what was in the room. After cleaning the glass, they were all tired. They sat down on some tables in the end of the room to rest a little. James looked at his watch.
"11:30" he said to them. Gabrielle's head was drooping, and just as it drooped lower the door was opened and the tables and chairs were moved over. Gabrielle was not only woken up, but she had to jump off of the table, and catch a cage of bats that almost hit the ground. In came Professor McGonagall from outside. She scanned the room, and said "Very good," she waved her wand and mumbled a spell and big silver curtains appeared on the glass window facing the courtyard. "I would like this kept a secret for the students, and you are to report back here at 8 o'clock in the evening tomorrow to continue your work."
The three walked out of the room. They dragged their feet on the floor and their bodies were limp from the work they did. They walked to the Gryffindor common room. The lady in the pink dress didn't wake up until they all started screaming at her, and then she was irritated by them and reluctantly let them in, even though they knew the password. They al scurried through the portrait hole and entered the dark common room. It was only lit from the little light that came from the fire that was going out in the fireplace. They could hardly see the outlines of objects in the rooms. Sirius walked up to the boys' dormitories first, and only looked back when he noticed James was trying something.
"Gabrielle!" he said taking a hold of her hand, she was walking up the stairs to the girls' dormitories, but he pulled her back down. She was too tired to fight with him right then. She hardly noticed he was leaning forward towards her; she was practically falling asleep standing up. She only woke up when his lips met hers; then her eyes sprung open to a worried look and she pulled away form him saying "Gerrof Potter!" and darted up the stairs. She heard him call up to her, saying "What you've never heard of a good night kiss before?" She plopped onto her bed, but then she pulled herself up to change into her sleeping clothes, and then plopped onto her bed again and fell asleep almost instantly, but only after noticing how much she was shaking. She had gotten into an uneasy sleep, but soon woke up in the middle of the night, and then she remembered the vile Madame Pomfrey gave her. She got out of bed and went through her trunk, and found the vile. She drank it, made the usual face; she still hadn't gotten used to the taste, and she went back to bed. The next day she woke much later than normally, by the time she was up and dressed she had missed breakfast. She walked down stairs into the common room, still rubbing her eyes. When Williams saw her his eyes lit up and he ran up to her. "Orwood!" he said as he ran up to her. "Fabulous! Now we can all practice for the upcoming game against Ravenclaw!" Gabrielle looked up at him, but didn't get the chance because he had shouted "Team! Practice. Right now!" She had rubbed her eyes again and started walking up stairs to get her broom, but James ran up to her before she reached the first step. "Orwood. No breakfast?" he asked. "I think I'll live. Potter." She answered.
"You know the Halloween Ball is on Friday-"
"I had no idea, thanks Potter," she answered without any emotion. She tried to get by James. Her mind was clouded and she didn't have the patience to deal with him right now, she soon gave up. This was the first, and the last time she would do this, she thought. "Please?" she said trying to get James let her get upstairs. He smiled at her and loosened but, but didn't move. She took the chance and ducked under his arm and ran up the stairs.
By that time she was more awake; she hadn't had time to take the waking potion this morning, but she felt better. Her broom was rested on her shoulder and she was wearing her favorite beat up jeans and a white shirt with exceptionally long, narrow sleeves and the school robe on top. She stepped over a big mud puddle on the field. Williams took the liberty to yell at her for being late and she got onto her broom. He announced that the chasers would shoot at the hoops Gabrielle was defending, him and Quigley would practice with the bludgers and James would practice catching the snitch.
Gabrielle, Jamie and Shannon used that time to talk; they hadn't had time to talk of past events.
"Gabby, they hung up another sight. It was about the ball." Shannon said, looking very exited.
"What, did they cancel it?" Gabrielle said, looking very hopeful.
" 'Course not" Shannon replied, scolding Gabrielle. "They made it a costume party!"
"Oh." Gabrielle said dully. Her hopes had been crushed.
"So you cant tell us what you're doing for detention, huh?" Jamie said after a little while trying to break the silence.
"Nope," Gabrielle said after blocking the quaffle form entering one of the hoops behind her.
"We will know eventually?" Shannon asked.
"Yes, most definitely." Gabrielle said.
"Who are you planning to go to the Ball with Gabby?" Shannon asked, grinning. They really didn't get a chance to talk about it.
"Great place to ask that" Gabrielle mumbled. The girls looked at her for an answer, or more like anyone within hearing range at the time the question was asked listened for an answer. "For your information, I don't plan on going."
"Oh please!" Shannon said, "You said that last time and-"
"And you ended up making me go. I'll let you know, this year will be different; I will not fall for one of you're ticks " Jamie and Shannon both laughed, Shannon did have a knack for making people do what she wanted. "Remember how bad it turned out last time?"
"Oh please! That was ages ago!" Jamie said throwing the quaffle to the opposite of were Gabrielle was.
"Well! He turned out horrible for me aaand, I felt like pulling out all of my hair after it" she said hitting the quaffle with her fist (to block it from going through the hoop) and diving down to catch it.
"You're just not patient enough for him that's all." Shannon said catching the ball that was thrown at her from the other chaser, Donna Summers, and threw it towards the goal.
"Oh please!" she said letting the ball go through. "He wouldn't stop asking for another date!"
"So he was interested in you."
"Maybe too interested in me, he asked that about five thousand times!" she said. "uhh" she groaned. "And I cant stand going out with someone I look related too!" she flinched, remembering the boy she went on a date with last, he had the exact same shade of blonde as her hair was, not to mention the same skin tone. Except for his eyes were a bright blue instead of a bottle green that she had. Luckily, Williams and Quigley were at the opposite end of the field while their discussion was going on, so Williams wouldn't make them do anything extra for talking. He soon called them all down when the sun was directly overhead, and it was getting hard to see the ball.
"Nice job team." He said, "I think we'll do this tomorrow after classes too," and he let them go inside. The team walked together to the common room (except for Williams) to bring their things up before they would come down for lunch. Gabrielle talked with Jamie and Shannon for a while and hurried downstairs to meet Morgain. She found her with the Ravenclaws'; she noticed people's tension as she came near to Ravenclaw table. Everyone now knew that Ravenclaw would be playing Gryffindor next, but Gabrielle ignored it
"Yes James, you will do all this, be happy I'm letting you use your wands." She walked down the corridor. They all moaned, this would be hard work, and they only had a week.
"Did we do something that bad?" Sirius groaned. Gabrielle didn't say anything, she just walked into the room. She made the tip of her wand light up "Lumos." Then she walked around the room. It had statures and paintings in it, along with boxes of old vials. "I guess we should start on that wall," she said to James and Sirius, who were walking around the room with their wands out as well. They looked at her and considered. Sirius found torches under the heaps of dust on the walls. He blew off the dust off of the tip of a torch not far form him and lit it, then moved on to others along the wall. Gabrielle used a spell to move a bookshelf across the room. Some of the books fell out, and so she made them levitate to the top of the shelf after the shelf was in the opposite end of the room and let them drop so they landed on it. James moved the tables and chairs away form the wall, and after Sirius lit the room up, helped Gabrielle with the bookcases. Soon everything was away form the wall, and they were ready to demolish it until they heard a knock on the door. The heard a little squeaky voice behind it.
"Hello, its Mr. Flitwick, can you open the door?" they all looked at each other, they completely barricaded the door with chairs to make room at the wall. Gabrielle stepped onto the tables, and walked from the table onto chairs and onto tables until she reached the door. She let the door levitate over her head and opened it.
"Sorry Professor, we were working on the room." She said, and she suddenly felt she was no longer controlling the spell on the table levitating above her, and she looked behind her and saw James was controlling it now.
"And it looks like you were doing a splendid job to!" he said cheerfully to Gabrielle. She looked at him, wondering why he came to see them. "I'm so sorry to bother you, but Professor McGonagall asked me to bring the decorations to you." Gabrielle looked behind him and saw boxes, with gold writing on them saying 'Halloween, and some cages with bats in them.' "I'm so glad you could help out with the festivities, oh and do call me when the bats get out of line." He said "Thank you sir." And she made the boxes and the cages levitate into the room, and put them on top of the many tables. She heard the table that used to be levitating over her hit the ground with a thud that echoed in the room.
"Lets get to work" she said shrugging.
They blasted the wall down and cleaned up the rubble with spells that they learned in and out of class. They cleaned up the glass ceiling first, they used their wands (of course) they let water shoot out of the ends to clean the glass above. They ended up getting very wet form it all, but the water did clean some of the things in the rest of the room. They soon discovered that the ceiling extended down to the far wall, and through it you could see the courtyard. They all spent time in that courtyard, but never new what was in the room. After cleaning the glass, they were all tired. They sat down on some tables in the end of the room to rest a little. James looked at his watch.
"11:30" he said to them. Gabrielle's head was drooping, and just as it drooped lower the door was opened and the tables and chairs were moved over. Gabrielle was not only woken up, but she had to jump off of the table, and catch a cage of bats that almost hit the ground. In came Professor McGonagall from outside. She scanned the room, and said "Very good," she waved her wand and mumbled a spell and big silver curtains appeared on the glass window facing the courtyard. "I would like this kept a secret for the students, and you are to report back here at 8 o'clock in the evening tomorrow to continue your work."
The three walked out of the room. They dragged their feet on the floor and their bodies were limp from the work they did. They walked to the Gryffindor common room. The lady in the pink dress didn't wake up until they all started screaming at her, and then she was irritated by them and reluctantly let them in, even though they knew the password. They al scurried through the portrait hole and entered the dark common room. It was only lit from the little light that came from the fire that was going out in the fireplace. They could hardly see the outlines of objects in the rooms. Sirius walked up to the boys' dormitories first, and only looked back when he noticed James was trying something.
"Gabrielle!" he said taking a hold of her hand, she was walking up the stairs to the girls' dormitories, but he pulled her back down. She was too tired to fight with him right then. She hardly noticed he was leaning forward towards her; she was practically falling asleep standing up. She only woke up when his lips met hers; then her eyes sprung open to a worried look and she pulled away form him saying "Gerrof Potter!" and darted up the stairs. She heard him call up to her, saying "What you've never heard of a good night kiss before?" She plopped onto her bed, but then she pulled herself up to change into her sleeping clothes, and then plopped onto her bed again and fell asleep almost instantly, but only after noticing how much she was shaking. She had gotten into an uneasy sleep, but soon woke up in the middle of the night, and then she remembered the vile Madame Pomfrey gave her. She got out of bed and went through her trunk, and found the vile. She drank it, made the usual face; she still hadn't gotten used to the taste, and she went back to bed. The next day she woke much later than normally, by the time she was up and dressed she had missed breakfast. She walked down stairs into the common room, still rubbing her eyes. When Williams saw her his eyes lit up and he ran up to her. "Orwood!" he said as he ran up to her. "Fabulous! Now we can all practice for the upcoming game against Ravenclaw!" Gabrielle looked up at him, but didn't get the chance because he had shouted "Team! Practice. Right now!" She had rubbed her eyes again and started walking up stairs to get her broom, but James ran up to her before she reached the first step. "Orwood. No breakfast?" he asked. "I think I'll live. Potter." She answered.
"You know the Halloween Ball is on Friday-"
"I had no idea, thanks Potter," she answered without any emotion. She tried to get by James. Her mind was clouded and she didn't have the patience to deal with him right now, she soon gave up. This was the first, and the last time she would do this, she thought. "Please?" she said trying to get James let her get upstairs. He smiled at her and loosened but, but didn't move. She took the chance and ducked under his arm and ran up the stairs.
By that time she was more awake; she hadn't had time to take the waking potion this morning, but she felt better. Her broom was rested on her shoulder and she was wearing her favorite beat up jeans and a white shirt with exceptionally long, narrow sleeves and the school robe on top. She stepped over a big mud puddle on the field. Williams took the liberty to yell at her for being late and she got onto her broom. He announced that the chasers would shoot at the hoops Gabrielle was defending, him and Quigley would practice with the bludgers and James would practice catching the snitch.
Gabrielle, Jamie and Shannon used that time to talk; they hadn't had time to talk of past events.
"Gabby, they hung up another sight. It was about the ball." Shannon said, looking very exited.
"What, did they cancel it?" Gabrielle said, looking very hopeful.
" 'Course not" Shannon replied, scolding Gabrielle. "They made it a costume party!"
"Oh." Gabrielle said dully. Her hopes had been crushed.
"So you cant tell us what you're doing for detention, huh?" Jamie said after a little while trying to break the silence.
"Nope," Gabrielle said after blocking the quaffle form entering one of the hoops behind her.
"We will know eventually?" Shannon asked.
"Yes, most definitely." Gabrielle said.
"Who are you planning to go to the Ball with Gabby?" Shannon asked, grinning. They really didn't get a chance to talk about it.
"Great place to ask that" Gabrielle mumbled. The girls looked at her for an answer, or more like anyone within hearing range at the time the question was asked listened for an answer. "For your information, I don't plan on going."
"Oh please!" Shannon said, "You said that last time and-"
"And you ended up making me go. I'll let you know, this year will be different; I will not fall for one of you're ticks " Jamie and Shannon both laughed, Shannon did have a knack for making people do what she wanted. "Remember how bad it turned out last time?"
"Oh please! That was ages ago!" Jamie said throwing the quaffle to the opposite of were Gabrielle was.
"Well! He turned out horrible for me aaand, I felt like pulling out all of my hair after it" she said hitting the quaffle with her fist (to block it from going through the hoop) and diving down to catch it.
"You're just not patient enough for him that's all." Shannon said catching the ball that was thrown at her from the other chaser, Donna Summers, and threw it towards the goal.
"Oh please!" she said letting the ball go through. "He wouldn't stop asking for another date!"
"So he was interested in you."
"Maybe too interested in me, he asked that about five thousand times!" she said. "uhh" she groaned. "And I cant stand going out with someone I look related too!" she flinched, remembering the boy she went on a date with last, he had the exact same shade of blonde as her hair was, not to mention the same skin tone. Except for his eyes were a bright blue instead of a bottle green that she had. Luckily, Williams and Quigley were at the opposite end of the field while their discussion was going on, so Williams wouldn't make them do anything extra for talking. He soon called them all down when the sun was directly overhead, and it was getting hard to see the ball.
"Nice job team." He said, "I think we'll do this tomorrow after classes too," and he let them go inside. The team walked together to the common room (except for Williams) to bring their things up before they would come down for lunch. Gabrielle talked with Jamie and Shannon for a while and hurried downstairs to meet Morgain. She found her with the Ravenclaws'; she noticed people's tension as she came near to Ravenclaw table. Everyone now knew that Ravenclaw would be playing Gryffindor next, but Gabrielle ignored it