This is it. The one you've all been waiting for! Everything will be explained in this chapter. One of my awesome reviewers told me that when the would-be murderer was about to fire the gun, I wrote 'he' instead of 'they.' I want to say that the would-be murderer was NOT a male. Think of this as a freebie. It's a female. Thank *NeLLY* for this correction. Let's give her a round of applause!!! The last murder and the return home will be here!! So let's get this over with!
Disclaimer- This is the same as chapter 1, chapter 2, and so on. I don't own HP. Say this with me now.
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Chapter 8 Every Thing is Explained
Mystery POV (It's coming already)
It was now or never. The time was about an hour after the almost murder of Mr. Body. The revolver was still lying on the end table. After opening the door to scare the almost killer, they knew they had to act fast. The others were all in their rooms. Mr. Body was back in the hall. This time, the murderer wouldn't fail.
"Your moment has come." Said the murderer as they picked up the gun. Mr. Body spun around. When he saw the gun, his face began to drain of color.
"He." He said in a scared voice. "What are you going to do with that? Surely you wouldn't kill me. I never did anything to you." His voice was falling apart, and he was loosing it fast. The murderer laughed a little and then, Mr. Body was finally dead at last. They ran back to their room and waited for the others to find out what happened.
Draco's POV
I was sitting quietly on my bed when I heard it. A loud bang shook the house. At first, I thought we were going home. When nothing happened, I walked out to see what was the matter. Everyone else was coming out of their rooms. They looked scared and worried, a lot like I felt. Scarlet's beautiful face was cold and nervous. Okay, okay. I admit it. I'm starting to really like her! Not Scarlet. Hermione. There I said it. I don't know what made me say those things earlier. Right now, I wish I could hold her in my arms again. Last night's snog was perfect. She had to be the best kisser I knew. Anyway we stared at each other before I finally spoke up.
"Do you think we should go see if something is wrong? If someone is murdering Mr. Body, maybe we can help." I said. I was surprised when no one objected to killing Mr. Body. I guess they disliked him almost as much as I did. We walked down stairs slowly as if we didn't want to know what was at the bottom. A bad yet good sight was waiting for us. Mr. Body was dead at last! Ding-dong the wizard's gone!! How do I know that song??? Weird…
"It figures." Said Green. "Well we might as well find Wadsworth and tell him that his husband is dead."
"Where is Wadsworth anyway? However, this means that we won't be having our meeting today!" said White looking relieved.
"Let's split up. Green, White, Plum, you guys go and look around the lounge, dinning room, kitchen, and ball room. The rest of us will check the others. Stay together. Who knows? We could get blamed if one of us dies." Said Mustard as he turned around to leave. The lounge and the dinning room looked fine. The lounge still had Jen's body lying on the floor. The kitchen and ballroom also looked normal, but there was no sign of Wadsworth. Just as we were about to give up, there was a loud scream. Honestly, can't these people ever just say some thing in a calm voice? My ears will be ringing for the rest of my life. The voice was coming from the billiard room. They must have found Wadsworth, and I bet he's dead. The other three were standing in there when we arrived. White rolled he eyes and Green just smiled.
"This is just great! That makes 6 murders all together. Now what are we going to do? We don't know who did it!" wailed Peacock.
"Speak for yourself." Said Green quietly.
"You know who did it?" asked Scarlet on a shaky voice.
"Yes, I do. I shall tell you how it was all done."
Ron's POV
This is my moment to shine! How thick can you get? This wasn't that hard. I guess you just have to be very watchful.
"Alright. First though, I must ask you not to interrupt me. For my sake and the readers." I began.
"Readers? What readers??" asked Plum.
"The people that we're telling this to, dumbass! God, don't you ever pay attention? Wait, dumb question..." I said with a disgruntled look on my face. "Now, let's start. At the beginning of the weekend, we arrived scared and completely crept out. I think it's safe to say that everyone had a small "vision" when they woke up?" I started. Everyone nodded. "Good, then came and had dinner. We talked about our lives, being careful not to say too much. We had so far said that White here was a singer at Scarlet's nite club. This is the one thing that connects us all. White told us that she had seen us all there. Peacock had been there with a man, but she never saw them a lot. Why? Because that man was dear old Wadsworth. He was going to get her a job, but he backed out when they broke up. Wadsworth didn't only tell about Peacock, he also knew about how I cheated and won a lot of money.
"Yeah, probably the most you'll ever have, Green." Said Plum with his regular smirk.
"Shut up Plum. Besides, you aren't innocent here at all. Scarlet asked you if you knew a man by the name of Martin because he was being threatened at her club. After she asked you, Martin got out of that room quickly. That's because it was his fault that you lost your license. Mustard, you were found in the back talking with your friends a lot. Mr. Body had probably found out from one of your friends that you had stolen those radio parts. Scarlet said that she spiked some of her drinks to get bribes. Jen was connected with this. She was a barmaid and helped with the drinks. Cookie found out because she was the cook. Jen had another role too. White told us that her fourth husband was cheating on her. Who do you think with? I noticed the night that we arrived that White had a problem with Jen." Everyone just stared. They must not have thought of this. Typical.
"Wow! You are some detective, Green!" said Mustard as he smiled and nodded. "However this still doesn't explain everything."
"Well now you know why they died, but this is how." I said as I began to walk to the lounge. I think a visual aid is necessary here.
"Right… after dinner, we were led into the lounge. We sat down like this: Mustard sat closest to the fireplace in an armchair across from White who was on the couch next to Green. Next to Mustard in the other armchair across from Green, was Peacock. Next to her on the couch and Across from the fireplace was Plum. Scarlet sat next to him. Okay, now after revealing how we were all being blackmailed, Mr. Body went out to get his gifts. Mustard was given the wrench. Peacock got the rope. Plum had the knife. Scarlet had the revolver. I had the candlestick, and White had the lead pipe. The reason we got these was for suicide, but really, who is that thick to kill themselves when they can get revenge." I stopped. I was out of breath. They seemed stuck on my every word.
"The first person to get their revenge was…… Prof. Plum!!!" I yelled. Everyone turned to stare at him.
"Not true! I didn't do it." He started, but stopped when everyone gave him dirty looks. "Okay, I admit it. I came down at midnight and killed him in the ballroom. There, are you happy?" he said looking mad.
"Yes Plum, but you weren't the only person out of bed. Mrs. White was the next one. She came down to kill Mr. Body with her lead pipe. Obviously, she didn't succeed." White didn't say anything, but just nodded. "There was one last person and it was me. I came down after I heard two doors close. Mr. Body had moved to the dinning room. I was just about to kill him, but he called for Jen. So I left."
"Hang on a sec Green, was this all out of us or was it from the characters? I admit, I didn't know what I was doing. I remember waking up and coming downstairs. Then I remember waking up, and knowing what I did." Said Plum.
"Yeah, I felt the same way. It was like someone took me over for a few brief minutes. Remember Peacock? We had this conversation after breakfast on Saturday morning."
"It's quite possible. I think I felt it too. But anyway, let's get back to the point. The next morning, we were awakened by Jen's loud scream. They found Martin's body. Since we didn't have any clues, we left it there and went to eat. Sometime after breakfast, Cookie was killed."
"That's the part I don't get. We all told how we couldn't have done it after we found her. So if we didn't, who did?" asked Peacock.
"Well, this starts when we took Martin's body to the study. Two people remained behind to "look" and "clean." They were Miss Scarlet and Jen. When Scarlet returned, Mr. Body asked her about Martin. She didn't know what he was talking about. Why you may ask? Because she didn't study him. She and Jen were planning murder. Jen was the only one who we didn't question. She was helping Scarlet just like she always did."
"How did you know that?" asked Scarlet whose eyes had gone very big.
"It's elementary my dear Scarlet." I always wanted to say that. "Jen never said where she was. She hid back so no one would think of her. It worked I guess. The other one, who was suspicious, was Peacock. Wadsworth said that he saw you right outside the library, but you weren't there to kill Cookie. You were going to kill Mr. Body, but failed when Wadsworth showed up. The rest of the day was easy. We had our small cooking disaster…"
"Not we, you." Said White smiling. God, I loved her smile. Wait, that's beside the point. Sorry.
"Okay me. Anyway, dinner came and we heard a knock on the door. It was the cop. I noticed that someone's face paled when they saw him. He wanted the phone, but ended up checking the house after falling under the impression that we were hiding something. Can't imagine why… So thanks to White, we hid the bodies and were able to cover them up. The cop was still here later that night when we all went to bed. The pale-faced person came out of their bedroom. They were going to use Peacock's weapon, which she left in there. After strangling the cop with the rope, they gave him a kiss on the cheek leaving a red lipstick stain. Very classy Scarlet, but you gave yourself away."
"Who are you? Perry Mason." Said with a slight trace of amusement in her voice. "Yep, I killed him alright. Like everyone else though, I don't remember doing it. I wouldn't have been that dumb to leave a stain on him. It's too obvious."
"Yes well, you weren't the only murderer that night. White decided to finish her job, but on another victim. Her lead pipe was still in the lounge so when Jen went back to it, she picked it up and killed her as a repayment for having an affair with her husband, which she also killed. True or False?" I asked knowing the answer already.
"Very true. I congratulate you on your detective work." She said also sounding pleased.
"There was one last thing that night. Mustard, you came down with your wrench, and tried to kill Mr. Body in the billiard room. This didn't work out because Wadsworth came in. So you left your wrench and left." I paused for a moment. This was so cool. I can't believe I solved it!
"The night came and went. Wadsworth woke us up that morning and showed us the two victims. We went back to bed afterwards. Some of us woke up to cook breakfast, and some waited until they smelled it. Breakfast was very uneventful, but what came after it was. I believe we all heard Scarlet and Plum's little fight. If you didn't then you're deaf. Anyway, Plum went upstairs and Scarlet went to meet Mustard and Peacock in the billiard room. Mustard was there, but Peacock was not. Mustard and Scarlet left when Wadsworth game to play pool. Now that everyone was gone, Peacock could get some business done. She picked up Mustard's wrench, and killed him with it."
"I must say that I can't believe you figured this all out brother. I amazes me to no end!" said Peacock shaking her head in disbelief.
"Now there was only one person left. The pleasure would have been left to Scarlet, but a door opening interrupted her. So she panicked and left. The person who had opened the door realized what she was doing and decided to beat her to it. They went downstairs when Scarlet had gone to her room. The revolver was on the end table. There was a loud bang, and Mr. Body was dead at last." I took a deep breath. This was it. Everything was solved and put back together.
"You're one hell of a detective, Green." Said Mustard smiling again. Then there was another rumble that shook the house and a crash of lightning. It was over. Mystery was now history. We were going home at last!!
A/N: Well there you have it. The mystery has been solved. Did you figure it out? I know it might have been hard, but hey it might've been fun. What will happen when they return to Hogwarts? What about Hermione and Draco? Is there no justice in the world?!?! Okay Okay. Please tell me how you felt about the outcome of the mystery. Was it could or bad? Just drop me a line.
Lots of Love,
RonFan