That night, at supper, everyone was sitting at the table and talking. Missy
was acting like she was happy. Mandy noticed that Missy looked like she was
trying a little too hard. "What's wrong?" She asked, concernedly, when she
sat down next to Mandy. Mandy was a bit distracted, because she was sitting
net to Oliver, and she and him were holding a very interesting conversation
about the effects of dwarfish hexes, although Mandy found Oliver ten times
more interesting than dwarfish hexing.
Missy sighed. "No, I'm fine, just that stupid dream again."
Mandy wasn't entirely convinced. "Uh huh." She said slowly.
Missy glared at her, but Mandy was turned back to Oliver already.
Elorra and Lizzy sat across from Mandy, Oliver, and Missy discussing their dating service. "Colin Creevey likes Hermione, that's not going to be easy." Lizzy whispered, casting a look in Hermione's direction. Elorra grimaced. "Too true, and our confidentiality agreement promises that we won't use love potions or spells, besides you can't use love potions in Hogwarts." "Lizzy sighed. "I know, but if we don't try, we lose a sickle." Elorra looked back at the paper. "It says here that Colin is good at photography, and muggle computers, although that won't be much help." Lizzy had a smile on her face. "It might work. I have an idea. The muggle studies classroom has different gadgets for study, right?" Elorra nodded. "Of course, I took muggle studies last year, they have a ton of things in the classroom." Then as she understood what Lizzy was saying, she grinned. "Including muggle computers! But how can we use them to help us?" "Hermione is always interested in learning maybe we can get Colin to give her lessons!" "Brilliant! But then Colin will need lessons to stop stuttering." "Agreed."
The guys all trooped into the great hall making a good deal of noise. Joshua, too shy to sit next to Hermione, sat across from her instead. Patrick grinned at Elorra and waved. Lizzy grinned and nudged Elorra in the side. "I see someone who doesn't need our dating service." Harry sat down beside Lizzy and poked her in the side. "Hi." He said. Lizzy stared at him, her eyes wide.
"Poke me???' She said in an exaggerated tone. "How dare you!" "You're so silly Lizzy" Harry said, eating a bit of roll. Lizzy giggled. "No you are!" Mandy heard this exchange and snorted into her pudding. Elorra nudged Lizzy in the side. "I see someone else who doesn't need our dating service," she said, barely able to hold back her laughter. Missy bent over her plate, her shoulders shaking in mirth. Ron sat down beside her and tapped her shoulder. She looked up, tears of hilarity shining in her eyes. "Are you still mad at me?" He asked sheepishly. Missy smiled a smile that didn't reach her eyes. "Uh, yeah." She said. Mandy looked at her disapprovingly but Missy avoided her gaze. Ron sighed in relief. "Oh good."
Lizzy leaned over to Elorra. "I see someone who does need our dating service." She said in a low voiced. Elorra nodded in conformity.
After supper, everyone went up to the common room, Mandy and Missy said goodnight to everyone right away, and went up to the dormitories. Missy flopped down on her bed, and Mandy sat down at a desk that they had in their room. Mandy turned to look at Missy. "Is something wrong?" She asked.
Missy sighed. "Will you please stop asking me?"
Mandy rolled her eyes and turned back to her desk. She opened up a book and pretended to read. She wanted to keep her mind off of the sound that she had heard the past two nights. She also didn't want to think of the dream that she had had. She was creeped out by the fact that Missy had the same dream. Something was going on. She had to figure out what it was.
Lizzy and Elorra sat next to each other and whispered their plans about their service.
"We have to figure out how to get Ron and Missy together." Elorra whispered.
Lizzy exhaled noisily "Yes, we just have to figure out the perfect way to get them ALONE. That way they can talk all this out."
Lizzy, Elorra, Missy and Hermione had already climbed into bed and fallen asleep before Mandy looked up from the book she had been reading. She closed the book and stood up. She looked around the room at the four girls sleeping and walked to her own bed. She yawned and rubbed her eyes and arranged herself comfortably on the bed. She waited a few minutes before turning out the lights. When she did, she lay still in the darkness and clutched her blanket. She knew it was coming soon. She just didn't know when.
Then it happened. The room spun first, then she heard the high-pitched cackle. But instead of it just going away, it kept getting louder. She smelled something foul and just as soon as it had started, it stopped again.
Missy woke up at the same time everything had became quiet for Mandy and sat up straight in bed. She sighed. She had the dream again. Only this time, the pendulum got closer to her then it had before. Every time she had the dream, it kept getting closer. She looked around the room, and noticed that Mandy was lying in her bed, wide eyed and breathing fast. She got up slowly from her bed and walked over and stood over Mandy. "Are you okay?" She asked.
Mandy nodded slowly. "I'm fine. I just keep hearing this noise."
Missy sat down on the edge of Mandy's bed. "What noise?"
Mandy sat up slowly, still clutching her blanket. "I keep hearing this like, evil laugh, and it gets closer, and I could smell something horrible."
Missy raised her eyebrow. "It was probably just a dream."
Mandy shook her head and stared at Missy. "No, I'm wide awake when it happens. I've heard it for the past two nights. Just like your dream you keep having." She trailed off. She stood up and sat down at the desk again. She began to write out the facts between what she was hearing, and what Missy had dreamed. #1, she heard slithering sound, and a cackle, the room spun around her, making her dizzy. Then she felt like she was tied to the bed. #2 Missy dreamt that she was lying on her bed, tied down, watching a swinging pendulum ticking and coming closer to her. Mandy looked up at Missy. "Is there anything else about your dream Missy?" she asked. Missy hesitated. "Yeah. It seems whenever I dream it, the pendulum gets closer and closer." Mandy wrote that down then thought some more. Then she realized something. How come Missy hadn't heard the noise? Then she snapped her fingers. "That's it!" she whispered. Missy looked at her like she was crazy. "What's it?" Mandy sat down on the bed next to Missy. "1," she said counting off of her fingers, "you don't hear my noise at all. 2, I only had your dream when I was in your bed." Missy gasped. Mandy nodded. "What if it's the beds with the problems, and not us?" Missy breathed deeply. "Maybe we should switch beds for the night," she said. Mandy nodded. They climbed into each other's bed and closed their eyes, waiting for what they knew was going to happen.
Soon after they climbed into bed, Lizzy and Elorra climbed out of bed, and down to the common room to plan. They sat down on the couch, with a notebook, and a quill. Lizzy shoved the quill behind her ear. "So how should we get them together? Missy says that she forgives him, but you can see that that's not true." Elorra nodded. Lizzy chewed on a piece of her hair. "Should we make it obvious, and just shove them in a closet and lock them in, or strand them in a classroom, very subtly?" Elorra shrugged. "I'm not very good at this kind of stuff, but maybe we should just force them in. I mean if it was subtle, they could just ignore each other and walk out." Lizzy nodded. "True. That's a good idea. But we need Mandy and Joshua's help on this." Elorra nodded. And they bent over their notepad, working hard.
Missy clenched Mandy's blankets close to her chin. She was becoming frightened, and she didn't know why, then all of a sudden, she had an apprehension, something was going to happen. Then it did. The darkness became darker, and the room spun around her giving her a slight headache. Then there was a slithering sound, and a high-pitched laugh that made her want to cover her ears. But she couldn't, she couldn't move, she tried to scream, but wasn't able to do a thing.
Mandy dreamt of the pendulum again, the tick tocking making her insides quell. The blade came down sharp and monstrous, and then it stopped, swinging silently in the air. Then it began again, faster and faster- Mandy and Missy shot up straight in their beds and screamed as loud as they could, at exactly the same time. Mandy looked at Missy. Missy looked at Mandy. They both nodded. "I wanna new bed," Missy whimpered. Lizzy and Elorra looked above their heads. Then they looked at each other and shrugged. They had heard the scream, but knew it was nothing when they heard voices. Hermione shot out of bed and covered her mouth. "Oh my gosh! Did you guys have dreams about tripping and falling too?" Mandy and Missy stared at her blankly. "Nothing, nothing." she murmured and went back to bed.
Elorra and Lizzy sat across from Mandy, Oliver, and Missy discussing their dating service. "Colin Creevey likes Hermione, that's not going to be easy." Lizzy whispered, casting a look in Hermione's direction. Elorra grimaced. "Too true, and our confidentiality agreement promises that we won't use love potions or spells, besides you can't use love potions in Hogwarts." "Lizzy sighed. "I know, but if we don't try, we lose a sickle." Elorra looked back at the paper. "It says here that Colin is good at photography, and muggle computers, although that won't be much help." Lizzy had a smile on her face. "It might work. I have an idea. The muggle studies classroom has different gadgets for study, right?" Elorra nodded. "Of course, I took muggle studies last year, they have a ton of things in the classroom." Then as she understood what Lizzy was saying, she grinned. "Including muggle computers! But how can we use them to help us?" "Hermione is always interested in learning maybe we can get Colin to give her lessons!" "Brilliant! But then Colin will need lessons to stop stuttering." "Agreed."
The guys all trooped into the great hall making a good deal of noise. Joshua, too shy to sit next to Hermione, sat across from her instead. Patrick grinned at Elorra and waved. Lizzy grinned and nudged Elorra in the side. "I see someone who doesn't need our dating service." Harry sat down beside Lizzy and poked her in the side. "Hi." He said. Lizzy stared at him, her eyes wide.
"Poke me???' She said in an exaggerated tone. "How dare you!" "You're so silly Lizzy" Harry said, eating a bit of roll. Lizzy giggled. "No you are!" Mandy heard this exchange and snorted into her pudding. Elorra nudged Lizzy in the side. "I see someone else who doesn't need our dating service," she said, barely able to hold back her laughter. Missy bent over her plate, her shoulders shaking in mirth. Ron sat down beside her and tapped her shoulder. She looked up, tears of hilarity shining in her eyes. "Are you still mad at me?" He asked sheepishly. Missy smiled a smile that didn't reach her eyes. "Uh, yeah." She said. Mandy looked at her disapprovingly but Missy avoided her gaze. Ron sighed in relief. "Oh good."
Lizzy leaned over to Elorra. "I see someone who does need our dating service." She said in a low voiced. Elorra nodded in conformity.
After supper, everyone went up to the common room, Mandy and Missy said goodnight to everyone right away, and went up to the dormitories. Missy flopped down on her bed, and Mandy sat down at a desk that they had in their room. Mandy turned to look at Missy. "Is something wrong?" She asked.
Missy sighed. "Will you please stop asking me?"
Mandy rolled her eyes and turned back to her desk. She opened up a book and pretended to read. She wanted to keep her mind off of the sound that she had heard the past two nights. She also didn't want to think of the dream that she had had. She was creeped out by the fact that Missy had the same dream. Something was going on. She had to figure out what it was.
Lizzy and Elorra sat next to each other and whispered their plans about their service.
"We have to figure out how to get Ron and Missy together." Elorra whispered.
Lizzy exhaled noisily "Yes, we just have to figure out the perfect way to get them ALONE. That way they can talk all this out."
Lizzy, Elorra, Missy and Hermione had already climbed into bed and fallen asleep before Mandy looked up from the book she had been reading. She closed the book and stood up. She looked around the room at the four girls sleeping and walked to her own bed. She yawned and rubbed her eyes and arranged herself comfortably on the bed. She waited a few minutes before turning out the lights. When she did, she lay still in the darkness and clutched her blanket. She knew it was coming soon. She just didn't know when.
Then it happened. The room spun first, then she heard the high-pitched cackle. But instead of it just going away, it kept getting louder. She smelled something foul and just as soon as it had started, it stopped again.
Missy woke up at the same time everything had became quiet for Mandy and sat up straight in bed. She sighed. She had the dream again. Only this time, the pendulum got closer to her then it had before. Every time she had the dream, it kept getting closer. She looked around the room, and noticed that Mandy was lying in her bed, wide eyed and breathing fast. She got up slowly from her bed and walked over and stood over Mandy. "Are you okay?" She asked.
Mandy nodded slowly. "I'm fine. I just keep hearing this noise."
Missy sat down on the edge of Mandy's bed. "What noise?"
Mandy sat up slowly, still clutching her blanket. "I keep hearing this like, evil laugh, and it gets closer, and I could smell something horrible."
Missy raised her eyebrow. "It was probably just a dream."
Mandy shook her head and stared at Missy. "No, I'm wide awake when it happens. I've heard it for the past two nights. Just like your dream you keep having." She trailed off. She stood up and sat down at the desk again. She began to write out the facts between what she was hearing, and what Missy had dreamed. #1, she heard slithering sound, and a cackle, the room spun around her, making her dizzy. Then she felt like she was tied to the bed. #2 Missy dreamt that she was lying on her bed, tied down, watching a swinging pendulum ticking and coming closer to her. Mandy looked up at Missy. "Is there anything else about your dream Missy?" she asked. Missy hesitated. "Yeah. It seems whenever I dream it, the pendulum gets closer and closer." Mandy wrote that down then thought some more. Then she realized something. How come Missy hadn't heard the noise? Then she snapped her fingers. "That's it!" she whispered. Missy looked at her like she was crazy. "What's it?" Mandy sat down on the bed next to Missy. "1," she said counting off of her fingers, "you don't hear my noise at all. 2, I only had your dream when I was in your bed." Missy gasped. Mandy nodded. "What if it's the beds with the problems, and not us?" Missy breathed deeply. "Maybe we should switch beds for the night," she said. Mandy nodded. They climbed into each other's bed and closed their eyes, waiting for what they knew was going to happen.
Soon after they climbed into bed, Lizzy and Elorra climbed out of bed, and down to the common room to plan. They sat down on the couch, with a notebook, and a quill. Lizzy shoved the quill behind her ear. "So how should we get them together? Missy says that she forgives him, but you can see that that's not true." Elorra nodded. Lizzy chewed on a piece of her hair. "Should we make it obvious, and just shove them in a closet and lock them in, or strand them in a classroom, very subtly?" Elorra shrugged. "I'm not very good at this kind of stuff, but maybe we should just force them in. I mean if it was subtle, they could just ignore each other and walk out." Lizzy nodded. "True. That's a good idea. But we need Mandy and Joshua's help on this." Elorra nodded. And they bent over their notepad, working hard.
Missy clenched Mandy's blankets close to her chin. She was becoming frightened, and she didn't know why, then all of a sudden, she had an apprehension, something was going to happen. Then it did. The darkness became darker, and the room spun around her giving her a slight headache. Then there was a slithering sound, and a high-pitched laugh that made her want to cover her ears. But she couldn't, she couldn't move, she tried to scream, but wasn't able to do a thing.
Mandy dreamt of the pendulum again, the tick tocking making her insides quell. The blade came down sharp and monstrous, and then it stopped, swinging silently in the air. Then it began again, faster and faster- Mandy and Missy shot up straight in their beds and screamed as loud as they could, at exactly the same time. Mandy looked at Missy. Missy looked at Mandy. They both nodded. "I wanna new bed," Missy whimpered. Lizzy and Elorra looked above their heads. Then they looked at each other and shrugged. They had heard the scream, but knew it was nothing when they heard voices. Hermione shot out of bed and covered her mouth. "Oh my gosh! Did you guys have dreams about tripping and falling too?" Mandy and Missy stared at her blankly. "Nothing, nothing." she murmured and went back to bed.
