CHAPTER 16
Harry couldn't stop laughing. Hermione had almost fainted when she was told that Skye was Odin's brother. All that she had just said could get to him very easily, and it disturbed her a lot. She had run up to the girl's dorm and still hadn't come down even though Fred and George had returned with Honeyduke's Latest range of confectionary. Gradually though, every filtered out and there was only Skye, Ron and Harry left sitting around the fire. Every few minutes Harry would let out a little giggle and smile to himself at the recurring memory of Hermione's face when Skye had revealed the dreaded family connection. Soon enough there was only Harry left, giggling in front of the dancing flames. There was a flash of green and he sat up, shocked. He looked around to look for the source, but found nothing. A couple of minutes later there was a brilliant flash of white, followed immediately by another flash of green. Harry stood up and took out his wand and began to silently walk around and look behind the armchairs and bookcases. After finding nothing he went and stood next to the couple of desks in the corner where he had a clear view of the entire room. Minutes passed and nothing else happened, when he heard something...
"He's stupid...I'm convinced...he is DUMB"
"Hey, don't be mean, it's late, he's tired..."
"No, he's JUST PLAIN STUPID"
Harry looked behind him wildly, there was nothing but a window, so he looked outside it. Fluttering only inches from the outer ledge were two flashy lights, one was green and the other oddly enough, was white.
"Oh...he looks around now does he?"
"Shush up...hello Harry" said one of the lights.
Harry opened the window and stuck his head out.
"Hello" he said back. "who are you?"
"Where not whos...we are whats. We are message stars and someone has predated this message for you to receive tonight." Said the white light.
"Where do you come from?" He asked them.
"Well, where do the other stars come from?"
"You mean from up there?" Asked Harry pointing up. The green light flashed violently and whispered to the white light something that Harry thought sounded like 'I told you he was stupid'.
"Harry" the white light started ' all the stars in the sky are message stars with messages for people. They're counting down the seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, months........I've even heard millenniums, until its time for them to deliver the message they have been given. All that exploding supernova stuff that astronomers study is just a cover up. Once a star delivers its message...
"It dies..?" Harry silently questioned.
"Hell NO!!! Eternal PART-AY in the star's afterlife my man!!!" The green light roared.
"Please keep it down...some people are sleeping" The white light scolded.
"So, who is my message from..." Harry tried to begin.
Unprecedentedly, the two lights started flying quickly around the room leaving respectable glittery trails (think of Tinkerbell in Peter Pan).
They abruptly stopped in the centre of the room and the dying fire went out completely. The lights faded and the room was pitch black. Slowly, a distance funky beat started to be heard and it steadily grew louder..............
Harry, It's time to explore
Bewitchments are laid on the castle, galore
For once it will be safe
You should roam around
Something must be found
Your heart knows what it is, go to it
Feel free to enter previous forbidden places
The chance to meet some unknown faces
And some you have known before
Before we eventuality escape
Take time to reconsider Snape
He's not a bad guy after all
After all
As the tune was sung, the words had appeared in the room, and started drifting around. After the last 'l' faded away. The two lights reappeared but now were a vivid crimson.
"See you Harry, hope to meet again some day!" They yelled as they flew out the opened window and into the night sky.
The light afterglow of the fire reappeared and Harry sat down. He searched his brain for ways to describe what had just happened.
Sitting pensively for a few minutes he finally decided on the perfect word.
"Cool" He smiled.
Something was still bothering him though...He couldn't place it, but it occurred to him just as he was about to go back upstairs to his dormitory...
......Who was message from? Who would want to purge Snape's name?
