Ch. 7 Detention
There detention wasn't as bad as some of them thought, but it was a rather odd one.
"That's it?" asked Ron. "We just stay there in the Forbidden Forest? All night? And do nothing? That's the easiest detention I've ever had!" and launched himself into an arm chair in the common room.
"Ron, it's not that simple." said Hermione. "We have to stay in the middle of the forest and who knows what's in there. And no Ron, were not just going to stay there. Professor Snape gave us a list of things for his potions we need to find. And we have to stay there every night until we do."
"So we should split up into groups of 5 and each look for 5 ingredients." said Bethany. "Me, Harry, Kiara, George and Patrick will go in one group and Fred, Hermione, Ron, Neville, and Ruby can go in the other group."
"Well you're quite the little leader aren't you." said Fred and Hermione gave him a nasty look.
That night, the all trouped down to the edge of the Forbidden Forest, wands in their pockets and ready to use them if needed.
Snape produced 10 sacks for the ingredients and to not touch anything except what they were looking for.
"What does he expect us to do?" asked Patrick. "Try to stick a centaur in our pockets?"
They laughed and split up into their groups. Bethany's group going to the right, and Fred's group going to the left.
"Remember, send red sparks into the air if you see anything dangerous and send gold into the air if you find everything you're looking for."
"B-B-But I forgot my wand!" said Neville.
"Don't worry. We all have ours." said Hermione.
Bethany and her group were looking around and talking about what kinds of things they could do to get revenge on Slytherin when Patrick tripped over a lumpy rock that was lying in the dirt.
"Are you alright old chap?" George asked laughing as he helped him up and Patrick brushed himself off.
"Yeah, except my leg is bleeding a bit. But it's alright, really." Patrick's jeans were torn just under his knee and they could all see blood seeping through them.
Bethany noticed something dark on the rock. She bent down to see what it was and noticed it was writing. It had been engraved into the rock very hastily and it said "RIP S.S. 1991."
"Hey guys, take a look at this." Bethany showed them the writing on the rock.
"That was 12 years ago." said Kiara
"That's not a rock..." said Harry slowly. "It's a grave." Kiara gave a little shriek and then all got up and walked away quickly.
"I wonder who 'S.S' was." said Patrick.
"Probably some old bogey who lived here." said George but Bethany noticed he didn't look like he believed what he said.
"Look!" said Kiara. "It's dittany." She bent down and picked up the ingredient.
They kept on walking until they found wolves bane, moley, flobber worm mucus and silfax.
Bethany shot gold sparks into the air and they sat and waited for the others to shoot up their sparks.
What felt like hours later, the other group shot up their gold sparks and they met each other where they had started in the middle of the forest.
They pulled blankets out of the bag that Fred had brought and they lay down on the forest floor.
One of us will stay up for an hour, then we will trade on and off.
They agreed and Neville took the first watch, even though Ron protested this horribly.
They all went to sleep trying not to worry about what creatures that could happen to surround them in the forest.
In the middle of the night, Bethany was shaken awake by Harry, Hermione and Ron.
"Is it morning already? Why is everyone else asleep?" they shushed her. She looked around where she was and realized that it wasn't the same place she had spent the night before. "Where are we!" she asked.
"Well..." said Hermione wringing her hands, "we're not sure."
Bethany's stomach dropped.
There detention wasn't as bad as some of them thought, but it was a rather odd one.
"That's it?" asked Ron. "We just stay there in the Forbidden Forest? All night? And do nothing? That's the easiest detention I've ever had!" and launched himself into an arm chair in the common room.
"Ron, it's not that simple." said Hermione. "We have to stay in the middle of the forest and who knows what's in there. And no Ron, were not just going to stay there. Professor Snape gave us a list of things for his potions we need to find. And we have to stay there every night until we do."
"So we should split up into groups of 5 and each look for 5 ingredients." said Bethany. "Me, Harry, Kiara, George and Patrick will go in one group and Fred, Hermione, Ron, Neville, and Ruby can go in the other group."
"Well you're quite the little leader aren't you." said Fred and Hermione gave him a nasty look.
That night, the all trouped down to the edge of the Forbidden Forest, wands in their pockets and ready to use them if needed.
Snape produced 10 sacks for the ingredients and to not touch anything except what they were looking for.
"What does he expect us to do?" asked Patrick. "Try to stick a centaur in our pockets?"
They laughed and split up into their groups. Bethany's group going to the right, and Fred's group going to the left.
"Remember, send red sparks into the air if you see anything dangerous and send gold into the air if you find everything you're looking for."
"B-B-But I forgot my wand!" said Neville.
"Don't worry. We all have ours." said Hermione.
Bethany and her group were looking around and talking about what kinds of things they could do to get revenge on Slytherin when Patrick tripped over a lumpy rock that was lying in the dirt.
"Are you alright old chap?" George asked laughing as he helped him up and Patrick brushed himself off.
"Yeah, except my leg is bleeding a bit. But it's alright, really." Patrick's jeans were torn just under his knee and they could all see blood seeping through them.
Bethany noticed something dark on the rock. She bent down to see what it was and noticed it was writing. It had been engraved into the rock very hastily and it said "RIP S.S. 1991."
"Hey guys, take a look at this." Bethany showed them the writing on the rock.
"That was 12 years ago." said Kiara
"That's not a rock..." said Harry slowly. "It's a grave." Kiara gave a little shriek and then all got up and walked away quickly.
"I wonder who 'S.S' was." said Patrick.
"Probably some old bogey who lived here." said George but Bethany noticed he didn't look like he believed what he said.
"Look!" said Kiara. "It's dittany." She bent down and picked up the ingredient.
They kept on walking until they found wolves bane, moley, flobber worm mucus and silfax.
Bethany shot gold sparks into the air and they sat and waited for the others to shoot up their sparks.
What felt like hours later, the other group shot up their gold sparks and they met each other where they had started in the middle of the forest.
They pulled blankets out of the bag that Fred had brought and they lay down on the forest floor.
One of us will stay up for an hour, then we will trade on and off.
They agreed and Neville took the first watch, even though Ron protested this horribly.
They all went to sleep trying not to worry about what creatures that could happen to surround them in the forest.
In the middle of the night, Bethany was shaken awake by Harry, Hermione and Ron.
"Is it morning already? Why is everyone else asleep?" they shushed her. She looked around where she was and realized that it wasn't the same place she had spent the night before. "Where are we!" she asked.
"Well..." said Hermione wringing her hands, "we're not sure."
Bethany's stomach dropped.