Ch. 10 Another Attack
The crowd had gone streaming onto the field and they had jumped on Bethany, Harry, Angelina, Alicia, Fred, George, and Oliver. Bethany was knocked to the ground by people hugging her and she could barely breath.
Suddenly, they heard a scream coming from across the field and they saw Ruby's brother kneeling down and holding his head. Just like what Neville had looked like the month before.
Ruby started crying and ran over to her brother.
"Oh my god! What's wrong!" she shrieked.
Her brother finally stopped screaming and some of the teachers pushed their way through the crowd of kids to get to him. Madame Pomfrey once again, carried another student up to the hospital wing with her.
Professor Dumbledore told all of the students to go back to their common rooms and to not leave until the Head Boy and Girl told them it was safe.
"What's happening to the school!" Ruby said teary-eyed.
"I-I-I don't know. I really don't." said Bethany.
"Well we're going to find out." said Harry and he ran up to his dorm to get his invisibility cloak.
"Some of us will go under my invisibility cloak to the hospital wing and listen to what Dumbledore is saying." he stated.
"We'll lend you our cloak too Harry." said Fred and George producing their cloak and Harry took it.
"Alright," he said, "Me, Bethany, Patrick and Ruby will go under my cloak and Hermione, Ron, Kiara, Fred and George will go under that one because it's larger than mine."
"I don't want to go in a cloak with HIM!" said Kiara nastily.
"Neither do I!" shouted Ron. They were still mad about the ball.
"Fine," sighed Harry. "Kiara can come with us and Ruby can go with you."
They set off up to the hospital wing under the cloaks.
When they got there, they could hear Dumbledore's booming voice.
"I don't know what is going on here. Students are being attacked just like when we had that basilisk last year. We may have to think about closing the school again."
"No!" said Hermione and they shushed her.
"We're doing our best to keep order Professor." They heard Snape's raspy voice.
"I'm sure you are, but I need you all to try harder or this school may come to a close." mused Dumbledore.
"They can't close the school! They just can't!" yelled Kiara when they got back to the common room.
"Shut up! Someone will hear you!" shouted Ron, even louder than Kiara had spoken.
That got them into an argument which Fred and George had to break up.
They sat there glaring at each other the rest of the time.
"Well there isn't really anything we can do about it, is there." said Patrick.
"There is, but we just have to wait till the right time." said Ruby.
"And when would that be?" asked Harry.
"Well I don't know. I was just saying." she answered back.
"We'll solve this mystery somehow." added Bethany.
They spent the rest of the night racking their brains waiting for them to get ideas on what to do about the situation, but no one came up with anything.
In the morning, they were all asleep on the couches and armchairs when Professor McGonnagle came in and told them that they wouldn't be having any classes that day due to some accidents.
"It must be really bad for us not to have classes!" said Hermione quietly.
"What about quidditch, Professor?" asked Bethany.
"No, I'm sorry. There will be no quidditch until further notice." she said grimly and walked out of the portrait.
Harry and Bethany looked at each other. That was it. They had drawn the line. They had to play quidditch. They had to find what was causing these attacks.
The crowd had gone streaming onto the field and they had jumped on Bethany, Harry, Angelina, Alicia, Fred, George, and Oliver. Bethany was knocked to the ground by people hugging her and she could barely breath.
Suddenly, they heard a scream coming from across the field and they saw Ruby's brother kneeling down and holding his head. Just like what Neville had looked like the month before.
Ruby started crying and ran over to her brother.
"Oh my god! What's wrong!" she shrieked.
Her brother finally stopped screaming and some of the teachers pushed their way through the crowd of kids to get to him. Madame Pomfrey once again, carried another student up to the hospital wing with her.
Professor Dumbledore told all of the students to go back to their common rooms and to not leave until the Head Boy and Girl told them it was safe.
"What's happening to the school!" Ruby said teary-eyed.
"I-I-I don't know. I really don't." said Bethany.
"Well we're going to find out." said Harry and he ran up to his dorm to get his invisibility cloak.
"Some of us will go under my invisibility cloak to the hospital wing and listen to what Dumbledore is saying." he stated.
"We'll lend you our cloak too Harry." said Fred and George producing their cloak and Harry took it.
"Alright," he said, "Me, Bethany, Patrick and Ruby will go under my cloak and Hermione, Ron, Kiara, Fred and George will go under that one because it's larger than mine."
"I don't want to go in a cloak with HIM!" said Kiara nastily.
"Neither do I!" shouted Ron. They were still mad about the ball.
"Fine," sighed Harry. "Kiara can come with us and Ruby can go with you."
They set off up to the hospital wing under the cloaks.
When they got there, they could hear Dumbledore's booming voice.
"I don't know what is going on here. Students are being attacked just like when we had that basilisk last year. We may have to think about closing the school again."
"No!" said Hermione and they shushed her.
"We're doing our best to keep order Professor." They heard Snape's raspy voice.
"I'm sure you are, but I need you all to try harder or this school may come to a close." mused Dumbledore.
"They can't close the school! They just can't!" yelled Kiara when they got back to the common room.
"Shut up! Someone will hear you!" shouted Ron, even louder than Kiara had spoken.
That got them into an argument which Fred and George had to break up.
They sat there glaring at each other the rest of the time.
"Well there isn't really anything we can do about it, is there." said Patrick.
"There is, but we just have to wait till the right time." said Ruby.
"And when would that be?" asked Harry.
"Well I don't know. I was just saying." she answered back.
"We'll solve this mystery somehow." added Bethany.
They spent the rest of the night racking their brains waiting for them to get ideas on what to do about the situation, but no one came up with anything.
In the morning, they were all asleep on the couches and armchairs when Professor McGonnagle came in and told them that they wouldn't be having any classes that day due to some accidents.
"It must be really bad for us not to have classes!" said Hermione quietly.
"What about quidditch, Professor?" asked Bethany.
"No, I'm sorry. There will be no quidditch until further notice." she said grimly and walked out of the portrait.
Harry and Bethany looked at each other. That was it. They had drawn the line. They had to play quidditch. They had to find what was causing these attacks.