Chap. 2
She found herself in a room full of even more stairs than the last. She closed the door behind her and moved herself to the middle of the floor. Well at least I'm not being hunted anymore. While turning around in a circle, taking her time, she feasted her eyes upon the painting covered walls and the dozens of staircases. All of a sudden, she heard a noise that sounded like a car starting up coming from above her. She looked up and saw one of the staircases making its way to another wall.
Not knowing what happened exactly, she took her first instinct and made a loud, high-pitched scream. Her reaction frightened herself. She clapped her hands over her mouth and moved her eyes frantically back and forth. She wasn't sure whether someone heard her or not. With a scream that loud of coarse someone heard me!
Indeed, someone did hear her. Three people in fact. Professor Snape, the potions teacher, who was also patrolling the halls, was shuffling through the passageways to get to where the scream supposedly came from. "Oh no oh no oh no oh no oh no." she whispered to herself while looking for a place to hide herself. Much to her dismay, there were no shadows to cover herself in. She couldn't hide behind a staircase again, being it could shift at any moment. Alright maybe I was wrong. Now I feel like I committed a crime. Oh damn it! What did I get myself into?!
She didn't know that there were other people watching her. Underneath an invisibility cloak were Harry Potter and his best friend, Ron Weasley, who had to slouch to keep his feet from showing. Of coarse, they were on another "adventure", if you will. They had been watching her since they saw her appear in the Entrance Hall.
"Harry, don't you think we ought to do something? If Snape catches her then who knows what will happen." Ron whispered to Harry, still watching the stranger.
"But we don't even know who she is. She might do something drastic." Replied Harry.
Deciding she still had a little time to think through everything that happened in the last 10 minutes, she thought: Moving staircases?! What kind of a place is this?! I got it! I'm just asleep, and all I have to do is wake myself up.
"Yes, just...wake yourself up, and you'll be back outside on the ground." She whispered to herself. Snape's footsteps were getting closer. BJ flung her fist formed hand towards her forehead. Over and over she did this, and each time failed. She opened her eyes and saw that she was still in the large room. Another staircase shifted its position. With both of her hands this time she made jazz hands and looked them over. In an instant she whacked herself faster and faster repeatedly.
"What do you think she's doing?" asked Harry.
"Well, either she's trying to make the voices stop or what we've got here is a mental case." Joked Ron. They both had moved closer to get a better look.
BJ stopped hitting herself and put her hands down by her side, with her eyes and nose squinching, eyebrows furrowed. Pain was searing through her forehead.
She widened her eyes back open and looked at the door where the last staircase had moved to. Snape's footsteps were coming from that door, and he didn't seem too far away.
"Ron, you're right. We can't let her get caught. I have a plan. Better make more room under this cape." Harry was whispering so softly as to not be heard that Ron could barely make out what he was saying. (Good ol' Harry. Always there to be the hero.)
"I hope you're right. But if we get caught then I'm blaming you." Ron made a weird face between sarcastic and the look you get when you just barfed.
Harry and Ron scooted behind Crimson and hesitated. They turned their heads to face each other and nodded as if they were about to deactivate a bomb. They threw the invisibility cloak over her and Ron put his hand over her mouth so that she wouldn't scream again. At that moment, Snape appeared in the doorway, breathing hard. Crimson didn't know what was going on. Noticing that Snape didn't seem to see anything, she played along. Snape turned away, having the same reaction as Filch did. Another door slammed shut. Immediately, Crimson pulled Ron's hand off her mouth and ran out of the cloak. She turned around and looked, but saw nothing there. Her hands were getting sweaty again.
"Who's there?" she wimpered. Harry and Ron took off the cloak they were under.
She found herself in a room full of even more stairs than the last. She closed the door behind her and moved herself to the middle of the floor. Well at least I'm not being hunted anymore. While turning around in a circle, taking her time, she feasted her eyes upon the painting covered walls and the dozens of staircases. All of a sudden, she heard a noise that sounded like a car starting up coming from above her. She looked up and saw one of the staircases making its way to another wall.
Not knowing what happened exactly, she took her first instinct and made a loud, high-pitched scream. Her reaction frightened herself. She clapped her hands over her mouth and moved her eyes frantically back and forth. She wasn't sure whether someone heard her or not. With a scream that loud of coarse someone heard me!
Indeed, someone did hear her. Three people in fact. Professor Snape, the potions teacher, who was also patrolling the halls, was shuffling through the passageways to get to where the scream supposedly came from. "Oh no oh no oh no oh no oh no." she whispered to herself while looking for a place to hide herself. Much to her dismay, there were no shadows to cover herself in. She couldn't hide behind a staircase again, being it could shift at any moment. Alright maybe I was wrong. Now I feel like I committed a crime. Oh damn it! What did I get myself into?!
She didn't know that there were other people watching her. Underneath an invisibility cloak were Harry Potter and his best friend, Ron Weasley, who had to slouch to keep his feet from showing. Of coarse, they were on another "adventure", if you will. They had been watching her since they saw her appear in the Entrance Hall.
"Harry, don't you think we ought to do something? If Snape catches her then who knows what will happen." Ron whispered to Harry, still watching the stranger.
"But we don't even know who she is. She might do something drastic." Replied Harry.
Deciding she still had a little time to think through everything that happened in the last 10 minutes, she thought: Moving staircases?! What kind of a place is this?! I got it! I'm just asleep, and all I have to do is wake myself up.
"Yes, just...wake yourself up, and you'll be back outside on the ground." She whispered to herself. Snape's footsteps were getting closer. BJ flung her fist formed hand towards her forehead. Over and over she did this, and each time failed. She opened her eyes and saw that she was still in the large room. Another staircase shifted its position. With both of her hands this time she made jazz hands and looked them over. In an instant she whacked herself faster and faster repeatedly.
"What do you think she's doing?" asked Harry.
"Well, either she's trying to make the voices stop or what we've got here is a mental case." Joked Ron. They both had moved closer to get a better look.
BJ stopped hitting herself and put her hands down by her side, with her eyes and nose squinching, eyebrows furrowed. Pain was searing through her forehead.
She widened her eyes back open and looked at the door where the last staircase had moved to. Snape's footsteps were coming from that door, and he didn't seem too far away.
"Ron, you're right. We can't let her get caught. I have a plan. Better make more room under this cape." Harry was whispering so softly as to not be heard that Ron could barely make out what he was saying. (Good ol' Harry. Always there to be the hero.)
"I hope you're right. But if we get caught then I'm blaming you." Ron made a weird face between sarcastic and the look you get when you just barfed.
Harry and Ron scooted behind Crimson and hesitated. They turned their heads to face each other and nodded as if they were about to deactivate a bomb. They threw the invisibility cloak over her and Ron put his hand over her mouth so that she wouldn't scream again. At that moment, Snape appeared in the doorway, breathing hard. Crimson didn't know what was going on. Noticing that Snape didn't seem to see anything, she played along. Snape turned away, having the same reaction as Filch did. Another door slammed shut. Immediately, Crimson pulled Ron's hand off her mouth and ran out of the cloak. She turned around and looked, but saw nothing there. Her hands were getting sweaty again.
"Who's there?" she wimpered. Harry and Ron took off the cloak they were under.
