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Harry looked around him in a panic. He was surrounded on all sides and there was no gap bigger than a mouse hole to escape from. He pressed himself hard against the stone wall wishing he could just slide through it and come out safe on the other side. The girls surrounding him inched forward as though they were in a trance.

"Come over here Harry." Parvati hissed. She lunged for him and missed by an inch as Harry threw himself out of the way.

"HELP!" He yelled. He ran wildly to the left only to crash straight into a Slytherin 5th year girl with big muscles and a ape like face. Her eyes glowed pink as she grabbed him by the neck and pulled him towards her slimy lips...

"STILIOMOSIS PUPPETISIS!"

A jet of bright purple light hit the Slytherin girl directly in the forehead. She froze, an expression of shock on her face, then sank to the floor as though her bones had turned to rubber.

"Follow me Harry! Quickly, before the spell wears off!"

It was Ginny. She shoved the girls aside and grabbed Harry's arm. Harry quickly looked into her eyes. They were brown without a trace of pink.

"But you're not..." Harry gasped in shock.

"There's no time, We've got to get out of here before they surround us!"

A boy with curly black hair grabbed Ginny's arm and pulled her towards him, slobbering at the mouth. Harry regained his senses and quickly whipped out his wand.

"EXPELLIARMUS!" He yelled.

The boy was blasted back ten feet and crashed into a table. He sank to the floor in a heap and a girl immediately jumped on him and proceeded to snog his brains out. Harry turned away in disgust and Ginny yanked him forward. She pointed her wand at the nearest window.

" FORTENSIUS!"

Her wand emitted a high pitched whistle and the window shattered. Glass rained down on a couple below but they continued on like nothing had happened. Harry grabbed a chair and they ran to the window. Ginny clambered through and landed with a thump on the sloping lawn outside. Harry glanced back as he climbed onto the chair. Some of the people in the great hall were making animal sounds and to his horror he saw Ron and Hermione making out under the Griffindor house table. He froze half out of the window. Ginny reached out and yanked him through. He landed with a dull thud and sharp pains erupted all over his body.

"That hurt!" He said accusingly.

"What else was i supposed to do, leave you there to be overrun by sex crazed maniacs?" She snapped sarcastically

Harry looked a little guilty.

"But it was Ron and Hermione back there!" He cried.

"I know." Ginny looked pained. "But we can't help them by becoming trapped ourselves!" "Follow me!"

She ran down the sloping lawns to towards the forbidden lake, her bright red hair streaming behind her like a beacon. The sun blazed overhead.

Harry worriedly looked back at the great hall, then jogged after Ginny. She disappeared over a hill and he broke into a run, stumbling over dry twigs and rabbit holes. At the bottom of the hill nestled in a valley was a grove of elm trees, wild and unconfined. He cautiously made his way among them, looking around for any sign of Ginny.

"Up here Harry!" Her voice echoed for the top of a particularly gnarled elm tree.

He looked up, shading his eyes and saw a wooden platform, partly concealed by overhead branched and leaves. At the edge with the most space a rope ladder lay in a heap, attached to a pole and partly concealed under a leafy branch. Ginny's head appeared over the edge.

"Here, climb this!" She called down.

The rope ladder slithered down the side of the tree until it hit the ground with a slight thump. Harry looked at it apprehensively.

"I've never climbed one of these before."

"Don't worry," Ginny replied, " There's a holding charm in the air so you can't fall."

Harry stamped on the ground for luck and started to climb. It was much harder than it looked. By the time he had reached the top he was panting with exhaustion and covered in sweat.

"How come I couldn't feel the holding charm?" He asked suspiciously

Ginny grinned wickedly. "I lied. It was the only way to get you to be brave enough to try."

Harry groaned. "Why me?"

He looked around. The platform was rectangular, around 2 by 3 metres. One end was sheltered by a roof of interwoven twigs, bark and mud. Underneath it was a pile of thick spell books, each about 5 to 10 cm thick.

"What is this place?" He asked in wonder.

Ginny was sitting with her legs dangling over the edge rolling up the rope ladder.

"I discovered it in my first week at Hogwarts. I was exploring the grounds and I came upon it suddenly. It was old and had fallen into disrepair so I came every afternoon and worked on it till it was like it is now. I use it as a quiet place to study and a place to come when i want to be alone."

"Wow, I wish I had a place like this." Harry said enviously.

"If there was a place like this for everybody in Hogwarts there would be no room left for the castle itself!" Ginny laughed.

"Anyway, I've got a book on potions here so I'll read through it and see if i can find anything about this strange pink mist."

She walked to the pile and pulled out a large dusty volume with a plain brown cover. She sat down and started to flick through it. Harry lay down on the wooden floor and stared at the leafy green foliage drowsily. He closed his eyes and drifted off to sleep.

"Harry!" "Harry, wake up!"

He was shaken awake roughly by Ginny, it was almost dark, the sky was lined with pink and orange. Ginny looked excited.

"Harry!" She said urgently. "Harry, I've found it!"

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