A/N: Sorry for the last chapter being so short! Please read and review! It's still Christmas so Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! : )
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Chapter 25:
"Shit," muttered Ginny. "What on earth… IS this place?"
Lenore shivered. "I don't know. But I really hope that we're not, like, stuck in here. I don't like those shadows or voices… they're from my nightmares."
"Mine too," said Ginny, Harry, and Draco at the same time.
"Blimey," muttered Harry, looking around him. The stone encircled the room, and there was no way out. "Why don't we try the Reducto curse at the same time? It might break down the walls." Draco nodded.
"I see what you mean…" He then turned to the girls. "Shall we?" Ginny and Lenore nodded bravely.
"On my count," said Harry. "One- Two- Three!" Four Reducto curses then shout out at the stone, only to ricochet back at everyone. Harry ducked, pulling Ginny down. Draco and Lenore got down right on time. Harry pushed his glasses up the bridge of his nose.
"That didn't go so well," he panted.
Draco smirked. "When do your ideas ever work, Potter?" Harry glared at him.
"Shut up, Ferret boy." Draco frowned.
"Honestly, you get turned into a ferret one time and you're tormented for the rest of your life…" he said. Ginny and Lenore laughed, and Harry had to fight back a small grin. Malfoy smiled satisfactorily. "Why the long face, Potter? Mad that a Slytherin can actually make a better joke than the Amazing Hairy Boy?"
"I'm not Hairy!" exclaimed Harry indignantly. Lenore burst out laughing.
"Yes you are!" she wheezed. "You're Hairy Harry! Look at your face…" Ginny began giggling as well.
"We're locked in a room," said Harry flatly. I hardly think this is a time for games. I wonder if they know where we are yet?"
"'Course," said Ginny with confidence. "'Mione and Ron will show them where we are."
"What if they can't get in, genius?" asked Harry more harshly than he'd meant to. Ginny looked upset. "Sor-"
"No need to get all snappy, Harry. Honestly…" Harry began to apologize again, but she cut him off. "Forget it Harry." Harry looked down at his feet guiltily.
Suddenly an idea came to Harry, after sitting idly for about an hour in the cold dark room. "Wait… you guys, we know how to Apparate! Why didn't we think of that before?"
"Yeah!" exclaimed Lenore. "How could we forget? Should we Apparate to Headquarters?"
"Good idea," said Harry. Suddenly, though he stopped. "No, we can't…"
"Why?" asked Draco.
"Because," began Harry. "It's kind of like Hogwarts, but different. You can Apparate out of it but not into it… for safety. So that rules out Hogwarts as well." Lenore sighed thoughtfully. Then Draco spoke up. "Malfoy Manor?" Harry rolled his eyes.
"No! First off, the place will be crawling with death eaters, and second, neither Lenore, Ginny, or I have seen that place, therefore we cannot Apparate there."
"Well… Just trying to help…"
"The Burrow?" suggested Ginny. Harry shook his head.
"You heard Dumbledore; it may not be safe just now. Plus, ferret boy hasn't been there." Another silence elapsed.
"Hogsmeade?" asked Lenore.
Everyone exchanged looks. "I suppose," drawled Draco.
Ginny nodded resolutely. Harry also gave in. So they tried apparating. Didn't work.
"UGH!" yelled Ginny after they had all tried three times. "I GIVE UP! What does this room want from us?"
"Hey," said Ginny suddenly. "Do you think they can hear us?" She turned to the wall. "HELP! WE'RE IN HERE! CAN YOU HEAR ME?" There was no answer. Ginny sat down, defeated. She pulled back her long red curls angrily.
"Why were we trapped in here?"
"No idea," sighed Harry. All of the sudden, without warning, the walls began spinning and spinning ceaselessly. Lenore cried out in surprise and gripped Harry's arm. After a few moments,the spinning abruptly stopped. Suddenly, a door appeared on the wall, and it opened, emitting bright sunlight from a window across the hallway.. A little boy of about four years or so stood staring at the Hogwarts students. He had dark brown eyes and messy black hair and was wearing a scarlet robe.
"Who're you?" he asked. "Why are you in me and Amara and Carodoc and Asher and Vladislav's playhouse?" The boy then stomped. "Father said none of the students could find this passageway…" He then surveyed the teenagers. "Why aren't you wearing the school uniforms?"
Harry exchanged looks with Ginny, Lenore, and Draco. Then he decided to speak up. "What is your name?" The little boy's eyes lit up with surprise.
"I'm Llewellyn; everybody knows that!" Harry started. Llewellyn? Wasn't there a Llewellyn in the shadows?
"Uh, Llewellyn," began Ginny, who had obviously caught on, "Uh… where are we?"
"And what year is it?" blurted out Draco. The little boy squinted at him.
"Are you all all right, there? Shall I fetch the nurse? We're at Hogwarts- the school. And the year is 1087… Are you all sure you're okay? How did you find this place?" Suddenly a little girl with very long black curls skipped in. She was the girl from the shadows!
"Llewellyn, what are you-" she began but she stopped suddenly, looking at thenewcomers surprised. "Oh," she said daintily. "Father or any Aunts or uncle Godric never told us of newcomers." She smiled warmly, acting much older than one would expect of a girl of only five. She walked over to the teenagers.
"I'm Amara. Are you new to the school? Papa never mentioned… Oh, well. What are your names?"
Harry snuck a look at Ginny, who looked about to pass out. Lenore looked rather sick, and Draco was even paler then normal. So Harry spoke.
"I'm Harry Potter." He waited for one of the children to squeal something like, "Mum! Look! Harry Potter! Can you see his scar?!?" But the children just looked at him politely with no trace of recognition. Harry went on in a strangled voice. "This is Ginny Weasley, Lenore Felkes, and Draco Malfoy."
"Nice to meet you," said Llewellyn excitedly. "Are you new to the school?"
"Yes," said Harry. He exchanged looks with his friends, muttering, "Play along." Ginny nodded shortly. "Do you think you could take us to…. Professor Gry- er, thje Headmaster?"
"Of course," said the little girl happily. She smiled broadly and she and the young boy led them out of the room. Suddenly, Harry realized what that room was! The room of Requirements! He suddenly gripped his bearings.
"Um, Llewellyn; Amara," The two children looked up expectantly. "Thank you, but I think we know the way from here."
"You're quite sure?"
Harry nodded.
"We'll be seeing you then," said the boy, and the children scurried away. As soon as they were out of earshot, an uproar began.
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A/N: Okay, I have about five things. One, I hope you liked the chapter!
Two, I know that the Normans invaded England in 1066 and the Anglo Saxons and all those wonderful peeps before that, but bear with me! Please??! Lol, I am changing history for my story; then it can go back the way it was! Lol.
Three, I know that the story is going pretty fast and they're only a week into school, but don't worry. This isn't even the 'annual big adventure!' or whatever it's called, you'll see. After this the story should sound normal.
Four, I would love any suggestions a/b anything! I would like to know who you think should pair up with who, etc. and tell me if there are too many new characters! Also please tell me what you think about a sequel (Their 7th year), a prequel of Lily and James and a double sequel, of everyone(the survivors) kids at Hogwarts.
And five, PLEASE review!!! Happy Holidays!
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