*disclaimer* I do not own any of the Harry Potter characters mentioned, I am not JK Rowling.
Chapter Three
"Alright." Hermione said. "As long as we're not assigned any homework today…"
"Never mind that!" Fred hissed. "We have to come up with a plan to get inside the Great Hall. There has to be a way to see if Ginny is still alive!"
Harry was deep in thought; maybe if they all worked to together they could come up with a simple solution to all of this. "If only Ron was still awake." Harry thought. "He was always good at strategy, at least in chess."
Harry's thoughts were interrupted by one of Fred and George's friends calling them over. The twins gave Harry and Hermione a quick look and then scurried off in the other dire
"Sooo," Harry said. "What were you going to tell me?"
"Never mind," Hermione said quickly…a little TOO quickly. "I'll tell you later."
The two returned to Ron's side both deep in thought, waiting for Ron to wake, waiting for the truth to reveal itself and waiting for a plan to be formulated, in the end, they were just waiting.
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Ginny got to her feet. Everything seemed to be in order, nothing broken or hurt to badly as far as she could tell. A few minor bruises and burns were her only injuries.
Ginny began to look around the Great Hall; it was not a pretty sight.
The illusion of the night sky loomed above, bright and clear seemingly taunting all those trapped inside the hall. Tables and benches were flipped about every which way and all of them were contorted into only a burned out skeleton of what they once had been. The worst part was that Ginny knew that somewhere in the ruble; there were people, or the empty shells that used to be people.
Seeing the Great Hall this way would haunt poor Ginny's dreams for years.
"And to think," Ginny mused. "That just a little while ago I was sitting in that exact spot with nothing on my mind except Harry Potter."
It was at that point when she was thinking of Harry that she decided to go investigate, "It's what Harry would have done." Ginny thought. "And besides, there HAS to be other survivors…right?"
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It seemed like they had waited days instead of only hours until Ron finally woke up. And when he finally did, Harry and Hermione silently decided not to tell him about Ginny just yet. What Ron would do when he found out….they would know soon enough.
"W-where am I?" Ron asked. "What happened?" he rubbed the sleep from his eyes and looked at an overjoyed Harry and Hermione. "Did I miss something here?" Ron asked. Hermione grinned broadly and then burst into explanation.
Little did they know they were being watched by someone in the shadows of the Griffindor common room… someone who was not at all happy to see them alive and well.
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Ginny's search for survivors began slowly. It seemed that there was no sign of life anywhere!
After a seemingly endless half an hour, Ginny heard a faint groan somewhere to her right.
"Uhhhhhhhhhhhh." There it was again! Ginny hurried over some ways and nearly fell to the floor. After quickly recomposing herself, she arrived at the side of none other than Dobby the house elf who was trapped under some pieces of a table.
"Dobby!" Ginny said quite surprised. "What are you doing in here? I thought that house elves rarely left the kitchens" Ginny helped move the table and Dobby picked himself up off the ground.
"Dobby was invited! Dobby got invitation to supper by Dumbledore his self!" Ginny didn't REALLY care why Dobby was there, now she would have someone to help her get out of the Great Hall!
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After Ron was filled in on what had happened he said, "Bloody hell! There must have been lots of people left in there…is everyone we know alright?"
Harry and Hermione looked at each other nervously.
"About that." Harry started. "We are already planning to get her out so don't go storming off and doing anything rash…" His voice trailed off and Ron looked at the two of them expectantly.
"Go on." He urged. Hermione picked up where Harry left off.
"Well you see, Ron," Hermione looked REALLY nervous now. "W-we can't find Ginny." Hermione said as quickly and as quietly as she could as if it would ease the pain.
"What?" Ron said making a face of incomprehension.
Harry sighed and said. "We can't find Ginny, Ron." Ron's face turned snow white so that when Nearly Headless Nick floated through the room he took a second look at Ron as if mistaking him for a ghost.
"What did you just say?" Ron said as if in total shock.
"We can't find Ginny." Hermione said matter-o-factly. "You should have heard the first time to think that we have to repe-"Ron cut Hermione off half-way through her lecture and sunk back into his pillows.
"Bloody hell." Ron said. Harry looked at Hermione worriedly and Hermione returned his glance.
"Ron, Fred and George asked us to meet them in the secret passage on the 4th floor tonight do you think you'll be up to it?" Hermione bit her lip. "Because if you're not up to it then we can probably arrange something with them I mean…"
"Hermione you're rambling." Ron said quietly a look of mixed pleasure and sadness upon his face.
In the shadows the person stirred and smiled a cruel, cold smile and apparated with a quick 'pop'. This was defiantly something worth telling the boss about.
A/N: REVIEW OR ELSE! *_*
Chapter Three
"Alright." Hermione said. "As long as we're not assigned any homework today…"
"Never mind that!" Fred hissed. "We have to come up with a plan to get inside the Great Hall. There has to be a way to see if Ginny is still alive!"
Harry was deep in thought; maybe if they all worked to together they could come up with a simple solution to all of this. "If only Ron was still awake." Harry thought. "He was always good at strategy, at least in chess."
Harry's thoughts were interrupted by one of Fred and George's friends calling them over. The twins gave Harry and Hermione a quick look and then scurried off in the other dire
"Sooo," Harry said. "What were you going to tell me?"
"Never mind," Hermione said quickly…a little TOO quickly. "I'll tell you later."
The two returned to Ron's side both deep in thought, waiting for Ron to wake, waiting for the truth to reveal itself and waiting for a plan to be formulated, in the end, they were just waiting.
~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~
Ginny got to her feet. Everything seemed to be in order, nothing broken or hurt to badly as far as she could tell. A few minor bruises and burns were her only injuries.
Ginny began to look around the Great Hall; it was not a pretty sight.
The illusion of the night sky loomed above, bright and clear seemingly taunting all those trapped inside the hall. Tables and benches were flipped about every which way and all of them were contorted into only a burned out skeleton of what they once had been. The worst part was that Ginny knew that somewhere in the ruble; there were people, or the empty shells that used to be people.
Seeing the Great Hall this way would haunt poor Ginny's dreams for years.
"And to think," Ginny mused. "That just a little while ago I was sitting in that exact spot with nothing on my mind except Harry Potter."
It was at that point when she was thinking of Harry that she decided to go investigate, "It's what Harry would have done." Ginny thought. "And besides, there HAS to be other survivors…right?"
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It seemed like they had waited days instead of only hours until Ron finally woke up. And when he finally did, Harry and Hermione silently decided not to tell him about Ginny just yet. What Ron would do when he found out….they would know soon enough.
"W-where am I?" Ron asked. "What happened?" he rubbed the sleep from his eyes and looked at an overjoyed Harry and Hermione. "Did I miss something here?" Ron asked. Hermione grinned broadly and then burst into explanation.
Little did they know they were being watched by someone in the shadows of the Griffindor common room… someone who was not at all happy to see them alive and well.
~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~
Ginny's search for survivors began slowly. It seemed that there was no sign of life anywhere!
After a seemingly endless half an hour, Ginny heard a faint groan somewhere to her right.
"Uhhhhhhhhhhhh." There it was again! Ginny hurried over some ways and nearly fell to the floor. After quickly recomposing herself, she arrived at the side of none other than Dobby the house elf who was trapped under some pieces of a table.
"Dobby!" Ginny said quite surprised. "What are you doing in here? I thought that house elves rarely left the kitchens" Ginny helped move the table and Dobby picked himself up off the ground.
"Dobby was invited! Dobby got invitation to supper by Dumbledore his self!" Ginny didn't REALLY care why Dobby was there, now she would have someone to help her get out of the Great Hall!
~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~
After Ron was filled in on what had happened he said, "Bloody hell! There must have been lots of people left in there…is everyone we know alright?"
Harry and Hermione looked at each other nervously.
"About that." Harry started. "We are already planning to get her out so don't go storming off and doing anything rash…" His voice trailed off and Ron looked at the two of them expectantly.
"Go on." He urged. Hermione picked up where Harry left off.
"Well you see, Ron," Hermione looked REALLY nervous now. "W-we can't find Ginny." Hermione said as quickly and as quietly as she could as if it would ease the pain.
"What?" Ron said making a face of incomprehension.
Harry sighed and said. "We can't find Ginny, Ron." Ron's face turned snow white so that when Nearly Headless Nick floated through the room he took a second look at Ron as if mistaking him for a ghost.
"What did you just say?" Ron said as if in total shock.
"We can't find Ginny." Hermione said matter-o-factly. "You should have heard the first time to think that we have to repe-"Ron cut Hermione off half-way through her lecture and sunk back into his pillows.
"Bloody hell." Ron said. Harry looked at Hermione worriedly and Hermione returned his glance.
"Ron, Fred and George asked us to meet them in the secret passage on the 4th floor tonight do you think you'll be up to it?" Hermione bit her lip. "Because if you're not up to it then we can probably arrange something with them I mean…"
"Hermione you're rambling." Ron said quietly a look of mixed pleasure and sadness upon his face.
In the shadows the person stirred and smiled a cruel, cold smile and apparated with a quick 'pop'. This was defiantly something worth telling the boss about.
A/N: REVIEW OR ELSE! *_*