Chapter Five: Halloween Feast
( LILY'S POV )
"Has the power to restore itself after death numerous times--BLOODY HELL! This isn't it either!"
"Miss Evans! Please keep your voice DOWN!", said the librarian.
I closed my eyes tight and slammed the book down on the table. I'd been in the library looking for information of what the creature was that I saw the other night. I had looked at several books already and my eyes were going out of focus.
I had been in there nearly 5 hours. I was getting hungry and anxious for the Halloween feast to begin. I ran down to the Great Hall and sat down with the other students, waiting for the feast to begin.
The professors had already been preparing and decorating the Great Hall, as I saw, passing by. They had several floating Jack-O-Lanterns over the four house tables, Halloween tableclothes with little ghosts on them that floated around the table,
pitchers full of Pumpkin Juice, and hundreds of different treats. Though it was a little different this year. Professor Dumbledore arranged a special "Halloween Hunt" this year. A small group of selected students from each house would set out and look for a shimmering golden piece of parchment,
surrounded in a glass ball, and the first student to find it, break the glass, and bring it back successfully won 150 house points for their house. What we didn't know was that this piece of parchment was very important. Apparently Dumbledore had kept it secret for safe keeping, and he needed it again,
but hadn't known where to find it, so he'd send us off to find it.
"Settle down, settle down, thank you. I have a little announcement to make about after the feast. There will be a special event happening, we're going to have a Halloween Hunt", spoke Professor Dumbledore, as the Hall filled up with talk and whisper. "Yes, yes, I'll explain it all after the feast."
With that, everyone ate hurriedly, including me. It seemed so exciting to have something new happen, especially after the last couple months were very dismal.
Everyone was done within 35 minutes, and waited anxiously to hear about the event. Dumbledore stood back up and explained thoroughly what they were going to do.
Most of the first and second years had jumped up and raised their hands waving and shouting "Me, me, pick me!" to go and do the hunt. Dumbledore had come down from his chair and roamed around the tables, picking students to go for the hunt. He picked 7 students from each house, one from each year.
"And, Lily Evans", he said smiling.
"What?!", I said, astonished.
"Would you like to participate in the Halloween Hunt?", he asked.
"Uh, well, uh, um--", I said, Jillian nudging me and Jame smirking. I smirked back and smiled.
"Sure, Professor Dumbledore."
I walked up to the front of the room with all the other students that were selected and smiled.
"Alright then, off you go, try to stay close to your housemates, be kind and fair, and bring it back as quickly as you can!", said Professor Dumbledore.
We all ran out of the Great Hall and began our search for the golden parchment.
"I bet it's in Moaning Myrtle's bathroom!", said a young Gryffindor girl.
"Naw, who'd want to hide it in THERE?", replied a young Hufflepuff girl.
"I bet it's outside somewhere maybe!", came a voice from a young boy.
"No, he said it was in the castle", answered an older Ravenclaw girl.
"Wait, wouldn't he just keep it in his office? He keeps everything there!", said a young Slytherin boy.
"No, his office is where everyone looks for everything all the time. Everyone expects secret things to be there, it wouldn't be very hidden, would it?", I replied.
"How do YOU know it's secret?", asked a bossy Slytherin girl.
"Well, how many times have you been asked my the headmaster to go find a piece of paper, surrounded by glass. for FUN?", I said, rolling my eyes.
Everyone looked puzzled at this thought and we all began making off our own ways.
I walked and explored what seemed like a thousand corridors and passages, and still no sign of any kind of parchment. I knew it couldn't have been found because Professor Dumbledore gave us all
little "ringers" to wear on our neck. They rang and shook when someone found the paper, and it hadn't buzzed yet. It couldn't be that hard, could it?, I thought to myself.
I came to a very dark passage way with no light near me, I shouted "Lumos!", and my wand lit up with a bright light. The passage went on and on, I ran faster and faster until I finally got to the end.
And there, to my amazment, was the golden parchment. I gazed a bit and then picked it up, thinking the ringer would go off, it didn't, so this was my chance to sneak away, ebfore anyone else saw I had it.
It was bigger than I imagined, I tried putting it carefully in my pocket, but it didn't work, so I had to try and bust the glass without anyone hearing. I heard voices of what semmed like two older Slytherins whom I disliked.
I thought, it was now or never. I threw the glass ball against the wall of the passage. "Over here, I heard something, I heard glass, someone's got it, c'mon!", shouted one of the Slytherins to the other.
I looked around for another exit but there was none, I didn't want them to steal it from me, and get all the house points. I had one choice, to run.
"Don't come any closer, or...or I'll hurt you! I found it first!", I shouted to them. They had run and came up to me, scowls on their faces.
"Hand it over, Evans!", one of them said, trying to grab the paper from me.
"No! Move aside!", I yelled. I ran through them as fast I'd ever ran before. "Are there any other Gryffindors up there?!", I shouted, hoping someone could help me. No one else was there. I had been so far from the Great Hall, I didn't think I could make it.
I ran faster, as I tripped over a step and one of them tried to dive and grab my leg, I kept running, thinking, why am I doing this? Why am I behaving this way? Why do I care about this tiny piece of paper? I then did the stupidest thing I could ever do.
I hit them with spells. "Rictusemptra! Rictusemptra!", I yelled loudly, turning backwards and pointing my wand at them both. They had both fallen over suddenly. I knew then that I was in trouble, I was behaving childishly.
As I ran through some more floors I finally met up with a couple other Gryffindors and we all ran to the Great Hall. I ran up to Professor Dumbledore.
"Professor! Professor! I got it, I got the parchment!", I yelled, as everyone cheered as James started gawking.
"Well done, Lily, but, I have to say, I sensed, you used magic to get back here, did you not?", he asked coolly.
Everyone got silent and stared at me. My face got hot and I felt a lump in my throat. I didn't want to disappoint Gryffindor, but I didn't want to be unfair.
"Y-yes, professor, I-I did...but I found it first, they were going to steal it!", I said, swallowing hard. All the Gryffindors gasped as the Slytherins cheered.
"Well, maybe I shall have a talk with you and the others who were trying to steal it, in my office, later?", he said calmly.
"Yes, professor."
( LILY'S POV )
"Has the power to restore itself after death numerous times--BLOODY HELL! This isn't it either!"
"Miss Evans! Please keep your voice DOWN!", said the librarian.
I closed my eyes tight and slammed the book down on the table. I'd been in the library looking for information of what the creature was that I saw the other night. I had looked at several books already and my eyes were going out of focus.
I had been in there nearly 5 hours. I was getting hungry and anxious for the Halloween feast to begin. I ran down to the Great Hall and sat down with the other students, waiting for the feast to begin.
The professors had already been preparing and decorating the Great Hall, as I saw, passing by. They had several floating Jack-O-Lanterns over the four house tables, Halloween tableclothes with little ghosts on them that floated around the table,
pitchers full of Pumpkin Juice, and hundreds of different treats. Though it was a little different this year. Professor Dumbledore arranged a special "Halloween Hunt" this year. A small group of selected students from each house would set out and look for a shimmering golden piece of parchment,
surrounded in a glass ball, and the first student to find it, break the glass, and bring it back successfully won 150 house points for their house. What we didn't know was that this piece of parchment was very important. Apparently Dumbledore had kept it secret for safe keeping, and he needed it again,
but hadn't known where to find it, so he'd send us off to find it.
"Settle down, settle down, thank you. I have a little announcement to make about after the feast. There will be a special event happening, we're going to have a Halloween Hunt", spoke Professor Dumbledore, as the Hall filled up with talk and whisper. "Yes, yes, I'll explain it all after the feast."
With that, everyone ate hurriedly, including me. It seemed so exciting to have something new happen, especially after the last couple months were very dismal.
Everyone was done within 35 minutes, and waited anxiously to hear about the event. Dumbledore stood back up and explained thoroughly what they were going to do.
Most of the first and second years had jumped up and raised their hands waving and shouting "Me, me, pick me!" to go and do the hunt. Dumbledore had come down from his chair and roamed around the tables, picking students to go for the hunt. He picked 7 students from each house, one from each year.
"And, Lily Evans", he said smiling.
"What?!", I said, astonished.
"Would you like to participate in the Halloween Hunt?", he asked.
"Uh, well, uh, um--", I said, Jillian nudging me and Jame smirking. I smirked back and smiled.
"Sure, Professor Dumbledore."
I walked up to the front of the room with all the other students that were selected and smiled.
"Alright then, off you go, try to stay close to your housemates, be kind and fair, and bring it back as quickly as you can!", said Professor Dumbledore.
We all ran out of the Great Hall and began our search for the golden parchment.
"I bet it's in Moaning Myrtle's bathroom!", said a young Gryffindor girl.
"Naw, who'd want to hide it in THERE?", replied a young Hufflepuff girl.
"I bet it's outside somewhere maybe!", came a voice from a young boy.
"No, he said it was in the castle", answered an older Ravenclaw girl.
"Wait, wouldn't he just keep it in his office? He keeps everything there!", said a young Slytherin boy.
"No, his office is where everyone looks for everything all the time. Everyone expects secret things to be there, it wouldn't be very hidden, would it?", I replied.
"How do YOU know it's secret?", asked a bossy Slytherin girl.
"Well, how many times have you been asked my the headmaster to go find a piece of paper, surrounded by glass. for FUN?", I said, rolling my eyes.
Everyone looked puzzled at this thought and we all began making off our own ways.
I walked and explored what seemed like a thousand corridors and passages, and still no sign of any kind of parchment. I knew it couldn't have been found because Professor Dumbledore gave us all
little "ringers" to wear on our neck. They rang and shook when someone found the paper, and it hadn't buzzed yet. It couldn't be that hard, could it?, I thought to myself.
I came to a very dark passage way with no light near me, I shouted "Lumos!", and my wand lit up with a bright light. The passage went on and on, I ran faster and faster until I finally got to the end.
And there, to my amazment, was the golden parchment. I gazed a bit and then picked it up, thinking the ringer would go off, it didn't, so this was my chance to sneak away, ebfore anyone else saw I had it.
It was bigger than I imagined, I tried putting it carefully in my pocket, but it didn't work, so I had to try and bust the glass without anyone hearing. I heard voices of what semmed like two older Slytherins whom I disliked.
I thought, it was now or never. I threw the glass ball against the wall of the passage. "Over here, I heard something, I heard glass, someone's got it, c'mon!", shouted one of the Slytherins to the other.
I looked around for another exit but there was none, I didn't want them to steal it from me, and get all the house points. I had one choice, to run.
"Don't come any closer, or...or I'll hurt you! I found it first!", I shouted to them. They had run and came up to me, scowls on their faces.
"Hand it over, Evans!", one of them said, trying to grab the paper from me.
"No! Move aside!", I yelled. I ran through them as fast I'd ever ran before. "Are there any other Gryffindors up there?!", I shouted, hoping someone could help me. No one else was there. I had been so far from the Great Hall, I didn't think I could make it.
I ran faster, as I tripped over a step and one of them tried to dive and grab my leg, I kept running, thinking, why am I doing this? Why am I behaving this way? Why do I care about this tiny piece of paper? I then did the stupidest thing I could ever do.
I hit them with spells. "Rictusemptra! Rictusemptra!", I yelled loudly, turning backwards and pointing my wand at them both. They had both fallen over suddenly. I knew then that I was in trouble, I was behaving childishly.
As I ran through some more floors I finally met up with a couple other Gryffindors and we all ran to the Great Hall. I ran up to Professor Dumbledore.
"Professor! Professor! I got it, I got the parchment!", I yelled, as everyone cheered as James started gawking.
"Well done, Lily, but, I have to say, I sensed, you used magic to get back here, did you not?", he asked coolly.
Everyone got silent and stared at me. My face got hot and I felt a lump in my throat. I didn't want to disappoint Gryffindor, but I didn't want to be unfair.
"Y-yes, professor, I-I did...but I found it first, they were going to steal it!", I said, swallowing hard. All the Gryffindors gasped as the Slytherins cheered.
"Well, maybe I shall have a talk with you and the others who were trying to steal it, in my office, later?", he said calmly.
"Yes, professor."