CHAPTER 2
Upon reaching the Great Hall, the trio noticed that there seemed to be a road blockage in the doorway. Everyone was stopping to look at something and they were all talking at once. "Well this is nice. Now we won't have time to eat before Charms," complained Ron, who really wasn't upset at all because he thought that the delay might mean they would get to miss some of class.
Hermione poked a Ravenclaw girl who was standing nearby in the arm. The girl turned around looking quite distraught. "What's going on?" Hermione asked her bossily. "Draco Malfoy in Slytherin has just done something bad!" the girl stated hastily before pushing her way through the crowd to get more towards the front.
Harry, Ron, and Hermione all looked at each other questioningly. They wondered what Draco Malfoy could have possibly done so that the entire school finally realized how horrible he was. They tried to push through the crowd just as the Ravenclaw girl had done but didn't have much luck as nobody wanted to lose their spot in the front. Suddenly, before they could see what was going on, they heard Professor McGonagall's voice shouting across the Great Hall for everyone to be silent. And silent everyone became...
"We know who was responsible for this! Step forward!" she called to the silent student body. After nobody stepped up..."Come forward, Mr. Malfoy, everyone in this room knows it was you." Through the silence came a very loud curse and footsteps were heard. "Wish we could see what was happening," whispered Ron. "Ya, me too," Harry whispered back. "Shuttup you two, I'm trying to hear what's going on," snapped Hermione, but there were no other sounds... there was only silence.
"Everyone go to your common rooms and breakfast will be served there for this morning. You may have an extra fifteen minutes until class starts because of this... interruption," McGonagall continued, thought she sounded upset that she was giving the students extra free-time when they should be learning.
"Damn, only wish it was Potions we were missing fifteen minutes of!" Ron complained, though he looked slightly happier than when they had first reached the Great Hall entrance. "Ya me too," agreed Harry, "but what do you think Malfoy was up to?" "He must have pulled some sort of stupid prank... or at least I hope it was that harmless," joined in Hermione. "Well it probably was..." said Ron, entering the doorway to the Gryffindor common room.
When the three entered the room, they were met by a blast of noise. Every Gryffindor was smushed into a tight bundle and each one was talking without listening to anyone else. "At that rate we'll never get any information from anybody," grumbled Harry, looking around the room for any sign of an empty seat. Just as they found a seat far enough from the crowd, silence fell across the room.
Hermione looked up to see what the trouble was. Trouble was not to be seen, only a *slightly* angry looking McGonagall standing in the entrance to the room. "The breakfast will be up in a minute, but I am going around to all of the houses to tell you all not to worry. Nothing serious has happened, so you all can stop talking about it now. Those of you who saw what happened in the Great Hall would be better off not to tell anyone else." With these words, she left from whence* she came.
Ron looked at Hermione with a confused expression on his face. "Wait, but if it's not anything important, how come we're not allowed to talk about it?" he asked her. She thought for a second before replying, "Well, I'm not sure. But it is a bit odd, isn't it?"
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*from whence may be redundant, but proper writers use it as well. I could have just used whence, but from whence sounded better in the sentence, did it not?
A/N: Me and my half-baked plots...*making story up as she goes along*
Haha, the language that I use.. don't hate it; LOVE it. ~Rikks
Upon reaching the Great Hall, the trio noticed that there seemed to be a road blockage in the doorway. Everyone was stopping to look at something and they were all talking at once. "Well this is nice. Now we won't have time to eat before Charms," complained Ron, who really wasn't upset at all because he thought that the delay might mean they would get to miss some of class.
Hermione poked a Ravenclaw girl who was standing nearby in the arm. The girl turned around looking quite distraught. "What's going on?" Hermione asked her bossily. "Draco Malfoy in Slytherin has just done something bad!" the girl stated hastily before pushing her way through the crowd to get more towards the front.
Harry, Ron, and Hermione all looked at each other questioningly. They wondered what Draco Malfoy could have possibly done so that the entire school finally realized how horrible he was. They tried to push through the crowd just as the Ravenclaw girl had done but didn't have much luck as nobody wanted to lose their spot in the front. Suddenly, before they could see what was going on, they heard Professor McGonagall's voice shouting across the Great Hall for everyone to be silent. And silent everyone became...
"We know who was responsible for this! Step forward!" she called to the silent student body. After nobody stepped up..."Come forward, Mr. Malfoy, everyone in this room knows it was you." Through the silence came a very loud curse and footsteps were heard. "Wish we could see what was happening," whispered Ron. "Ya, me too," Harry whispered back. "Shuttup you two, I'm trying to hear what's going on," snapped Hermione, but there were no other sounds... there was only silence.
"Everyone go to your common rooms and breakfast will be served there for this morning. You may have an extra fifteen minutes until class starts because of this... interruption," McGonagall continued, thought she sounded upset that she was giving the students extra free-time when they should be learning.
"Damn, only wish it was Potions we were missing fifteen minutes of!" Ron complained, though he looked slightly happier than when they had first reached the Great Hall entrance. "Ya me too," agreed Harry, "but what do you think Malfoy was up to?" "He must have pulled some sort of stupid prank... or at least I hope it was that harmless," joined in Hermione. "Well it probably was..." said Ron, entering the doorway to the Gryffindor common room.
When the three entered the room, they were met by a blast of noise. Every Gryffindor was smushed into a tight bundle and each one was talking without listening to anyone else. "At that rate we'll never get any information from anybody," grumbled Harry, looking around the room for any sign of an empty seat. Just as they found a seat far enough from the crowd, silence fell across the room.
Hermione looked up to see what the trouble was. Trouble was not to be seen, only a *slightly* angry looking McGonagall standing in the entrance to the room. "The breakfast will be up in a minute, but I am going around to all of the houses to tell you all not to worry. Nothing serious has happened, so you all can stop talking about it now. Those of you who saw what happened in the Great Hall would be better off not to tell anyone else." With these words, she left from whence* she came.
Ron looked at Hermione with a confused expression on his face. "Wait, but if it's not anything important, how come we're not allowed to talk about it?" he asked her. She thought for a second before replying, "Well, I'm not sure. But it is a bit odd, isn't it?"
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*from whence may be redundant, but proper writers use it as well. I could have just used whence, but from whence sounded better in the sentence, did it not?
A/N: Me and my half-baked plots...*making story up as she goes along*
Haha, the language that I use.. don't hate it; LOVE it. ~Rikks