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DISCLAIMER: I own nothing. Except for Madeline. She is mine. XD
Author's Note: This one is for my friend Miss Phillips, because she's in it. Oh and remember people, I can't spell for crap. (And neither can the people who read this first. XD) Excuse all the errors.
The next morning at breakfast the entire Gryffindor table was silent. Everyone was picking at their food, but no one was actually eating. Madeline slowly walked over and plopped down inbetween Hermione and Virginia. She sighed and mumbled a "Good morning." to the both of them. Virginia just grunted and Hermione stabbed her bacon with a little more force than necisarry.
"Where are Harry and Ron?" Virginia looked up and asked.
"They won't come out of their dorm. Harry is reading every Quiditch book he can find, and Ron has been in his bed all morning mumbling incoherently to himself."
"They can't stay there all day! They'll miss their classes!" Hermione exclaimed. "Besides, it's not THAT bad. They need to get over it. We all do. It was just one Quiditch match."
"It was a match against Slytherin. The first one Gryffindor's lost to them in six years." Virginia stated.
"Where are the Slytherins anyway?" Hermione inquired. "They entire table is empty. Has been all morning."
Madeline looked up from her eggs and said, "They're all in the Slytherin common room. Celebrating their victory."
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"You know, I think Hermione's right." Virginia suddenly said as she and Madeline walked through the corridors to Transfiguration.
"Huh?"....Oh yeah. I suppose she is. I mean, she might as well be. She's right about everything else." Madeline answered.
Virginia giggled. "You're just jealous because she makes good grades and you struggle to earn a C."
"I don't see anything wrong with being jealous." Madeline said with her head held high. "And I don't "struggle", I do just enough to pass."
Virginia giggled once more and opened the door to Professor Mogonogal's classroom. Both girl's took their seats and brought out their textbooks. Then Virginia noticed something.
"Madeline," She began. "Where's Mogonogal?"
The other girl looked up and scanned the room. By now, all of the student's had noticed their teacher's absence and were talking. Then suddenly the door opened and in walked a tall woman with green eyes, red hair, and long black robes. She stopped and stood directly in front of the class.
"Good morning students. I am Professor Phillips. I will be your substitute teacher in this class for the time being." She paused and looked around, as if daring any of them to object. "Now, open your text books to page two hundred and thirty four. Read the lesson, and once you have all finished, I will show you how to perform the spell. Any questions?" A Ravenclaw boy named David raised his hand.
"Yes?" Professor Phillips asked him.
"Where's Mogonogal?" The students all murmured in agreement.
Phillips seemed to hesitate a moment before answering. "She has fallen ill and will need some time to recover." The class seemed to accept this. "If there are no more questions, you may begin."
The students all opened their books and began reading up on how to transfigure a quil into a chair.
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"The new teacher in Transfiguration seems nice." Madeline said as she slipped on her night clothes. She and Virginia were up in their dorm dressing for bed.
"She's not our new teacher. She's just here until Mogonogal recovers." Virginia replied as she forced her head through one of Bill's old shirts.
"Whatever.....I wonder where she could be...." Madeline said in a far away voice.
"What do you mean? Wonder where who could be?" Virginia questioned her friend.
"Mogonogal. Elise and I went down to the Hospital Wing before lunch to bring her flowers and to say 'Get well soon'..."
"Suck ups..." Virginia muttered. Madeline ignored her comment and continued.
"But she wasn't there."
"What do you mean she wasn't there?"
"I mean she wasn't there. What else would I mean by that?" That being said, Madeline pulled back the covers to her bed, layed down, and shut her eyes. Virginia was about to do the same when she remembered the conversation she had walked in on a few nights ago. She immediatly sat up in bed.
"Madeline!"
Her best friend jumped and yelled out, "WHAT?!" while the other girls mumbled in annoyed voices under their breath. Sara even through her shoe at Virginia.
"I need to tell you something!" She whispered.
"Tell me in the morning. I'm sleepy." Madeline turned in her bed and covered her head with her pillow.
"But it's important."
"SEEPY!" Madeline's muffled voice yelled through her pillow.
Virginia threw Sara's shoe at her, got up, dragged her out of bed, out the door, down the stairs, and into the common room. The fire was burning low and a strange orange light filled the room. Virginia sat her friend down on one of the couches and began talking.
"You said Professor Mogonogal wasn't in the Hospital Wing right?" She asked her now angry friend.
"Yes." Madeline stiffly replied.
"Well where was she."
"How should I know? I'm not her, nor do I keep track of where she goes."
"So she's missing."
"Wait, I didn't say that."
"She's not in class, not at any of the meals, and she's not in the Hospital Wing."
"Maybe she went home because she's sick."
"Hogwarts IS her home Mad. Where would she go?"
"I dunno. Maybe she is missing. But we don't have enough evidence to think that."
"Well...The other night I walked in on Harry, Ron, and Hermione talking."
"And...???"
"They were going on about someone missing and how they should talk to Dumbeldore and help."
"Who were they talking about?"
"I dunno. But whoever it was is female and she's not at Hogwarts. Hasn't been since I had my detention with Malfoy."
"Wait. You had detention with Malfoy?"
"Not the point. Moving on. Mogonogal is the one they were talking about. She's missing, and no one knows why."
"Hold on a second. We can't just go around assuming tha-"
"Well, who else around here have you noticed is gone?" By now Virginia had begun pacing back and force infront of madeline.
"No one. But there are lots of other students here I don't keep tra-"
"Forget the other students! We have to find Mogonogal. I'm going to talk to the happy little trio about this. I want answers."
"But Ginny. I don't think we should get wrapped up in-"Virginia turned around and ran up the stairs before her friend could finish her sentece.
"It's settled then. Good night Madeline! See you in the morning."
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The next morning, Virginia and Madeline rushed to the Great Hall in search of the "Happy Little Trio".
"Come on Madeline! You're not moving fast enough!" Virginia yelled at her friend who was about thirty yards behind her.
"WILL YOU CALM DOWN! THIS IS AS FAST AS I GO!"
Virginia stopped at the end of the hall to wait for her winded friend.
"You need to exercise more Mad."
"And you need TO SHUT YER MOUTH!" Madeline yelled while hunched over with her hands on her knees.
"Out for a morning jog are we?"
Virginia and Madeline spun around to find Malfoy walking towards them with a smirk on his face.
"Mind your own business Malfoy." Madeline spat at him.
Malfoy shook his finger at her and clicked his tongue. "Tsk tsk tsk Miss Maroquin. You should be kinder to your elders."
"I'll show you kind you little cheating ferret...."
"Cheating? Since when am I a cheater?" Malfoy asked with mock shock on his face.
"Since you grabbed the snitch at our last Quiditch match."
Malfoy laughed and said, "That wasn't cheating. That was pure skill."
Virginia finally decided to speak. "There is no way you could ever beat Harry. He is way more skilled now than you will ever be."
Malfoy narrowed his eyes and glared. "You should be careful of what you say. It might get you into trouble." He walked passed them both and said, "I'll see you in Potions Virginia."
When he disappeared, Madeline turned to Virginia with a confused expression on her face.
"Did he just call you Virginia?"
Virginia then realized for the first time the name Malfoy had taken to calling her recently. "Yeah....He did."
"But....No one calls you that. Not even your mother. How did he know that was your name?"
"I....Don't know."
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The two girls walked the rest of the way to the Great Hall and through the giant oak doors. Virginia was thinking about Malfoy and his use of her real name. 'This will be something I'll ponder for a while.'
"Alright Mad. Let's go find Harry, Ron and Hermione before they take off to fight crime or whatever it is they do."
Madeline giggled. "So we're just gonna aske them to tell us all they know about Mogonogal's disappearence, right?"
"That and I'll see if I can bum some answers for the Herbology homework off of Hermione."
Both girls laughed and walked towards the three 6th years.
"Hello Ginny. Hello Madeline." Harry smiled and waved at both girls.
"Hello Harry." Madeline returned the smile and sat down. Virginia however remained standing.
"Hello Harry." She said in a stiff tone. The boy looked confused at her anger towards him.
"What's wrong Gin?" Ron asked his sister.
"What do you all know about Mogonogal gone missing?" She answered is question with another question.
"What on Earth are you talking about Ginny?" Hermione asked. Madeline sighed.
"You know very well what I am talking about. You all know something about her being gone, now tell us."
The three older Gryffindors stared at one another with bewildered expressions on their faces. They turned to Madeline, as if to ask what was going on.
"She heard you guys talking remember? And now she is convinced that Mogonogal is missing and that you guys know all about it."
"But Gin-" Ron began.
"DON'T YOU BUT GIN ME! I WANT ANSWERS!"
"Ginny, you don't understand Mogono-" Hermione was cut off before she could finish her statement.
"IS MISSING! Will you all stop hiding things from me? I can handle it. I can even help. Madeline and I can both help."
"Uh....Ginny...." Madeline grabbed her friend's sleeve and tugged.
"Not now Madeline!"
"But Ginny..." She poked Virginia with her finger.
"Harry! You must know everything. Tell us all that you know about Mogonogal's sudden absence."
"Umm....Ginny. I think you should turn around."
"Stop avoiding the question and just answer!"
"GINNY!" Madeline yelled. "TURN AROUND!"
"FINE!" Virginia finally obeyed and spun around.
Her jaw dropped and she immediately turned a bright shade of crimson at what she saw.
"Good morning Miss Weasley."
"Good morning Professor Mogonogal."
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Author's note: That's all for now. I am hungry and suffering from plot block.
Oh, and to Ash.....YES! MALFOY CAUGHT THE SNITCH! MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
Ahem.....I just couldn't help myself. XD
DISCLAIMER: I own nothing. Except for Madeline. She is mine. XD
Author's Note: This one is for my friend Miss Phillips, because she's in it. Oh and remember people, I can't spell for crap. (And neither can the people who read this first. XD) Excuse all the errors.
The next morning at breakfast the entire Gryffindor table was silent. Everyone was picking at their food, but no one was actually eating. Madeline slowly walked over and plopped down inbetween Hermione and Virginia. She sighed and mumbled a "Good morning." to the both of them. Virginia just grunted and Hermione stabbed her bacon with a little more force than necisarry.
"Where are Harry and Ron?" Virginia looked up and asked.
"They won't come out of their dorm. Harry is reading every Quiditch book he can find, and Ron has been in his bed all morning mumbling incoherently to himself."
"They can't stay there all day! They'll miss their classes!" Hermione exclaimed. "Besides, it's not THAT bad. They need to get over it. We all do. It was just one Quiditch match."
"It was a match against Slytherin. The first one Gryffindor's lost to them in six years." Virginia stated.
"Where are the Slytherins anyway?" Hermione inquired. "They entire table is empty. Has been all morning."
Madeline looked up from her eggs and said, "They're all in the Slytherin common room. Celebrating their victory."
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"You know, I think Hermione's right." Virginia suddenly said as she and Madeline walked through the corridors to Transfiguration.
"Huh?"....Oh yeah. I suppose she is. I mean, she might as well be. She's right about everything else." Madeline answered.
Virginia giggled. "You're just jealous because she makes good grades and you struggle to earn a C."
"I don't see anything wrong with being jealous." Madeline said with her head held high. "And I don't "struggle", I do just enough to pass."
Virginia giggled once more and opened the door to Professor Mogonogal's classroom. Both girl's took their seats and brought out their textbooks. Then Virginia noticed something.
"Madeline," She began. "Where's Mogonogal?"
The other girl looked up and scanned the room. By now, all of the student's had noticed their teacher's absence and were talking. Then suddenly the door opened and in walked a tall woman with green eyes, red hair, and long black robes. She stopped and stood directly in front of the class.
"Good morning students. I am Professor Phillips. I will be your substitute teacher in this class for the time being." She paused and looked around, as if daring any of them to object. "Now, open your text books to page two hundred and thirty four. Read the lesson, and once you have all finished, I will show you how to perform the spell. Any questions?" A Ravenclaw boy named David raised his hand.
"Yes?" Professor Phillips asked him.
"Where's Mogonogal?" The students all murmured in agreement.
Phillips seemed to hesitate a moment before answering. "She has fallen ill and will need some time to recover." The class seemed to accept this. "If there are no more questions, you may begin."
The students all opened their books and began reading up on how to transfigure a quil into a chair.
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"The new teacher in Transfiguration seems nice." Madeline said as she slipped on her night clothes. She and Virginia were up in their dorm dressing for bed.
"She's not our new teacher. She's just here until Mogonogal recovers." Virginia replied as she forced her head through one of Bill's old shirts.
"Whatever.....I wonder where she could be...." Madeline said in a far away voice.
"What do you mean? Wonder where who could be?" Virginia questioned her friend.
"Mogonogal. Elise and I went down to the Hospital Wing before lunch to bring her flowers and to say 'Get well soon'..."
"Suck ups..." Virginia muttered. Madeline ignored her comment and continued.
"But she wasn't there."
"What do you mean she wasn't there?"
"I mean she wasn't there. What else would I mean by that?" That being said, Madeline pulled back the covers to her bed, layed down, and shut her eyes. Virginia was about to do the same when she remembered the conversation she had walked in on a few nights ago. She immediatly sat up in bed.
"Madeline!"
Her best friend jumped and yelled out, "WHAT?!" while the other girls mumbled in annoyed voices under their breath. Sara even through her shoe at Virginia.
"I need to tell you something!" She whispered.
"Tell me in the morning. I'm sleepy." Madeline turned in her bed and covered her head with her pillow.
"But it's important."
"SEEPY!" Madeline's muffled voice yelled through her pillow.
Virginia threw Sara's shoe at her, got up, dragged her out of bed, out the door, down the stairs, and into the common room. The fire was burning low and a strange orange light filled the room. Virginia sat her friend down on one of the couches and began talking.
"You said Professor Mogonogal wasn't in the Hospital Wing right?" She asked her now angry friend.
"Yes." Madeline stiffly replied.
"Well where was she."
"How should I know? I'm not her, nor do I keep track of where she goes."
"So she's missing."
"Wait, I didn't say that."
"She's not in class, not at any of the meals, and she's not in the Hospital Wing."
"Maybe she went home because she's sick."
"Hogwarts IS her home Mad. Where would she go?"
"I dunno. Maybe she is missing. But we don't have enough evidence to think that."
"Well...The other night I walked in on Harry, Ron, and Hermione talking."
"And...???"
"They were going on about someone missing and how they should talk to Dumbeldore and help."
"Who were they talking about?"
"I dunno. But whoever it was is female and she's not at Hogwarts. Hasn't been since I had my detention with Malfoy."
"Wait. You had detention with Malfoy?"
"Not the point. Moving on. Mogonogal is the one they were talking about. She's missing, and no one knows why."
"Hold on a second. We can't just go around assuming tha-"
"Well, who else around here have you noticed is gone?" By now Virginia had begun pacing back and force infront of madeline.
"No one. But there are lots of other students here I don't keep tra-"
"Forget the other students! We have to find Mogonogal. I'm going to talk to the happy little trio about this. I want answers."
"But Ginny. I don't think we should get wrapped up in-"Virginia turned around and ran up the stairs before her friend could finish her sentece.
"It's settled then. Good night Madeline! See you in the morning."
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The next morning, Virginia and Madeline rushed to the Great Hall in search of the "Happy Little Trio".
"Come on Madeline! You're not moving fast enough!" Virginia yelled at her friend who was about thirty yards behind her.
"WILL YOU CALM DOWN! THIS IS AS FAST AS I GO!"
Virginia stopped at the end of the hall to wait for her winded friend.
"You need to exercise more Mad."
"And you need TO SHUT YER MOUTH!" Madeline yelled while hunched over with her hands on her knees.
"Out for a morning jog are we?"
Virginia and Madeline spun around to find Malfoy walking towards them with a smirk on his face.
"Mind your own business Malfoy." Madeline spat at him.
Malfoy shook his finger at her and clicked his tongue. "Tsk tsk tsk Miss Maroquin. You should be kinder to your elders."
"I'll show you kind you little cheating ferret...."
"Cheating? Since when am I a cheater?" Malfoy asked with mock shock on his face.
"Since you grabbed the snitch at our last Quiditch match."
Malfoy laughed and said, "That wasn't cheating. That was pure skill."
Virginia finally decided to speak. "There is no way you could ever beat Harry. He is way more skilled now than you will ever be."
Malfoy narrowed his eyes and glared. "You should be careful of what you say. It might get you into trouble." He walked passed them both and said, "I'll see you in Potions Virginia."
When he disappeared, Madeline turned to Virginia with a confused expression on her face.
"Did he just call you Virginia?"
Virginia then realized for the first time the name Malfoy had taken to calling her recently. "Yeah....He did."
"But....No one calls you that. Not even your mother. How did he know that was your name?"
"I....Don't know."
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The two girls walked the rest of the way to the Great Hall and through the giant oak doors. Virginia was thinking about Malfoy and his use of her real name. 'This will be something I'll ponder for a while.'
"Alright Mad. Let's go find Harry, Ron and Hermione before they take off to fight crime or whatever it is they do."
Madeline giggled. "So we're just gonna aske them to tell us all they know about Mogonogal's disappearence, right?"
"That and I'll see if I can bum some answers for the Herbology homework off of Hermione."
Both girls laughed and walked towards the three 6th years.
"Hello Ginny. Hello Madeline." Harry smiled and waved at both girls.
"Hello Harry." Madeline returned the smile and sat down. Virginia however remained standing.
"Hello Harry." She said in a stiff tone. The boy looked confused at her anger towards him.
"What's wrong Gin?" Ron asked his sister.
"What do you all know about Mogonogal gone missing?" She answered is question with another question.
"What on Earth are you talking about Ginny?" Hermione asked. Madeline sighed.
"You know very well what I am talking about. You all know something about her being gone, now tell us."
The three older Gryffindors stared at one another with bewildered expressions on their faces. They turned to Madeline, as if to ask what was going on.
"She heard you guys talking remember? And now she is convinced that Mogonogal is missing and that you guys know all about it."
"But Gin-" Ron began.
"DON'T YOU BUT GIN ME! I WANT ANSWERS!"
"Ginny, you don't understand Mogono-" Hermione was cut off before she could finish her statement.
"IS MISSING! Will you all stop hiding things from me? I can handle it. I can even help. Madeline and I can both help."
"Uh....Ginny...." Madeline grabbed her friend's sleeve and tugged.
"Not now Madeline!"
"But Ginny..." She poked Virginia with her finger.
"Harry! You must know everything. Tell us all that you know about Mogonogal's sudden absence."
"Umm....Ginny. I think you should turn around."
"Stop avoiding the question and just answer!"
"GINNY!" Madeline yelled. "TURN AROUND!"
"FINE!" Virginia finally obeyed and spun around.
Her jaw dropped and she immediately turned a bright shade of crimson at what she saw.
"Good morning Miss Weasley."
"Good morning Professor Mogonogal."
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Author's note: That's all for now. I am hungry and suffering from plot block.
Oh, and to Ash.....YES! MALFOY CAUGHT THE SNITCH! MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
Ahem.....I just couldn't help myself. XD