"This is now your room." said Harry. The four of them glanced at the room. Only three words can describe it.
'Not very attractive.' "It's nice…very…uhh…chic." said Paige, carefully choosing her words. Though it was an empty classroom,
they can tell that it wasn't really taken care of. The room was big. But dust bunnies were everywhere. Chairs were scattered,
tables were broken. 'Gee, not a very welcoming room.' Phoebe thought.
"Well I hope it isn't much of a bother that the room is not very clean," Harry said rather awkwardly. "but I'm sure you
can fix this. Tell me if you need any help." He said, turning to leave. "There is one thing you can do to help us." said
Piper. "What is it?" he asked. "Umm…these robes won't last for us through the entire year, do you think you can lend us
some money to buy some….uhh…spare ones." Just then an idea struck Pennelope's mind. "Harry, you remember the Room of
Requirement?" said Pennelope. "Yeah, why." He answered. "Well I was just thinking that maybe they could get their clothes
in there. Although I don't exactly know where it is…" she said.
When they were finally there, Harry told them what to do to. When they opened the door, they found three
different doors that had three different signs hanging over them. The first door read: 'Paige's Room'
the second read 'Piper's Room' and the third one was obviously 'Phoebe's Room'. As they entered the three rooms,
they found their clothes floating. They made a grab for each and went to join Harry and Pennelope outside.
"All we need now is a suitcase to help us carry these things. Immediately three suitcases appeared in front of them.
"I like this room" Piper said.
When they were back, (Harry had offered to carry or rather levitate the suitcases for them.) they thanked Harry and began
to 'organize' the room as they called it. But Pennelope referred to it as a complete renovation.
When they were finished, (they had asked for Harry's help to levitate the furniture that they had gotten from the room
of requirement, as Paige had kindly suggested.) they were all whining how tiring it was and why was it that whenever
you needed Leo he's not there and how he's always there when you don't exactly need him. Then they stared at each other.
"Can we?" said Pennelope so suddenly. "Can we what?" asked Phoebe. "Can we call for him?" she said. "I dunno, maybe, let's
try."
As they cried for Leo several times, finally a mist of blue light had entered the room. "What? What happened?" he asked.
Typical Leo, always worried when they call for help. He the looked around. "Uhh…nice room. But what is this place?"
he said still not believing that somehow they had all done this by themselves. "It's where we're staying, until we find
a way to get out of here." Piper said. "Why? Where is this?" he went on. "We know it sounds stupid, but we're stuck in a book."
said Pennelope in a dull tone.
Leo looked a bit shocked at first, then asked, "Well what are you going to do now?" "Obviously we've gotta find a way to get
out of here, 'coz I got work to do. With the P3 and all." said Piper. When Pennelope heard what her aunt had said, she felt a
solutely guilty. "I'm sorry, I feel so ashamed to that I got you guys into trouble… I'm so sorry." She said, letting a tear
slide down her face. "Sweetie, we're not blaming you at all, it's not you're fault that we got stuck in a book." Pennelope
looked up and managed to give her a smile. "Well, I can be your messenger. Pure white lighters can orb in and out of places."
Leo volunteered. "So you mean when Chris orbs here, he can't orb out…?" said Paige. "And nor can I." she pouted. "Well…Chris
maybe an exception." Leo said. "How come?" all of them asked. "Well…I'll still have to talk this with the Elders, but I don't
think they want a kid separated from his mom." he smiling at Piper. And Piper smiled back.
"As much as I want to continue this discussion, I still have my lunch to catch. See ya at dinner." Pennelope said, rushing for
the door.
"Where were you? Lunch is almost over." said Hermione. "Well, let's just say that I help my mother and aunts unpack.
What's the big deal anyway? I skip lunch all the time, and I survived" she said grabbing for a bagel and reaching or the
marmalade. "I can eat this, and not starve." She said pointing at her food. They just shrugged. "Anyway you better hurry up.
Potion's next." Said Harry.
When Pennelope heard this, a sudden thought erupted in her mind. Finally, curiosity got the better of her and asked, "Is he
really that bad?". "Who is?" Hermione asked absentmindedly. "Snape. I mean does he really give detentions for no good
reason?" They all looked at her as if it was the most stupid question. "I mean, even though he's already in the Order, he's still
as bad as he looks like?" she continued. "Well...yeah, I guess it's already in his nature." Ron said. But Harry was uncomfortable
in discussing Snape's history. ...After what he saw in during his Occlumency class the previous year... "Hey, you okay?" asked
Pennelope while snapping so thatshe could get Harry's attention.
Finally, when he was back to his senses. Harry reasured them that he was okay. "Okay, if you say so, Harry..." said Hermione,
unsure of what else to say. As Pennelope was admiring Hogwarts' beauty, she did not notice that she was heading towards Pansy
Parkinson,Apparently, Pansy was not also focusing, her face, deep in thought. Before anyone would notice –
"Oh crap … Sorry" Pennelope said. "Watch where you're going!" Pansy answered back. "Look who's talking. As far as I can
remember lady, you weren't watching yourself!" Pennelope said fuming. "Pansy, I suggest that you don't piss her off." Harry
adviced and Ron nodded. "Nobody asked for your opinion Potter." she spat. As much as Pennelope wanted to kick her but, she knew that
she couldn't. She was, afterall, still in school. When Pennelope was already on her feet, she told the others, "Let's go. I don't
want to waste my energy on a piece of crap. When they were about to make the last turn to get to the dungeons, she asked
"Are all Slytherins like that? I mean God, I thought I already have enough burdens in school." she asked shaking her head. "Well...
not exactly all of them. There's still that cute 7th year Filipino exchange student, and I've met him, he's really nice." said
Hermione, blushing slightly. Ron snorted, Harry chuckled, Pennelope arched an eyebrow. "Anyway, I guess we're already here."
For Pennelope, Potions wasn't all that bad. All you have to do is listen really carefully, reread the the instructions if not
sure, but most of all, you must not get intimidated by Snape's death glare.
After an hour of calvary, as the Gryffindors called it, the trio asked Pennelope how she found Potions. "To tell you the truth,
it wasn't really that bad. Believe I've had worse. Potions is just like the summary of Biology and Chemistry combined." she said confidenly
Ron stared at her. "So, so you think you'll pass?" he asked. "I suppose so, I mean it's less complicted than the Potions I usually
do." "How do the both of you do it? I mean I can barely gat an A..." he said. "Well for one thing Ron I listen, I don't think it'll
kill you if at least you try." snapped Hermione "It's actually easy if you ask me." piped Pennelope. "All you have to do is listen to
his instructions, reread the the procedures, and the most important of all, is that whatever you do, you must not get intimidated by his
presence. Take my advice and you'll ace your Potions." She said as if telling a todler what two plus two is. "Listen to her Ron, and you
might just pass the N.E.W.T.s exam."
All their classes were already finished when a memory came into Pennelope's mind. A memory that had been haunting her ever since. Though she
kept telling them that that it wasm't a big deal, it showed in her face that it is a big deal. Dinner came and the look on her face was bothering
them.
At the teacher's table, Phoebe was worried about her daughter. "Phoebs, what's wrong?" asked Paige "It's Pennelope, the thing that's been bothering her
for the past four years on this very day is bothering her again. I thought she was all over it." she said. "Well you can't really blame her. It
was pretty traumatic." Piper said. "Is something a matter ladies?" Apparently, Dumbledore had been observing them and found their worried faces
a bit distracting. "Nothing that we can't handle, Headmaster." Paige said politely. "Okay then." Dumbledore said, and he returned to his eating.
"You think I should talk to her?" asked Phoebe. "Phoebe, she's your daughter, you should know what's the best for her." Piper said. "In my opinion,
even though it has been a long time since it had happened, you should give her time to think it over and give her time for herself." Paige said, patting
her troubled sister on the back. "Alright then."
"I'm done." Pennelope told no one in particular. Her new friends stared at her plate and told her, "But you haven't even eaten anything." Hermione tried
to reason. "EVANESCO. There, now it's all cleared. Can I be excused now?" She didn't wait for them to reply and directly headed for the exit. "What
do you think's the matter with her?" Hermione asked. "We don't know Hermione, but obviously something's bothering her." Harry said. While Ron nodded
still struggling to swallow the piece of kitchen he has been eating. Hermione found this annoying, and snapped at Ron for such a pig when eating.
"Anyway, I'll just follow her. Rather than having a guessing game." Harry said, getting up."
At first, Harry had no idea where to start looking. He looked in the Common Room, then the kitchens, the library. She was not there. where is she?
Harry thought to himself. Then he thought of the map, and so he raced to the Common Room. "Okay ... I solemnly swear that I am up t no good..." When he saw
Pennelope's 'dot' he went straight out of the Common Room, and out in the Caste grounds.
Pennelope was walking around the lake, trying to forget about the past. Why? She thought. After all these years, I thought I was all over it
As she sat down, tears leaked down her cheeks. "I thought I was all over you Jake...But then, I guess, you can never be replaced..."
When Harry arrived, he saw Pennelope crying. "Hey." he said. Pennelope looked up, her eyes were puffy and red. "Hey." she replied. "Mind if I take a seat?"
"Sure, go ahead." And so he sat down. He wanted to ask her what's been bothering her, but somehow, he knew that it wouldn't be right. "So, you came here to know
what's bothering me like the other two?" She said suddenly, making Harry jump. "Well yeah...I suppose so if you want to tell me..." Harry said uncertainly.
Pennelope sighed. She thought this over and over in her head. Though it might be tough to talk about it, maybe talking to a stranger might ease the pain a little.
"Okay...I guess it's about time I tell somebody about it."
"Hey Jake!" 13 year old Pennelope Dean called for her 15 year old boyfriend. "Hey!" Jake said, turning around. "So, where do you wanna go?" he asked, while putting
his arm around Pennelope's shoulders. "Hmm...You wanna catch a movie?" she asked. "Sure...What movie do you wanna see?" he said reaching for his pocket to make sure
that he has his wallet. Pennelope noticed this and told him, "Hey, don't worry, in case your money isn't enough, will split it. I brought mine. Remember what we promised
each other, we'll start to share things. Okay?" she told him sweetly. "That's why I love you." Jake said giving Pennelope a peck on the lips. Pennelope giggled then
said, "Let's go catch Charlie's Angels!"
"So did you like it?" Jake asked Pennelope. "Well it was okay. But not quite what I had expected." she replied. We were about to go home when suddenly a stampede
that came from inside the cinema house was running like mad. Apparently somebody had found a bomb inside a toilet cubicle. Then we got separated, and the acident
had begun. "Pennelope! Pennelope where are you?" "Jake! Jake can you hear me?" They were both shouting, trying to figure out where each other are.
Suddenly, gun shots were heard. "Oh my god. Please don't let it be Jake." Pennelope silently prayed. "Pennelope! Pennelope I'm here!" Jake called. Pennelope rushed
to her boyfriend, and she burried her face into his chest crying uncontrollably. Jake smiled. "Penn, Penn it's okay. I'm fine." She looked up, dried her tears and
smiled. "I know. I was just worried. I don't think I'll live without you by my side." she said. "Ditto. What do you say we go home and not let this thing get to our
parents?" he said, trying to make the mood a bit lighter. Pennelope just nodded. Then a guy in black was hiding in some tree, holding a gun. I didn't know who he was
targetting untill it happened. Jake looked at his surrounding, when he saw a man with a gun. "Pennelope look out!" Jake shouted "Huh?"
Too late. The bullet that was supposed to hit Pennelope, had hit Jake instead, squarely at the chest. Pennelope's eyes almost bulged out(0.0)when she saw Jake took the
bullet instead of her. His fall was somehow dramatically slow, as if the world was suddenly in slow motion. When he had hit the ground, Pennelope began to cry Bloody
hell. "JAAAAKE! Jake wake up. Sweetie please be alive." She rushed over to Jake, raising his head and letting it ret on her lap. "Pennelope, please remember that I
will always love you..." He closed his eyes...forever. "No... No...you're kidding right? Jake please wake up! Please...don't leave me." she stuttered. She stood up,
and swore to herself that she will avenge Jake's death.
She looked at Harry. She then smiled at him, for the first time ever since her 'crying session' as Harry had secretly called it. "You don't have to feel guilty you know,
I would've told you guys sooner or later anyway." she said getting up. "But it still wasn't very nice of me to insist on telling me what had happened. I'm sorry, I
didn't know..." "I told you it's okay. Anyway, let's go back, Ron nd Hermione might be getting curious." With the emphasis on the last word, they both laughed.
Harry was relieved that Pennelope wasn't upset, Pennelope however, was happy that finally, after all these years, maybe she would already be and entirely over about the
incident. And right now, all she can think about is going back to her dormitory, and get some sleep.