Chapter 19: ~Shadow in the Dark~
"Chloe," Dana whispered from the dark, "Chloe get up!"
"No," Chloe mumbled still asleep, "Five more minutes!"
"No, you need to get up now! Quietly too, don't wake anyone up."
"What time is it?" Chloe held out her hand.
"Um...about 3 in the morning." Dana grabbed Chloe's hand and lifted her up.
"Great," Chloe mumbled though a yawn, "Our time in the morning!" Dana handed Chloe a cloak and the tip toed out to the hall. "Have you been up all night?"
"Yes," Dana showing her sharp canines, "I haven't explored the castle, yet! Since you were, at one time, a night owl. I thought you would like to come with me!"
"Sure," Chloe yawn and pulled her cloak closer as the stepped down the stairs exiting the tower. "Why not, what do you want to do?"
"Well," Dana looked around thoughtfully, "We don't have our fountain, we don't have our boys, and I'm pretty sure you don't have you broom! So we can't go to the nearby muggle town and scary the living daylights out of them."
"Nightlights, out of them," Chloe corrected, "and there is no muggle town. There is no town even CLOSE to here! I was surprised myself."
"What about Hogsmeade?"
"Well, Hogsmeade close enough, but I don't know. I've only been there once."
"Well, I was there when it was raining. It was such a delightful PLACE!"
"A sarcastic vampire," Chloe laughed, "You see something new everyday!"
"Ha ha ha," Dana laughed mockingly, "Now, what could we do?"
"Go around and switch all the pictures and put them in different spots! Switch the heads of the statues. Go into first years' bedrooms and scare the living NIGHTLIGHTS out of them." Dana looked at her strangely. "Oh we could break into Mrs. Harrods's office and transform all her mice into rats!"
"You haven't been this crazy since you went around telling everyone that Coke and Pepsi were the same thing!"
"That wasn't crazy, that was true! It's a stupid thing that they play on the consumer. The same people with two different aliases probably own them! The only thing that made them different was when Coca-Cola had Cocaine in it. But, NOW it doesn't even have that in it. Don't even get me started on Sprite, Sierra Mist, and 7 UP!"
"Whatever happened to those little Red dot guys that were the mascots for 7 UP?"
"I don't know, but I miss them."
"Me too," Dana shook her head, "But, it still leaves us with the dilemma."
"What was it again?"
"WHAT TO DO!" Dana almost yelled.
"Oh yes," Chloe started to think seriously, "I got one!"
"Yes," Dana encouraged, "Let's hear it!"
"Well," Chloe smiled evilly as she whispered her plan into Dana's ear. An evil smile spread across Dana's face as she nodding in agreement.
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Draco sat quickly up from his fetal position sleep. A bead of sweat rolled down his forehead. He looked around the room, at the sleeping Crabbe and Goyle. He looked around suspiciously, and then slowly put his head back down on his pillow. Whatever had woken him up was either gone or a figment of his imagination.
As he started to fall back into a grim sleep the door creaked opened. His eyes flashed opened as it continued to creak. He sat up and the door was wide open. He searched from side to side. To see if anyone was about. But, the room was empty besides that sleeping Slytherins.
He gripped the side of his bed as he thought, 'It could be under the bed.' Malfoy took in a deep gulp. A light shiver went down his spine as he slowly leaned over his bed to see if the 'thing' was down there. As he leaned down, and looked into the darkness he searched it. He found nothing as he came back up he laughed at how silly he was being and as he came fully upright, he found himself staring straight into the bright blue eyes of a the 'thing'. "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Draco screamed as the shadow figure with pale blue eyes hissed at him. He tried to back away but he just tangled himself in his sheets. As he was stuck in his own tangled web, the shadow that was hanging from the ceiling came to the floor and covered Draco's screaming mouth.
"You need to learn when to close you mouth, Draco!" It hissed as it spring back to the ceiling and the shadows. As soon as it had uncovered his mouth, he was screaming like a baby again. This time lights flew on and everyone in the Slytherin House awoke and rushed to The Fifth Year Boy's room.
Snape rushed in pushing all the green robed students aside. "What is going on? Move get out of the way. Stop him from screaming or he'll wake the whole castle up." As Professor Snape got to the bed Draco was babbling.
"Shadow, mouth, teeth, darkness, creaking," (a lot of mindless babble) Malfoy went on babbling.
"Calm down," Snape commanded, "What happened?"
"Hand, teeth, door, creaking, shadow, sheets, trapped, AAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!" Malfoy yelled at nothing.
"Come on, Mister Malfoy," Snape grabbed Draco's arm and started leading him out of the room (Draco is still screaming), "I'll take you to Madame Pomfrey." Snape dragged Malfoy from the Slytherin House and up to the Hospital Wing. Snape pounded on the door (Draco has stopped screaming but is whimpering and babbling. Also Snape has sat him on the floor) Snape turned to Draco, "It seems that Madame Pomfrey has taken early leave. So you must stay here until I can find her. Malfoy?" Snape snapped his fingers to get the babbling Malfoy's attention. "Stay here, don't go anywhere." The Professor walked down the hallway and then disappeared around a corner.
Malfoy drew his legs up close to himself; he looked around as he heard footsteps coming his direction. He shoved his head down between his legs and chest. He squeezed his eyes shut. 'Maybe if I don't see it, it won't see me!' He thought but as the footsteps stopped right in front of him, curiosity over came his body and he looked up.
Chloe grinned madly down at him.
"Punk Brat!" Malfoy scoffed at Chloe, "You were in my room? That was you wasn't it?"
"No," Chloe shook her head smartly. "I was not the shadow thing, Prep School Pet. I am what creates shadow, dim wit."
"Yankee doodle dumb!" Malfoy called as Chloe started to stalk away. She glared at him evilly but did not sway from her mid-stride. "Looking at me is not going to do anything."
Chloe stood up, with her hands on her hips, "I can't do anything, but she can." Chloe pointed to the ceiling, and as Draco slowly gazed up at the upper limit. A raspy scream filled his ears as Dana swung down from the high ceiling. She lounged at him and he froze.
"Chloe," Dana whispered from the dark, "Chloe get up!"
"No," Chloe mumbled still asleep, "Five more minutes!"
"No, you need to get up now! Quietly too, don't wake anyone up."
"What time is it?" Chloe held out her hand.
"Um...about 3 in the morning." Dana grabbed Chloe's hand and lifted her up.
"Great," Chloe mumbled though a yawn, "Our time in the morning!" Dana handed Chloe a cloak and the tip toed out to the hall. "Have you been up all night?"
"Yes," Dana showing her sharp canines, "I haven't explored the castle, yet! Since you were, at one time, a night owl. I thought you would like to come with me!"
"Sure," Chloe yawn and pulled her cloak closer as the stepped down the stairs exiting the tower. "Why not, what do you want to do?"
"Well," Dana looked around thoughtfully, "We don't have our fountain, we don't have our boys, and I'm pretty sure you don't have you broom! So we can't go to the nearby muggle town and scary the living daylights out of them."
"Nightlights, out of them," Chloe corrected, "and there is no muggle town. There is no town even CLOSE to here! I was surprised myself."
"What about Hogsmeade?"
"Well, Hogsmeade close enough, but I don't know. I've only been there once."
"Well, I was there when it was raining. It was such a delightful PLACE!"
"A sarcastic vampire," Chloe laughed, "You see something new everyday!"
"Ha ha ha," Dana laughed mockingly, "Now, what could we do?"
"Go around and switch all the pictures and put them in different spots! Switch the heads of the statues. Go into first years' bedrooms and scare the living NIGHTLIGHTS out of them." Dana looked at her strangely. "Oh we could break into Mrs. Harrods's office and transform all her mice into rats!"
"You haven't been this crazy since you went around telling everyone that Coke and Pepsi were the same thing!"
"That wasn't crazy, that was true! It's a stupid thing that they play on the consumer. The same people with two different aliases probably own them! The only thing that made them different was when Coca-Cola had Cocaine in it. But, NOW it doesn't even have that in it. Don't even get me started on Sprite, Sierra Mist, and 7 UP!"
"Whatever happened to those little Red dot guys that were the mascots for 7 UP?"
"I don't know, but I miss them."
"Me too," Dana shook her head, "But, it still leaves us with the dilemma."
"What was it again?"
"WHAT TO DO!" Dana almost yelled.
"Oh yes," Chloe started to think seriously, "I got one!"
"Yes," Dana encouraged, "Let's hear it!"
"Well," Chloe smiled evilly as she whispered her plan into Dana's ear. An evil smile spread across Dana's face as she nodding in agreement.
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Draco sat quickly up from his fetal position sleep. A bead of sweat rolled down his forehead. He looked around the room, at the sleeping Crabbe and Goyle. He looked around suspiciously, and then slowly put his head back down on his pillow. Whatever had woken him up was either gone or a figment of his imagination.
As he started to fall back into a grim sleep the door creaked opened. His eyes flashed opened as it continued to creak. He sat up and the door was wide open. He searched from side to side. To see if anyone was about. But, the room was empty besides that sleeping Slytherins.
He gripped the side of his bed as he thought, 'It could be under the bed.' Malfoy took in a deep gulp. A light shiver went down his spine as he slowly leaned over his bed to see if the 'thing' was down there. As he leaned down, and looked into the darkness he searched it. He found nothing as he came back up he laughed at how silly he was being and as he came fully upright, he found himself staring straight into the bright blue eyes of a the 'thing'. "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Draco screamed as the shadow figure with pale blue eyes hissed at him. He tried to back away but he just tangled himself in his sheets. As he was stuck in his own tangled web, the shadow that was hanging from the ceiling came to the floor and covered Draco's screaming mouth.
"You need to learn when to close you mouth, Draco!" It hissed as it spring back to the ceiling and the shadows. As soon as it had uncovered his mouth, he was screaming like a baby again. This time lights flew on and everyone in the Slytherin House awoke and rushed to The Fifth Year Boy's room.
Snape rushed in pushing all the green robed students aside. "What is going on? Move get out of the way. Stop him from screaming or he'll wake the whole castle up." As Professor Snape got to the bed Draco was babbling.
"Shadow, mouth, teeth, darkness, creaking," (a lot of mindless babble) Malfoy went on babbling.
"Calm down," Snape commanded, "What happened?"
"Hand, teeth, door, creaking, shadow, sheets, trapped, AAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!" Malfoy yelled at nothing.
"Come on, Mister Malfoy," Snape grabbed Draco's arm and started leading him out of the room (Draco is still screaming), "I'll take you to Madame Pomfrey." Snape dragged Malfoy from the Slytherin House and up to the Hospital Wing. Snape pounded on the door (Draco has stopped screaming but is whimpering and babbling. Also Snape has sat him on the floor) Snape turned to Draco, "It seems that Madame Pomfrey has taken early leave. So you must stay here until I can find her. Malfoy?" Snape snapped his fingers to get the babbling Malfoy's attention. "Stay here, don't go anywhere." The Professor walked down the hallway and then disappeared around a corner.
Malfoy drew his legs up close to himself; he looked around as he heard footsteps coming his direction. He shoved his head down between his legs and chest. He squeezed his eyes shut. 'Maybe if I don't see it, it won't see me!' He thought but as the footsteps stopped right in front of him, curiosity over came his body and he looked up.
Chloe grinned madly down at him.
"Punk Brat!" Malfoy scoffed at Chloe, "You were in my room? That was you wasn't it?"
"No," Chloe shook her head smartly. "I was not the shadow thing, Prep School Pet. I am what creates shadow, dim wit."
"Yankee doodle dumb!" Malfoy called as Chloe started to stalk away. She glared at him evilly but did not sway from her mid-stride. "Looking at me is not going to do anything."
Chloe stood up, with her hands on her hips, "I can't do anything, but she can." Chloe pointed to the ceiling, and as Draco slowly gazed up at the upper limit. A raspy scream filled his ears as Dana swung down from the high ceiling. She lounged at him and he froze.