Chapter Seven
When Ravenclaws Attack
Phoebe had fallen into a more sullen mood than ever. It had been two days since her confrontation with DeMarcus and she felt awful. Well, not entirely awful, causing DeMarcus pain, especially in that way, was still worth a laugh, but she did feel a bit guilty. Or maybe it was just that she had skipped most of her meals so she could keep up the pace in her research on the perpetrator.
She had kept away from her friends for the most part, in a voluntary isolation, even Professor Snape had noticed, questioning her after potions class about it. She simply asked him if he knew of any place where black unicorns lived, as a potions master should know where this valuable ingredient could be gotten. Snape had told her that nearly the only place black unicorns lived naturally was in northern Germany. Phoebe thanked him and headed off back to the library.
Since the incident, she had carved out a section in the library that had almost literally become hers. However, it wasn't books she was interested in, not today anyways. Today she was going to find a way to get into the Hogwarts record halls. She was pouring over blueprints of the school, marking any possible route to get to the record halls.
Apparently the record halls were rather simple to get to, once you got past a number of rooms and charms and enchantments. However, there was no possible way to get past them all without running into a teacher unless somehow you were able to tell where they were at any given moment. Something like that would be a gift of the gods.
But of course something like that would be near impossible, especially in such a short amount of time. No, what she needed was to talk to the Ravenclaws. Specifically a ravenclaw in seventh year named Emily Bryan and one in sixth year named Day Nichols. The latter was as known as the Weasley twins had been. Phoebe had become friends with the two the year before and had a weekly Yu Yu Hakusho night, the last two her having missed because of her 'condition'.
Getting up she collected her things, as well as grabbing the laptop she had taken with her to catalogue her theories. Stuffing it into her shoulder bag, she left the library quickly.
After about ten minutes, she arrived at the ravenclaw common room entrance. She looked at the statue of a raven and thought. What would they have their password as? Hmm, Emily was head girl... of course!
"Suuichi Minamino!"
The raven statue swung forward and allowed Phoebe entrance to the common room. She entered and waved even before she saw them, "Hey Carressema, Hey Half-Wit."
Emily laughed as she looked up from her copy of Return of the King. Day just glared at Phoebe, "I am not a half-wit!"
"Well it rhymes with Half-Brit, and you are that!"
"At least I'm not a no wit!"
"I'm tragically wounded Day."
Phoebe looked over at the two. Emily was a little shorter than Phoebe, well proportioned, and with long blonde hair. Day was taller than Phoebe by several inches, long raven hair, and tanned skin from her mother's side of the family. Emily had the look you would expect of the nicest person in the world having. Day had the look of a fox figuring out a way to steal the royal jewels.
She went over to Emily and Day, sitting on a blue chair. Pausing for a soft private laugh at the color, she looked at the two Ravenclaws.
"I need help."
Day smirked and tilted her head back, "You insult me and then expect help, you shall get nothing!"
Phoebe glared at Day, "That is soooo not fair and you know it! I mean, you're my teammate! You don't go back on your teammate, where's your honor?"
Day raised an eyebrow, "What are you, Kuwabara?"
Phoebe turned red with anger, "I am NOT stupid!"
Emily laughs gently, "We know that already Phoebe, now what is it that you need?"
Phoebe looked around to make sure no one else was in the common room before leaning forward and whispering, "I need you two to help me sneak into the records hall. It is vitally important to the fate of the entire world!"
Day rolled her eyes, "and how is it vital to the entire world?"
"I have to find out how many students have access to northern Germany, especially the forested areas. The records halls basically have almost entire life stories, I've talked to Professor Binns about it and he confirmed it."
Emily nodded, "That's true, I've talked to Binns about it when I was doing a report on former students. I've only been in there once, but the records are limitless seeming."
Day smirks, "Which means limitless blackmail possibilities, I'm in!"
Phoebe shakes her head, "But it's impossible to get into without someone catching us! I've tried planning every possible route, and they all go near vital pockets of teachers."
Day and Emily looked at each other as if in deliberation. Phoebe looked back and forth between the two, "What, what is it?"
*** *** ***
Richard walked into the Gryffindor common room, "Ok, where is she?"
Cambria looked up from homework and blinked, "What are you doing here?"
"Larissa told me the new password."
"So? Do you think that gives you a red carpet to just walk in here whenever you like? God, it's almost like you're stalking Phoebe. You sad sad man."
"I am not stalking her!"
"Oh really, then why are you looking for her?"
"Because..." he trailed off and sighed, sitting on the couch next to Cambria, "Ok, since we changed back, it's strange, it's almost like I can feel what she's thinking, but it's not that. It's like I can feel sometimes when she's feeling something strongly, especially hatred."
Cambria tilted her head, "So I guess when she nearly froze your manhood off, you felt her sadistic sense of humor."
Richard turned a unflattering shade of red, "She told you about that?"
"Yup, she even cast a hologram of it, that face of yours was priceless!"
Richard became even redder and stared down at his fingers, "anyways, do you know where she is?"
"Not a clue, and you shouldn't be looking for her either, she's not fond of you at all."
"I am quite aware of that."
Cambria nodded and turned back to her work, "as long as you realize this. Oh, and xyz."
"What?"
"Xyz."
"What's xyz?"
"You know you purebloods crack me up, you don't know the simplest muggle saying."
"WHAT'S XYZ?!"
Cambria snickered, "The X stands for examine, the Y stands for your, and the Z stands for zipper."
Richard just looked at her with utter puzzlement. Cambria sighed and rolled her eyes, "Look down you insufferable jerk."
Richard looked down. Sure enough, the zipper of his pants was down. Cambria laughed as he quickly turned around and zipped up his pants. Shaking her head she got back to work, she really did not want to deal with the DeMarcus issue. If anything, she wanted to get her transfiguration homework done so she would not fail.
"Well, anyways, where is she?"
He just would not go away! Cambria looked up at him, "Honestly, if I even knew, I wouldn't tell you, so buzz off!"
Richard glared at her and left the Gryffindor tower, a strange sensation of being rejected causing a sinking feeling in his gut. He was not used to this sort of feeling, and he did not like it at all. Come on, he even felt guilty about something!
He had not even seen Phoebe in the past two days outside class, and in class she seemed tired and distant. Instead of listening in some classes, she was reading these Japanese comics books. Even Snape had noticed how strange she had been acting; he even questioned Richard about it yesterday.
Now he could not even find her. He worried, before she went reclusive, she was stressed and tense. He worried she would do something drastic.
*** *** ***
"The Marauders Map?"
Day and Emily nodded as they held out an aged piece of parchment. Phoebe took it and looked it over. So this was the famous Marauders map? She had over-heard the Weasley twins talking about it one day when she was in their joke shop. Still, she did not think that the map would look like this, all old and decayed.
Day took the map and pointed her wand at it, whispering, "I solemnly swear I'm up to no good."
Phoebe's eyes lit up as the lines of the school suddenly began to draw themselves onto the parchment as if an imaginary hand was drawing it. When that was done, there were dots all over, with names underneath them in neat minute writing. The first thought that ran through her mind was, well, it was oh my god, but the second thought was that if Hogwarts didn't have such a low student population in recent years, the map would be littered with dots.
Day grinned evilly at Phoebe, "It even tells you passwords. This thing is a boon to all troublemakers of Hogwarts!"
Phoebe bit her lip, "Where did you get this?"
Day's smile faded, "Well, as much as I want to claim that I discovered the Marauder's Map, this victory goes to the little goodie two shoes."
Emily smiled and nodded, "That's right, I discovered it. It wasn't too hard actually; I was in Dumbledore's office one day and saw it. A bout of mischief spout up and I nicked it, then discovered how to work it with help from Day."
Phoebe looked at Emily with wide eyes, "I am completely and utterly amazed..."
Emily smiled at Phoebe and laughed, "It was no big, it's not like I'm a thief all the time."
Day smirked, "I think we're rubbing off on her."
Phoebe nodded with a smirk and hit Day in the arm. Day gave off a yelp and hit Phoebe back. This started a back and forth hitting match till both girls had bruised upper arms. Emily just rolled her eyes, "Come on you two, we need to plan this out!"
Day and Phoebe stopped immediately and the three started preparing the night's work.
*** *** ***
After an hour, the plan was set and planned out. The time of attack, eleven o' clock that night!
Phoebe had fallen into a more sullen mood than ever. It had been two days since her confrontation with DeMarcus and she felt awful. Well, not entirely awful, causing DeMarcus pain, especially in that way, was still worth a laugh, but she did feel a bit guilty. Or maybe it was just that she had skipped most of her meals so she could keep up the pace in her research on the perpetrator.
She had kept away from her friends for the most part, in a voluntary isolation, even Professor Snape had noticed, questioning her after potions class about it. She simply asked him if he knew of any place where black unicorns lived, as a potions master should know where this valuable ingredient could be gotten. Snape had told her that nearly the only place black unicorns lived naturally was in northern Germany. Phoebe thanked him and headed off back to the library.
Since the incident, she had carved out a section in the library that had almost literally become hers. However, it wasn't books she was interested in, not today anyways. Today she was going to find a way to get into the Hogwarts record halls. She was pouring over blueprints of the school, marking any possible route to get to the record halls.
Apparently the record halls were rather simple to get to, once you got past a number of rooms and charms and enchantments. However, there was no possible way to get past them all without running into a teacher unless somehow you were able to tell where they were at any given moment. Something like that would be a gift of the gods.
But of course something like that would be near impossible, especially in such a short amount of time. No, what she needed was to talk to the Ravenclaws. Specifically a ravenclaw in seventh year named Emily Bryan and one in sixth year named Day Nichols. The latter was as known as the Weasley twins had been. Phoebe had become friends with the two the year before and had a weekly Yu Yu Hakusho night, the last two her having missed because of her 'condition'.
Getting up she collected her things, as well as grabbing the laptop she had taken with her to catalogue her theories. Stuffing it into her shoulder bag, she left the library quickly.
After about ten minutes, she arrived at the ravenclaw common room entrance. She looked at the statue of a raven and thought. What would they have their password as? Hmm, Emily was head girl... of course!
"Suuichi Minamino!"
The raven statue swung forward and allowed Phoebe entrance to the common room. She entered and waved even before she saw them, "Hey Carressema, Hey Half-Wit."
Emily laughed as she looked up from her copy of Return of the King. Day just glared at Phoebe, "I am not a half-wit!"
"Well it rhymes with Half-Brit, and you are that!"
"At least I'm not a no wit!"
"I'm tragically wounded Day."
Phoebe looked over at the two. Emily was a little shorter than Phoebe, well proportioned, and with long blonde hair. Day was taller than Phoebe by several inches, long raven hair, and tanned skin from her mother's side of the family. Emily had the look you would expect of the nicest person in the world having. Day had the look of a fox figuring out a way to steal the royal jewels.
She went over to Emily and Day, sitting on a blue chair. Pausing for a soft private laugh at the color, she looked at the two Ravenclaws.
"I need help."
Day smirked and tilted her head back, "You insult me and then expect help, you shall get nothing!"
Phoebe glared at Day, "That is soooo not fair and you know it! I mean, you're my teammate! You don't go back on your teammate, where's your honor?"
Day raised an eyebrow, "What are you, Kuwabara?"
Phoebe turned red with anger, "I am NOT stupid!"
Emily laughs gently, "We know that already Phoebe, now what is it that you need?"
Phoebe looked around to make sure no one else was in the common room before leaning forward and whispering, "I need you two to help me sneak into the records hall. It is vitally important to the fate of the entire world!"
Day rolled her eyes, "and how is it vital to the entire world?"
"I have to find out how many students have access to northern Germany, especially the forested areas. The records halls basically have almost entire life stories, I've talked to Professor Binns about it and he confirmed it."
Emily nodded, "That's true, I've talked to Binns about it when I was doing a report on former students. I've only been in there once, but the records are limitless seeming."
Day smirks, "Which means limitless blackmail possibilities, I'm in!"
Phoebe shakes her head, "But it's impossible to get into without someone catching us! I've tried planning every possible route, and they all go near vital pockets of teachers."
Day and Emily looked at each other as if in deliberation. Phoebe looked back and forth between the two, "What, what is it?"
*** *** ***
Richard walked into the Gryffindor common room, "Ok, where is she?"
Cambria looked up from homework and blinked, "What are you doing here?"
"Larissa told me the new password."
"So? Do you think that gives you a red carpet to just walk in here whenever you like? God, it's almost like you're stalking Phoebe. You sad sad man."
"I am not stalking her!"
"Oh really, then why are you looking for her?"
"Because..." he trailed off and sighed, sitting on the couch next to Cambria, "Ok, since we changed back, it's strange, it's almost like I can feel what she's thinking, but it's not that. It's like I can feel sometimes when she's feeling something strongly, especially hatred."
Cambria tilted her head, "So I guess when she nearly froze your manhood off, you felt her sadistic sense of humor."
Richard turned a unflattering shade of red, "She told you about that?"
"Yup, she even cast a hologram of it, that face of yours was priceless!"
Richard became even redder and stared down at his fingers, "anyways, do you know where she is?"
"Not a clue, and you shouldn't be looking for her either, she's not fond of you at all."
"I am quite aware of that."
Cambria nodded and turned back to her work, "as long as you realize this. Oh, and xyz."
"What?"
"Xyz."
"What's xyz?"
"You know you purebloods crack me up, you don't know the simplest muggle saying."
"WHAT'S XYZ?!"
Cambria snickered, "The X stands for examine, the Y stands for your, and the Z stands for zipper."
Richard just looked at her with utter puzzlement. Cambria sighed and rolled her eyes, "Look down you insufferable jerk."
Richard looked down. Sure enough, the zipper of his pants was down. Cambria laughed as he quickly turned around and zipped up his pants. Shaking her head she got back to work, she really did not want to deal with the DeMarcus issue. If anything, she wanted to get her transfiguration homework done so she would not fail.
"Well, anyways, where is she?"
He just would not go away! Cambria looked up at him, "Honestly, if I even knew, I wouldn't tell you, so buzz off!"
Richard glared at her and left the Gryffindor tower, a strange sensation of being rejected causing a sinking feeling in his gut. He was not used to this sort of feeling, and he did not like it at all. Come on, he even felt guilty about something!
He had not even seen Phoebe in the past two days outside class, and in class she seemed tired and distant. Instead of listening in some classes, she was reading these Japanese comics books. Even Snape had noticed how strange she had been acting; he even questioned Richard about it yesterday.
Now he could not even find her. He worried, before she went reclusive, she was stressed and tense. He worried she would do something drastic.
*** *** ***
"The Marauders Map?"
Day and Emily nodded as they held out an aged piece of parchment. Phoebe took it and looked it over. So this was the famous Marauders map? She had over-heard the Weasley twins talking about it one day when she was in their joke shop. Still, she did not think that the map would look like this, all old and decayed.
Day took the map and pointed her wand at it, whispering, "I solemnly swear I'm up to no good."
Phoebe's eyes lit up as the lines of the school suddenly began to draw themselves onto the parchment as if an imaginary hand was drawing it. When that was done, there were dots all over, with names underneath them in neat minute writing. The first thought that ran through her mind was, well, it was oh my god, but the second thought was that if Hogwarts didn't have such a low student population in recent years, the map would be littered with dots.
Day grinned evilly at Phoebe, "It even tells you passwords. This thing is a boon to all troublemakers of Hogwarts!"
Phoebe bit her lip, "Where did you get this?"
Day's smile faded, "Well, as much as I want to claim that I discovered the Marauder's Map, this victory goes to the little goodie two shoes."
Emily smiled and nodded, "That's right, I discovered it. It wasn't too hard actually; I was in Dumbledore's office one day and saw it. A bout of mischief spout up and I nicked it, then discovered how to work it with help from Day."
Phoebe looked at Emily with wide eyes, "I am completely and utterly amazed..."
Emily smiled at Phoebe and laughed, "It was no big, it's not like I'm a thief all the time."
Day smirked, "I think we're rubbing off on her."
Phoebe nodded with a smirk and hit Day in the arm. Day gave off a yelp and hit Phoebe back. This started a back and forth hitting match till both girls had bruised upper arms. Emily just rolled her eyes, "Come on you two, we need to plan this out!"
Day and Phoebe stopped immediately and the three started preparing the night's work.
*** *** ***
After an hour, the plan was set and planned out. The time of attack, eleven o' clock that night!