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Gunn for the 5th time!
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Chapter 5: The Vent
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My hand slapped onto Gunn's and he pulled be up and immediately closed the shaft, I panted heavily and mouthed 'thanks' to him.
"Guys?" Came Absynthe's voice, we looked at her she sighed. "We need to move. Now, the waters going to be up here in a minute and we don't want to be here when it does,"
Everyone stayed still for a moment when we all suddenly started to frantically crawl down the metal air vent. I manoeuvred my way across the hole and followed them down.
Our voices echoed around the vent. It suddenly took a steep decline and I knew we had gone the wrong way. We needed to get out. And fast.
"It keeps going down!" Tara yelled.
"Try to find a shaft leading up," Gunn shouted back at her. "There should be a maintenance shaft somewhere along here, there has to be. It makes sense for there to be one!"
We nodded and scrambled on only to be met with the icy cold water that soon puddled at our feet as the vent levelled out. And too our relief there was indeed a maintenance shaft above us. We began to climb the metal ladder leading up the hatch when I noticed a lot of icy water seeping round the edges of the shaft.
"Everyone better be good at bubble-head charms, because we'll need them," I noticed them look at the shaft. Tara gave me a grim look and she swallowed.
"Ok, good luck guys,"
"Thanks Taz, we'll need it," I replied and smiled.
We all did the bubble-head charms and opened the hatch. It covered us in freezing cold water, we all held onto the ladder for dear life, once the water was yet again covering us, we swam up and entered a very dark room, full of water. We swam up to a door, it seemed like we were in a basement of some kind.
I hadn't noticed just how cold the water had made me, I was feeling ill by now.
It took the joint effort of all of us to get the door open. The room we were entering had water about three centimetres off the floor, but as we'd opened the door it was rising up to our waists.
We all closed the door and I saw something out of the corner of my eye. I took the bubble head charm off myself, as did everyone else.
"Hello?" I shouted, wondering if anyone was here.
I made my way over to the thing floating in the water... was it a bottle perhaps or maybe a clever portkey, disguised as... whatever it was?
I waited for a moment when I reached the floating thing and when it turned around I screamed, I heard people wade in the water towards me.
"Willow what is that?" Absynthe asked me.
I turned around, tears in my eyes. "Don't look, Don't look!" I said.
I had found a paper white baby lying in the water... not more than a month old.
And I found tears pouring down my cheeks, this was terrible...
"Oh, Tara don't look, Absynthe... don't look" I heard Gunn's voice say, I turned to face him.
"What is it?" I asked him, facing the other way so he could see it and I couldn't.
"It's the babies mother..." Gunn trailed off, "Are you okay?"
I nodded, wiping tears from my eyes, Gunn hugged me, we remained hugging for a few minutes.
"Shh... It's ok Willow" Gunn said, comforting me.
It was very sweet of him to comfort me like this but I couldn't help notice that the droplets of water on my arm were turning icy... they were turning into ice.
My eyes widened and I pulled away from Gunn.
I brushed off the ice and looked at the cut on my arm, which was stinging and seemed to have been iced over.
"What's happening?" I asked everyone, "Absynthe... what did the weather say? You need to tell me, I need to know why this is happening"
She gave me a comforting smile.
"We need to get to Hogwarts" She said, simply.
We waded through the water to the other side of the room... it seemed we were in a club of some sort. Until something struck me.
"Oh my god" I said aloud.
"What?" Gunn asked, he was by my side again... what was he doing, stalking me?
I turned to Absynthe, ignoring Gunn.
"Absynthe, you need to get out your laptop and tell me the weather over France" I told her.
She looked amused, "Why?"
I bit my lip.
"I have... friends there"
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Chapter 5: The Vent
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My hand slapped onto Gunn's and he pulled be up and immediately closed the shaft, I panted heavily and mouthed 'thanks' to him.
"Guys?" Came Absynthe's voice, we looked at her she sighed. "We need to move. Now, the waters going to be up here in a minute and we don't want to be here when it does,"
Everyone stayed still for a moment when we all suddenly started to frantically crawl down the metal air vent. I manoeuvred my way across the hole and followed them down.
Our voices echoed around the vent. It suddenly took a steep decline and I knew we had gone the wrong way. We needed to get out. And fast.
"It keeps going down!" Tara yelled.
"Try to find a shaft leading up," Gunn shouted back at her. "There should be a maintenance shaft somewhere along here, there has to be. It makes sense for there to be one!"
We nodded and scrambled on only to be met with the icy cold water that soon puddled at our feet as the vent levelled out. And too our relief there was indeed a maintenance shaft above us. We began to climb the metal ladder leading up the hatch when I noticed a lot of icy water seeping round the edges of the shaft.
"Everyone better be good at bubble-head charms, because we'll need them," I noticed them look at the shaft. Tara gave me a grim look and she swallowed.
"Ok, good luck guys,"
"Thanks Taz, we'll need it," I replied and smiled.
We all did the bubble-head charms and opened the hatch. It covered us in freezing cold water, we all held onto the ladder for dear life, once the water was yet again covering us, we swam up and entered a very dark room, full of water. We swam up to a door, it seemed like we were in a basement of some kind.
I hadn't noticed just how cold the water had made me, I was feeling ill by now.
It took the joint effort of all of us to get the door open. The room we were entering had water about three centimetres off the floor, but as we'd opened the door it was rising up to our waists.
We all closed the door and I saw something out of the corner of my eye. I took the bubble head charm off myself, as did everyone else.
"Hello?" I shouted, wondering if anyone was here.
I made my way over to the thing floating in the water... was it a bottle perhaps or maybe a clever portkey, disguised as... whatever it was?
I waited for a moment when I reached the floating thing and when it turned around I screamed, I heard people wade in the water towards me.
"Willow what is that?" Absynthe asked me.
I turned around, tears in my eyes. "Don't look, Don't look!" I said.
I had found a paper white baby lying in the water... not more than a month old.
And I found tears pouring down my cheeks, this was terrible...
"Oh, Tara don't look, Absynthe... don't look" I heard Gunn's voice say, I turned to face him.
"What is it?" I asked him, facing the other way so he could see it and I couldn't.
"It's the babies mother..." Gunn trailed off, "Are you okay?"
I nodded, wiping tears from my eyes, Gunn hugged me, we remained hugging for a few minutes.
"Shh... It's ok Willow" Gunn said, comforting me.
It was very sweet of him to comfort me like this but I couldn't help notice that the droplets of water on my arm were turning icy... they were turning into ice.
My eyes widened and I pulled away from Gunn.
I brushed off the ice and looked at the cut on my arm, which was stinging and seemed to have been iced over.
"What's happening?" I asked everyone, "Absynthe... what did the weather say? You need to tell me, I need to know why this is happening"
She gave me a comforting smile.
"We need to get to Hogwarts" She said, simply.
We waded through the water to the other side of the room... it seemed we were in a club of some sort. Until something struck me.
"Oh my god" I said aloud.
"What?" Gunn asked, he was by my side again... what was he doing, stalking me?
I turned to Absynthe, ignoring Gunn.
"Absynthe, you need to get out your laptop and tell me the weather over France" I told her.
She looked amused, "Why?"
I bit my lip.
"I have... friends there"