Chapter 6 - Dungeon Detention
At 7 O'clock, Friday night, Harry, Ron and Matthew all left the comfort of their girlfriend's arms and wandered down the marble staircase and into the cold, dark Hogwarts dungeons. There was a ghostly atmosphere hanging around the place, and dark shadows were weaving their way around the nooks and crannies of the dark stonewall. Harry could see his own breath in front of him and Matthew was shivering. They all had the feeling of being watched, but they didn't know why. Finally, after 10 minutes of following winding, icy passages, they reached a large, black door, with a small, silver plaque on it, stating; Professor Severus Snape, Potions Master & Slytherin HoH. Harry raised his hand and was just about to knock, when the door creaked open and the gloomy, tall figure of Professor Snape loomed out of the darkness. The 3 boys stared as they were summoned in. They all realised they were not alone in their detention. There were a few Hufflepuffs, a small number of Gryffindors, and a gang of Ravenclaws that everybody knew. They were very popular, had 5 members and they called themselves 'The Ravenclaw Rockets'. No one knew a lot about them though, they were very secretive. The three boys thought nothing of this as they sat down. Just as Snape was about to speak, Marcus Flint, Slytherin Quidditch Captain, ran into the room. Then, he panted, "Sir, th-there's a-a fight in-in the common room!" Snape burst through the door and followed Flint out of sight. Ron checked he was gone before sitting back down. You couldn't hear a pin drop in the dungeon, until Matthew was the first to break the silence. He shouted to a blonde boy across the room, who was in the Ravenclaw gang.
"What are you all in for?" he asked.
"We put dungbombs under all the boys toilets in the 1st floor bathroom and Snape caught us!" the boy replied.
"Harsh, we all made fun of Snape, and he was stood behind us the whole time!" Harry said, sounding rather bitter.
"That's harsh, not even we would do that!" the boy said, obviously being sarcastic.
"What's your names then?"
"Well, I'm Josh Lee, this is Jesse Lewis" he said, pointing to a skinny boy with curtained, black hair. "This is Dillon James", nodding to another boy, with brownish-red hair and dark eyes. "The boy with chestnut hair is Kristopher Higgins and that boy over there is Nathaniel McGreggor," he pointed to the last boy. He had the weirdest hair Matthew, Ron and Harry had ever seen. It was bright neon blue and went well with his crystal blue eyes. "Who are you then?"
"Oh, I'm Harry Pott-"
"Don't worry about introducing yourself, we all know who you are, Harry Potter, the boy who lived!"
"I'm Ron Weasl-"
"Don't worry, I know you too, you're a Weasley!"
"And I'm Matthew Rice" said Matthew, sounding rather disappointed, as no one knew his name.
"Nice to meet all of you!" Nathaniel finally spoke up. "Snape is really annoying me now, we've only been back in school a week and we've already had 3 detentions!"
The boys were talking for at least half an hour before Snape returned. After he had given them a lecture about being rude, he let them go. The Gryffindor boys said their farewells to the Ravenclaw boys as they trailed off down an opposite passageway. Finally, they reached the Fat Lady. The boys were glad to reach the comfort of their 4-poster beds. They were all talking late into the night.
"Hey, Ron!" Harry spoke into the darkness.
"What?" was the reply he got.
"Remember in the holidays?" Harry started to say, "Fred and George told us about a secret passageway into the Girl's dorm!"
"Yeah...that might come in handy for something one day" Matthew spoke up.
"Go to sleep!" Neville whispered into the darkness.
"Goodnight everyone" Harry also whispered, and all the boys fell into a dreamful, quite sleep.
All of them slept peacefully and nothing broke the silence...yet.
At 7 O'clock, Friday night, Harry, Ron and Matthew all left the comfort of their girlfriend's arms and wandered down the marble staircase and into the cold, dark Hogwarts dungeons. There was a ghostly atmosphere hanging around the place, and dark shadows were weaving their way around the nooks and crannies of the dark stonewall. Harry could see his own breath in front of him and Matthew was shivering. They all had the feeling of being watched, but they didn't know why. Finally, after 10 minutes of following winding, icy passages, they reached a large, black door, with a small, silver plaque on it, stating; Professor Severus Snape, Potions Master & Slytherin HoH. Harry raised his hand and was just about to knock, when the door creaked open and the gloomy, tall figure of Professor Snape loomed out of the darkness. The 3 boys stared as they were summoned in. They all realised they were not alone in their detention. There were a few Hufflepuffs, a small number of Gryffindors, and a gang of Ravenclaws that everybody knew. They were very popular, had 5 members and they called themselves 'The Ravenclaw Rockets'. No one knew a lot about them though, they were very secretive. The three boys thought nothing of this as they sat down. Just as Snape was about to speak, Marcus Flint, Slytherin Quidditch Captain, ran into the room. Then, he panted, "Sir, th-there's a-a fight in-in the common room!" Snape burst through the door and followed Flint out of sight. Ron checked he was gone before sitting back down. You couldn't hear a pin drop in the dungeon, until Matthew was the first to break the silence. He shouted to a blonde boy across the room, who was in the Ravenclaw gang.
"What are you all in for?" he asked.
"We put dungbombs under all the boys toilets in the 1st floor bathroom and Snape caught us!" the boy replied.
"Harsh, we all made fun of Snape, and he was stood behind us the whole time!" Harry said, sounding rather bitter.
"That's harsh, not even we would do that!" the boy said, obviously being sarcastic.
"What's your names then?"
"Well, I'm Josh Lee, this is Jesse Lewis" he said, pointing to a skinny boy with curtained, black hair. "This is Dillon James", nodding to another boy, with brownish-red hair and dark eyes. "The boy with chestnut hair is Kristopher Higgins and that boy over there is Nathaniel McGreggor," he pointed to the last boy. He had the weirdest hair Matthew, Ron and Harry had ever seen. It was bright neon blue and went well with his crystal blue eyes. "Who are you then?"
"Oh, I'm Harry Pott-"
"Don't worry about introducing yourself, we all know who you are, Harry Potter, the boy who lived!"
"I'm Ron Weasl-"
"Don't worry, I know you too, you're a Weasley!"
"And I'm Matthew Rice" said Matthew, sounding rather disappointed, as no one knew his name.
"Nice to meet all of you!" Nathaniel finally spoke up. "Snape is really annoying me now, we've only been back in school a week and we've already had 3 detentions!"
The boys were talking for at least half an hour before Snape returned. After he had given them a lecture about being rude, he let them go. The Gryffindor boys said their farewells to the Ravenclaw boys as they trailed off down an opposite passageway. Finally, they reached the Fat Lady. The boys were glad to reach the comfort of their 4-poster beds. They were all talking late into the night.
"Hey, Ron!" Harry spoke into the darkness.
"What?" was the reply he got.
"Remember in the holidays?" Harry started to say, "Fred and George told us about a secret passageway into the Girl's dorm!"
"Yeah...that might come in handy for something one day" Matthew spoke up.
"Go to sleep!" Neville whispered into the darkness.
"Goodnight everyone" Harry also whispered, and all the boys fell into a dreamful, quite sleep.
All of them slept peacefully and nothing broke the silence...yet.