Chapter 13:
Harry didn't wait the 15 minutes. Instead, he went directly to Ron and they went running upstairs to get their coats. As they came back down, Ginny stopped them. She had a weird smile on her face.
"Ron, the next time you want to get a note to Hermione, you should just ask me to give it to her instead of dropping it and hoping she finds it."
"What are you going on about?" Ron looked annoyed and confused.
"Well, if you're going to get all huffy..." she started to walk away.
"Ginny, wait." Harry got her to stop. "What note?"
"After we were ambused, everyone was picking up their stray mittens and stuff and I found a note that had Hermione's name written on it. I gave it to her."
"Why do you think I wrote it?" Ron lowered his voice.
"I recognized your horrid handwriting silly. You're just lucky I found it or who knows who would have gotten it." She smiled again and walked over to where her friends were sitting.
"I don't think luck had anything to do with it." Harry looked at Ron. "Did you write her a note?"
Ron's face went red. "No! Why would I do that? I see her all the time. I can just talk to her can't I?!"
"Come on. We need to catch up with Michelle."

Michelle had ducked into the first empty room she found. Taking her wand out of her pocket, she rooted through a nearby desk to find some spare parchment.
"Reveal to me the person I seek to find." She pointed her wand at the paper as she spoke. Slowly, a crude map of Hogwarts appeared on the paper. A small red dot developed near the edge of the forrest, not far from the main entrance of the school. Michelle decided to apperate to the front door rather than risk ending up in the wrong part of the woods. Clutching her wand tightly, she disapperated.

Ron and Harry moved as quickly as they could through the halls. Harry had forgotten to grab his Invisibility Cloak, so they had to be extra careful. He was frustrated they hadn't caught up with Michelle. She had to be running full on to be so far ahead of them. Hearing someone's footsteps, Harry stopped suddenly and pulled Ron with him to hide behind a statue. It was Prof. Trelawny walking as though she were asleep. Once she had passed, the boys continued.

Michelle apperated on the front steps and quickly checked her surroundings. Pulling out her make-shift map, she checked Hermoine's location. She moved towards the forrest running as quietly as she could. Hearing laughter, she slowed down and ducked into some small trees. Michelle could finally see Hermione a few trees over. She seemed to be tied to a tree, though she was sitting, not kneeling on the ground. Not surprisingly, Malfoy and his friends were facing her, wands pointed towards her. Hermione looked angry and scared. Michelle couldn't make out what the boys were saying, but from their tone it sounded like they were getting back at her for what had happened in potions class. Michelle glanced around her; she needed to create a diversion so she could untie Hermione. There wasn't much nearby, just bushes and trees. The guys seemed to be coming closer to where Hermione was sitting. Michelle cursed to herself, then came out from her hiding place. Moving quickly, she stood a few yards behind the boys.
"Hey!" She threw a snowball at the back of Malfoy's head, hitting him hard. The three figures turned to stare at her. "What's going on? Don't brutish thugs ever take breaks?"
"What the hell are you doing out here?" Malfoy stepped forward as Crabbe and Goyle looked on.
"I might ask you the same question." Michelle glanced at a surprised Hermione.
"Just having a bit of fun."
"Let her go, Malfoy."
"Or what?"
"Or you'll be singing soprano in the choir."
Malfoy threw a hard look at Crabbe, who had chortled in spite of himself. "I should have known you'd side with a Mudblood like Granger." He motioned to Crabbe and Goyle, who moved to stand next to him.
Finally, thought Michelle. She was hoping to get all three of them to come closer to her. "Should have known you'd bring your muscle along to protect you!" she yelled back.
Malfoy raised his wand, "Expelliarmus!"
Just as he yelled, Michelle countered with her own spell, "Defendum!"
There was a bright burst of light as the two spells met mid-route, knocking each other out.
Michelle pointed her wand at Crabbe and her free hand at Goyle, "Immobilus!"
The two boys were frozen where they stood, only their eyes moved to glance nervously around. It took a second for Malfoy to realize he hadn't been touched.
In that second, Michelle pointed her wand at Hermione, and her ties loosened. Hermione pulled the ropes away from herself, her gaze fixed on the fight. Malfoy yelled out a spell that knocked Michelle off her feet. Hermione could hear the "oof" from where she was.
"Dammit, run will you!!!!" Michelle gave Hermione an exasperated look, before calling out a spell to knock Malfoy on his butt.
Hermione took off and ran as fast as she could. She didn't have her wand with her so she needed to get help quickly. As she moved, she swore she could hear tree branches breaking behind her.