Chapter 6 - - - Run, Run, As Fast As You Can!
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"Ah...ah...ACHOO!!"
"Bless you! Hehe."
"It's so dusty in here!"
"Ow! Someone kicked me!"
"Do you think the Slytherins are still looking for us?"
"How do you know they're looking for us specifically?"
"Who else would've done THAT!?"
James, Maria, Remus, and Sirius were still crawling quickly through the dusty vents. It had been about fifteen minutes since they had escaped the Slytherin common room.
"Surely they can't be loo-ahhhhhhh!!" suddenly, Maria disappeared from view.
"Huh!?" James, Sirius, and Remus crowded around. The bottom had fallen out. Maria was sprawled in the middle of a room, shaking her head dazedly. It was a very familiar room...
"Maria, get outta there, quick! That's Cheewa's office!" James hissed.
But suddenly, the door opened. Maria's emerald eyes grew large, and she sprinted over to a huge filing cabinet and hid behind it.
Professor Cheewa strode into her office, a nasty scowl pasted on her pale face. "I'll get those Mauraders if it's the last thing I ever do!!" she screeched as she walked to a closet and started rummaging around through it.
From the vent, Sirius waved, trying to get Maria's attention. He dropped down James's Invisibility Cloak. Maria tiptoed out to grab it. Just as Professor Cheewa turned around, Maria threw the cloak over herself.
Cheewa narrowed her eyes. Sirius, James, and Remus held their breath. But the professor only continued muttering about the Mauraders. She went to go sit at her desk.
Maria, standing on her toes, stretched a hand up to her friends. Then, remembering they couldn't see it, she let the cloak slip a little. Remus caught sight of the light glinting off her scarlet fingernails. He grabbed her hand. Together, the guys pulled her up without Cheewa noticing.
"That was close." Sirius whispered.
James looked at his watch. "We have to hurry! Tryouts are in fifteen minutes!"
With that, they started crawling frantically again.
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"Where are we going!?" Noel panted.
"Gryffindor Tower!" Lily gasped back. "We'll be safe there!"
Jenna, who was leading them, noticed that the staircase was changing. She skidded to a stop, and it would've been okay...except for the fact that Noel ran into her, and Lily smashed into her, and Troy plowed into her! They all screamed and fell. Luckily, Troy managed to grab onto the rail of another staircase. Lily held onto his legs, Noel clutched Lily's, and Jenna had Noel's.
"So, uh..what do we do now?" Lily asked.
"Troy, can't you pull us up?" Noel said.
"I'm trying...!"
"Hey, you guys hear that?" Jenna whispered. "Shhh!"
"OW!" a familiar female voice cried. "That is the tenth time I have been kicked!"
"Well sorr-y!" a male voice answered sarcastically.
"Where are those voices coming from?" Noel wondered out loud.
"I don't know, but my hands are starting to slip..." Troy said nervously.
"Sounds like...the vents?" Jenna suggested.
A quieter male voice spoke up. "Er, guys....is it just me, or does this - floor - seem a little....loose to you? Like it's gonna - "
CRASH! "AHHHHHH!!" BANG!!
James, Maria, Sirius, and Remus fell out of the ceiling with a loud bang.
Troy's eyes widened, at first with the shock of seeing his friends falling out of the ceiling, then with joy. They were all on the same staircase! "Hey, guys...!"
James looked over the edge. "Hey, what are you four doing!?"
Troy scowled. "To make a long story short, we fell. Are you gonna stand there, or are you gonna help us up?"
"There sure has been a lot of falling going on." Remus commented.
"Shut up and help...!" Sirius grunted.
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Soon, everyone was safe in Gryffindor Tower....
"Ohmigod! We're gonna be late for tryouts!!!" James shrieked.
And they had to leave again.
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They arrived right before Madame Gomes, the Quidditch instructor. Lucius Malfoy scowled, obviously disgusted that the Gryffindors had made it. He leaned over to them. "I hope you know, the Slytherins will get revenge for what you did to Snape." he hissed.
"You can't prove it was us, Malfoy." Noel spat.
"Oh yes I can!"
~*Flashback!*~
"Pass the salt, Goyle." Malfoy ordered.
"Hey, Lucius, look over there. "It's that annoying redhead and her know-it- all friend, sneaking around." Crabbe pointed.
"I wonder what they're doing?" Snape said.
"The redhead's....pointing her wand over...here..." Goyle said.
Suddenly, there was a small pop. Then somebody shrieked like a girl.
Lucius looked at Snape.
"OHMIGOD, SEVERUS!!!'
~*End flashback*~
".....Malfoy, that doesn't prove a thing." Maria crossed her eyes at him. "We all know that the professors will believe the words of an honest Gryff over a slimy Slyth."
Lucius seemed flustered. Finally, he just said, "Shut up, Ravenwood."
Maria grinned, then turned to listen to Madame Gomes.
"Alright, then, lets separate into Houses, and we'll get started." she waited for them to get into groups, then began talking again. "OK, i want..." she pointed over to the Gryffindors. "Ravenwood, Black, and VanArc! Get into the air!" they flew up, waiting for instructions. "Then...Malfoy, Lestrange, Rosier! Get up and face them!"
"Oooh, Malfoy, eh?" Maria smirked to Troy and Sirius. "We're gonna have some trouble soon!"
"The curse should start anytime now." Sirius grinned evilly.
"Alright. VanArc, you are a Chaser. You have the Quaffle. Black and Ravenwood, Beaters, will protect you from Rosier and Lestrange as you try to score a goal past the Keeper, Malfoy." Madame Gomes said. "Got it? On my whistle..."
Tryouts were fast and furious. Everyone was trying their hardest...and in the middle, Malfoy's broom went haywire!
"W-Whoa! Hey!" he shouted. The broom was trying to throw him off.
"What's going on up there, Malfoy!?" Madame Gomes flew up. She managed to catch him before he hit the ground.
Noel snapped her fingers. "Damn. It almost worked."
Malfoy glowered at the Gryffindors as Madame Gomes led him to be examined in the Hospital Wing. "I'll get you for this, Mauraders."
"That's all for tryouts. The list will be posted tomorrow. Off you go now." Madame Gomes said.
"Alright..tomorrow!" James said. "Can't wait!"
"I can...weekend's over. Classes." Troy groaned.
They all joined Lily, Remus, and Jenna and went into the Great Hall for dinner.
a/n: Alright, I lied. We find out more about Snapey in the next chapter. I couldn't find a good way to fit it in in this chapter. Ty to new reviewers. I'll update more later.
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"Ah...ah...ACHOO!!"
"Bless you! Hehe."
"It's so dusty in here!"
"Ow! Someone kicked me!"
"Do you think the Slytherins are still looking for us?"
"How do you know they're looking for us specifically?"
"Who else would've done THAT!?"
James, Maria, Remus, and Sirius were still crawling quickly through the dusty vents. It had been about fifteen minutes since they had escaped the Slytherin common room.
"Surely they can't be loo-ahhhhhhh!!" suddenly, Maria disappeared from view.
"Huh!?" James, Sirius, and Remus crowded around. The bottom had fallen out. Maria was sprawled in the middle of a room, shaking her head dazedly. It was a very familiar room...
"Maria, get outta there, quick! That's Cheewa's office!" James hissed.
But suddenly, the door opened. Maria's emerald eyes grew large, and she sprinted over to a huge filing cabinet and hid behind it.
Professor Cheewa strode into her office, a nasty scowl pasted on her pale face. "I'll get those Mauraders if it's the last thing I ever do!!" she screeched as she walked to a closet and started rummaging around through it.
From the vent, Sirius waved, trying to get Maria's attention. He dropped down James's Invisibility Cloak. Maria tiptoed out to grab it. Just as Professor Cheewa turned around, Maria threw the cloak over herself.
Cheewa narrowed her eyes. Sirius, James, and Remus held their breath. But the professor only continued muttering about the Mauraders. She went to go sit at her desk.
Maria, standing on her toes, stretched a hand up to her friends. Then, remembering they couldn't see it, she let the cloak slip a little. Remus caught sight of the light glinting off her scarlet fingernails. He grabbed her hand. Together, the guys pulled her up without Cheewa noticing.
"That was close." Sirius whispered.
James looked at his watch. "We have to hurry! Tryouts are in fifteen minutes!"
With that, they started crawling frantically again.
~ * ~ * ~
"Where are we going!?" Noel panted.
"Gryffindor Tower!" Lily gasped back. "We'll be safe there!"
Jenna, who was leading them, noticed that the staircase was changing. She skidded to a stop, and it would've been okay...except for the fact that Noel ran into her, and Lily smashed into her, and Troy plowed into her! They all screamed and fell. Luckily, Troy managed to grab onto the rail of another staircase. Lily held onto his legs, Noel clutched Lily's, and Jenna had Noel's.
"So, uh..what do we do now?" Lily asked.
"Troy, can't you pull us up?" Noel said.
"I'm trying...!"
"Hey, you guys hear that?" Jenna whispered. "Shhh!"
"OW!" a familiar female voice cried. "That is the tenth time I have been kicked!"
"Well sorr-y!" a male voice answered sarcastically.
"Where are those voices coming from?" Noel wondered out loud.
"I don't know, but my hands are starting to slip..." Troy said nervously.
"Sounds like...the vents?" Jenna suggested.
A quieter male voice spoke up. "Er, guys....is it just me, or does this - floor - seem a little....loose to you? Like it's gonna - "
CRASH! "AHHHHHH!!" BANG!!
James, Maria, Sirius, and Remus fell out of the ceiling with a loud bang.
Troy's eyes widened, at first with the shock of seeing his friends falling out of the ceiling, then with joy. They were all on the same staircase! "Hey, guys...!"
James looked over the edge. "Hey, what are you four doing!?"
Troy scowled. "To make a long story short, we fell. Are you gonna stand there, or are you gonna help us up?"
"There sure has been a lot of falling going on." Remus commented.
"Shut up and help...!" Sirius grunted.
~ * ~ * ~
Soon, everyone was safe in Gryffindor Tower....
"Ohmigod! We're gonna be late for tryouts!!!" James shrieked.
And they had to leave again.
~ * ~ * ~
They arrived right before Madame Gomes, the Quidditch instructor. Lucius Malfoy scowled, obviously disgusted that the Gryffindors had made it. He leaned over to them. "I hope you know, the Slytherins will get revenge for what you did to Snape." he hissed.
"You can't prove it was us, Malfoy." Noel spat.
"Oh yes I can!"
~*Flashback!*~
"Pass the salt, Goyle." Malfoy ordered.
"Hey, Lucius, look over there. "It's that annoying redhead and her know-it- all friend, sneaking around." Crabbe pointed.
"I wonder what they're doing?" Snape said.
"The redhead's....pointing her wand over...here..." Goyle said.
Suddenly, there was a small pop. Then somebody shrieked like a girl.
Lucius looked at Snape.
"OHMIGOD, SEVERUS!!!'
~*End flashback*~
".....Malfoy, that doesn't prove a thing." Maria crossed her eyes at him. "We all know that the professors will believe the words of an honest Gryff over a slimy Slyth."
Lucius seemed flustered. Finally, he just said, "Shut up, Ravenwood."
Maria grinned, then turned to listen to Madame Gomes.
"Alright, then, lets separate into Houses, and we'll get started." she waited for them to get into groups, then began talking again. "OK, i want..." she pointed over to the Gryffindors. "Ravenwood, Black, and VanArc! Get into the air!" they flew up, waiting for instructions. "Then...Malfoy, Lestrange, Rosier! Get up and face them!"
"Oooh, Malfoy, eh?" Maria smirked to Troy and Sirius. "We're gonna have some trouble soon!"
"The curse should start anytime now." Sirius grinned evilly.
"Alright. VanArc, you are a Chaser. You have the Quaffle. Black and Ravenwood, Beaters, will protect you from Rosier and Lestrange as you try to score a goal past the Keeper, Malfoy." Madame Gomes said. "Got it? On my whistle..."
Tryouts were fast and furious. Everyone was trying their hardest...and in the middle, Malfoy's broom went haywire!
"W-Whoa! Hey!" he shouted. The broom was trying to throw him off.
"What's going on up there, Malfoy!?" Madame Gomes flew up. She managed to catch him before he hit the ground.
Noel snapped her fingers. "Damn. It almost worked."
Malfoy glowered at the Gryffindors as Madame Gomes led him to be examined in the Hospital Wing. "I'll get you for this, Mauraders."
"That's all for tryouts. The list will be posted tomorrow. Off you go now." Madame Gomes said.
"Alright..tomorrow!" James said. "Can't wait!"
"I can...weekend's over. Classes." Troy groaned.
They all joined Lily, Remus, and Jenna and went into the Great Hall for dinner.
a/n: Alright, I lied. We find out more about Snapey in the next chapter. I couldn't find a good way to fit it in in this chapter. Ty to new reviewers. I'll update more later.