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DISCLAIMER: I own nothing. Don't sue, I'm poor. EXCEPTION: I own the Witches of Trane, the Crystal Orb, the flying carpet idea for the story (kinda), the idea that the forests of Albania are next to the Dead Sea and the Door of Serenity.

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CHAPTER 18: An Army of Veelas (Chapter rated PG-13)

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Meanwhile...

Ginny and her headmaster Albus Dumbledore came upon 3 doors. One was rectangle-shaped, one oval-shaped, and one was extremely small. The rectangle-shaped one was a beautiful, peaceful color of light blue, with little clouds painted onto it, which seemed to move. Ginny wasn't surprised, all of the paintings in the hallways of Hogwarts moved. The characters went and visited other characters, and things like that as well.

The oval-shaped one was the color of blood, with dark splats littering the front of it. Ginny wasn't so sure she wanted to be behind that door, who knew what was behind it.

The small door was green, and looked like grass. It was grass, Ginny realized, amused. She could almost even hear the crickets and bugs moving in it. She smiled to herself, glad there was at least a little piece of happiness in this cold, dark building.

She looked at her headmaster, who seemed deep in thought. "Which will we choose?" asked Ginny.

He observed the doors for a moment longer, and then turned to Ginny. "The first door is too peaceful. There is probably an army of veelas behind it, ready to attack if someone, or something, they don't like comes through that door." Ginny nodded, finding this reasonable.

"And... door number 3 is far too small. Even if I did try to enlarge it, the grass and the insects in the grass would get large as well, and we all know that wouldn't be good. They could wreak havoc all over the place!" he chuckled lightly.

"So, I guess its door number 2 that we're going through today." he took a step forward, but stopped when he noticed Ginny wasn't moving. "Do you have another idea?" he asked her.

Ginny took a deep breath. "That door looks like it's splattered with blood, Professor."

Her Professor chortled. "Sometimes, Ginny, the things that seem the worst, are actually the best."

Ginny sighed and nodded quickly. They went to the door, and the headmaster opened it, fearlessly taking a step into the room behind it, Ginny followed, and the door closed shut behind them, and vanished. There was no turning back now. -To be Continued-

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It turned out to be a very short hallway; the one Ron was walking down. He felt a little dizzy after that long fall. After he thought about it, it was a really long fall. He must've been really deep underground by now, he thought. After some more walking and humming to himself, Ron started to hear a loud roaring sound. It got louder as he walked.

'It's water.' he thought. 'I must be getting close to a river or something.' And as he thought that, the hallway in front of him started to get lighter, until he could see something brown and rocky, like a hill, in front of the hallway opening. He gasped when he got to the end. There was a river under him! A big river, with rapids and gushing water. He looked up; there was a gray sky, filled with dark clouds. It was still light out though, and Ron was glad for it. He was disappointed that there was no way to get across to the other cliff. He could see tall forests from where he stood, which was about 3 yards up from the water. He was also about 4 yards from land, he figured. There was no where to sit, seeing as the hallway cut of instantly before the river. He sighed, and sat on the edge, but then was wary that he'd fall off, so scooted in a bit, and decided to get some sleep. He'd figured out what to do after he woke up. He wished he had Hermione's wand.

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A couple hours later, Ron woke up, and forgot where he was. Then he remembered everything that had happened. The escape from the dungeon, walking through the hallways with Malfoy and Hermione, meeting Maye, Maye turning into Fawkes... 'Where was Fawkes anyway?' he wondered to himself, mid-thought. He also remembered somehow ending up in an Egyptian Pyramid and arriving here, by this river. He was pretty sure that there were no Pyramids around here. The only ones he could think of were in Egypt, or somewhere in South America.

He got up and stretched as much as he could, seeing as the hallways was only a few inches taller then him. Then he peeked outside. The sky was a little less overcast, but still gray, and the river was still there. And he found no way out of his predicament, again.

Then, he noticed two figures standing at the other side of the cliff. There was a girl with brown hair, and a boy with blonde hair. He recognized them instantly, and gasped. How'd they get there?

He shouted to them for what seemed like ages, trying to propel his voice over the rushing and raging river, to them. He wasn't having much luck, though, until Hermione turned around and looked down to where he was. He waved like crazy, shouting and calling her name.

From where he was, he could see Hermione's mouth drop open in surprise. He smiled.

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