CH 7: The Illusion

Jenna's POV:

"Whoa, Mel, are you mad? What do you think you're doing?" I cried as Melissa's stunning spell missed me by an inch.

"Jen, is that you?" Melissa asked.

"No, of course not. I'm…" I said sarcastically.

"Shut up, you scared me half to death!" Melissa screamed.

"What do I look like, a ghost?" I said.

"Yeah, I thought you were," Melissa replied, sarcastically.

"Hey!"

"Well anyways, what are you doing here?"

"Who, me?" I asked.

"What do you think," Melissa said.

"Oh, I was just…ummm… coming to see you," I replied.

"So, you knew I would be here?" Mel asked uncertainly. "Listen, I'm talking about serious stuff and you're just being sarcastic."

"I am not!" I protested. "What were you doing here?"

"Dumbledore told me to come here," Melissa said.

"You were looking for this weren't you?" I turned around and saw Esmeralda holding up the scroll.

"Yeah," Melissa replied.

"Here, take it," Esmeralda said, handing it over to Melissa. Melissa looked suspicious and uncertain but she took it.

"I didn't curse it to bite or anything, you know," Esmeralda said, seeing Melissa's shaking hand.

"Yeah, well, someone did something to it so that it takes people to weird and insane worlds that don't make sense at all!" Melissa argued.

"Ring, ring, remember?" I teased.

"Oh, shut up!"

"It's probably midnight. I don't know about you but I want to go and get some sleep," Esmeralda said and she left. Melissa stared after her.

"Mel, are you okay?" I asked uncertainly.

"Yeah, but Esmeralda…she…"

"She walked out the door. You got a problem with someone walking out a door?"

"That was the door? I thought the door was on the other side," Melissa said, pointing to the wall.

"Well…" I started to say but instead I got a better idea. I took out my wand and I lit it. I walked to the door and flashed my wand light at it. "This is the door." I said. I walked over to the wall Melissa was pointing to and did the same. "This is the wall. Now, do you see the difference?" Melissa nodded uncertainly.

"I know what I saw, Jen. I was certain it was the wall," Melissa replied.

I sighed, "Perhaps you need some sleep. Come on, let's get that scroll to Dumbledore and give the map back."

We walked to Dumbledore's. Harry, Ron and Hermione just happened to walk by so we talked for a while.

A/N: The ending was weird, I know but still, please R&R.