The Power of Four

Jackie, Heather and Nehal all went down to the great hall for dinner.

" Heather you said Danielle would be coming soon?" said Jackie

" Well…I bet you one of your chicken wings that Danielle will come through that door in 10 seconds or less." Heather put her chicken wing in the center of the table.

" Bring it on!" said Jackie

" Oh honestly who bets using chicken wings!" said Hermione.

" We do!" they all said in unison. Hermione just rolled her eyes.

" Okay starting…now!" said Nehal. They all counted to ten in their heads.

" Damn!" Heather said.

" Come to mama!" Jackie said.

Nehal felt sorry for Heather so she gave her one of her chicken wings.

" Here you go Heath Heath!" (That's a nickname for Heather)

Heather said, " Spank you!"

" With pleasure!" The girls all turned around to see who said that. It was Neville.

Neville blushed and said, " g2g" Neville ran out the great hall and bummed into Danielle. Danielle fell over.

" Hey watch it Longbottom!" Ian said. (Who was watching Danielle enter) Ian reached out for his hand for Danielle to grab.

" You alright?"

" Yeah! I'm feeling much better right now!"

" Me too!" said Ian.

Danielle and Ian gazed into each other eyes until, she heard her friends yelling to her.

" I have to go." She said softly.

" Yeah! I have a friend to apologize to. I'll see you around. Okay?" He winked at Danielle and walked to the slytherin table.

He is so hot! Thought Danielle.

As soon as Danielle sat down Nehal spoke.

" Dani are you okay? Did he hurt you?"

Danielle answered, " No Malfoy tripped me but I'm okay! But let's discuss the plan.

Danielle told Jackie and Nehal what she had discussed with Heather later on that day.

" Excellent!" Heather said (Impression of Mr.Burns from Simpson's)

School Hallway

8:04 p.m.

Heather and Jackie along with Timmy tried to find Professor Snape.

Heather whispered into Timmy's ear.

" Find Professor Snape!"

Timmy led the way while Heather and Jackie followed with Nehal and Danielle not far behind.

Timmy led them to a corridor where Professor Snape had just finished talking to a student.

Heather, Jackie and Timmy walked towards Professor Snape.

" Professor?" Jackie said. " About the homework how long does the essay have to be?"

Nehal and Danielle scurried past them into Professor Snape's office, which he left the door wide open.

Danielle said, " Okay the ingredients are probably in a cupboard!"

Nehal said, " No duh!"

School hallway

8:07 p.m.

Professor Snape said, " the essay is to be five feet long. Now if you will excuse me…" Snape turned.

" No!" shouted Jackie. Heather, Snape and even Timmy looked at Jackie expectantly.

" I…umm…I…" murmured Jackie. " I…umm…know someone who'd be perfect for you!"

" What are you talking about?" demanded Snape.

Heather said, " Well Professor Trelawney – we think you and her should go on a blind date!"

" What!"

" Heather!" scolded Jackie. " You're not supposed to tell them who they're going on a blind date with!"

Slytherin Common Room

8:04 p.m.

" Listen Ian, I'm sorry I blew up at you. But…can you, not tell Jackie…since you're friend with a gryffindor. I just don't want you to turn into one." Said Draco.

" It's okay Draco. When comes to girls guys do crazy things!"

" Listen, I over heard the gryffindors talking about stealing something from potions. Let's see if we can find Jackie and Danielle there!" said Draco.

" We can help them or spend detention alone with them! Ow!" grinned Ian.

School Hallway

8:11 p.m.

Back with Snape, Heather and Jackie, were giving Snape all the reasons why Trelawney and himself would make a perfect couple.

Timmy was getting bored of all this matchmaker stuff so he tried to find some mice in the time being.

" Well I'll pick her up at 8, then…" he said and started to walk back to his office. Danielle and Nehal were still inside.

Timmy jumped through the air and grabbed hold of Snape's leg.

" Ow!" screamed Snape and fell back and crashed into the wall. His eyes closed and he slid down the wall, unconscious!

Dun Dun Dunn

Snape's office

8:07 p.m.

" I can't reach!" said Danielle. " Give me a boost." Nehal put her arms up and held Danielle's leg up.

" Ow! You're hurting my hand!" said Nehal

" Really? She enjoys death too?" they heard Snape's voice,

" I don't know what they're doing, but it can't be lasting to long, hurry up Danielle!" hissed Nehal.

After they got the last ingredient they hurried out, robes bulging. Suddenly, Ian stepped into the din room and Danielle stopped in her tracks.

Nehal paused for a second then hurried away so she couldn't get caught.

" What happened to you?" asked Ian.

" Oh nothing, I just wanted to…" said Danielle

" In Snape's office?" said Ian.

" Right," blushed Danielle.

" Let me help you. It'll look less suspicious." Then Ian took some of the potions ingredients and stuffed it down his robes.

They walked out of the office, not caring to be quiet because Snape was unconscious.

Ian and Danielle met up with Jackie and Draco standing awkwardly apart, after Jackie apologized for kicking him you-know-where.

" Where'd Heather and Nehal go?" asked Danielle.

" They're hiding Professor Snape in a closet!" answered Jackie.

" Who's down here?" yelled the feared school caretaker Filch.

" Run!" yelled Danielle. So Danielle, Ian and Draco started to run but Jackie stood still like a deer in the headlights. Draco grabbed her hand and pulled her into and empty classroom. But Heather and Nehal were caught stuffing a knocked out teacher into a closet. Filch grabbed them and hauled them into his office.

The next day, Nehal and Heather were on their knees scrubbing the floor in the trophy room. Heather felt a little pain in her ear. Little did she know, it was Timmy trying to communicate with her.

When they were done Nehal and Heather met up with Jackie and Danielle in the great hall.

" Look you guys!" smiled Danielle. She pulled out a flyer that said:

Hogsmede Trip

3rd-7th years

4:00-7:30

Be there or be square

" We can do our Christmas shopping," said Nehal thinking what to get for Dean.

" But now," said Danielle. " We need to finish making the Polyjuice potion!"