Chapter 1
A/N: This is my first story so please tell me if it is rubbish! I'm only 10 so sorry if spelling and stuff isn't very good.
"Where do you think they could have gotten to?" said a voice from the corner of the Leaky Cauldron. That voice came from a person with brown bushy hair, who was quite short. Her name was Hermione.
Suddenly, in walked two other people. One was about her height and another was a foot or so smaller. They both had flaming red hair and walked towards Hermione with smiles on their faces.
"Hey Hermione! Over here!" said the boy.
Hermione started to walk towards them, "Hey Ron, I see you brought your sister with you!" she said.
The red-haired girl smiled and waved.
"Yeah, she wanted to get something from a shop; anyway Mum wouldn't let me go unless I brought Ginny!" Ron replied.
The girl, Ginny, was about to reply that she didn't particularly want to be seen out with her older brother but someone butted in:
"Where's 'Arry then? I've never seen a Ron without an 'Arry!"
The Man behind the booming voice was huge, with hair even bushier than Hermione's.
Hermione shouted "Hagrid! I've missed you," then blushed red as the whole pub turned round, "Oops that was a bit loud…"
By this point everyone in the Leaky Cauldron was staring at her but after a while they looked away and carried on with what they were doing.
The friends sat together for hours, drinking butterbeer and catching up on all that had happened over the summer so far. Soon Ron began to worry about what Mrs Weasley would say if he took Ginny back too late ("I'm only a year younger than you!" Ginny had complained indignantly).
"Well it is a bit late to be flooing back now,' Hermione said, 'Why don't you both stay here in the Leaky Cauldron with me for tonight at least?'
Up in her room Ginny was getting ready for bed. Once she was ready she got into bed and pulled the blanket over her. She paused for a moment and decided to go and check on Ron: there might be spiders in his room! As she went down the hall she saw something walking down the hallway. Ginny felt a rush of cold blood go through her as the object grew closer and closer. She realised that it was only Hermione.
"Checking on Ron?" Ginny said with a sigh of relief.
"Yeah, I bet he finds spiders in his room! Wait what's that noise?" Hermione put her ear against Ron's door. Suddenly it opened and out came Ron. He started running down the hallway screaming. Puzzled, and more than a little scared, Ginny and Hermione slowly looked into the room. And they saw something so terrible they couldn't possibly explain what it looked like.
