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Chapter 33- The Calm Before The Storm

"I have a really bad feeling," Hermione said.

"Is because you were trying to escape me?" Fred asked.

"No," she said slowly. "I don't know why, but I feel like something bad is going to happen."

"You should tell Dumbledore now," Tonks said firmly.

Hermione walked up to Dumbledore's office with Tonks and Fred.

"Does anyone know what happens to be the candy password of the week?" Fred asked.

"Nope," said Tonks and Hermione at the same time.

They tried every candy they could think of for the next 10 minutes until "jolly ranchers" opened the gargoyles.

"You'd think he'd tell the staff the password to his office so we don't have to play the candy guessing game every time we have to go in his office," Fred remarked.

"Tell me about it," said Tonks. "I mean, what if The-Idiot-Who-Can't-Kill-The-Boy kidnapped The-Boy-Who-Will-Not-Die-No-Matter-What? How would anyone be able to get in his office to tell him that? You'd be better off trying to find Harry yourself than to figure out Dumbledore's password."

"Do you think we could get a list of candy that Dumbledore's already used as a password? That could shorten the time we spend guessing the different candy. Unless he starts combining candy. Then we might have some problems," Hermione said.

"What brings all of you up here? I certainly hope it's not my choice in passwords," Dumbledore replied casually.

"It's not, sir," Hermione said. "I had a feeling that something bad was going to happen. I'm not sure what it means but Tonks thought you should know."

"Thank you Tonks," Dumbledore said. "I'm not sure what it means but I will alert the necessary people so that they can be on guard."

Hermione, Fred, and Tonks went back to their common room for about an hour before going to bed. Each was worried about what Hermione's bad feeling could mean.

Hermione was on her way to breakfast the next morning with her friends and were almost at the Great Hall when they saw a crowd of people standing in front of the door.

"What's going on?" wondered Ron.

"I don't know," replied Harry.

Hermione looked at Fred and Tonks, hoping it didn't have anything to do with the "feeling" she'd had last night.

"What's going on?" Percy demanded to know as he pushed his way through the crowd.

One of the students pointed to the doors, and said, "We can't get in."

"Did you try 'alohomora?" asked Percy.

"Yes."

Tonks and Fred got called over, but tried every unlocking spell they could think of and checked the door for any dark arts they could think of.

"Extendable Ears," Fred explained to Percy after throwing some stuff at the door to see if there was an Imperturbable Charm on it. (There wasn't).

"Do you hear anything?" asked Percy anxiously.

"Nothing," Fred told him. "Must be a silencing spell on the room or something."

Everybody groaned because they were starting to get hungry.

"Sevvie, go get Albus," Tonks said. "Be good and play the 10-minute which-candy-is-Albus'-password-for-the-week game."

Hermione scribbled something on a piece of parchment and handed it to Snape. "Don't let anybody see it."

"What did you write on that piece of parchment?" Percy demanded to know.

"The password," Hermione said while rolling her eyes. "I had totell Dumbledore something last night and spent 10 minutes trying to figure out his password."

Percy came back half-an-hour later and said that Dumbledore wasn't in his office.

"Where'd all this food come from?" Percy asked.

"Kitchens," explained Fred. "Since we can't get into the Great Hall, we're having a picnic-style breakfast. A lot of the students are eating outside."

"Dumbledore's in the Great Hall having a meeting some people. They're ministry officials, I think," Hermione said.

"Miss Granger, how did you know that?" asked McGonagall.

Hermione pointed to the Marauder's Map, which Harry had gotten for her from his room before Percy came back.

"Oh."

"You'd think Dumbledore could have this meeting at a better time," said Flitwick. "But since it seems to be important, then he should at least have put a notice up."

"I hope nothing's wrong," said McGonagall.

Fred, Tonks, and Hermione looked at each other, knowing that the meeting probably had to do with Hermione's bad feeling.

"So we're going to wait here until Dumbledore opens the doors," Snape commented.

"Of course we are!" McGonagall exclaimed. "I want to know why we had to get our breakfast from the kitchens and eat out here."

"We don't have to wait much longer," Hermione said. "Dumbledore's walking toward the door."

"The students are to stay in their dormitories," Dumbledore said. "We have several guards in each house that will make sure that no students leave."

"What if the school is attacked?" McGonagall asked nervously.

"I will send word with the ghosts to make sure that all of those 5th year and up to fight," Dumbledore said. "I know that sending 15 and 16-year-olds to fight is not the best plan, but I do feel that they will be able to defend themselves sufficiently."

"If you insist," McGonagall sighed.