Harry Potter and the Gem of the Oracle
KyleGranger
Chapter Nine
A Mystery Begins
Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Ginny remained staring at the door. It came as a shock to Harry and his friends that Harry's father was apparently a Defense Against The Dark Arts teacher.
"Harry, did you have any idea about this?" Hermione asked.
"None, what so ever," Harry replied.
"Sorry to say this Harry, but your life is way to crazy for me!" Ron expressed. Harry smiled. Ginny put her hand on her boyfriend's shoulder.
"You okay?" Ginny asked, looking up at him.
"Yeah, fine," he said. He kissed her forehead, "I'm just a little weirded out."
"Dido," Ron said.
The four of them turned around and joined Neville and Luna in front of the fire. Ginny sat on Harry's lap in one of the armchairs that was close to the fire.
"Does your father once being a teacher here mean something bad?" Neville asked. Harry shrugged.
There was a small pause. The main question on their minds was 'Why were they in their professor's room?' Hermione was the one to break the silence. She began by standing up and walking over to the window. Teachers were scattered about the area around Hagrid's hut. The smoke that was once rising from the Forbidden Forest, no longer existed, but Hagrid was not one of the many staff members that were walking around the grounds inspecting, to see if it was safe for students to roam once again.
"Did either of you two see the smoke?" Hermione finally asked Luna and Neville.
"I didn't," Luna said slowly.
"Neither did I," Neville said.
"Well, let me tell you this," Ron said, "Hagrid seemed to get out of the cabin as soon as he noticed the smoke. I think he might know something."
"We'll find out once we get out of here," Hermione said.
"Speaking of 'here,' I'm gonna go look around," Ron said.
"Yeah, me too," Harry said. He was curious about what the teachers had to live like. They've always wondered where Hogwarts staff sleeps.
Ginny followed Harry up the stairs. They passed Ron and Hermione who were looking around the kitchen. Upstairs, there was a bed with a small bookshelf and a small bathroom off to the side. Harry lied down on the bed.
"They're living way better than we are," Harry laughed. "They don't have to share rooms and bathrooms with other people." Ginny laughed. She slowly lied down next to him and wrapped her arm over him.
"I'm so freakin' tired," Harry said. He began running his fingers through her hair. She leaned in a kissed him lightly before drifting off to sleep. Harry soon did the same.
Harry woke the next morning. The sun was shining threw the windows and into his eyes. He tapped Ginny and she slowly woke as well.
"Harry?" Ginny said. "What are you doing in my room?" She slowly rose and looked around. She then remembered what had happened the night before. "Oh." Harry smiled.
The two of them slowly got out of bed and made their way down the stairs. The fire in the fireplace was slowly burning out. Harry and Ginny were both surprised to see Ron and Hermione sleeping together on the couch, while Neville and Luna looked pretty cozy in one of the armchairs in front of the fire.
Harry and Ginny looked at each other with a small smile on their faces. Within the next hour, the remaining students that were sleeping, woke. They found Harry and Ginny sitting down at the small table. Ron and Hermione came up to them. They noticed that Harry and his girlfriend had a sort of evil grin on their faces. Ron and Hermione blushed.
KNOCK.
The six of them looked to the door. Hermione slowly walked over and looked through the peek hole. Professor McGonagall was waiting. Hermione opened the door to let her teacher in.
"Good morning students," she began by saying, "hope you had a good night."
"Not really, we were confused. Why are we here? Why did you keep us locked up in here," Hermione asked strictly.
"Sit down so I can explain," she said. The six students moved to the couch and armchairs. "As you all know, there was indeed a disturbance yesterday. We weren't sure exactly what it was. According to Professor Snape, You-Know-Who is planning something that he doesn't even know, so we must be very careful. Since you six were at the Department of Mysteries last year, we believe that You-Know-Who might be planning to go after the rest of you, in addition to Harry.
"So naturally, when someone noticed the smoke, we thought it was You-Know-Who making his plan a reality. I wish I could tell you more, but you know as much as I know."
"But professor," Hermione began, "was it Voldemort."
Professor McGonagall twitched at the name: "No."
"Than what was it?" Ron asked.
"That is something I currently am unable to tell you," she said. "With that, you are free to go. But please, be safe and take care of yourselves." They nodded and followed her out of the teacher's corridors.
Sorry I haven't updated in a while. Been kinda busy. I'm writing two other fics. Both are HP stories, but I'm not gonna post them until I'm completely done. Once again, sorry I didn't get to the animagus stuff. I had a hard enough time with this chapter alone. Please Review. I love reviews. No flames though. Thanks.
