"I swear it's not us," Adam suddenly says breaking the silence.
"Well then who could it be?" Hermione asks looking more scared by the minute, "There has to be a logical explanation for this. It can't be her."
"Maybe we should split up," Jeff suggests as he looked at the frightened group of girls. Inside the boys knew that if they got them to split up it would be easier to scare the girls.
"But that would be breaking horror movie rule number two, never split up!" Liz protested as she looked around at the group which was now confused.
"Liz, you know they don't know about horror movie rules," Tina told her as she noticed that all the British people were looking confused.
"But still, we shouldn't break up that would be bad."
"What are you afraid of?" Harry asked her intently.
"Nothing, fine we can split up," Liz says giving in, "But we're going to do this right! Tina, Draco, Maya, Sirius, Jeff, and Maggie you take the right side of the woods. The rest of you come with me."
Everyone followed Liz's directions not wanting to argue with her now that she was already in a bad mood.
Maya's gang had been walking for ten minutes now and hadn't found anything suspicious. That is until a light goes out. Tina screamed loudly as she jumps into Draco's arms.
"Shut up," Maya yelled towards her friend, "it was just a light. It probably just broke or ran out of energy…" as the next bulb goes out.
"Ok, guys, this is seriously not funny anymore," Maggie stuttered as the whole group stops moving.
"Oh, yeah Maya, just a broken bulb, huh? See, I told you, this is just like in the movie. All the lights are going to go out and then she is going to come and kill us," Tina exclaimed. The group continued walking to stay out of the dark as they heard another screech. All three girls screamed as all the lights go out.
"What was that?" Liz asked as she heard screaming from the other side of the woods.
"If Malfoy hurt any of them, I swear I will," Harry started mumbling under his breath as the group stopped walking.
"Please, Malfoy wouldn't hurt Tina even if the Imperious charm was put on him," Adam commented as they turned to walk towards the other group.
"I wonder what's going on," Mere said as they reached a broken light.
"Probably just a broken light," Roger muttered as they pass their second light that's broken. Everyone stops at the long path that is no longer lit.
"So, right, who wants to go first?" Harry asked as the group stared at the black, dark, woods and the empty path.
"I'm not going anywhere near there," Mere responded as she starts backing up. Another scream pierced the air as the whole group starts to back up.
"Well, someone has to see what's going on," Roger says after 5 minutes of silence.
"Fine, I'll go first. Lumos," Hermione mutters as she walked into the dark woods with her wand lit.
"Alright, you guys, seriously it isn't funny anymore," Maya said nervously as the now shortened group stood in the darkness. No one had any idea where the path was anymore. Sometime after the sixth light had gone out, the group had started disappearing. Tina and Draco were no where to be found. Then, Maggie disappeared as the last light had gone out. It was now down to Sirius, Maya, and Jeff.
"Don't be so scared, Maya," Sirius comforted his girl as they stood in darkness, "besides, someone will find us sooner or later."
"Ugh, guys?"
"Yeah, Maya?" Jeff asked trying to pinpoint Maya's location.
"I, er, just stepped on something or someone." Both boys look over to where Maya was standing.
"Very funny, Maya," Sirius nervously responds as he stared at Maya.
"I'm being serious!"
"Alright then, where is it?" Jeff asked.
"Right here!" Maya nudged the 'thing' with her foot showing them. The 'thing' groans as her foot comes in contact.
"Who do you think it is?" Sirius asked as he bent down to investigate.
"Well, judging by the fact that we're all here it must be Maggie," said a voice behind the group.
"No, I'm right here."
"Do you see that up ahead?" Roger asked the group. He had spotted a bunch of silhouetted figures, crouched around looking at something.
"Someone must be hurt," Harry mumbled as they reach the figures.
"Maya!" Adam called as they see it's the other group. He looked down at what they were looking at and saw a boy with Hogwarts robes on. But the odd thing was that he seemed to be drenched in something.
"Who's that and where's Maggie?" Mere asked now realizing that her friend was not standing with them.
"She's fine, she's just resting on that rock over there with Jeff," Maya replied pointing to two figures to her right.
"So, who is it?" Liz asked impatiently.
"Zach Smith," Tina responded as the group turns to look at her, "he's in Slytherin. I have a few classes with him. I wonder what he's doing out here so late."
"What's wrong with 'im?" Roger asked breaking the silence again.
"I think he got attacked," Tina replied as she bent down to help him up. Draco sighed as he helped his girl pick up Zach. The group headed back up to Hogwarts only to make it in time for curfew.
"So, is there anything going on between you two?"
"Oh, please Draco, I do not need this tonight," Tina responded as they supported Zach up to the Hospital Wing.
Adam sighed as he sat on the squishy couch in his common room, in front of the fire, thinking. He knew that when he saw his father during Christmas break he would be furious with him. Adam had been going out with a Gryffindor and that was forbidden in his family. He pondered why no one questioned his last name. Surely someone would realize who he was soon. Adam knew Liz, Harry, and Sirius were getting suspicious of him lately.
"Hey Adam," Tina greeted her friend as she sat down on the rug in front of him.
"How's Zach?"
"Oh, well, he's seen better days, but he'll be fine."
"Surely Draco's stunning spell didn't cause him to bleed?" Adam asked his friend curiously.
"No." was all Tina said before the portrait hole swung open. Crabbe entered the common room and walked up the stairs. Adam was about to ask Tina if she knew what happened before he realized that she was no longer sitting with him. He got up and followed Crabbe to his dorm.