Chapter5 : Our Killers a Riddler

Yes I know its been a while, but T.E. has been busy. Very busy. Its like a few weeks now before school starts, so I'm trying to update all multiple chapter stories before that. I don't want to keep you waiting for like 3 years. . Last time I updated was last year, 2004. . sowwy. Anyways I'm totally lost in where this fic is going. So hope I remember some of my idea. I got my old computer up and running so 'The Understanding' should be updated within the next 2 weeks. Sorry about the long wait again.

Soon as Dean was calmed down and put to bed, both Harry and Ron fell onto their beds and did make a move to remove their clothing. Today had been a VERY long day, with people dying and other people trying to die. Harry turned onto his back and glanced at the exhausted boy in the next bed.

" Ron... they killed Hagrid... Why?" ( has forgotten what year this is so...5th I guess) Since Sirius was killed, nothing much could affect the boy mentally. Hagrid had been one of the many people who actually treated him as a person and not a thing. Deep down inside, he felt all these unnecessary deaths where his fault. Maybe he should stay away from the blonde boy, that way people would stop dying. But... if he did stop, he would also be giving up on Draco. Also to add endangering the other boys life.

" I don't know... We'll find him...or her. Whatever. Lets talk about this in the morning. You need sleep. " The redhead pulled a pillow from under his head and tossed it at his companion. A forced smile twisted onto Harry's feature. Before pulling the cover over his hardened body, he heard small words muttered from his friend.

" Its no one but the killers fault. " Ron glanced briefly towards his direction and then plopped down on the pillow. Just in the matter of second, light snoring erupted from his bed. Harry smiled and closed his eyes. Even in his sleep, he still wasn't saved from the gruesome images of Hagrid's mutilated body.

Hogwarts was oddly quite, earlier the students had all been notified of the killings and evacuated to their Common Rooms, each teacher was in each house except for Dumbledore, who defiantly walked the hall with an illuminating spell cast over him. The shadowed figure pressed up against wall and moved smoothly in between a small pace behind a suit of Armor. Both eyes followed as the Headmaster walked down the hall and disappeared around the corner.

There where several other teacher or obstacles to avoid in order to the to the destination. Creeping out of the armors shadow, the fugitive quickly ran down the hall and shoved himself into a corner on the stairs. All common rooms would be locked in for the night, which meant no access to any of the students. Which meant, no victim tonight.

Harry jolted awake. At first he thought another nightmare might have occurred, but a small rattle from outside the bedrooms caught his attention. While in mid-step, he grabbed his glasses from the counter and walked into the hallway that was connected to the small balcony over the common room. It was almost pitch black except the small fire lit in the fire place. Nothing seemed amiss, so he turned and headed back to his room.

Just as his hand touched the doorknob, once again heard a rattling. This time, it was coming from the small corridor that led to the fat lady's portrait. He ran back into his room and grabbed his wand from his school trunk. Dashing back to the common room and rushing down the stairs. He looked around, nothing. Wasn't there suppose to be a teacher here this hour?

With his wand poised he walked up to the wall and put his ear against it. Suddenly, a thick thunk was came from the other side of the wall.

" Who's there!" it was barely an audible whisper.

" It someone there! Hey its Hermoine, I'm locked out." her voiced was dim, but clear.

" Wait a sec." He pressed his hands against the wall and muttered the password. The door would only open in a member of the house put their hand on it. He backed away from the wall just as it creaked and swung open. The portrait lady looked slightly annoyed but ignored both boy and girl.

" Hurry up lass and git in." She huffed and swung shut just as the girl stepped into the room.

" Well... Thanks Harry." Hermonie exclaimed as she walked past him into the common room and set her books down. She leaned over the table and sighed. Harry cocked his head slightly, something didn't seem right. But he had other questions on his head.

" What where you doing out there? Everyone was evacuated to their houses. Didn't you here?" He asked her. Now that he thought of it, he hadn't seen Hermoine that much since the semester started. Her absence hadn't been noticed , but now that he thought of it, she had been very distant this years.

" Are you implying something?" She raised and eyebrow. But before he could respond, she grabbed her books and headed towards the female bedrooms. He heard a creek and then a soft click, which he concluded was the door.

Silently he walked up to his room and closed the door, tomorrow would certainly be a day of new surprises. Laying his head back on the lump pillow, he slowly drifted into unconsciousness.

Morning

Morning wasn't any better, most of the kids where up and about. Since nobody could leave the common rooms, the place felt very crowded. At the moment, Harry desperately needed to talk to Ron about the previous night, but it was almost impossible because of the vast majority of kids. There was almost no place to talk. So Harry grabbed his friends by the arm and hauled him up to their bedroom. Once they were safely inside, he motioned him over to his bed and pulled the curtains.

" Look I don't want to speak about it...but..." leaning over the side of the bed, he opened his trunk and pulled out two identical notebooks. He quickly cast an enchantment spell on both notebooks and handed one to his companion.

"Quilensis!" there was a pop and 2 American style pens landed on their laps. Instantly he picked up the pen and wrote a message. " Open the book." he whispered. Ron, who was still lost, obliged.

Is it me, or has Hermoine been ignoring us?

Ron looked up from the book, his face twisted in confusion. Taking the pen in hand, he wrote:

Well kinda, you know how she is. She took up like 4 extra classes this summer.

But...like when all the killings happen, she's never around. I mean, she's always not with the class.

What are you saying Harry? That hermoine is our killer?

Well this morning just a little past midnight, she was knocking on the wall because

The portrait wouldn't let her in. I unlocked it for her, but she had a whole bunch

of books in here hand. Some where about psychology or something like that. When

I asked her why she wasn't in here when we were evacuated , she just asked me

what I was implying and left.

Harry that doesn't mean anything, I mean, she is usually in the library at abnormal times.

If you say so Ron. I hope your not defending her because your da-

" Harry! Ron! Hurry up they found another body!" Both boys tossed the books aside, ran down the stair and out the door. As they descended the stairs, ahead of them a group of Gryffindors were hunch together around something,

They quickly ran up to the group and pushed aside the people in their way. The kids moved aside, uncovering the frozen body of Pravati. Her twin sister hovered over her with a brim of fresh tears waiting to be shed. Her body had turned a pale green and her head was turned to the side. A dried up pool of blood flowed from under her body and spread a few inches out. Where they blood came from, Harry couldn't tell from the place he stood. But one thing he was very sure about, she was dead.

He eyes flickered over to his right, he caught sight of the bushy haired girl. She didn't seem at all fazed by the death. She just stared at the body, her eyes where unfocused. Down the hall, Snape and Dumbledore rushed over to the scene and moved the kids aside.

" All kids return to your Houses. I want everyone inside NOW!" The headmaster sounded oddly irritated and ushered the kids towards their houses. Behind him, he saw Snape levitate Pravati's lifeless body and Dumbledore reassuring the other twin. Suddenly a thought popped up in his head. Even though her head was tilted to the side, her eyes where frozen in horror. But she looked up. Was that where her killer was standings.

He stopped in his tracks and looked up at the ceiling. He didn't know if this was planned or not, but a message was written in blood. It stood out on the color of the stone ceiling. Across the hall, Snape noticed his turn of attention. Following his gaze, his eyes flickered up to the ceiling.

" Albus! Look. " He pointed towards the ceiling. The older man let go of the sobbing girl in his arms and looked up to the ceiling.

A lie , a deceit. Its coming back again

Resurrect the dead to the living

Its coming back again

Right before your eyes, but gone again

2 down, 2 to go, to complete.

It will be mine...

He felt someone tug on his arm. " Harry, what does it mean?" Ron looked at him questionably, his voice cracked slightly. He shrugged slightly and headed towards the Gryffindor Towers. There was one question on his mind, if it did mean what it did, them someone was in danger right now. But first he wondered wo first discovered the body.

" Ron, I need your help. We need to find out who the first person to discover the body." The other boy nodded, but there was a hint of hesitation in his eyes. " What's wrong?"

" Can I check up on Dean first. I want to see if he's alright, you know. " He nodded and headed for the common room. As soon as they where safely inside, he began to interrogate the kids.

He met Ron back in the Common Room. The red head sat by the fire, Dean, who currently was sprawled on the couch next to his looked up from his book and waved. He smiled but neither frowned. That was fine for him, at least he wasn't think suicidal anymore.

" Ron. I found out who it was." Ron, looked over to him with interest.

" Your girlfriend."

TBC

Okay, I have finished the 5th chapter. Wahoo. I know this chapter was mainly Harry based, but I the next chapter is all Draco. Now I know you guys are smart, so read this chapter carefully. There is a little clue in there that might tell you who the killer is. So R&R your predictions, I'd really like to know what you guys think. Okay um, so now I know Blaise is a boy, I plan on putting him in later chapters. Just as a secondary character.

Draco does need a friend of course.rolls her eyes Anyways, I'll update soon. I'm mostly updating every day. So look for updates on my other stories and R&R. Yes Hermoine and Ron are dating. But you ask me whats going in between Ron and Dean? Who knows.

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