Chapter twenty-three: A Picnic With Pie and a Bit of Eavesdropping

"So...let me get this straight...You guys all left to look for Winston at one o'clock in the morning, got caught, got detentions and Filtch accused Andy and Drew of having sex on school grounds at one o'clock in the morning. And then Malfoy backed him up claiming he saw you two, and Lemo and Barry...That's what happened?" Mione asked trying to make sure she had the story right.

"Yep," Barry said shoving a forkful of eggs in his mouth.

"Guys! You're lucky you only got one detention!"

"Yep."

"Why didn't you ask me to come!" Emo asked accusingly.

"You were asleep; you'd bite off our heads if we woke you!" Andy said throwing a piece of French toast, aiming for Andrews' mouth.

"True..." Emo nodded.

"Nice shot!" Andrew said sarcastically as the French toast hit him on the nose.

"Now, your stupidity from last night aside-" Mione began.

"Stupidity! Winston went missing! What kind of parent would not look for her weasel when he goes missing!" Lemo said looking horrified.

"Lemo...you know what I mean..." Mione said sighing, "Anyway, we have to keep an eye on Snape. He's up to something. A Hogwarts teacher doesn't go jinxing a students broom unless he has his reasons..."

"Do you know what I thi-" Nick began, before he was interrupted by Barry,

"Lemo, do you want to go for a picnic today, at lunch?"

"Sure!" Lemo said excitedly, "Will there be pie?"

"I'll try to organise that..."

"YAY!"

"Uhhh, as I was sayi-"

"Can you pass the salt Nick?" Don interrupted.

"Yea here. Now I think tha-"

"That's the pepper, can I have the salt."

"Here. Can I-"

"What do we have first period?" Emo asked.

"I dunno...But like I've-"

"Can-" Don began.

"CAN WE ALL SHUT UP AND LISTEN NICK, GOD DAMN IT!" Mione cried impatiently, watching poor Nick struggle to say what he wanted to say. Everyone froze and stopped talking, everyone in the Great Hall.

"Opps...You lot don't to listen..." Mione mumbled glowing bright red.

Suddenly the clatter and clinging of cutlery and plates sounded and people began talking again.

"Now Nick, as you were saying..."

"Uhh, well I think that Snape's after the Ugly Rock. I mean he's tried to get past Fluffy, because he got bitten. He tried to jinx Barry at the match, so that proves he's evil..." Nicks' voice trailed off.

"Hey, Nick has a good point!" Lemo said thoughtfully.

"It does make sense..." Mione said, also thinking.

"But why?" Andrew asked.

"Why what?"

"Why would Snape want the stone?"

"Duh! It changes crap into gold!" Barry said.

"Oh yea..."

"Yea!"

"Well then I guess we better keep a close eye on Snape then," Mione said.

"Yep, after tomorrow," Lemo agreed nodding.

"Tomorrow?"

"Ya, I have a picnic to attend and detention later on..."

"Wooooooooooooooooooooooot! You got the pie!"

"Yep," Barry said smiling, as Lemo eyes lit up at the sight of pie.

"That's a sign of a real man!" Lemo said flinging her arms around...Winston, "Aye my buddy? Your sort-of-Daddy is a real man! Yes he is! Yes he is!"

Barry tried not to feel jealous of the bloody vermin, the little bugger did tend to annoy him - it was his fault after all that he had gotten a detention...

"So, you brought Winston to the picnic?" Barry asked, even though the answer was rather obvious.

"Of cour-" her voice suddenly dropped to a whisper, "Barry listen!"

"What?" Barry asked loudly.

"Shhhh! Listen!"

Barry listened hard, trying to hear what she was on about, hoping it wasn't Winston suposedly talking again...and then he heard it, a voice he despised - Snape,

"Quirrell, you don't want me as an enemy."

"D-don't know w-what you m-mean..."

"O-of c-course y-you b-bloody k-know w-what I-I m-m-mean," Snape mocked Quirrell stutter.

"S-severus..."

"You'll soon realise whose side you really are on and trust me it's not his."

"I-I have n-no idea w-what your m-meaning..."

"Crap. Utter crap. You don't want to be enemies with me Quirrell, be careful."

"I r-really don't k-know..."

"How much do you know?"
"N-nothing! I s-swear!"

"Do you know how to get past Hagrids beast?"

"I-I..."

"Your pathetic," Snape sneered, "I'll check up on you later..."

And then Barry and Lemo heard the swish of a cloak as Snape moved away from where Snape and Quirrell were talking. A few moments later Quirrell appeared out of the edge of the forest, looking ruffled and frightened. Lemo and Barry exchanged looks,

"Looks as though Snape's getting nasty!" Lemo said looking at Quirrell with a worried expression.

"Lemo, do you know what this means!"

"Uhhh...Nick was right?"

"Yes! And Snape's using Quirrell to get more information on how to get past Fluffy and..." Barry gasped, "Of course! There's got to be other things guarding the Ugly Rock! Like enchantments! That makes sense! Dumbledore got the teachers to cast spells and shit to protect the rock, Snape must be having trouble getting past whatever thing Quirrell did!" Barry smiled, proud of himself.

"Aww! Ain't Saucey a genius!" Lemo said to Winston.

That blasted Weasel...

OMG! It's two and the morning and I've finished writing this! Yay! chapter twenty-three! I did it! I did it! sleep now...thunk Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz