Chapter twenty-seven: Confusion, Singing and Other Unfortunate Crap

Barry pushed open the door revealing an empty room,

"Looks like full steam ahead!" Andrew said happily, he stepped out of the previous room, but as soon as his foot stepped out into the new mysterious room, his smile disappeared, replaced with a face of pure horror.

"Drew? You okay?" Andy asked concerned, stepping out into the room, her face to changed to terror. Andrew dropped to his knees, his hands gripping his hair; tears were streaming down his face,

"I didn't do it! I swear I didn't mean to!" he cried, while Andy by his side screamed,

"Please make him stop! Stop!" she was clutching her side, doubled over in pain. At the door Barry watched on, not knowing what was putting them through all the pain,

"Mione! What's happening to them!" But Mione wasn't looking at Andy and Andrew; she was looking at the door frame, "Mione! Now is not the time to examine the bloody doorway!"

"No, Barry, it's fine! Andy and Andrew are fine!" she pulled Barry through the door; Barry braced himself for pain, but was surprised when he felt no different. He looked up, to see Andrew hugging a crying Andy,

"Mione, I thought Andy and Drew were fine!"

"Barry, we're fine! But heck, we were worried about you! What happened!"

"Huh?"

"You guys were in heaps of pain, well it looked like it...That's why Am's crying..." Andrew said looking confused.

Mione smiled smugly,

"The doorframe is jinxed! It's jinxed, so that if you're travelling in groups down here, you'll see the people ahead of you in extreme pain and - in theory - will turn back...And the people ahead, see the people behind them in pain as well! If you're flying solo, you just see a brick wall!"

"Hear that Am...? Their fine!"

"Oh thank fucking god!" she said, wiping her eyes.

"Moving on I guess..." Barry said indicating to the door on the other side of the room.

"Suppose..."

They walked briskly over to the door, and tried to turn the knob - only it didn't budge.

"Fuck! We come all this bloody way and-"

"Drew wait a minute..." Mione interrupted, "Alohomora! Now try Barry..."

Barry tried to open the door once more, this time a neatly folded note popped out,

"Huh?" he said as he grabbed the note and unfolded it,

Did you really think that would work, you dumbshits! I teach my first years that crap! Go back to where you came from and stop trying to nick the bloody rock! Ugly fuckers...

Have a good day.

Everyone looked at the note, mouths open,

"Well...that was polite..." Barry said.
"Continue with what you were saying Drew..."

"Fuck! We come all this bloody way and then we have to go back-"

"Wait! Guys! Look!" Andy said pointing upwards, and there at the very top of the ceiling, was floating a key.

"Well spotted Andy!" Barry said excitedly, and then he frowned, "Now what?"

"Hey, you're the flyers!" Mione said sitting down on the floor.

"Well, what good is that going to do when we don't have a broom!" Andrew asked.

"Dunno, but I've saved our behinds twice in here, you guys try and solve this one. I have no idea what to do..."

"Aww crap!" Barry said looking at how high it was.

Andy raised her hand up towards the key,

"Come to me!" she pulled an odd face, "Come I say!" she continued to pull the face, "Get your ass down here! - Please...?"

The key didn't budge. Andy shrugged,

"It was worth a try..."

They all sat down gloomily on the floor,

"Now what?" Andrew said glumly.

Andy looked around the down group,

"Sing of course! Umm...let's see what shall I sing? Oh bother, I knew it! I'm going to be late again! Oh bother, I knew it! I haven't been early since...I don't remember when, haven't been early since I don't when! I remember the time but forget the date! Something, something -"

"Am, is that from Alice and Wonderland?" Andrew said brightening a little.

"Yea!"

Andrew let out a small smile,

"I used to love that film when I was a kid; The Mad Hatter was my favourite…"

Barry nodded,

"And the March Hare!"

"You're all wrong! The rabbit was the best!"

"It's a mad, mad, mad, mad, mad, mad, mad, mad, mad, mad, mad tea party!" Andy sang.

Barry laughed, "I remember when you and Lemo were singing that when we got off the train!"

"Yea!" Andy laughed too.

"What? What was so funny?" Andrew said looking back and forth between Barry and Andy.
"Didn't you hear about the tea party they had on the train?" Mione asked.

"Oh yea! I heard about that! They were-" All of their eyes grew round,

"LEVITATING!"

Barry smacked himself on the head,

"Why didn't we think of that? Go on up you go..."

Andy suddenly grew pale; Barry's hopeful smile disappeared,

"You do still remember how to do it, don't you?"

"Yea..."

"Then what's the problem?"

Andy looked away and mumbled something.

"What?"

"I'm afraid of heights..." she said quietly.

"You're afraid of heights and you're a bloody Quidditch player!" Barry cried in disbelief, as Andy hung her head.

"Bullshit!"

Andrew glared at Barry,

"Hey, if she says she's afraid of heights she's not lying!"

"But..." Barry spluttered, "She plays Quidditch!"

"Yea, that's because I'm holding onto something and it's something I'm confident in. I'm not so confident with levitating..."

"Well, she knows the charm, can't she just cast it on one of us and one of us goes up there?" Andrew suggested.

"No, it's damn near impossible to control your directions if your not used to levitating," Barry said irritably, "Believe I've tried, but Andy's an expert, I don't know why she's not confident about it..."

"Hey, Barry back off, she can't help it if she can't do it!"

"Sorry, Drew, but yea I guess you're right if she can't do it..."

Andy's eyes flashed as Andrew and Barry continued to discuss the problem,

"Levitanté," she muttered as she slowly began to rise into the air. Andrew and Barry exchanged knowing glances, Mione figured out what they had done and slapped both on the back of the head,

"Assholes..."

Andy was gathering speed as she rose higher and higher towards the roof - closer to the key.

It wasn't long before she reached the key and grabbed it,

"WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" she yelled, her voice echoing in the large room, she did several somersaults in the air before landing softly on the ground.

"Here Barry, the key!" she said grinning.