Chapter Five
Hermione walked outside of the common room, heading for the Gryffindor common room. Maybe she could meet up with Harry and Ron before they all left to class.
As she entered walked to the Fat Lady, she welcomed her nicely.
"I heard that you made Head Girl, Miss, Granger?" said the Fat Lady, filing her nails.
"Yes, can I please enter? Moncicius." she stated the password.
"Welcome back, you are welcome here anytime," said the fat lady.
Hermione smiled brightly and walked inside, where she found Harry and Ron sitting on stools playing wizard's chess.
"Hey Ron and Harry!" said Hermione, hugging them both.
"Hey Hermione," said Ron.
"So how are you guys?" asked Hermione, sitting down on the couch by the fire.
"Wonderful. Our homework grades are splendid," said Harry sarcastically.
"Oh come on guys, don't be that disappointed. Remember next week is the 'Welcome Back Ball'. So you better get yourselves some dates," smiled Hermione.
Ron and Harry exchanged looks. And said, "Ball?"
"Yes!" said Hermione. "Well we better be off to class. We have Snape first period."
Harry and Ron laughed. "After were done with this game we'll be there."
"Okay but don't blame me if Snape gives you two detention," sighed Hermione.
Hermione left the common room in heap.
She noticed a lot the portraits were still sleeping. Hermione was surprised that Peeves hadn't woke them up with his horrible singing about how bad Ron's skills in Quidditch is.
Hermione laughed graciously in the hall. At that moment, she saw a small purple bottom on the floor, on the side of the girls bathroom. She glared at it. It looked like something she read in the book, something in the Restricted Section. But she couldn't remember.
Anyways, she picked it up curiously. It turned red, hot red. A color that looked so bloody that she didn't wanna touch it anymore...drop it. Said Hermione thoughts, drop it. But as muggles always say..Curiosity killed the cat.
The bottle looked colorful now. As a small fairy popped outside of it. It was about the size of Hermione's thumb. Her long hair appeared out of the bottle smoothly. The fairy looked at Hermione.
"Hello lady, and what may your name be?" asked the fairy.
Hermione glared at it. Surveying it. "My name is Hermione Granger, and what is yours?" asked Hermione. What she really meant to say, is what is that bottle and why are you in it? And what does it do. But that would be a little rude, for a first impression. Hermione just imagined the look on Ron' s face if he saw a beautiful fairy like this one.
"Ah Hermione, eh? Beautiful. My name is Elvainaince, just call me Elva," said the fairy.
Hermione forgot about her whole lesson with Professor Snape and kept talking to Elva. "So what is that thing? The bottle?" asked Hermione.
"Curiosity? Eh?" said Elva. "Happen's with everyone. That is the monkey's paw. It is a charm that young witches use. Every time the witch dies, the charm find's a new witch to live upon."
Hermione looked confused. "So what does the Monkey's Paw do?"
"The Monkey's Paw is a very raw bracelet. Although it looks like a lava lamp. It changes shapes. Like one day it's a lamp, and the next moment it's a bracelet to its owner. The monkey's Paw is very dangerous though. A lot of young witches had gotten hurt. But the monkey's paw holds your love. It watches over your love and his thoughts and even tells you were he is. Enjoy yourself. And must I say don't abuse it," finished Elva. "I live in this charm, need anything just tap twice."
"Good bye Elva,"
"And make sure you take care of it, it's a treasure." said the fairy after poofing back into the lamp.
Hermione grabbed the lamp and it turned into a beautiful bracelet. So she guessed, everytime you wanna see your love it turns into a lamp. But Hermione wasn't ready to even glance inside. She save the suspense for tonight.
Authors Note: Do you like it? I love this chapter. It explains all about the point of the story. Oh yeah, make sure you review.