---Time of the Three Jewels---
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Chapter 16: Trials of an Underground SafeRon, Hermionie, Harry…
"At least we landed on this weird plant?" Ron asked nervously, actually questioning if it was a plant at all.
"I…guess so…" Harry replied.
The three students vision started to adjust, bit by bit, to the dull lighting under the trap door.
"Ahh!" Ron exclaimed, as a vine wrapped itself securely around his leg, tugging it in all sorts of directions.
Hermionie and Ron were having the same problems. It was winding around Harry's wrists and ankles and Hermionie's waist and thighs.
"What do we do?" Harry yelled out, trying to jerk his leg back.
"Relax guys, this is Devils Snare! It you fight it, it will only kill you faster!" She shouted out, letting the vines wrap around her body.
"Relax…Relax? It's going to kill us!" Ron freaked out.
The plant made slimy noises as it slid across itself to reach Ron, who was now frantically…going hysterical.
Hermionie soon sank under the plant; "Calm down you guys!" her voice came out from below.
"Hermionie?" Ron whimpered.
"Just relax! It's pretty safe down here!"
Harry soon sank down too.
"Harry! Harry!" Ron yelled, "Ahh! The plants got Harry too!"
Down below…Harry and Hermionie looked up.
"Are you okay?"
"I'm fine" Harry stood up, wincing from the fall.
"He's not relaxing, is he…?" Hermionie sighed exasperatedly.
He shook his head in reply.
After thinking for a moment, she was able to remember the spell from Herbology, "Devil's Snare…it's deadly fun…but will sulk in the sun! That's it!"
The pulled out her wand, "Lumus Solem!"
A blinding white light shot through the gaps above the plant and it started…roaring? In what was assumed as pain. It then released its grasp on Ron and he fell to the ground below.
"Ron! Are you alright?" Harry asked, helping him up.
"Yeah" he replied meekly.
"Whew!" Ron exclaimed, looking up, "Lucky we didn't panic"
Harry looked exasperated; "Lucky Hermionie pays attention in Herbology"
"And lucky the professor is patient" Hermionie added in, rolling her eyes, "There's a flapping noise in the distance…what is it?"
Sure enough, they turned around to face it.
"Sounds like wings"
Kagome, Kurama, Sango, Yusuke…
"Hey…a door" Yusuke pointed out.
"We all know that" Sango sighed.
He glared at her.
She rolled her eyes.
"Guys, come on…" Kagome pulled them along, Kurama opening the door.
"Wow! Look at all the keys with wings!" Sango exclaimed, trying to touch one, but it whizzed out of her grasp.
"What was that?" Kagome's eyes widened.
"What's wrong?" Kurama asked, looking at her with concern.
"Ano…nothing…I just thought the lights got brighter for a moment. It might just be my imagination"
"If you're sure…"
"Don't touch that broom! It's giving me the creeps," Yusuke pointed to the floating broomstick.
"But this door is locked!" Sango protested, banging on it and shaking the doorknob, "It's ought to be one of those keys"
Kagome's puzzled eyes narrowed in thought, "Alohomora"
The knob flicked and shook for a moment, then remained dormant. She tried opening it again. It didn't work.
"I could…pick the lock," Kurama suggested.
"Nu-uh" Yusuke pushed him aside, "Let me do it, you already did the plant"
"If it's that way then…" the fox sighed, stepping aside.
/But I want to pick another lock/ Youko whined inside his head/I haven't picked one in a long time/
No, Youko. Let Yusuke do it. Kurama mentioned firmly.
/Fine/ he pouted, crossing his arms inside Kurama's head.
"Here's…" Kagome ruffled through her pockets, "One of the toothpicks from dinner that I didn't use" She handed over the sliver of wood.
Yusuke took it and inserted it inside the hole. A couple minutes of waiting and the lock finally clicked.
"Nice" Sango smiled, and walked through along with everyone else. Yusuke locked the door behind him.
Hermionie, Ron, Harry…
"Curious…I've never seen birds like these" Hermionie gawked.
"They're not birds" Harry nearly interrupted her, "They're keys" He faced forward again and looked at the next door, "Maybe one of them fits that door…"
Hermionie touched the door lightly.
Ron shook the doorknob…and the door pushed right open…
"Looks like whoever when through here first didn't lock it properly" Hermionie commented, happy that they didn't have to do this eerie task.
Overall POV…
"Hey, what was that?" Kagome stood in front of the door with the other three exploring the lit up chessboard, "It sounded like rattling"
"Either you're getting delusional, or someone's following us" Yusuke sighed.
"Ahh!"
"Kagome?" Sango and Kurama called out, turning their head towards her.
"The door opened!"
Kagome fell onto the ground as the door was shoved open. Whoever had opened it had now tripped over Kagome's feet and fallen on top of her.
"There are teachers here!" Ron whispered urgently, muffled by his face on the floor.
"You didn't lock the door, baka!" Sango hissed out.
"I did!" Yusuke protested.
"Well obviously you didn't!" Sango shot back, "I knew-"
"Hermionie, Harry, Ron…? What are you doing here?" Kagome questioned incredously, her voice cutting off Sango and silencing them all.
Hey guys!Sorry this chapter is sooo short...I'm having problems staying awakeright now.I'm so tired and as the story is coming to an end, I have a lot of homework to do…(Yawn) Maybe a day nap would do will for me too!
Read and review onegai!
Sayonara,
Tenshi-Battosai