Chapter 11

Definitely Mine!

Harry went back to the common room, swaying on the walk. "I'm so tired," he whispered, looking at the blurry corridor. The fat lady came into view, sleeping. "Hey" Harry shouted, waking her up. She gasped and woke up with a start. "Hey you" she said, angrily at Harry, "what do you think you're…" but Harry stopped her, "Dunderdam" he said proudly. The portrait swung open and Harry hurried inside and closed it before she could shout at him more. He pranced slowly towards the boys' dormitory and up the stairs, "at last" he said, extending his hand to the handle and turning the knob. The door ope…wait a minute…the door isn't opening. "Hey" he said, angrily, pushing the door with his hands with no success. This night isn't going to finish, he soon realized, you don't want me to sleep, do you? He asked the black thing floating near the wall. "Well.." he said, sighing in defeat, "all I've got is this" he went and sat on the chair near the fire (or ash) and slept for the rest of the morning.

"Harry…Harry" Hermione's voice could be heard nearby. "What?" Harry opened his eyes and looked at Hermione and Ron's faces, floating in front of him. "You were late last night. What happened?" Hermione asked, "Why didn't you sleep in the dormitory?". Ron opened his mouth to say something, but Harry said, "I had to stay with Snape for a long time, and when I came to the boys' dormitory…the door was locked" Harry stopped, because Ron wanted to speak. "ere…sorry Harry about the door…you see, Dean and I couldn't sleep because Crockshanks was meowing loudly, I don't know why though" he stopped to wonder and then continued, "well…we had to close and lock the door so it won't come in again"

Hermione looked annoyed, "so that's why I couldn't find Crockshanks last night, he was wondering around in your dormitory" she said, "it's not my fault" Ron suddenly said, "we just wanted to sleep" and then he turned to look at Harry and said, "why didn't you use magic to open the bloody door?" Ron said, in a how-stupid-you-are tone. "I wasn't concentrating at the moment," Harry said, getting up, and then he said, "what time is it?" they looked at their watch, "It's 8 o'clock, we should be in class" Hermione said, and she went out of the portrait. "Come on Harry…we have to go" Ron said, and he too went behind Hermione. Harry dressed and went to transfiguration. "Why are you late Mr. Potter?" Professor McGonagall asked, frowning at him. "I had to go back and bring my bag from the common room" Harry lied, sitting next to Hermione and Ron.

The lesson went by, Harry was feeling so tired that he wasn't listening to any of the teachers. "Harry…" Hermione would always hiss at him whenever he was looking at space for no reason. "I want to sleep," he said, dragging his body with him to dinner, "I just want to have some sleep". "Why don't you go to sleep now, you don't have to eat dinner" Hermione suggested and Ron nodded. Harry felt hungry but the feeling of tiredness took over the hunger and he dragged himself to the dormitory.

When he arrived, he threw all his things aside and dropped on the bed without changing. He closed his eyes and fell asleep immediately.

When he woke up, it was dark, and Harry heard the snores of Ron and Neville. He looked above him and saw a white glow coming from somewhere near. "What the…?" he whispered as he got up, "where is it coming from?" he looked around, searching for the source of the glow. Then he looked down and saw it…the snake on top of the ring was glowing white, Harry looked at it wide eyed and astonished. "Wow" he whispered, touching the snake and feeling its warmth. "Ron…Ron" he hissed, pressing on Ron's shoulder to wake him up. "Wake up" Harry pressed more and Ron opened his eyes, moaning, "what do you want Harry?" he said, his eyes narrowed in the dark. "What…you mean you can't see the light?" Harry said, looking at Ron with the light itself. "What're you talking about Harry? Go to sleep" Ron pushed Harry's hand and went to sleep again in a matter of seconds. So, this ring gives light that no one else could see. Harry thought, now I know that it's very useful. He laid down on the bed and looked at the ring, "You're definitely mine," Harry said, and then he let his hand fell down beside him and went back to sleep.

"I have to go Hermione, ok?" Harry said angrily, getting up. "Harry no, you should do your homework…or you'll have another detention from another teacher too" she spat at him, tugging at his shirt. "But I need to go somewhere" he said, pulling his shirt from the other side, "come on Hermione…let it go" they kept pulling as Ron just sat there and watched them. "Let GO" Harry pulled so hard, that his shirt tore into half. Hermione gasped as she held the other piece of his shirt. "Here…now you're satisfied," he got up and walked out of the common room, leaving her shocked. He went fast to the direction of the library and entered. He saw madam Pince shouting at a student for ruining one of her books. "Excuse me…" Harry said quietly, heading towards her. "What were you thinking? You knew that this isn't yours," she was shouting loudly, the boy cowered under her gaze. "Excuse me…" Harry arrived in front of her. "And what do you want?" she shouted at him, spitting on the action, and she was looking at his torn shirt disdainfully. "I just wanted to ask about a book," he said, backing from her to keep a good space between them. "Well…you go now…," she said to the boy, who almost ran out of the library, and then she turned to Harry, "what do you want?" she asked, calming down.

"I…I'm looking for a book about…about rings" he said. Her expression changed from calm to confused. "What do you mean?" she said, frowning at him. "I…about strange rings, if I'm not wrong" he said. "Well…you'll have to be more precise…do you know how many books in here that talk about rings" she said, angrily. "it's…" but before Harry could say anything she said, "anyway…if you were looking for a book about rings, you won't have it unless you have a permission".

"What?" Harry was surprised, "why do I need a permission to know…" but she said, "because there's only books talking about dark or special rings, and these could only be found in the restricted section" she finished, looking again at Harry's shirt and shaking her head. "But, I don't have a permission" Harry argued. "No permission, no entrance…now get out…I have work to do" she shooed him out of the library before he could say another word, and Harry heard her say, "torn shirts…no permissions" before she slammed the door in his face.

"Stupid rule" he spat, walking fast, back to the common room. "I'll get that permission for her…whatever it takes".