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Author's Note: Don't you hate it when things want to change in your life and it means giving up something you love to do? No? Ahem. Never mind then.
Chapter 6: An Offer You Can't Refuse
Severus Snape burst through the doors of the Transfiguration classroom. He was surprised to see that it was surprisingly peaceful. There was no conflict, at the moment, and no lashing remarks. In fact if the simple pleasure of watching Potter get angry helped him survive then Snape would be long gone by now. Funny, how things can die down after a storm. Maybe he could stir it up a bit.
"Mr. Potter what is going on here?" he asked putting his always serious disposition to good use.
"Um...we are just sitting here and waiting for detention to disperse." He replied with the most caution, one false move and Snape would go as far as to strangle you to death, then bring you back so he could do it again.
"And why aren't you writing your essays?" he asked in a dangerous tone.
"What essays?" piped in Hermione, worried that it was a grade. Harry watched as Ginny sank in her chair, she knew that only danger would follow.
"The essays that were assigned to you at the begging of detention you silly girl," he replied in a dark voice that just barely reached a whisper.
"Professor McGonagall never mentioned an essay," stated Hermione.
"That is because it was implied, Miss Granger. And you're lucky I haven't made it longer."
"Well what is the essay over?" asked Hermione.
"I'm sorry Miss Granger but if you don't know then you're on your own." He said on his way out the door, "Oh and by the way. Lunch is served."
With that he shut the door and food appeared on their desks. A light squeak was heard form the back of the room. Harry looked in Cho's direction. Her face held a horrified expression as she stared at her paper. Harry looked around her and saw it. The goblet of pumpkin juice had spilled all over her drawings. Everything was smeared and tinted orange. Tears began to build up behind her eyes. "Oh no." she moaned her voice low and dreadful.
Draco Malfoy was trying to hold back his laughter. It's not like he wanted to laugh at her, it was his nature to make fun of those in trouble. He did his best to try and hold it back but a little laugh escaped his mouth and he quickly covered it with a cough and reached for his bloody hanky. This covered his mouth enough to smile behind it.
"Oh no! Let me help you clean it up," offered Hermione, "Once we get out of here and I get my wand back I'll fix them for you."
Cho nodded in agreement and sniffed. She smiled gratefully at Hermione and helped her look for some towels to soak up the juice.
"Why wait?" butted in a voice.
"Excuse me?" asked Hermione.
"Why wait until we get out of here when we could easily sneak out?" asked Ginny. A mischievous look glazed her eyes.
"Ginny-," started Hermione but someone interrupted her.
"Hello Weaslette! There is no way we can get out without wands and something that can magically tell us where someone is in the school so we don't get caught. Get real Weasly, it'll never happen." Finished Draco.
"You say we need wands and some magical map?" asked Ginny," Well done and done." Harry looked at Ginny curiously as she pulled a wand out of her bag and his Marauder's Map.
"Ginny! How did you get those?" asked Hermione.
"Well sorry Harry but I took your map from you last week when you were at the quidditch game." Ginny didn't look sorry at all.
"Well where did you get the wand then?" asked Harry.
"It pays to have brothers like Fred and George. I swapped it with a fake wand when I handed mine to McGonagall today." She smiled at the fact that she accomplished her duty to make Fred and George proud.
"WHOA! WHOA! Wait a minute! Are you telling me that you lied to our Head of House and stole the Marauder's Map from Harry when he wasn't looking?" asked Hermione in a surprised tone.
"Yeah."
"Well done," said Hermione. Draco stood up and put his arm around Ginny.
"Did I ever tell you that you were my favorite Weasly?" he asked not really expecting an answer.
"Well now that we have a wand you can just fix my drawings and we won't have to sneak out," stated Cho hopefully. She didn't want to get into anymore trouble.
"Yeah right Chang," said Draco, "You can stay if you want but I think I'm speaking for the rest of us when I say that we'd do anything to get out of this hell hole."
Harry, Hermione, Ginny and Draco all headed toward the door. Ginny opened the door and checked the map. The floor was all clear. She led the way as each student filed out one by one. Cho sighed and ran after them closing the door neatly behind.
Author's Note: Much more inspiration with this chapter! It was actually fun writing this one! Okay here's a clip from the next chapter.
"I think I'm right in assuming that this whole escapade is similar to why you are in detention in the first place?" stated Draco. Ginny went red in the face.
"Come on tell us Gin! What are you in for?" asked Harry.
"Alright I'll tell you," said Ginny as she took a deep breath.
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