-The Good, the Bad, and everything in between ch.8
Disclaimer: J.K. Rowling owns everything, the set, the characters, and the
Plot, I only have control of this one character. That's it.
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The new year seemed to be off to a fine start, on Rae's perspective. But by her standards, that just meant nothing terrible had happened yet. To bad for her it wouldn't last.
As the weather cooled, and the leaves feel one by one, Rae found herself amidst a heavy pile of schoolwork, once again. Classes were already heavily underway, and schedules were full.
Rae was currently standing under a large pine tree on the edge of the forest. She was shivering and wearing a long black cloak, and the Slytrherin scarf. The Slytherins and the Gryffindors were standing on together on one side of Hagrid's hut, waiting for their lesson. The Gryffindors were all to the right of the hut, and the Slytherins on the left, clearly separated.
All but Rae, who stood in the middle, not clearly in any group. Pansy, Melody, Alex, and Alyssa were to her left and Chase, Hermione, Ron, and Harry to her right.
"Al' right. I got here a great lesson ter'day." Hagrid said coming out of his hut, carrying a great big box.
"What…is that?" Draco asked snobbishly, taking a step closer.
"Don' get to close." Hagrid warned him, but Draco stepped closer anyway. All of a sudden a large stream of fire burst from the side of the box.
Draco yelped, swore, and back off a bit, with chuckles from the Gryffindors and Rae.
"These…" Hagrid said opening the box to reveal several small cages, "Be fire crabs."
Everyone gaped at the enormous crabs. They were a deep orange with red-like gems on their shells. Draco cocked his head.
"That's it?" he asked, unimpressed.
Just then, one of the fire crabs roared and spat a huge burse of flame right at Draco.
Draco screamed ina very high-pitched way, and quickly tried to duck. Unfortunately, he couldn't get down fast enough, and soon his robes were on fire. The flame rose higher, and red and orange seeped through the morning.
Smoke quickly filled the area, and Hagrid ran into his house. He appeared a few moments later with a large bucket of water. He quickly dumped the entire bucket on Draco.
With screamed of laughter from the Gryffindors, and gasps from the Slytherins, it was clear Draco was stunned. He was conscious, but sitting in the middle of the field in a daze, his legs spread apart.
When Draco finally snapped out of it, he started to scream in pain. Pansy and Crabbe quickly rushed over to him and dragged him out of the area towards the infirmary.
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Eating dinner that night was not pleasant. Rae ate near Pansy and Alex at the end of the Slytherin table. Pansy was pulling her hair out, worrying about Draco. Rae shook her head.
"He's fine, Pansy. Draco is known for overreacting."
Pansy moaned, but said nothing. Rae shook her head and looked down at her plate of chicken. She hardly felt like eating.
Finally, finally…Draco entered the Great Hall. He had just a small burn on his cheek, and his left arm was bandaged, but he looked fine.
Pansy jumped up,
"Draco! How are you? Are you okay?" She practically cried.
Draco approached the table and sat down across from Rae and next to Pansy.
"I guess." He said, sounding pitiful. Pansy looked upset, and rested her hand on Draco's. Rae looked curiously at her friend, but neither Draco, nor Pansy seemed to notice the gesture.
Draco then had a fierce, blazing, almost burning look in his eyes. He leaned over and whispered something in Pansy's ear. Her eyes widened and she nodded. Then he left, just like that.
Rae stared at him leaving.
"What did he say?" Rae asked confused. Still with wide eyes, Pansy shook her head.
"Nothing. Just homework stuff." Rae wasn't an idiot. She knew Pansy was lying…but why? What had her brother told her best friend, and left her out of it.
"Just plan on making an adjustment in your schedule tomorrow, Rae." Rae started worriedly at her friend.
"I'm errr…gunna go to bed." Rae got up quickly and left the table. She joined Chase and Hermione in the hallway and sided up next to them.
"I-I think my brother is up to something." She said, feeling like she had a golf ball stuck in her throat.
"Really? 'Chase turned sharply, "What?" Rae shrugged, "All he said was that we would have to make an adjustment in our schedule tomorrow." Hermione glanced at Rae.
"That sounds fishy." Rae nodded.
"Totally. I wouldn't put it past him to do something terrible." Harry and Ron ran up to the three of them.
"What's up?"
Rae and the others quickly explained to Harry and Ron. Ron looked dumbfounded. "He could really be up to something? This is our chance to catch him!" Rae glared at Ron.
"Orrrr, not."
Rae shook her head. "I think we should follow him."
A chorus of, "What" from all four of them echoed her.
Chase looked…mischievous. "How do we do that?" Rae smiled. "Ok, if Draco leaves the dormitory tonight, I'll follow him…and you can hide in the Great Hall under Harry's invisibility cloak." Harry nodded along with Chase and Ron.
"This is ridiculous!" Hermione said bitterly. "They could just be boating!' Rae shook her head. "No, I can tell when Draco lies."
Hermione looked down at the ground. "Ok, then."
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At exactly 12:00 that night, Rae was sitting in the shadows of one of the green armchairs in the dormitory. She was dressed in all black, from a spaghetti strap top to her black cargos. She hoped the dark colors would hide her.
A few loud creeks came from the side near the boys rooms. Draco hobbled down the stairs with that fierce look in his eyes. He was also followed by Crabbe and Goyle.
"Pansy?" He whispered up the girls' room. Pansy quickly appeared, (And Rae noticed she was wearing a particularly short green mini skirt.)
"Do you have them?" Pansy whispered.
Draco nodded. "We'll finally be able to take down this bid oaf, even without magic."
Rae's eyes widened. When the four of them left, she quickly followed in pursuit.
Then they headed down towards the gates. Rae also made sure they walked past the Great Hall. And even though, she couldn't see Harry, Ron, Chase, or Hermione, she was sure they were trailing her.
The Slytherins opened the gate to the grounds. They headed straight for the empty field, near where they had today's Care of Magical Creatures lesson.
Then, all of them took a sharp turn and headed to Hagrid's hut. Rae fell back into the bushes near the hut, and remained silent. She watched as her brother pulled something from his cloak.
Rae felt a hand on her shoulder and let out a small shriek. She felt a hand go over her mouth and pull her into the darkness. She fought and bit against the stranger.
"Relax, stupid!" Chase said and removed his hand.
"Oh, sorry." She breathed a sigh of relief. "I forgot you were here." Chase said nothing but pointed towards the Slytherins.
They were all now huddled against a small box in her brother's hand.
"What is it?" Rae asked Chase, the tallest. Chase stood up and then quickly sat back down.
"You won't believe it…it's, it's a box of matches!" Hermione gasped and Harry looked very angry.
"We have to stop-" he began, but never finished, for over by the others, there was a large spark and a crack.
Someone screamed, and then the whole picture blew up in Rae's mind. She remembered Hagrid's hut, one minute, calm, the next erupting into flames.
Rae felt an arm around her, later finding out it was Chase. He hugged her close to him as all five of them stared at the wall of destruction. It was too overwhelming, there were flames, sparks and burning wood everywhere.
"We have to get out of here!" Someone screamed. But Rae's body felt limp, like jelly. She felt dizzy and started to breathe heavier.
She felt Chase and Harry pull her out of the forest….and then everything went black.
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END
That's all folks…for now, I mean. So, what do you think? Please reply, do you like the chapter? More exciting then any other I think. And what about the cliff -hanger? Hehe. Ok, so I want to thank my friend, Catherine, who helped me come up with a plot and set for this chapter. Oh, any sorry it took so long to write, this one.