(A/N: This is the next chapter, please Read and Review)
A loud sound echoed throughout the dark cave. A disgusting smell followed. The people trapped inside were unaware of it until it strikes. Screams and shrieks echoed throughout the cave. It was dark and stuffy. The floor was hard and cold. Someone was screaming the words, "Window!" at the top of his or her voice while a bushy haired girl was screamed in disgust.
"RON!" Hermione said. "Why did you have to make that submarine sandwich with beans, cauliflower and tuna?"
"I like the taste," Ron muttered, embarrassed.
"Well, you should spare us from the amazing farting basement," Harry gasped. He was pressed against the wall and couldn't breathe properly and Ron's sudden burst of 'toxic' fumes was making him sick.
"So Hermione, let me get this dilemma straight," Rose said. "Remus is a verewolf and those two are Animagi. All of you are going to Ruby Mountains?"
"Yes," Hermione said in a funny voice because she was pinching her nose.
"But who are they?" Viktor asked. "I didn't see them ven I visited Hogvarts a few years ago."
"They're Harry's cousins and they wanted to visit him," Lily said, quickly. "And I'm their friend."
"More like girlfriend," Harry muttered. "Oww!" Harry exclaimed as Lily elbowed him.
"This is disastrous!" Hermione said.
"You mean more like before?" Lily said sarcastically.
"I think I see the Sun shining," Rose said as reddish sunlight spilled in through the cracks of the cave. She muttered the spell and the boulder rolled away. The sun was rising and three teenage boys were staggering towards them.
"Had a nice night?" James asked.
"If you call, uncomfortable and smelly, nice then yes," Harry said.
"Come on," Viktor said. "My father vould probably be vorried sick about me and my sister."
"He vould vorry most about you, Viktor," Rose muttered. "He vouldn't vant his little Quiddich player to get lost, von't he?"
"It's because I'm the eldest sibling," Viktor said, still walking.
"Only be two minutes," Rose said. "And you never let me forget it," she muttered under her breath.
Viktor ignored Rose. "So, who vants to play Truth or Dare while ve valk," he said.
"Who are you and what have you done with the real Viktor Krum?" Sirius asked.
Viktor sniggered. "I vos just joking," he said. "Anyway, my home is just past that big green boulder over there."
Everyone gave a sigh of relief. All of them were thinking of the same thing; a decent bath, a decent homemade dinner, some dry, clean clothes and a warm bed to spend the night in. They reached the boulder in a matter of seconds. Viktor pushed away a few leaves and walked on. Everyone followed him closely. When all of them were out of the forest, the first thing they saw was a beautiful, gigantic, four story mansion. "This, everyone is our home," Viktor said. "You're velcomed to stay for as long as you vant."
"Viktor," Hermione gasped. "Your house is beautiful."
"Thank you," Viktor said as he continued to walk.
They found themselves at the door of the mansion in a few minutes. Before Viktor could even touch the brass doorknob, they overheard loud voices of two people, who Harry thought were Viktor's parents.
"Vair is he?" a female voice said. "He vos gone for the whole night, he could be lost in the forest or injured by those horrible Hippogriffs."
"Calm down," a male voice said. "I'm sure that he is quite fine. He probably went to deep into the forest and maybe he could be just standing on the porch vith his sister."
"Don't try to calm me down vith those false lies," the female voice said.
"Vell, if you don't believe me, look at the porch yourself," the male voice said. "I can see him and his sister and they've brought friends." All of them looked at the big window at the side of the mansion and saw the smiling face of Mr. Krum and the worried, concerned face of Mrs. Krum. Mrs. Krum dashed to the door and hastily opened it. She grabbed and hugged Viktor and Rose tightly.
"Thank goodness," she kept muttering. "Thank goodness you two are safe. I was about to call the whole village for a search party."
"Mum," Viktor choked out. "Mum, we're okay."
Mrs. Krum let go of her children. She looked at them, then at Harry and the rest. "Mum, these are our friends, they have been on a long journey," Viktor said.
"We thought it vill be alright if they stay here for avhile," Rose said.
"Of course it vould be alright," Mrs. Krum said. "They look like they've been through a lot. Come in, all of you."
Harry and the other nervously stepped inside. Mrs. Krum led them up two flights of stairs, pass a few hallways decorated with paintings, towards three opened doors. Behind each door was an enormous room, each with three four poster beds.
"Each room its own bathroom and a vardrobe filled with spare clothes," Mrs. Krum said. "Get a bath and change your clothes. Put your dirty clothes in the baskets beside the bathroom door. They vill be vashed and vill be clean by tomorrow. I'll see all of you in an hour for lunch, ve vill be eating lunch at the veranda." Mrs. Krum turned around and walked around a corner. They could hear the sound of her high heels going down the stairs.
"Well, it looks like three of us in one room," James said. All of them nodded. "Dibs on this room," he said and rushed into a room. Sirius and Remus followed him. Soon, there came shouts of, "Dibs on this bed" and "Dibs on these clothes."
Harry, Ron and Jason looked at each other and raced towards the door to the left and there was soon more shouts. "Boys are so immature," Lily said. "Boys will be boys," Audrey said. "They will never grow up," Hermione added. All three of them looked at each other, smiled and dashed into the room to the right which walls were painted a light shade of pink. "Wow," Audrey said.
After everyone's bath…
All of them came out of their rooms at the same time, wearing the selection of clothes that were left for them. "So," James said. "Who knows where the veranda is?" There was a moment of silence. "Looks like, Prongs, that we have to wing it or flip a coin," Sirius said.
"Or we could just look out this window," Lily said. All of them pressed their noses on the glass. They saw the Mr. and Mrs. Krum outside sitting around a round table. Viktor and Rose walked out and sat down beside them and they were all now waiting for their nine guests to join them.
They walked down the flight of stairs and turned to their left. They walked out of the French doors and onto the veranda. "Good afternoon," Mr. Krum said. "Please, sit down."
Hermione sat down next to Viktor. Ron glared at her as he sat in between Harry and Sirius. When all of them had settled down, six house elves came from the kitchen; they walked towards the table and arranged the plates, glasses and cutlery. They gave low bow and went in. They came out again holding platters of mouth-watering dishes and a jug of orange juice. They positioned the dishes on the table, gave another low bow and walked away back into the kitchen.
Once all of them were full and the dessert was gone, Mr. and Mrs. Krum stood up and walked from the table. The eleven teenagers began to have a conversation as the house elves cleared away the remains of the food. "So, you all are on you vay to Ruby Mountains?" Viktor said.
"And then, you are going to the Ministry of Magic," Rose said.
"Into the Department of Mysteries," Viktor said. All of them nodded. "And vhy are you going there for?" he asked.
"Ask no questions and we'll tell you no lies," Sirius said.
"And ve vill not stop that journey," Viktor said. "Von't ve, Rose?"
Rose kept quiet for a moment. She looked at her brother and nodded. She looked a little glum. She stood up. "Excuse me," she muttered before walking into the door. She threw a dirty look at and closed the door. Viktor didn't seem to notice that and began a conversation with Hermione. "I think I'll go to the room," Ron muttered and walked into the mansion.
Ron walked pass Rose's room, towards his room. Before he had reached for the doorknob, he heard Rose talking. He turned around and to walked to the front of Rose's room. He could hear her muffled voice. He pressed his ear against the door and listened.
"Vot does he mean by dragging a group of veirdos in this house," Rose said. "I think they vere the vuns that Draco vas talking about. He vos alvays telling me how intolerable they vere. I didn't believe him but I know now." Ron froze. Rose and Malfoy were friends. He couldn't believe it. He was jerked back to reality when Rose seemed to be talking to someone.
"Draco," Rose said. "Good timing."
"What do you mean?" he could hear Malfoy's voice.
"Harry Potter, the Mudblood and the Weasley are here," Rose said. "They seemed to have been on a journey."
Ron opened the door a little. He saw the back of Rose who was kneeling in front the fireplace. The fire had taken shape of Draco Malfoy's head. Ron gasped. He sneaked into her room to get a better look. He hid behind Rose's bed just in time. Rose turned around and saw the opened door. She closed, locked and put a charm on it.
"Are you sure it's them?" Malfoy said.
"How many wizards have a lightning bolt shaped scar on their forehead?" Rose asked sarcastically.
Malfoy chuckled. "Hold on a minute," Malfoy said. There was a green light and Draco Malfoy appeared in Rose's fireplace. Ron's eyes widened. "So, what was this about Harry Potter?" Draco asked sitting on the bed. Ron panicked and scrambled under the bed.
"Vell, he vants to go to Ruby Mountains and then to the Ministry of Magic," Rose said.
"Do you know why?" Draco asked. Rose shook her head. "Were there others with them?"
"Yes, six others," Rose said.
"Did any of these six look like him?" Draco asked.
"One of them," Rose said.
"Well, he's up to something, I know it," Draco said, standing up and walking towards the fireplace. "But, what?"
"I don't know," Rose said.
"Well, the Dark Lord wants him dead," Draco said. "You need to find out what they're up to and then kill Harry Potter on the way there. Frame one of his friends."
Ron had heard enough, he crept out of the bed and saw Draco and Rose staring at the fire, both in deep thought. Ron sneaked to the door and grabbed the doorknob. He turned it but it was locked. "Alohomora," Ron whispered tapping the door, but nothing happened. "Alohomora. Alohomora!" he muttered loudly. He shook the doorknob loudly. "Incarcerous!" he heard Malfoy say.
Before Ron knew it, he was on the floor, tied up. Malfoy and Rose were at his side, looking at him angrily. "What were you doing there, Weasley?" Malfoy said. "Spying?"
"None of you business, Malfoy," Ron said.
"Well, you are going to tell us everything," Malfoy said.
"Who are those other people, vhy do you vant to get to Ruby Mountains, vot do you all vant with the Ministry of Magic and vhy you do vant to get there so fast," Rose said.
"I'm not telling you traitors anything," Ron said angrily, trying to get out of his tight binds.
"Then we'll do this interrogation the hard way," Malfoy said. "Crucio!" he said, his wand pointing at Ron.
(A/N: Thing just get more and more unexpected, don't they? Look out for the next chapter and press the review button while you're waiting.)