Chapter 18 – Late Night Excursions
disclaimer - not mine
AN - AH i forgot to reply to my lovely reviewers in the last chapter, which is why i am posting this one so quick - in hopes of making up for doing such a thing.
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"Well there is that room he looks at like every five seconds." Said Jake. They all looked at him.
"You didn't think it was important to share this before?" questioned Ethan. Jake grinned and shrugged.
"I think we should go to the library, find some history books and find out who in his family was killed, when and how and where and all that. It might give us something to go on at least." Said Evie. Jimmie nodded, as if taking her suggestion into consideration.
"Okay, you can do that. I'm going to go and find out what is in that room." He said.
"Yeah!" Jake cried, thrilled at the idea of sneaking. Ethan agreed to go as well, as did Jess and then Jimmie refused to let anyone else come because they might not fit under the cloak. Evie and Drea weren't upset though, neither had particularly wanted to go and risk getting caught. They would spend time in the library.
As the two girls were looking through books later that evening, the other four were going over their plans…
"Oh, and we have to take this, the marauders map." Jimmie said, pulling it out of his pocket and showing them.
"Your dad actually gave you that? I can't believe you are just telling me about this now!" cried Jake. Jimmie smiled at him and explained how it worked to Ethan and Jess.
When it was finally late enough the four met in the common room, crammed themselves under the cloak and began to stalk down the halls. They made it to the classroom without any trouble and examined it thoroughly to make sure no one was there before standing in front of the door that the professor protected so carefully, uncertain.
Jimmie was the first out, thrusting the cloak off of himself and approaching the door cautiously. He reached for the handle, but it was locked. By this time everyone had snuck out form under the cloak and was watching curiously.
"And where is Evie with that spell when you need her? Anyone remember the unlocking spell?" he whispered. To everyone's surprise Jake flicked his hand at it and muttered 'alohomora' as if it were as simple as tying his shoes. They all stared at him.
"What?" he hissed defensively.
"You are amazing mate." Ethan whispered, then the four went quietly inside, and what did they find? Another door, this one would not open with any spell that any of them knew.
"Look there's a little window." Jess pointed out, and was then hoisted onto Jimmie's shoulders to look into it. "There, oh wow there's a man." She whispered.
"Well let's knock." Said Jake, and before Jess had a chance to say that the man was cuffed onto the wall and was probably dangerous Jake knocked loudly on the metal door. Almost immediately the man's head whipped up and Jess was so startled she almost fell off Jimmie's shoulders. She watched in horror as the man scrambled over to the door and began banging on it loudly, and screaming something, but Jess found she couldn't hear it.
Jimmie practically dropped her and they all took a step back from the door in horror.
"We have to go." Said Jess, and none of them protested. Scampering under the cloak the exited the room, finding Professor Sarscan entering it. They all stopped dead and remained completely silent. The professor seemed tired until he saw the door to the other door open, then his eyes bulged and he ran over there. The four of them jumped, remarkably in unison, to the side to avoid him. He went into the room, looking worried and a little scared. The four took that as their cue to get out of there. They moved in synchronization as best they could to the classroom door and opened it, but it squeaked.
The professor was out of the room in a minute, locking it behind him and his eyes were revolving around the room frantically.
"Show yourself!" he yelled into the silence. "I know someone is in here." The four stood petrified, too afraid to move. Then the door was flung open wider as Professor Snape came into the room.
"What is it Elliot?" he snarled. The professor seemed about ready to open his mouth and proclaim that someone had snuck into his classroom, but then shut it.
"It was nothing Severus…I just thought that…I heard something, but apparently it's nothing. Oh well, isn't that just embarrassing." The professor muttered. Snape scowled.
"Keep it quieter…" his eyes wandered, and they rested on the four who were under the cloak, watching in curiosity and horror. "Are you sure nothing happened, nothing was…broken into or stolen?" he asked, eyes boring into where the four sat, as if he could see them. They all held their breath.
"N...n…no Severus, nothing gone, nothing broken into. Everything is just fine." The professor half squeaked. Snape let his eyes linger on the four, before his mouth turned to a smirk and he nodded at the other professor.
"Very well Elliot, do keep it quieter from now on, I enjoy my sleep." Snape said, and turned on his heel to leave, slamming the door behind him. The professor's eyes turned from afraid, to relieved to angry and suspicious in a matter of seconds and they scanned the room one more time. Then he turned on his heel and stalked out of the classroom.
The four waited several minutes before opening the door slowly so it wouldn't squeak and shutting it silently. Then they proceeded to run as fast as they could back up to the common room.
AN - welllllllll the begining felt a little odd and choppy, but other than that...