Ch. 2-Ebony, Dementors, and Fainting
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With no parachute, Langdon jumped out of the door. As the night swallowed his tumbling body, the helicopter seemed to rocket off above him, the sound of its rotors evaporated in the deafening rush of his own free fall. As he plummeted toward the earth—
Mina 's attention was torn away from one of her favorite novels, Angels and Demons, because of the screeching of Ebony in her birdcage.
Mina put down her book and strode over to her distraught owl. "What's wrong, Ebony," Mina asked with concern. Mina opened the cage door and Ebony flew past Mina, through the compartment door. Mina ran through the train behind Ebony leaving Parvati and Lavender gazing after her.
Harry and Hermione listened intently to Ron's adventures in Egypt with his family. "It was really wicked. I want to go again and—"
Ron was cut off by a black owl that had glided into the compartment. The owl perched itself onto Harry's trunk next to Hedwig in her cage and watched the puzzled trio. "Who do you suppose that belongs to?" asked a bewildered Ron.
"I don't know, but it looks strange sitting next to the snow white Hedwig, considering this owl is pitch black," said Hermione, dazzled.
As soon as Hermione had said this, a disgruntled girl appeared at the compartment door, apparently out of breath. The girl completely ignored the trio (it seemed she did not see them) and she began walking toward the owl with a concerned look on her face. "What's the matter with you Ebony? Why did you fly away like that?" Mina asked Ebony.
Mina warmly smiled at the sight of the pure-white Hedwig. " Did you come to meet a new friend? She's beautiful. I wonder who she belongs to."
"She's mine. Her name is Hedwig," Harry replied with a hint of pride in his voice.
Mina turned around to find the Boy-Who-Lived from her picture staring her straight in the face. Suddenly a rush of memories and dreams came to her. Memories of the stories her caretaker had told her about Harry and dreams of Harry and his parents. Mina became nervous and realized Harry's friends were staring at her.
"I'm Hermione. What's your name?" A girl with curly, brown hair asked Mina.
But before Mina could reply the train jolted to a stop throwing Mina into an empty seat next to Harry and causing the owls to become restless once again. The lights went out and the temperature dropped at an extreme rate. "Dementors," Mina said absent-mindedly, no one hearing her but Harry, who looked at Mina in surprise.
"Bloody Hell! What's going on? Have we arrived already," the redhead sitting next to Hermione exclaimed with panic.
The once-clear windows began to get covered in ice and everyone in the iced compartment was shivering while watching their cold breath in front of them. Slowly at the compartment door, a dark, hooded figure began to appear. As Harry peered at the figure, he felt daggers of ice piercing into his spine. The figure approached Harry and he began to feel weak with sadness and grief. He could hear the piercing cry of a woman screaming his name. Everything went dark…with the exception a blinding, white light that was illuminating from a wand that Harry did not see.
Harry woke to find his friends, Professor Lupin, and the strange girl all hovering over him. "Harry, are you alright," asked Hermione, quite concerned.
"Eat this. It'll help. It's chocolate," the once-snoozing Professor Lupin was kneeling next to Harry with a chocolate frog in Harry's face. "Eat it."
"What was that?" asked a confused Harry.
"That was a dementor. One of the guards of Azkaban. It was searching for Sirius Black," Professor Lupin replied getting back to his feet. "If you'll excuse me, I must have a word with the conductor. Eat. It will help." And Lupin was gone.
"What happened?" Harry asked, flustered.
"Well that thing came in and you fainted," Ron replied.
"Did any of you, you know, pass out," Harry asked, a bit embarrassed.
"No, but I did feel like I was never going to be happy for the rest of my life," Ron said sadly, Hermione nodding with agreement.
Harry looked next to him at the girl who had came in earlier looking for her owl. Harry observed her for a moment. She was about an inch taller than Harry, with light skin, almost pale, and eyes as dark as her black hair that cascaded down back to her waist and was covering her frightened face.
As if Harry had been punched in the gut, a question had occurred to him. "How did you know the dementor was coming?" Harry aimed the question to Mina. Mina's head jolted up and she shot a nervous glance to Harry, then to Ron, then to Hermione, and finally to the owls as if searching for an explanation.
Mina stood up and walked up to Ebony and offered an arm to the now-calm owl. "I just assumed it was a dementor because Ebony, my owl, was acting strange," Mina replied, trying to hide her lie. However, she couldn't hide it and Hermione didn't believe the explanation.
"But the owl could have been restless for all kinds of things. How did you know it was a dementor of all things?" inquired Hermione.
However nervous Mina felt, she was a quick thinker and thought up another explanation. "Well I've read about dementors and I knew how everything and everyone becomes cold and all the other reactions of people and the environment to dementors." Mina said all this in one breath and again, couldn't conceal her lie.
Hermione raised a brow and was still skeptical, but didn't ask any more questions.
Mina turned around and left the compartment with her owl without another word. While Hermione and Ron continued to ponder about the strange girl, Harry dropped the matter and instead began reliving the moment when he heard the screaming woman.
Mina went back to her compartment in a hurry. When she arrived, Lavender and Parvati were gone. No doubt gossiping about the dementors. Mina thought. Mina was very experienced at figuring out the habits and personalities of people. She was able to gather a lot of information just from her first encounter from Harry, Hermione, and Ron. Mina decided not to think about any of it and picked up her novel to continue her adventure with Robert Langdon.
The Hogwarts Express arrived to Hogwarts and everyone was walking up to the great oak doors. As the trio slowly made their way to the entrance, Harry heard Malfoy call his name from behind, "Potter! Hey Potter! Is it true you fainted on the train!" Draco asked and made a sad imitation of Harry passing out.
"Just ignore him," replied a protective Hermione.
"That bloody Slytherin," said Ron through clenched teeth.
Mina, standing a little ways away, scowled at the scene she just witnessed. I know I don't want to be in Slytherin if that blonde boy is there. Well, off to Dumbledore's office, Mina thought, sighing.
That's ch. 2. Go to next ch. please. What house will Mina be in? Find out in the next ch.