Chapter 11. Ron, Hermione, James, and a Closet
"Did we miss a memo or something?" Ron asked. "Or is there suddenly a bug going around with cupid blood in it?"
"Of course not, Ron. Cupid, or Eros as the Greek preferred, is just the God of Love, and is the son of Venus," Hermione began. "He was known for falling in love with a mortal wom."
"Alright, alright already!" James demanded. "Just stop! Ron made a statement, he didn't ask for a response from a text book."
"Sorry," Hermione rolled her eyes. "Excuse me for knowing knowledge unlike some people present."
"Are you calling me stupid?" Ron asked Hermione, upset and a little hurt.
"No, I'm talking to the wall!" Hermione shrieked.
"Well it's really nice to hear what people truly think about you!" Ron yelled back.
"People have been saying it forever. You just need to open up your ears that bud into everything else to perk up to everything, not just things you want to hear!"
James, who stood there, sighing, while listening to the two argue, turned a bit. That's when he noticed a door, and boy did he know what that door was. Without faltering, he walked straight up to it, no subtlety in his proud swagger, as he knew he could solve these problems quickly.
He flew open the door, made a fake yell and said, "Oh my gosh, you guys have got to see this!"
Well, of course, curiosity got the best of the two destiny fighting couple, and they ran up to it.
"What's so fascinating about an empty.WHOA!" yelled Ron as he flew into the door, Hermione right behind him.
"When you've learned to play nice you can come out," James smiled triumphantly, shutting the two into complete darkness. With that, he began heading towards the Gryffindor Common Room, a smile plastered onto his face.
"Ron?" Hermione asked.
"Yeah, Hermione?" Ron answered.
"Would you be so kind as to GET YOUR ELBOW OUT OF MY EAR?!?!"
"Sorry, it's not like I expected us to be shut into a closet without any way to get out," Ron whined.
"No way to get out?" Hermione said, shocked. She must have done her famous eye roll, and then she whispered, "Lumos."
A small amount of light crept over the two "friends," and Hermione looked at Ron. "We've got wands, it's a door. There is a simple solution to that."
"What, are we gonna start it on fire?" Ron asked sarcastically. "How would THAT help? We'd just burn ourselves."
"Don't you remember our first year at all?" Hermione questioned, and took 'no' for an answer when she saw Ron's dumbfounded look. "Alohamora ring a bell?"
"Wasn't that what we did to fill a jar with cockroaches so we could place them in Percy's bed? Oh no, wait. Never mind. That was Fred, George, and me," Ron grinned sheepishly.
"That was you? He went ranting for a week at me. He told me I was the only one intelligent enough to figure out who did it, and he wouldn't leave me alone!" Hermione yelled, outraged, and then took a breath. "Ok, we need to unlock this door with A-lo-ha-mor-a," she stressed the syllables one by one. She said, "nox," then pointed her wand out and said, "Alohamora!"
The door made a 'clicking' sound, and they turned the knob.
"Well, that was a nice time, we should really do it again sometime, NOT!" Ron yelled, walking out, then mimicked. "Now, if you don't mind, I'm going to bed before you can think up another clever idea to get me killed, or worse.expelled!" he turned around and was about to make another step, when he noticed something odd. This wasn't where they had come from.
"Where are we?" Ron asked.
"Somewhere in Hogwarts, but I'm not sure, just let me look around a bit," Hermione answered.
That was when they heard a voice call out, "Aye! What are ye be doing down here?"
It was the knight, Sir Cadogan.
"Sir Cado.err, sir, could you help us, we're sort of lost," Hermione asked in her sweetest voice.
"Ah! Ye be trespassers! Ye have no right in the castle!"
"But sir, we're students and we can't find our way back to our common room, could you just take us to the Great Hall so we could go from there?" Ron begged, totally not being himself.
"If the are but sure ye are willin' to brave the quest, we could set off now and arrive before dawn! Let's make way to yonder!" Sir Cadogan yelled out.
"Things we do to get back to our own common room!" Hermione shook her head in disbelief.
"Yeah, well atleast we didn't run into Filch or the mangy cad Mrs. Norris!" Ron replied. "Wait, is Mrs. Norris even here?"
"I highly doubt it, unless he had another cat named the same. It's been quite a while, but I must say, there are a whole lot of things that live longer than they should. Look at Dumbledore, for instance," Hermione grinned, thinking about how old Dumbledore truly was.
"Well, let's just hope that Sir Codfish-brains doesn't get us heard, or I'm burning his painting!"
"Not the horse, though. Right?" Hermione asked, thinking about the poor horse getting burned.
"No, not the horse," Ron agreed, nodding.
"Did we miss a memo or something?" Ron asked. "Or is there suddenly a bug going around with cupid blood in it?"
"Of course not, Ron. Cupid, or Eros as the Greek preferred, is just the God of Love, and is the son of Venus," Hermione began. "He was known for falling in love with a mortal wom."
"Alright, alright already!" James demanded. "Just stop! Ron made a statement, he didn't ask for a response from a text book."
"Sorry," Hermione rolled her eyes. "Excuse me for knowing knowledge unlike some people present."
"Are you calling me stupid?" Ron asked Hermione, upset and a little hurt.
"No, I'm talking to the wall!" Hermione shrieked.
"Well it's really nice to hear what people truly think about you!" Ron yelled back.
"People have been saying it forever. You just need to open up your ears that bud into everything else to perk up to everything, not just things you want to hear!"
James, who stood there, sighing, while listening to the two argue, turned a bit. That's when he noticed a door, and boy did he know what that door was. Without faltering, he walked straight up to it, no subtlety in his proud swagger, as he knew he could solve these problems quickly.
He flew open the door, made a fake yell and said, "Oh my gosh, you guys have got to see this!"
Well, of course, curiosity got the best of the two destiny fighting couple, and they ran up to it.
"What's so fascinating about an empty.WHOA!" yelled Ron as he flew into the door, Hermione right behind him.
"When you've learned to play nice you can come out," James smiled triumphantly, shutting the two into complete darkness. With that, he began heading towards the Gryffindor Common Room, a smile plastered onto his face.
"Ron?" Hermione asked.
"Yeah, Hermione?" Ron answered.
"Would you be so kind as to GET YOUR ELBOW OUT OF MY EAR?!?!"
"Sorry, it's not like I expected us to be shut into a closet without any way to get out," Ron whined.
"No way to get out?" Hermione said, shocked. She must have done her famous eye roll, and then she whispered, "Lumos."
A small amount of light crept over the two "friends," and Hermione looked at Ron. "We've got wands, it's a door. There is a simple solution to that."
"What, are we gonna start it on fire?" Ron asked sarcastically. "How would THAT help? We'd just burn ourselves."
"Don't you remember our first year at all?" Hermione questioned, and took 'no' for an answer when she saw Ron's dumbfounded look. "Alohamora ring a bell?"
"Wasn't that what we did to fill a jar with cockroaches so we could place them in Percy's bed? Oh no, wait. Never mind. That was Fred, George, and me," Ron grinned sheepishly.
"That was you? He went ranting for a week at me. He told me I was the only one intelligent enough to figure out who did it, and he wouldn't leave me alone!" Hermione yelled, outraged, and then took a breath. "Ok, we need to unlock this door with A-lo-ha-mor-a," she stressed the syllables one by one. She said, "nox," then pointed her wand out and said, "Alohamora!"
The door made a 'clicking' sound, and they turned the knob.
"Well, that was a nice time, we should really do it again sometime, NOT!" Ron yelled, walking out, then mimicked. "Now, if you don't mind, I'm going to bed before you can think up another clever idea to get me killed, or worse.expelled!" he turned around and was about to make another step, when he noticed something odd. This wasn't where they had come from.
"Where are we?" Ron asked.
"Somewhere in Hogwarts, but I'm not sure, just let me look around a bit," Hermione answered.
That was when they heard a voice call out, "Aye! What are ye be doing down here?"
It was the knight, Sir Cadogan.
"Sir Cado.err, sir, could you help us, we're sort of lost," Hermione asked in her sweetest voice.
"Ah! Ye be trespassers! Ye have no right in the castle!"
"But sir, we're students and we can't find our way back to our common room, could you just take us to the Great Hall so we could go from there?" Ron begged, totally not being himself.
"If the are but sure ye are willin' to brave the quest, we could set off now and arrive before dawn! Let's make way to yonder!" Sir Cadogan yelled out.
"Things we do to get back to our own common room!" Hermione shook her head in disbelief.
"Yeah, well atleast we didn't run into Filch or the mangy cad Mrs. Norris!" Ron replied. "Wait, is Mrs. Norris even here?"
"I highly doubt it, unless he had another cat named the same. It's been quite a while, but I must say, there are a whole lot of things that live longer than they should. Look at Dumbledore, for instance," Hermione grinned, thinking about how old Dumbledore truly was.
"Well, let's just hope that Sir Codfish-brains doesn't get us heard, or I'm burning his painting!"
"Not the horse, though. Right?" Hermione asked, thinking about the poor horse getting burned.
"No, not the horse," Ron agreed, nodding.