Chapter 4

Castle Breach

"Why do I have to be the girl?" protested Ron after Hagrid had fit him into his costume.

"Because, Ron," replied Harry, "you're the only one with a high pitched enough voice to be mistaken for a girl.

"You owe me big time for this." Ron said to Harry grudgingly.

"You two be'er be ready to go, 'cause here comes trouble." Said Hagrid.

"Uh Oh!" Ron exclaimed, "It's us! (lowered voice) Wow, that sounded weird."

Harry and Ron raced out of the house and decided to go around toward the lake to get to the castle, because they figured that since it was class time for the students, it would be the most deserted place on the grounds, besides the Forbidden Forest of course. They were walking past the lake when they suddenly realized that the Durmstrang boat was there and so all the guys in the massive ship would be able to see them and surely Karkaroff would come out to investigate.

"We have to go back," whispered Harry.

"Aw, do we have to?" complained Ron, "But my legs hurt so bad; ever since we got those new brooms, I barely walk anywhere, and this dress itches.

"That's why you've gained so much weight. I can't believe you convinced me that that was an eating disorder! Oh, wait, eating disorders make you skinnier, not fatter," said a very aggravated Harry.

So Harry and Ron raced back to the Forbidden Forest, so that the them in Hagrid's hut would not see them. They went the other way around, narrowly avoiding birds and other things and people that would occasionally walk past them. Finally, they arrived to the Hogwarts castle.

"Phew, that was a long walk," said Ron.

"Ok," said Harry, "Now for the hard part"

"WHAT?" exclaimed Ron.

"Well, yeah," said Harry, "now, we'll have to dodge all the teachers and students going through the corridors and plus I think we took so long getting here that the classes will just be letting out. Man, I wish I had brought the Marauders Map with me.

Harry and Ron entered the castle and walked easily past the Great Hall, where everyone was soon to have lunch. They were climbing up the stairs and got to the 3rd floor, when suddenly, everyone was rushing about, trying to get down to lunch. Harry and Ron rushed down the hall and found a locked door at the end of the corridor.

"Alohomora," Harry whispered the spell to unlock the door. They quickly rushed in and closed the door behind them.

"Does this room seem a little familiar to you Harry?" asked Ron.

"Yeah, sort of," said Harry puzzled. "Hey Ron! I think this is the left corridor of the 3rd floor. D'you remember in our 1st year when we went down the trapdoor past Fluffy?"

"Yeah! I can't believe we've come back to this room, and almost in the same situation as when we first came in here." Said Ron awestruck.

"This is the same room, look, there's the trapdoor."

"AHHHHHHHHHH!" screamed Ron.

A giant vine had whipped out of the trapdoor and snatched up Ron and pulled him down into the darkness.

5 Minutes later

"Ron?" exclaimed Harry. "Where did he get off to now?" Harry breathed deeply, calming down, and he was wondering if he should risk getting Ron from the trapdoor. "I'm coming Ron!" he finally yelled, deciding he would go after his best friend, and he jumped down into the darkness…