(Author's Note – New chapter, Now we are getting towards the end, probably a few more chapters. Now this will be probably be the longest chapter by far. As before, I don't own Harry Potter. Enjoy!)
Last time: We going down the trap door. Tonight.
It was dinner time and I was digging into some nice chicken with some chips with gravy. A nice warm dinner for a chilly night. I might as well enjoyed it, because it could be my last decent meal. We going to stop Snape from stealing that stone. That means going down that trapdoor, getting past Fluffy and facing god damn what else that is down there. There's a guarantee that one of us will be dead by the end of the night. Seeing Harry, Ron & Hermione digging into the food tells me that they too are treating this like it's the last meal on Earth.
"Alright, We are going to wait until bedtime." Harry said. "Once everyone's asleep, we will meet up in the common room and then we will make our way to the third floor corridor."
"Snape will be ahead of us." Hermione said. "Hopefully, the dog will be asleep by the time they get there."
"Then, with some luck." Ron said. "We should be able to get through the trapdoor without being noticed."
"Yes, but remember." I said. "Once we get through that trapdoor, we will not know what's down there. So be ready for anything."
"Alright, so everyone's got the plan?" Harry asked. We all nodded. Then we hear Dumbledore telling us to go to bed. Alright so the plan's now in action. All we had to do was to wait until everyone's in bed. We reached the common room before everyone else.
"Alright, I'm going to take a shower and get some sleep." I said. "I suggest you all do the same." They agreed with me and I took off to the Dormitories and I got some clothes and went into the showers. After that nice shower and brushing my teeth, I put on my black T-shirt, a old grey jacket. Some shorts with leggings underneath. I left the showers and went straight to bed and I fell straight asleep.
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What is that damn bright light that is shining in my face? I half-opened my eyes and I see Hermione wearing a stripy, multi-coloured jumper, with a skirt with blue stockings and some black shoes. It was time, it was all or nothing. I jumped out of bed and put on my black and blue sneakers and follow Hermione out of the room.
"Are you ready, Hermione?" I asked her.
"As ready as I'll ever be." She told me, fear laced in her voice.
"Hey, It will be fine." I assured her. She smiles at me. Then we are joined by Harry & Ron with the invisibility cloak. We then walked down to the main foyer when we were stopped by a sight. It was Trevor's frog.
"Trevor, shush! Go! You shouldn't be here." Ron said.
"Neither should you." Uh oh. Neville is here. The plan is ruined before we even got to the front door. "What are you doing? You're sneaking out again, are you?"
"Wait, Neville. We were just-" Harry said.
"No." Neville half-shouted. "I won't let you. You'll get Gryffindor into trouble again. I-I'll fight you." He put his fists up and expected a fight.
"Neville, I'm really sorry about this." Hermione said before she pointed her wand at him. "Pertrificus Totalus!" She cried and Neville's limbs sprang to his sides and he froze. Tipping backwards, Neville fell hard on the floor but luckily the pillows softened his landing.
"Good aim," Harry muttered in a daze of watching Neville fall and Hermione tucked her wand back into her pocket.
"You're know you are really scary sometimes? You know that?" Ron said. "Brilliant but scary."
"Let's go." Harry said we left the common room and we went underneath the Invisibility cloak and took off for the third-floor corridor. It was very cramped with Hermione at the front.
"Ouch, You stood on my foot." Hermione whispered to Ron.
"Sorry." Ron mumbled. After walking a little, I stood on her foot and she thought it was Ron.
"RON" She half-shouted
"It wasn't me this time." Ron said
"That was me this time, Hermione." I said. She shot me a glare. "Sorry." Eventually, we made it to the third floor corridor and we reached the door.
"Alohomora." Hermione said the door unlocked. Lucky for us, Fluffy was asleep.
"Snape's already been here, look at the harp," Harry announced, glancing at a glorious harp that played in the corner of the room. We crept up to the dog and we slowly moved the paw away from the trapdoor and we prayed that dog wasn't woken. Phew, it was still asleep. Harry lifted the trapdoor open and the four stared down into it, letting a cold air brush over their flustered faces.
"Whose going first?" Hermione asked and I just bit my lip.
"I'll go first." Harry said. "Make sure it's safe. Now, if anything bad happens, get yourself out." Harry went quiet for a second. "Does it seem quiet to you?" He asked.
"The Harp." Hermione gasped. "It stopped playing. Wait, if the harp has stopped playing, does that mean? Then I heard Ron gasped, I saw him with something sticky on his shoulder then we all looked up, my question was answered. The dog was awaked.
"JUMP." Harry shouted and we all flew into the trapdoor and we landed on something soft. Good. What? IT'S MOVING?! It's wrapped its tentacles around my legs before it started wrapping itself around me. I struggled to get free but to no avail.
"Guys, stop struggling. This is devil's snare. "Hermione said. "If you don't, It will only kill you faster."
"Kill us faster?" I said.
"Oh, now I can relaxed." Ron snapped. Hermione shot him a glare before she disappears under the thing.
"Hermione!" I shouted. "Now what do we do?"
"Just relax!" Hermione shouted.
"Hermione where are you?" Harry asked.
"Do what I say. Trust me." She said. Okay, relax. Then I felt like I was being pulled through a vacuum cleaner. I hit the ground with a thud. Ow, my head. Hermione raced over to me.
"Are you okay?" She asked me as she pulled me up.
"Yeah. My head hurts though" I said then Harry decided to join us. "Oh nice of you to join us." Now I can hear Ron screaming like a little baby.
"He's not calming down, isn't he?" Hermione said.
"Apparently not." Harry said.
"We got to do something." Hermione said
"What?" I asked.
"I remember reading something in herbology." She said. "Devil's snare is deadly fun. But it will sulk in the sun. That's it. Devil's snare hate sunlight." She pointed at the plant. "Lumus Solem" Hermione shouted and a bright light went through and Ron comes through. He quickly picked himself and said something completely stupid.
"Phew, lucky we didn't panic." Ron said cocky. We all just looked at him.
"You're lucky that Hermione pays attention in Herbology." He said then we heard flapping in the distance.
"What's that?" I asked.
"I don't know, sounds like wings." Harry said. We walked down the stairwell and we entered a big hall and we saw a fair few keys with wings up there then we saw a broom. Well, what is this? Me and Ron walked over to the door while Harry walked over to the broom.
"Alohomora." Ron shouted. "Well, it was worth a try."
"Ah, what are we going to do?" Hermione groaned. "There must be a thousand keys up there."
"We should be looking for a key." I said. "Probably old and rusty, like a door handle."
"There." Harry shouted and pointing. "The one with the broken wing." Harry then looks at the broom.
"What's wrong, Harry?" Hermione asked.
"It's too simple." Harry said.
"Oh, go on Harry." Ron said. "if Snape can ride that old broom you can. You're the youngest seeker in the century." Harry smiles and jumped on the broom. Then all the keys started flying towards Harry and they started stabbing him.
"This changes things a bit." I said. Eventually, he got the key and threw it to Hermione and she finally opened the door and we all got through, just. We then entered another room and it looks a graveyard.
"What is this?" Hermione said. "A graveyard?"
"That's not a graveyard." Ron said. "It's a chessboard." Then the room brighten up. A chess board. "Looks like we have to play our way across the board. Alright, Harry, you take the empty bishops square. Hermione, you will be the queen sized castle. As for me, I'll be a knight." Ron said.
"What about me?" I asked.
"There's no missing pieces. You will just have to sit this one out." Harry said. I nodded and went back off the board. The game was intense, pieces flying. Eventually, there was a few pieces left then Ron did something completely stupid. He move himself closer to the knight and the knight stabs his horse, taking Ron out in the process. Harry completed the game by eventually checking the king. We all quickly ran over to Ron who is unconscious.
"We have to warn someone." I said.
"Yeah, Hermione, Get Ron out of here, get help and Sophie, you will come with me, we're going to stop Snape." Harry said.
"You two will be okay." Hermione said. "You both are great wizards. You really are."
"Not as good as you." I said to her and she giggles
"Me? Books and cleverness?" Hermione said. "There are more important things. Friendship and Bravery. Just be careful." We nod and went off after Snape. We eventually reached and what we saw shocked us.
"What's the mirror doing here?" I asked Harry.
"What's Professor Quirrell doing here?" Harry said. Then he turned around and saw us.
"Hello" He said.
"Hang on, I thought Snape was down here." I said
"Yes, He does seem the type." He said. "Beside him, who would suspect Poor Stuttering Professor Quirrell."
"But Snape tried to kill me." Harry said.
"No, my dear boy, I tried to kill you. And I would've succeeded if Snape's cloak haven't caught fire." He said and then turned back to the mirror. "I see what I desire, How do I get it?"
"Use the boy." We heard a voice. We did it come from.
"Come here, Potter! NOW!" Quirrell shouted. Harry wandered over to the mirror. I couldn't tell what was being said. But then I saw Harry step back while Quirrell took off his Turkic. What we saw was hideous.
"Hello, Harry. Nice to meet you finally." He said.
"Voldemort" Harry said.
"Ah yes, I see you remembered me." Voldemort said. "Nice to see you too, Sophie. A spitting image of your mother and father."
"Don't know what they saw in you." I shouted.
"Ah, you are as stubborn as her." He said. "You know, Sophie. I can reveal your true potential. Join me and we can bring your training. But first, you must prove yourself. Kill him. Kill Harry Potter and take your place at my side."
"NO" I shouted at him "I WON'T DO IT. HE'S MY FRIEND."
"Hm, such a waste." He said. "Let's even out the playing field." Then before I know it, I was on the ground in pain, blooding coming out of my head and a few broken bones. Then I saw Harry fighting Quirrell and Harry did something. He burned him and he died, killing him in the process. Yes, he did it. He raced over to me but before he could get me up, he was knocked down and he was out cold. I crawled over to him and tired to wake him up but eventually I fell unconscious, blackness consuming me.
(Author's Note – There we go. Hope you enjoy it. Do you think Sophie is a great character? Next time, The hospital, the exams results and the house cup. Like and review if you have any questions. Until next time, Kizzard245 out.)