Trouble in the Night
(A/N nothing here, read on)
"Where are we going?" asked Leah of Cameron.
"I told you, we're going to that losers house, where they're all staying. We'll scare the crap out of them and then get back to school."
"I know, but where is it? It feels like we've been walking for ever."
"It's in London, just shut up and I'll tell you when we get there."
Leah, very ticked off, crossed her arms and kept walking behind Cameron.
About ten minutes later, Cameron said:
"Hello."
They had arrived at the house, the two of them standing in the dark.
Cameron had started to head around the side of the house when he heard Leah.
"Whoa."
He turned around and for the first time noticed a car in the driveway.
"Ohh, dark blue, just what I wanted."
"You want that?"
She nodded.
"You got it. Lumos."
A light came out of Camerons wand and Leah watched as he muttered, "Flipendo!" at the window, breaking the glass.
Alyssa gasped and abruptly sat up in bed.
Something had woken her up, some noise.
"Rachel," she whispered across the room.
No response.
"Rachel!"
Rachel snorted and sat up.
"What?"
"Did you hear that?"
"Hear what?"
"Guess not. Come with me. I think someone's outside. Grab your wand."
"Oh crap."
Alyssa and Rachel made their way down stairs and quietly woke upKnitter and Ginny.
They made their way to the living room and shook awake Hector and Christina violently, to tick them off.
They all walked to the front door.
Cautiously, Alyssa opened the door and peeked out and, sure enough, saw a light in her car.
"Aww, not my car!" she hissed, "Okay, what do we do what do we do what do we do?"
"Chill," Hector said, "just call the cops, we're in a muggle community anyway."
Alyssa looked out the window,and recognised the light of a wand, which was different than a flash light.
"I can't, those are wizards out there, if I call the police, they'll search them and find their wands, and I don't want to go to Azkaban for revealing the Wizarding World to a symbol of muggle autho-"
"Whoa, okay you are rambling. Just chill out. I've got a plan."
They huddled and settled everything.
"Go."
Alyssa walked over to the phone and quietly called the cops.
Then she walked outside and held out her wand, shouting, "Freeze!"
It echoed on the street, but everything remained still, including the light in her car.
"Get out of the car, and lay face down on the driveway. Get out!"
To her surprise, doors on both sides opened and Cameron and Leah lay face down on the ground.
Alyssa gaped. Cameron and Leah? WTF?
Hector and Knitter came out, and immediately started to question them, in loud, deep voices, so they could scare them.
"Who do you think you are?"
"Bunch of brats, what do you think you're doing?"
They went on and on.
Christina, Rachel, and Ginny also made their way out and at that time, headlights shone around the corner.
The cops.
Hector and Knitter quickly grabbed the wands of the criminals and everyone else gave them theirs.
They rushed inside just as the cops pulled up.
A tall guy, no more than 20 got out of the car. He had dark hair and misty eyes, and a serious face that hid all emotion.
"Hey Desmond," Alyssa said as the cop got out of the car. They had a close community.
"Oh shit she knows the cops," said Cameron.
"Hey Alyssa," Desmond said, "Why aren't you at school? I thought you went to a boarding school across the country? And who are they?" he said nodding his head over to her friends.
"Oh, it's a holiday there. We always get a week off but most of the time I stay at school. And since my parents are out of town they said I could stay here with my friends. Remember them from last Christmas?" Alyssa smoothly lied, which was not very common for her.
"Are you kidding you lying sack of sh-"
Knitter kicked Cameron in the head before he could finish his sentence. He thought Cameron would at least be smart enough to conceal the Wizarding world from the friggin cops.
"Yeah..." he looked weary but believed her nontheless, "So whats going on with these two?"
"They broke into my car, Des, probably looking for my purse or a place to shag."
"They were both in the car?"
"Yes."
"That's all I need to know."
With that, Desmond and his partner hand cuffed the two and took them away.
"Have a good night guys."
"Desmond! Wait."
Alyssa jogged over to the patrol car and leaned on the window.
"Would you mind not mentioning this to my parents? I don't want to freak them out or think we were in danger. It would be best if they didn't know about all this. And don't worry. I'll get the window fixed before I go back to school."
"Sure thing, Lys," Des said before once more bidding them all goodnight and driving off.
"He was cute," Ginny said once Alyssa had come back with her wand to repair the window.
"Yeah he was," Rachel agreed.
Christina kept her mouth shut because right when they said that Hector started gobbing her so she couldn't agree.
"Reparo! I know," Alyssa said, "I dated him two summers ago."
"You did? So that means he's available now?" Ginny asked.
"Oh shut up, you loon. Sure he's available, but I broke it off with him on purpose you know," Alyssa said.
"Why?" asked Christina, out of breath.
"Well," Alyssa started, heading for the living room, "We were best friends as kids, we went to elementary school together and then he went off to junior high," Alyssa paused as everyone took a seat in the living room, "Then the year I was supposed to go to sixth grade, I got my letter. Every summer, though, we would hang out. Long story short, he asked me out when I came home two summers ago, and then he kissed me."
"Hang on, you never told us that you had a boyfriend," Christina said.
"I didn't think it was that important. But anyway, we dated all summer, and then he told me he was going to the police accademy. So I told him that since he was going away and since I go away every year anyway, we would barely see eachother, and that we needed to break it off. He was a little crushed but we agreed to stay friends. He was the sweetest boy," Alyssa said a little wistfully, staring at the carpet, "but it never would have lasted. I think he still has a crush on me, come to think of it."
"Okay, there was her tragic tale. While we're all up, it's time to play Truth, the tell all game where there will be one winner and the winner will have won," said Knitter.
"That made no sense," Rachel said.
"Rachel thank you for volunteering to go first. Whats something you've never told us?"
"What? I have no secrets."
Everyone eyed her.
"Okay okay! Let's see... when I was seven my mom sent me to summer camp and I almost drowned in the lake. The end."
"You liar, you stayed at my house that summer, and we went to the community pool everyday," said Christina.
"Fine! Let me really think then..."
There was a pause.
"Okay, I've got it. Last summer, for real, whenI stayed home, I was at my own house, and this is absolutely true, I went out to a club with my Muggle friend Juliette and some guys were hitting on us... they took us to a park and we made out with them before ditching them and going back home."
"Were they cute?" Knitter asked.
Everyone stared at him with wide eyes.
"I was just kidding, damn."
The rest of the night went by andslowly, everyone fell asleep in the living room.
The next morning, Hector woke up to find his arm gone.
No wait, the circulation was cut off from Christina's weight on it.
He sighed in relief before gently shaking her awake and getting her off him.
"...the fuck away from me..."
Hector laughed and pushed her off the couch.
She landed with a hard thud and a groan on the floor.
"Bastard."
"Damn, I don't like you in the morning. I actually expected us to wake up peacefully-"
"I am not a morning person. Me, morning, and peaceful do not go together in the same sentence."
"Awwww, I'm sowy. Gimme a kiss-" Hector leaned in as she got up but she put her hand over his mouth.
"Not with that breath. What time is it?"
"Sphnfftn," Hector said with her hand still over his mouth.
"Seven fifteen? I am not supposed to be up yet. I'll be back later, I'm gonna go take a shower."
He watched her go and then inspected the room. Everyone was still asleep.
Alyssa was sprawled out on the rocking chair andRachel was curled up on the love seat.
Ginny was holding her legs to her chest at the end on the couch he and Christina had been sleeping on and Knitter was on the floor on the other side of the love seat with his feet on the arm rest opposite where Rachels head was.
Alyssa woke up when Hector turned on the tv.
"Why are you watching that, it's all depressing crap going on in the muggle world. I don't even know why my parents bought one. We get the Prophet... speaking of which..."
Alyssa lazily got up andheaded for the door.
Rachel then woke up and when she spotted Knitters feet pushed them off the seat, waking him up.
He snorted, waking Ginny.
Talk about chain reaction.
Rachelwent into the kitchen to raid the fridge.
Knitter, after he fully came back to consciousness, followed her for some food.
"Whoa, what are these?" asked Rachel, pulling out a small green bag.
Alyssa came back with the paper and walked into the kitchen so she could see what Rachel was holding.
"Oh those are Skittles. Muggle candy. They're actually pretty good."
Rachel opened the bag as Christina came downsairs.
"Ooohhh Skittles! Gimme some!"
"You like these too? I only know a few magical people who know about them," Alyssa said, popping a few into her mouth.
They shared them around and when they were all gone, Hector kissed Christina.
"Hey Hector," Alyssa said, "taste the rainbow?"
Christina started laughing with Alyssa, but they were the only ones.
"I don't get it," Hector said, which only made them laugh more.
Hector snatched the Prophet from Alyssa to read it and she said:
"Fine then. I'm going in the master bathroom. I'll be back later."
Not much later, after the crowd had dispersed and Ginny and Hector were alone,she askedhim if there was anything good in the Prophet.
"Not really, just a bunch of the same stuff. Why?"
"Just wondering. Anything about Harry in there?"
Hector scanned the headlines before confirming negative.
"Why?"
"Well, I haven't really heard from him lately. He won't respond to my letters. I mean, I know he's really busy, but you'd think that he might at least talk to me like we used to. Remember last year when I dated him?"
"Yeah."
"That was a time when he told me everything. He always let me know how he was feeling, and he couldn't hide anything. But now.. now, I don't know."
Hector patted her back.
"I don't know what to tell you. If I could help, I would but you know, it's moody Harry. What are you going to do?"
"I know."
They heard Rachel from the kitchen:
"Ew, Kitter put your shirt back on. No one wants to see that."
That afternoon was a big rush.
Once everyone was ready to go, the house looked exactly like it did before they got there, and the food they took was restocked, they once again got under the invisibility cloaks and apparated to Hogsmeade.
They snuck onto the grounds and went to Hagrids hut and knocked.
Hagrid opened the door and looked around.
"Hagrid, its us, let us in before we take off our cloaks," Ginny said.
Hagrid nodded and stepped aside.
When they were all in, cloaks off, Hagrid shut the door and asked them how it was.
They sat around his giant table and told him all about it.
Except for some of the things that adults wouldn't approve of.
"Bad news, though, Hagrid. Guess who we saw at the concert, AND who tried to steal my car?"
Hagrids eyes widened and he asked:
"Who?"
"Malfoy and his girlfriend."
"No, 'ow did they get out? Who gave them permission to leave?"
"We don't know, but we're just glad that we got back before they could say we left. But then again, how would they know, unless they told the teachers that they left too?"
"I tell yeh, I don't know 'ow this one's gonna turn out. Just wai' an' see."
A week later, Alyssa, Rachel, Knitter, and Christina were in the stands on the pitch together, screaming their heads off for both the Gryffindor seeker and the Slytherin chaser.
Hector speeded through the pitch, Quaffle in hand, dodging people left and right.
Ginny could be spotted above the commotion scanning for the snitch.
Hector scored his ninth goal for the game and the crowd went crazy.
"Yeeeaaaahhhhh!" he yelled.
Almost twenty minutes and three goals later, the score was 110 Slytherin to 90 Gryffindor.
Ginny had just spotted the snitch at the same time as the Slytherin seeker.
They dived going deep and the snitch darted back and forth.
Suddenly, the snitch darted down and went under them, and, just as quick, the seekers dove down and flipped around to catch up with it.
Meanwhile, Hector scored another goal and Gryffindor another two, putting the score at 120-110.
With all her might, Ginny speeded up and just before she hit a wall, wrapped her fingers around one wing of the snitch.
The only problem was that at that same moment, Slytherin seeker did the same thing with its other wing, causing them both to hit the wall and tumble ten feet to the ground fighting over the snitch.
They were in the grass, pulling and tugging and punching and scratching until finally Madame Hooch came and settled them down, Ginny ending up with the snitch in her hand.
"What is this? This is a clean game. There is no fighting in Quidditch!"
They put their heads down.
"Who touched it first?"
At the same time, both of their heads sprung up and they said, "I did!"
They looked at eachother, angered and, still in unison:
"No you didn't! Yes I did! Stop it!"
"Shut up, both of you! Tie game, that's final!"
"But Slytherin had more points anyway-"
"I caught the snitch first-"
"I said final! Tie game or no more Quidditch for either of your teams this year."
The seekers glared at eachother before taking off for the showers.
In the Gryffindor locker:
"It's okay Ginny, chill out, I mean, you know they're jerks, just let it go."
"I will not let it go! This is NOT the first time this has happened. And Hooch... oohhhh don't get me started."
"Then I won't. Just forget it. We didn't lose."
"Yeah but we didn't win either, and the cup is supposed to be ours!"
The team looked at eachother and agreed to leave her to fume.
She was wearing her red tank top and black shorts, having just got out of the shower, and then the team left.
She growled.
Even she didn't know why she was as mad as she was.
Ginny began to gather her things into her bag when the door to the locker room opened.
"Just go away, I don't want to talk about anything."
"Erm, sorry, I just wanted to see how you're holding up..."
Ginny whipped around to see Hector standing in the doorway.
"Oh, sorry."
Hector walked over and sat on the other end of the bench she was tying her shoes on.
"Good game, except for the hiccup at the end."
"Thanks," Hector said, "you too."
There was a pause as Ginny began to tie her other shoe.
"So," Hector said, obviously trying to say what he had to say, "erm, has Potter replied to your letters yet?"
"No," Ginny said without looking up just as she finished, "but I am trying to let go. Maybe if I forget him I won't hurt so much, you know?"
"Yeah," Hector said, sounding departed, "Hey, let me give you my advce, and this is very rare, so listen up. Take me and Christina. If we ever broke it off, no doubt, there would be a lot of pain, on both sides."
Ginny nodded, looking at him.
"But this is one of the best experiences of my life. Being with her is the best part ofmy day. I would never want to forget her or the feeling I get when I am with her. Everything is a learning experience. You either take in the lesson as it's given to you, or you can chose to ignore it."
"So you would want to remember the feelings you had for Chris even if it brought you pain?"
Hector nodded.
"I would keep them with me, but I would move on too. It's your choice, Ginny, but think of what would cause you more pain: forgetting that you ever felt what you did, or keeping the good feelings, unattatched to scars and pain, and moving on. One might be harder than the other, but at a lesser cost."
"Wow, O Wise One. You should give advice more often. I could use it. Even though now, I am still slightly confused. But thank you."
"Glad I could be of help. I'm heading back to the castle. See you."
"See you."
Hector left, leaving Ginny with a little less on her mind, but more on her conscience.
(A/N hey here's another chapter, didnt really know where i was going with this but as you can tell, more conflicts have risen, and how will cameron and leah ever get out of the muggle juvi? gasp i shall update as soon as i can, loyal fans so keep and eye out for me. please review!)