Hi everyone, I'm back! I'm posting two chapters at once, but I'm sorry to tell you I will not post in quite a while. I'm taking a small hiatus because I've got too much work and I'm really stressed with school. Expect chapter 11 in two weeks or so...
Anyway, enjoy! ;)
Cody's POV
We were uncertain about that box. We didn't know what to do. We'd always known what to do. At least, we'd known before. But now, we were completely lost.
"I think we should ask some elder," I suggested finally.
"No way," Courtney said "Adults will just freak out and yell at us to stay in our common room."
"True," Noah agreed "But there must be some teacher that will not yell at us if we do ask..."
"We should firstly ask around if anyone else knew anything about it," Gwen cut him "I don't understand how Jason knows about this and others don't."
It was decided we would spend the evening talking to our grade mates about the box. We would leave the other Ravenclaws for later and then we headed to the Slytherins first. Of course, we tried not to jump into Geoff and Duncan. A possible curse was enough in a day for me.
In the gardens, we saw Heather and Noelle. The first one was babbling about something and the other was polishing Heather's nails. Poor Noelle. She was Heather's little slave.
"Do we really need to ask her?" Gwen asked.
"We do," I nodded "She might know something."
"Well, I'm not talking to her."
I sighed, "Okay, I will."
While my friends stood about three yards away from them, I walked trying to seem cool.
"Hey, Heather and Noelle," I said.
"Huh," Heather grunted "What are you loser doing?"
"I wanted to ask you if you knew anything about Bellatrix LeStrange."
"Of course, I'm not dumb. She was a Death Eater."
"I mean, do you know anything about her...like, what is she doing now?"
"Why should I? I don't care about those Death Eaters."
"And they're clothes are awful," Noelle added.
I sighed, "Well, thanks."
"Oh," Heather shot a mean glare at Gwen "And tell your girlfriend to be prepared."
I looked at her furiously. I didn't even waste time on telling her she wasn't my girlfriend, I simply yelled, "Don't you dare do a thing to her!"
"Just leave already, you looser," Heather smirked.
I glared at Heather, but then left. Oh, how badly I wanted to curse her with an Avada Kedavra now...
I ran to my friends and simply told them I knew nothing.
"That Heather is a little meanie-mean," Gwen muttered "I've been wanting to curse her since we saw each other in the train three years ago."
"So have I," I agreed.
After asking Eva, who didn't know anything and even threatened us with her gym lifts, we decided to move on to Hufflepuff.
Gwen's POV
Hufflepuffs were, as it's always been said, goody-goods. They were all together singing under a tree. I mean, I wanted to throw up when I saw them. Like, I'd rather have wearing a pink dress than this. A pink dress!
"Hey guys," Courtney said "Does anyone of you know about Bellatrix LeStrange? I mean, actually."
"They told us she'd been seen around Ascott," Bridgette said "But nothing else, I think."
All her House mates nodded, as if that were all they knew.
It had been completely pointless to talk to them.
It was only Gryffindor left. We found Beth, Izzy, Ezekiel and Harold chatting by an oak tree. We asked them, they knew nothing. And neither did Tyler, Katie or Sadie. We went back to our common room, empty-handed.
"We've wasted the whole evening," I sighed.
"Hey, we've got Trent, Owen, and Lucy left," Courtney said, trying to cheer us up.
"Yeah, as if they're going to know something," Noah muttered "They've been with us for the whole day. They were as dazed as we were this morning."
"It's worth a try," Cody mumbled.
We went to them. I could hear Owen and Lucy listening to Trent, "And I've been wanting to tell her so badly since-"
He stopped when we arrived. I felt a big lump in my throat. He was talking about Bridgette, I knew it. But I tried to control myself as Noah asked them about the Bellatrix LeStrange news. Of course, they didn't know anything. We sat down in four couches.
I felt my eyes all watery. I looked through the window and saw the December snow fill the school gardens. The next day, Courtney and Noah would be gone for Christmas holidays. Of course, my parents had to leave this Christmas for political issues and I had to stay in school. Well, at least Cody would be there too. It would not be that bad with him to my side.
Noah's POV
I was confused about Jason. I mean, how could he know about that box if no one else did?
"Hey, guys," I told Cody and Gwen "You must talk to Jason during the holidays. And look for information about the box."
"You should also talk to Slughorn," Courtney added "I've heard he was Bellatrix's Potions teacher. Maybe he knows something about her that might be useful."
"We will," Cody assured.
I sighed and looked at my friends. I wouldn't see them until January 4. But still, I had the feeling Courtney and I would miss something, something really important...