Chapter 4
The next morning Draco awoke still very pleased with the plan he had come up with last night. He approached Crabbe and Goyle and whispered, "Oi, I need a word, over here in private!"
Confused Crabbe and Goyle trotted over to where Draco was standing and listened curiously.
"I need you two to help me scare the living hell out of Potter, Mudblood and Weasel."
"Okay, but what are we going to do?" asked Crabbe loudly.
"Shh!" Draco exclaimed, "Well, remember last year when I was fixing that cabinet in the Room of Requirement?" he paused glancing at both Crabbe and Goyle then continued, "I want to lure them into the room to investigate the cabinet," seeing the clueless looks on Crabbe and Goyle's faces, then added, " you know, to try and figure out how it works."
"Okay, so where do we come in?" grunted Crabbe trying to whisper.
"You two will dress as a pair of Death Eaters. You will hide in the cabinet. When they open it you are to grab the Mudblood and carry her away and hide her. Don't harm her in anyway" then he added quickly, "because I want to be the one to hurt her!"
"Right so where do we get the Death Eater's cloaks?" asked Goyle.
"I've got a few extra's we can use a charm to enlarge them so that they will fit you."
"Okay, we've got it but can we go eat now, I'm really hungry." Complained Crabbe.
"I suppose so. Let's go"
They headed down to the Great hall for breakfast. When they arrived Draco caught a glimpse of Ron and Hermione snogging. He muttered to himself "Sick!"
The three of them sat down at the Slytherin table. Draco finished his meal within five minutes and said to Crabbe and Goyle, "Hurry up and eat so we can practice our plan." Crabbe and Goyle wolfed the rest of their food.
Ron glances over at the Slytherin table and notices that they are eating way too fast and gets a strange feeling that something's wasn't right with that picture. He stared at them while they scoffed down their breakfast in complete awe and disgust.
Draco seeing both Crabbe and Goyle had finished quickly got up and left the hall. Crabbe and Goyle raced after him both panting, "Wait up Draco we don't quite understand the plan yet!"
"SHUT UP!" Draco yelled over his shoulder as he started up the marble staircase.
Back in the Great Hall Ron turned to Harry and Hermione and said, "I'll be back I have to use the toilet." He didn't wait for their answer he just got up and ran after the three Slytherins'.
He caught up to them just as they were about to open the door to the Room of Requirement. Draco glanced over his shoulder and saw Ron watching them and steered Crabbe and Goyle down another corridor. Ron followed.
"Draco, why are we going this way?" asked a confused Goyle.
Change of plans. We're being followed."
"Oh" Grunted Crabbe as he glanced over his shoulder.
Goyle then pointed out that Ron was hovering around the corner. Draco began telling them that they needed to get to the library to research about the Death Eaters history. Both Crabbe and Goyle had a look of total confusion about them. Draco continued telling them about their false plan of researching Death Eaters so that they could become them. Then Draco stated that once they became Death Eaters they would kill all the Mudbloods starting with Hermione. Ron gaped at them in shock. He ran back down the corridor to tell Hermione and Harry what he had just heard. When he arrived there Hermione and Harry had already left. He assumed they had gone up to the Gryffindor Common Room. He rushed back through the crowd outside the Great Hall. Ran up past a group of first years, up the staircase and into the Fat Lady's Corridor. He entered the common room very much out of breath.
Confused Hermione and Harry walked over to him a Ron looked at Hermione with a very concerned and loving look. He glanced over at Harry who was looking at him with a look begging him to tell him what was going on.
Harry repeated, "Ron, what's wrong?"
Ron began, "Well, down at breakfast I noticed that Draco ate really fast. I'm talking total scarfage here!"
Harry and Hermione laughed.
"Then I heard him tell Crabbe and Goyle to hurry up so that they could practice their plan." He paused before continuing, "I swear to you they dumped the rest of their plates in their mouths and swallowed without chewing!"
Hermione let out a small grunt of disgust. Harry laughed even harder.
"Then Malfoy got up and started running out of the Great Hall. Seconds later Crabbe and Goyle rolled out after him. Crabbe was still shoveling food in his mouth as he left."
Ron paused long enough for Harry to stop laughing.
"So I got up and followed them."
"Ron! You said you were going to the bathroom!" Hermione exclaimed sounding offended.
"Erm … well, I remembered how you reacted last year when Harry said he thought Malfoy was up to something and I didn't want to get a long lecture from you about it."
"Oh, for Pete's sake Ron, you're turning into Harry! Am I dating you or him?"
"Oi, don't be acting like that I'm only trying to protect you! Speaking of protection, from now on Hermione I don't want you going anywhere with out me or Harry at your side at all times."
"Okay, why?"
"Umm, well I followed Malfoy up the staircase. As I got closer I saw that they were about to go into the Room of Requirement. I knew from last year that he had repaired that cabinet that let the Death Eaters in." he paused. "Then Malfoy saw me hovering close by and made Crabbe and Goyle go down another corridor."
"Then what happened? I don't see why this requires me being protected."
"Well, Malfoy proceeded to tell them that they had to go to the library and research Death Eaters and stuff. Then he said that after they figured out how to act and do what they did they were going to kill all Mudbloods." He took a deep breath and looked at Hermione. "He said they would start with you, Hermione."
"Ron, I know, we all know what happened last year... but, Malfoy couldn't even kill Dumbledore, how do you expect him to try to kill me."
Ron stared at Hermione and shook his head at her in disbelief.
"Well, I believe you Ron. Malfoy is pretty keen to doing bad things we have to be on the look out and we have to get more details about this plan." Harry stated.
"Yeah!"
"Wait! Ron, you said that Malfoy was near the Room of Requirement right?"
"Err, yeah?"
"Well, you said they went down a different corridor when they saw you."
"Yeah, what's your point?"
"Malfoy was trying to trick you to make you believe something different and not their real plan!"
"Yeah, bet that's what the old git was up to!"
"Okay guys! We have to go! We're going to be late for Defence Against the Darks Arts. Professor Lupin won't be happy if we are late for our first lesson!"
That's all for now. I know that its boring but it helps the storyline. Please review. Thanks.