CHAPTER NINE: THE BET
It had turned into a freezing cold February day, and the grounds were covered in a crisp frost. Every step the students took came along with a soft crackle beneath their feet.
Callie ran to her friends, with a certain amount of information.
"You have more books than Erica reads on a daily basis." Albus said.
"Well, I've been doing some research since Professor Binns brought up the Battle of Hogwarts in class yesterday. I found out about something that'll interest us."
"And that would be…?" Erica asked cautiously. Callie wasn't very good with stuff like this and would result in the being covered in random crap.
"This." She dropped a rather large book into her lap and opened to a marked page.]
"Remember that hall with heard the screams in?"
"Who could forget that?" Albus replied.
"I'm still having nightmares…" Erica mumbled under her breath.
"Yeah, so, the most people were killed there, and I suspect someone placed a curse, so everyone would hear the screams of those people."
"I thought we all agreed that we would never speak of that event again." Nick said.
"Yeah, I'm not stupid." Callie told him. "I was just wondering what caused it."
"And know we know." Erica said.
"That is not the point! Someone here cursed that corridor at those exact two moments to get us to stop our investigation." Everyone stared at Callie.
"How the bloody hell did you know that?" Nick asked her.
"I was…um…I might have been eavesdropping on someone…" Albus raised an eyebrow.
"Who?"
"I have no clue! They were behind a corner."
"Well." Erica stood up, book in her hand, "This person must be very smart to invent a curse like that." Nick turned around and began to walk away.
"Where the heck do you think you're going?" Albus asked him. Nick turned, still walking.
"It's interrogation time, my dear friend." A twisted smile crept across his face, as he turned and ran.
"I'll bet you a Galleon he puts someone in the hospital wing." Albus said to the girls.
"I'll take that bet and I bet my week's allowance that he puts a seventh year in the hospital wing." Callie said, pulling a little bag into her hand.
"Hmm…I bet five Galleons that by the end of the day, six people are in the hospital wing." Erica said.
"DEAL!" the three fighters shook hands and sprinted after that red-eyed Ravenclaw boy.
End Chapter Nine
Who do you think will win the bet? Take a guess! Will it be...Albus, Callie or Erica?