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Let The Games Begin
Ginny woke up the next morning feeling much better. The storm had died down somewhere during the night and the day was looking pleasant. Ron and Hermione were most likely up at the mess hall eating breakfast. She stood up and headed up to the mess hall, still in her pajamas. The hall was pretty empty, but then again there were only eight of them. Draco sat with them, unbelievably but he did complain when he was served porridge. They all saw that coming from a mile away. They chatted over breakfast and decided to take a hike in the mountains after breakfast. There was no use staying inside and not taking advantage of the weather.
They finished breakfast and headed up the trail. It was small and worn from so many hikers traveling there in the past. Ginny and Hermione had packed a picnic for when they reached the lookout, which was said to be an undiscovered wonder of the world with the view it gave. They wanted to see it for themselves before the trip was over and what better day to do it then today? The hike took around two hours, by which time they were all hungry and Draco was complaining about the heat, being hungry, having sore feet, his hair being messy, the rocks on the path and anything else he could spot wrong with this hike.
Everyone was pointedly ignoring him but it was really starting to get on their nerves, considering Draco had been the one to suggest the hike in the first place. They finally reached the lookout and even Draco stopped complaining, amazed by its beauty. Pansy and Ginny were both afraid of heights, so they stayed well away from the edge. They sat and ate lunch, talking about Quidditch and spiders (Draco was trying to scare Ron. Judging by the pale green color of his face, it seemed to be working) Pansy reminded him that he was supposed to be befriending Ron and he stopped, realizing that that was the intention of the entire trip.
Pansy, Luna and Neville disappeared halfway through to find a bathroom, leaving the other six alone. They returned after twenty five minutes saying they had to hike for ten minutes to find one. Pansy sat with Draco, near the edge. She looked uncomfortable, but put up with it because she knew Draco was there to protect her. A sudden crack echoed through the area and a tree branch fell from above them, missing them by inches. But the fall caused the ground underneath them to crumble and the edge fell off, dragging Pansy with it. She screamed and held onto Draco as hard as she could.
The drop was roughly 3km below them. Harry and Ron helped her back over the side and Ginny put her arms around. Pansy was shaking and edging away from the cliff's edge. The group all agreed to go back, knowing that it wasn't safe to sit on such an insecure mountain. They hiked back, Pansy leading the group with Draco, still shaking. She was terrified of heights and this only made her fear grow. Ginny thought it was a little odd for the branch to fall so suddenly by itself without warning, but didn't think to hard about it. After all it wasn't as if one of the group had done it to purposely scare Pansy. Was it?
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Making that branch fall was brilliant
A little magic and they're none the wiser.
I will smile in secret.
They won't get out of this alive, I promise you that.
I'm just waiting to strike.
Lurking in the shadows, pretending to be their friend.
Soon I will have my revenge.
Let the games begin…
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A/N: The italics writing is indeed the thoughts inside the head of the person responsible. But you'll have to wait and see who it is. Don't worry though; I'll update this story on a daily basis so as to give you more clues.