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Fear - chapter 3
Pansy's POV
Granger wasn't at breakfast tomorrow, and I overheard Potter and Weasley talking, they were gonna go and look for her.
Thing is I know where she is, but I can't tell anyone, it would look suspicious. I decide to go check up on her after the crowd clears. I feel it's my duty, to at least check she didn't kill herself last night. I guess a year ago I wouldn't consider helping a mudblood, I must be getting soft. Oh well, I'll do it, even though I know she wont appreciate it.
I get down to the lake to find her throwing up. "Ughh.. disgusting!" I say and she looks over noticing me.
"Just leave me alone Parkinson!" She growls and crawls to the water to wash her face in the lake.
"Now that's even more disgusting! I wouldn't wash my face in that muddy water."
She picks up a stone off the beach and stands up on shaky legs. "I told you to leave me alone Parkinson or I'm gonna throw this stone right in your face!"
I take a step back and put my hands up, thinking she just might be pissed off enough to do it. "Jeez Granger, relax will you! It's not the end of the world you know. This place sucks, right? I wish it was me getting expelled…"
"How do you know I'm getting expelled?!" She asks furiously.
"Well, it's only reasonable to assume after what happened." I say. She obviously doesn't remember that she told me that last night, and I'm not in the mood to explain. "Anyway, why are you beating yourself up over it? You're lucky, you get to go and finish your school some place better, like Beauxbatons."
"I didn't know I could do that…" She pauses, thinking.
"Of course you can." I assure her.
"Wait, why do you care?! Why are you even here?!" She narrows her eyes, looking at me suspiciously and raises her hand, still holding a stone.
I take it she isn't really expecting an answer, but rather wants me to leave. "Fine, I'm leaving." I accept and head back up the hill. As long as she's alright, I don't care. It's not my problem anymore.
Hermione's POV
Good, she's finally leaving, I can continue throwing up in peace. As I'm about to put the stone down, I see one just like it flying from behind me. It hits Parkinson on the shoulder and she falls down on her knees from the force of the impact.
She cries out in pain and grabs her shoulder. "Are you fucking insane!?" She than turns around screaming.
"I didn't throw it I swear." I say defensively.
"Yes, but you wanted to." I hear and inhumanly raspy voice whispering from behind me. It sends chills down my spine. I turn around right away but there's nothing there.
"Who's there!?" I yell out spinning around, but I can't see anyone.
All the while Parkinson is staring at me, still crouching and holding her sore shoulder. "Who the hell are you talking to!? You really are crazy! I'm leaving, and you better not follow me, you hear!" She backs away gripping her wand.
Suddenly something grabs her and lifts her up in the air. She's trying to scream but can't, I can see the invisible squeeze marks around her neck and waist. She appears to be choking.
I immediately sober up. I'm in complete panic, and don't know what to do. Just as I reach for my wand the thing that's holding Parkinson appears. It's that demonic creature from the book, the same that I unintentionally released the day before. I look away at first, terrified by its ghastly visage, but I force myself to look again.
"What would you have me do with her master?! Choke her to death!? Drown her in the lake?!" The creature asks me, hovering over the lake with the helpless girl going more and more red in the face.
End of ch3-