Chapter Four! Sorry it's been so long, I had a slight case of writers block...
Olivia slid down the bannisters on her way to Charms. She knew she had seen that girl. A few people gave cries as she zipped past them, but most people ignored her.
She heard a yell.
"Olivia!" She turned to see Jet and Hugo tearing down the stairs after her. "Olivia, we need to ask you about the ghost, what-" She held up a hand to stop them.
"Okay. First of all, I saw a girl. Second of all, your lace is undone." Jet looked down. It actually was. "And you have odd socks."
Hugo studied Olivia as she waited for Jet to straighten up. She looked as though she hadn't had much sleep. There were bags under her eyes. She looked up from Jet and gave him a tired smile. Jet straightened up suddenly, missing her by millimetres. Hugo grabbed his shoulder and pulled him back.
"Sorry about that." Hugo rolled his eyes and continued. "Anyway, Jet here heard some sort of clapping and Lily told me you saw a girl and- Why are you smiling?" Olivia tried to straighten out her face. Lily still went red whenever she caught sight of him.
"No reason, carry on."
"Okay, you saw a girl around the same time as Jet heard the clapping. Also, Jasper told him that the dorms are haunted. We need to figure out why." Hugo remembered a tiny piece of information that had been stored in the back of his mind for years. "Uncle George said he felt as though his brother was looking over his shoulder every time he came here..."
Olivia and Jet both shuddered. The stairs began shuddering too.
"Run!" Olivia flew down the stairs, the boys in hot pursuit. They leapt to the tiny landing just as the staircase changed. "We have Charms, come on." They disappeared into the shadows of the corridor.
Fred watched his nephew with a wan smile. 'Ron had kids?' part of him wondered. The other part was confused. If the girl he was with really had seen Lavender, then...
"Merlin's Pants." He whispered. "It's begun."
I'm so sorry! You deserve and update! I will write more as soon as I can, I promise!