I woke up in a dark void. I panicked, thinking this is the in-between again. I walked (With difficulty), searching for anyone that might be searching for me. I was about to run, when I noticed a shiny pool. Looking inside the pool, I found that I could see the Hospital Wing. McGonagall, Snape, and Dumbledore stood by my body, talking in hushed whispers. To my surprise, I can hear them!

"Another one has been petrified." McGonagall whispered.

So I've been petrified? Strange. All I had been doing was staring at Lockhart's goblet. Nothing strange. Though those eyes...

"I'm afraid if this goes on for much longer, this will be the end of Hogwarts." Dumbledore spoke heavily, looking like this was the last subject he wanted to talk about right now.

McGonagall gasped. "But where will they go?"

"Girls go to Beauxbatons. Boys go to Durmstrang. Hopefully Madame Maxime can take them in." Snape spoke.

I retreated from the pool, bored. I want to go and look at something else! Wait, if I can hear and see what the others are doing there... Maybe... I put a foot inside the pool. Okay, I have to try. What harm could it do? Taking a deep breath, I jumped in. I expected to feel the wetness of the pool, but was surprised when I landed inside the Hospital Wing. So it worked.

I began to slowly walk around, leaving the Hospital Wing. To my surprise, I was walking on air...

"That's just how it works." I gasped, spinning around to see Colin Creevy of Gryffindor, the first to be petrified. "You can float around, talk to others petrified, and walk on the floor if you want to. But you won't be able to talk to the people down there. But-" He added, seeing my distraught face. "-You'll be able to leave traces and surprises for them. Like this." He reached into his book bag and pulled out a pencil. "Watch." He flew over to Draco and dropped the pencil. The pencil dropped on Draco's head. Draco looked up in confusion, but didn't see anyone. Then he stared at the pencil in fascination. I giggled. Pulling out a piece of parchment, I wrote down the words, I am Lord Voldemort. And walked over to him and put it right in front of him.

Draco leapt out of his seat, letting out a girly scream. "I-I-Invisible ghost! Voldemort!" He stuttered.

Over at the Gryffindor table, I heard Harry laugh with Weasel and Granger. "Malfoy's gone mad!" Ron roared. "You-Know-Who, here? What a joke."

I smirked. I pulled out another piece of parchment. He has not gone mad. It is I, Lord Voldemort. Show this to Dumbledore, I kill you. No, I'll kill Harry. Harry Potter. I wrote.

Weasley trembled in fear. "H-Harry!"

Harry looked down to see what got Weasley so scared. When he saw it, he let out a strangled yell. "Voldemort! Help!"

The entire Great Hall stared confusingly at Harry and Ron. Then they shrugged and went back to their conversation, though a bit uneasy. I smirked. Success.

I turned to Colin. "Can they feel us if we touch them?"

Colin shrugged. "I never tried."

I nodded, and walked, or rather floated over to Draco. Pulling my invisibility cloak out of my bag, I threw it over Draco. Clamping his mouth shut, I escaped with him into a room. There, I took off the invisibility cloak to discover a shivering Draco.

"Who-Who's there?"

I put a hand on his shoulder. Draco shivered, as if electrocuted. His eyes darted around nervously, searching for movement. At last he screamed. "GHOST!"