Chapter Fourteen; The First Night

Wow, I'm feeling so good right now that I feel like I wanna cry. It's pretty hard to explain, but I just want to let you know how much I feel blessed by having readers and reviewers like you. I'm feeling blessed in a lot of ways but don't worry, I'm not going to tell you and shout about it like I really want to. Anyway, I just finished up my Doctor Who story and so I can continue on with this. By the way I'll just leave this note for my Christian friend Muroch and any other Christian fans of HP who might be reading this, the rest of you can ignore this but;

Isn't it great to have the love of Jesus in your heart!? I mean praise the Lord! Alright, I'm good now like I said, that was just going out to all of my Christian fans. I love all of you though and love you JC! *clears throat* Anyway, on with the story. I'll continue hooting and hollering later LOL, just feeling SO good right now!

"Lily, where did Harry go?" Severus asked as he turned to look over at his wife. "And those other three?" he wondered as she turned to look over at the Gryffindor table and realized that sure enough they had disappeared.

"Well that's weird, they were right there a minute ago." She said when suddenly Eve (who had just returned from the bathroom) skipped back inside the room.

"Where's Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Ginny?" she asked them.

"That seems to be the question of the day." Tobey said.

"Well I hope they come back in time to see The Dragons preform." Their mother said when suddenly Eve's face lit up while she widened her eyes with excitement.

"The Dragons are going to be here!? When!? I've loved them ever since I was a little girl and I've always wanted to meet them!" she cried but Tobey just simply rolled his eyes at her.

"Uh hullo, earth to Evangeline? You met them a couple of years ago remember? They sung at the Yule Ball." He told her.

"Oh yeah, I forgot. I still want to see them though!" she exclaimed.

"Listen, right now the only thing I care about is where your brother is." Lily said. "Now did any of you see what happened after Ginny took back the magazine?" she wondered.

"Let's see,.." Tobey began. "all I remember is Ginny threatening to hex Hermione and a few moments later she disappeared with the rest of them." He finished.

"Oh no, what if Ms. Weasley said a mental spell?" Snape questioned.

"What's that? A spell said by crazy people!?" Tobey exclaimed with a chuckle before his father gave him a stern and dirty look. Tobey coughed nervously inside his hand before his mother started to speak.

"What spell do you think she said?" she asked as she turned over to look at him.

"Well let's think and try to do the math. Just before Harry and the others disappeared, Tobey was threatening to shrink Eve with a stolen magazine that Hermione had given him, so it must have been fresh in her mind." He said.

"Oh no Severus! You're not saying that they accidentally shrunk themselves are you!?" she cried.

"Wow that's ironic. For ten years I have been Harry's little brother, but now it looks like he's mine." Tobey said with a grin.

"That's not funny Tobey your father and I are really upset about this, not to mention worried about him." His mother told him as his grin instantly vanished off his face.

"I know. I'm sorry Mum, I was just kidding. I'm really worried about him too." He said.

"Yeah, me too." Eve agreed with a nod.

"Me too." Teddy said.

"Harry!" Heather cried.

"Don't worry guys,.." Snape began. "and girls. We'll find your brother in no time. First of all I've got to go talk to Professor Dumbledore." He said as he started to stand up.

"Alright Severus, just be careful where you step!" Lily warned before he walked away and then pointed at each of her remaining children. "Alright you, you, you, and you it's time to wash up and get ready for bed." She told them.

"But Mum, what about The Dragons!?" Eve protested.

"I'm sorry darling, but I know Dumbledore. He would never make Harry miss their performance. It'll have to be canceled until he is found." She explained.

"But Mum that's not fair!" she cried but her mother just simply shook her head at her.

"I'm sorry darling but that's just how it is. Life's not going to be fair until we get to Heaven. Now c'mon it's time for bed." She told her.

"Fine! But I don't have to like it!" she cried with a stomp of her foot before she stormed away and Tobey turned over to look at his mother.

"Was she really necessary?" he asked her as she giggled and nodded her head.

"Yes, now go wash up and brush your teeth. I'll be in to read to you in a little bit." She told him with a warm and loving smile before he got up from the table and walked out of the room while his mother warned him to be careful where he stepped.

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"This is great!" Ron exclaimed sarcastically while throwing his arms up into the air while he walked behind everyone else. "I'm tired, I have to pee, I'm going to miss The Dragon's show, and I'm less than a foot tall!" he snapped before Ginny looked over at Hermione.

"Yeah, and guess who's fault it is." She growled while narrowing her eyebrows with a glare.

"Uh I hate to point this out, but Hermione's not the one who shrunk us, you are!" Ron told her.

"Yeah but only because she made me do it." She growled.

"Guys that's enough! It doesn't matter who did what to whom! The fact of the matter is that it happened and there's nothing that we can do about it." Hermione said.

"Right, so now what?" Ron asked her.

"It's getting late. We probably better find a place to spend the night." She told him.

"Great! Got any ideas?" he questioned her as a few moments of silence fell between them.

"There's a patch of marshmallow puff flowers growing out in the courtyard, maybe we could sleep there." Hermione suggested as Harry nodded.

"Good idea, it's really close by." He said.

"Yeah just watch out for my cat." Ginny said.

"What do you mean your cat!? You have her up in your room don't you!?" Ron exclaimed.

"No, don't be ridiculous. You know that Princess is an indoor outdoor cat. And she's a natural born hunter, I always find her bringing home dead mice and birds." Ginny told him.

"Great! Anything else you want to share with us!?" he cried as they went outside into the courtyard.

"Only that you better be on the lookout for werewolves but they don't usually come up near the castle, and they would rather eat a human than a mouse." She told him.

"But we are humans!" he cried.

"Yes, but we don't look like it or smell like it." Harry pointed out as they followed Hermione over to the puffy pillowed sized flowers before they each picked one of the petals for themselves and laid their heads down upon it while using some of the grass for a blanket and then fell asleep under the stars.