The next time she was conscious she found herself commanding a giant snake to to petrify Colin Creevey. She was horrified but she couldn't control her body. Soon she blacked out again.
The next time she woke up she was on her bed but nothing seemed to be wrong. She told Tom immediately what had happened but he dismissed it as a nightmare. She agreed with him but she was still unsure. She felt as if Tom wasn't being completely truthful and for the first time she was scared of the diary.
"Jane are you awake?" Hermione said interrupting Jane's thoughts.
"Yeah, I'm awake" Jane answered opening her curtains.
"Hey I was waiting for you, but I'm really hungry" Hermione said blushing a little.
"Can you wait a minute? So I can change" Jane said.
"Sure" Hermione said. "I'll be in the common room" she added before leaving the room. Jane changed quickly not wanting to be alone.
"Jane!" Fred and George exclaimed when she stepped down the last step. She glared at them but she was blushing so hard they just laughed.
"So are you hungry?" Fred asked.
"Yes" Jane said sceptically.
"Good, let's go eat" George said taking her hand. She looked around for Hermione and found her watching her amused.
"You coming" Jane called over her shoulder and Hermione smiled and followed them. When they got to the Great Hall they found Harry sitting at the Gryffindor table looking pale.
"Are you alright, Harry?" Jane asked sitting down besides him.
"Not really, there was another attack yesterday" Harry said softly.
"What? Who?" Hermione gasped.
"Colin Creevey" Harry said and Jane went rigid with all the colour drained from her face.
"We have to find out who is doing this" Hermione said softly but before anyone could reply Ron sat down on Harry's other side.
"What got you so down?" Ron said. "Jane looks as if she just saw a ghost"
"Yeah I just told them there was another attack"
"We really have to stop this" Ron said after hearing who was attack. "You know I really think it is Malfoy the one doing it"
"Seriously Ron, just because you hate him doesn't mean he is a demon" Jane said a little distracted.
"But come on everything points at him"
"No Ron, nothing points at him" Jane said standing up still distracted.
"Where are you going?" Harry asked while the Weasleys and Hermione looked at her with bemused expressions.
"Oh I need a little fresh air" Jane said going out with no other explanation. She walked outside and made her way to the lake sitting down where she always sat down with Cedric. She just stared at the lake. She was sure that she had been the one to attack Colin but Tom had assured her it wasn't her. She tried to see what was the last thing she remembered but all she could recall was touching the diary and then nothing. She was scared, she didn't want to hurt anyone else but she didn't know how to stop those blackouts.
"Jane?" Cedric said startling her.
"Oh Cedric... long time no see" Jane said trying to sound cheerful. He just looked at her and pursed his lips before deciding to let it go for the moment and sitting down beside her.
"So how is life treating you?" Cedric said.
"Brilliantly" Jane said sarcastically.
"Is that so?" He replied ignoring the sarcasm.
"Yep... and you, How is Cho?" She said with mock interest.
"I wouldn't know, she dumped me. She said she liked someone else." Cedric said and Jane tried not to smile
"Well her loss" Jane said resting her back against the tree.
"My thought exactly" Cedric said smiling.
"Aren't you a little egocentric boy"
"Yeah, but I think you are the first time to notice" Cedric laughed making Jane laugh too.
"Good, it means I haven't lost my intelligence"
"Or maybe everybody else is just dumb"
"A big possibility, but still means I'm superior" Jane said.
"Ha! And I'm egocentric" Cedric said.
"Well you are but you know what people say it takes one to know one"
"Guess you're right" Cedric said. They continued the easy banter for a long time before Cedric said he had to study and left. Jane decided she didn't want to be alone and started looking for Harry, Hermione, and Ron. She roamed the halls for a long time before she found them talking to Lockhart, which surprised her.
"Oh Miss Potter, how are you doing?" Lockhart said slowly as if she was stupid which made her frown but she didn't comment on it she just said, "I'm alright and you sir"
"Brilliant"
"Good" Jane said looking at Hermione who just shook her head.
"Alright, here you go" Lockhart told Harry giving him a paper which made Jane more confused, was he giving Harry an autograph? Jane thought. However before she could ask anything her three friends said thank you and made their way to the library.
"What was that about?" Jane asked Hermione once Lockhart was out of hearing range.
"Oh I had an idea but we kind of need a book from the restricted section and Lockhart is the only teacher who doesn't ask questions when he has to sign something" Hermione replied.
"What do you need?"
"The ingredients and recipe to make a Polyjuice potion" Hermione said.
"A very complicated potion" Jane said. "Why would you need to use it?"
"Well you see, Ron thinks Malfoy is the heir of Slytherin or at least he knows something and well we thought he would tell Crabbe and Goyle." Hermione answered.
"Forget the library come I have the recipe" Jane said stopping in front of the other three stopped too looking at her stunned.
"What?... How?" Hermione asked.
"Well I have a lot of books of potions and one of them has the recipe" Jane said making her way to the common room without looking back. The other three followed her still stunned.
"Wait! Jane you are helping us?" Ron asked rushing to catch her.
"Well obviously" Jane said.
"Do you know how to do the potion?" Harry asked coming to her side.
"Well, um, no but I think Hermione can pull it off"
"Me? What? No!" Hermione said. "You are so much better at potion than me"
"Not right now" Jane said under her breath. "Come on Hermione that is not true"
"Yes it is" Hermione argued.
"Well too bad because I'm not doing it" Jane snapped. Everybody stopped on their tracks. The boys squirmed uncomfortably with this fight. On one hand Jane was strong and stubborn but on the other hand so was Hermione. Thankfully Hermione didn't react badly she just smiled and started walking again with Jane following behind.
"You guys coming?" Hermione called over her shoulder to Harry and Ron. The boys looked at each other confused. Harry was the first one to recover he just shrugged and followed the girls with Ron close behind but still a little dazed.
The four students went to the common room, where Harry, Hermione, and Ron sat while Jane looked for the book. The common room was not empty but it was not full and the few people that were there ignored them. Jane came down with two books (which wasn't unusual so nobody paid attention to that either).
"I thought you said it was one book" Ron said eyeing the books nervously.
"It is" Jane said sitting down on the couch where Harry was seated.
"Then why do you have two"
"Because" Jane said shrugging her shoulders and passing one of the books to Hermione who was on Harry's other side.
"Because?..." Ron said expecting Jane to elaborate.
"Just because" Jane said opening the book she had on her hands.
"Right, because you are Jane and you love to read" Ron said under his breath. Jane frowned at her book but didn't say anything.
"So Harry, want to play chess while they read?" Ron asked when he noticed both girls reading.
"Sure, why not, after all I love losing" Harry said grinning and Ron laughed. They played for a while on the floor and unsurprisingly Harry lost.
"Come on Harry one game" Ron said trying to convince Harry to play again.
"No Ron even I get tired of losing" Harry said sitting between Hermione and Jane.
"Alright" Ron said standing up and looking for somebody to play chess with. Hermione looked up when Harry sat down.
"Found something interesting?" Harry asked her.
"Well it will take some time to brew but I think the hardest part will be finding the ingredients" Hermione said with a worried look on her face.
"How long will it take?" Harry asked.
"A month" Hermione answered.
"A month?! Do you know how many attacks could be made in a month?" Harry said indignantly.
"I know but is the only plan I've got" Hermione said.
"Right" Harry said leaning against the couch deep in thought. Hermione started reading the book again while Jane closed her book and looked around. As she did she found Ginny sitting alone staring at the fire. Jane couldn't stand to watch her alone so she called her. Ginny looked up when she heard her name and blushed.
"Hey Ginny, come here" Jane said when she caught Ginny's attention.
"Hi" Ginny said quietly.
"Why don't you sit with us?" Jane said moving away from Harry and making a space for Ginny. Ginny watch her before deciding it was too good of an opportunity to pass. She got up and sat down between Harry and Jane. Harry looked at her curiously while Jane smiled.
"So what have you been doing?" Jane asked.
"Nothing really, although I do have some problems with Potions" Ginny said quietly trying to ignore the fact that Harry was so close to her.
"Really? You know I could help you with that" Jane said stretching pushing Ginny a little making her move closer to Harry. "Sorry" Jane said although it was obvious she was trying to hide a smile. Hermione looked up and noticed what Jane was doing and decided to help. She leaned to Harry's side making him move a little closer to Ginny and said "You know Jane I think I might need help with Potions" Jane smiled an leaned over Ginny to looked at Hermione.
"I very much doubt that Hermione"
"Come on I'm not nearly as good as you and it is frustrating" Hermione said leaning closer. Harry and Ginny were blushing madly while Hermione and Jane enjoyed the teasing.
"Alright Hermione come" Jane said standing up and Hermione mimicked her but not before she pushed Harry slightly. Both girls left the common room smiling and making their way to the library.
"Do you think that was strange?" Ginny asked Harry confused of what had just happened.
"Yeah, both of them are completely mental" Harry said smiling down at Ginny.
"Yeah they are" Ginny said softly as if to not offend Harry.
"You know, I'm a little bit glad they left" Harry said blushing.
"Why is that?" Ginny asked getting a little bit comfortable talking with Harry.
"For one they were kind of squashing us" Harry said. "But also because now I can talk to you freely" Ginny smiled and blushed at that.
"Yeah, I feel the same way" She whispered. With that said they started talking about school and mental girls and about everything they could think of. They talked for a long while and before they knew Jane and Hermione were entering back to the common room saying it was time for dinner. Harry and Ginny got up and smiled at each other although Ginny's smile was a little uncertain.
"So are you joining us for dinner?" Harry asked.
"If you don't mind" Ginny said quietly.
"I don't mind" Harry said.
"You don't mind what?" Ron asked startling Harry, Ginny, and Jane who had been watching the exchange quietly. Ginny looked down blushing and Harry was no better.
"You don't mind what Harry?" Ron asked again suspicious of his friend's behavior .
"Please Ron how is it any of your business what Harry minds or doesn't mind" Jane said trying to help her brother and Ginny.
"Well um, because it has to do with my sister" Ron said louder.
"How do you know?" Jane asked.
"Please Jane, I wasn't even talking to you" Ron said angrily.
"Well now you are" Jane said crossing her arms.
"Whatever let's just go eat" Ron said turning in the direction of the exit. Jane smiled before following him and making Hermione (who had been watching the four of them from a distance) walk with her.
"Whoa, it worked" Jane whispered.
"I know I thought it would be harder" Hermione whispered back.
"Yeah... Now come on I'm hungry" Jane said, for the first time in weeks having an appetite.
Dinner was interesting to Jane. Harry, Ginny, Hermione, and Ron sat on one side of the table while Fred, Jane, and George were on the other side. The conversation was light but Jane could notice Harry and Ginny trying not to look at each other. She kicked Hermione under the table who jumped and yelped a little.
"Everything alright there Hermione?" Jane asked cocking her head slightly in the direction of Harry and Ginny. Hermione understood and nodded.
"Yeah I'm fine, thought I felt something" Hermione said recovering from Jane's kick.
"Are you finished?" Hermione asked Ron suddenly. "Good come on I want you to teach me to play wizarding chess" Hermione added without waiting for a response and yanked him up leaving five amused students behind. Fred, George, and Jane started laughing ignoring Harry and Ginny who took the opportunity to leave the Great Hall. Jane noticed their departure but Fred and George didn't.
"So how about we plan some prank or something?" Jane asked them sweetly once they sobered up.
"We've got a better idea" Fred said.
"You see dinner here is too crowded so..." George added.
"Why don't we go to the kitchens" Fred finished and Jane watched them confused.
"Come on Potter it is time we showed you one of our secrets" George said while he and Fred stood up.
"Sure" Jane said standing up and following them. They walked for a little while and Jane seemed to recall that a lot of the Hufflepuffs took this same route to their common room.
"Isn't this the way to the Hufflepuff common room?" Jane asked voicing her thoughts.
"Yeah it is, but we are not going there" Fred said.
"So don't get your hopes up" George added winking at her. Jane blushed but didn't comment. They walk for some time longer before they stopped in front of a painting of fruits. George tickled the pear and a door opened. Jane was surprised and amazed by what she saw.
"Awesome right?" Fred said from behind her.
"Yeah" Jane said smiling. They sat down on a table and a house elf came with dessert without asking what they wanted.
"We come here a lot" George explained when he saw Jane's bewildered expression. After eating dessert they realized it was really late and said goodbye to the house elves before making their way to the common room.
"That was fun" Jane said as they got near the common room.
"Yeah, from now on we will take you with us" Fred said.
"Yes I think the house elves like you" George added and Jane smiled while saying the password to the Fat Lady. The common room was almost empty. The only one there was Harry and he was sitting on a couch smiling at the fire.
"Well I guess we'll see you tomorrow" Fred said tugging George's arm. Jane sat beside Harry while the Weasley twins went to their dorm room.
"Thanks Jane" Harry said without looking at her.
"Don't know what you're talking about" Jane said smiling.
"Please, I know you and Hermione are mental. But today you acted extra mental to give Ginny and me a time to talk" Harry said.
"You really think I'm mental?" Jane said ignoring everything else Harry said.
"Of course I think you are mental Jane I live with you" Harry laughed and Jane joined him. "But really Jane thank you, next time I see Hermione I'll thank her too."
"You are welcome Harry" Jane said smiling.
"Alright it is late so good night my mental sister" Harry said standing up and smiling.
"Sure Harry" Jane said standing up and hugging him for no reason at all. Harry hugged her back before making his way to his dorm room. Jane also went to her dorm room. She changed to her pyjamas and fell asleep immediately without the urge to write in the diary for the first time since she got the diary.
So here is the next chapter. Took me longer than I thought it would, but finally here it is. i hope you like it and remember J.K Rowling owns Harry Potter, not me.
Also remember that reviews are very much appreciated.