All Harry Potter characters belong to J.K. Rowling. Note: I'm going to be on vacation from the 22nd through the 29th of this month, so I may not post at all within that period of time. I may also not post this upcoming week because I am visiting a friend. (Her fanfiction name is Silveus Snape if you want to check her out.) Thanks and Enjoy!
Juliet's PoV That Weekend
I felt Hermione shake my shoulder that Saturday night. I opened my eyes groggily and sighed. "What?" I whispered. She waved for me to come. I got up and slipped on my robes over my pajamas. I followed Hermione down to the common room, greeted by Harry and Ron. "Oh no you three. I know what you're up too and I'm not going. Last time I went with you guys I ended up in the hospital for a few days. Not tonight," I hissed, turning to leave.
"But, Juliet, we need you. You're the strongest of us four, now. I promise I won't let you get hurt," Harry begged pathetically. I sighed and turned to face him. "Fine, but if I get hurt I'm going to punch you straight in the glasses as hard as possible," I muttered back. "Let's go." A figure stood up from a chair behind me and I whipped around hearing the movement. "Who's there?" I whispered threateningly. The figure froze and looked at me stunned, and that's when I realized it was Neville.
"You're sneaking out again, aren't you? No, I won't let you. You'll get Gryffindor in trouble again!" He whispered and held up two balled up fists. "I'll-I'll fight you," He said, trying to sound brave.
"Neville, I'm really sorry about this. Petrificus Totalus," Hermione whispered from behind me, and I watched Neville freeze instantly and fall forward. I sighed, not wanting him to have gotten hurt. I turned and walked out under the cloak with the other three.
As we neared the third floor I began to get nervous. "How do we know how to get past Fluffy?" I asked as we got to the door he was behind. "Hagrid slipped up and told us. The evening you skipped dinner and Hermione went to tell you. Didn't she tell you?" Harry asked. I shook my head. "We were busy," I muttered. Harry shrugged and opened the door. I heard beautiful harp music and saw, in the corner, a harp playing a sweet song.
I felt a rush of hot air blow off the cloak as I had taken a step forward. Fluffy was asleep. "Come on. Let's go. His paw is covering the trapdoor, but that shouldn't be a problem," I muttered to the others. I walked over and carefully tried to slide his paw off, and opened the trap door as I finished. "Easy," I whispered. The other three wandered in and stood by me looking down. I heard the harp stop and looked around.
"Does it seem a bit quiet to you?" Harry asked. We all nodded and a large glob of some sort of goo fell onto Ron's shoulder. "Yuck!" He exclaimed. I looked up. Fluffy was awake.
I screamed and jumped into the hole in the ground. I landed in some sort of plant. The others followed as fluffy ripped the trapdoor right off of its hinges. "Lucky this plant thing was here, really," Ron commented from to my left. I felt something grab my leg and the plant had caught my leg. I couldn't help it, I screamed again. Harry tried to get away from his, but the plant fought him back. Hermione and I looked at each other.
"Guys! Stop moving. This is Devil's Snare. Relax, if you don't, it'll only kill you faster," Hermione called to the others. I tried to kick it away, but at Hermione's words I froze.
"Kill us faster?" Called Ron, "Kill us faster? Oh now I can relax!"
