Back in the Gryffindor common room, all four are around the fire.
Ron and Hermione are on the couch, and Harry is sitting in the chair next to them.
Bloom is pacing back and forth, completely stressed by what happened earlier.
She isn't even completely sure how she controlled the fire from the lamp, she just said commands in her head and it happened.
She could feel the fire in her veins, and the fire in the lamp responded.
She's gotten pretty decent at calling on it, especially when she's stressed or on an emotional high.
Harry says "Bloom, you sit to, we had quite a trauma tonight."
Bloom does a few more turns, and Harry leans over and grabs her wrist.
She lets him pull her over - she's actually too tired to resist.
Controlling that fire took more out of her than she anticipated - now, she's dizzy and feels hungry.
I'm going to be starving at breakfast tomorrow - but if it keeps this creepy wizard away from Harry, it's what I have to do.
She hardly notices when Harry gets up and has her sitting where he was a moment before.
Hermione asks "You mean You-Know-Who's out there, right now, in the forest?"
Harry says "But he's weak, living off the Unicorns."
Bloom says "Don't you see? We had it all wrong. Snape doesn't want the Sorcerer's Stone for himself, he wants it for Voldemort. With the Elixir of Life, Voldemort will be strong again. He'll...he'll come back."
Ron asks "But if he comes back, you don't think he'll try to kill you, do you?"
Bloom glares at the floor, and says "If he had the chance, he might've killed us tonight."
The fire leaps higher than ever, even with her exhausted stress, but nobody but Harry notices.
Ron gulps, and says "And to think I've been worrying about my potions final!"
Hermione says "Wait a minute, were all forgetting something! Who's the one wizard Voldemort's always feared?"
Both the boys shrug, but Bloom's head snaps up as she says "Dumbledore!"
Hermione says "Exactly! As long as Dumbledore's around, your safe. As long as Dumbledore's around, you can't be touched."
Bloom isn't so sure though, and something could always come up; some kind of crisis that required Dumbledore's help to fix.
A few days later, they are walking through the courtyard.
Hermione says "I've always heard Hogwarts exams were frightful, but I found that rather enjoyable."
Bloom grins at her, thinking the exams were not nearly as much of a challenge as all the teachers had said; of course, she's always been a whiz at all their classes.
She always seems to be the first to get what they are trying to do in Charms class, and Transfiguration, and even Potions; though Snape always seems to try and make it hard for her and Harry.
The last time he gave one of his ridiculous 'quizzes' to her, like he did to Harry their first class, she answered every question correct and shocked the hell out of Snape.
Ron pulls her out of her thoughts by asking "You alright there, Harry?"
She looks over to see him rubbing his scar. "What's wrong Harry? Scar burning again?"
She looks around to see if Snape or anyone else is focusing on them, but doesn't see anyone.
"Yeah. It's never been like this before." He keeps rubbing at the mark on his forehead, trying to ease the burning.
Hermione says "Maybe you should see the nurse."
Bloom says "I think it's a warning, it means danger is coming."
Harry mumbles "You said it, Bloom."
If I try to use my healing powers, I'll be found out for sure. I can't just watch him hurting though…
Suddenly, they spot Hagrid across the field, and Bloom gets a thought that she can't believe she didn't think of before.
She gasps and says "Of course!"
Bloom and Harry run over, Harry actually being pulled along by Bloom.
When they get there, Hermione asks "What is it?"
Bloom says "Don't you think it's a bit odd that Hagrid's always wanted a dragon, and suddenly a total stranger shows up that just happens to have one?"
They approach Hagrid, who is playing the flute. Harry gets what she's saying, and says "Exactly. How many people wander around with dragon eggs in their pockets? Why didn't we see it before? Hagrid, who gave you the dragon egg?"
Bloom adds "What did they look like?"
Hagrid puts the flute down and says "Don't know, I never saw his face. He kept his hood up the whole time."
Harry says "The two of you though, you two must have talked."
"Well, he wanted to know what sort of creatures I looked after. I told him. I said 'After Fluffy, a dragon's gonna be no problem.'"
Bloom asks "And did he seem interested in Fluffy?"
Hagrid laughs and says "Well of course he was interested in Fluffy! How often do you come across a three-headed dog, even if you're in the trade? I said 'The trick with any beast is to know how to calm him. Take Fluffy for example, play him a bit of music and he falls right asleep.'"
They all gape, and Hagrid says "I shouldn't have told you that. Wait, where're you going?"
But they are gone, running as fast as possible to the nearest teacher they can trust.
They run straight to Professor McGonagall's office, tearing through the room to stop at her desk out of breath and gasping for air.
Bloom is the first to recover, and says "We need to see Professor Dumbledore immediately."
Professor McGonagall says "I'm afraid Professor Dumbledore is not here. He received an urgent owl from the Ministry and left immediately for London."
Harry says "He's gone?! Now? But it's important…it's about the Sorcerer's Stone."
Professor McGonagall can't hide the look of pure shock on her face, and asks "How do you know about the Sorcerer's Stone?"
Bloom and Harry say together "Someone's going to try and steal it."
"I don't know how you four found out about the Stone, but I can assure you it's perfectly well protected. Now would you go back to your dormitory? Quietly." McGonagall says.
With no other options, they all leave.
After exiting McGonagall's class, they walk down a hallway talking.
Harry says "That was no stranger Hagrid met in the village. It was Snape, which means he knows how to get past Fluffy."
Bloom adds "And with Dumbledore gone…"
She trails off, and then senses something behind her.
Another thing she's noticed, the more she uses this power inside her, the more she can tell something bad is about to happen.
It's like a premonition, and right now it's telling her someone is behind them.
She spins around, and Snape appears behind them.
"Good afternoon. Now, what would four young Gryffindors such as yourselves be doing inside on a day like this?" He asks sweetly.
Hermione tries to come up with an excuse, but he says "You want to be careful. People will think you're up to something."
Take's one to know one, right Snape?
He suddenly spots Bloom's death glare, shocking him so much he walks away without another word.
Hermione asks "Now what do we do?"
Bloom answers "We go down the trapdoor."
Harry adds "Tonight."
AN: Looks like things are going to take a turn for the extremely dangerous. Any ideas how they're going to deal with that - Bloom still having no Charmix or idea of her true strength? Read and find out what happens!