T-person: Thanks for posting, and I'm trying to crunch down the story, really, but first something bad has to happen between them. I'll get them together eventually, please hang in there.:)
Quillian: Thanks, this one is not much better as far as action, but I'm going to try and make the next one more significant. : )
Froggie2: Thanks for another great review, and believe me I'm suffering too. I just don't have the talent to end things quickly, but I'm trying. But yea, there is drama in the relationship, and she pretty much blew her chances at the ball.
EnlightenedKing: Yes, Miss Jones is a lesbian, and I'll explain in another chapter why her character is important to the story, and why her sexual orientation is important.
Umm Noooo, that was not mostly Cho's fault what happened at Valentines Day. Look I like Harry, I really do, but he was being an arse to everyone in OOTP. He was biting the heads off of Hermione and Ron and everyone else, and he was really cold. We both know that he and Hermione were just friends because we read the story from Harry's perspective, but Cho can't read his mind, and he wasn't very good in trying to explain it to her. Cho maybe should not have brought up Cedric on the date, but it was still affecting her, and she needed Harry to talk to her about it. She was still hurting. Harry was cold to her on the date, and you have to look at it from her perspective. A guy that she cares about has asked her out with plenty of advanced notice, being a girl she probably looked forward to the date for a long time. Harry is cold to her on the date, and doesn't pay attention to her, and fifteen minutes into it he gets up and says that he is going to meet another girl now, and she can come along if she wants. Yes Cho is partly responsible for the disaster, but Harry has the lion's share of responsibility. He should have run after her. I would have spent the day looking for her, or tried to seek her out later to explain.
Thank you so much for the detailed post, and I'm very grateful. I really try hard not to leave any plot holes, but that makes the story longer. I totally agree with you on the Slythern's getting pegged as all evil. My little sister was sorted into Gryffindor, and boast about how all of them are good sometimes, and then I remind her that she's from the same house as the guy that killed Cedric Diggory. This chapter is more filler, but it wasn't intended. I just couldn't get the main points finished. Maybe next chapter.
Okay everyone, well um thanks to all of you who posted. This chapter has Cho worrying about her friends. Marietta plotting about Potter and Cho's friend's fate and more taking the place of people by the shape shifter. The title is sort of what Cho does in the chapter for her friend, but… err well here's the chapter anyway. It was supposed to be exciting, but I ran out of ideas.: ( Maybe next chapter.
Chapter 38: Running Interference
Marietta stood with her back against the wall in Filches office taking another drag off her fag (it's what the British call cigarettes, I swear!), as Semis Finnegan's pretender walked into the room. Marietta turned her head to him.
"Your late." She said annoyed. Semis gave her a cold look in return.
"Well it's not easy trying to avoid the ghost, and that poltergeist without an invisibility cloak. I have to scamper from cover to cover, keeping in the shadows." Seamus said. Marietta looked at him seriously.
"We have to take Potter out of action once again, and you have to take his place." Marietta said casually, about to take another drag off her fag. Seamus snatched it from her and brought it to his lips, and a moment later exhaled a cloud of smoke.
"So what do you want me to do this time, start a fight with the Slytheren Quidditch team? Or perhaps smack the school choir around." Seamus said humorously. Marietta frowned.
"Your targets will be more specific. There is a girl in my house named Padma Patel. She is going with Allen Miller, the school head boy. Make sure that Potter threatens them for being pureblood, and even scares them a little. Confront them in private, and tell them that if they go to anyone about what you said that you will deny that the conversation took place, but don't do anything over the top. No over dramatics. I'll have Pansy Parkinson deliver another note from Uncle Filch, for Potter to go to his office, from the middle of one of Potters classes." Marietta said.
"That's not a good idea Marietta! If we do that again the head master may find out and be suspicious of my involvement. I cannot risk it, and I cannot risk allowing other students to hurt each other, like you mentioned doing with that Chang girl's friends." Filch said nervous. Marry gave a slight chuckle.
"Not to worry Uncle, we'll pull Potter out of Snape's class again. It's well known that the two don't like each other. I'm sure that Snape will not question an opportunity to get Potter out of his hair for an hour. Besides, we can use the excuse that Cho's friends and Potter are going to get their anti-flu charms from Madam Pomfrey. Everyone has started getting them anyway. Seamus, it will mean skipping classes for a day, but you can impersonate Madam Pomfrey in dealing with Potter, and Cho's friends." Marietta said satisfied.
"And what of his friends? Surely if we keep doing this then they are going to notice that Potter has his bad attitude every time that he gets a note from me." Filch complained.
"Don't be absurd. Potter first acted crazy on the train coming here, and I didn't even have anything to do with that, then on the Quidditch Pitch, well after he left your office. Yesterday he pissed off several members of the Yule Ball Committee, and again I had nothing to do with that. But we need to move more quickly now. Were running out of time. I'm sure that we all saw the helicopter yesterday, or have heard about it by now. That means that Professor Ian Watson is already in Hogsmead getting everything set up for the first weekend. I'm sure that he'll want a progress report soon. Uncle Filch, you need to go to see him this weekend, and tell him that things are going according to plan. It's not yet time to take care of Potter, but it will be soon enough." Marietta continued.
"But what about the Jones girl? I cannot condone that action. I…" Filch started, but was cut off quickly by Marietta.
"What the hell is wrong with you Uncle? Didn't you always used to tell me about how you used to torcher students who got out of line? Didn't you petition the Ministry of Magic to bring back torcher? Well if you play your part right you'll get to torcher students all the time, but you have to be committed to this. Now all you have to do is write a note to get Potter out of class, and into this office, and get Jones into the hospital room. I don't think that after this I'll be doing it this way again, as there is too much of a danger of Potter being able to get out of it, but this one time we need him here." Marietta finished, and gently took her fag back from Seamus and inhaled deeply, savoring the nicotine in her system, and finally letting out the poison in a puff. "Now, there is also the issue of Beverly Jones and the rest of Cho's friends to deal with. My love. We can take care of Jones tomorrow when you impersonate Madam Pomfrey, and then I'll then have plenty of time to deal with Potter before someone finds her." Marietta said, in deep concentration for her plan.
"Find her how?" Seamus asked curious. Marietta smiled.
"Find her in much worse condition than when she entered the room." She finished. Marietta now turned to Filch. Now Uncle, I got an urgent message from Professor Watson yesterday, and I need to discuss it with Seamus right now, why don't you run along now?" Marietta said mockingly.
"This is my office, why don't you two go run along and find another place to shag!" Filch said very angry that his niece did not give him any respect. Marietta had an offended look on her face.
"Were not going to shag, and if we were I wouldn't have to make anything up about it. Were discussing eyes only society business this morning, and you don't have clearance." She said in an agitated voice. Filch slammed down his hand on his desk, making a loud banging sound.
"Well why the hell don't I have clearance? I've been in the society before you were even a glint in your father's eye. I'm older than you, and I've been here longer than you." Filch said very envious and very bitter. Marietta rolled her eyes.
"Because you didn't come up with a plan to get Potter out of here, because, I came up with the idea to get rid of both he and Dumbledore, and because I am the personal apprentice to Professor Watson. But if you need more reason, I have no hesitation about having that harmless thing buried under your floor, or beating mudbloods, or doing whatever it takes to secure this world for the purebloods. Oh, and one more reason… I'm not a fucking squib!" she finished in a scream. Filch looked sincerely hurt, and walked to the door with his head down. He looked over to Marietta with a sad face.
"You really are a horrible little girl. I'm going to eat, be out of here when I get back." Filch said, and closed the door behind him. Seamus hugged Marietta from behind, in a tight embrace.
"He's right you know, you really are a horrible little girl… that's what I love about you." Seamus said kissing her neck. She pushed him away, and turned to face him.
"Not just yet, I really do have society business to discuss with you. You see, I only told my Uncle half the plan about what I want to do between Potter and Padma. I'll need you to prepare something in one of the storage rooms in the dungeons that no one uses. Its storage room number four seven three. Students stay away from it because it always seems to be an attraction for Bogarts. Pansy said she and Draco once had to deal with it in their fourth year, when they tried to use the room to make out in." Marietta said casually.
"So what? I don't think that Potter can be killed by a mere Bogart. I mean their hardly dangerous to any students here." Seamus said not following. Marietta tossed her head, with a slight chuckle.
"It's not for Potter love, but we will need his wand. I think that it's time to demonstrate to the students just how insane and dangerous Potter actually is.
"Hummmm, you know I have a feeling that the more we knock Potter out with memory charms and impersonate him the more he'll remember." Seamus injected.
"What makes you think that love? I'm getting better at memory charms every time I use them." Marietta said confidently.
"It's nothing to do with your ability, or skill… but his. I've been into his mind, and he's not like other people I've impersonated, Muggle, or Wizard. I think the only reason he cannot detect my probing his mind is because of his youth. He just hasn't had enough experience yet. But he will eventually be able to detect me in time," He stated. Marietta gave a bright smile.
"Time my dear, is something that Potter does not have on his side."
The Next Day: Professor Flitwick's Seventh Year Charms Class.
The seventh year Ravenclaw and Gryffindor students were hard at work on their first major charms test of the school year. Everyone was in a bad mood because no one received any mail that day, not one owl had flown in from the roof. Professor McGonagall had informed the students that the Ministry of Magic had put a temporary freeze on the owls coming into Hogwarts for an unspecified time due to security reasons. She said it was not certain how long it would be for, but that any owls on their way to Hogwarts would be redirected to the Ministry of Magic, and their contents read by officials to make sure that no dangerous letters entered Hogwarts! Professor McGonagall didn't specify what dangerous letters meant, but said once censored by the proper officials and cleared that they would be forwarded to the students.
Cho was trying not to concentrate on the idea of someone reading her personal mail, and focus on the test at hand. Cho and Beverly had been busy working on their test for the past half hour. Cho had finally been able to get some rest the last few days because she had not been trying to get into the Potions classroom at night. She was also able to concentrate more on her work in class, and not sleep, but because of the time that she missed studying, she was having a lot of difficulty with the test. She concentrated hard, and racked her brain for an answer, but none came to her. Luckily it was a multiple choice test with four possible answers, so she figured she had a one in four chance of getting it right. She marked down her answer to the twentieth question on her parchment with her quill. She was distracted by the door to the classroom opening, and Pansy Parkinson, a sixth year Slytheren Prefect walking into the classroom, and up to the Professor with a Parchment. Cho followed her with her eyes, and turned to watch Flitwick read the parchment. The professor looked at his watch, and scanned the classroom to see who was still working on their test. Suddenly Beverly closed the folder her parchment was in, sat up and walked over to the professor's desk to turn it in for a grade. She was about to go back to her seat when the professor stopped her, and had her wait with him. Cho then went back to her work, but was not making much progress at it. She didn't seem to know the answers to half the problems. When she saw that she had only five more minutes left, she just starting filling in the answer bubbles on her parchment. Better to have a wrong answer than nothing at all she thought.
"Times up!" Professor Flitwick shouted. "Will the remaining students please drop their papers on my desk, now." Flitwick said. Cho closed her folderstood up, and walked over to Flitwick's desk to turn in her paper. She noticed that she was the last student to turn her paper in. As Cho passed Beverly she whispered the question of what was going on. Beverly just shrugged, and said that she didn't know. After Cho had sat down Professor Flitwick called Danielle Forester, and Lori Sanchez to the front, and showed Beverly and them the note. He handed it back to Pansy Parkinson, and the four of them left together. Cho had a nervous feeling in her stomach, seeing Beverly leave with the three other girls, that had beaten her to a pulp only days before. She instantly started to walk towards the door after them.
"And where do you think that your going Miss Chang!" Professor Flitwick shouted annoyed. Cho stopped in her tracks, and looked at him nervously.
"Professor, I think that… that they are going to hurt Beverly!" Cho said genuinely frightened for her friend.
"What! Why would you say that Miss Chang?" he asked as the rest of the students gasped in surprise. Cho froze not sure of what to say. She had not told anyone about the beating she received from Marietta and her gang.
"Well, I just… have this feeling she's in danger. That's the way that those girls are." Cho said reaching for an excuse that she wouldn't have needed if she had gone to someone earlier about her being beaten. But what could she have told? She had no burses. Cho continued moving toward the door.
"Miss Chang, stop right now! You need to explain this, why do you suspect those students want to do harm to Miss Jones?" Flitwick demanded.
"Because… because they don't like Muggleborn students, and Beverly is Muggleborn." Cho continued, almost at the door.
"Well just because someone doesn't like Muggleborn a student doesn't mean that they are going to do harm to them. Besides Miss Parkinson had a note from Mr. Filch that they needed to see Madam Pomfrey for their flew shots. Now sit back down and we will discuss this after class." The Professor said. Cho looked back at him, and then to the door.
"I'm sorry Professor!" She said, and ran out the door, with Flitwick angrily shouting her name behind her. Cho ran as fast as she could down the hall until she caught up with Beverly and the others. "Beverly wait!" Cho shouted. Beverly and the other girls turned to look at her.
"What is it Cho? Are you going to get your anti-flu charm as well?" she asked.
"My what?"
"Your anti-flu charm? Is that why the Professor sent you out of the class too?" Beverly asked.
"Err, no… look Beverly don't go with them! I think they mean you harm." Cho said.
"What are you talking about Chang?" Lori Sanchez, the Gryffindor in the group asked innocently. Cho balled up her hands into fist ready for a fight.
"You know bloody well what I'm talking about. I'm not letting any of my friends near you after what happened in the library the other day." Cho said angrily. Beverly was taken aback.
"What happened in the library the other day Cho?" Beverly asked.
"Yes, what did we do in the library the other day?" Danielle Forester asked.
"You know bloody well what happened. You beat the shit out of me and threatened my friends. I thought that last part was an empty threat, but… stay the fuck away from my friends' arseholes." Cho shot angrily.
"Arsehole? How rude Chang. Such foul language!" Pansy said in over dramatic shock. "I'm going to have to take ten points off for that just to teach you a lesson about swearing." Pansy said.
"Screw you!" Cho said heatedly.
"Twenty points!" Pansy said. Beverly looked back and fourth at the two confused.
"They beat you up Cho? Really?" she said upset. "When, I never saw any burses, you never told me!"
"That's because it never happened! She's lying." Lori shouted. Beverly turned to face Lori with a pissed off look on her face.
"Watch what you say about my friend Sanchez or I'll send you flying across the room." Lori looked a little frightened.
"Look Jones, she's accusing us of something that we didn't do, I can argue my defense. Where is her proof?" Lori argued back, but was careful not to raise her voice too high.
"Cho's word is the only proof I need." Beverly said stepping toward Lori, who instinctively stepped back. "Well it's not the only proof that one of the masters will need." Lori shot. "And I'm going to complain to them about Cho falsely accusing us." She said defensively.
"Falsely my arse, you stupid bitch." Cho said pointing an accusing finger at Lori.
"Thirty points!" Pansy put in, "… and you'd better have a look at this Chang." as she handed Cho the parchment that she had handed to Professor Flitwick to confirm the reason for her visit. Cho snatched it from her hand and read it over. When Cho was done she asked why Argus Filch had signed it, instead of Madam Pomfrey. Pansy said that she didn't know, and that it was none of her business, but that she had been given the Parchment, and told by Filch himself, to take it to Cho's class. Beverly now turned her attention to Cho.
"Look Cho, why didn't you tell me that they beat you up, and why don't you have any burses, and why aren't any of them in detention or expelled?" Beverly asked confused.
"Because it's not true!" Lori said angrily.
"Shut up Lori! When I want your opinion, I'll give it too you." Beverly said with rage, she turned to Cho. "Well Cho, answer my question." Beverly said. Cho lowered her eyes.
"Well… I… I didn't tell anyone because, I guess it was embarrassing. And I don't have burses, because Marietta healed them." Cho said. Beverly's eyes went wide.
"You went to Marietta for help? I though that she was the last person that you would have wanted help from." Beverly said.
"Oh no Beverly, I didn't go to her for help, she was with them, they beat me up, and she healed my wounds, and said that if I didn't join her that she would hurt my friends. I didn't think that they were serious, but now I'm not sure." Cho said.
"Why did she heal you?" Beverly asked.
"I guess that they didn't want to get in trouble for beating me." Cho said.
"Miss Chang! You're in a lot of trouble!" Professor Flitwick said from behind Cho. Everyone jumped and turned to see Professors' Flitwick, McGonagall, and Mr. Argus Filch walking up to them.
"Professor! I think that they were going to hurt Beverly, I had to stop them. The parchment that Miss Parkinson gave to her wasn't even from Madam Pomfrey, it was from Filch" Cho started.
"Chang has been making up stories about us Professors'. She accused us of attacking her in the library. She's just trying to get Jones to push us around." Lori said more brave now that the Professors were here to protect her from Jones.
"And she's been swearing like a sailor too. I took off thirty points for her filthy mouth." Pansy injected. Flitwick turned to Filch. Did you write that pass Filch?" he asked. Filch looked uneasy.
"Err, well yes, Madam Pomfrey was very busy, and asked me to find a prefect to deliver the note to, and well Miss Parkinson was between classes, and so I wrote her a note to bring in the students that she requested. I was under the impression that the students were being given anti-flu shots this week. Is that not true Professor?" Filch asked, ashen faced.
"Well yes, but I didn't know that she was pulling students out of class until just now. I thought that she would do that after last period." Flitwick said. He then looked at Cho. "Miss Chang, what's this about you being attacked in the library by these students?" Cho was about to speak, but was cut off by Lori.
"She accused, us of attacking her the other day in the library, but where are her burses? Not only that but we have witnesses that can prove that she was the one causing trouble in the library that day. There are Ian Lewis, Oliver Skint, and Devin Lewis" Lori said in a hostile tone. "Ask them if you will Professor." She finished.
"They were all in on it too!" Cho said.
"Oh Chang, is every student in the school in on you imaginary beating?" Danielle asked. Danielle then turned to Professor Flitwick. "Professor, can we all go to see madam Pomfrey now. It will prove that she really sent us, and then we can get our anti-flu charms." Danielle said. Professor thought about it, for a second.
"Yes, by all means, lets all go to see Madam Pomfrey, and confirm the notes purpose, after all then we can put Miss Changs fears to rest." Flitwick said.
"What… what do you mean confirm the notes purpose? I wrote it my… my self, surly I can be trusted. I've been with this school over forty years!" Filch said nervously.
"Oh of course we trust you Filch, but Miss Chang has made vary serious accusations, we just need to confirm it for the record. Nothing against you at all. I know that Madam Pomfrey will confirm your story. But I don't think that the poor child will calm herself if we don't do this." Flitwick finished.
The group of Hogwart's students and staff entered the Hospital room to find Madam Pomfrey pushing something into a locker, and struggling to close the door. Finally she slammed it shut by pushing it with all her body weight. That ought to keep you out of the way!" she said.
"Ahem." Professor McGonagall cleared her throat. Pomfrey looked up at everyone surprised to see some of the Masters present.
"Oh, um hello all." she asked.
"Ought to keep whom out of the way?" Professor McGonagall asked.
"What?" Pomfrey replied.
"That will keep whom? What were you talking about?"
"Oh, um just some… err… sheets, which I… needed to put up. Putting them in the locker will keep them out of the way." She said nervously. "Mmmm… may I help you all?" she asked. Flitwick moved forward with the note from Filch to have the students brought from class.
"Can you tell us Miss Pomfrey, did you tell Mr. Filch to have one of the Prefects take students out of class to get anti-flu charms?" Flitwick asked politely. Madam Pomfrey read over the letter, and confirmed that she had indeed instructed Filch to get a student to fetch the seventh years listed on the note.
"You see I have a particular list and it turned out that I had accidentally skipped over a few students. I was just trying to finish off the first part of my list you see. After a brief conversation about Cho's concerns everyone was assured that all was as it should be. Cho was told to apologize to the students, and did so reluctantly.
Professor Flitwick looked at Cho concerned, and gave a great sigh.
"Look Miss Chang, I need to know very seriously. Do you stand by your statement that Miss Sanchez and her fellow students attacked you? Cho looked at Beverly with an apologetic glance for not telling her about the incident. She thought for a minute, and then turned back to Professor Flitwick, and nodded her head.
Yes, sir. All of them except Beverly. She wasn't there, and would never do that sort of thing, because she's my friend, and a good person. Marietta was their leader." Cho finished.
"Well, I think that all of us should go down to the library and have a chat. Pansy, will you go down to my classroom and fetch Miss Edgencombe, I think that she needs to be there as well." Flitwick said. He looked over at the other students. "And the rest of you come along, as well, this concerns you all." Flitwick finished.
"Oh Professors, um… I really did want to finish up with the students anti-flu charms, do you think that they could stay for a short time. I promise that I can have them right down. The Professor looked at his bewitched watch, and then back up at Madam Pomfrey.
"Alright, but please do be quick about it. We need to get this settled before next period. Professor McGonagall and I both have classes with no teacher in them." He said.
"No problem. I'll have them off to the library very quickly. You can even take Miss Chang with you now, she's on the bottom of my list, and I like to take it in order." She smiled. "Oh Mr. Filch may I see you for a moment." Pomfrey called to filch as McGonagall and Flitwick left out the door with Cho. Filch walked over to her and they went to a corner of the room, and the expression of Madams Pomfrey's face changed to one of anger, but she kept her voice quiet as she spoke through gritted teeth.
"What the bloody hell is this fiasco? The masters weren't supposed to come here! This could have exposed us. I wasn't ready, I was just stuffing the bitch in the locker when they came in." she said annoyed.
"It's not my fault. Marietta didn't plan well enough. This was all her idea, what do we do now. We didn't count on the Chang girl raising a fuss. She suspected what Marietta's friends wanted to do. Should we forget about it today?" Filch whispered. Madam Pomfrey sighed.
"No, we'll take care of Miss Jones, but Marietta will have to deal with the rest of Chang's friends without me. I need to focus on Potter. For now he is the only target that maters. Just tell Marietta to meet me in your office tonight. I'll have a few words for her. "Now, go before you're missed, I'll take care of things here. I'll pretend to give the girls anti-flu charms to fool Miss Jones, but they will have to come back here later on their own, because I really don't know how to do them." She said.
"I thought that you could read a persons mind when you became them." Filch said a little too loud.
"Keep your voice down! I would have to lay down and concentrate while I'm going through a persons mind first. But Marietta and Professor Watson trained me in other ways to deal with people. For a short time Miss Jones will appear normal, but, after a while… well I'll just take care of her myself so that Cho's friends don't have to kick her arse." Madam Pomfrey finished. Filch nodded and walked out the door.
One by one the fake madam Pomfrey sat the students in a chair and pretended to cast an anti-flu charm on the students, and one by one she sent them to go to the library to meet with the Professors, until finally Beverly Jones was the only student left. While Beverly Jones waited Madam Pomfrey mixed some potions in a couple of vials. She poured some of the formula into a spoon, heated it over a candle and poured them into a small vile. She then took out a syringe, and placed the needle in the vile, pulling back on the stopper to fill the syringe. She then walked over to Beverly with the needle at the ready. "Now dear I just need you to roll up your arm for me. Beverly looked at the needle nervously.
"What… what are you going to do with that? Everyone else got a charm; they didn't have to get a shot." She said. Madam Pomfrey smiled, and pulled a wand from her pocket. She said an incantation and ropes wrapped around Beverly, and the chair she was in instantly.
"Hey what's going on here? What are you doing?" Beverly asked frightened, as she struggled in vein to free herself.
"Oh you're going to get a charm dear, but it's going to be a memory charm, you see I really don't know how to perform an anti-flu charm." Pomfrey said.
"What? But you're the school healer." Beverly shouted. Madam Pomfrey put a tea towel in Beverly's mouth to keep her quite.
"Your friend Chang had good instincts not to trust those students alone with you. The plan was for them to beat you senseless first, and then I would inject you with this. Chang has caused me to modify the plan, but the result is the same. For a few days you should be okay, but… well let's just say that the only one who can help you now is Chang, and that's only if she does exactly what we want. Too bad that we'll have to be a little more creative when we inject Nancy Cromwell. Chang has been quite a nuisance today, but I can assure you that she'll see things our way soon enough." Madam Pomfrey said with a smile, she waited until Beverly's eyes began to grow heavy and then gave her a memory charm, and sent her to her dorm room to sleep.
"Now Miss Chang, your friends will pay for your stubbornness. But first I have to take care of Potter. Madam Pomfrey looked at her watch.
"Well not exactly how I planed it, but I guess I have no choice. She grabbed a quill, and piece of parchment and began to write a hall pass out. The school bell rang, and students started filling the hall outside. Madam Pomfrey picked a random student out of the crowd.
"You there come here." She shouted at a fourth year Slytheren girl with dark skin, and dark brown hair.
"Me miss?" she asked surprised.
"Yes you, what is your name?"
"Um, Monica Mancera. What did I do?" she asked concerned.
"Nothing, take this note to Professor Snape, and have him sent to Mr. Filches office right away. It's important. About him serving punishment. Go right away." Pomfrey said urgently.
"But Miss, I'm not a prefect, shouldn't you assign a prefect to this job?" she said confused.
"There is not time. Just go, you have the hall pass. Off you go." She finished, closed the door, and locked it.
Madam Pomfrey then went to the locker, and opened it causing the real Madam Pomfrey's unconscious nude body to fall out. She quickly undressed herself, and with great difficulty put the clothes back on the real Madam Pomfrey's body. Then she reached into the locker and pulled out a Gryffindor school uniform that was too small for her. She concentrated and sank to the floor as she melted into the floor in a clear blob. The blob quickly became the form of Seamus Finnegan, and he put on the uniform which now fit perfectly. Seamus looked at his watch; he would have to hurry to beat Potter to Filches office. Dam Chang for the trouble she was starting. This wasn't how things were supposed to happen.