A Hogwarts Rose Year 1

Chapter 26

That night I lied and n bed waiting for the rest of the students to get to bed so that Harry and I could sneak off to the library. The two of us went back to the library just to make sure that we hadn't missed anything and while I was there I found out about the vile I had been given for Christmas. The golden liquid is actually a potion called "liquid luck" (there is another name, but this one's easier) and it makes who ever drinks it lucky so that anything they want to achieve goes well! With that in mind I had a pretty big gulp before I went downstairs to find Harry standing near the portrait hole with his cloak.

'Are you ready?'

'Yeah.' I replied and the two of us go underneath his cloak and walked out of the portrait hole.

Getting to the library was easy, we crept down the stairs to the right floor and walked around until we found the entrance to a the library. Then we set about getting into the restricted section with the only annoyance being the squeaky old gate. Once we were inside Harry put the lantern on the ledge in front of the books and we took of the cloak of invisibility.

Then I grabbed the lamp and started scanning the shelves looking for Nicholas Flamel. I looked for a good twenty minutes, but nothing came up so I drank some more of that potion and before I knew it the bottle was nearly finished. That was when things started to go down hill.

Harry opened one of the books and the pages stretched into a face and screamed. Harry fought to close the book, but the damage was already done and I could hear Filch coming. In the rush to get back underneath the cloak I knocked the lantern over and it smashed on the floor. I shuddered at the sound and my breathe quickened as I knew we were in trouble, hoping that the potion I drank would give us the luck to escape. Harry and I backed up as we saw Mrs Norris meowing coming towards us followed by Filch.

'Show yourself!' He demanded. 'You can't hide from me.' He said searching for us. We managed to get out of the library just as he found the broken lantern. We ran until we came to a corridor I hadn't seen before and we saw Professor Quirrel backed up against a wall, cowering from Professor Snape.

'Severus, I-I.....' He stuttered, Snape was holding onto his collar.

'You don't want me as your enemy, Quirrel.' He said.

'W-what do you mean?' He asked nervous.

'You know perfectly well what I mean.' Then he paused and slowly turned his head and looked straight at us. We both covered our mouths and backed towards the door as he stretched his arm out and attempted to grab the cloak. Quirrel, still scared looked at him confused and glanced at the spot Snape had been looking at. Then Snape returned his attention to Quirrel and pointed his finger close to Quirrel's face. 'We will have another little chat soon, when you've had time to decide where your loyalty lies.' Then Filch arrived carrying the broken lantern. Snape let go of Quirrel and stepped backwards away from him.

'I found this in the restricted section, it's still hot. Which means, there's a student out of bed!' Instantly the teachers and the caretaker went to search for the students while we slipped into an unused classroom. We went further inside until Harry spotted a large mirror, the two of us walked up to it and Harry stood in front of it and gasped.

'What is it?' I asked. He moved forward and placed his hand on the mirror.

'Can't you see? It's my parents.' He said happy and at the same time confused. I shook my head all I could see was his reflection. 'Stand here.' He moved out of the way so that I could stand in front of it. 'You see them, don't you.'

I stared into the mirror and looked as a shadowy figure appeared. I couldn't really see who it was as the edges were whisky like mist and the image was clouded.

'Who is that?' I asked in a whisper. I was so engaged to that I didn't even hear the door open and I screamed as I was yanked away from the mirror and I fell to the ground. When I looked up I saw Filch's ugly face sneering down at me.

'You're coming to the headmaster's office.' He said and he dragged me across the floor as I tried to stand. I glanced around for Harry, but he was nowhere in sight. Filch continued to drag me down the corridors, often yanking on my arm just so I'd stumble or fall over. I cried as he yanked me off the floor by my hair. Then I heard a voice call out to us.

'Let her go Filch!'

Professor Snape was walking towards us and he seemed even angrier than when I had seen him with Quirrel not long before. Filch shook his head and pulled my hair harder to get me to stand.

'I caught her in one of the classroom, staring at herself in a mirror. I'm taking her to the Headmaster's office.'

'I will take her.' He offered.

'No need Professor, I can do it.' He smiled down at me slyly. I glared back at him through the tears that had flooded my eyes.

'Let her go Filch.' He said menacingly. Filch backed down and let go of my hair, I fell forward slightly and put my head on my knees. 'Come Miss Partridge.' He said and he started to walk away, I started to get up, but I didn't move fast enough and Filch was quick to point that out.

'Get up!' He hissed and he pulled me up by my ear. I then ran to get away from him and caught up with Snape. When he was sure that we were completely alone he stopped and turned to face me.

'Are you alright Miss Partridge?'

'Yes.' I replied, not looking him in the eye.

'Don't lie to me Miss Partridge.'

'Fine, if you must know, I'm not ok! My head hurts, so do my legs, I have been dragged on the floor by a creep and I'm about to get a detention.' I cried. Then I kept walking and Snape followed and we headed to Dumbledore's office.