Escape: Into the Potterverse [18+]

Chapter 30

The next morning, Hermione wakes you up early when she gets out of bed. You roll over and watch her head into the bathroom room for a shower. You have a quick look around the room and see that everyone else is still fast asleep. You have a quick yawn then roll out of bed and sneak into the bathroom. When you look inside, you see Hermione in the shower with her back to the door. You quickly throw off your nightie and sneak across the room and into the shower behind Hermione. You watch her rinsing the shampoo out her hair, and just as she finishes you reach your hand out and pinch her on the bum.

"Eeekk," Hermione squeals in surprise, then spins around to see who pinched her. "Y/n, you made me jump," she says and playfully slaps your arm.

"Sorry, it was just too tempting," you say with a grin.

You join Hermione in the shower and start washing your hair while she finishes rincing off the rest of her body. Once you have both finished showering, you both grab a towel from the side and head back to your beds to get dressed.

When you reach your bed, Hermione drops her towel and grabs her wand to dry off.

"Wait, I can do this," you say confidently. You quickly throw your towel to the side and pick up your wand from beside the bed.

With a swish of your wand you try to perform the charm that Hermione taught you. Unfortunately, your pronunciation is slightly off, and you and Hermione are hit with a blast of freezing cold air.

"Eeekk," you squeal.

"Oowww, Merlin beard," squeeks Hermione.

"Sorry, I think that was a little off," you say.

"What are you two doing?" Ginny yawns from across the room.

"It was y/n trying to give us hypothermia," Hermione whines.

Ginny giggles. "Well at least you're not still wet," she says.

Hermione just rolls her eyes and starts getting dressed. That seems like a good idea, so you head over to your trunk and grab your own clothes and get dressed too. Ginny just giggles to herself, then she rolls over and goes back to sleep.

When you and Hermione get down to the Great hall for breakfast, the tables are mostly empty as most of the other children are still asleep.

"I don't think I've ever seen it so empty in here," you say.

"It's like this every morning," Hermione says. "You just always sleep in late."

You both sit down and start eating breakfast. You have some coffee and a stack of buttered toast, but Hermione is too nervous to eat anything.

Eventually, Hermione gets too impatient and gets up from the table.

"I'm going back to the library," she says. "I need to do more revision."

After Hermione leaves, you stick around and wait for the others to come down. Then you have a relaxing morning chatting with Ginny and Luna. After a while they go to their lessons and you have to leave the Great hall so they can set up the desks for the exam.

When you get out to the courtyard, you spot Harry and Ron sat on a bench, so you go to join them.

"Let me guess, Hermione is in the library doing a last minute cram session," says Ron with a laugh.

"Yeah, you got it," you say.

The boys laugh and you sit next to them. After some more time has passed, it is time to go back into the Great hall.

You sit at one of the desks and wait for the exam to start. The large pendulum starts to swing, signalling it is time to start. You turn over the parchment and start writing.

The questions are really hard, and you struggle to answer any of them. You feel sure that Dumbledore wouldn't have made you sit the exam in your circumstances, but you are too scared of Umbridge to talk to her about your problem.

Looking over at the pendulum, it shows that half the time has gone. You look back at your parchment and see you have only answered three questions so far. Panic begins to set in, and you look around the room for inspiration. As you do, you notice a faint noise coming from outside. You put your quill down and look behind you towards the door.

Harry is sat at the table behind you, and when he notices you staring in his direction he stops writing and looks at you quizzically. As he does another faint bang rings out from somewhere. Harry notices the sound now, and he too turns to look towards the door. Another quiet bang happens, and more people start laying down their quills and looking towards the door.

"What is that noise?" says Umbridge from the front of the hall.

She puts down her teacup and stands up with an annoyed expression on her face. She walks quickly towards the doors and pulls them open. When she does, there is another bang and sparks come flying towards her like a firework. She takes a step forward and looks around to see where it came from.

Suddenly, Fred and George come swooping past on their broomsticks. They fly really fast into the Great hall, launching fireworks as they go. Soon the entire room is filled with sparks and explosions. Fred and George cackle wildly as they continue to set off more and more fireworks.

"Stop that," cries Umbridge.

Fred and George look at each other for a moment, then they launch the largest firework they are carrying. There is a huge explosion in the ceiling, and as the sparks clear it forms into the shape of an enormous dragon. Umbridge looks up in fear as the dragon looms over her. She starts to step back slowly, then speeding up to a run as the dragon swoops down to attack her. Umbridge screams with fear as the dragon catches her and explodes around her.

Then Fred and George fly back out side and into the courtyard. All the children in the Great hall throw their parchments into the air, then run outside to the courtyard.

You follow the others outside, and when you get there you see the courtyard is full of children laughing and cheering wildly. Fred and George fly a few loops while basking in the applause. Then they launch a final firework, and disappear, leaving only a huge 'W' in the sky.