𝕳𝖚𝖋𝖋𝖑𝖊𝕿𝖗𝖔𝖚𝖇𝖑𝖊 | [𝐜.𝐝] [𝐨.𝐜]

Chapter 6 ➵ close calls.

Xavier

'Why won't it open?' Arabella grunted, almost breaking the door handle with failing attempts to open the locked door. I pity her hand. 'It's probably a charm, to prevent others from walking in on Madame Hooch and his kissing fest,' I joked, earning glares from the rest.

'What?' I questioned, feigning innocence.

'So how do we open this charmed door,' Hannah grumbled from the other side of the door. 'There's several possibilities actually, it could be a word, a song, a phrase, anything that could be important to him for him to set it as the password,' I stated, as a matter of fact.

'Um-who wants to have a go?' asked Fred, with an amused look on his face for some reason. The boy clearly couldn't tell that our lives were on the line here. Meh. Father could send me back to Romania if I get expelled. I sighed to myself and thought of the memories I had made in that place with the people there.

'I'll try,' suggested George, with a similar look.

'Madame Hooch,' he stated, and I could hear a frustrated grunt on the other side of the door,' Guys, this isn't the time to promote the Snooch ship!' whisper yelled Hannah from the other side of the door.

'Whatever you say princess~' commented George, who got a jab to the chest from Arabella. 'Lemme get a go,' she said, pushing us aside and saying, 'Nose job.' We all stifled back laughs and she snapped to me and asked, 'What? You said something important to him?'

'Are you lot on Dumbledore's lemon drops?' asked a frustrated Hannah from the other side, and I think she banged her head on the door because shortly after we heard a loud thump.

Clearly she's on steroids.

'Fine, fine,' grunted Cedric and called out, 'Pureblood.'

I see why that would be one of the most reasonable options, but the door didn't budge. After many failed attempts like ; DADA, Troll Snot, TwinkleToes, Shampoo, Hairspray, Snake, Slytherin, I Hate Children, and even Dumbledore- nothing worked.

'Wait guys- I have an idea-'

Just as Arabella was about to finish, Hannah let out a nervous squeal and managed to sound out,' Snape-coming-hallway-Quirrell-hide-' then seemed to have went and hide and the sound of chatter, which resembled the voices of Snape and Quirrell were heard down the hall.

Possible passwords flashed through her mind and then she remembered the recipient's name written on the letter.

'Lily,' she said in nothing but a whisper and the door creaked open. We peaked outside, and Snape's cold, dark eyes snapped in our direction and we jumped back just in time to avoid being noticed.

'Okay guys-,' Fred started and George chimed in interchanging numbers, 'One-'

'Two.'

'Three.'

We all ran down the corridor while his back was turned to face Quirrell then met Hannah hiding in the corner and pulled her along.

'Run,' Cedric whisper yelled, and we arrived at the Gryffindor common room, where the twins made a dramatic bow to both of us and whispered the password to the half-asleep fat lady, and disappeared through the hidden stone passageway.