𝘋𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘭𝘢𝘩 𝘚𝘰𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦 | Charlie Weasley

Chapter 8

     The floorboard creaked indicating someone was walking. 

     "Corey," I asked in the dark, it was the middle of the night.

     "Go back to sleep, this is just a dream. You just have a weird imagination of me," Corey whispered to me.

     I sat up in my bed and turned on the lamp on the bedside table, "Nice try, what are you up to?"

     Corey froze at the door and gulped, "Midnight stroll!"

     "Really, and you need your wand and cloak for that, dressed in black clothes," I interrogated.

     "You can never be too careful," Corey said shrugging.

     "Alright, don't forget your favorite weapon, your hairbrush," I said acting like I wasn't just suspicious of her.

     Corey rolled her eyes and went out.

     When the door closed I jumped out of bed and scurried to put on my shoes and wrapped my blanket around me. I set foot out of my warm dormitory and followed Corey out of the portrait hole. 

     "Hurry up," Corey whispered.

     I froze thinking she was talking to me.

     She was actually talking to a figure that walked out of the shadows. I could make out some green on their robes so they must be a Slytherin. They also had brown pixie-cut hair. 

     "Let's go before the Professors catch us, I just dodged Peeves," I mystery person said, they sounded like a female.

     "I'm coming Snyde," Corey responded with attitude. 

     What was Corey doing meeting up with Merula Snyde in the middle of the night? Merula was known to be rude and mean. Her mother was a ruthless and evil person while her father was a Death Eater. 

     "Quickly, we're almost at the room," Merula said to Corey.

     "I'm coming, trying not to be so loud as you," Corey said.

     "Speak for yourself, Slytherins are sly unlike you nasty Gryffindors, you're lucky that I'm even helping you," Snyde sneered. 

     "Stop talking," Corey said pushing past her. 

     "Have you got the Sleeping Draught," Merula asked?

     Take that Snape, you thought I stole the ingredients. Turns out Corey did to help his favorite student Merula Snyde. Can't wait to see the look on his face. 

     This was the 5th-floor corridor. Charlie said something about the cursed ice being here, after what I told him about what I heard. 

     "Here, kitty," Corey said bending down. 

     Mrs. Norris's eyes flashed to where Corey and Merula were and she meowed.

     "Do you think she called Filch, they have a secret communication," Merula asked.

     "Aw, are you scared," Corey teased.

     "No," Snyde denied.

     Corey bent down to Mrs. Norris's leave and uncorked the vial in her hand. I'm assuming that it was the Sleeping Draught.

     But before Corey could do anything there were pounding footsteps coming near.

     "Mrs. Norris said there is a Slytherin and Gryfinndor here," I heard the panting voice of Filch.