Kassandra Bauer and the Order of the Phoenix. (Book 5)

Chapter 28: Exiled.

I was all alone. Well... not completely. Mira was next to me. I didn't know how else to describe it. Okay... my wand and my cloak were gone. "Chare?!" I called out and starting to walk. "Harry? Neville? Ron? Hermione? Ryan?" No one had answered me. "Ethan? Jacob? Mater?!" I called around. "Anybody?" I asked softly.

"I don't think anyone's around but us." Mira suddenly said. 

I had no idea where I was. But I had the feeling that I wasn't in Hogwarts anymore. But there was nothing but Meadow and some forests around in my vicinity. "Mira? How did we get here?" I asked. 

"The last thing I remembered before I woke up was being in Umbitch's office... and then... I smelled something horrible." Mira answered. "This was after I was told I was getting expelled."  

Ugh. Now it all made sense. Umbitch must've gassed us and we passed out. And then she transported us to... where ever this was. That was when I heard a sound. "Um... Mira?" I asked nervously. 

"That wasn't me." Mira replied. 

It sounded like a wolf howling in the forest. "Well... we should probably get moving before we find out what that thing was." I suggested as I tied my hair back into a ponytail. 

"Good call." Mira decided. And we started walking. "Maybe we'll run into someone who can help us." She figured with some optimism. Now I really wish there was a Thestral or something to show me the way. Hagrid said they had a great sense of direction. 

But as I started walking. I realized that going somewhere blindly was not a good idea. Because, everywhere I looked was just grassland and more grassland, and also some more forests to the side. "Would it have killed Umbitch to at least exile us to a place that was populated? Would it kill her to do that? Huh?" I asked as we walked.

"I don't know. I'm not Umbitch." Mira answered walking behind me. 

"I'm just saying, Mira." I pointed out. But to make matters worse, I started to see some storm clouds above me. 

"Please don't rain. Please don't rain." I prayed. And then it started to thunder and lightning and then rain. Right on me. "Thanks a lot, Zeus." I sarcastically said. And it wasn't a gentle rain either. It started to rain hard. So much so that everything was getting wet. Good thing that I wasn't made of Sugar. Or that I was the Wicked Witch of the West. Which I never understood by the way. Was the Witch made entirely out of Carbon. Maybe I would try that on Umbitch. Throw some water on her and watch her melt. At least I got her with the tea. That was good. 

"I don't suppose you can use Wandless Magic to make us umbrellas?" Mira asked.

"No." I answered.

What wasn't good was that I was getting soaked in the rain and trudging my shoes which were now very soggy and covered in mud. My whole body was all covered in water from the rain. Mira was reacting the same way. And I was starting to shiver from the cold. "Well... this is glamorous." I said to Mira. 

"Ah!" Mira slipped inside a mud puddle. The Mud has sucked her right shoe. "Oh Merlin!" She complained. "My Aunt and Uncle are going to kill me!" 

"Assuming the rain doesn't, first." I replied. I then looked at Mira who was so distraught. "I'm sorry, Mira. It's all my fault this happened. I never should've built the-" 

"No it isn't." Mira tried to assure me. "I knew what the price was. If I could do it all over again... I would do it no hesitation." 

"You're... not like most Slytherins I know." I said to Mira.

"Former Slytherin." Mira corrected. "And not all Slytherins are wicked as you might think. I'm truly sorry for the way you've been treated by the poster boy of our House, Draco Malfoy." She explained.