Gremlins of Chaos: New school, New Adventure

8. Two-face liar... literally

... did we die? Are we in heaven? Granted I'd most likely head to hell BUT! -

I used my free hand and began to check to see if I had all of my person on me.

"I'm alive," I chuckled in awe, proud of myself.

I, in fact, did.

I looked over to Mel, to make sure that she was okay. She was slightly out of breath, her hand shaking in mine, and her bright red hair was hanging over her face. I gently squeezed her hand, trying to bring her back into the present as gently as possible.

She looked up, her hair falling into her face as she glanced at both me and Harry.

"... did we die? Are we now the new ghosts of Hogwarts?"

"You are very much alive," Harry said, coming up and gently patting Mel on the shoulder.

"Oh," Mel blinked, still processing the fact that she was very much alive. "Okay, that's good."

"You okay Mel," I asked, seeing her hands were violently shaking, "Do you need to sit down?"

"Nah, I feed off adrenaline," Mel let go of my hand, crossing her arms.

"Mel, you look like you're about to fall over."

"I'm not going to- oh! Down I go!"

And with that, Mel began to fall towards the ground, her legs shaking terribly. I caught her as best as I could for her tall ass, with Harry running up to help me gently set her to sit by the door. Her face was pale, and she looked like she had seen death itself.

"You should probably sit for a while," Harry said in a gentle voice.

"I'm fine," Mel protested.

"You are obviously not fine," I pointed out, "Just chill here for a bit."

"What is going on?" Harry asked, looking at Adrian with wide eyes, "Why is she shaking so much? Is she going to explode?"

"The fuck?" Mel gave Harry a light glare, "Why would I explode?"

"Well, I don't know!" Harry threw his hands up in exasperation.

Mel paused for a second before finally speaking, "Did I never tell you and Ron?"

"Tell us what?"

"I told Hermione. I guess I thought she would've told you two. Guess she actually respected my wishes of wanting no-one to know."

Well, Mel is definitely out of it.

"Know what?!"

"Harry," Mel gently grabbed Harry's hand, bringing his attention back to her, "I will explain it to you later. But just know this is normal and not anything major. I will be back on my feet in a minute or two. I just gotta sit for a while."

Harry gulped, obviously trying to process the fact that Mel looked like she had seen death itself but was still able to somewhat function. Harry took a deep breath and faced the remaining door.

"I guess it's just you and me Adrian," Harry said, a determined look on his face.

Fuck Gryffindor's and their bravery.

"Yeah, let's go. Team Potter, let's do this."

"Was that sarcasm?"

"No shit Sherlock."

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Well, this is fun.