𝐂𝐀𝐒𝐓𝐋𝐄𝐒 𝐂𝐑𝐔𝐌𝐁𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐆 (OC x OC)

[001] CHAPTER 18

Makayla

The moment I heard his name, I knew that I had to come. I have to see him, I need to look him in the eyes. And of course I was also coming to help, but everyone has some sort of motive apart from just the common good. Take Louis for example, he's only coming so that he can keep Ann safe, which is highly reasonable, and highly unrelated to the Stone.

Whether it's related or not, we are going to have to march down there like an army, which will just make it harder for us to survive. The good thing is, not only am I smart, but Granger is as well. The bad thing is, Granger is a mudblood, and I'm a pure-blood. Something I can ignore for the time being, I can guess.

We creep into the room with Fluffy in it. The music is already playing. Who turned it on? That can't be a good sign. I don't know how the others are so unbothered by it. It's so obvious that someone has been here. Not even the mudblood can figure it out.

Harry, Ron, and Hermione help each other with lifting Fluffy's paw off the trap door. Suddenly, the music stops playing, and Fluffy's three large heads start lifting from their resting places.

"Does it seem quiet to you?" Harry asks. Yes, dumbass, it does seem quiet. Bloody hell, they get dumber every year.

"The harp," Hermione says, "it stopped." No fucking shit, smartass.

Fluffy's drool drips on Ron's shirt and he makes an 'eugh' noise. Then all three of them look up as I smack my forehead at how stupid they can be. They all scream and we all jump down the trapdoor into weird branch-like things.

The branches start to wrap around our bodies, acting like they're gonna suffocate us. Ron, Harry, Ann, and Louis all start squirming around, trying to get themselves out of the branches, but not Katelyn, Hermione and I. We stay still.

I am familiar with these types of branches and know just how to handle them. The others, not so much. I'd expect Katelyn to know, her dad specializes in all sorts of nature, and Hermione just loves being a nerd.

"You have to relax! If you don't, it'll only kill you faster!" Hermione shouts.

"Yeah, that'll help them calm down," I say, rolling my eyes.

They all scream, and Hermione is the first one to be let through all the way down to the bottom.

"HERMIONE!" Harry and Ron shout. Katelyn is the next to go down, "KATELYN!"

I roll my eyes, "You guys really are stupid you know," then I finally am let through.

Everyone that hasn't listened to us, so basically everyone, screams and squirms more. "You have to relax, guys!" Hermione shouts.

Harry starts to relax his body and a few moments later, he's let through. The others, though, keep squirming. "RELAX, DIMWITS," I yell.

I can hear Ann's intense breathing as she slowly starts to relax and be let through. Finally.

"ANNIE!" I hear Louis shout.

"LOUIS IF YOU DON'T RELAX RIGHT NOW, I'M GOING TO SLAP YOU SO HARD YOU DON'T HAVE THE TIME TO RELAX," Ann shouts. I hold back my laughter.

The only thing I hear after that is the branches moving and then Louis hitting the ground in the loudest and most obnoxious way possible. "You do make a load of noise don't you?" I ask, annoyed.

"Well, it turns out," Louis wipes his knees off as he stands up, "falling from the ceiling onto the ground hurts a lot more than you would think, Malfoy."

I roll my eyes. It has only been, what? Fifteen minutes? And I'm already annoyed by him.