A HIDDEN SECRET #wattys2017

CHAPTER NINE: SOMETHING WRONG HERMIONE??!

~ Ronald~

Something's been up with Hermione lately. I could tell. She wouldn't laugh at Harry's and my jokes. She wouldn't eat or drink anything during breakfast, lunch or dinner. And she refused to sleep at night. What the hell !?
"Hermione, could you please eat something ....you're driving us mad !"
Harry said, trying to stuff her mouth with some pastries. She shook her head vigorously and picked up her books and walked away. I sighed and put down my fork. "There's something wrong with her, and we've got to find out what " I said and Harry nodded.
"But first, we get to Potions." I said. "URGH ! Snape !" Harry grunted and I chuckled.
"Did you finish you're Potions essay on chapter twenty-five ?" I asked.
"No. " of course. I had it coming. This is Potter we're talking about. On our way to the dungeons, we ran into Heather and Tommy. "Hey,Ron !" I Tommy and Heather said, beaming up at me. "Hey. Sorry, but we're a little late, so we'll talk to you later." I said sprinting up the hallway.
"Sorry, again " Harry shouted.
"There's Snape !" I said pointing at a pale man dressed in black and walking down to the dungeons. "How are we supposed to beat him to the dungeon ?" I said, panicking.
"I've got it !" Harry said. "Stupify !"
Snape froze in the staircase. I stood there, shocked at what Harry had just done. "You just did that to a teacher !" I exclaimed. "And saved us from detention, now, come !"
We raced to the dungeon and plopped in our seats. "We...made...it" I said panting. We chuckled and started working  on our essay. I grabbed Hermione's essay(she was sitting beside me) and whispered "Geminio !" I duplicated her essay and gave it to Harry and duplicated his. This was a full proof plan if you ask me. Well you didn't but who cares. 
Snape walked in ten minutes later, rubbing the back of his thighs. He must've fallen down the stairs.
"Stop snickering and read the text on page 349" Snape cried. "I will ask questions !" He added.
"Great and we have two more hours of this !" I whispered to Harry.

~ Cassandra ~

"Please. I bet you can master that spell soon. Don't worry about it" I said. Heather was freaking out about the one spell she couldn't do.
"But McGonagall wants to see us to it tomorrow. If not I'll get detention !" Heather cried.
"You worry too much" I sighed.
"That's Heather. " Tommy joked. I chuckled and Heather glared at the both of us.
"Fine. I'll just practice now.  Hand over your ink bottle Tommy" Heather said. Tommy didn't hesitate.
"Duro !" Heather said. Nothing happened.
"It's like this." Tommy said, whipping out his wand. "Duro " he said calmly and his ink bottle turned into stone.
"Whoa" I said, amazed.
"URGH this is impossible !"
"Just read your textbook over and over again, you'll get it" Tommy suggested.

Focus on your target and calmly say 'Duro'. The target will turn into stone. If this does not work, just try it over and over again.

NEVER GIVE UP !

"There. Give it a go now." I said. Heather took a deep breath and whispered "Duro". For once, her pillow turned into stone.
"My pillow turned to stone ! My pillow turned into the stone !" She screamed excitedly. "Wait.....my pillow turned into stone. "She realized. "Don't fret. I've got this. Finite Incantatem !"
I said with my wand aimed at the pillow. It turned back to its original fluffiness.