Chapter 25: The Keys

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Harry's POV

       As I swung my leg over the broom, Ron shook his head. "No, Harry! You can't! There's too many keys!"

       I rolled my eyes. "Ron, I already know what key I'm going for. It's not that hard." I kicked off the ground, my eyes trained on the struggling key. As soon as I got a good distance from the ground, the keys' shrill sound got louder and they all turned toward me.

       "Harry, what's happening up there?" Hermione called.

       I looked down at her and shrugged. "I'm not sure." I gasped and sped off as the keys quickly raced toward me.

"Harry!" Hermione shrieked.

I was breathing hard. I glanced behind me. When I turned back around, my eyes widened and I barely had time to pull the broom up and out of the way for a beam holding the roof up. I reached my hand out toward the broken-winged key. "Almost..."

       "Harry! Look out!" Ron shouted. I glanced up and saw the keys had made it in front of me and were now coming toward my head. I pushed down on the broom and moved so I was now flying under the keys. But that didn't stop them from chasing me. They skidded to a stop and quickly turned around to come at me again.

I shook my head and reached out. The keys were closing in and I was dangerously close to the ground. I reached farther out with my hand. I could now feel the wind from the beating wings as my hand reached around the end of the key. Right as I grabbed the key, I leaned too far forward and fell off of the broom. I did a somersault and landed on my back. Hermione ran over and helped me up.

I glanced behind me and saw the keys were still following me. I ran after Ron and Hermione and quickly opened the door. We all ran out and shut the door, falling to the ground on the other side. We heard many pounding sounds against the door and when I looked again, there were keys poking through the door and the door was still open.

"Harry, let's go. That was close and I don't want to be here anymore." Hermione whispered.

I nodded and stood up, following my two best friends to what I hoped wouldn't be our doom.

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THIS CHAPTER WAS EDITED ON MAY 8th, 2020

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