Krestena's Second Year: Book 2

Cancelled Quidditch Match

Krestena's POV

I sat with the rest of the team the morning before the game and Hermione sat beside me as we ate breakfast. Harry mentioned something about hearing the voice again and I see light bulb go off in Hermione's brain. "What's up Hermione?" I ask her tilting my head to one side.

"I think I just understood something, I have to go to the library" she states before getting up and leaving.

"That was weird" I state looking at the other two.

"What did she understand?" Ron asks.

"I think I know, but she'll tell us later after the game" I assure him as I think hard. A voice only Harry can hear and he's the only parcel mouth here. What if the monster is a giant snake? But that'd be ridiculous, someone would see a giant snake roaming the halls. How come I never asked Ginny what the monster was? Oh well, doesn't matter now as we'll destroy that diary tonight after the game.

Just then Oliver called us saying it was time to go down to the pitch. "Perfect conditions for quidditch" he states as we walk onto the pitch. He then lead us to the change rooms for our pregame talk. I saw he had a board already prepared with a diagram of the pitch. He then talked us through the plan for the game.

"Alright listen up, if we play our game right Hufflepuff doesn't stand a chance" I tell them after he'd finished as we collected our brooms.

"We're stronger, faster and smarter" Oliver adds.

"Not to mention they're dead scare that Harry will petrify anyone who goes near him" the twins added smirking while I shot them a glare.

"That too" Oliver agrees and I glare at him. Just as we were about to walk out onto the pitch Professor McGonagall appeared. This was odd, she never came to wish us luck before a match.

"This match has been cancelled" she tells us.

"You can't cancel Quidditch" Oliver tells her.

"Silence Wood, you and your team will return to Gryffindor tower now" she tells him. "Mister Potter, Miss Black follow me please" she states as Ron appears. "Yes, you better to come to Mister Weasley" she adds and leads us to the castle.

"Professor what's this about?" I ask as I walk beside her.

"There's been an other attack, two petrified this time" she states.

"How can that be Professor, everyone was suppose to be at the pitch for the game" I tell her. Ginny what have you done? I told not to write in that stupid book.

"I thinks its best you see who is petrified before I explain" she states as we enter the hospital wing. "I warn you this maybe a bit of a shock" she tells us. Then pulls back a curtain to reveal a petrified Hermione.

"Hermione, no" I say and run to her side with the other two. "Professor, how did this happen?" I ask trying to hide my tears. One of my best friends has been petrified because of an other best friend. Who is possessed by a fifty year old diary? I figured that out by going to the trophy room. I saw that Tom had received an award for services to the school after he had got Hagrid expelled for opening the chamber of secrets fifty years ago and killing a girl.

"She and Miss Clearwater were found near the library, along with this" she explains holding up a hand mirror. "Does it mean anything to either of you?" she asks ask. We all shook our heads. "Lets go back to Gryffindor Tower, I have a notice to read to everyone" she tells us. McGonagall leads us back to Gryffindor Tower and I walk over to the twins who wrap their arm around my shoulders in comfort.

"All students will return to their house common rooms by six o'clockin the evening. No student is to leave the dormitories after that time.You will be escorted to each lesson by a teacher. No student is touse the bathroom unaccompanied by a teacher. All further Quidditchtraining and matches are to be postponed. There will be no more eveningactivities, no exceptions" she announces to the room.

She left the room and everyone went back to what they were doing. "Guys, I'm going to go find Ginny see you at dinner" I tell the twins and leave. I leave the common room and head to Moaning Myrtle's bathroom. When reach the bathroom Ginny was not there so I decided to wait.

I heard someone enter the room and didn't turn around as I look out the window. I was thinking of how to destroy the diary. Clearly water didn't work, maybe fire will. As I turn to tell this to Ginny someone said "Stupefy" and a red light hits me in the chest. The last thing I remember before hitting the ground was red hair, hissing and the sinks moving apart.

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Picture above of Professor McGonagall cancelling the Quidditch match.