Reality Bites Harry Potter

The Big Showdown

Right now I'm getting ready to head up to the third floor with Blaise, Theo, and Pansy. We spent dinner trying to think of a plan. I don't want to end up going down there without a plan. Let's see, first we have to deal with Devil's Snare and we just have to relax in it. Then it's the flying keys and with two seekers with us, we'll be able to catch the key easily enough. Then McGonagall's wizard's chess set is next and we can get through that with Ron's skill. Next up is the troll, which Quirrell should've already knocked out and then it's Snape's turn. Only one person will be able to go through, which sucks. I wish I could be there for Harry. It was hard to come up with any sort of plan when I'm not supposed to know what's down there; especially when it comes to the obstacle courses. That will put suspicion on me and we can't have that. Not yet at least. We didn't exactly come up with a plan because we decided that without knowing what's down there, it's useless. We made our way upstairs, which would probably look odd to someone if they saw three Slytherins going upstairs. Luckily we didn't run into anyone. We made it to the third floor and went into an empty classroom. We decided it was safer to wait there than out in the hallway where Filch could find us. We didn't have to wait long because the others showed up soon after we did. "Let's just get this over with." Shay muttered frowning.

"First we need someone to stay up here in case we need to get a teacher." I said frowning.

"I'll stay," Susan offered.

"I'll stay with you so you don't have to be by yourself." Blaise said smiling at her.  Aw, these two are adorable. She looked relieved when he said that. That left us with Fred, Shay, Hannah, Theo, George, the Golden Trio, and myself. We wished them good luck and proceeded to go to the room with Fluffy in it. Hermione unlocked the door and we found the harp playing.

"Is it asleep?" Hannah whispered looking surprised.

"Fortunately for us." Shay answered.

"But not for long..." I muttered, so that only she could hear me. She frowned.

"Let's go down in case it wakes up soon." Harry said nervously.

"Right," Fred and George said before pulling open the trap door with a bit of effort. Harry looked like he wanted to say something, but I shook my head and went down the trapdoor first. I heard everyone call for me.

"It's alright, come down." I yelled up to them. The Devil's Snare wrapped itself around me. Everyone landed around me and started to freak out, except Hermione of course. "Everyone calm down and relax!"

"How am I supposed to relax when I'm about to be strangled!?" Hannah said in a panicky voice.

"Just calm down and take some deep breaths. If you don't, you will be strangled to death." Shay told her reassuringly. Hannah took some deep breaths and calmed down.

"Okay. Everyone just relax and we'll fall right through." Hermione said calmly. Everyone did as she said and we fell through. It was a hard landing, but we weren't injured. I'm surprised Ron was so calm. I figured he would still be freaking out. I'm proud of him. We went through a set of doors and found the keys.

"What are those?" Theo asked squinting to get a good look at them.

"They're... keys!" Harry said surprised.

"The door is locked." Ron said from across the room, frowning.

"We need to catch the key." Shay muttered looking up at the keys. Fred and George grabbed a broom each and hopped on. Harry joined them and they got to capturing the key. After five minutes, they caught the key and we moved on to the giant chessboard. Ron played the knight like in the book and the game went as the book described. Fred and George carried Ron back to the entrance. We moved on and the found the knocked out troll.

"I'm glad we didn't have to go up against that one." Harry muttered, his nose scrunched up at the smell.

"Yeah..." Hermione said frowning. I almost forgot they had to go up against the troll on Halloween.

"You guys are crazy..." Hannah muttered.

"We did it save  Hermione." Harry said pouting slightly. I wish Draco was here to see his cuteness. I stopped Shay, Theo, Hannah, and Pansy before we got to the door. I gave Shay a look and she nodded.

"We'll wait for you guys." Shay told Hermione and Harry. They looked confused but nodded. Hermione came back ten or fifteen minutes later and told us that Harry went on after Quirrell. I hope he's going to be okay. I know how it's supposed to end, but Shay and I changed things up until this point. So I hope nothing happens to Harry. We went back to the room with the giant chessboard. I think Theo sensed my nervousness and grabbed my hand. I looked at him and he smiled. Aw... He's too cute. I squeezed his hand and I can hear Pansy internally squealing. It wasn't long before Snape, McGonagall, and Dumbledore showed up. Snape and McGonagall were ordered to take us back to our dorms. Ugh, I need to know if Harry is going to be okay. We got scolded a lot on the way back. By the time Pansy, Blaise, Theo and I got back to the Slytherin commons room, I realized that Theo was still holding my hand. Pansy and Blaise smirked at us before going to their rooms.

"Well, you weren't wrong when you said you felt like you, Blaise and I would be good friends." Theo said as we finally let go of each other's hands.

"Yeah, and I also wasn't wrong about us going on adventures." I said grinning.

"I'll admit that I wasn't expecting an adventure like that." Theo said smiling.

"Hopefully, there won't be more like that because that did a number on my heart." I said feeling relieved that this was all over.

"I thought you liked adventure." He said smirking at me. I stuck my tongue out at him.

"Good night, Theo." I told him, ready for bed.

"Good night, Pyper." He said winking at me. I ran off to my room before I did something I'd probably regret.