The Moon and Stars.

8- Nimbus Two Thousand

"So, why exactly did you call for me, Professor?"

"I was recently informed a Gryffindor girl is sleeping in this dorm and that she and her friend were out past curfew last night. I need you to go inside and see if this claim is true."

"Sure, Professor."

Selena shot out of bed! Shit! She looked to the door and the knob began to turn.

The girl frantically looked around, desperately searching for a place to hide. Eyeing the armoire, she shot into it and shut the door quietly, and just in time. She stood there and waited, ear pressed to the door.

At first, she only heard the door freak open, followed by soft footsteps. Then some odd shuffling.

'Hopefully' Selena thought, 'she's leaving.'

The footsteps began getting closer and closer. All of a sudden, it dawned on Selena that the Slytherin prefect was heading for the armoire. Frantically, Selena tried to conceal herself by crouching in the corner of the cramped piece of furniture, holder her breath and crossing all her fingers.

Needless to say, Selena was eternally grateful for Emily's timing.

"Hey, what are you doing?"

The knob stopped turning.

"Nothing, just a routine inspection."

"Routine my ass! Why are you in my dorm at," there was a pause, in which Selena assumed Emily checked the time, "six twenty three in the morning on a weekday?"

"Why is there a divot in the bed next to your dorm mate? It almost looks as if there was another person sleeping there?" Asked the prefect in a sly voice.

"Are you crazy? We are first years, what are you implying?" Emily snapped.

"Answer the question, Davis." Came a silky voice which made Selena's heart stop. It was Snape! What the hell was he doing in the girls' dormitory?

"Professor? What are you doing in the girls' dormitory?" Emily said as if she was reading her hidden friend's thoughts.

"I received a tip that Wilson and Allen had not only been out past curfew, but Allen was in Slytherin dormitory, and as Head of Slytherin House it is my duty to find out if this is true and punish them."

Shit, shit, shit! Selena began to panic in the closet.

"Well, Professor, I've been in this dorm since about nine thirty last night, and before I was in the common room. Not once have I seen Selena." Said Emily, causing Selena to smile.
Technically she wasn't lying, but it still felt good to know that Emily was covering for her.

"And the dip in the bed is from me. Last night Cass had a nightmare and she was screaming and so I laid with her until she fell back asleep." She said.

One, or both, of the two people invading the dorm must've looked skeptical because Emily added on, "What can I say, I'm a good friend and an even better at cuddling." With a laugh.

"Very well." Came the annoyed voice of Snape. "But if I find out you lied to me, Davis, you will be punished just as much as Allen and Wilson."

Selena waited a minute. Then two. Then Emily knocked on the door and pulled it open. "Selena, you in there, or am I crazy?"

"I'm here."

"They're gone. I think." Whispered Emily.

"Thanks for that save, Em. I owe it too ya." Whispered back Selena.