House of Cards - A BTS x Hogwarts AU

5. Sparks

Ash ran through the dark corridors with silent footsteps.

Who can they be? Who should I tell about this? Will anyone believe me?

Thoughts ran in her head as she felt her heartbeat thump through her body. Just outside the Slytherin dorms she bumped into Yoongi.

'Woah, Ash! Careful!' he caught her by the arms and tried to hold his balance as well.

'Sorry.. I...' she was lost for words, her mouth felt as dry as sand.

'What happened? You don't seem alright? Why are you so shook?'

'I was walking towards the dorms... You know that deserted corridor that leads to a fork?' she pointed to the path behind her. 'I... I heard two people talking there. Which I found rather odd. That place is always deserted. And when I followed them, I saw them disappear into a hidden room.. and inside were people, they didn't look like students,' Ash said, her words falling out rapidly. Yoongi's lilac eyes widened with each sentence.

'Come with me,' he said and took her by the elbow into the common room where Laura was. Laura looked horrified as Ash retold what she had witnessed., eyes widening with every word.

'We should tell Snape,' was Laura's first response.

'Tell Snape? If it turns out to be a hoax, he's going to have my head off!' Ash said. 'I just saw something for half a second. And you know how weird this castle is,'

'Then let's go check it out for ourselves first,' Yoongi said and Laura nodded in agreement.

The three crept their way to the hidden room. They tapped around the bricks to find the opening.

'Do you think it's like Diagon Alley?' Laura asked in a whisper.

Yoongi tapped the bricks in the diagonal pattern like they did for the entrance of Diagon Alley but nothing happened.

'Maybe it's a brick that gets pushed in and opens it,' Laura whispered. 'Woah, here!' she said, pushing a brick in.

They held their wands tightly in their hands and hid themselves as the bricks separated. Slowly, they peered, only to find a dark room, vacant of people. It looked utterly unused, with dust covered broken furniture, candles melted to a solid puddle with small black wicks standing on them and a huge broken mirror. There was no soul in sight.

'Aparecium,' Yoongi whispered the revealing charm and moved his wand over the space but nothing stirred or changed.

'Ash, was it this room for sure?' Laura asked her.

'I am absolutely positive about the location. But when I had peered in, this room was lit up. I remember seeing this broken mirror in the background of all the people. But right now... it's as if no one stepped in here in ages!' she said, pacing the room.

'I don't mean to doubt you,' Yoongi said. 'I know how sound minded you are. But this castle does have weird shit happening all the time. People see things every now and then with the ghosts moving around and paintings leaving their places,' Yoongi said as he turned over some abandoned silverware.

'Yeah... I don't blame you,' Ash nodded. 'I wouldn't believe it if this is what I came to find either. C'mon. Let's leave then. This place is giving me the creeps,'

They headed back to their dorms. Everyone was still in a half mind whether to tell Snape about this or not. Laura and Yoongi had already too much going on with Snape involved. The professor still held every action of their's with caution after the mess created with Kim Taehyung and Gwen Osburne. Yoongi let Ash walk ahead and he tugged Laura to stop and speak to him.