Wandless - A Harry Potter Fanfic

Chapter 9 - Back to London

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"I'm sorry." Vincent mumbled to no one while putting his face in his hands.

Harry just stood silently patting his friends back as he stared at the destroyed hallway. Vincent's Thunderbolt potion blew a giant hole in the wall as well as a giant crater in the floor. Students were walking around wondering what the hell happened.

"How much did you use?" Harry asked.

"One vial," mumbled Vincent.

"Just one vial caused this?!" Harry thought in astonishment.

The two of them walked back to the Gryffindor Tower to find Ron and Hermione, but they were gone. They walked around looking for places they would be.

"The library perhaps?" Vincent suggested, "Hermione might be there, Ron's another matter though."

As they exited the library they bumped into Percy Weasley, Ron's 'perfect' brother.

"Oh, hello Harry, Vincent," he said earning a nod from Vincent, "excellent flying yesterday Harry, really excellent. Gryffindor has just taken the lead for the House Cup – you earned fifty points! Vincent, your food made the game oh so more enjoyable to watch, just make sure to give us, Prefects and teachers a heads up before doing something similar."

"You haven't seen Ron or Hermione, have you?" asked Harry.

"No, I haven't," said Percy, his smile fading. "I hope Ron's not in another girls' toilet."

Vincent and Harry both watched Percy walk away as they exchanged looks. The two boys soon found themselves in front of Moaning Myrtle's bathroom.

"You think she's in there?" Harry asked slightly fearful of Myrtle's crush on him.

"Just get in there Harry," Vincent said with an amused smile, "who knows, the relationship could work—"

"Don't you bloody dare finish that sentence Vince," Harry said glaring at Vincent who started laughing as they walked through the bathroom doors.

"Vince, Harry?" Hermione's voice called out from one of the bathroom stalls, "are both of you here?"

"Yeah, we're here Hermione," Vincent said as he opened the stall.

An old cauldron was perched on the toilet, with a small crackling sound underneath

Harry was about to open his mouth when Ron beat him too it.

"We know about Colin, Professor McGonagall was telling Professor Flitwick this morning. The sooner we get a confession out of Malfoy, the better," Ron said furiously, "D'you know what I think? He was in such a foul temper after the Quidditch match, he took it out on Colin."

"You did hear how Vince encountered the monster right?" Harry mentioned causing the Hermione to drop the potion book while Ron smacked his head against the stall wall.

"HE WHAT?!

"Guess they didn't hear," Vincent thought.

"Vince, are you ok?!" Hermione asked worriedly.

"I'm fine," Vincent said, "but the more important thing is that I now know something about the monster. It seems to have the ability to petrify people just by looking at it."

"Bloody hell," Ron said paling slightly, "How is anyone supposed to fight against it?"

"There's another thing," Harry added, "Dobby came to visit me last night."

Ron looked surprised while Hermione and Vincent exchanged glances.

"What the hell's a Dobby?" Vincent asked.