Lilliana Snape Book One (re-written)

Part 14

“So, let me get this straight” I stated, staring at Harry “Draco knows that you’re getting rid of Norbert tonight and you’re still going to do it?” We were sat in the hospital wing by Ron’s bed; he was beside himself with worry at the fact that Draco had now gotten evidence about Norbert and could rat on us at any second.

Harry nodded “we don’t have a choice; Charlie’s friends are only available tonight. If we miss this then we have to go back to the drawing board to figure out how to get rid of him; besides, I have my cloak, he won’t see us.”

“Well” I sighed “you can do it without me, there is no way that I’m going to be running around the school after dark with an illegal dragon.” Actually, what I’d just told Harry was a big fat lie. I wanted nothing more than to go on this adventure with them but I’d made promises to dad. Usually, I wouldn’t care about breaking his rules but, this time, he’d given me secret information and only asked a few simple things from me in return so I wasn’t about to go breaking his trust for a baby dragon no matter how much I wanted to be a part of it.

“What!” Harry exclaimed in surprise “I thought that you’d be the first volunteer to help!”

“Look” Hermione sighed, staring at me and then turning to Harry “Lilly has a point, plus she has more reason to want to stay out of this; if we get caught, she’ll be crucified by Snape.”

Harry blinked at her “am I asleep?” He asked “Lilly is opting out and you’re opting in? Since when did we arrive in topsy turvy land?”

I was just as surprised as Harry at Hermione’s choice but she’d bailed me out so I wasn’t about to question her choice “that’s sorted then. You need at least two of you to move Norbert and you have two of you. What’s the exact plan?”

He took a moment or two to answer me, still getting his head around Hermione’s answer. “Don’t have an elaborate plan” he shrugged “slip out, when everyone has gone to bed, in my invisibility cloak; get down to Hagrid’s, collect Norbert, lug him up to the astronomy tower and wait for him to be collected. Simple.”

“Only simple if you don’t get caught” I pointed out “just make sure you’re fully covered under the cloak.”

That evening, we left Ron in the hospital wing and sat up in Gryffindor tower, waiting for the twins to go to bed. “And then” George laughed “he farted and the cork shot across the room, breaking the mirror!”

“That’s funny” Harry smiled, looking sideways at Hermione “but I reckon I’m going to bed. Tired.” He then turned to me and whispered “tell Hermione to meet me in my dormitory and then open the portrait hole for us, I’ll let you know when we need it opening.” So quietly that I barely heard him.

I nodded and then watched him go before relaying the information onto Hermione whilst the twins continued reminiscing about the fart spell they’d found and tested on Lee Jordan. “They’re not going to bed any time soon” I muttered to her “so just go meet him and I’ll have the hole open for you.”

“Fine” Hermione sighed before stretching and yawning “I think I’m going to turn in too. Night, guys.”