The Elemental Witch (Draco X OC X George)

Year I - Chapter XIII

After learning another piece of information, this one a very bad one; our heroes left McGonagall's classroom with lots of thoughts and deep fears. They walked down the hallway, listening to Harry as to what to do next.

"That was no stranger Hagrid met in the village. It was Snape, which means he knows how to get past Fluffy" he said.

"We don't know its Snape but someone working for... You-Know-Who" Aurora corrected him.

Hermione continued. "Matter is that now, with Dumbledore gone-"

She never finished when they all felt a presence. Turning, they came face to face with Snape.

"Good afternoon. Now, what would three young Gryffindors such as yourselves be doing inside on a day like this?" he asked.

"Uh...we were just..."

"You want to be careful. People will think you're *Harry glares madly at Snape, who looks shocked* up to something"

With those words, Snape left; leaving them shocked and confused. Was that a warning? A good one? From Snape?

"Now what do we do?!"

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Deciding on a plan, they all waited until nightfall before they meet at the Common Room of their house. They came down the stairs and began to walk across the floor when they heard croaking. Immediately, they came to a halt

"Trevor" Harry called the frog, recognizing him.

Ron did not like that. "Trevor shh! Go, you shouldn't be here!"

"Uhm...guys..." Aurora said as she noticed a shadow.

Suddenly, Neville appeared from behind a chair. "Neither should you. You're sneaking out again, aren't you?"

"Now, Neville, listen. We were-" Harry tried to explain but was interrupted.

"No! I won't let you! *stands* You'll get Gryffindor in trouble again! I-I'll fight you" he said with half confidence as he held out his fists.

Aurora blinked a few times, lips parted in amazement and shock at the sudden new confidence Neville showed.

"Neville, I'm really, really sorry about this...*takes out wand* Petrificus Totalus," Hermione said and cast her spell.

Neville froze at the moment and started to fall backwards on the ground when Aurora managed to catch him and lay him down gently. She looked at the caster who put her wand back.

"You're a little scary sometimes...you know that? Brilliant, but scary" Ron commented.

"Let's go," Harry said and started to walk. As he passed by Neville, he said a simple sorry.

Hermione and Aurora followed, doing the same with the latter feeling guilty but realizing this was the only choice. They couldn't let Voldemort have the stone and so they had to do something about it.

"It's for your own good, you know," Ron said.

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Once out, they all hid under the invisible cloak and made their way towards the Forbidden floor. As they walked, Aurora glanced around feeling her heart beating faster. She was scared...no, she was terrified of the outcome since they had a high chance of having to face Voldemort or his Acquaintance.

She tried to calm herself, thinking that they were all together and they had Hermione with them. She had just proven how good she is with spells and they were not that bad themselves. As long as they stayed together, they should be fine.