Post by broadwaylights on Jul 21, 2009 22:32:20 GMT
Bella rolled over in her bed and looked at the clock. 2:36 in the morning, and she hadn't gotten even a moment of sleep. Her long, brown hair was splayed across the white pillow, her green eyes staring at the ceiling. A soft sigh escaped her lips. "Why even bother?" she muttered to herself as she threw off the large comforter and swung her legs over the side of the bed. "'S not like I need sleep tonight..." She slipped on her tennis shoes, grabbed her wand, and walked into the Gryffindor Common Room. A fire was still burning cheerfully in the hearth, which was far from ordinary. A first year was snoring in one of the chairs, a Potions book in her lap. Bella looked at the girl sympathetically. She took the book from her lap, put it on the ground, and threw a blanket on the girl. She might as well do something good to make up for wandering off like this...
She slowly and quietly climbed out of the passageway behind the Fat Lady, so as to not wake her up. The frame clicked into place as Bella gently shut it. "Lumos Maxima," she muttered as she drew her wand. A brilliant beam of light sprang from the tip of her wand. The hallway was completely empty (except, of course, for snoozing portraits) to the point that it gave her goosebumps. It was just plain eerie. But Bella set off despite this, and soon was just outside the Divination classroom. She rapped on the picture of the knight and his horse sharply, and the knight awoke with a start. "EN GARDE!" He shouted, brandishing his sword.
"Be quiet!" Bella hissed. "Let me into the passage." The knight looked like he wanted very much so to say something smart, but she glared at him, trying to channel her inner Charlotte. He hurried over to the side of the portrait and pulled out a small key, which she grabbed from him. She climbed slowly and carefully up the steps to the Divination classroom. Just as she was pushing aside the teacher's desk and inserting a key into the wooden lock on the floor, a shocked voice said, "What ARE you doing?!"
Bella froze, thinking for sure that she had been caught, Gryffindor was about to lose their chance at the House Cup, and she was about to get detention for a year. "Nox!" She whispered quickly. But not all of the light went out- the Professor must've lit her wand. But then, Bella actually SAW what was going on. A student, wrapped up in a cloak so that they were beyond recognition, held their wand to the Professor's throat. "Just do what I say, and nobody gets hurt." They said. "Why, I never!--" the Professor began to say, but she was cut off by the student casting a spell. "Imperio!" The Professor stopped talking. "You WILL do what I say." The student repeated. "Of course," the Professor said, her eyes misty...
Bella slowly crept out of the room and down the staircase, and then flat out sprinted her way back to the common room. Of course, she ran into a teacher. "Miss Freeway! DETENTION!" They bellowed as she continued to run back to the common room. But that was the very least of her worries. The DE had another teacher. Would the New Order stand a chance?
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