The quidditch match went off without a hitch there were no problems from Snape as expected and gryffindor won easily there was to be a huge party in the common room to celebrate with Fred and George snagging snacks from the kitchen. Ryan decided to pa.s.s on that and head into the forest for some more nature walks.And speaking of Snape...
A hooded figure came swiftly down the front steps of the castle. Clearly not wanting to be seen, it walked as fast as possible toward the forbidden forest. Ryan knew what was happening He recognized the figure"s prowling walk. Snape, sneaking into the forest while everyone else was at dinner this must be the clichéd bullying of Quirrelmort. He stealthily followed behind with his invisibility on and his wandless lumos lighting the way with the hand of glory effect on its quite easy to track someone who can"t see as well as you can."... d-don"t know why you wanted t-t-to meet here of all p-places, Severus..."
"Oh, I thought we"d keep this private," said Snape, his voice icy. "Students aren"t supposed to know about the philosopher"s Stone, after all." Yes private alright Ryan inwardly thought as he noticed Harry above holding his broom.
"Have you found out how to get past that beast of Hagrid"s yet?"
"B-b-but Severus, I--"
"You don"t want me as your enemy, Quirrell," said Snape, taking a step toward him.
"I-I don"t know what you--"
An owl hooted loudly, and Harry nearly fell out of the tree. He steadied himself in time to hear Snape say, " -- your little bit of hocus-pocus. I"m waiting."
"B-but I d-d-don"t--"
"Very well," Snape cut in. "We"ll have another little chat soon, when you"ve had time to think things over and decided where your loyalties lie."
He threw his cloak over his head and strode out of the clearing. It was almost dark now, but Harry could see Quirrell, standing quite still as though he was petrified. Ryan watched Harry fly off into the distance shame he missed Quirrel talking to himself and getting a response back. "Master shouldn"t we try to bring Snape into the fold?" a cold hissing voice responded "No I don"t know where hisss loyaltiesss lie we can bring him in after I get the stone." "yes master." "And hurry up with your preperations I"m not very patient." "o-o-ofcourse master" and he hurried off towards the castle with Ryan following a few minutes later with Noone the wiser.
"Harry Ryan where have the two of you been ?" Hermione squeaked. "Peeing" Ryan replied "Never mind that now," said Harry breathlessly. "Let"s find an empty room, you wait "til you hear this..."He made sure Peeves wasn"t inside before shutting the door behind them, then he told them what he"d seen and heard."So we were right, it is the philosopher"s Stone, and Snape"s trying to force Quirrell to help him get it. He asked if he knew how to get past Fluffy -- and he said something about Quirrell"s "hocus pocus" -- I reckon there are other things guarding the stone apart from Fluffy, loads of enchantments, probably, and Quirrell would have done some anti-Dark Arts spell that Snape needs to break through--" the entire group thought they had everything all figured out "So you mean the Stone"s only safe as long as Quirrell stands up to Snape?" said Hermione in alarm.
"It"ll be gone by next Tuesday," said Tonks
Weeks went by with everyone but Ryan and Luna worrying about Quirrel. Hermione, however, had more on her mind than the philosopher"s Stone. She had started drawing up study schedules and color coding all her notes. Harry and Ryan wouldn"t have minded, but she kept nagging them to do the same.
"Hermione, the exams are ages away."
"Ten weeks," Hermione snapped.
"True" Ryan said "And I have a deadline for my new Manga about Giant wars I named it "Attack on t.i.tan" (*cough* shameless thief) it"s a best seller in Fred and Georges mobile trunk shop I"m making a killing. I"m even thinking about getting tshirts. do you want a autograph my pen name is b1g p33p33."
Noone understood why he used numbers and letters but it was okay they would someday. he can hear his fans shouting already. "Anyway, what are you studying for, you already know it"s an A."
"What am I studying for? Are you crazy? You realize we need to pa.s.s these exams to get into the second year? They"re very important, I should have started studying a month ago, I don"t know what"s gotten into me..."
Unfortunately, the teachers seemed to be thinking along the same lines as Hermione. They piled so much homework on them that the Easter holidays weren"t nearly as much fun as the Christmas ones. It was hard to relax with Hermione next to you reciting the twelve uses of dragon"s blood or practicing wand movements. Moaning and yawning, the group spent most of their free time in the library with her, trying to get through all their extra work Ryan had gone the extra mile and made b1g p33p33 tshirts and wristbands everyone wondered why he kept snickering when people pa.s.sed by wearing his merchandise wizards have no common sense after all."I"ll never remember this," Tonks burst out one afternoon, throwing down her quill and looking longingly out of the library window. It was the first really fine day they"d had in months. The sky was a clear, forget-me-not blue, and there was a feeling in the air of summer coming. Ryan, who was looking up "Dittany" in One Thousand Magical Herbs and Fungi, didn"t look up until he heard Harry say, "Hagrid! What are you doing in the library?"
Hagrid shuffled into view, hiding something behind his back. He looked very out of place in his moleskin overcoat.
"Jus" lookin"," he said, in a shifty voice that got their interest at once. "An" what"re you lot up ter?" He looked suddenly suspicious. "Yer not still lookin" fer Nicolas Flamel, are yeh?" Ryan started shaking in excitement he knew what this ment he had f.u.c.king forgot about this. now he was trying with all his might to fight down the insane maniacle cackle working it"s way up from his lungs he looked absolutely fit to burst and the girls looked at him with worry he was starting to vibrate and fidget and the look on his face simple said insane. Dragon. The f.u.c.king dragon. He wants the dragon. Needs the dragon. He"s getting that f.u.c.king dragon. He instantly calmed down. Slowly put away his books into his bag kissed Luna on the forehead turned around and walked out of the library calmly. When he was outside the doors he put away his bag in his inventory walked 2 steps and *WOOOOSH* He was f.u.c.king gone hauling a.s.s towards the entrance invisibility on f.u.c.king t.i.ts in the wind he didn"t give a s.h.i.t *BAMMM* he threw the castle doors open without missing a beat was down the stairs like they were having a free nugget day at mcdonalds. he was practically flying by now he was getting closer to Hagrid"s hut. 20 feet 15 feet 10...5...1..*CRUNCH* He Sparta kicked the door right off its f.u.c.king hinges no s.h.i.ts given paying no mind to fang whimpering in the corner he dove over the table diving for the dragon egg in the fire pit like it was the last Capri sun in the fridge. He could no longer contain it. It broke free in a roaring fury. "MUHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!!!" The maniacle cackle was loose scaring poor fang the boorhound even more til he wet himself and fled out the door. Ryan quickly stored the egg in his inventory and resumed sanity as he looked and round Hagrid"s hut. it was in shambles almost half the door was imbeded in the wall the was dog pee on the floor the table had collapsed all hagrids rock cakes had been stolen when he wasn"t looking by someone it was absolute mayhem he quickly left 20kgp on the table and skipped out the door like a little flower girl with the biggest smile on his invisible face the world will never see except Ca.s.sie who was recording all this via the kingdom surveillance to be shown at a later date with her fellow wives.