Abandoned and Neglected Doesn't Mean I'm Done

Getting Past Challenges

"Hey, Harry, Katheren. I was asking if you guys would want to-"

"Sorry, Hermione, but our answer's no for this."

"Oh, come on!"

Hermione pouted before placing her books down and sighed.

The library was usually the only place Jace and Ron would never go because they lacked many brain cells. On the other hand, Draco had been spending time with Pansy, Blaise, Vincent, and Crabbe, teasing Gryffindor part of their bucket list.

"Herms, no offense, but you can be a bit too..."

"Too what, Harry?"

"Uh..."

"Too overachieving," Katheren answered, still reading her book.

"Well, that might be true, but-"

"Hermione, we studied for the past week with no breaks. Can't we at least have one?" Harry whined.

"Well, I guess you're not wrong. On a totally different note, why were you guys scared yesterday during lunch?"

"That, Hermione, is something you don't want to know..." Katheren said before both she and Harry shivered.

Yesterday during lunch, the quads were startled by the sound of that ominous whisper lurking around them.

It was a whisper, sure, but no one was there.

No matter where they went that day, the same saying followed them.

All were consumed with paranoia, much to Katheren's annoyance, and they began to spend with each other. Up to the point that they spend time with each other waiting for the bathroom.

"Alright then. I won't force you since you have all been busy with school work rather than Jace and Ron. On the other hand, I believe Danny is about to die from all this stress."

"You got that right..." Danny said, face facing down on the desk.

"Well, then, I'll see you later," Hermione said, leaving with a curl-tight smile.

'Guess she's pissed at them again,' thought Katheren, who finished her book just in time.

"You know, guys, we never established our nicknames since you just called me Mariposa," Mirabel said.

"Now that you mentioned it, I think it's time to tell you all my nickname," Danny said while smirking.

Everyone faced Danny, who was facing them, and said, "My new nickname for me is Shade."

"Shade? Why that?" Mirabel asked.

"That's because he acts like a ghost whenever he's alone and would sometimes spook people whenever he wants to," Katheren explained.

"I think it's a pretty cool name. Better than Phantom if you ask me," Harry replied.

"Agree," Katheren responded.

"Well, I guess it'll be okay calling you that, Shade," Mirabel said, causing Danny to smirk.

"Let's get out of here; there's something I want to discuss, guys," Katheren said, leading them to the hallways.

"What is it, Katheren?" Harry said, following her friends.

"That book I was reading: Alchemy, Ancient Art, and Science, I noticed something odd about it. There was something about it that I couldn't 'seem to get a holdoff..."

"What do you mean by that, Katheren?" Danny asked.

"Well, Shade, it mentions a person name Nicholas Flamel."