The Dare Game

Chapter two

I woke up before anybody else the next morning. I intended to release the Doxy’s before breakfast, while everybody was still asleep. I slipped into some cloths and crept out of the room. I didn’t take me long to get to the classroom, I was careful not to wake anybody on my way there though. When I arrived at the classroom the cage was next to the door, just where I’d left it. I put one hand on the door handle and one hand on the latch of the cage. I had to run as soon as I’d set them free. I took a deep breath and pulled the latch to the cage. As soon as I’d opened the cage I slammed the classroom door shut and ran down the corridor. I couldn’t hang about to see the Doxys effect, if I did that I risked getting caught. I decided that the best place to be right now was in the breakfast hall, I could blend in with everyone there. I slunk in to an empty seat next to Ingrid,

“Where were you this morning?” She asked but before I could answer Goldberg burst in through the door,

“Somebody has stolen a cage of Doxy’s from my classroom!” he shouted, “if anybody knows anything then I strongly suggest that they speak now!” I glanced at Scorpius who was looking straight at me. The door swung open again but this time Mosley stood there.

“No, no, no,” I muttered under my breath,

“Somebody!” Mosley yelled, “Has release a pack of Doxy’s into my classroom!”

“So that’s where they went,”

“Who did this?” He shouted. Nobody said a word. “Weasley!” He snapped. Of course, I was prime target. Mosley had always disliked me and after yesterday’s incident he hated me. “Stand up!” He screamed. I stood up, my heart pounding,

“Don’t worry, you didn’t do anything,” Ingrid whispered to me. I smiled weakly; it appeared that the only person who didn’t think I was innocent was the person who had the authority to punish me,

“Follow me Weasley!” I quickly took a piece of toast off the table and followed Mosley out of the hall. I followed him down the corridor and into his office,

“I didn’t do anything professor,” I whined

“What do you take me for Weasley? I know it was you, I saw you hide the cage in my classroom last night,”

“Oh…” I said gloomily, “I’ll see you at eight for a detention then,” I turned to leave the classroom,

“Oh no you don’t,” Mosley cried, “I told the headmaster that I’d clean up the lake today but since now I have to clean up my classroom, you can clean the lake!”

“OK,” I said, pulling my wand out if my pocket,

“No magic Weasley, this is a punishment,” Mosley said, pulling my wand out of my hand, “you can come and collect this when you have finished!”

“What are you doing in there Weasley?” Scorpius mocked. I scowled. I was standing chest deep in the middle of the lake scooping up weeds into a bucket. The rubber waders that Mosley had provided were not practically good at keeping me dry or warm consequently I was freezing and damp and my long hair was dangling in the murky water. The last thing I wanted at that moment was Scorpius Malfoy. I took a deep breath and turned around to face him,

“Malfoy,” I said sweetly, he burst out laughing, “just lend me you wand so that I can get out of here,” I snapped,

“Why should I?”

“I’ll be here all night if you don’t!” I shouted. Scorpius laughed again,

“You’ll have to come and get it,” He yelled back. I sighed and began to wade back to shore. The water lapped just below the top of my waders. “Watch out Weasley!” Scorpius laughed, throwing a stone at me. The pebble hit me square on my forehead, it wasn’t a lot but it was enough for me to stumble! My foot got trapped in between to rocks and I fell. I was immersed in water for a brief minute then my head resurfaced again. There were weeds tangled in my hair and mud pouring down my face. My waders were now full of water, meaning that I was now soaked to the skin and my bucket of weeds was now empty.

“Give me that,” I said, snatching Scorpius’s wand out of his hand,

“Sorry,” Scorpius giggled as he hauled me out of the lake.

“Accio weeds,” I said clearly. A heap of green plants sprang up from lake and flew at me, burring me and Scorpius in a pile of weeds.

“Thanks,” Scorpius coughed, “So it looks like you did the dare. What will my dare be?” I thought for a moment,

“Come with me,” I said.

After collecting my wand from Mosley I took Scorpius up to the common room,

“Come in,” I said, “Don’t worry, nobody’s here.” I lead Scorpius into my dorm and hauled out a box from under my bed,

“Are you going to tell me what my dare is yet?” he asked

“No, you’ll have to wait and see…” I took a puffy white jacket out of the box and head to the door, “Come on.” I ran up several flights of stair with Scorpius hot on me heals. I didn’t stop running until I was at the top of the school.

“What are we doing up here?” Scorpius groaned,

“I dare you to jump off there,” I said, pointing at the railings. We both peered over the edge, you could see right down to the ground floor,

“Are you mad?” Scorpius cried, “I’ll be killed!”

“No you won’t,” I said calmly, “Not if you wear this,” I said passing him the jacket. Scorpius looked puzzled, “It’s a bungee jacket, my grandfather made it.” Scorpius still looked confused. I sighed, “Do you know what a bungee jump is?”

“I think so,”

“Well you know the cord you use to do that? This does the same thing,”

“Right,” Scorpius said. He put the jacket on and zipped it up. There were several elastic cords coming off the jacket that all merged into one. I took the end of the rope and tied it to the bottom of the railings and Scorpius stood on top of them. I turned to go down the stairs,

“Don’t jump until you can hear or see everyone coming out of the great hall from tea,” I told him,

“But then I’ll get caught!” Scorpius exclaimed,

“And I wasn’t?”

“Only because you we’re careless, you could have done without being caught. I can’t do this without being caught!”

“Well if you don’t want to do it…”

“I didn’t say that.” I began to run down the stairs. I could already hear people coming out of the great hall; I wasn’t going to make it down before Scorpius jumped. I was about half way down the stairs when I heard Scorpius jump. He whizzed past me quickly, I peered over the rails. The children below all scattered so as not to get hit and then at the last minute Scorpius started to whizz back up. I smiled. Scorpius kept going up and down until he came to a steady stop. I could see Mosley yelling at Scorpius below. Scorpius undid his jacket and followed Mosley, probably to his office. I ran back up and collected the jacket and then headed back to the common room.