"we need to move it's paw!"
"pay attention," ron whacked the back of maddy's head.
the four students kneeled and used all their strength to move the heavy paw. harry opened the door.
"i'll go first. don't follow until i give you a sign. if anything happens, get yourselves out of here."
"does it seem a little quiet to you?"
"the harp, it stopped playing!"
drool dripped onto ron's shoulder, and everyone looked up, seeing a very awake three-headed dog.
harry panicked, and jumped in. hermoine and ron jumped in next. right when maddy jumped, fluffy swung, scratching the poor girl.
as soon as they landed, hermoine and ron noticed the injury.
"your arm-"
"it's bleeding!" ron began to panic, especially because of them sinking.
"it's fine," maddy mumbled, waving them off.
"stop moving, both of you," hermoine told the two boys, keeping her eyes on maddy's bleeding arm. "this is devil's snare. you have to relax. if you don't, it will only kill you faster."
"kill us faster? oh, now i can relax," the red-head yelped.
hermoine and maddy disappeared underneath what looked like the roots of a tree. the granger girl got up quickly and helped the other girl up.
"are you okay?"
maddy nodded and gave her a thumbs up, then pointed at her.
"me too."
harry fell a couple moments later, leaving ron alone.
"devil's snare, devil's scare, it's deadly fun but will sulk in the sun," a look of realization spread across her face as she lifted her wand. "lumos solem!"
a bright light came out from her wand, causing ron to fall through. harry helped him up.
"phew, at least we didn't panic," he said, letting out a breath of relief. maddy rolled her eyes and whacked him, causing him to get annoyed, so he hit back. the began to whack each other back and forth before harry and hermoine pushed them to opposite sides.
"luckily hermoine pays attention to herbology."
ron smiled and the four headed to the next room, where a noise that sounded like wings was heard. they walked in and saw the room full of flying wings.
maddy looked at the lock on the other door, ignoring what the others were saying, and began looking for the right key. when she found it, she just pointed at it like an amazed baby, except she actually wanted to get out of there as soon as possible.
harry got on a broom and chased the key, struggling. as soon as he caught it, he tossed it at the trio down on the floor and maddy caught it. she quickly unlocked the door and slammed it shut right when the boy flew in.
the next room looked like a graveyard.
creepy.
they kept walking and suddenly it lit up, revealing a giant chessboard.
"there's the door!"
swords of the chess pieces blocked their path.
"now what do we do?" hermoine questioned.
it's obvious, isn't it?" ron sighed. "we've got to play our way across the room. alright, harry, you take the bishop's square. hermoine, you'll be the queen's side castle. maddy, take the queen, and as for me, i'll be knight."
everyone mounted their pieces. hermoine and ron had a quick conversation while the two staring at other pieces in shock.
"you there, d-5!"
a black pawn moved, diagonal to a white pawn. the lighter one raised it's sword and swung it at the darker pawn, debris flying every where.
each turn, each move, put the kids in more risk.
"wait a minute," harry began, realizing something. maddy was confused, so she looked around the room and realized the same thing when her eyes landed on ron.
"you understand right, harry? once i make my move, the queen will take me, then harry will be free to check the king."
"no, ron, no!" harry shouted.
"no ron, you can't! there must be another way!"
"there's not," maddy mumbled, sharing a knowing nod with the red-head who was about to sacrifice himself.
"harry, it's you that has to go on. i know it. not me, not hermoine. you! and take maddy with you," he paused, taking a deep breath. "knight to h-3."
his horse moved to the correct spot and he let out a shaky breath.
"check."
the queen raised its sword, smashing the knight into pieces and sending ron flying. once he landed, debris started hitting him in the face.
"ron!" hermoine tried running to the injured boy, but harry stopped her and moved to his spot.
"checkmate."
the game ended, and harry ran to maddy, helping her off so they could find snape quicker.
"look after ron, take him to madam pomfrey and alert dumbledore immediately. ron was right, it's us two that have to go on."
"you two will be okay. you're both amazing wizards, you really are," hermoine spoke softly.
"not as good as you," they said at the same time, chuckling.
"me? books and cleverness? there are more important things. friendship and bravery. just be careful."
the two nodded and ran over to the door, preparing themselves as they opened it.
professor quirrell turned around when the two who lived appeared near him.
"i was given specific directions not to hurt you," he directed to the girl, shooting her with a sleeping spell.
bitch didn't even last a whole minute.
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"alright there, ron?" harry asked the red-head, walking next to a still injured maddy who had woken up when everything ended.
"alright, you two ?" he chuckled.
harry shrugged and then pointed at maddy's stained arm, nudging her in the direction of the hospital wing.
"we're alright, hermoine?"
"never better."
maddy missed the whole house cup thing in the great hall due to getting patched up, but she was really glad she did go. her arm was hurting like hell.
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"don't be a stranger, malfoy."
"never," draco smiled, looking around and quickly hugging the only person he found tolerable.
"i'll see you in two months," she smiled back, walking to where the weasley's were standing.
"maddy!" ginny exclaimed, jumping into the older girl's arms. the taylor girl recovered and hugged back. she didn't want to leave the sweet girl hanging.
"what a year," ron chuckled.
oh if only they knew what they had ahead of them.
short movie and short chapter, i know, sorry! (i apologize a lot my bad)
there wasn't much i could fit maddy into since she doesn't talk and isn't friends with the golden trio, but she will get more lines and chapters/parts will be longer starting around the prisoner of Azkaban?
word count- 1054
date written- september 16, 2020