What-If-Vision

What-If-Vision

Chapter Six - Saving the world before Potions time: Part II

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"Never expected that did you Hermione?" laughed Ron, sipping a bottle of Butterbeer.

"These popped newt's eyes are delicious, Ron! They taste almost like...like Popcorn!" exclaimed Harry, pointing to the bucket in front of him.

"Poppy Corn? What's that?" Ron asked, puzzled.

"It's called Popcorn, not Poppy Corn, and it is a muggle snack," explained Hermione in a know-it-all tone of voice.

"Eww, you mean muggles actually go around and pop corn? That's disgusting! I would rather stick to my newts eyes thank you very much!" Ron made a face, before turning back to the What-If-Vision.

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(On the What-If-Vision)

Hermione folded up the note and put it inside the pocket of her emerald green cloak. She then proceeded to say, "Professor, we shall get to work at once and complete this rescue mission"

"Oh, how can I ever thank you!" Filch croaked while wiping his eyes with a handkerchief that was offered by the Weasley Twins.

"Just save your gratitude for the next time we get caught out of bed," mumbled Harry

The Potterpuff gang mounted their brooms and kicked off into the air just as a flushed looking Snape came racing into the Great Hall. "Potter, Weasley and Granger, be back in time for the Potions tests! Or I'll make you regret it!" he shouted, as he ran his fingers through his greasy hair.

The trio laughed and were heading out of the Hall as they heard a thunderous cry that belongs to their caretaker, "My eye! Ah, my eye! The handkerchief is eating my eye!"

Harry and Ron exchanged amused looks, "Fred and George!"

"Let's go. If we don't go now, we'll be late for Potions!" Hermione called out to her best friends.

The three of them flew across the Quidditch field, over the Forbidden Forests, out of Hogwarts. Down to the Netherlands and into France, across to Italy, passing the Mediterranean Sea, and landing in Egypt, outside the Great Pyramid of Giza in
Cairo.

"Do you think this is the right place Hermione?" asked Ron, looking at the map he was holding.

"Where else would we find something like this?" Hermione pointed at a sign outside the entrance that said: 'If you are here to save Mrs A. Norris, come through here."

Harry led them into the pyramid through a small winding tunnel and it seems like they would be walking forever until... "I think I hear something, be quiet Ron, there are no spiders in here!" Harry prodded the wall with his wand and suddenly the wall began to lower into the earth beneath them. They stumbled on each other and fell through the door where the wall used to be.

"I see you have found my hideout...Mwahahahahaha I guess that means I need to buy more bandages to mummify you three as well!" Harry looked up to see whom the voice belonged to. It was none other than the evil Slytherin who turned even more evil... Malfoy Foy-Foy!

"Where's Mrs Norris you creep? Hand her over now and we might let you off easy," suggested Ron, pointing his wand at him.

"You wouldn't want to do anything silly Weasel, one wrong move and you blow this whole place up," Malfoy Foy-Foy hissed, waving a hand to one of the many Spell-bind dynamites across the room.

"What did you kidnap Mrs Norris Malfoy Foy-Foy? Surely a cat like that would be no use to you?" asked Harry lowering his wand as Ron and Hermione did.

"Well, let me explain then. Many thousands of years ago, a powerful witch called Gabrielle Goldilocks got lost in a cottage that was owned by three Egyptian cats, Papa Cat, Mama Cat and their little kitten, Norris," he explained like an old man telling a tale. "Goldilocks decided to stay in the cottage while the three cats were away, and even ate some of their cat food. When the cats came back from their picnic, they found Goldilocks sleeping in their bed; and because they were very barbaric cats, they decided to eat her alive. Since Norris was the youngest, she got to eat Goldilocks's head. All of Gabrielle
Goldilocks' powers was absorbed by Norris who changed her name into Mrs Augustus Norris to hide from her parents, and that is the end of the story!"

"I still don't get it, why do you need Mrs Norris then? I mean, you aren't going to eat her- are you?" Hermione badgered.

"Well I'm sure you all know I want to take over the world, and to do that, I need a power source, which is Mrs Norris, but to be able to access her powers I need to mummify her," announced Malfoy Foy-Foy. "And if you three don't mind, I really have to get to work and translate this book first. It is terribly confusing!"

"Oh...I take ancient runes, maybe I could help you with the translation!" Hermione ran over to Malfoy Foy-Foy and took the book he was holding.

Harry shouted after her, "Hermione! You can't go and help him, he's trying to take over the world remember?"

"It's no use, nothing can stand in front of Hermione Granger and a book, give up Harry, we mind as well have lost her," said Ron gloomily.

"Malfoy Foy-Foy, this book is totally fascinating...Oh and you're wrapping the bandages the wrong way," Hermione instructed him as he wrapped the long white bandages around the unconscious Mrs Norris.

"Ron, I've got an idea! I know what to do save Mrs Norris without killing anyone, including us!" exclaimed Harry.

"We blow up the pyramid?" Ron suggested, but Harry ignored him and approached the very busy Malfoy Foy-Foy and Hermione.

"Hermione, Malfoy Foy-Foy, it's almost time for the Potions test, you don't want to fail it now do you?"

Almost like magic, the mummifying pair stoped working and zoomed out of the pyramid in a flash, leaving behind a half wrapped Mrs Norris.

"That was bloody brilliant Harry! But is it really time for the test?" said Ron, Harry shrugged and muttered a 'don't know'.

They disabled all the Spell-Bind Dynamites and carried Mrs Norris back through the tunnel, but as they walked out into the sunlight. They discovered that Malfoy Foy-Foy and Hermione and took two of their brooms and one broom was not enough for two teenagers and a cat.

"I guess we could use the Portkey Professor Dumbledore gave me for the mission last time," Harry took it out of his pocket and signalled for Ron to approach it, three...two...one!"

They both felt a hook tugged on their navel and their feet left the ground.

"There you are, Miss Granger and Mr. Malfoy Foy-Foy had just arrived, why weren't you with them?" Snape barked at them, but before he could say another world, a pale faced Filch came running in.

"Where's my cat? Where's Mrs Norris?" He pushed in front of Snape and looked at Harry and Ron.

"Don't worry, Ron's got her, don't you?" The-Boy-Who-Lived turned to face his friend who was looking even more confused then usual.

"But Harry, I thought you had Mrs Norris!"