Chasing Shadows

Chasing Shadows

Chapter Ten-It's Over

"What?" I asked, startled.

"I remember you...I tried to kill you three years ago, but failed. Now, my new target has become that brat," he continued in the same strange voice...but yet, it wasn't strange.

"Lord Davis," I whispered.

"Bingo! And I'm going kill that brat," Ron smirked.

He raised his hands and then made a parting gesture with them. Harry and I flew sideways apart from each other. Ron walked calmly past us and left the fourth floor.

"Christ! I didn't know he could possess someone!" Harry cried, getting to his feet. He came over and helped me up as well.

"Neither could I!" I cried. "We've got to get Fox and get her to Dumbledore!"

"Check the book!" Harry shouted.

I realized I was still holding the book. I quickly flipped through it once again.

"My God! Why didn't I see this earlier! He could posses people! The only way to get him to leave the body is to spray him with Holy Water. Once that happens, we have to get him into sunlight. It will dry him up!" I said.

"Let's go!" Harry said.

We ran down the corridor.

FOX.

I waited patiently for Harry and Hermione to come back. Just then, the portrait entrance opened and Ron entered.

"Hey! I haven't seen you around for two days! Where were you?" I asked, cheerfully.

"Checking around upstairs. I got lost," Ron replied.

There was something strange about him, but I couldn't put my finger on it.

"O-kay," I said, slowly studying him. "Are you alright?"

"Fine. Listen, why don't you and I head down to the kitchen to grab something to eat?" Ron asked.

"Sure. Okay," I said.

I got up and went over to him. We left the common room.

HERMIONE.

We flew around the corner and entered the Gryffindor common room.

"Fox? We've got..." my voice trailed off when I realized she wasn't there.

"Where is she?" I cried.

"She went with your other friend," the Fat Lady said.

Harry and I looked at each other.

"RON!"

"Where'd they go...did they say?" Harry asked.

"Something about grabbing a bite to eat in the kitchen,"

Harry and I did an about-face and flew back out of the common room.

We ran down to the first floor where the picture of the fruit was. I tickled the pear and it giggled, then it opened up revealing a small hallway before we hit the kitchen.

FOX.

Ron had his back to me. The elves were oddly staying away from Ron and kept close to me. Including Dobby, who was a good friend to Harry.

"Miss? I believe that Sir Ron isn't himself," Dobby whispered to me.

I was sitting on a chair. Dobby was huddled near my leg. The other house elves were staying clear away from Ron. He asked the elves not to interfere, that he wanted to make me a special dish.

"What do you mean?" I whispered.

"Sir Ron is acting very weird indeed," Dobby said. "Sir Ron's eyes are different."

I frowned. There was something odd about Ron's eyes. They had a strange ruby tint to them. He has blue eyes, but they looked nothing like blue now.

"I'm almost done, Fox," he called over his shoulder.

"Have you seen this before?" I whispered to Dobby.

Dobby shook his head so that his bat like ears flapped.

"No Miss. This is the first time I is seeing something like this...but Dobby has a bad feeling about Sir Ron," Dobby said.

Ron turned around holding a fudge cupcake.

"This is for you," Ron said as he smiled and came toward me.

Ron handed it to me. I took it and was just about to take a bite, when the kitchen door burst open. I jumped and ended up dropping the cupcake. Hermione and Harry were standing at the doorway.

"Fox. Is everything okay?" Harry asked, watching Ron warily.

"Yeah...why?" I asked.

"Come with us for a moment," Hermione said, extending her hand.

I got up and took her hand.

"Harry Potter!" Dobby squealed delightedly. "What a thrill it is to see you again!"

Harry broke into a grin.

"Nice to see you too, Dobby. Ron? What are you doing here?" Harry asked, as the grin faded quickly.

"Just making a special snack for Fox," Ron replied innocently.

"Riiiight. Why don't you meet us in the common room?" Harry suggested.

"Sure," Ron said, grinning.

He brushed past us and headed back upstairs.

"What's going on?" I asked.

"Lord Davis possessed Ron. We didn't know about that until now. We didn't read the entire book," Hermione replied, guiltily.

She looked spooked and pale.

"So that's why Dobby said he had a bad feeling about Ron," I said, slowly.

"Dobby? You had a bad feeling about Ron?" Harry asked.

Dobby nodded feverishly.

"Oh yes. Dobby sensed something was different with Sir Ron. Something bad,"

"Thank God you alerted Fox," Harry said relieved.

"Tis a pleasure. Any friend of Harry Potter's is a friend of Dobby," Dobby said, bowing.

I went over and hugged Dobby. Dobby seemed stunned for the moment but gave me a shy hug back.

"Thanks Dobby," I said, gratefully.

"Let's go to Professor Dumbledore," Hermione suggested.

We said good-bye to Dobby and left.

HERMIONE.

We reached Professor Dumbledore's office. It still looked exactly the same as it had three years ago.

Smiling, he looked up from reading a book.

"What can I do for you three?" he asked, kindly.

"It's back," Harry said, solemnly.

Professor Dumbledore's face drained of all color.

"Are you sure?"

Harry and I nodded.

"It's possessing Ron," Harry said.

"I was afraid of this," Professor Dumbledore said, quietly as he stood up behind his desk.

"We can help Ron...right?" I asked.

"Yes, but we have to use Holy water to draw the shadow out," Professor Dumbledore said. "Then use sunlight. It will dry it up."

We looked out the window. It was sunny out.

"How do we do that?" Harry asked.

"We take Ron outside and do it there. The shadow has no place to hide out in the open," Professor Dumbledore said.

"Ah...gotcha," Harry nodded.

"Where is your other friend, Miss Ramone?" Professor Dumbledore asked Fox.

"In class," Fox answered.

"Harry? Go get Mr. Murray,"

Harry nodded and headed out of the office.

"We also learned that Fox is a descendent of Lord Davis," I informed Professor Dumbledore.

"Okay, that sheds some more light on things,"

"Why would he kill one of his own descendents?" I mused.

"I don't know. Right now, we've got to concentrate on getting Ron out of the castle and free from the shadow," Dumbledore said.

Harry returned a short while later with Sam. Immediately, Sam hugged Fox.

"I want you two to stay here in my office. You'll be safer here," Professor Dumbledore said.

Fox and Sam nodded.

Professor Dumbledore followed us out of his office.

"Where'd you tell Ron to go?"

"The Gryffindor common room,"

"Let's get him,"

We headed to the Gryffindor common room. Ron was sitting in a chair.

"Ron? Can you come with us outside for a moment? Hagrid wants to show us something," Harry said.

"Sure," Ron said. "Why is Professor Dumbledore here too?"

"He wants to show him as well. He's really excited about it," I lied.

"Okay,"

Ron followed us out of the common room and out onto the grounds. Professor Dumbledore was holding a small bottle in his hand. Once Ron was directly in the sunlight, Professor Dumbledore threw the water onto him.

He cried out and was doubled over.

There was a fizzing sound and the gray shadow floated out of Ron's body. Ron scooted back away on his rear end on the grass.

He looked terrified.

The shadow took form of Lord Davis.

"Why are you after Fox?" I demanded.

"Because she has magical talent. I didn't want any of my descendents to have magic...you should know that by now. She's the last on my side to have the magic. I have to put a stop to it," Lord Davis smirked.

"You leave her alone," Harry snarled.

The sun went behind the clouds for a moment.

"Do you really think you can stop me?" Lord Davis asked, mockingly.

"Yes," I growled.

The sunlight peeked out behind the clouds again and beamed down on Lord Davis. I grabbed the holy water from Professor Dumbledore and threw the remaining bit onto Lord Davis.

He cried out and buried his face into his hands. The same fizzing noise erupted and smoke began rising from him.

I had to admit, it was exactly like a vampire, but this was much worse.

Finally, Lord Davis let out one last yell before he vanished with a 'pop'. He was gone.

"It's over," I said, sighing relieved.

"This time I think we've done it," Professor Dumbledore said, smiling.

"Thank God," Harry sighed.

We began heading back to the castle and up to Professor Dumbledore's office.

FOX.

Sam and I were sitting in the chairs in front of Professor Dumbledore's office. Harry, Hermione, Ron and Professor Dumbledore entered the office a while later looking relieved and happy about something.

"What's going on?" I asked.

"It's over," Hermione said.

"For good," Harry added.

I broke into a grin and jumped up from my seat. I threw my arms around Hermione and gave her a big hug. Then, I hugged Harry and Ron after that. Sam even hugged them.

"Thank you so much," Sam said, gratefully to them.

"Hey, we couldn't let anything happen to our new scholar," Harry said, winking.

We laughed.

"I'm sorry if I spooked you earlier," Ron said to me, smiling. "I wasn't myself apparently."

"It's okay," I said.

"Harry? Can I talk to you and Professor Dumbledore for a moment?" Sam asked.

"Sure," Harry said as he and Professor Dumbledore were pulled aside by Sam. They began speaking in a corner. Ron and Hermione came over to me.

"So, how are you feeling now?" Hermione asked, kindly.

"Better. I miss Lindsay though," I said, quietly as I felt tears forming all over again.

"I know. I'm sure she's watching over you right now," Hermione said, kindly and soothingly as she put a hand on my shoulder.

Just then, Sam, Harry and Professor Dumbledore came back over.

Hermione was eyeing Harry shrewdly.

"What are you up to?" she asked, raising an eyebrow.

"I hear Fox likes to sing," Professor Dumbledore said, his blue eyes twinkling.

"Sam!" I wailed. "What did you say?"

"Just a little something to cheer you up!" Sam grinned.

"Aw, man!" I wailed again.

"Would you sing for us?" Harry asked.

"Sure," I muttered.

"Great! Let's all head down to the Great Hall!" Sam said eagerly.

Hermione, Ron, Harry and Dumbledore left the office. Sam and I followed behind them.

"Why'd you do this? To torture me?" I asked.

"No. Because I love you," Sam replied as we stopped walking and faced each other.

I smiled. He smiled back and moved his face close until our lips met. He kissed me gently and softly. I kissed him back the same way.

"Come on...let's go!" Sam said as we pulled back and he took my hand and pulled me after the others.

The entire school was now sitting in the Great Hall. Sam had me standing in front of the Head table facing the entire school. Excited talk floated around the Hall. Professor Dumbledore stood up and addressed everyone.

"We have a little treat for you this afternoon. Fox Ramone will sing for you!"

Cheers went around.

My heart was pounding loudly in my chest. I looked over at the Gryffindor table. Sam, Ron, Harry and Hermione were cheering along with the rest of the house.

Harry winked at me. Feeling stronger and more confident, I waited and pulled out my wand. I aimed it at my throat and said "Sonorio!"

My voice became magically magnified slightly.

I began singing:

"You're the kind of friend who always bends when I'm broken...like remember when... you took my heart and put it back together again.

I've been wasting time with guys but now it's over...let me tell you why I'm through

I've got someone new...he's just like you!

"You're it...you're the ultimate...it's automatic I'm sure of it...no lie so don't even try to tell me your not the guy...I've been waiting all my life for someone just like you!"

Everyone was moving to the words. I didn't know where the background music was coming from. All that could be heard clearly was my voice.

Once the song was over. I then headed back to my seat.

The cheering was loud. I sat down beside Harry blushing.

"You're great!" Harry said, giving me a hug.

"Thanks. But doesn't this seem...well, not right?" I asked.

"What do you mean?" Hermione asked.

"Well, we've been through a lot and singing after it? It just seems weird," I said, frowning.

"It's over! Time to celebrate!" Sam grinned.

I caught on to his happiness.

"I guess you're right," I grinned.

It was really over for good.

EPILOGUE

Hermione stayed to teach at Hogwarts. Everything was back to normal now. Harry and Ron visited often since Hermione and Harry were dating seriously and were eventually talking about getting married. Sam and I were dating as well. We miss Lindsay so much though...but I'm glad there's no more noises coming from the fourth floor. It's dead silent.

END MUSIC:

LINDSAY LOHAN-"Ultimate"

CHRISTINA VIDAL-"Take me away"

(Lyrics taken from Lindsay Lohan's song, "Ultimate" from the "Freaky Friday" Soundtrack)