AUTHOR's REPLY---Hell no, I just had a bit of an idea and expanded on it.
The minute that Fred closed the door, everyone jumped up, ignited their wandtips, and started discussing. Harry considered the thought slightly ludicrous, since it starting to become some bizarre sort of ritual.
"So You-Know-Who destroyed the library, eh?" Fred said grimly.
"Right old git, he is." George said angrily.
Harry and Ron looked at each other in the dim light, both thinking the same thing: Since when did Fred and George become so interested in history.
Ron voiced his thoughts aloud to the twins.
Fred shook his head. "You don't understand, Ron. This was so many years ago. It's like the past is completely gone. The records were burnt, and no one is left to remember history."
"I think we all know his motive, he didn't want us to get at something." George continued.
"But what?" Harry asked, blankly. "Dumbledore's given me a book. It contains all the information there is to know on the Pyramids of Furmat. And the legend of the Emerald Knight, and stuff."
"The book might be missing something." Ron replied.
Everyone looked at him, suprised that Ron would come up with a sensible idea.
"Not a bad assumption, Ron." Fred told him. Ron just shrugged.
"So something's been missing from the book. Assuming this, then what would Voldemort not want us to find out about?"
"Something that wasn't included in the book, obviously," Harry snorted. "I dunno."
"Speaking of the book, where is - "
Her broke off. "Mum."
Everyone dived into their beds.
Sure enough, the stairs creaked and the door opened.
Originally posted by amkrell
This library is gonna b bigger thanI origanally thought isn't it? lol
Yep.
Originally posted by Sar
hey just to say i like the story- quite addictive- read it all last night. im surprised ur only 15- it has a sound of someone much older. keep it up- im anxious to see what happens.
AUTHOR's REPLY----Yeah, now. I like these night conversations between the twins, Harry, and Ron...it gives me so much ideas.
Everyone slowed their breathing, and Ron even went so far as mutter as if half-asleep: "Fred, close the door, it's getting drafty."
Fred responded with an almost artful grunt.
Harry could hear the door shut. Ron was groping for his wand.
"Not yet," Harry whispered urgently. "She might still be outside."
Everyone tensed, and Fred made use of an Extendable Ear to check. A few moments later, he gave the thumbs up.
"So where was I?" Ron muttered, relighting his wandtip.
"Somewhere near the subject of something that You-Know-Who didn't want us to know about." George said.
"What else doesn't he want us to know?" Harry said, perplexed. "We already know about the Ancient Armour. And Hermione's got the book, which comes with a floor plan, so it can't be about the layout, or hidden traps."
"So he doesn't want us to know about something," Ron summarized. "But he, unless he's particularly stupid, would already know that this's been published, and would've had it checked. But the records in the Great Library were written by the witnesses themselves. The book for sure is missing something."
"Like what?" Fred said.
"Look, how'm I supposed to - "
"Hey, hey," Harry hissed. "Keep it down."
They all sat back awhile, thinking hard.
"Better get the brainboxes rattling." Fred said. "Now, if you were in You-Know-Who's shoes, and were in this position, what would you not want your worst enemy ever to find out, other than the armour?"
Fred said: "If he didn't want us to find out something, it would've been information that we could use."
"Or even an object." Ron said thoughtfully.
"The armour's powerful enough." Fred said, in a dismissive tone.
"No...but...think about it, though," Ron persisted. "There could be something linked to this. Maybe there's something even more powerful than the armour, which only Harry here could use...."
Harry gulped.
"...and You-Know-Who doesn't want us to know. Or him, rather."
Everyone paused for a moment, thinking of the magnitude of power that resided within the armour. If something were even more powerful than that....
"It might give Harry a chance against him." Ron breathed, eyes wide. His spoken words reflected Harry's thoughts exactly.
"Maybe." Harry said. "Dumbledore said that when Voldemort tried to kill me - the first time - he passed some of his powers on to me."
"Yeah, like the ability to speak to snakes." Ron said, finality in his tone.
"Maybe something else was included?" Fred said to his brother in a sarcastic tone.
"Oh, yeah." Ron muttered.
"Well, only Parseltongue's shown itself," Harry yawned, suddenly realising that he was very tired. "Night, all."
Before they could protest he had fallen asleep.