CHAPTER THREE

Draco Malfoy was sitting in the Slytherin common room alongside Theo Nott, Blaise Zabini, Pansy Parkinson and Eliza Parkinson. It was close to five a.m. Once he had realized Theo and Eliza were back, he knocked on Theo and Eliza's door and called for a meeting. Coincidentally, Blaise and Daphne walked into the common room right as they walked into the common room.

Blaise had been going on and on about how the murders reminded him of Muggle horror movies.

No one knew what he was talking about for obvious reasons.

"Guys, seriously, there's a whole world of cool Muggle shit outside of Hogwarts. Mum let me go into London over the summer and I went to a Muggle theater where they watch movies and I saw this cool horror movie called Scream. There was a masked killer who called people on the phone before killing them. The call was always coming from inside the house too, it was insane!" He was explaining.

"But what does that have to do with Weasley, Lavender, and Crabbe being murdered?" Eliza asked, this was the third time she'd asked.

"Because it's like Scream!" He exclaimed.

"We don't have phones." Theo reminded him. 

"The intercoms." Blaise retorted.

Draco rolled his eyes, "Blaise, please, no one in their right mind is going to use the intercom to talk to anyone before killing them."

"How do you know that? We don't know what the killer said to them." Blaise argued.

"Because the intercoms were just installed yesterday. After Lavender and Crabbe were murdered." Eliza reminded.

"Well maybe the killer lured them some other way."

"Ron had a note in his pocket from a girl telling him to meet her somewhere." Draco mumbled.

Theo turned to him, "How do you know that?" He asked.

Draco shrugged, "Heard a Gryffindor talking about it, they didn't say who the girl was though. Once they figure that out then they'll find the killer."

Eliza shot a glare at Theo, signaling for him to not mention that the note was thought to be from her.

"What if the note was planted?" Theo asked.

"Well, I'm just saying, Weasley is desperate, of course he'd go meet a girl after hours if he thought he would be getting some." Draco laughed.

"I don't think he went out with the intentions of hooking up with a girl. I think he was probably lured out some other way." Blaise theorized.

"Maybe he was under the Imperius curse." Pansy suggested.

Blaise nodded, "Yeah, that could've worked."

Eliza shook her head, "Harry would've heard it then. Whoever casted the spell had to be in the room with Ron and he and Harry share a dorm."

"He could be a deep sleeper." Blaise mumbled.

"What if the killer just used Accio?" Theo joked.

Pansy shrugged,  "I guess that could've worked."

Blaise rolled his eyes, "No, it couldn't have."

"How do you know? Are you the killer?" Theo questioned him.

Draco nodded, "Yeah Blaise, are you? You're a little too passionate about this topic. I'm starting to wonder myself."

"If I were the killer I'd be way more creative." Blaise retorted, "Whoever it is needs to do something a little fun. Stabbing is boring, I mean we all have magical powers, he could be doing some absurd shit but instead he's stabbing his victims."

"How do you know it's a boy?" Pansy asked.

"Well, I mean, I don't think a girl would do this." Blaise mumbled.

"How do we know this isn't Voldemort?" Eliza asked. "Maybe he's just feeling a little fun and creative."

"We of all people would know if Voldemort was back." Draco reminded her.

It was true, Draco's father was a Death Eater, Pansy and Eliza's father was a Death Eater, and so was Theo's. Blaise's father and six step fathers were all dead (under mysterious circumstances), so he might not would've known if Voldemort was back.

"Except for me." Blaise chimed.

Pansy laughed, "Yeah because your mum killed your father and step fathers."

"Stop announcing that!" Blaise exclaimed.

"It's true!" Draco retorted.

"If anyone knows how to kill someone and get away with it, it's the Zabini's. I'm voting that Blaise is number one on the suspect list." Theo joked.

Draco shook his head, "No, I don't want any part of your suspect list. I want no part in this at all, actually. Talking about it is one thing, I will not be participating in hunting for a murderer."

Eliza nodded, "I agree with this."

"Of course you do." Theo mumbled.

Draco and Eliza both shot him a glare.

"Blaise, did anyone survive your Muggle slasher film?" Pansy asked, changing the subject.

"Yes, actually, they had a party and the two killers were revealed after trying to kill the final girl."

"So what you're saying is we need to throw a party?" Theo asked. 

"Fuck no! Theo have you lost your mind?" Draco exclaimed.

"He never had one to begin with." Eliza reminded everybody.

A loud screech filled the room before Theo could respond.

"Ten points to Slytherin." A deep, distorted voice announced.

"What the fuck?" Pansy mumbled.

Eliza was the first to stand up and walk over to the intercom, "Who is this?" She asked, holding a button down.

"I think you know the answer to that, Eliza." It replied.

"No, obviously I don't or I wouldn't be asking."

It ignored her, "Let's play a game, shall we?"

She turned to her group of friends, "What do I say?" She mouthed to them.

Draco shrugged, Blaise nodded excitedly,  Theo shook his head making hand gestures, and Pansy had turned pale.

It didn't wait for her response, "I'm going to ask a question and any of you five can answer, but if you get it wrong, someone dies."

It paused.
"Who founded Gryffindor house?"

She pressed the microphone, "Godric Gryffindor!"

"Very good, but that question doesn't count, it was a warmup round. Next question, what are Harry Potter's parent's names?"

She looked around the room, Pansy shrugged, Blaise was deep in thought, "His mum's name was Lily and his dad's name..." She trailed off.

"Five seconds." It reminded her.

"Four. Three. Two." A loud thud filled the speaker, "Pop goes a Weasley." The voice joked in a sing-song voice.

"I knew the answer, asshole, you should've told us we were being timed!" She yelled.

"Too late, now. Since there's no more Weasels at Hogwarts, I think I'll have to exterminate a Ferret next." The voice said. The speaker crackled and then there was silence.

Everyone stared at the intercom in silence for a minute.

Draco finally stood up and began pacing, "Guys, what the fuck, Ron and Ginny Weasley are dead! I'm next!" He yelled.

"No you're not, D!" Pansy exclaimed.

"I don't know, Pans, the ferret quote was very obviously directed at him." Theo mumbled.

"Shut up, Theo!" Eliza screamed. "You are not fucking helping!"

He rolled his eyes, "Well, I wasn't really trying to help."

"Guys, what do we do?" Blaise asked.

"We stay in our dorms is what we do." Draco mumbled.

"We need to let someone know about Ginny." Eliza reminded them.

"Who?" Pansy asked.

"We have a list of everyone's intercom numbers, we can call Potter or Granger." Theo suggested.

Eliza nodded, "Good idea."

She turned back to the intercom and looked at the list taped to the wall beside it, she read it until she found one that said G. Common Room - 07. She typed 07 into the intercom and waited as it made clicking noises.

"Hello, who is this?" Someone answered from the other side.

"This is Eliza from Slytherin, is Harry or Hermione around?" She asked.

"Hold on." The line went quiet, then there was some shuffling.

"Eliza?" Hermione answered, "Do you need something?"

"We just got a call from our intercom, it was a man, I think, his voice sounded weird, he said he had Ginny. Is she with you?"

It was silent for a moment. "Ginny's missing." Hermione replied.

Eliza paled, she turned to look at the group behind her. "Do you need help finding her, Granger?" Blaise yelled from his seat on the couch.

"Yes, we'd appreciate all the help we can get." Hermione said, she seemed distraught.

Eliza let go of the button and ended their conversation. "I'll go with you, Blaise."

authors note:
i can't decide if i like how
this book is going anymore