The Shrieking Shack
Thursday, October 27, 2011
4:19 PM
It's the middle of the night and a howl wakes the castle. Most just shake it off, only thinking it to be a creature of the Forbidden Forest. But not James and certainly not Sirius. They rush down the flight of steps cursing . James couldn't help thinking how careless they had been! They had forgotten the vital role they played when the moon came out. Sirius cursed Remus for not taking his potions but then stopped himself knowing how it couldn't be helped. They both rush out of the commons in silence under James' cloak of invisibility as they run across the hall and out the door of Hogwarts. All the both cant stop thinking of is what happened if they ever stopped running. And so they go on.
They finally reach the weeping willow tree and Sirius charms the tree to keep still. James pulls Sirius down the dark hole and into the underground path leading to the Shrieking Shack.
"Lumos"
But James quickly hits the wand out of Sirius's hand.
"are you mad? Do you want to get ripped to shreds? Remus cannot control himself when he is like this, he is an animal we mustn't hurt. Now get your wand and be quite."
"Potter, don't talk to me like that. I'll tell all those girls who think so fond of you that your in love with Lily Evans. What will they say then of your absurd crush on that teachers pet?"
James smacked him, but stayed quite. But Sirius could tell it was the last thing he wanted to do. The rage filled James' dark eyes and Sirius realized he might of gone too far and opened his mouth to apologize when they heard a whimper.
James looked up to see bright blue eyes staring at him through the dark. He knew those eyes that had stared at him so fiercely when Harry had told him of his crush on Lily. It was Remus. James grabbed Sirius' shoulder and pulled him as he ran down the damp path, and without thinking, jumped out of the pit with Sirius in tow.
Next thing James knew, he was upside down and 15 feet of the ground. He cursed the Womping Willow and it's "security system" as Dumbledore had so kindly referred to it. James kicked at the tree furiously when it finally let him go.
He hit the ground with a thud and looked up to see Sirius trying to get away from the werewolf. James stood up ad jumped on the nearest tree branch and did the only thing he could think off.
He howled.
Sirius watched as the werewolf turned to see where the noise had come from. But Sirius knew it was James and quickly followed in his footsteps and jumped onto a branch.
The tree almost threw him off in the first few seconds, but Sirius soon got a good grip and held tight. He wondered what the wolf would do know they were in the tree.
Luckily the werewolf went down back into the depths of the tunnel. Sirius soon stunned the tree and climbed down to the ground to see James jump from his. Showoff.
"Should we lock him in the shack or just close the passage?"
"Well if you want to climb through that deep hellhole only to be eaten by Remus, than sure, lets go down there! Don't be daft James, just close the bloody passage already before he comes back out."
With the flick of his wand, James closed the passage and hoped Remus wouldn't find another was out.
Sirius laughed as he said "We should do this next full moon cause I sure had a load of fun."
James laughed at Sirius' lame joke as they put the cloak back over the shoulders and entered the caste, unheard.