A/N: I do not own anything. That is, until JKR gives them to me in a nice little package.
All I own is my characters and my plot. Special thanks to my sister, who helped me bring a few ideas into this! I hope you enjoy!
Summary: Josephina and Lizbeth graduate from St. Richards School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in County Claire, Ireland, and decide to take a road trip. When their car breaks down, they decide to walk through a forest. Who finds them and what happens when Josephina thinks she has made the biggest mistake of her life? Takes place during the Marauder's era.
~Chapter One~
"What an idea! Let's walk through the forest, it should be fun! Let's get lost
in the forest is more like it!" Josephina muttered, pushing branches out of the way.
"You agreed to it. So, keep your comments to yourself." Lizbeth said.
"I agreed to take a road trip after graduation, not to get lost in some forest. You didn't
want to stop for gas, this is your fault. You what else, Liz, I'm sure I saw a centaur back
there. You know their lot hates wizards." Josephina stopped to push a branch out
of her way. "If we kept walking the other way, I'm sure we would have found a town."
"Then, go back. But, it would be pointless. We've come to far to go back. I'm
sure we'll be out of here sooner than you think." She argued.
"This is stupid." Josephina muttered, as she reached in her backpack for her
wand. "Lumos! We might be able to see now."
Josephina pushed another branch out of her way. "I can't believe I let you talk me
into this, Liz! If we come out of here alive, I swear I will murder you!"
"Ooohh, I'm so scared. Just keep walking. Any other day, you'd be having the
time of your life."
"Yeah, well, right now I'm just not in the mood to freeze my bloody ass off."
"Would you please quit complaining before I curse you?! Because, I swear I will if you
don't shut up."
"I'll stop when my ass warms up a little. But, until then, none of your curses will stop me.So, you shut it, and help us get out of here."
"Look, Jo! I see a light ahead!" Lizbeth exclaimed. "I think it's a house!"
"Blimey, Liz! A light! The answer to all of our problems! Do you think that light
could spit out some gas for the car?"
"Oh, shut up! Put your wand away, we don't want to scare anyone."
They kept walking, and finally came to the edge of the forest. "What the..."
They said in unison, stareing at a castle. "What do you think, Liz?" Josephina asked.
"Well, it's.....oh, shit! My watch doesn't work!" Lizbeth said.
"Mine doesn't either. But, it's got to be around eleven o'clock. The sun when down hours
ago."
"Well, this cabin here has every light on, let's knock." Lizbeth started to walk towards the cabin door, then Josephina pulled her back.
"Are you mad, woman? It's late; they might come out with a shotgun, or something!" Josephina said, still holding her arm as if she were about to run away.
"Well, what do you suggest, Oh Great One?"
Josephina sat down on the cold ground and lit a cigarette. "Well, my guess is, we wait. Then, when the sun comes up, we can go see what's inside that castle thing. I don't know about you, but I'd like to see it."
"That's your idea?! Our car broke down, and you want to wait?"
"First off, you wanted an adventure. This forest was certainly an adventure. But, I'm not about to have my head blown off by some mad man that might open that door."
"You only live once, Jo..."
"Yeah, and I'm not about to have my only life end with a bullet in my head." Josephina interrupted.
"This is really not what I expected...I mean we haven't even been out of school for a month...Why did I agree to take a road trip with you?"
"Shut up!" Lizbeth said. Josephina stared at her, agape.
"What?! What did -"
"Shhh...." Lizbeth said in a low voice. "I hear somebody." She finished, pointing towards the castle.
"Oh..." They watched, but saw nothing. The voices got closer, when finally three boys appeared out of nowhere with their wands out.
"An invisibility cloak! I've always wanted one of them!" Josephina said.
"Shut up, you idiot. They're going to curse us." Lizbeth slapped her friend on the back of her head.
"Who are you?" One of the guys asked. Josephina spoke first.
"My name is Josephina; this here is my friend, Lizbeth. We were taking a little road trip, and our car broke down on the other side of this forest."
"You walked through the Dark Forest and came out alive?" Another one asked.
"The 'Dark Forest'? You have a name for this thing?" Josephina asked.
"Sure we do. Don't you know what's in there?" The black haired man asked.
"I'm sorry, no." Josephina shook her head. "We're not from around here. We live in County Claire, Ireland."
"You're both witches?" He asked. Josephina nodded her head.
"We live at St. Patrick's orphanage. They own St. Richards School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. That's were we went to school. We graduated a few months ago. But, my grandfather used to talk a lot about a school called 'Hogwarts'. He taught us a lot of spells and what-not before we went to St. Richards." Josephina explained.
There were a few moments of silence, until the black haired man put his wand into his pocket and extended his hand. "My name is Sirius Black." He started. "And this is James Potter and Peter Pettigrew." Josephina and Lizbeth said hello and shook their hands.
"And, this," He pointed towards the castle. "This is Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry."
Lizbeth and Josephina looked at each other, their mouths wide open. Then looked back at the guys and Lizbeth said, "So, do you think you can help us? We need gas for the car..."
"Unfortunately, no." Sirius said. "We don't have that kind of muggle stuff here."
"Of course, they wouldn't, you moron! Didn't you hear him say where we are?" Josephina said, rolling her eyes. "I'm sorry, you'll have to excuse her, she's not in her right mind."
"Duh, I'm right-handed. That'd put me in my left mind." Lizbeth said.
"You know, you girls shouldn't be here right now. Not unless you are animagi." James interjected.
"No, we aren't. My grandfather died before he could teach us." Josephina explained.
"Then you need to hide-"
"Hide? Why?" Lizbeth asked.
"I'm not sure if I'm the one to explain that to you. Any ideas, Sirius?" James asked.
"I haven't got a clue. We could go to the Headmaster." Sirius suggested.
"Yeah, right, and get detentions for being on the grounds after dark? Then we'd have to explain why we're here."
"True, but I'm sure they want to sleep. We can't make them walk back to their car. It's too dangerous." Sirius said.
"Well, I don't think Remu-" James started, but Sirius elbowed him in the ribs.
"I said, we're not going to make them walk back to their car, James."
"I'm sorry, but could you tell us what's going on?" Josephina asked.
"NO!" They all said at the same time.
"Okay, how's this, you three can walk us back to our car. We've just came through it, I doubt we have anything to worry about." Josephina said.
"We can't do that." Sirius said, pushing back his black hair, obviously frustrated.
"Well, 'Your Majesty'," Josephina said, sitting down and lighting another cigarette. "I'm sorry for trying to help." Sirius merely smiled.
"Okay, James, Peter, we're going to go back to bed. I'm going to go to the headmaster and tell him some story of how I found these girls. Josephina, Lizbeth, you never saw us, okay?" Sirius looked at each one of them to make sure they understood.
"Your Headmaster, is he a mean person?" Josephina asked.
"No, no. Just do me a favor, though, when he comes out here, I might be with him. Just pretend you haven't seen me, okay?"
"Sure, but what happens after that?"
"I don't know. Just stay put. Don't go anywhere." Josephina and Lizbeth nodded, and the boys put their invisibility cloak back on and headed towards the castle.
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All I own is my characters and my plot. Special thanks to my sister, who helped me bring a few ideas into this! I hope you enjoy!
Summary: Josephina and Lizbeth graduate from St. Richards School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in County Claire, Ireland, and decide to take a road trip. When their car breaks down, they decide to walk through a forest. Who finds them and what happens when Josephina thinks she has made the biggest mistake of her life? Takes place during the Marauder's era.
~Chapter One~
"What an idea! Let's walk through the forest, it should be fun! Let's get lost
in the forest is more like it!" Josephina muttered, pushing branches out of the way.
"You agreed to it. So, keep your comments to yourself." Lizbeth said.
"I agreed to take a road trip after graduation, not to get lost in some forest. You didn't
want to stop for gas, this is your fault. You what else, Liz, I'm sure I saw a centaur back
there. You know their lot hates wizards." Josephina stopped to push a branch out
of her way. "If we kept walking the other way, I'm sure we would have found a town."
"Then, go back. But, it would be pointless. We've come to far to go back. I'm
sure we'll be out of here sooner than you think." She argued.
"This is stupid." Josephina muttered, as she reached in her backpack for her
wand. "Lumos! We might be able to see now."
Josephina pushed another branch out of her way. "I can't believe I let you talk me
into this, Liz! If we come out of here alive, I swear I will murder you!"
"Ooohh, I'm so scared. Just keep walking. Any other day, you'd be having the
time of your life."
"Yeah, well, right now I'm just not in the mood to freeze my bloody ass off."
"Would you please quit complaining before I curse you?! Because, I swear I will if you
don't shut up."
"I'll stop when my ass warms up a little. But, until then, none of your curses will stop me.So, you shut it, and help us get out of here."
"Look, Jo! I see a light ahead!" Lizbeth exclaimed. "I think it's a house!"
"Blimey, Liz! A light! The answer to all of our problems! Do you think that light
could spit out some gas for the car?"
"Oh, shut up! Put your wand away, we don't want to scare anyone."
They kept walking, and finally came to the edge of the forest. "What the..."
They said in unison, stareing at a castle. "What do you think, Liz?" Josephina asked.
"Well, it's.....oh, shit! My watch doesn't work!" Lizbeth said.
"Mine doesn't either. But, it's got to be around eleven o'clock. The sun when down hours
ago."
"Well, this cabin here has every light on, let's knock." Lizbeth started to walk towards the cabin door, then Josephina pulled her back.
"Are you mad, woman? It's late; they might come out with a shotgun, or something!" Josephina said, still holding her arm as if she were about to run away.
"Well, what do you suggest, Oh Great One?"
Josephina sat down on the cold ground and lit a cigarette. "Well, my guess is, we wait. Then, when the sun comes up, we can go see what's inside that castle thing. I don't know about you, but I'd like to see it."
"That's your idea?! Our car broke down, and you want to wait?"
"First off, you wanted an adventure. This forest was certainly an adventure. But, I'm not about to have my head blown off by some mad man that might open that door."
"You only live once, Jo..."
"Yeah, and I'm not about to have my only life end with a bullet in my head." Josephina interrupted.
"This is really not what I expected...I mean we haven't even been out of school for a month...Why did I agree to take a road trip with you?"
"Shut up!" Lizbeth said. Josephina stared at her, agape.
"What?! What did -"
"Shhh...." Lizbeth said in a low voice. "I hear somebody." She finished, pointing towards the castle.
"Oh..." They watched, but saw nothing. The voices got closer, when finally three boys appeared out of nowhere with their wands out.
"An invisibility cloak! I've always wanted one of them!" Josephina said.
"Shut up, you idiot. They're going to curse us." Lizbeth slapped her friend on the back of her head.
"Who are you?" One of the guys asked. Josephina spoke first.
"My name is Josephina; this here is my friend, Lizbeth. We were taking a little road trip, and our car broke down on the other side of this forest."
"You walked through the Dark Forest and came out alive?" Another one asked.
"The 'Dark Forest'? You have a name for this thing?" Josephina asked.
"Sure we do. Don't you know what's in there?" The black haired man asked.
"I'm sorry, no." Josephina shook her head. "We're not from around here. We live in County Claire, Ireland."
"You're both witches?" He asked. Josephina nodded her head.
"We live at St. Patrick's orphanage. They own St. Richards School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. That's were we went to school. We graduated a few months ago. But, my grandfather used to talk a lot about a school called 'Hogwarts'. He taught us a lot of spells and what-not before we went to St. Richards." Josephina explained.
There were a few moments of silence, until the black haired man put his wand into his pocket and extended his hand. "My name is Sirius Black." He started. "And this is James Potter and Peter Pettigrew." Josephina and Lizbeth said hello and shook their hands.
"And, this," He pointed towards the castle. "This is Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry."
Lizbeth and Josephina looked at each other, their mouths wide open. Then looked back at the guys and Lizbeth said, "So, do you think you can help us? We need gas for the car..."
"Unfortunately, no." Sirius said. "We don't have that kind of muggle stuff here."
"Of course, they wouldn't, you moron! Didn't you hear him say where we are?" Josephina said, rolling her eyes. "I'm sorry, you'll have to excuse her, she's not in her right mind."
"Duh, I'm right-handed. That'd put me in my left mind." Lizbeth said.
"You know, you girls shouldn't be here right now. Not unless you are animagi." James interjected.
"No, we aren't. My grandfather died before he could teach us." Josephina explained.
"Then you need to hide-"
"Hide? Why?" Lizbeth asked.
"I'm not sure if I'm the one to explain that to you. Any ideas, Sirius?" James asked.
"I haven't got a clue. We could go to the Headmaster." Sirius suggested.
"Yeah, right, and get detentions for being on the grounds after dark? Then we'd have to explain why we're here."
"True, but I'm sure they want to sleep. We can't make them walk back to their car. It's too dangerous." Sirius said.
"Well, I don't think Remu-" James started, but Sirius elbowed him in the ribs.
"I said, we're not going to make them walk back to their car, James."
"I'm sorry, but could you tell us what's going on?" Josephina asked.
"NO!" They all said at the same time.
"Okay, how's this, you three can walk us back to our car. We've just came through it, I doubt we have anything to worry about." Josephina said.
"We can't do that." Sirius said, pushing back his black hair, obviously frustrated.
"Well, 'Your Majesty'," Josephina said, sitting down and lighting another cigarette. "I'm sorry for trying to help." Sirius merely smiled.
"Okay, James, Peter, we're going to go back to bed. I'm going to go to the headmaster and tell him some story of how I found these girls. Josephina, Lizbeth, you never saw us, okay?" Sirius looked at each one of them to make sure they understood.
"Your Headmaster, is he a mean person?" Josephina asked.
"No, no. Just do me a favor, though, when he comes out here, I might be with him. Just pretend you haven't seen me, okay?"
"Sure, but what happens after that?"
"I don't know. Just stay put. Don't go anywhere." Josephina and Lizbeth nodded, and the boys put their invisibility cloak back on and headed towards the castle.
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