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Title: To Kill a Mocking Rat
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Sirius Black roamed the halls of Hogwarts, finding his way to Gryffindor Tower. He fingered the long knife in his hand. The cat had given him the passwords on a small piece of paper so he could get in. The reason he wanted to get in was because of Pettigrew, he had been hiding as a pet rat for twelve years while Sirius had been in Azkaban, twelve years. As he reached the portrait hole he saw the Fat Lady had been replaced since the last time he broke in. He hadn't harmed her, much. She was replaced by a knight with a chubby, sleeping, pony.
"Who goes there?" the knight asked while pulling up his armor. Sirius decided he'd go with the knight's game.
"Just a simple man, sir knight," Sirius' voice was hoarse but you could hear the sigh in his voice.
"A simple man you may be, but I need a password for you to enter," he pulled his armor up again. Sirius reached into his pocket and took out the small piece of paper.
"Hippogriff."
"Yesterday's."
"Pig snout."
"This morning's."
"Canary Crèmes."
"Correct, simple man, enjoy your stay!" The portrait swung open. Sirius stepped inside. The common room was a mess, most likely because of a party going on because of the Quidditch match. It was an excellent game. Harry played almost better than James had. He walked up the stairs to the boys' dormitories. He reached the third years and opened the door. The cat had told him it was the bed next to Harry's, which was closest to the window. Sirius crept towards the bed on the end. He opened the curtains and saw his godson. He was sweating and rolling around in his sleep. Oh how Sirius wanted to wake him up and tell him it was a dream. Sirius, remember what you're here for, he thought. He walked over to the bed next to Harry's and ripped the curtains with the knife on accident. He looked in and saw the boy's eyes looking at him in horror. Oops, wrong bed.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGHHHH!
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" the boy yelled. Got to get out, got to get out! Sirius thought.
"What's going on?" Sirius shuffled through the door and slammed it shut.
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Harry had a very strange dream. He was walking through a forest, his Firebolt over his shoulder, following something silvery-white. It was winding its way through the trees ahead, and he could only catch glimpses of it between the leaves. Anxious to catch up with it, he sped up, but as he moved faster, so did his quarry. Harry broke into a run, and ahead he heard hooves gathering speed. Now he was running flat out, and ahead he could hear galloping. Then he turned a corner into a clearing and-
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGHHHHH!
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"
Harry woke as suddenly as though he'd been hit in the face. He saw that his hangings had been separated. He grabbed his wand and ran out the just slammed door. He saw someone ran down the hall then stairs, he followed. He saw the person ran through the common room and through the portrait hole, Harry tagged along.
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Hermione Granger burst into tears. Before Harry could say or do anything, she tucked the enormous book under her arm, and, still sobbing, ran toward the staircase to the girls' dormitories and out of sight. Once she reached the third year girls' dormitories she ran to her bed, put her pillow over her face and cried harder. Later she thought she should probably get some reading done. She opened the enormous book and started reading, Home Life and Social Habits of Muggles. After about twenty minutes of reading she decided to call it a night. Tears helped her get to sleep that night. After about an hour or so she heard muffled yelling and a door slamming twice. She grabbed her wand and ran out of her dormitory out to the common room. She saw Harry's back and ran after him out of the portrait hole. He seemed to be following something and didn't notice her running behind him.
"Harry!" she whispered loudly. But he kept on running towards the front doors. "Harry!" she said a little louder as they ran outside. He looked back for a second.
"Hermione!" slowed down a bit so she could catch up, "Come on!"
"Where are we going?" she asked as they ran faster.
"I don't know," was his only reply, his tone dared her to ask any more questions. She didn't take the dare.
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Sirius ran towards the Forbidden Forest. It seemed someone was following him. There was no time to change into Padfoot. As he reached the forest edge he jumped over fallen trees and dodged still standing trees. He looked back for a second and saw that two people were following him. So he kept on running faster. They must have been students, because if they were teachers they probably would have thrown a curse at him by now. So he slowed down, because if they saw him they might get scared and run away. Good, but short, plan. He let them catch up. As they reached him he saw they both had wands and one was Harry. He now realized how long the knife was in his hand.
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