I caught up to Ginny and Luna as they were on their way outside. "Hey", I greeted.

"Hi, Maisie", Luna replied. "Have you seen all the Wrackspurts around the school? Well, I guess you can't really see them. But they're there."

I smiled; I love Luna. "Hm. I don't think I've noticed them either way. Hey, Ginny."

"Hey", she replied. We heard something moving by a tree. "What was that?"

A black dog-a very familiar black dog-came out. No, it couldn't be the same one.

I walked over to it slowly. "Maisie, don't!", Ginny warned me. "It looks like a-a Grim."

"Come on, Gin", I replied. "It's just a normal dog. Oh, look, he's so thin!" I could see this dog's ribs!

I knelt down and pet him, and he snuggled against me. I froze.

This was the same dog. Did it follow me? If so, why? Just then, I noticed something about the dog's eyes.

They were so...human-like. It was kind of creepy, honestly. I stood up quickly, and the dog whimpered, asking me to come back to him.

"Maisie, are you okay?", Ginny asked. I nodded. "Yeah. I'm going to go back to the dorm...I have a lot of homework to do." I walked past them quickly, avoiding their eyes.

Professor Lupin was walking the other way when he saw the, apparently, nervous look on my face.

"Are you alright?", he asked me kindly. I nodded.

"Yeah, I just don't feel very well." He nodded, although I could tell he didn't believe me.

I'm not a very good liar.

I quickly walked away, trying to clear my head.