Chapter 6
The First Sign of Danger
September began to pass quickly and the first-years were settling in. As October started to whizz by, two days in this month would be remembered by all those involved. October 19 was the first of these. It was Jayne Weasley's twelfth birthday.
At breakfast, she received her presents by owl post and these included a book on Cosmetic Potions and her own owl, Minerva. After an uneventful day, curfew came went but the first-years' dormitory was empty and they were not in the common room. Lily, Petunia, Jayne and Columbia were in the kitchens having a midnight feast.
Lily and Petunia were under the Invisibility Cloak and Columbia and Jayne had the Marauders' Map. After a wonderful meal, they quietly headed back to the common room. They were walking along with the Map in Jayne's hand when they spotted two dots ahead. They were Miss Norris, Filch's cat and S… They were about to take a shortcut when Miss Norris came into view. She wasn't prowling along the corridor about to catch them; she was lying on the floor and was almost dead.
"What do we do," Lily asked panicky.
"I have an idea," announced Jayne, "If you all go back to the common room, I will see you there."
Jayne "master plan" was to scream as loud as possible. It would work, in theory. She began to scream, she was screaming for nearly two minutes when her mum arrived.
"What are you doing out of bed, Jayne?" asked Hermione, "Ten points from Gryffindor."
"M-M-Miss-ss-ss N-N-Nor-r-r-ris-s-s-s" Jayne slowly as she pointed at Miss Norris.
"I will take you straight to your common room after I have done this," Hermione responded. She muttered under her breath and a silver otter zoomed out and headed to the seventh floor. She then took Jayne back to her common room and headed to the headmistress' office.
When she arrived and said the password, she then knocked on the door.