Chapter 4
THE ENCOUNTER
"Albus! We worked hard to get those ten points," Rose told Albus the following morning.
Professor McGonagall had taken away ten house points from Gryffindor. Albus and James had also received detention for being out so late at night.
"So…you think Andrew is a…werewolf?"
"I know it sounds mad, but Andrew missed half the term last year. I also heard Andrew tell Scorpius that he and McGonagall talked it out. Talked what out," Albus said spitting out information.
Rose put her hand under her chin. She thought long and hard.
"I know! Let's go back to the forest tonight. Maybe we can find Andrew and help him."
Albus didn't like this idea but it was the only way to help Andrew. So that night, he and Rose went into the dark mass of trees. This time, spiders were nowhere to be found. Rose bumped into a tree and groaned. Suddenly, Albus heard her whisper, "Lumos." Her wand tip lit up a ghostly light. Albus said "Lumos" as well, and his wand did the same. They began searching for Andrew. He just had to be there. Albus moved his wand over a tree. Three long scratch marks were etched on the bark.
"We need to leave," Albus said as he began to leave.
"We can't leave Andrew," said Rose moving further into the forest.
"Rose," Albus whispered.
The next thing Albus knew was that he was on the ground gasping for breath. A great hairy creature scratched his arm. He could feel the blood running down his arm. Suddenly, the hairy creature ran away, howling at the moon.
"Are you all right," Rose said helping Albus to his feet.
She suddenly gasped as she looked at Albus's arm. Quickly, she and Albus ran back to the castle.