Chapter 9: The Echo of Juliet

AN: Misty's perspective. Short chapter, but that was because I didn't want to switch perspectives halfway through.

"See you later!" I called as Lance ran away, but I don't think he heard me. Lance was always a great person to me, helping me whenever I would need him. I don't think I'd be able to live without him.

After that, I met Julie and Jacksyn in the courtyard.

"Jacksyn," I asked, "How do you practice magic if you're not at Hogwarts?"

"Well," Jacksyn began, "a lot of my friends don't have the trace on them anymore, so as long as I practice magic around them, I don't get caught. Plus, in a year I'll be old enough, so it won't matter anymore at that time and place."

"Nice fire, Misty," Julie said to me.

"Thanks," I said as I burned a platinum paper with a teal fire from my wand. However, an apparition soon came from the majestic fire.

"Hello there," a figure in the fire said. After a few seconds, the form became more apparent. It was the sorting hat again.

Suddenly, all the stuff around me became nonexistent. All that was there was the hat staring right at me.

The hat acted weirdly, as if it could read my mind. It told me everything about me, including the things I didn't know. It was disconcerting, as it told me my most despair causing, heart wrenching, and upsetting things from my past that I always tried to avoid.

However, just before he got to the worst part, I heard a loud crashing sound that interrupted my vision. I awoke on the ground with Jacksyn and Julie watching over me, looking terribly worried about the state of my health. However, I soon stood up.

"Did that come from the lake?" Jacksyn asked.

"Let's go," Julie said. We ran to the lake, only to see Lance running into the Forbidden Forest.

"We have to follow him," I said.

"Again?" Jacksyn asked.

"We have to save my love."