"So, show us something!" said Fred. We were on the train ride back to London. I was excited about seeing their house, but they seemed more excited about my past.

"Yeah! Do something!" George added.

"I'm not vegas magician! I don't just pull rabbits out of hats! The only thing I can do is, well become a shadow!" I replied. Though I was glad that they didn't hate me, I wasn't a fan of all this attention.

"Fine." They gave up.

"Besides, I'm still mad at you! How could you give away the map?" I accused. It had been several weeks already, but I was still upset.

"It was for Harry!"

"He needed into Hogsmeade."

"Yeah, yeah. Just don't keep any other secrets like that from me, okay."

"US? What about you? Ms. I'm actually a Shadow!"

"That's not fair! I couldn't just tell anyone!"

"If you have any other secrets, now would be a good time to let us know!"

"Yeah, what other skeletons lie in your closet?"

"Nope, nothing." I said simply. "Except for Shade." I added in a whisper.

What, whose shade?" obviously not quiet enough.

"Another shadow you met in the field?"

"No one. He's gone. I'm never going to see him again." I said quietly. I was willing to tell Fred and George anything; I just wished they hadn't asked that!

"Was he a boyfriend?"

"Did he break up with you?"

"Do you want us to go beat him up?"

"We'll ruff him up a bit."
"Make him wish he'd stuck around."

"Shade's dead!" I cried. "It was all my fault."

"What?"

"How did he die?"

"He asked too many questions." I cut off the conversation. It was none of their business what happened to Shade.

Awkward silence. The twins just stared at me, and I returned the gaze. Fred scratched his nose. George coughed. I decided I'd be the one to break the silence. I transformed.

Fred was closer, so I became his shadow. Cast onto the floor, I was partially on top of George's shoes. Charming. Then I moved to the shadow cast off the wall. Not incredibly interesting, but what options did I have in the cabin of a train? I jumped around the room, as slowly as possible; I wanted to be sure that the twins saw me.

After about 5 minutes of shadowing, I reappeared on the bench opposite the twins.

"That was incredible!"

"We are going to have some fun when we get back to school!"

"What on Earth are you doing in here!" said a deep rich voice from behind me. I turned around to find one Josh Valence staring at the twins with hatred plain in his eyes.

"Slytherins don't associate with them."

"Where have you been for the past 2 months? I've been hanging out with them since day one!" I replied. I swear, this man was an idiot. "I was about to add a comment on his extreme stupidity, when-of course- I was summoned again.

I landed yet again at my master's feet. A shadow in the forest. (Ooh, that sounds creepy)

"You have not been doing your duty, shadow. Perhaps the time has come for you to be replaced." He hissed. Fear raced through my- are they really veins if you are a shadow on the ground? I could not be replaced, replacement meant death. Shadows couldn't just be set free.

"Of course not, master! I am doing the best I can. I must keep my cover. Dumbledore has been doing his best to keep us apart."

"Are you saying you have been outsmarted by an old man?"

"NO! Dumbledore is weak. And a fool. He believes I am loyal to him."

"And should I believe any different."

"My loyalties lay with you, master. I was actually on my way to gather information on the boy. Dumbledore can't keep us apart outside of school."

"Excellent. Good work, shadow. You may return, I will not summon you for a while. I'm much to busy in my preparations."

"Preparations for what, my lord?"

"Did I give you permission to speak! Be gone." He said, his eyes ablaze.

I landed back in the train, happy to see Josh was nowhere nearby.

"Way to just disappear on us!"

"Honestly. You can't just go shadowing anytime you feel like it!"

"We had to explain what happened to you!"

"That idiot thought you exploded or something."

"Sorry, I didn't want to deal with him though." I lied easily. If they wanted to believe I was in the room the whole time, that was fine with me.

I guess we'll let it slide this time."

"Looks like we're almost to London anyway."

"Good, I can't wait to see your house."

It's been several years since I read POA, but I think the whole map incident was before Christmas. I would just go get the book and look it up, but it's my sisters…and I'm really lazy.