Harry and Brenda did not tell anybody about what they saw on the Quidditch pitch, Ron would freak out and Hermione would think it was ridiculous. The Gryffindor team came to see them twice during the weekend and Hermione and Ron wouldn't leave their sides until Madame Pomfrey told them to get out and that's when Severus would visit Brenda and give them both sleeping potions since they were both being stubborn about sleeping

"Why do we have to sleep so much?" Brenda complained

"You had a busy day with your friends today, and now you need your rest" Pomfrey answered

"You make us go to sleep at 7:30" Harry said

"And won't let us wake up until 9:00" Brenda finished, " That is way more sleep then the average person needs, it's almost twice as much"

" Well you need your sleep when you're sick" Severus said

" Dad, we're not sick" Brenda said

" You blacked out from about 100 feet in the air" Severus said lifting an eyebrow

" That was" Harry started

" Two days ago" Severus finished, " Now take the potion"

" 7:30 is still too early" Brenda said with a glare

" This is the last time I'm going to say it, you won't like the next time I have to" Severus warned

Brenda looked worried for a moment then glared at her dad, took the vial out of her father's hand and drank the potion, Harry did the same thing

" Relax you two, this one isn't as strong, you'll wake up at 7:30 tomorrow and you will be able to get out of the Hospital Wing later on" Severus said

Severus tucked Brenda in who ended up having her covers in a knot from being restless, then he kissed her forehead

" Good night you two" Severus said and left Brenda's side

" I still think that's sweet" Pomfrey said

" Don't you dare tell anybody I do that" Severus said with a glare

" Don't worry, I will take it to my grave" Pomfrey said with a smile

The next day the Potters finally got to get out of the hospital, the bad news is that it was a Monday

" I'm glad to be out of there" Brenda said with a stretch

" Yah I hate being cooped up in bed all day" Harry said

They hurried to the Great Hall for breakfast

" How are you two feeling?" Hermione asked

" A whole lot better" They said at the same time

" Too bad you couldn't get your Defense Against The Dark Arts homework done" Ron said

" Snape's postponing it until next Monday" Brenda said

" I didn't hear about that" Ron said, " I worked so hard on it too"

" You spent all of last night on it" Hermione said, " You should never cram things like that"

" Well we were visiting Harry and Brenda all weekend, Hermione" Ron said

" We were kicked out of the Hospital Wing at 7:15 every night, Ronald" Hermione said

" Fred challenged me in Wizards Chess, I couldn't back down" Ron said

" These two bicker like they were married" Brenda thought to Harry

Harry chuckled

The third years went to Defense Against the Dark Arts

" If Snape is teaching us again, I'm going to freak out" Ron said

Brenda rolled her eyes and checked who was going to teach them today

" It's Lupin, Ron, don't worry" Brenda said

Ron ran inside the classroom and up to Lupin

" Well good morning Mr. Weasley, what can I do for you?" Lupin asked

Ron started complaining about Snape subbing for him

" He made us do two rolls of parchment on werewolves" Ron complained

" Well did you tell him you haven't covered that yet?" Lupin asked

" Yes we did" Hermione said coming in

" He was going to have it due today but he changed his mind" Brenda said, " It's due next Monday"

Lupin smiled, " Don't worry you guys, you don't have to do the essay, I'll speak with Professor Snape when I see him"

They had a fun class that day, of course every Defense Against the Dark Arts is fun, well Harry, Brenda, Ron and Hermione think so. But sadly fun comes to an end

" Harry, Brenda can you stay after? I would like a word with you" Lupin said

They waited until everybody left the classroom

" I heard about the match, and I'm very sorry about what happened to both your brooms" Lupin said, " By any chance is there a chance on fixing it?

" No" The Potters said together, " The tree smashed them to bits"

" I tried Reparo on them even when I was told it wouldn't work" Brenda said

" So did you hear about the dementors too professor?" Harry asked

" Yes I did" Lupin said

" I don't get it, why do they affect Brenda and me like that? Nobody else passes out when they get near them" Harry said, What are we? Weak?"

"Dementors are among the foulest creatures around. they feed on every good feeling, every happy memory, until a person is left with nothing but his or her worst feelings. Dementors affect you most, because there are true horrors in your past. Horrors your classmates can scarcely imagine... you both have nothing to be ashamed of"

" I'm scared professor" Brenda said

" Yah me too" Harry said

" I would call both of you fools if you weren't afraid" Lupin said

" We need to learn how to fight them... you could teach us professor, Brenda said, " You made that dementor on the train go away"

" There was only one that night Brenda" Lupin said

" Yes but you made it go away" Brenda said

" Can you teach us Professor?" Harry asked

Lupin hesitated for a moment but then said, "I don't pretend to be an expert, but yes, I can teach you both. Perhaps after the holiday. For now, though, I need to rest. I'm feeling... tired"

Brenda and Harry smiled

After Dinner Brenda went down into the apartment and she was in a cheery mood, Somehow Severus beat her down there

" Just because Lupin said that you don't have to do the werewolf homework, doesn't mean that you don't have to do it for me" Severus said

He was in a foul mood

" I do not want my daughter behind in school" Severus said, " I want you in your room working on the parchment, I want you to hand it to me by next Monday... Understand"

" Yes... I understand" Brenda said, She was disappointed that she still had to do it, " I guess it will help me in the future if I ever encounter a wear wolf" She thought

Brenda turned in her homework the next Monday morning before school started

" Did you put in everything I asked" Severus asked

" Yes" Brenda said, "Check it over after classes today if you wish"

" I'll do that" Severus said, " You better hurry up to the Great Hall before the Slytherins come out"

" Oh yah, I'll see you later" Brenda said and left the apartment

" I can't believe he made you do that assignment" Ron said, " I mean what is the use of doing that assignment? It's not like we're going to meet a werewolf or something"

" You never know Ron" Brenda said, " I'm kind of glad I did it, it gives me a feeling of accomplishment"

" Yah I know how you feel, I finished mine last week when they were supposed to be due" Hermione said

" I didn't like the way mine turned out" Ron said

" Well then it's a good thing we didn't have to turn them in" Harry said

That night after dinner Brenda went down into the apartment again like always, she was getting a little tired of being grounded for so long, but her father didn't say anything about her punishment and she wasn't going to bring it up because that would just make him mad. She didn't bring up the werewolf parchment either, she knew that he'd get to it on his own time, right now he was grading potions

Brenda was reading her charms book when Severus finished grading his last potion for fourth years then he opened his desk and got out the parchment and looked over it

" It looks like you covered everything I wanted you to put in the parchment" Severus said still reading

Brenda smiled, put down her book and watched her father

" Well, if I was your Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher, I would give this parchment an O" Severus said

That made Brenda smile

Grandfather Severus went to his frame in back of Severus's desk and looked over it

" I still think you're too soft on her, I would give it an A at the most" Grandfather Severus said

" What's wrong with it?" Severus asked lifting an eyebrow

" Well, her... uh... I got nothing" Grandfather Severus said

" Exactly, What have I told you about getting along" Severus asked

" Yah yah yah" Grandfather Severus said

Severus glared at his grandfather, " Well, Brenda you did very well, I suggest you keep this in a safe place, it might be useful in the future"

" Right, thank you" Brenda said with a smile and took her work and put it in her room

" I believe she has been punished long enough" Severus thought and he got up and went into Brenda's room, " You may go back to the Gryffindor Tower tomorrow, your punishment is over" He said

Brenda smiled and gave him a big hug, " Thank you"

" You're welcome" Severus said returning the hug

Halloween and Thanksgiving came and went and it was getting close to the holiday season, there was another Hogsmead outing before the holidays took place

Harry and Brenda watched with gloomy faces as they saw their friends in warm cloaks walk towards the carriages that would take them to Hogsmead

" Brenda lets go" Harry whispered

" Where to" Brenda whispered back

" To Hogsmead" Harry thought

" But we don't have permission" Brenda thought

" We'll use our invisibility cloaks" Harry thought

Brenda looked at her brother and smiled and they both hurried towards the Gryffindor Tower to retrieve the cloaks

They made it out the door in their cloaks and were on their way but then they were stopped by two other twins, Fred and George Weasley, George dragged Harry by his armpits and Fred did the same to Brenda, they were dragged to a secret room

" What are you guys doing, leave us alone" Harry said

" Clever you two" Fred said as he took Brenda's cloak off of her

" But not clever enough" George said as he did the same to Harry

" We're going to miss the carriages" Brenda said

" We have a better way" Fred said

" And faster" George put in

Fred and George both took something out of their pockets and handed the items to the other twins

" What's this rubbish" Harry asked looking down at the worn out parchment

" Rubbish he says, Harry this is not rubbish" George said

" Then what are they? They look like worn pieces of parchment" Brenda said

" Right there in your hands are the secrets to our success" George said

" It was a hard decision giving them to you, but your needs are greater than ours, and we have it memorized, we don't need it anymore" Fred said," Right there in your hands are the Marauders maps, George if you will demonstrate for our young friends"

" I solemnly swear that I am up to no good" George said and pointed to Harry's map and writing was now on it

" Read it" Fred said

"Messrs Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot and Prongs are proud to present the Marauders map" Harry read

" Ah yes, we owe them so much" George said

" We think that there used to be four maps the same since there are four Marauders, but we only found two" Fred said

" Where did you get these?" Brenda asked looking at them

" We snatched them from Filch's office during first year" Fred said with a grin

Brenda was looking at Harry's, " Hang on. This is Hogwarts. No, it can't be... is that really" Brenda didn't finish her sentence

" That's really Dumbledore" Fred said

" In his study" George said

" He paces a lot" Fred said

" Do you two mean that this... this map shows everyone" Harry asked

" Everyone" Fred said

" Of every day" George said

" Of every time" Fred said

" Where they are" George said

" And what they're doing" Fred said

" Brilliant" Harry and Brenda said together

" Now listen you two, there are seven secret passage ways" Fred said

" But two are blocked off" George put in

" To get to Hogsmead, we suggest this one, it leads you to a cellar right under Honeydukes" They both pointed at the same time

" The one eyed witch?" Brenda asked

" Yes" The Weasley twins said, " But you better hurry, Filch is coming that way"

" Oh and when you're done with the map, make sure to say" Fred said

" Mischief managed, otherwise anybody could read it" The Weasley twins said together and the map went back to the old parchment state

" That's wicked" Brenda said with a grin

" Thanks you guys" Harry said with a grin

" You're welcome" The Weasley twins said

Fred winked at Brenda and she blushed

" Come on Brenda, we better go" Harry said

" Good luck you two" The Weasley twins said

The Potter twins headed toward the one eyed witch statue but they were both under their cloaks

" Ok now what?" Harry asked

Brenda got out her map, " I solemnly swear that I am up to no good"

The map was revealed and Brenda found the two of them on the map and in a speech bubble it said "Dissendium"

" We have to say... Dissendium" Brenda said and the one eyed witch opened up

The twins walked past the one eyed witch statue and ended up in a dark room

" Lumos" Harry and Brenda said together

Their wands lit up and they found a ladder leading to a door

" Let's go" Harry said eagerly

They both climbed the ladder and they were in a building that smelled really sweet

" Must be Honeydukes" Brenda said

They snuck out of Honeydukes kind of slow, they were looking at everything and were in aw, there were all kinds of sweets

" We better go find Ron and Hermione" Harry thought to Brenda

" You're right" Brenda thought back

They left the store

" Mischief managed" Brenda said to the map

" So where do you think they would be?" Harry asked

" Didn't they say something about the Shrieking Shack?" Brenda asked

" Oh yah, lets try to find that" Harry said

They only had to look for a little while, because they heard voices that sounded like Ron, Hermione and Malfoy

Brenda and Harry walk closer to the group and they both hear Malfoy call Hermione a mudblood

" Ok that's it" Brenda said

She picked up a bunch of snow and threw it at Malfoy

Malfoy turned around in shock

" Who's there?" Malfoy asked

Another snow ball was thrown and it hit his face

" Nice one Harry" Brenda thought

" Well don't just stand there you idiots, get them" Malfoy said indicating to Ron and Hermione

" Not while we're here" Harry thought to his sister

They got out of their hiding place and under their cloaks fought the Slytherins

" What's going on?" Crabbe asked

" This area's haunted" Goyle said

The Slytherins ran away and Ron and Hermione were laughing

All of a sudden they stopped when something began to play with Ron's cap and Hermione's hair

" You guys quit it" Hermione said through laughs

Harry and Brenda took off their cloaks laughing

" Bloody Hell you two, that... that was not funny" Ron said through laughs

" Then why are you laughing?" Brenda asked

Ron didn't say anything

" How did you two get here anyway?" Hermione asked

" The Marauders map" Harry and Brenda said together

" Fred and George gave them to us" Brenda said

" That's not fair, why didn't they give one to me? I'm their brother" Ron complained

" It doesn't matter, Harry and Brenda are going to give them to a teacher, aren't you" Hermione said with a look

Brenda and Harry didn't say anything

" Of course they are, and with that they're going to give the teacher their invisibility cloaks" Ron said and rolled his eyes

They walked back to the town and heard Minister Fudge

" Rosemarta my dear, how are you" Fudge asked

" A lot better if you didn't send Dementors into my pub every other night" Rosemarta said

" Oh look it's Madam Rosemarta, Ron fancies her" Hermione teased

" I do not" Ron said

" We have a killer on the loose my dear" Fudge said

" And what would bring Sirius Black to Hogsmead may I ask?" Rosemarta asked

" Harry and Brenda Potter" Fudge whispered

" Harry and Brenda Potter?" Rosemarta gasped

" Shh, not so loud" Fudge said

" Ok why would they be talking about us" Brenda thought to her brother

" I don't know... let's go" Harry thought

They both got under their invisibility cloaks and snuck into the pub

" Harry, Brenda... where did they go?" Hermione asked

" I'll give you one guess" Ron said

They hurried to the pub and opened the door

" Hey no kids are allowed in here today, get out... get out" A talking head said

" So rude" Hermione said

" Thick Heads" Ron said

" Thick heads, now who's being rude" A head said

Harry and Brenda follow Rosemarta, Fudge and McGonagall into a room and make it into the room right before Rosemarta closed the door

" Ok let's hear it, why is Black after the Potter twins?" Rosemarta asked

" Years ago, when the Potters' parents were marked for death, they went into hiding. Few knew where they were. One who did was Black. And he told You Know Who" McGonagall said

" I've heard this rot. It was all over The Daily Prophet back in the day. And I'll say now what I said then, Of all the boys that came here from Hogwarts, Black's the last who would've gone over to the dark side" Rosemarta said

" Tell that to Peter Pettigrew" Fudge said

" What does Peter Pettigrew have to do with anything?" Rosemarta asked, " That boy did not have a brave bone in his body, I'm still trying to figure out why he was in Gryffindor"

" Sirius Black went to Azkaban because of Pettigrew's death" Fudge said

" You mean Sirius Black killed Pettigrew?" Rosemarta asked

" Killed him? No... HE DESTROYED HIM... left nothing but a finger" Fudge said " That's not the worst he has done my dear" Fudge said

" What's worse than killing people?" Rosemarta asked

" You remember him from Hogwarts right?" McGonagall asked

" Didn't I just say that" Rosemarta asked

" Just checking... do you remember who his best friend was?" McGonagall asked

" Of course James Potter... Why" Rosemarta asked

" Because, Sirius Black was the one who led You Know Who to the Potters where abouts, and the worst part of all... Sirius Black... is and will always will be both Potters' godfather" McGonagall said

Harry and Brenda silently gasp and not caring run out the door

" What was that" Fudge asked

" Must be the wind" Rosemarta said

McGonagall had another suspicion

Harry and Brenda run out of the pub, past their two best friends and into carolers without apologizing and ran to a large bolder outside of the town and cried

Ron and Hermione followed their footprints to a large bolder and heard the crying. They both went up to them and pulled off their friends' cloaks

" What's wrong, what did you find out?" Hermione asked

" He was their friend... and he betrayed them" Harry said

" HE WAS THEIR FRIEND" Brenda yelled

" WE HOPE HE FINDS US, BECAUSE WHEN HE DOES, WE'LL BE READY... WHEN HE DOES WE'RE GOING TO KILL HIM" Harry and Brenda said at the same time with rage

Harry and Brenda were angry for a week

Finally the Holidays were over and Harry and Brenda were excited about learning how to get rid of Dementors

" Harry, Brenda, today during your free period, if you won't mind, can you come back here?" Lupin asked after class was over

The twins looked at each other and smiled

" Yes we will professor" Brenda said

A few hours later was their free period

" There you are. Ok the spell that you two are going to learn today is called the Patronus charm, so have either of you heard of it?" Lupin asked

The twins shook their heads no

"A Patronus is a kind of positive force. For the witch or wizard who can conjure one, the Patronus works something like a shield. The Dementor feeds on it instead of the person casting it, but in order for it to work, you must think of a memory, not just any memory. This memory needs to be a very happy one and powerful

The twins nod

" Ok do you guys have something? Then you need to speak without your wands please, Expecto Patronum" Lupin said

" Expecto Patronum" Harry and Brenda said

" Ok, in this trunk there are two Bogart's, one for each of you, when it comes out I want you two to say the spell and block it, you got it?" Lupin asked

" Got it?" They said together

" Ok... spread apart" Lupin said

They did as they were told

" Ok... Wands at the ready... one... two... three" Lupin said and the trunk opened up and two bogarts in shapes of Dementors appeared

" Expecto Patronum... Expecto Patronum... Exp... Expecto" Both of them fainted and woke up a few minutes later

" What memories were you thinking of may I ask?" Lupin asked

" The first time I rode a broom" Harry said

" When I got my first O in potions" Brenda said

" Those are happy memories, but they're not powerful enough" Lupin said

Brenda and Harry looked at each other for a minute and then smiled at each other, they were thinking the same thing

" We have one more memory" Brenda said

" Both of you? Is it powerful?" Lupin asked

" Very" Harry said

" Let's give it a try" Lupin said, " Wands at the ready... one, two, three"

The Dementors came out and both Harry and Brenda thought of the memory and got a silver mist but that is it

" Very good, very good, well done both of you, you would give your father a run for his money, that's all I have to say about that. That will be all for today" Lupin said, " What were your memories if I may ask?"

" Family" The Potter twins said,

" Meeting each other for the first time" Harry said

" Knowing we have family left, And not everybody is gone" Brenda said

" Family is the most important thing" They said together

" You're right, it is... family is very powerful" Lupin said agreeing

That night when everybody was in bed, somebody entered the Gryffindor Tower with the right password and headed up to the boys' Dorm, the man has a knife in his hands and he goes into the third year room and stands over Ron's bed with the knife

Ron woke up and screamed which woke everybody else up

Harry grabbed his wand and yelled, " EVERYBODY OUT"

Everybody got out of the room except Ron

" Ron, Ron where are you" Harry asked

Ron poked his head out from under the bed

" Is he gone?" Ron asked

" He's gone" Harry said, " Let's go get McGonagall"

They headed down to the common room and the girls were down there as well, woken up by all the commotion

" What happened?" Brenda and Hermione asked

" Sirius Black got in and he had a knife above my head" Ron said

" Oh my goodness" Hermione gasped

McGonagall came up to the group and asked, " WHAT HAPPENED"

" Sirius Black was in the Boys' Dorm and he had a knife above my head" Ron said

"That's nonsense, Mr. Weasley. How could Sirius Black possibly have got through the portrait hole?" McGonagall asked

" I don't know, I was busy dodging the knife to figure out how he got in, but he did get in" Ron said

McGonagall went to the portrait hole and talked to Sir Cadogan

" Sir Cadogan. Is it possible that you let a mysterious man enter Gryffindor Tower tonight?" She asked

" Certainly, good lady! He had the password. Had the whole week's, in fact. On a little piece of paper" Sir Cadogan said

" Which foolish person wrote down the passwords and then proceeded to lose them?" McGonagall asked mad

" I... I'm afraid that was... me professor" Neville said

McGonagall sighed, "While we know Sirius Black is gone tonight, I think you can safely assume he will, at some future time, attempt to return. Let me be clear,you are not to move about the castle alone, and you are not to write down the password. Understood?"

Everybody nodded

" Well then, I suggest you all go back to bed" McGonagall said

The next day the four friends visited Hagrid who got back from the Hearing about Buckbeak

" So how did the hearing go?" Brenda asked

Hagrid was in the water throwing stones

"Well, I got up and said my bit, You know, how Buckbeak was a good Hippogriff always cleaned his feathers and as long as you treated him with respect, he'd treat you the same. Then Lucius Malfoy got up and said his bit you know, how Buckbeak was a deadly and dangerous beast that no teacher in their right mind would expose their students to..." Hagrid cut off

" And then what happened?" Ron asked

Hagrid threw another rock

" Let's just say... Buckbeak will not be going back into the forest" Hagrid said

" Where is he going?" Harry asked

"He asked fer the worse, you see, Lucius Malfoy did. And the Committee granted it" Hagrid said

What did they grant?" Brenda asked dreading the answer

" Buckbeak's... Buckbeak's been sentenced to death" Hagrid sobbed

"THEY CAN'T DO THAT" Brenda yelled

" THEY SHOULDN'T PUNISH BUCKBEAK, IT'S DRACO THEY SHOULD PUNISH, HE DIDN'T SHOW BUCKBEAK ANY RESPECT" Ron yelled

" There's not... nothing we... we can do, they made up their mind" Hagrid said through tears

" I'm so sorry Hagrid" Harry said

" Yah me too" Hermione said

" We all are" Brenda said

They kept Hagrid company until it was time for lunch and he insisted they leave for it

Brenda got a note from Severus during lunch and it said, " Brenda I heard what happened last night, Black can get in again, so I know that you are safe, I want you to move back into the apartment

Dad"

Brenda silently groaned