Chapter 8: A Mysterious Case And Howler
The classes went by quickly for our favorite first years, and the last class of the day was Flying for the Gryffindors with the Slytherins.
James and Sirius were more excited for his class then anyone in their entire year, so excited that they managed to scare poor Peter.
Peter was already nervous about riding a broom, never having ridden one in his life. Remus and Severus were quiet like always, not much interested but neither scared for life. Nathan was genuinely excited for the flying lesson, but was not going overboard like James and Sirius.
When it came turn for them to command their brooms, James, Sirius, Frank, Marlene, Alice, Nathan, Rosier, Mulciber and some other students, mostly purebloods, were easily able to command it at first chance.
For the rest it took some more tries, first Lily, then Remus, then Severus, then Dorcas, then Mary and then finally Peter, who also almost hit his nose, was able to command it.
When it came to flying, James and Sirius were naturally talented and boasted it to all of their friends.
Everyone else took a bit time to get used to it. Well that's besides Peter.
"Aaaaaaaaah!" Exclaimed Peter, his broom flying in a zigzag direction at a spead too high.
Mucliber, Rosier,and a couple of other Slytherins who had mastered the skill of flying were laughing at him, which almost had a few Gryffindors hex them to ground.
Madam Hooch quickly came to his rescue.
"Oh look little Pettie couldn't even fly properly." Mulciber taunted outside the class.
Sirius glared at him, "Shut up Mulciber."
Honestly, he really wanted to stab him atleast 10 times woth his own brown. That'd show the bastard.
"Can't take even a bit of truth, bloodtraitor?" Questioned Rosier.
"Well atleast he's not a deatheater." Replied James furiously, about to rip their throat.
Just before a fight could start, the group heard a scream.
James, Sirius and Peter rushed towards the sound, to find a group of fourth year Hufflepuffs unconscious in their own blood.
"Bloody hell." Cursed Sirius.
James looked horrified at the scene, "What the hell happened here?"
Suddenly Professor McGonagall came towards them in a rushed manner.
"What happened- Oh Merlin!" She exclaimed.
"Professor, we heard a scream and came rushing. We don't know who did this!" Peter spoke up.
"Well I didn't believe three first years would be able to injure five fourth years anyways, Mr. Pettigrew." Professor McGonagall reassured them, "As for what happened to them, the adults find out soon enough. No need to worry about this situation."
The news of the five Hufflepuffs reached the entire school faster than a person can say 'mystery'. Everyone heard of the five who were attacked. And the situation didn't get any better the next day.
"Guys, look at this." Said Frank to his friends as he showed the Daily Prophet.
"Mysterious Force Attacking Witches and Wizards!"
This last week many strange incidents have been reported all over Wizarding Britain. From Hogwarts to the Ministry, from homes to streets, a strange force has managed to attack and severely injure multiple people. Currently there has been no pattern at what type of people they attack. People from pureblood families, that of half-bloods and muggleborns have been equally effected. But not to worry, cause your loyal Jemma Skeeter will keep you completely up-to-date with the situation. Until then, stay safe!
Almost everyone was in panic at the Great Hall.
"How do we even stay safe from this? There has to be something!" Lily exclaimed.
James grimaced, "Lily if there was something, surely they'd have mentioned it."
"Doesn't mean I'll stop from researching." Lily replied.
"How do you reasearch on something that no one knows about?" Alice questioned.
"With determination!" Lily answered.
"That is the most cliche thing I've heard this week." Replied Sirius.
Lily rolled her eyes.
Suddenly a lot of owls flew inside, alongside with a howler.
The howler came infront of Sirius before bursting, "Sirius Orion Black! You absolute disgrace! How dare you get sorted into Gryffindor! You have broken the tradition of getting sorted into Slytherin that every member of Noble of Black! And Gryffindor too of all places! You know it very well Gryffindor and Hufflepuff is too disgraceful of houses to be sorted into and even Ravenclaws is barely acceptable! You have dissapointed your entire family and ancestors! Don't even think of coming back, your father and I have disowned you! And you better hope your awful influence hasn't affected your brother!" Then it burned to pieced.
The entire Great Hall fall silent. Then a couple of Slytherins quietly laughed, who were ever so gracefully glared by the other members of Slytherin.
Severus, Nathan, Astrid stood from the Slytherin; and Aurelia and Candice from Ravenclaw came to him.
"You alright Sirius?" Questioned Nathan.
"Yeah bro, you can stay with me from now on. Mom and dad won't mind it." Offered James.
"No need to worry, we all will be there for you." Spoke Aurelia
Sirius shook out of his surprise, "Oh I am alright guys. Trust me, I am estatic. I don't have to go to that he'll ever again! Yes! Freedom!"
The entire group of friend looked weirded out at him. Then Severus said, "I wish that happened to me as well. I don't want to go home."
"You can stay there too! We all will have sleepovers everyday!" James exclaimed.
"Pretty sure you and Sirius on your own would cause enough havoc to have Sev annoyed in one day." Lily laughed.
"Nah, I'd give it one hour. James on his own is annoying enough, the two of them would get him mad." Joined Aurelia.
"Aw Aurie, you love us." James and Sirius grinned at her.
She rolled her eyes at them, "Well atleast from now on you won't have to face Mrs. Black. She's scary evil."
"Tell me about it."