The other chosen one
Chapter 2
HarryPOV
I woke up the next morning to hear Ron groaning in pain.
"Ron? What's wrong with you?" I asked, pulling myself out of the bed.
"My stomach!" He groaned. He was curled in a small ball in his bed, his face red. "It hurts!" He moaned. I looked at Neville to see him frowning.
"He's been like that for an hour already." He said, looking back at Ron. I sighed, knowing instantly what was wrong.
"Looks like you ate too much last night Ron." I mumbled, pulling my shoes on. "Come on, let's get you to madam Pomfrey." I dragged him off the bed and put his arm around my shoulders, practically dragging him out of the room.
"Where are you going?" I turned around to see Lexi and Hermione in the common room, both already dressed for the day. "What's up with him?" Hermione asked, frowning at Ron who was still doubled over.
"He ate too much. His stomach hurts." I said, making Lexi chuckle as she put Ron's other arm around her shoulder.
"When are you going to learn Ronald? Never suggest an eating contest when I'm in the room." She said as we carried him to madam Pomfrey. After getting a lecture on how it's always one of us first in the medical wing each year, Ron was given a potion and felt much better, but refused to eat any food at breakfast. We walked together to Divination, our first lesson of the day, with Professor Trelawney. Trelawney scared me a little with her bug eyes and strange, distant voice. Lexi looked creeped out for the whole lesson, Hermione just looked annoyed and Ron looked plain terrified.
Just as we were about to leave, Trelawney gasped and grabbed mine and Lexi's arms. "Oh my dears!" She exclaimed, pulling us into a hug, making me wrinkle my nose at the stale smell that surrounded her. "My poor dears!" She held us at arm's length. "By the end of the year, you shall be dead. Both of you." She turned and walked back to the desk, acting like nothing had happened.
"Charming woman, isn't she?" Lexi asked as we descended the stair towards Transfiguration. "You shall be dead! Please. Like that hasn't happened before. Near death experiences aren't exactly new to us, are they?" She said, making Ron and I laugh at her.
"Hey, where did Hermione go?" Ron asked, looking around.
"Probably to the library before lesson." I replied, not really taking much notice of it. Hermione had a habit of disappearing all the time.
APOV
The next lesson passed quickly, for me anyway. It was the first Transfiguration lesson of the year and Ron was already behind. Don't ask me how…. I honestly don't know. We were now stood in DADA with Uncle Remus in front of us. I tried not to smirk at him every time he looked at me. He looked a little too comfortable in the classroom in my opinion.
"In this closet, is a Boggart." He said, gesturing to the closet next to him that kept jumping. "Now, can anyone tell me what a Boggart looks like?"
"No one knows." Hermione said, making Ron jump.
"And why is that?" Uncle Remus asked, ignoring Ron.
"Boggarts are shape shifters." I said before Hermione could. "They change their appearance to show a person's greatest fear. That's what makes them so terrifying."
"I see 2 of you have been doing some reading. 10 points each to Miss Granger and Miss Black." He said, making Hermione and I high-5 each other. Standard response when we get house points. "When dealing with a Boggart, the only way to defeat it, is through laughter." He showed us the spell to use and got us into a line to face the Boggart.
When I got to the front, the Boggart turned into a large, black dog. The dog started to change into a human, but before I could see who it was, or do the spell, Uncle Remus stepped in front of me and it turned into a full moon behind clouds. "Ridikulus." He said, making it turn into a balloon which he sent back into the closet. He sent everyone to their next lessons and I just stood there, waiting for everyone to go.
"What was that?" I asked, my voice slightly louder than normal.
"What?" He asked, making me angry.
"That! Jumping in front of me! And how is my greatest fear a dog that turns into a human? Who was it?" I asked.
"Alexis, you don't understand." He said.
"The hell I don't!" I yelled. "You know who that was! So why don't you tell me! I deserve to know!"
"IT WAS YOUR DAD!" He yelled back, making me freeze. "The dog is your father's animagus form. It isn't him you fear. It's finding out the truth that you fear, because the truth could hurt you more than anything." He said, pulling me into a hug. "Go get Jarvis. I'll tell your teachers you're not feeling well and we'll go for a walk." I nodded, going to the Gryffindor tower to get Jarvis.
We walked around the fields that surrounded Hogwarts, Jarvis chasing pigeons and running back and forth. We were silent since we left the castle, neither of us knowing what to say.
"What do you remember about your father?" He asked after a few minutes.
"I only have 2 clear memories of him. The first is him lying on the sofa with me, telling me one of the famous Marauder adventures. He used his wand to manipulate things around the room into acting out the tale." I said with a small smile. I remembered the way his eyes shone and his smile, the innocent yet slightly mischievous smile I've seen in photos, brightened his face.
"He did that a lot. Your mother was worried that he was influencing you to lead a life like ours. Full of pranks and detentions." He said with a laugh, remembering happier times. "What about the other memory?"
"My father screaming and begging for me as they dragged him to Azkaban." I said in a dead voice. Tears formed in my eyes as I remembered that day. A lot of people think I was too young to remember anything, but that day is one of the clearest memories that I have. The thing I remember the most is the tears that were forming in his eyes and the way his eyes never left mine. I remember him begging to see me one last time before they took him, but everyone ignored him. I can remember the scared look in his eyes, but I know it was there because he was scared for what might happen to me. I looked at Uncle Remus to see his head hung and his shoulders stiff.
"You weren't supposed to be there that day. But Dumbledore insisted. He did everything he could to let your father see you, maybe even hold you. But the minister wouldn't allow it. It helped with you being there though. It reminded your father what he was fighting for." He said. We sat down on a log and watched Jarvis running around. We sat in silence for a minute before I spoke up.
"Did he do it?" I asked, making Uncle Remus frown. "Did he betray the Potters and my mum and kill those muggles?"
"I don't know." He replied, putting his arm around my shoulders. "I like to think that he is still the same guy who strung Snape to a tree by his shoes, but all the evidence points to him." That made my head snap up.
"Evidence? What evidence?" I asked.
"Lily and James' house was under the Fidelious charm and your father was their secret keeper. But everyone knew that they would make your father their secret keeper as he and James were practically brothers. They were planning on making Peter Pettigrew their secret keeper instead, but they died before they could make the change." Interesting. I may be able to prove my father's innocence.
HPOV
Ron, Hermione and I hid behind some trees and watched Lexi and the new professor talking. They seemed quite close. It was only when he put his arm around her shoulders that we started to talk.
"Lexi seems a bit cosy with the new professor." Ron said, his voice accusing.
"What are you getting at Ronald?" Hermione asked, looking angry.
"That maybe she is giving him something on the side to get better grades." He said. I punched his arm for even thinking it.
"She is 13!" I said, punching him again. "And she doesn't need better grades. She is better than Hermione at DADA."
"I have to say that it seems they know each other quite well." Hermione said. "She's not telling us something. Something that the new professor knows."
I looked at their retreating forms and agreed with Hermione. Lexi is hiding something, and I am going to find out what it is. We quickly made our way to the great hall for lunch and 5 minutes later, Lexi joined us.
"Where did you disappear to?" Hermione asked her as she piled food onto her plate.
"I wasn't feeling very well so Professor Lupin supervised Jarvis and I on a walk around the grounds to get some fresh air." She said. Well, at least she wasn't lying.
We quickly ate and then made our way to Hagrid's hut for our care of magical creature's lesson. We followed him through part of the forest to a clearing where he called a hippogriff.
"Right. Who'd like to approach him?" He asked, turning around to see Lexi and I stood slightly in front of everyone else. "Harry! Alexis! Come on! Don't be shy."
We bowed to Buckbeak and he bowed back, letting us go closer and pet him. "Great job! Great job!" Hagrid said, walking up to us. "I think he'll let you ride him now." He said, making us freeze.
"What?" We asked at the same time, only for Hagrid to grab me and placed me on Buckbeak's back before putting Lexi behind me. He slapped Buckbeak, making him rear up before galloping to the other side of the clearing. Lexi wrapped her arms around my waist in an attempt to stay on as I wrapped mine around Buckbeak's neck. As we got to the end of the clearing, Buckbeak spread his wings and took to the skys. I felt Lexi sit back and spread her arms, letting out and almighty "woo!" which I copied. It was actually fun.
All too soon, we landed and Hagrid helped us off Buckbeak. "So," He said, leaning down to our height. "How am I doing on my first day?" He asked.
"Brilliantly." I said. Malfoy chose then to be an absolute idiot. He stormed towards Buckbeak, disrespecting him, and caused Buckbeak to rear, accidently slashing Malfoy's arm with his claw. Hagrid took him to the medical wing and everyone started to make their way back to the school.
"Whose." Evie mumbled, making me laugh. Buckbeak nudged our arms, obviously wanting a fuss.
Xxx
By the time dinner arrived, Malfoy had been sent out of the medical wing with only a scratch. Lexi and I were walking towards the Great hall when we passed Malfoy talking to a group of his fellow Slytherin's.
"Madam Pomfrey says I'm very lucky. Said another millimetre and it would have taken my arm off." He said. Lexi obviously didn't want to leave it at that.
"Is that why she sent you away after 2 seconds with a tiny plaster?" She asked, turning to face him. "Or why you were screaming like a little girl? What was it he was saying again Harry?"
"I believe he said, Not the face! Not the face!" I said, holding my hands up and making my voice higher.
Malfoy was bright red as his house left him in the middle of the corridor. "Looks like someone's not so popular anymore." Lexi joked.
"I will get you for this. Mark my words!" He sneered.
"Whatever Tutu." She replied as we turned and walked away.
"Nice one." I said as we entered the Great hall, making her giggle.
"He's been sighted! He's been sighted!" Seamus shouted as he ran through the hall.
"Who?" Ron asked as he stopped at the Gryffindor table and everyone crowded around.
"Sirius Black!" He replied, throwing the paper on the table where Hermione picked it up.
"Dufftown? That's not far from here." She said, looking up. I ignored what everyone else said, just watched as Lexi left the room.
Here you go guys. Sorry it took me so long to update. It has been a busy few months.
Hope you enjoy it
Emma
