It had been a week since Remus' first transformation. Venna knew it, and she hadn't meant to figure it out. A week ago she was sitting by the roaring fire when some random thoughts popped into her head. Other people's thoughts. See, Venna was telecanetic...she could move things with her eyes and read other people's random thoughts. She didn't mean to be nosy...that's just how she was.
Around mid-night Venna thought that would be the end of useless thought reading, but it wasn't. Just as she was heading up the long, narrow steps to her dorm a last thought zoomed it's way into her mind. " I wish being a werewolf didn't hurt so much!" She snapped her head up quickly and then paniced. Was there a werewolf in school? If so...should she tell anyone?
Then she had an idea. She traced her mind back to the sound of the voice to figure out who it was. Just then an image of a glowing orb and a kind, carng face apeared in her head like a milisecond of a movie. Remus! She thought, biting her lip. Remus Lupin!
She lightly banged her fist upon her head and then looked around, quickly, for a dictionary. At last she spotted the enourmous dictionary and tossed it breathlessly onto the soft velvet couch. She combed her thick, raven black hair behind her ear as she flipped the tremendous book to the L's. " Lupin....Lupin," She muttered as she fingered her way down the page in the dim firelight. " Aha!" She excalimed once she had found it.
She leaned nearer to the book to read the definition. " Lupin- wolflike in apearance or personality." She paused...Remus was definently not wolf-like. " Originated from the word lupine which is a desease in which the person inherits facial features of a wolf." Venna looked at the book one last time, then shut it...knowing a deep, dark secret of one of her fellow students.
As the Grandfather clock struck one in the morning Venna went up to bed with an uncomfortable feeling. Was she going to tell Remus she knew about his...uh..legacy, or was she going to keep it a secret? No, she couldn't tell because whenever she told anyone, just one person, the rumor or story ends up about the whole school.
But today she had to tell him. Because she had to...she just had to! She felt pity for him. She had never had the feeling she was having in her life before. It was like she wanted to take his pain away and shun it upon herself.
So...she decided she was going to tell him because that was a way of taking part of his pain away. Now someone who cared for him knows and wants to help him. But how can she other than that? That's what she pondered on for the rest of the day.
Venna hated potions! Their teacher Fanges Snape( You got it...Snape's dad!) hated her just as much. It was the potions class just before lunch and she was sitting with Lily Evans, who had become her best friend, Arabella Figg, who couldn't stop from giggling all class long, and Mai Chang, one of the only Ravenclaw girls in there.
She eyed where three boys were in the back of the room. Remus Lupin, James Potter, Sirius Black, and Peter Petigrew. Remus had his head on his desk and looked like he was going to fall over with exshuasion any second now. Then the full moon came into her head once more. He had to know she knew, but maybe later. James was whispering random sentences into Remus' ear but he wasn't listening.
Sirius was the only one paying attention, or that's what Venna thought , until she saw an ink bottle flying over Snape's ( the little snape not the dad) head. Suddenly he opened his mouth and muttered something. The bottle smashed onto Serverus' head with a loud smack! Serverus turned around and muttered omething back and then Sirius was on the floor laughing.
" What is going on here!" Fanges Snape yelled as a demented looking smile spread on Sirius' thin face. " Nothing Sir!" Then Sirius saluted him an Snape turned around and continued to talk. Serverus tried to say someting but his father was already disturbed enough. He just gave Sirius a evil look and then muttered," You'll be sorry!" Sirius just continued laughing.
Peter was sitting there taking constant notes and constapated looks. Remus looked over at him and began laughing weakly, but when Sirius saw him he laughed like he had just seen a flying cow out the window. Once again Snape turned around but this time yelled.
" You four in the back, detentions on Saturday. Lupin, with me. Black, with Filch. Petigrew with McGonnagal. Potter with Flitwick!" Peter gave a look that said his words for him, " Why do I get a detention!?"
The four went out laughing down to lunch. Maybe I'll wait. Venna thought, waiting won't hurt! So she Lily and Arabella( Mai went down with some of her older friends) went down to lunch too.
Lucnh was delicious. There were fish and chips and hamburgers and even milkshakes for desert! This was a once in a life time meal at Hogwarts. They even had fizzy drinks!
Venna's next class was Divination. Sher thought that was a bunh of hu-hah so she wasn't going to pay attention. Soon that class was over and they had Flying Lessons with Madam Fly-high.
" Just peachy!" Venna complained to Lily and Arabella, " I get to show off my great fear of heights!" Arabella shrugged and Lily replied carelessly.
" Well, at least we're doing the lesson with Ravenclaw not Slytherin!"
When they reached the Quidditch Pitch the four boys got in line first and Peter was shaking. He was mortified of heights but Venna felt the same. Remus was trying to scare Peter with stories of wizards falling off and breaking their neck or getting killed, and it worked.
Peter was now afraid to even pick up the broom much less ride it. Sirius and Remus doubled up in laughter and James tried hard to hold it in. Lily came up to them,
" That was really mean cause that really could happen to anyone!" Sirius looked up at her thoughtfully and then Remus replied,
" We're sorry it's just that that can't happen to us! Not to be mean to Pete or anything!"
Lily scowled and then went back to Venna and Arabella.
" Venna, I don't what you thinks sets Remus apart from those freaks! He's just as mean to Peter as James and Sirius are!"
Venna shrugged that statement off and then got ready for flying lessons. Madam Fly-high was in a very foul mood that day and she snapped at everyone who made a peek while she was talking. Not many people found it hard to belive when Madam Fly-high cornered James for mimicking her while she was talking about how to stay on your broom properly.
Now was the time that they were going to fly. She looked over at the four boys. Three of them were already on their brooms and were flying here and there trying to prusude the terrified Peter to join them. Venna gulped and then set her legs on the brooms and kicked off.
She was rising higher and higher without knowing it because she had her eyes closed and was too scared to open them. Her broom gave a sudden jerk and she was flown off. She shreiked as she grabbed on to it with one hand and opened her eyes. Hogwarts seemed so far away from up there. Suddenly she realised that her hand was slowly slipping from the broomstick and she was pulling it down with her weight.
" Venna, you prat, what in the muggle mind do you think you're doing up there!?" She looked around to see a worried looking Remus holding his hand out. She gladly took it and he pulled her onto his broom. She blushed feeling stupid because he had probaly gotten in trouble for doing this.
He slowly rode back down to the ground and then let her off. She muttered " Thankyou!" through gritted teeth and then, blushing red as a beet, walked back to Arabella and Lily. Then she spotted McGonnagal.
" Vizieunm! Lupin! What in God's name are you doing? You could have been killed! And Vizieunm, if you didn't know what to do you should have asked Madam Fly-high! I am afraid I will have to give you a detention! Lupin, your detention with Proffessor Snape has been extended to two hours in the dungeuons!"
" But Proffessor..." Mai started, " No buts Ms Chang!" Then she turned around naad made her way back to the castle. Remus looked at her and grinned. It was a goofy grin. A grin she would expect Sirius to be wearing. But Sirius was wearing an even more stupid grin as he patted Remus on the back and muttered,
" I think you have yourself a girl you lucky little git you!" Then everyone headed back to the castle. Lily was cooing Venna saying that everyone has an embarrassing scenario in front of a boy. Venna had hers just then. But that didn't help.
When the girls got back to the common room they were greeted by Stephanie Biles who shared their dorm.
" I zwear I didn't zo zanyzing!" She said worriedly. Then she lead them up to their dorm. It was a total mess! Their beds were stripped and all their trunks were undone and emptied. The window was broken and the oil lamp was shattered.
" Oh my Goodness!" Arabella cried. " What happened? I bet you anything it was those boys!" Then Ara's face turned to a scowl. No it couldn't be. Venna thought to herself. Even if the boys were as loony as they could get they would never do this. Or at least she thought so.
" James, Sirius, Peter, Remus did you_" But Lily's voice was cut off by the sight of the boys staring directly out the west window of the common room. " Guys?" Venna asked and Remus turned around motioned her to come here. When she got to the window she saw what must be a very bad sign by the grave looks on the boys' faces. There at the middle of the forest was a dark shadow that hung over a mark in the sky.
" It's called the Dark Mark." Sirius said in a hushed tone. " It means someone's been killed by Death Eaters! Death Eaters are the most dangerous followers of the Dark Lord Voldemort! He has just risen to power you know!"
" You know what this means?" James asked Lily who shook her head uncertainly, " This means Hogwarts isn't safe anymore! No one's safe if Hogwarts isn't safe!'
' But, if they are in the forest couldn't Dumbledore round us up in the Great Hall or something?" Venna asked Remus who bit his lip and then added quietly.
" We haven't told Dumbledore! We need to now!" Arabella suddenly spoke up.
" I can run and tell him!" Then she took off. She ran through the halls ignoring the proffessor's rules and darted up the north tower. When she got to the gargoyle at the door she started screaming out words, very random words.
" Chippermonkey! Jelly...I mean Bertie Botts! Tarcle Treats! Chicken Flovored Jelly Beans! Lemon Drop! Mud Cakes! Haggas!"
The door opened and the gargoyle jumped off! Arabella gave it a puzzuled look then thought, Dumbledore must like Haggas! Then she darted into his office.
" Proffessor Dumbledore ours rooms are a mess and we saw the Dark Mark in the forest and we wanted to know if you knew_"
Dumbledore stood up and then gave her a stern look,
" Yes, I have seen the Dark Mark and I am sending Prefects around to gather their house up and bring them to the Great Hall."
Arabella looked at him, nodded and then set out the door to find their prefect, Vannessa Stewarts. She finally found her talking in a hushed tone to Frank Longbottom and Owen Lupin. She stepped up to them and caught a bit of their conversation.
" Frank! I'm so sorry! I never knew that that might be your uncle who runs Honeydukes! Of all things for Him to kill him!" She saw that Frank was looking very sober and had a dead look in his eyes.
" Vannessa!" Arabella screamed loudly to get her attention. Vannessa turned around and anwered sharply,
" Yes," Arabella looked at her and then said quickly and quitely as not to frighten anyone around them, " Dumbledore said for you to round up all of the Gryffindors and bring them to the Great Hall."
As soon as Ara said that Owen Frank and Vannessa set off towards the Common Room.
" Gryffindors! All Gryffindors! I am to bring you all to the Great Hall in an orderly fashion NOW!" Vannessa ended by screaming NOW because of all the loud comotion. Then all of the Gryffindors followed her to the Great Hall. Arabella got in line with Remus and Venna as they counted the students in each house to make sure no one was missing.
Just then Dumbledore got up and managed to scare the whole school with these words,
" Students! There has been a murder within school grounds last night. Issac Longbottom was killed in the very center of the Forbbidden Forest last night. We have made rules that every student in this school is applied to. No one is to go out of the castle until I give notice that you can. If there is some very unlikely reason that you absolutely must go outside you must have a proffessor with you. Defense Against the Dark Arts is to be taken by every student at least twice a day. Every house is to have a count off every day to make sure no one is missing. You are to sleep here tonight!"
With a flick of his wand over one-thousand fluffy purple sleeping bags appeared with a white flash and everyone crept silently to bed. Several students, mostly girls, started to cryabout how they were all going to die. The marauders ( yes, they had started calling themselves the marauders) pulled four sleeping bags into a corner and started a conversation in low whispers.
Lily, Venna, Arabella, and Aly pulled their sleeping bags into a dark space behind the Marauders to listen to their conversation.
" Sirius, this is serious! No and I don't mean your name! Someone's been murdered by Voldemort and he's headed here! Remus can't go out anymore!"
Lily turned and gave Venna a puzzeled look," Why does Remus have to go out?" Venna shrugged and pretended she didn't know. She then turned her attention to a group of Ravenclaw girls. The group was made up of Mai Chang and her friends.
There was a tall almost black girl with a thin face and outgoing hazel eyes. She was so skinny you woud have thought her for a stick with clothing on. Her name was Ivy McLean and she was two years older than Mai and she looked up to her. The other girl was very short, about a head shorter than Remus, Venna thought and had long brown hair. She had almond shaped eyes and high cheek bones that made her face very round when hse smiled, which she almost never did. Her name was Celestina Cornella. Mai was also two years younger than her. It seemed that Mai always had bigger buddies to hang around with since no one she knew was near her.
The last member of that group was Erin Garrison but she was not near Mai's group. She was sitting with her twin brother Parker in a corner crying, it seemed, while Parker hugged her. Venna got up to see what was wrong.
" Erin? What's wrong?" Venna asked quietly as she sat down next to her. Erin's small face appeared out from her knees which she was hugging and replied inbetween sobs.
" It's my cat Karas! She's gone and I don't know where she is and You-Know-Who is out and I am so afraid that she will get hurt!" Then she burst into a new shower of sobs and Venna patted her on the back and said soothingly,
" I'm sure she'll turn up! And she won't be hurt by Voldemort!" Parker looked frightened as Venna said that name and then she went back to her sleeping bag and fell to sleep. But she was awakened later that night to a loud crying and shouts of fright.
Around mid-night Venna thought that would be the end of useless thought reading, but it wasn't. Just as she was heading up the long, narrow steps to her dorm a last thought zoomed it's way into her mind. " I wish being a werewolf didn't hurt so much!" She snapped her head up quickly and then paniced. Was there a werewolf in school? If so...should she tell anyone?
Then she had an idea. She traced her mind back to the sound of the voice to figure out who it was. Just then an image of a glowing orb and a kind, carng face apeared in her head like a milisecond of a movie. Remus! She thought, biting her lip. Remus Lupin!
She lightly banged her fist upon her head and then looked around, quickly, for a dictionary. At last she spotted the enourmous dictionary and tossed it breathlessly onto the soft velvet couch. She combed her thick, raven black hair behind her ear as she flipped the tremendous book to the L's. " Lupin....Lupin," She muttered as she fingered her way down the page in the dim firelight. " Aha!" She excalimed once she had found it.
She leaned nearer to the book to read the definition. " Lupin- wolflike in apearance or personality." She paused...Remus was definently not wolf-like. " Originated from the word lupine which is a desease in which the person inherits facial features of a wolf." Venna looked at the book one last time, then shut it...knowing a deep, dark secret of one of her fellow students.
As the Grandfather clock struck one in the morning Venna went up to bed with an uncomfortable feeling. Was she going to tell Remus she knew about his...uh..legacy, or was she going to keep it a secret? No, she couldn't tell because whenever she told anyone, just one person, the rumor or story ends up about the whole school.
But today she had to tell him. Because she had to...she just had to! She felt pity for him. She had never had the feeling she was having in her life before. It was like she wanted to take his pain away and shun it upon herself.
So...she decided she was going to tell him because that was a way of taking part of his pain away. Now someone who cared for him knows and wants to help him. But how can she other than that? That's what she pondered on for the rest of the day.
Venna hated potions! Their teacher Fanges Snape( You got it...Snape's dad!) hated her just as much. It was the potions class just before lunch and she was sitting with Lily Evans, who had become her best friend, Arabella Figg, who couldn't stop from giggling all class long, and Mai Chang, one of the only Ravenclaw girls in there.
She eyed where three boys were in the back of the room. Remus Lupin, James Potter, Sirius Black, and Peter Petigrew. Remus had his head on his desk and looked like he was going to fall over with exshuasion any second now. Then the full moon came into her head once more. He had to know she knew, but maybe later. James was whispering random sentences into Remus' ear but he wasn't listening.
Sirius was the only one paying attention, or that's what Venna thought , until she saw an ink bottle flying over Snape's ( the little snape not the dad) head. Suddenly he opened his mouth and muttered something. The bottle smashed onto Serverus' head with a loud smack! Serverus turned around and muttered omething back and then Sirius was on the floor laughing.
" What is going on here!" Fanges Snape yelled as a demented looking smile spread on Sirius' thin face. " Nothing Sir!" Then Sirius saluted him an Snape turned around and continued to talk. Serverus tried to say someting but his father was already disturbed enough. He just gave Sirius a evil look and then muttered," You'll be sorry!" Sirius just continued laughing.
Peter was sitting there taking constant notes and constapated looks. Remus looked over at him and began laughing weakly, but when Sirius saw him he laughed like he had just seen a flying cow out the window. Once again Snape turned around but this time yelled.
" You four in the back, detentions on Saturday. Lupin, with me. Black, with Filch. Petigrew with McGonnagal. Potter with Flitwick!" Peter gave a look that said his words for him, " Why do I get a detention!?"
The four went out laughing down to lunch. Maybe I'll wait. Venna thought, waiting won't hurt! So she Lily and Arabella( Mai went down with some of her older friends) went down to lunch too.
Lucnh was delicious. There were fish and chips and hamburgers and even milkshakes for desert! This was a once in a life time meal at Hogwarts. They even had fizzy drinks!
Venna's next class was Divination. Sher thought that was a bunh of hu-hah so she wasn't going to pay attention. Soon that class was over and they had Flying Lessons with Madam Fly-high.
" Just peachy!" Venna complained to Lily and Arabella, " I get to show off my great fear of heights!" Arabella shrugged and Lily replied carelessly.
" Well, at least we're doing the lesson with Ravenclaw not Slytherin!"
When they reached the Quidditch Pitch the four boys got in line first and Peter was shaking. He was mortified of heights but Venna felt the same. Remus was trying to scare Peter with stories of wizards falling off and breaking their neck or getting killed, and it worked.
Peter was now afraid to even pick up the broom much less ride it. Sirius and Remus doubled up in laughter and James tried hard to hold it in. Lily came up to them,
" That was really mean cause that really could happen to anyone!" Sirius looked up at her thoughtfully and then Remus replied,
" We're sorry it's just that that can't happen to us! Not to be mean to Pete or anything!"
Lily scowled and then went back to Venna and Arabella.
" Venna, I don't what you thinks sets Remus apart from those freaks! He's just as mean to Peter as James and Sirius are!"
Venna shrugged that statement off and then got ready for flying lessons. Madam Fly-high was in a very foul mood that day and she snapped at everyone who made a peek while she was talking. Not many people found it hard to belive when Madam Fly-high cornered James for mimicking her while she was talking about how to stay on your broom properly.
Now was the time that they were going to fly. She looked over at the four boys. Three of them were already on their brooms and were flying here and there trying to prusude the terrified Peter to join them. Venna gulped and then set her legs on the brooms and kicked off.
She was rising higher and higher without knowing it because she had her eyes closed and was too scared to open them. Her broom gave a sudden jerk and she was flown off. She shreiked as she grabbed on to it with one hand and opened her eyes. Hogwarts seemed so far away from up there. Suddenly she realised that her hand was slowly slipping from the broomstick and she was pulling it down with her weight.
" Venna, you prat, what in the muggle mind do you think you're doing up there!?" She looked around to see a worried looking Remus holding his hand out. She gladly took it and he pulled her onto his broom. She blushed feeling stupid because he had probaly gotten in trouble for doing this.
He slowly rode back down to the ground and then let her off. She muttered " Thankyou!" through gritted teeth and then, blushing red as a beet, walked back to Arabella and Lily. Then she spotted McGonnagal.
" Vizieunm! Lupin! What in God's name are you doing? You could have been killed! And Vizieunm, if you didn't know what to do you should have asked Madam Fly-high! I am afraid I will have to give you a detention! Lupin, your detention with Proffessor Snape has been extended to two hours in the dungeuons!"
" But Proffessor..." Mai started, " No buts Ms Chang!" Then she turned around naad made her way back to the castle. Remus looked at her and grinned. It was a goofy grin. A grin she would expect Sirius to be wearing. But Sirius was wearing an even more stupid grin as he patted Remus on the back and muttered,
" I think you have yourself a girl you lucky little git you!" Then everyone headed back to the castle. Lily was cooing Venna saying that everyone has an embarrassing scenario in front of a boy. Venna had hers just then. But that didn't help.
When the girls got back to the common room they were greeted by Stephanie Biles who shared their dorm.
" I zwear I didn't zo zanyzing!" She said worriedly. Then she lead them up to their dorm. It was a total mess! Their beds were stripped and all their trunks were undone and emptied. The window was broken and the oil lamp was shattered.
" Oh my Goodness!" Arabella cried. " What happened? I bet you anything it was those boys!" Then Ara's face turned to a scowl. No it couldn't be. Venna thought to herself. Even if the boys were as loony as they could get they would never do this. Or at least she thought so.
" James, Sirius, Peter, Remus did you_" But Lily's voice was cut off by the sight of the boys staring directly out the west window of the common room. " Guys?" Venna asked and Remus turned around motioned her to come here. When she got to the window she saw what must be a very bad sign by the grave looks on the boys' faces. There at the middle of the forest was a dark shadow that hung over a mark in the sky.
" It's called the Dark Mark." Sirius said in a hushed tone. " It means someone's been killed by Death Eaters! Death Eaters are the most dangerous followers of the Dark Lord Voldemort! He has just risen to power you know!"
" You know what this means?" James asked Lily who shook her head uncertainly, " This means Hogwarts isn't safe anymore! No one's safe if Hogwarts isn't safe!'
' But, if they are in the forest couldn't Dumbledore round us up in the Great Hall or something?" Venna asked Remus who bit his lip and then added quietly.
" We haven't told Dumbledore! We need to now!" Arabella suddenly spoke up.
" I can run and tell him!" Then she took off. She ran through the halls ignoring the proffessor's rules and darted up the north tower. When she got to the gargoyle at the door she started screaming out words, very random words.
" Chippermonkey! Jelly...I mean Bertie Botts! Tarcle Treats! Chicken Flovored Jelly Beans! Lemon Drop! Mud Cakes! Haggas!"
The door opened and the gargoyle jumped off! Arabella gave it a puzzuled look then thought, Dumbledore must like Haggas! Then she darted into his office.
" Proffessor Dumbledore ours rooms are a mess and we saw the Dark Mark in the forest and we wanted to know if you knew_"
Dumbledore stood up and then gave her a stern look,
" Yes, I have seen the Dark Mark and I am sending Prefects around to gather their house up and bring them to the Great Hall."
Arabella looked at him, nodded and then set out the door to find their prefect, Vannessa Stewarts. She finally found her talking in a hushed tone to Frank Longbottom and Owen Lupin. She stepped up to them and caught a bit of their conversation.
" Frank! I'm so sorry! I never knew that that might be your uncle who runs Honeydukes! Of all things for Him to kill him!" She saw that Frank was looking very sober and had a dead look in his eyes.
" Vannessa!" Arabella screamed loudly to get her attention. Vannessa turned around and anwered sharply,
" Yes," Arabella looked at her and then said quickly and quitely as not to frighten anyone around them, " Dumbledore said for you to round up all of the Gryffindors and bring them to the Great Hall."
As soon as Ara said that Owen Frank and Vannessa set off towards the Common Room.
" Gryffindors! All Gryffindors! I am to bring you all to the Great Hall in an orderly fashion NOW!" Vannessa ended by screaming NOW because of all the loud comotion. Then all of the Gryffindors followed her to the Great Hall. Arabella got in line with Remus and Venna as they counted the students in each house to make sure no one was missing.
Just then Dumbledore got up and managed to scare the whole school with these words,
" Students! There has been a murder within school grounds last night. Issac Longbottom was killed in the very center of the Forbbidden Forest last night. We have made rules that every student in this school is applied to. No one is to go out of the castle until I give notice that you can. If there is some very unlikely reason that you absolutely must go outside you must have a proffessor with you. Defense Against the Dark Arts is to be taken by every student at least twice a day. Every house is to have a count off every day to make sure no one is missing. You are to sleep here tonight!"
With a flick of his wand over one-thousand fluffy purple sleeping bags appeared with a white flash and everyone crept silently to bed. Several students, mostly girls, started to cryabout how they were all going to die. The marauders ( yes, they had started calling themselves the marauders) pulled four sleeping bags into a corner and started a conversation in low whispers.
Lily, Venna, Arabella, and Aly pulled their sleeping bags into a dark space behind the Marauders to listen to their conversation.
" Sirius, this is serious! No and I don't mean your name! Someone's been murdered by Voldemort and he's headed here! Remus can't go out anymore!"
Lily turned and gave Venna a puzzeled look," Why does Remus have to go out?" Venna shrugged and pretended she didn't know. She then turned her attention to a group of Ravenclaw girls. The group was made up of Mai Chang and her friends.
There was a tall almost black girl with a thin face and outgoing hazel eyes. She was so skinny you woud have thought her for a stick with clothing on. Her name was Ivy McLean and she was two years older than Mai and she looked up to her. The other girl was very short, about a head shorter than Remus, Venna thought and had long brown hair. She had almond shaped eyes and high cheek bones that made her face very round when hse smiled, which she almost never did. Her name was Celestina Cornella. Mai was also two years younger than her. It seemed that Mai always had bigger buddies to hang around with since no one she knew was near her.
The last member of that group was Erin Garrison but she was not near Mai's group. She was sitting with her twin brother Parker in a corner crying, it seemed, while Parker hugged her. Venna got up to see what was wrong.
" Erin? What's wrong?" Venna asked quietly as she sat down next to her. Erin's small face appeared out from her knees which she was hugging and replied inbetween sobs.
" It's my cat Karas! She's gone and I don't know where she is and You-Know-Who is out and I am so afraid that she will get hurt!" Then she burst into a new shower of sobs and Venna patted her on the back and said soothingly,
" I'm sure she'll turn up! And she won't be hurt by Voldemort!" Parker looked frightened as Venna said that name and then she went back to her sleeping bag and fell to sleep. But she was awakened later that night to a loud crying and shouts of fright.