This is chapters 2-5. 5 is the last chapter.
If i get enough good reviews, I will post an epilogue.
I'd rather have creative flames than a simple "It was good."
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Return of the Grim - Chapter 2 - The Test
³POTTER, JAMES!²
James walked up to the Sorting Hat. He had never heard of Ravenclaw and
Hufflepuff, but his family talked about Gryffindor and he heard about
Slytherin from Sirius¹s Riddle story. He hoped to be in Gryffindor, it was
in his family. He placed te sorting hat on and a moment later, it yelled
³GRYFFINDOR!²
He sat down next to another first year named Lily. At only eleven years
old, he didn¹t take much interest in girls, but this one had something
special about her.
³PETTIGREW, PETER!²
The Sorting hat was doing names in reverse alphabetical order, which was a
tradition for every 39 years. So Peter came after James and shivered as he
put the large hat on.
³SLYTHERIN!²
James wondered if Peter had a snake as a pet because he was too poor for a
better one or he was a Slytherin fan. Maybe both.
Eventually, ³LUPIN, REMUS!²
Remus calmly put the hat on. ³GRYFFINDOR!²
James smiled and waited patiently for Sirius¹s name.
³BLACK, SIRIUS!²
The hat fell off Sirius¹s head before it could say anything. He grinned at
everyone. At the same second he put it back on, it yelled, ³SLYTHERIN!²
***
Harry was too tense to study for the test that night. He went to bed to let
Ron and Hermione study. According to his secret plan, the History of Magic
test would be easy, he assumed Sirius would know all the answers that he
didn¹t know.
He saw a rope on the wall unwind itself and fly out the half-open window.
There was no one there, though. It was hard to tell because it was dark
outside.
He felt a rumble in his earpiece, then he heard Sirius¹s voice. ³Harry, I¹m
coming to watch your Quidditch game. It will be easier for me to help you if
I can see what¹s going on. I¹ll be careful not to be caught.²
Harry smiled. Then he felt his bed collapse under him as the cellulus
flickered off. His back hurt mildly, but he didn¹t want to see Madam Pomfrey
and lose 200 points. He just decided to let it heal in bed. He muttered
³Reparo² and his bed sprang back to normal position. He laid back and fell
asleep after a while.
***
Sirius apparated by the Hogwarts grounds and trotted the rest of the way as
a dog. It was about 9:00 PM. He decided to check in on Harry and turned back
into a man. He took out Lupin¹s wand and pointed at Harry¹s dorm. He said
³Accio rope!². A rope flew out the window so Sirius climbed until he was
right outside the wall by Harry. He saw Harry resting on the bed.
³Harry, I¹m coming to watch your Quidditch game,² he said into his
cellulus. ³It will be easier for me to help you if I can see what¹s going
on. I¹ll be careful not to be caught.²
As a second thought, he grinned to himself, aimed his wand into the window,
and whispered, ³Diffindo!² He heard a creak, then a crack, then a groan, so
he knew it had worked.
Sirius lowered himself down the rope and back to the ground. He turned
himself back into a dog and curled up to sleep.
He was woken up by a buzz on his cellulus. He heard Harry¹s voice: ³Sirius,
are you good at History at Magic?²
He replied, ³Why do you ask?²
³I need your help on a test!²
³Um, sure I¹m good.² Sirius had never paid much attention in his classes,
but he didn¹t care how well Harry did. ³I passed the class, of course I can
tell you the answers.²
***
Harry awoke the next morning with his back still aching. He took forever
just to get out of the common room down to breakfast. Malfoy kept saying
³Are you crying in front of your girlfriend Œcause Snape got you in
trouble?² Professor McGonagall made Hermione, elected a prefect, guard him
during classes.
At History of Magic, Harry was in no mood to take the test. He was glad he
decided to use the cellulus. He tuned in to Sirius. Sirius replied, ³I
passed the class, of course I can tell you the answers.² so he was in luck.
Sirius had answered most of the questions when Professor Binns noticed.
Sirius could hear Binns tell Harry to stop talking to himself. Sirius
thought he could solve that. He concentrated his mind on Professor Binns and
the classroom, and muttered ³Stupefy!² He wanted to stun Binns, but wasn¹t
really thinking.
Harry felt a tiny shock in his head as a spark left his ear and hit
Lavender Brown. She fainted in her seat and fell to the floor. Professor
Binns wrote a quick note to himself, took 40 points off Gryffindor, and
assigned Harry a detention. He asked Parvati to bring Lavender to the
hospital wing.
³Why did you do that?² asked Ron a few minutes later.
³Um, I don¹t know, Snuffles did it!² Harry whispered in return.
³You mean you let him give you the² Hermione said a little too loudly.
Ron clamped his hand over her mouth. ³SHUT UP!² he said.
Professor Binns took another 10 points off Gryffindor and gave Ron and
Hermione detentions for talking during a test.
***
Karkaroff once again updated Snape on Sirius Black¹s actions.
³He slept outside last night. He hurt Harry¹s back when Harry was safe in
bed. Today, he gave Harry wrong information on a test and made the History
teacher give him a detention. I don¹t think his intentions are to kill
Harry, just to make Harry¹s life miserable and to give the Dark Lord
information. You should try to take away his cellulus.
³Gotcha,² Snape replied. ³He will be at the Quidditch game, I suppose?²
³Yep. Be careful not to attract too much attention. I¹ll talk to you
tommorow before the game,² said Karkaroff before *pop*ing out of the fire.
***
Harry¹s back still hurt slightly. He had promised to talk to Hagrid that
night about the game tomorrow, so he had no time to see Madam Pomfrey.
He, Ron, and Hermione crept down to the Entrance Hall in the invisibility
cloak. ³There¹s Snape, be quiet,² Ron whispered. Snape hadn¹t seen them yet.
Harry tried to tiptoe as quietly as possible, but he tripped over a fallen
piece of armor and fell out of the cloak.
He limped into Snape. ³Er, sorry Snape,² he said without thinking.
³Oh, Potter!² Snape said. ³I was looking for you. Will you please tell your
friends your detentions are tomorrow night? Meet Hagrid in the Entrance Hall
at 8:00. I also need to see you in my office.²
Ron and Hermione were still in the cloak, so Harry signaled to them to
leave. He followed Snape down to his office and sat down.
³Potter. 20 points from Gryffindor for wandering around without a
chaperone, and at night. And your...² Snape decided not to tell Harry to
watch out for Sirius yet. Harry needed a good night¹s sleep for tomorrow¹s
game against Slytherin. ³Er, your Quidditch game, good luck on it.²
Snape helped Harry back to his common room. ³If I see you wandering around
again tonight, it will be 50 more points off Gryffindor.²
Harry didn¹t want to lose any more than the 72 points he had lost for
Gryffindor in the last two days. But Ron and Hermoine weren¹t in the common
room. Were they being held hostage by the person out to kill him?
***
Sirius lay boredly as a dog at the edge of the lake. He panted and looked at
the stars, at his own constellation.
He heard galloping noises from the forest. They reminded him of James as a
stag. They might have been in different houses, but they still had been the
best of friends. He heavily regretted making Peter the secret-keeper, even
though it was to serve his lord.
He missed the safety and comfort of the castle, he was reminded by staring
at the bright lights coming through the windows of Hagrid¹s house. It was
peaceful as well out here. Then he sensed two figures come out of the house.
He couldn¹t see them: but he knew the smell. They had something about them
that Sirus could trust. Then he realized who they were: Ron and Hermione!
***
About half an hour after Harry returned to the common room, Ron and Hermione
came in too. He was relieved to see them.
³Snape took off 20 points,² he said. ³And he wished me good luck!²
³Guess who we saw on our way back from Hagrid¹s!² said Hermione. ³Sirius!²
Next Chapter: Quidditch, Detention!
Return of the Grim - Chapter 3 - The Centaur Village
Sirius expected himself to be in Slytherin. His father had been in
Slytherin...that was how he learned the truth about Riddle.
He was James¹s friend, along with Remus and Peter. But he had a life apart
from them. He liked to play pranks. His family had served the Dark Lord. In
the safety of his common room, he convinced Peter to devote his life to the
Dark Lord. Peter was a little too obsessed. Sirius wanted to serve
Voldemort, but didn¹t want to hurt his friends. Peter never had a
super-close friend, he would do anything for Voldemort. With Lucius, they
convinced many people in their house to become dark wizards/witches. Some
people were unsure about it, such as Severus Snape. Sirius wanted to show
Snape the truth about the Dark Lord¹s power (or Just play a prank). So in
his sixth year, once he had become an Animagus, he tricked Snape into
entering the Shrieking Shack. James had rescued Snape. Sirius then secretly
didn¹t like James as much...an important decision regarding James¹s fate...
***
Harry lay up in bed with his back still hurting. He was glad the Quidditch
game was on brooms, not on his feet. He also had Sirius¹s help, so he was
relaxed.
Finally, he had a full breakfast before a Quidditch game. It was against
Slytherin. He finally lost his appetite when Malfoy came up to him and said,
³Hey Potter, are you so scared about our game your girlfriend has to walk
you around?²
³It¹s too bad you already know that you¹re gonna lose,² Harry replied.
Malfoy didn¹t look too offended by that. Just wait until he loses, thought
Harry.
Before the game, Harry tapped his wand to his cellulus and said, ³Entrum².
Then he called, ³Sirius, are you there?²
³Loud and clear, Harry,² was the reply.
Harry smiled. He waited for the game to start. Then he had an idea.
³Sirius, are you near me?²
³Yep, Harry. Why?² Sirius asked.
³My back hurts.² Harry said. ³Can you see me? Maybe you can heal it.²
³Okay,² said Sirius. ³Reparo!²
Harry looked around, then saw sparks heading towards him. They hit the tear
on his Quidditch robes. The two pieces bound together like new.
Madam Hooch blew her whistle. ³Too late,² Harry said into his cellulus as
he sped off.
The game was on. Gryffindor was winning. Malfoy kept close behind Harry,
but neither of them saw the Snitch. Eventually Slytherin caught up until
both teams were tied.
³Oy! Sirius! I think I see the Snitch!² Harry called.
³Where are you?² Sirius said. ³Oh, I think I see it too! Is it that thing
below you?²
³Yup,² said Harry. ³Where do you think it¹s going?²
³Ooh, it¹s wobbling!² Sirius cried. ³I¹ve seen plenty of games with James,
that means it¹s heading up!²
Harry swept up on his broom. Malfoy followed him. The Snitch curved
downward.
³Ooh! Bad mistake! Harry! Head down and right!² Sirius said.
Harry did. He ran smack into the pole with the hoop on top.
Sirius didn¹t want to kill Harry. As Harry fell unconsciously, Sirius
yelled, ³Impedimenta!² Harry slowed down as he fell.
The only people to notice were Ron, Hermione, and Snape.
Snape noticed Sirius on the other side of the field. He aimed his wand and
yelled, ³Expelliarmus!² Sirius¹s wand flew across the field into Snape¹s
hand.
Meanwhile, Harry landed on the ground, still unconscious, and Malfoy was on
the trail of the Snitch.
Snape focused his eyes on Sirius¹s cellulus. ³Accio cellulus!² he said, and
the cellulus flew across the field and sruck Malfoy in the nose.
Malfoy stuck the cellulus in his pocket, but then fell to the ground,
unconscious. Both Snape and Sirius winced. They wanted a Slytherin victory,
but it looked like there was going to be a rematch (the teams were still
tied in points!)
Sirius had fled into the forest before Snape could disarm him any more.
***
Sirius turned into a dog, and followed the galloping noise that reminded him
of James. He walked deeply into the forest. Eventually he found out what the
noise was coming from: centaurs. While they galloped peacefully, he trotted
after them. Finally the three centaurs reached their destination and spotted
him. He transformed back into a man.
³Hello! What are you here for?² one of them said.
³I...I¹m Sirius Black. Do you know Harry Potter?²
³Oh, him.² a young one said. ³I met him four years ago. I¹m Firenze. Bane,
what do the planets say?²
³Mars is close to Saturn, and Venus is bright.² Bane said. ³That means you
were accused of something you didn¹t do. Er, what else, Ronan?²
³He not going to hurt us.²
Sirius didn¹t really trust them, but since he didn¹t have a wand, there
wasn¹t much he could do.
³We know Harry Potter. We met him four years ago. The stars said that he
saved the world in that same year. We honor him. Why did you want to know?²
³I¹m his godfather.²
³You are? Oh, the honor! Come with us!²
Sirius rode on Ronan¹s back until he reached a small village of centaurs.
³The stars say that he is worthy of this gift,² said Bane as the three
centaurs entered a hut. He picked up a small cube-shaped stone. ³It is a
Biggart. Break the stone to reveal the power!²
Sirius at first thought he said Boggart, but maybe it was close.
The centaurs then brought him to a hut on a hill that rose above the other
ones. They introduced Sirius to Pinion, the head centaur. Sirius soon found
himself comfortable on a chair made of sticks, leaves and vines outside the
hut. The centaurs offered him different types of berries, nuts and
centaur-wine. Their galloping and trotting ever so reminded him of James!
But he relaxed and thought of what next prank to play on Harry.
³What to do to Harry, what to do to Harry, should I break his leg?² he
thought aloud.
But Pinion heard his muttering and called to the soldiers.
In less than a minute, Sirius found himself tied to stakes in the center of
the village.
³Break Harry Potter¹s leg? How could you think of doing such a thing?²
Pinion said. ³Centaurs! He will burn tonight at 9 o¹clock!²
***
³Wake up, Harry!²
Harry opened his eyes. Though he could not see them clearly, he knew it was
Ron and Hermione. He yawned, put his glasses on, and focused.
He was in the hospital wing after crashing into the pole with the hoop on
his broomstick. He noticed Malfoy laying asleep in another bed.
³Oh! Harry!² said Hermione. ³Madam Pomfrey said you and Malfoy will be back
on your feet by tomorrow. Your rematch is then! Heal up quickly, ok?²
³Wow. What¹s with Malfoy?²
³He fell off his broom after something went up his nose. You also fell off
your broom. Luckily, we retrieved both broomsticks.²
³Eh? Rematch?²
³Gryffindor and Slytherin were tied, and then both seekers fell off their
brooms.² said Ron. ³It¹s only fair.²
Snape entered the room, to Ron and Hermione¹s surprise.
³You two, you need to meet Hagrid for your detentions! I also need to talk
to Harry in private.²
Ron and Hermione goggled at him for a second, then left the room.
³Harry. It is Sirius Black who is trying to harm you. I assumed he helped
you run into the pole to make you where you are now...²
Harry couldn¹t believe it. He blacked out.
***
³There yeh are. I Œave been waiting for yeh for half an hour,² Hagrid said
once Ron and Hermione arrived in the Entrance Hall. ³Come with me.²
They walked out into the grounds until they reached his house. ³We¹re goin¹
into the forest.² he said, to Ron¹s horror. ³Fang needs his walk anyway.
I¹ll go with him and yer two go together.² he planned as they now walked
into the forest. ³There¹s something up with them centaurs.²
Next Chapter: Will Sirius burn?
Return of the Grim - Chapter 4 - Multiple Captivities
8:45. The centaurs were ready and gathered for the sacraficial ceremony. All
of them were gathered in a group in the center of the village. They had been
dancing and playing music (drums made from hollowed-out tree stumps) and
were watching the stars and planets every move.
³Look at the stars.² said Firenze. ³Don¹t they mean that someone¹s coming?²
³Precisely,² Ronan replied.
8:50. ³Hagrid!² cried Pinion. ³It¹s great to see you!²
³Hi, Pinion. How are yeh?²
³Great, we¹re starting a ceremony in ten minutes. And you have to try our
newest wine!² The two of them walked into Pinion¹s hut.
8:55. ³Oh my god. Ron, is that Sirius?²
³What?² Ron replied.
³Over there, in the village center.² Hermione gasped.
The two of them were hidden behind the trees outside the village.
³$#!%. That¹s him all right. Here, I brought the Invisibility Cloak. Maybe
we can rescue him.²
They rushed into the village and hoped the cloak worked on centaurs. Since
the centaurs had the same eyes as humans, it probabaly did.
8:59. They soon found themselves next to Sirius. ³Hey, Sirius, it¹s us.²
Hermione said.
³Ron? Hermone?²
³Yeah, jump into the cloak once we untie you.² Ron said. ³We¹re at about 2
o¹clock. Three, two, one,²
³Diffindo!² Hermione muttered, and the binds untied themselves from Sirius.
He jumped into the cloak with perfect aim.
The centaurs could only see him without the ropes around him for a fraction
of a second before he disappeared.
Sirius was saved!
The three invisible friends walked out of the village and into the forest,
where they relaxed and got out of the cloak.
³That was a really close one.² Sirius said. ³You save my life again,
Hermione,² and he told them his story since he had left the Quidditch pitch,
leaving out the aspects that he wanted to harm Harry.
They walked on. Eventually they heard a rustling noise in a nearby bush.
³Ron, can I borrow your wand? Snape stole mine.² Sirius said.
³Hey, what¹s that lump in your pocket?²
Sirius took out the Biggart cube. He had forgotten about it. He evilly
grinned and smashed it to the ground ‹ the next prank to Harry Potter and
co. The cube shattered and out spouted a dementor and a acromantula (giant
spider).
Ron groaned and tried to hex the spider, but was eventually pinned to the
ground. Hermione faced the dementor. She tried to remember what the spell
was from one and a half years ago when she and Harry were surrounded by
dementors. ³Expocte Petronas!² didn¹t work. ³Expectum Patruno!² Nothing.
Then she remembered. Think of a happy thought. She didn¹t have many. She
thought of winning the rematch and showing Slyterin who was boss. ³Expecto
Patronum!² A silver flash left her wand. The dementor did a somersault to
get out of the way. ³What the hell?² She then realized it ... Biggart as in
bicycle or biceps ... two boggarts ... ³Riddikulus!² she yelled. The
dementor popped and was gone.
Sirius had taken Ron¹s wand and pointed it at Hermione. ³Stupefy!²
Hermione fell to the ground.
Sirius turned to Ron and the spider. ³You! Give me rope!²
³I¹m ... I didn¹t bring any.² said Ron.
³I¹m not talking to you.²
³Oh...² Ron said as coils of thick web-rope left the giant spider¹s abdomen
and landed in a heap over Ron¹s feet.
³Well, then.² Sirius said. ³You could serve better purposes. Avada
Kedavra!²
Ron gasped. There was a flash of green light, the spider was dead. Ron
couldn¹t move because now most of the spider¹s weight was on him.
Sirius used the spider¹s long legs as stakes, used the string as rope, and
tied Ron and Hermione up.
There was still some rope left, so he took some parchment out of Hermione¹s
pocket and wrote a ransom note.
POTTER
YOU WANT YOUR FRIENDS BACK
I WANT YOUR FIREBOLT BACK
MEET ME SUNDAY NIGHT AT 8
IN THE FOREST BEHIND HAGRID¹S
His mistake was writing the word ³back² after Firebolt ... Harry would know
it was him who wrote the message.
With the remaining rope he lassoed an owl to bring the ransom note to
Harry.
***
Harry had forgotten about what Snape told him as he woke up in the hospital
wing.
Malfoy was gone, and no one was there to see him.
Madam Pomfrey walked in. ³Mr. Potter, the Headmaster wants you to go down
to the great hall for dinner and then up to your own bed. You need a good
night¹s sleep for your rematch tomorrow.²
Before he went to bed at 11:00 (Where was Ron?) he recieved the ransom note.
Though it was sort of obvious, he was too tired to realize who it was from.
***
Hagrid was a little too drunk from the centaur-wine and totally forgot about
Ron and Hermione as he and Fang walked back to their house.
Next Chapter: The Quidditch rematch, what will happen to Ron and Hermione?
Return of the Grim - Chapter 5 - Quidditch Rematch
³Voldemort¹s after us,² said James. He was at home with Lily five months
after Harry was born.
³Don¹t say the name!² Lily replied. Then she made sense of what James just
said. ³Oh my god . . . why?²
³Professor Dumbledore has notified us. He reccomends us to use this Fidelus
charm; let me explain it to you . . .²
***
³Sirius, we need you to Œkeep our secrets¹.² James said, and explained the
ordeal they were in.
³Sure . . . whatever it takes to protect you two and little Harry.² Sirius
said.
³Oh . . . thank you!² Lily cried. To her and James, it was obvious that
Sirius would be their secret-keeper, but she still planted a kiss on
Sirius¹s cheek. James was too full of thoughts to react to this, but Sirius
blushed.
***
³I don¹t know what to do, Peter,² Sirius said after he met up with Peter at
the outskirts of Godric¹s Hollow. ³It seems obvious that I should be their
secret-keeper, so won¹t the Dark Lord come after me?²
³Let someone else be secret-keeper, then. He won¹t suspect me, he thinks
I¹m just a clumsy wannabe co-Darklord. He knows your past, Padfoot. We
should do a switch.² said Peter.
³Wow, let¹s explain that to Lily and James and see if it is okay.² Sirius
said. ³Good thinking, Wormtail, it¹s rare for you.²
Peter was deep in his own thoughts, though. ³He will be so proud!² he
muttered to himself.
***
Harry woke up and remembered what Snape had said to him in the hospital
wing. He also re-read the ransom note.
He had an idea. After the quidditch game, he would tie a note to it, saying
that Ron and Hermione shoud stun Sirius and break for it.
His only problem was, how to get the Firebolt to his friends without being
seen?
He walked onto the Quidditch pitch with an empty stomach. He was worried
about his friends, but determined to beat Malfoy. The game was in the
evening instead of the morning, so the seekers had more time to recover.
***
In the evening, Sirius walked back to the grounds and onto the Quidditch
pitch with Ron¹s wand. Though he didn¹t have his cellulus, he still wanted
to watch the game.
***
Harry still thought Sirius had the cellulus. Malfoy did.
³Sirius, can you hear me?² he said, turning on the cellulus.
³Huh, what? Oh yeah, Potter, yes I can.²
³Why¹d you call me Potter? Your voice sounds funny.²
³I¹m sort of congested.² Malfoy cleared his throat. ³Ah, is this better?²
³Yeah, thanks Sirius. I¹ll need help for the game.²
Hee hee, Malfoy thought to himself.
Dennis Creevey was too worried that Harry might get hurt again that he had
a ton of goals scored on him. Alicia called time out.
³We have to win, you guys! We¹re losing 30-110! This is my only year being
team captain, so we have to get the Quidditch Cup! Harry, I want you to do
whatever it takes to beat Malfoy to the Snitch this time!²
They took off again. ³Sirius, is that the snitch about 50 feet ahead?²
³No, it¹s behind you,² said Malfoy in his disguised voice. He said that to
beat Harry to it. ³Look out, Malfoy¹s behind you too so loop around.²
Harry sped in the other direction. That left the path clear for Malfoy to
get the Snitch. But Harry barely noticed Malfoy speeding so he turned around
once again. The snitch was zooming in the same direction as them, so they
would have to go top speed. Harry realized he was being tricked.
³Hey, Sirius, it¹s going up now, I¹m sure of it!²
The Snitch was still going straight, but since it was going so fast, Malfoy
couldn¹t see it. He believed Harry and sped upward. That left Harry¹s path
clear once again.
Harry caught the Snitch in a spectacular dive, making Gryffindor win the
game 200-120.
He was ready to party, but he had to get his Firebolt to Sirius. How to get
it to him though? Before he could think about this, though, his Firebolt
came out of his grip and sped across the field.
***
After the game, Sirius saw Harry proudly walking back to the castle. ³Accio
Firebolt!² he said, using Ron¹s wand. Soon Harry¹s firebolt, along with the
note he gave Hermione and Ron, came to him.
Sirius turned into a dog and trotted back to where he tied up Ron and
Hermione. He got a surprise, though. Ron and Hermione had been untied and
awoken by a group of centaurs, including Ronan, Bane, Firenze, and Pinion.
³Accio!² Hermione cried and the Firebolt came to her. ³Stupefy!² She stunned
Sirius.
³Thank you, friends of Harry Potter,² Pinion said. ³We will take him up to
the school for you. You should fly back to the castle and get some rest.²
Ron and Hermione flew back to the castle and as soon as they reached the
entrance hall, Dubledore grasped both their shoulders and said, ³Come with
me.²
They followed him into his office. Harry was already there.
³You two, 50 points for Gryffindor for capturing Sirius Black. Yes, Snape
told me all about what he was up to so I returned to Hogwarts. This school
can¹t run without me.²
³What will happen to him?² Hermione asked.
³He¹s going back to Azkaban. Since he was innocent of other crimes, he does
not deserve the Kiss.²
³Oh yeah, what¹s a Biggart?² Ron asked.
³Two Boggarts for two victims, Mr. Weasley. I know you fear spiders, and
Hermione was afraid for Harry¹s safety, so it became what Harry fears.²
³ Oh yeah and Harry, 50 points for Gryffindor for your excellent Quidditch
performance today. That is all. Harry, you should go to the hospital wing
about your back.²
Harry left, and Dumbledore continued. ³You two, return to the common room.
You can join the Quidditch party, I¹m sure you two are hungry.²
They sure were. They returned to the common room, and 20 minutes later, to
much cheering, Harry returned too. Finally, Harry felt safe and healed
again.
THE END
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Return of the Grim - Chapter 2 - The Test
³POTTER, JAMES!²
James walked up to the Sorting Hat. He had never heard of Ravenclaw and
Hufflepuff, but his family talked about Gryffindor and he heard about
Slytherin from Sirius¹s Riddle story. He hoped to be in Gryffindor, it was
in his family. He placed te sorting hat on and a moment later, it yelled
³GRYFFINDOR!²
He sat down next to another first year named Lily. At only eleven years
old, he didn¹t take much interest in girls, but this one had something
special about her.
³PETTIGREW, PETER!²
The Sorting hat was doing names in reverse alphabetical order, which was a
tradition for every 39 years. So Peter came after James and shivered as he
put the large hat on.
³SLYTHERIN!²
James wondered if Peter had a snake as a pet because he was too poor for a
better one or he was a Slytherin fan. Maybe both.
Eventually, ³LUPIN, REMUS!²
Remus calmly put the hat on. ³GRYFFINDOR!²
James smiled and waited patiently for Sirius¹s name.
³BLACK, SIRIUS!²
The hat fell off Sirius¹s head before it could say anything. He grinned at
everyone. At the same second he put it back on, it yelled, ³SLYTHERIN!²
***
Harry was too tense to study for the test that night. He went to bed to let
Ron and Hermione study. According to his secret plan, the History of Magic
test would be easy, he assumed Sirius would know all the answers that he
didn¹t know.
He saw a rope on the wall unwind itself and fly out the half-open window.
There was no one there, though. It was hard to tell because it was dark
outside.
He felt a rumble in his earpiece, then he heard Sirius¹s voice. ³Harry, I¹m
coming to watch your Quidditch game. It will be easier for me to help you if
I can see what¹s going on. I¹ll be careful not to be caught.²
Harry smiled. Then he felt his bed collapse under him as the cellulus
flickered off. His back hurt mildly, but he didn¹t want to see Madam Pomfrey
and lose 200 points. He just decided to let it heal in bed. He muttered
³Reparo² and his bed sprang back to normal position. He laid back and fell
asleep after a while.
***
Sirius apparated by the Hogwarts grounds and trotted the rest of the way as
a dog. It was about 9:00 PM. He decided to check in on Harry and turned back
into a man. He took out Lupin¹s wand and pointed at Harry¹s dorm. He said
³Accio rope!². A rope flew out the window so Sirius climbed until he was
right outside the wall by Harry. He saw Harry resting on the bed.
³Harry, I¹m coming to watch your Quidditch game,² he said into his
cellulus. ³It will be easier for me to help you if I can see what¹s going
on. I¹ll be careful not to be caught.²
As a second thought, he grinned to himself, aimed his wand into the window,
and whispered, ³Diffindo!² He heard a creak, then a crack, then a groan, so
he knew it had worked.
Sirius lowered himself down the rope and back to the ground. He turned
himself back into a dog and curled up to sleep.
He was woken up by a buzz on his cellulus. He heard Harry¹s voice: ³Sirius,
are you good at History at Magic?²
He replied, ³Why do you ask?²
³I need your help on a test!²
³Um, sure I¹m good.² Sirius had never paid much attention in his classes,
but he didn¹t care how well Harry did. ³I passed the class, of course I can
tell you the answers.²
***
Harry awoke the next morning with his back still aching. He took forever
just to get out of the common room down to breakfast. Malfoy kept saying
³Are you crying in front of your girlfriend Œcause Snape got you in
trouble?² Professor McGonagall made Hermione, elected a prefect, guard him
during classes.
At History of Magic, Harry was in no mood to take the test. He was glad he
decided to use the cellulus. He tuned in to Sirius. Sirius replied, ³I
passed the class, of course I can tell you the answers.² so he was in luck.
Sirius had answered most of the questions when Professor Binns noticed.
Sirius could hear Binns tell Harry to stop talking to himself. Sirius
thought he could solve that. He concentrated his mind on Professor Binns and
the classroom, and muttered ³Stupefy!² He wanted to stun Binns, but wasn¹t
really thinking.
Harry felt a tiny shock in his head as a spark left his ear and hit
Lavender Brown. She fainted in her seat and fell to the floor. Professor
Binns wrote a quick note to himself, took 40 points off Gryffindor, and
assigned Harry a detention. He asked Parvati to bring Lavender to the
hospital wing.
³Why did you do that?² asked Ron a few minutes later.
³Um, I don¹t know, Snuffles did it!² Harry whispered in return.
³You mean you let him give you the² Hermione said a little too loudly.
Ron clamped his hand over her mouth. ³SHUT UP!² he said.
Professor Binns took another 10 points off Gryffindor and gave Ron and
Hermione detentions for talking during a test.
***
Karkaroff once again updated Snape on Sirius Black¹s actions.
³He slept outside last night. He hurt Harry¹s back when Harry was safe in
bed. Today, he gave Harry wrong information on a test and made the History
teacher give him a detention. I don¹t think his intentions are to kill
Harry, just to make Harry¹s life miserable and to give the Dark Lord
information. You should try to take away his cellulus.
³Gotcha,² Snape replied. ³He will be at the Quidditch game, I suppose?²
³Yep. Be careful not to attract too much attention. I¹ll talk to you
tommorow before the game,² said Karkaroff before *pop*ing out of the fire.
***
Harry¹s back still hurt slightly. He had promised to talk to Hagrid that
night about the game tomorrow, so he had no time to see Madam Pomfrey.
He, Ron, and Hermione crept down to the Entrance Hall in the invisibility
cloak. ³There¹s Snape, be quiet,² Ron whispered. Snape hadn¹t seen them yet.
Harry tried to tiptoe as quietly as possible, but he tripped over a fallen
piece of armor and fell out of the cloak.
He limped into Snape. ³Er, sorry Snape,² he said without thinking.
³Oh, Potter!² Snape said. ³I was looking for you. Will you please tell your
friends your detentions are tomorrow night? Meet Hagrid in the Entrance Hall
at 8:00. I also need to see you in my office.²
Ron and Hermione were still in the cloak, so Harry signaled to them to
leave. He followed Snape down to his office and sat down.
³Potter. 20 points from Gryffindor for wandering around without a
chaperone, and at night. And your...² Snape decided not to tell Harry to
watch out for Sirius yet. Harry needed a good night¹s sleep for tomorrow¹s
game against Slytherin. ³Er, your Quidditch game, good luck on it.²
Snape helped Harry back to his common room. ³If I see you wandering around
again tonight, it will be 50 more points off Gryffindor.²
Harry didn¹t want to lose any more than the 72 points he had lost for
Gryffindor in the last two days. But Ron and Hermoine weren¹t in the common
room. Were they being held hostage by the person out to kill him?
***
Sirius lay boredly as a dog at the edge of the lake. He panted and looked at
the stars, at his own constellation.
He heard galloping noises from the forest. They reminded him of James as a
stag. They might have been in different houses, but they still had been the
best of friends. He heavily regretted making Peter the secret-keeper, even
though it was to serve his lord.
He missed the safety and comfort of the castle, he was reminded by staring
at the bright lights coming through the windows of Hagrid¹s house. It was
peaceful as well out here. Then he sensed two figures come out of the house.
He couldn¹t see them: but he knew the smell. They had something about them
that Sirus could trust. Then he realized who they were: Ron and Hermione!
***
About half an hour after Harry returned to the common room, Ron and Hermione
came in too. He was relieved to see them.
³Snape took off 20 points,² he said. ³And he wished me good luck!²
³Guess who we saw on our way back from Hagrid¹s!² said Hermione. ³Sirius!²
Next Chapter: Quidditch, Detention!
Return of the Grim - Chapter 3 - The Centaur Village
Sirius expected himself to be in Slytherin. His father had been in
Slytherin...that was how he learned the truth about Riddle.
He was James¹s friend, along with Remus and Peter. But he had a life apart
from them. He liked to play pranks. His family had served the Dark Lord. In
the safety of his common room, he convinced Peter to devote his life to the
Dark Lord. Peter was a little too obsessed. Sirius wanted to serve
Voldemort, but didn¹t want to hurt his friends. Peter never had a
super-close friend, he would do anything for Voldemort. With Lucius, they
convinced many people in their house to become dark wizards/witches. Some
people were unsure about it, such as Severus Snape. Sirius wanted to show
Snape the truth about the Dark Lord¹s power (or Just play a prank). So in
his sixth year, once he had become an Animagus, he tricked Snape into
entering the Shrieking Shack. James had rescued Snape. Sirius then secretly
didn¹t like James as much...an important decision regarding James¹s fate...
***
Harry lay up in bed with his back still hurting. He was glad the Quidditch
game was on brooms, not on his feet. He also had Sirius¹s help, so he was
relaxed.
Finally, he had a full breakfast before a Quidditch game. It was against
Slytherin. He finally lost his appetite when Malfoy came up to him and said,
³Hey Potter, are you so scared about our game your girlfriend has to walk
you around?²
³It¹s too bad you already know that you¹re gonna lose,² Harry replied.
Malfoy didn¹t look too offended by that. Just wait until he loses, thought
Harry.
Before the game, Harry tapped his wand to his cellulus and said, ³Entrum².
Then he called, ³Sirius, are you there?²
³Loud and clear, Harry,² was the reply.
Harry smiled. He waited for the game to start. Then he had an idea.
³Sirius, are you near me?²
³Yep, Harry. Why?² Sirius asked.
³My back hurts.² Harry said. ³Can you see me? Maybe you can heal it.²
³Okay,² said Sirius. ³Reparo!²
Harry looked around, then saw sparks heading towards him. They hit the tear
on his Quidditch robes. The two pieces bound together like new.
Madam Hooch blew her whistle. ³Too late,² Harry said into his cellulus as
he sped off.
The game was on. Gryffindor was winning. Malfoy kept close behind Harry,
but neither of them saw the Snitch. Eventually Slytherin caught up until
both teams were tied.
³Oy! Sirius! I think I see the Snitch!² Harry called.
³Where are you?² Sirius said. ³Oh, I think I see it too! Is it that thing
below you?²
³Yup,² said Harry. ³Where do you think it¹s going?²
³Ooh, it¹s wobbling!² Sirius cried. ³I¹ve seen plenty of games with James,
that means it¹s heading up!²
Harry swept up on his broom. Malfoy followed him. The Snitch curved
downward.
³Ooh! Bad mistake! Harry! Head down and right!² Sirius said.
Harry did. He ran smack into the pole with the hoop on top.
Sirius didn¹t want to kill Harry. As Harry fell unconsciously, Sirius
yelled, ³Impedimenta!² Harry slowed down as he fell.
The only people to notice were Ron, Hermione, and Snape.
Snape noticed Sirius on the other side of the field. He aimed his wand and
yelled, ³Expelliarmus!² Sirius¹s wand flew across the field into Snape¹s
hand.
Meanwhile, Harry landed on the ground, still unconscious, and Malfoy was on
the trail of the Snitch.
Snape focused his eyes on Sirius¹s cellulus. ³Accio cellulus!² he said, and
the cellulus flew across the field and sruck Malfoy in the nose.
Malfoy stuck the cellulus in his pocket, but then fell to the ground,
unconscious. Both Snape and Sirius winced. They wanted a Slytherin victory,
but it looked like there was going to be a rematch (the teams were still
tied in points!)
Sirius had fled into the forest before Snape could disarm him any more.
***
Sirius turned into a dog, and followed the galloping noise that reminded him
of James. He walked deeply into the forest. Eventually he found out what the
noise was coming from: centaurs. While they galloped peacefully, he trotted
after them. Finally the three centaurs reached their destination and spotted
him. He transformed back into a man.
³Hello! What are you here for?² one of them said.
³I...I¹m Sirius Black. Do you know Harry Potter?²
³Oh, him.² a young one said. ³I met him four years ago. I¹m Firenze. Bane,
what do the planets say?²
³Mars is close to Saturn, and Venus is bright.² Bane said. ³That means you
were accused of something you didn¹t do. Er, what else, Ronan?²
³He not going to hurt us.²
Sirius didn¹t really trust them, but since he didn¹t have a wand, there
wasn¹t much he could do.
³We know Harry Potter. We met him four years ago. The stars said that he
saved the world in that same year. We honor him. Why did you want to know?²
³I¹m his godfather.²
³You are? Oh, the honor! Come with us!²
Sirius rode on Ronan¹s back until he reached a small village of centaurs.
³The stars say that he is worthy of this gift,² said Bane as the three
centaurs entered a hut. He picked up a small cube-shaped stone. ³It is a
Biggart. Break the stone to reveal the power!²
Sirius at first thought he said Boggart, but maybe it was close.
The centaurs then brought him to a hut on a hill that rose above the other
ones. They introduced Sirius to Pinion, the head centaur. Sirius soon found
himself comfortable on a chair made of sticks, leaves and vines outside the
hut. The centaurs offered him different types of berries, nuts and
centaur-wine. Their galloping and trotting ever so reminded him of James!
But he relaxed and thought of what next prank to play on Harry.
³What to do to Harry, what to do to Harry, should I break his leg?² he
thought aloud.
But Pinion heard his muttering and called to the soldiers.
In less than a minute, Sirius found himself tied to stakes in the center of
the village.
³Break Harry Potter¹s leg? How could you think of doing such a thing?²
Pinion said. ³Centaurs! He will burn tonight at 9 o¹clock!²
***
³Wake up, Harry!²
Harry opened his eyes. Though he could not see them clearly, he knew it was
Ron and Hermione. He yawned, put his glasses on, and focused.
He was in the hospital wing after crashing into the pole with the hoop on
his broomstick. He noticed Malfoy laying asleep in another bed.
³Oh! Harry!² said Hermione. ³Madam Pomfrey said you and Malfoy will be back
on your feet by tomorrow. Your rematch is then! Heal up quickly, ok?²
³Wow. What¹s with Malfoy?²
³He fell off his broom after something went up his nose. You also fell off
your broom. Luckily, we retrieved both broomsticks.²
³Eh? Rematch?²
³Gryffindor and Slytherin were tied, and then both seekers fell off their
brooms.² said Ron. ³It¹s only fair.²
Snape entered the room, to Ron and Hermione¹s surprise.
³You two, you need to meet Hagrid for your detentions! I also need to talk
to Harry in private.²
Ron and Hermione goggled at him for a second, then left the room.
³Harry. It is Sirius Black who is trying to harm you. I assumed he helped
you run into the pole to make you where you are now...²
Harry couldn¹t believe it. He blacked out.
***
³There yeh are. I Œave been waiting for yeh for half an hour,² Hagrid said
once Ron and Hermione arrived in the Entrance Hall. ³Come with me.²
They walked out into the grounds until they reached his house. ³We¹re goin¹
into the forest.² he said, to Ron¹s horror. ³Fang needs his walk anyway.
I¹ll go with him and yer two go together.² he planned as they now walked
into the forest. ³There¹s something up with them centaurs.²
Next Chapter: Will Sirius burn?
Return of the Grim - Chapter 4 - Multiple Captivities
8:45. The centaurs were ready and gathered for the sacraficial ceremony. All
of them were gathered in a group in the center of the village. They had been
dancing and playing music (drums made from hollowed-out tree stumps) and
were watching the stars and planets every move.
³Look at the stars.² said Firenze. ³Don¹t they mean that someone¹s coming?²
³Precisely,² Ronan replied.
8:50. ³Hagrid!² cried Pinion. ³It¹s great to see you!²
³Hi, Pinion. How are yeh?²
³Great, we¹re starting a ceremony in ten minutes. And you have to try our
newest wine!² The two of them walked into Pinion¹s hut.
8:55. ³Oh my god. Ron, is that Sirius?²
³What?² Ron replied.
³Over there, in the village center.² Hermione gasped.
The two of them were hidden behind the trees outside the village.
³$#!%. That¹s him all right. Here, I brought the Invisibility Cloak. Maybe
we can rescue him.²
They rushed into the village and hoped the cloak worked on centaurs. Since
the centaurs had the same eyes as humans, it probabaly did.
8:59. They soon found themselves next to Sirius. ³Hey, Sirius, it¹s us.²
Hermione said.
³Ron? Hermone?²
³Yeah, jump into the cloak once we untie you.² Ron said. ³We¹re at about 2
o¹clock. Three, two, one,²
³Diffindo!² Hermione muttered, and the binds untied themselves from Sirius.
He jumped into the cloak with perfect aim.
The centaurs could only see him without the ropes around him for a fraction
of a second before he disappeared.
Sirius was saved!
The three invisible friends walked out of the village and into the forest,
where they relaxed and got out of the cloak.
³That was a really close one.² Sirius said. ³You save my life again,
Hermione,² and he told them his story since he had left the Quidditch pitch,
leaving out the aspects that he wanted to harm Harry.
They walked on. Eventually they heard a rustling noise in a nearby bush.
³Ron, can I borrow your wand? Snape stole mine.² Sirius said.
³Hey, what¹s that lump in your pocket?²
Sirius took out the Biggart cube. He had forgotten about it. He evilly
grinned and smashed it to the ground ‹ the next prank to Harry Potter and
co. The cube shattered and out spouted a dementor and a acromantula (giant
spider).
Ron groaned and tried to hex the spider, but was eventually pinned to the
ground. Hermione faced the dementor. She tried to remember what the spell
was from one and a half years ago when she and Harry were surrounded by
dementors. ³Expocte Petronas!² didn¹t work. ³Expectum Patruno!² Nothing.
Then she remembered. Think of a happy thought. She didn¹t have many. She
thought of winning the rematch and showing Slyterin who was boss. ³Expecto
Patronum!² A silver flash left her wand. The dementor did a somersault to
get out of the way. ³What the hell?² She then realized it ... Biggart as in
bicycle or biceps ... two boggarts ... ³Riddikulus!² she yelled. The
dementor popped and was gone.
Sirius had taken Ron¹s wand and pointed it at Hermione. ³Stupefy!²
Hermione fell to the ground.
Sirius turned to Ron and the spider. ³You! Give me rope!²
³I¹m ... I didn¹t bring any.² said Ron.
³I¹m not talking to you.²
³Oh...² Ron said as coils of thick web-rope left the giant spider¹s abdomen
and landed in a heap over Ron¹s feet.
³Well, then.² Sirius said. ³You could serve better purposes. Avada
Kedavra!²
Ron gasped. There was a flash of green light, the spider was dead. Ron
couldn¹t move because now most of the spider¹s weight was on him.
Sirius used the spider¹s long legs as stakes, used the string as rope, and
tied Ron and Hermione up.
There was still some rope left, so he took some parchment out of Hermione¹s
pocket and wrote a ransom note.
POTTER
YOU WANT YOUR FRIENDS BACK
I WANT YOUR FIREBOLT BACK
MEET ME SUNDAY NIGHT AT 8
IN THE FOREST BEHIND HAGRID¹S
His mistake was writing the word ³back² after Firebolt ... Harry would know
it was him who wrote the message.
With the remaining rope he lassoed an owl to bring the ransom note to
Harry.
***
Harry had forgotten about what Snape told him as he woke up in the hospital
wing.
Malfoy was gone, and no one was there to see him.
Madam Pomfrey walked in. ³Mr. Potter, the Headmaster wants you to go down
to the great hall for dinner and then up to your own bed. You need a good
night¹s sleep for your rematch tomorrow.²
Before he went to bed at 11:00 (Where was Ron?) he recieved the ransom note.
Though it was sort of obvious, he was too tired to realize who it was from.
***
Hagrid was a little too drunk from the centaur-wine and totally forgot about
Ron and Hermione as he and Fang walked back to their house.
Next Chapter: The Quidditch rematch, what will happen to Ron and Hermione?
Return of the Grim - Chapter 5 - Quidditch Rematch
³Voldemort¹s after us,² said James. He was at home with Lily five months
after Harry was born.
³Don¹t say the name!² Lily replied. Then she made sense of what James just
said. ³Oh my god . . . why?²
³Professor Dumbledore has notified us. He reccomends us to use this Fidelus
charm; let me explain it to you . . .²
***
³Sirius, we need you to Œkeep our secrets¹.² James said, and explained the
ordeal they were in.
³Sure . . . whatever it takes to protect you two and little Harry.² Sirius
said.
³Oh . . . thank you!² Lily cried. To her and James, it was obvious that
Sirius would be their secret-keeper, but she still planted a kiss on
Sirius¹s cheek. James was too full of thoughts to react to this, but Sirius
blushed.
***
³I don¹t know what to do, Peter,² Sirius said after he met up with Peter at
the outskirts of Godric¹s Hollow. ³It seems obvious that I should be their
secret-keeper, so won¹t the Dark Lord come after me?²
³Let someone else be secret-keeper, then. He won¹t suspect me, he thinks
I¹m just a clumsy wannabe co-Darklord. He knows your past, Padfoot. We
should do a switch.² said Peter.
³Wow, let¹s explain that to Lily and James and see if it is okay.² Sirius
said. ³Good thinking, Wormtail, it¹s rare for you.²
Peter was deep in his own thoughts, though. ³He will be so proud!² he
muttered to himself.
***
Harry woke up and remembered what Snape had said to him in the hospital
wing. He also re-read the ransom note.
He had an idea. After the quidditch game, he would tie a note to it, saying
that Ron and Hermione shoud stun Sirius and break for it.
His only problem was, how to get the Firebolt to his friends without being
seen?
He walked onto the Quidditch pitch with an empty stomach. He was worried
about his friends, but determined to beat Malfoy. The game was in the
evening instead of the morning, so the seekers had more time to recover.
***
In the evening, Sirius walked back to the grounds and onto the Quidditch
pitch with Ron¹s wand. Though he didn¹t have his cellulus, he still wanted
to watch the game.
***
Harry still thought Sirius had the cellulus. Malfoy did.
³Sirius, can you hear me?² he said, turning on the cellulus.
³Huh, what? Oh yeah, Potter, yes I can.²
³Why¹d you call me Potter? Your voice sounds funny.²
³I¹m sort of congested.² Malfoy cleared his throat. ³Ah, is this better?²
³Yeah, thanks Sirius. I¹ll need help for the game.²
Hee hee, Malfoy thought to himself.
Dennis Creevey was too worried that Harry might get hurt again that he had
a ton of goals scored on him. Alicia called time out.
³We have to win, you guys! We¹re losing 30-110! This is my only year being
team captain, so we have to get the Quidditch Cup! Harry, I want you to do
whatever it takes to beat Malfoy to the Snitch this time!²
They took off again. ³Sirius, is that the snitch about 50 feet ahead?²
³No, it¹s behind you,² said Malfoy in his disguised voice. He said that to
beat Harry to it. ³Look out, Malfoy¹s behind you too so loop around.²
Harry sped in the other direction. That left the path clear for Malfoy to
get the Snitch. But Harry barely noticed Malfoy speeding so he turned around
once again. The snitch was zooming in the same direction as them, so they
would have to go top speed. Harry realized he was being tricked.
³Hey, Sirius, it¹s going up now, I¹m sure of it!²
The Snitch was still going straight, but since it was going so fast, Malfoy
couldn¹t see it. He believed Harry and sped upward. That left Harry¹s path
clear once again.
Harry caught the Snitch in a spectacular dive, making Gryffindor win the
game 200-120.
He was ready to party, but he had to get his Firebolt to Sirius. How to get
it to him though? Before he could think about this, though, his Firebolt
came out of his grip and sped across the field.
***
After the game, Sirius saw Harry proudly walking back to the castle. ³Accio
Firebolt!² he said, using Ron¹s wand. Soon Harry¹s firebolt, along with the
note he gave Hermione and Ron, came to him.
Sirius turned into a dog and trotted back to where he tied up Ron and
Hermione. He got a surprise, though. Ron and Hermione had been untied and
awoken by a group of centaurs, including Ronan, Bane, Firenze, and Pinion.
³Accio!² Hermione cried and the Firebolt came to her. ³Stupefy!² She stunned
Sirius.
³Thank you, friends of Harry Potter,² Pinion said. ³We will take him up to
the school for you. You should fly back to the castle and get some rest.²
Ron and Hermione flew back to the castle and as soon as they reached the
entrance hall, Dubledore grasped both their shoulders and said, ³Come with
me.²
They followed him into his office. Harry was already there.
³You two, 50 points for Gryffindor for capturing Sirius Black. Yes, Snape
told me all about what he was up to so I returned to Hogwarts. This school
can¹t run without me.²
³What will happen to him?² Hermione asked.
³He¹s going back to Azkaban. Since he was innocent of other crimes, he does
not deserve the Kiss.²
³Oh yeah, what¹s a Biggart?² Ron asked.
³Two Boggarts for two victims, Mr. Weasley. I know you fear spiders, and
Hermione was afraid for Harry¹s safety, so it became what Harry fears.²
³ Oh yeah and Harry, 50 points for Gryffindor for your excellent Quidditch
performance today. That is all. Harry, you should go to the hospital wing
about your back.²
Harry left, and Dumbledore continued. ³You two, return to the common room.
You can join the Quidditch party, I¹m sure you two are hungry.²
They sure were. They returned to the common room, and 20 minutes later, to
much cheering, Harry returned too. Finally, Harry felt safe and healed
again.
THE END
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