Chapter 3
Uncloaking Mystery
"Ron, wake up."
"Wha...Where am I?"
"The hospital wing. Ron open your eyes." Said the deep voice Ron was sure he recognized. He opened his eyes and saw a face that was all to familiar,
"Sirius!" Ron yelled.
"Shhh. I can't stay long. I tried to wake Harry but he's out cold. Your friend and sister, Hermione and Ginny, have been taken hostage. I don't know who has abducted them.
"Why didn't you just save them then?"
"That's just it. I would have but I felt something there. Something I don't want to be with." Sirius looked better. He was not so skinny and he looked several years younger. His eyes were a pure, refreshing green. His face was not as sunken in and no longer had a waxy appearance but a smooth one instead.
"I know they need me, but I'm not an experienced wizard."
"True, it would be hard for you alone or even you and Harry would run into trouble I expect." Sirius sat for a moment and then a grin appeared on his face.
"I know how to solve your problems, but for now I need to tell you other things." For the next 20 minutes Sirius explained to Ron where the girls were. He had even taken the liberty to get Harry's invisibility cloak out of his trunk and gave it to Ron. This was so when Ron got to the girls they could all three make a clean getaway.
"Now then, I must go," Sirius said somberly. He whistled and Buckbeak arrived at the window. He hovered there while Sirius climbed through the window and onto his back.
"Good luck, Ron," Sirius called and with that he was gone. Ron climbed out of bed, grabbed his wand and headed to the door. Ron put on the invisibility cloak. At a desk was Madame Pomfrey, asleep. Her mouth was wide open and was emitting a terrible snoring sound whilst a string of drool hung from her chin. Ron crept by and out into the hall. He was home free. Then Ron's stomach wrenched. What was Sirius's idea? Who was going to help him?
This didn't stop Ron though. He knew he had to save his sister and, Ron sighed blushing a little, Hermione. He pictured her brown hair and wide grin. This motivated him even more. He continued walking. He arrived at the Great Oak doors. He pushed them open and the night air engulfed him.
He stepped onto the damp grass. No sooner had he done this when a voice came from behind him,
"You must be Ron." The voice said. Ron spun around and stared in awe at what stood behind him. A stag of seemingly white fog stood there regal and noble. Ron knew who it was.
"Hello, Mr. Potter." The stag nodded.
"Sirius told me you needed help."
"Harry said you didn't talk when he saw you."
"I was in the form of a patronus then and now I am a memory. A strong one at that. The stronger the memory the more unlimited my abilities. Now, back to your mission."
"Yeah, what are we going to do?"
"You get the girls while I distract Malfoy and it."
"It?"
"Yes, the presence Sirius was telling me about. Apparently Sirius is not immune to it, but I am being a memory and all."
"What is the presence?"
"I'm not sure unless it's what I fear it will be."
"What's that?"
"Well, I doubt it is anyway, so no need to trouble you to." Ron just nodded and they began towards the Forbidden Forest not knowing what would await them.
Uncloaking Mystery
"Ron, wake up."
"Wha...Where am I?"
"The hospital wing. Ron open your eyes." Said the deep voice Ron was sure he recognized. He opened his eyes and saw a face that was all to familiar,
"Sirius!" Ron yelled.
"Shhh. I can't stay long. I tried to wake Harry but he's out cold. Your friend and sister, Hermione and Ginny, have been taken hostage. I don't know who has abducted them.
"Why didn't you just save them then?"
"That's just it. I would have but I felt something there. Something I don't want to be with." Sirius looked better. He was not so skinny and he looked several years younger. His eyes were a pure, refreshing green. His face was not as sunken in and no longer had a waxy appearance but a smooth one instead.
"I know they need me, but I'm not an experienced wizard."
"True, it would be hard for you alone or even you and Harry would run into trouble I expect." Sirius sat for a moment and then a grin appeared on his face.
"I know how to solve your problems, but for now I need to tell you other things." For the next 20 minutes Sirius explained to Ron where the girls were. He had even taken the liberty to get Harry's invisibility cloak out of his trunk and gave it to Ron. This was so when Ron got to the girls they could all three make a clean getaway.
"Now then, I must go," Sirius said somberly. He whistled and Buckbeak arrived at the window. He hovered there while Sirius climbed through the window and onto his back.
"Good luck, Ron," Sirius called and with that he was gone. Ron climbed out of bed, grabbed his wand and headed to the door. Ron put on the invisibility cloak. At a desk was Madame Pomfrey, asleep. Her mouth was wide open and was emitting a terrible snoring sound whilst a string of drool hung from her chin. Ron crept by and out into the hall. He was home free. Then Ron's stomach wrenched. What was Sirius's idea? Who was going to help him?
This didn't stop Ron though. He knew he had to save his sister and, Ron sighed blushing a little, Hermione. He pictured her brown hair and wide grin. This motivated him even more. He continued walking. He arrived at the Great Oak doors. He pushed them open and the night air engulfed him.
He stepped onto the damp grass. No sooner had he done this when a voice came from behind him,
"You must be Ron." The voice said. Ron spun around and stared in awe at what stood behind him. A stag of seemingly white fog stood there regal and noble. Ron knew who it was.
"Hello, Mr. Potter." The stag nodded.
"Sirius told me you needed help."
"Harry said you didn't talk when he saw you."
"I was in the form of a patronus then and now I am a memory. A strong one at that. The stronger the memory the more unlimited my abilities. Now, back to your mission."
"Yeah, what are we going to do?"
"You get the girls while I distract Malfoy and it."
"It?"
"Yes, the presence Sirius was telling me about. Apparently Sirius is not immune to it, but I am being a memory and all."
"What is the presence?"
"I'm not sure unless it's what I fear it will be."
"What's that?"
"Well, I doubt it is anyway, so no need to trouble you to." Ron just nodded and they began towards the Forbidden Forest not knowing what would await them.
