The
Unexpected Visitor
"Fred
stop!" I shouted over the noise of the wind. Suddenly, we jerked up and I was
thankful I was holding onto him.
He
turned in his seat, a look of annoyance on his face. "What is it Alex? We were
just about to win!"
"I
saw something on the ground. Land, ok?" I said, searching for the figure, it
was still there.
"..."
He descended quickly, letting me jump at about five feet from the ground.
Where
is it! I was sure I saw it! I ran over to where the dog had been, nothing.
Turn
down the volume Alex, Andy thought. What did you see?
It
was a dog, big and black. Weird, it was looking at me.
I
saw it too maybe it didn't go far.
It's
too late now, it's getting dark and we're going to miss dinner if we don't
hurry. I
waited for the others to come over before heading back up to the school. It was
weird, what was a dog doing there? Dogs weren't allowed on the grounds for any
reasons.
"Alex,
you had better have a good reason for us to go up now," Fred grumbled.
"Yeah,
you want to eat, or not?" Morgana said, brushing back her hair from her face.
"I don' know 'bout you, but I'm starving."
"I'm
hungry too." Tom said. He slung his bag over his shoulder. You would hardly see
him without it and every chance he got he was doing his homework. Not
surprising, since he, along with Todd Wood and myself. "You mind if we stop at
the library on our way? I've got some books I need to drop off."
Fred
shook his head in disbelief and turned to me. "What are you doing for the
holidays? My grandparents want me to come home to Florida. Something about
spending time together as a family."
"I
don't know actually, I think my mom might be taking us to visit our family, she
mentioned it in her last letter." I paused thinking it was a little early for
me to think about vacation, it was only November, not even Thanksgiving yet. "I
didn't know you were from Florida."
"You
never asked. You're from Michigan, right?"
"Yeah,
but we were born in England. That kinda scratches out the idea of someday
becoming president, doesn't it?"
"Yup…"
After
a dinner of pepperoni pizza, the five of us were walking back to our tower. We
were about to pass an empty classroom when we heard Aunt Hermione talking to
someone. A tall someone with longish black hair, streaks of dark gray
noticeable in it. I paused in my walking, listening to the conversation outside
the door.
"What
is it Padfoot?" She asked the man. Obviously it was a nickname or a codename of
some sort.
"Message
from Dum-uh McGonagle…I haven't gotten used to her being Headmistress." He
scratched his head. I leaned in closer.
"It
was a shame he had to retire. So what's the message?" She asked.
"The
D.E.R are returning. You-know-who's finally dead and they're seeking revenge."
"You're
joking!" A slight tinge of fear was heard in her voice, along with a bit of laughter.
"They can't do much can they? The Aurors would get them before they do."
"I
don't know, they seem pretty powerful. Which reminds me, I'm supposed to stay
here to keep an eye on the Potter twins. Sources tell us they're after them, I
don't know what for, but if I know the D.E.R, it's probably for…"
The
man named Padfoot looked out the door. I think he spotted us because he got
this half smile, sort of a smirk on his face. Fear, I don't know why, took over
me and I bolted down the hall and up the stairs to the tower. The Scouts,
embarrassingly enough people had begun calling us that ever since Halloween,
were all sitting around one of the tables, studying for a History test the next
day. The group of course consisted only of Fred, Morgana, Tom, Katie, Andy and
I but we were always happy to let a new kid in. Katie, who had a weird
obsession with old Anime, gave us each a "transformation pen" that Morgana's
older sister had transfigured for us. It didn't work of course, but it still
made Katie happy to see us carting them around in our bags.
"So
what's up?" Morgana was looking over her notes from the previous day.
"What's
the D.E.R?" Andy asked.
Morgana,
Tom and Fred all looked at each other before looking back at us. Ah, of course
it was something that only the kids from wizarding families knew. Kids with
muggle parents didn't know, unless they did research on it.
"Uh…they're
the Death Eaters Reborn. A group of dark wizards and witches who still follow
Voldemort." Fred answered. "I heard he's finally dead and gone but they're out
there."
"Why
do you ask?" Morgana wanted to know.
"No
reason…" I answered turning to my book.
The
next day, I was sitting at my usual spot at the table when Tom came running
through the door.
"What
is it?" I asked as he tried to calm his breathing. I could tell he was in a
hurry; he didn't even brush out his hair, which looked like a mat of red.
"Professor
Dooles…has just…been sacked…" He panted, taking a seat.
"He's
been what?"
"Er…fired."
"Well
you could have said so in the first place," I served myself some eggs. "For
what?"
"Illegal
gambling with students. Some fifth year made a bet with him and when he didn't
pay it off, she went to the principal. She wasn't too happy."
"So
who's filling in the position?"
"Some
teacher, Care of Magical Creatures I think. I don't know…" The other four
arrived shortly after.
"Attention
students!" Professor Greendrovel, which rhymes with Green Shovel, stood up to
the chatting crowd. "Do to reasons I will not speak of, we will be having a new
vice principal, Mrs. Hunter."
Not
caring too much, I turned back to my food.
Professor
Greendrovel continued to stand until the room got quiet. "Also, Mr. Black will
be filling in the position of Magical Sports or Boy's PE as it's called for first
years for the rest of the year do to the fact that Mr. Frank has broken his
arms and legs one too many times to want to stay." The man who Aunt Hermione
called Padfoot was sitting next to her. Tom, along with his two older brothers,
looked completely shocked but pleased.
"Who
is that guy?" Andy asked.
"You
don't know Sirius? He's you're father's Godfather! Everyone knows him. Sent to
Azcaban for the murder of your grandparents and eleven other muggles." Devin
answered, hearing his question. "Turned out to be Pettigrew though." He helped
himself to bacon.
"Haven't seen
him in a year," Tom said smiling. "He's really cool, you'd like him. Too bad
you girls won't have him as teacher."
Morgana gave
him a nasty look. "Didn't you hear? P.E. is becoming Co-Ed Magical Sports next
term. So there!" She stuck her toung out at Tom, who stuck his out at her. I
rolled my eyes at their behavior.
Mr.
Black scanned the students, smiling. Suddenly his eyes met with mine and he
smiled and winked. I giggled and turned back to my friends. "I'd sure like to
meet him. Bet he's cool."
"Yeah,
well he's not much for obeying rules." Tom said. "One year for Christmas Mum
had everyone over, including him and Remus, he's another friend of the family,"
He answered the confused look on my face. "Well he and Uncle Fred and George
planned huge pranks on the entire family. Grandma Weasley caught on and had a
word with them. I swear, I never saw Uncle Fred and George shake with fear
before."
"Oh…"
Andy answered, looked at the teacher's table, probably thinking about what
Sirius/Padfoot/Mr. Black said before. I knew I was.
Well, how was it? It's now
fitting with the plot I've got planned out for this story! Everyone cheer with
me!
*"YAY!!" Cry the fans*
Thxs, I needed that since my
two best friends(who are girls) hate me now.
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