By ten o'clock that night everyone but Harry, Hermione, and Ron were
asleep. The trio sat in front of the fire in the fireplace that they had
lit only an hour before in the Gryffindor Common Room.
"So where do you think the professors are?" Hermione asked.
"I don't know," Harry answered and slipped his hands into his pocket. "But I do know I don't have a very good feeling about…What's this?" Harry then pulled out a piece of parchment from his robe.
"Is it the message from this afternoon in Dumbledore's office?" Ron asked.
"No, because I have that," Hermione said.
"Then what is it?"
Harry unrolled the piece of parchment and looked at it. "It's blank. I wonder why I have it."
"It's probably just a piece of parchment you left there from last year."
"No, remember, I ran out of parchment last year. You had to lend me a few pieces for finals."
"That's right. I totally forgot about that."
"Oh, I know. I bet you it's our Marauder's Map. I left it in here after we went to Hogsmeade on our last week here."
"That's right," Ron said.
"Which visit did you use it on?" Hermione asked in a stern voice.
"Well, er, we sort of wanted to get candy before we went on summer break so we left the last weekend before break." Harry confessed.
"Well, never mind that now. We have bigger problems, like finding the professors."
"Harry, do you remember how to use the map?"
"Of coarse."
"This is no time to be fooling around with a map you two. You should be ashamed of yourselves."
"I have an idea," Ron said as if it were a first. "Why don't we just cast the spell and get the map working, that way, if the professors are on castle grounds, we'll know where they are."
"Not a bad idea."
"Thank you, Harry."
So Harry cast the spell and the map came alive.
"What in the wizarding world?!" Ron shouted.
"That can't be right," Harry said with disbelief.
"I wouldn't have guessed," Hermione joined in.
"So where do you think the professors are?" Hermione asked.
"I don't know," Harry answered and slipped his hands into his pocket. "But I do know I don't have a very good feeling about…What's this?" Harry then pulled out a piece of parchment from his robe.
"Is it the message from this afternoon in Dumbledore's office?" Ron asked.
"No, because I have that," Hermione said.
"Then what is it?"
Harry unrolled the piece of parchment and looked at it. "It's blank. I wonder why I have it."
"It's probably just a piece of parchment you left there from last year."
"No, remember, I ran out of parchment last year. You had to lend me a few pieces for finals."
"That's right. I totally forgot about that."
"Oh, I know. I bet you it's our Marauder's Map. I left it in here after we went to Hogsmeade on our last week here."
"That's right," Ron said.
"Which visit did you use it on?" Hermione asked in a stern voice.
"Well, er, we sort of wanted to get candy before we went on summer break so we left the last weekend before break." Harry confessed.
"Well, never mind that now. We have bigger problems, like finding the professors."
"Harry, do you remember how to use the map?"
"Of coarse."
"This is no time to be fooling around with a map you two. You should be ashamed of yourselves."
"I have an idea," Ron said as if it were a first. "Why don't we just cast the spell and get the map working, that way, if the professors are on castle grounds, we'll know where they are."
"Not a bad idea."
"Thank you, Harry."
So Harry cast the spell and the map came alive.
"What in the wizarding world?!" Ron shouted.
"That can't be right," Harry said with disbelief.
"I wouldn't have guessed," Hermione joined in.