Chapter 12 "To be a Hero"


You walk down the passageway, humming to yourself. It might not have been the best of days, but it wasn't too bad. You are thinking of all the pleasant things in your life, like Hermione, Ron, Ginny, Sirius, Remus, and even Birdie, Remus' new wife. For a sixteen year old orphan, life was looking pretty good for you. The corridor was lit with a warm glow of a torch on the wall. The feeling of warmth is leaking inside you. The cold that has reached your bones is now gone and replaced with happiness and warmth.

At first, you think it is the sheer happiness inside you, but then you realize that it isn't. You haven't been humming, but a soft tune has been playing from out of nowhere. You stop to listen, pressing your ear up against the stone wall. It is a mellow melody, like a lullaby. It lulls you to it with its sweet promises and gentle whispers. What is happening? You follow the tune to a door. It looks like any of the other doors in this corridor, but none of them hold music such as this behind them. You slowly step towards the door, as if every fiber in your body is urging you on.

Open the door on chapter 14.