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Chapter Nine
So, Christmas had come and gone, with nothing special, except for Harry getting the Firebolt. McGonagall went nuts because of it. She wouldn't let Harry have it. Harry blamed Hermione. She always came back with a "But you don't know who it's from!" But they were over that now. 'There is a new subject.' Ginny thought, frowning.
Ron had got mad when he found out that Scabbers was gone. Evidentially Crookshanks had eaten him. 'I always knew I liked that cat.' Ginny smiled to herself.
They were having a party because they had beat Ravenclaw in the Quidditch game this afternoon. Fred and George had disappeared for a couple of hours, but had come back with loads of butterbeer, pumpkin fizz, and honeydukes's sweets.
"How did you do that?"
Ginny was standing close enough to Harry to hear Fred whisper to him, "With a little help from Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot, and Prongs." Ginny's head snapped up to look at Harry. She HAD to get him alone to question what he knows. 'But then he'll ask why I care. Can I risk it? I guess not...' The party ended at one when Prof. McGonagall came up and told them all to go to bed. When she went back to her room, Ginny snuck out and lied down on the common room couch.
She just couldn't sleep. She had Sirius's old cloak in her hands. It still looked brand new. It still had a lingering smell of his cologne. She loved it. It was one of the few things she had taken from his house before the Ministry went through everything. No one knew she had it, except Ron, who had seen it, and wondered who it belonged to because it was several sizes way too big for her.
She held it close to her as her eyes closed.
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Sirius smiled at the piece of paper that Crookshanks had given him. It had all the passwords for the tower on it. 'Who'd be stupid enough to write down all the passwords, and then LOSE them? Peter would...' Sirius growls, anger rising in him when he thinks of the stupid rat. 'And he's with Gin. No telling what he's done to her, or tried to do. She's probably scarred for life..' he thought as he walked up to the portrait of Sir Caddogan.
The knight walks up sleepily. He yawns, then says, "Who are you to be up at this hour?" He sees the knife in Sirius's pocket. "Ah! A duel! Are you brave enough to challenge me?"
Sirius looks down at the paper. "Butterbeer."
Caddogan looks disappointed. "No Duel? Fine then." The picture swings open, revealing a nearly empty common room. Sirius walks straight to the boys' dorm stairs, but turns when he sees Ginny's sleeping form on the couch.
He smirks. 'She finds me sleeping, and I find her sleeping. How ironic.' She's having a good dream because there's a smile on her face. He takes the cloak out from her arms and covers her with it. He cocks his head. 'That's my cloak. She kept it?' He leans close to her ear and whispers, "I missed you, Gin. We'll be together again, soon, I hope." He then goes up to the third year boy's dorms.
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Ginny woke up when she heard Ron scream. She heard someone running across the room, and managed to get a glimpse, right before he stepped out of the room, of, "Sirius!" He turns at her voice. Their eyes lock for only a second, and then he runs off. Ginny rubs her eyes, looking at the now closed portrait hole. She scratches her head. 'I'm seeing things... this is great..' Some of the boys walked down into the common room. She smiles at Ron and Harry.
Some of the girls walked down, pulling on dressing gowns. Ginny sits up. Ron looks very pale. "Ron, what's wrong? What happened?"
Harry looks at her. "Were you sitting down here? You must have seen him!"
"I was sleeping. Saw who?"
Percy was pinning on his Head Boy badge. Trying to gain control, says, "Everyone back upstairs!"
"Perce-Sirius Black!" said Ron faintly. "In our dormitory! With a knife! Woke me up!"
The common room went very still.
"That's ridiculous, Ron." Percy said. "It was a nightmare, you just had too much to eat."
Ginny says, drawing all attention to her, "Sirius Black? Here? It wasn't a dream...." She goes off into her thoughts.
Ron goes paler. "Did you see him too, Ginny?"
"Now, really, enough's enough!" Prof. McGonagall walked back in. "I am delighted that Gryffindor won the match, but this is getting ridiculous!"
Percy says, "I didn't authorize this, Professor. My brother had a nightmare, and-"
"IT WASN'T A NIGHTMARE!" Ron yelled. "I WOKE UP AND SIRIUS BLACK WAS STANDING OVER ME WITH A KNIFE IN HIS HAND! GINNY SAW HIM TOO!"
McGonagall looks at Ginny, who's trying to hide a smile. McGonagall pales. "How could he have gotten through?"
Ginny looks at the portrait hole. "Ask him."
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After it was confirmed that he had indeed been in the castle, in the Gryffindor tower, the students waited in the common room to hear if he had been captured. Ginny was biting her nails when McGonagall came back in.
McGonagall was looking at the ground. She shakes her head. "We didn't catch him. He's escaped. He's no where in the castle. We searched everywhere."
Ginny sighs in relief. "Thank goodness..." Everyone looks at her. She laughs nervously.
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Ginny was sitting in Lupin's office a couple of days later. It was a Hogsmeade Saturday, so most of the students were gone. She was telling him what had happened from her point of view.
"If he had wanted to hurt me, I would be gone by now. And I can swear that he told me that he missed me. I saw him leave, too. Poor guy.."
Lupin was scratching his chin, thinking deeply. "I don't know, Ginny. It might have been a dream."
"Yeah, I know... I could swear I was awake. I might have just been delusional.. But the point is he didn't hurt me. You can't even argue with that. And the fact that he didn't go after Harry-"
"Was probably just a mistake he made."
Ginny shakes her head. "You know him. He wouldn't have mistaken something like that. He was going for someone else."
"Ron. Why would Sirius want to kill your brother, if he didn't want to hurt you?"
"Not Ron. My brother has a ra-"
"Excuse me." A cold voice said. "I need to borrow Ms.Weasley."
Lupin looks at Ginny, who shrugs and walks through the fire into Snape's office.
************************************************************* A/n: Oooh. What does Snape want her for? I know! Do you though? That is the question. Oh... and the end of the book (and this fic) draws ever nearer. So, I was thinking, I might do a kind of prequel to this story. The part where she actually goes back in time and the time she spent there. Would you all like it? Would you read (and review) it? Please tell me your opinion, and I will get started on it. The next chapter of this one should be up soon. It's Monday, and I would update, but ff.net is down or something. So, I'll update today, which is Tuesday. R/r!
Shoutouts:
Emma Blue: Thanks, and that's what I intended. Hehehehe.
Killer Angel: Yeah, I'm planning that soon. Maybe a couple of chapters from now.
Ali: Thanks! You are so sweet!
KeeperOfTheMoon: I know! It's so sad too, because I love this pairing! I wish there were more. I know Ziata has a pretty good one. It's called "Mass Murderers Are A Girl's Best Friend". It's really sad though, I wish there were more, compared to the number of Hermione/Remus stories, it's sad.... but go us! We're cool, oh yeah.
Bell: Your teachers are mad! It's the middle of July! Goodness! Anyway, r/r! What do you think about the prequel?
Harry's-Girl: I'm glad you like my story so much. You are so great! I wish you didn't think that about your story though..
American x Dreamer: Cool! A new reviewer! Awesome! So, you like it? What would you think of the prequel thing? Thanks for reviewing!
Porphyrophobic Grape: Yes! I can now spell your screen name without looking! Happy! I know... I'm weird.. ^__^ I get songs stuck in my head all the time. Drives me nuts. Yep. So, Prequel, or no? I need opinions!
A/n: I'm over 50 reviews! I love you guys! *sings lyrics to Superchic[k]* all princes start as frogs, and all gentlemen as dogs... hehehehehehe.. dogs. Get it?
Chapter Nine
So, Christmas had come and gone, with nothing special, except for Harry getting the Firebolt. McGonagall went nuts because of it. She wouldn't let Harry have it. Harry blamed Hermione. She always came back with a "But you don't know who it's from!" But they were over that now. 'There is a new subject.' Ginny thought, frowning.
Ron had got mad when he found out that Scabbers was gone. Evidentially Crookshanks had eaten him. 'I always knew I liked that cat.' Ginny smiled to herself.
They were having a party because they had beat Ravenclaw in the Quidditch game this afternoon. Fred and George had disappeared for a couple of hours, but had come back with loads of butterbeer, pumpkin fizz, and honeydukes's sweets.
"How did you do that?"
Ginny was standing close enough to Harry to hear Fred whisper to him, "With a little help from Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot, and Prongs." Ginny's head snapped up to look at Harry. She HAD to get him alone to question what he knows. 'But then he'll ask why I care. Can I risk it? I guess not...' The party ended at one when Prof. McGonagall came up and told them all to go to bed. When she went back to her room, Ginny snuck out and lied down on the common room couch.
She just couldn't sleep. She had Sirius's old cloak in her hands. It still looked brand new. It still had a lingering smell of his cologne. She loved it. It was one of the few things she had taken from his house before the Ministry went through everything. No one knew she had it, except Ron, who had seen it, and wondered who it belonged to because it was several sizes way too big for her.
She held it close to her as her eyes closed.
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Sirius smiled at the piece of paper that Crookshanks had given him. It had all the passwords for the tower on it. 'Who'd be stupid enough to write down all the passwords, and then LOSE them? Peter would...' Sirius growls, anger rising in him when he thinks of the stupid rat. 'And he's with Gin. No telling what he's done to her, or tried to do. She's probably scarred for life..' he thought as he walked up to the portrait of Sir Caddogan.
The knight walks up sleepily. He yawns, then says, "Who are you to be up at this hour?" He sees the knife in Sirius's pocket. "Ah! A duel! Are you brave enough to challenge me?"
Sirius looks down at the paper. "Butterbeer."
Caddogan looks disappointed. "No Duel? Fine then." The picture swings open, revealing a nearly empty common room. Sirius walks straight to the boys' dorm stairs, but turns when he sees Ginny's sleeping form on the couch.
He smirks. 'She finds me sleeping, and I find her sleeping. How ironic.' She's having a good dream because there's a smile on her face. He takes the cloak out from her arms and covers her with it. He cocks his head. 'That's my cloak. She kept it?' He leans close to her ear and whispers, "I missed you, Gin. We'll be together again, soon, I hope." He then goes up to the third year boy's dorms.
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Ginny woke up when she heard Ron scream. She heard someone running across the room, and managed to get a glimpse, right before he stepped out of the room, of, "Sirius!" He turns at her voice. Their eyes lock for only a second, and then he runs off. Ginny rubs her eyes, looking at the now closed portrait hole. She scratches her head. 'I'm seeing things... this is great..' Some of the boys walked down into the common room. She smiles at Ron and Harry.
Some of the girls walked down, pulling on dressing gowns. Ginny sits up. Ron looks very pale. "Ron, what's wrong? What happened?"
Harry looks at her. "Were you sitting down here? You must have seen him!"
"I was sleeping. Saw who?"
Percy was pinning on his Head Boy badge. Trying to gain control, says, "Everyone back upstairs!"
"Perce-Sirius Black!" said Ron faintly. "In our dormitory! With a knife! Woke me up!"
The common room went very still.
"That's ridiculous, Ron." Percy said. "It was a nightmare, you just had too much to eat."
Ginny says, drawing all attention to her, "Sirius Black? Here? It wasn't a dream...." She goes off into her thoughts.
Ron goes paler. "Did you see him too, Ginny?"
"Now, really, enough's enough!" Prof. McGonagall walked back in. "I am delighted that Gryffindor won the match, but this is getting ridiculous!"
Percy says, "I didn't authorize this, Professor. My brother had a nightmare, and-"
"IT WASN'T A NIGHTMARE!" Ron yelled. "I WOKE UP AND SIRIUS BLACK WAS STANDING OVER ME WITH A KNIFE IN HIS HAND! GINNY SAW HIM TOO!"
McGonagall looks at Ginny, who's trying to hide a smile. McGonagall pales. "How could he have gotten through?"
Ginny looks at the portrait hole. "Ask him."
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After it was confirmed that he had indeed been in the castle, in the Gryffindor tower, the students waited in the common room to hear if he had been captured. Ginny was biting her nails when McGonagall came back in.
McGonagall was looking at the ground. She shakes her head. "We didn't catch him. He's escaped. He's no where in the castle. We searched everywhere."
Ginny sighs in relief. "Thank goodness..." Everyone looks at her. She laughs nervously.
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Ginny was sitting in Lupin's office a couple of days later. It was a Hogsmeade Saturday, so most of the students were gone. She was telling him what had happened from her point of view.
"If he had wanted to hurt me, I would be gone by now. And I can swear that he told me that he missed me. I saw him leave, too. Poor guy.."
Lupin was scratching his chin, thinking deeply. "I don't know, Ginny. It might have been a dream."
"Yeah, I know... I could swear I was awake. I might have just been delusional.. But the point is he didn't hurt me. You can't even argue with that. And the fact that he didn't go after Harry-"
"Was probably just a mistake he made."
Ginny shakes her head. "You know him. He wouldn't have mistaken something like that. He was going for someone else."
"Ron. Why would Sirius want to kill your brother, if he didn't want to hurt you?"
"Not Ron. My brother has a ra-"
"Excuse me." A cold voice said. "I need to borrow Ms.Weasley."
Lupin looks at Ginny, who shrugs and walks through the fire into Snape's office.
************************************************************* A/n: Oooh. What does Snape want her for? I know! Do you though? That is the question. Oh... and the end of the book (and this fic) draws ever nearer. So, I was thinking, I might do a kind of prequel to this story. The part where she actually goes back in time and the time she spent there. Would you all like it? Would you read (and review) it? Please tell me your opinion, and I will get started on it. The next chapter of this one should be up soon. It's Monday, and I would update, but ff.net is down or something. So, I'll update today, which is Tuesday. R/r!
Shoutouts:
Emma Blue: Thanks, and that's what I intended. Hehehehe.
Killer Angel: Yeah, I'm planning that soon. Maybe a couple of chapters from now.
Ali: Thanks! You are so sweet!
KeeperOfTheMoon: I know! It's so sad too, because I love this pairing! I wish there were more. I know Ziata has a pretty good one. It's called "Mass Murderers Are A Girl's Best Friend". It's really sad though, I wish there were more, compared to the number of Hermione/Remus stories, it's sad.... but go us! We're cool, oh yeah.
Bell: Your teachers are mad! It's the middle of July! Goodness! Anyway, r/r! What do you think about the prequel?
Harry's-Girl: I'm glad you like my story so much. You are so great! I wish you didn't think that about your story though..
American x Dreamer: Cool! A new reviewer! Awesome! So, you like it? What would you think of the prequel thing? Thanks for reviewing!
Porphyrophobic Grape: Yes! I can now spell your screen name without looking! Happy! I know... I'm weird.. ^__^ I get songs stuck in my head all the time. Drives me nuts. Yep. So, Prequel, or no? I need opinions!