Chapter 14: The Headquarters of Erised
"How exactly do you plan to stop Peter from telling about Dad and Sirius being animangi?" Harry asked Mary on Saturday afternoon.
"I don't," she said.
"What?" Harry exclaimed, "but you said you could take care of it."
"I can," she said, "but I will need your help, and your mother's."
"What is your plan?" asked Harry.
"I'm going to put their names on the list of animangi," answered Mary.
"How do you expect to do that? Dad and Sirius will not put their names on the list and the Ministry will not let us put them on there for them."
"We do not need them," said Mary, "We will do it through the Headquarters of Erised."
"You can do that?" exclaimed Harry.
"Of course! I can do practically anything I want as long as I am in the Headquarters," said Mary.
"Wow," said Harry, "When are we going to do it?"
"Tonight. We need to come up with a plan so James and Lupin do not discover what we are up to," said Mary. "You go get Katelyn, Ron, and Hermione. I'll go find your mother. Meet me in the library once you have found them."
Harry went to the Gryffindor tower and found his three friends studying. He walked over to them and said softly, "We are suppose to meet Mary in the library. She has a plan to stop Dad and Sirius from getting in trouble for being illegal animangi."
"Really?" said Katelyn, "What is it?"
"Something about the Headquarters of Erised," said Harry.
The four of them left for the library. When they got to the library Lily and Mary were already there.
"What's the plan?" asked Hermione.
"Well, from the Headquarters of Erised I can add James and Sirius's names to the list of animangi so it will look like they have been there all along."
"Really?" said Ron.
"Yes," said Mary.
"So what do you need us to do?" asked Ron.
"Well, I will take Katelyn and someone else to make sure no one walks in on me. The other three need to keep James and Lupin busy," said Mary, "James and Sirius would be mad if they found out we did this and Lupin might tell them."
"I'll go with you," said Harry.
"Alright," said Mary.
"Now the rest of you need to find a way to keep anyone from knowing we are gone."
"I can say that Katelyn was studying with me, and she went to get a book if anyone asks," said Hermione.
"I can tell James that you and I went shopping," said Lily, "Then I just have to make sure that he does not see me again."
"I can say that Harry and I are going to practice Quidditch and we lost the snitch," said Ron.
"That sounds good," said Mary, "we will be heading out at nine tonight. It should only take a few minutes. You two meet me in Lupin's office so we can use floo powder. Can you think of someway to keep Lupin from coming into his office?"
"I can go ask him a question about Defense Against the Dark Arts. That way he would stay in his classroom and explain it to me." said Hermione.
"OK, and we can use the invisibility cloaks so no one will see us," said Harry.
"Well, I think we have it all figured out," said Mary, "Be sure you are there at nine."
At nine o'clock that night Katelyn and Harry snuck into Lupin's office. They were soon followed by Mary.
"Come on," she said taking a jar from the mantle of the fireplace. She took some powder from it and threw it onto the flames. "The Headquarters of Erised," she said.
Harry and Katelyn did the same. When they exited the fireplace, they were in a small room with brick walls.
"Follow me," whispered Mary.
They followed her out into the hallway and then into a large room. Harry recognized the room as the one in his dream from a year ago.
"Stay here," whispered Mary, "if someone comes tell them Hello."
Mary walked over to the mirror on the other side of the room. A few seconds later they heard footsteps in the hall. Katelyn signaled Harry to follow her out into the hall.
"Hello, Kendra," said Katelyn in a loud voice to a girl with short blonde hair.
"Hello," said the girl with a suspicious look on her face, "What are you doing here?"
"I was just showing Harry around. He received the gift we gave last year."
"Nice to meet you," said Kendra.
Mary walked out of the room.
"Oh, you're here too," said Kendra.
"Yes," said Mary, "I forgot something here this morning so I came to get it. I told Harry and Katelyn it would be ok if they came too."
"Oh," said Kendra still looking suspicious.
"We better get going now," said Mary, "see you tomorrow."
"Yes, bye," said Kendra.
When Kendra was out of view Harry whispered to Mary, "Do you think she knows what we are doing?"
"No," said Mary, "And she won't tell anyone even if she did."
"Did you get it done," said Katelyn.
"Yes, now we better get out of here," said Mary.
The three of them returned to the school. Nobody knew they had left.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Please review. I really do like hearing from you. Thanks to: mayka-he heard Harry and he didn't think that they would find Katelyn when she was invisible and couldn't move or talk because of the spell Lady Lily3-thanks Jena Jinn-thanks
"How exactly do you plan to stop Peter from telling about Dad and Sirius being animangi?" Harry asked Mary on Saturday afternoon.
"I don't," she said.
"What?" Harry exclaimed, "but you said you could take care of it."
"I can," she said, "but I will need your help, and your mother's."
"What is your plan?" asked Harry.
"I'm going to put their names on the list of animangi," answered Mary.
"How do you expect to do that? Dad and Sirius will not put their names on the list and the Ministry will not let us put them on there for them."
"We do not need them," said Mary, "We will do it through the Headquarters of Erised."
"You can do that?" exclaimed Harry.
"Of course! I can do practically anything I want as long as I am in the Headquarters," said Mary.
"Wow," said Harry, "When are we going to do it?"
"Tonight. We need to come up with a plan so James and Lupin do not discover what we are up to," said Mary. "You go get Katelyn, Ron, and Hermione. I'll go find your mother. Meet me in the library once you have found them."
Harry went to the Gryffindor tower and found his three friends studying. He walked over to them and said softly, "We are suppose to meet Mary in the library. She has a plan to stop Dad and Sirius from getting in trouble for being illegal animangi."
"Really?" said Katelyn, "What is it?"
"Something about the Headquarters of Erised," said Harry.
The four of them left for the library. When they got to the library Lily and Mary were already there.
"What's the plan?" asked Hermione.
"Well, from the Headquarters of Erised I can add James and Sirius's names to the list of animangi so it will look like they have been there all along."
"Really?" said Ron.
"Yes," said Mary.
"So what do you need us to do?" asked Ron.
"Well, I will take Katelyn and someone else to make sure no one walks in on me. The other three need to keep James and Lupin busy," said Mary, "James and Sirius would be mad if they found out we did this and Lupin might tell them."
"I'll go with you," said Harry.
"Alright," said Mary.
"Now the rest of you need to find a way to keep anyone from knowing we are gone."
"I can say that Katelyn was studying with me, and she went to get a book if anyone asks," said Hermione.
"I can tell James that you and I went shopping," said Lily, "Then I just have to make sure that he does not see me again."
"I can say that Harry and I are going to practice Quidditch and we lost the snitch," said Ron.
"That sounds good," said Mary, "we will be heading out at nine tonight. It should only take a few minutes. You two meet me in Lupin's office so we can use floo powder. Can you think of someway to keep Lupin from coming into his office?"
"I can go ask him a question about Defense Against the Dark Arts. That way he would stay in his classroom and explain it to me." said Hermione.
"OK, and we can use the invisibility cloaks so no one will see us," said Harry.
"Well, I think we have it all figured out," said Mary, "Be sure you are there at nine."
At nine o'clock that night Katelyn and Harry snuck into Lupin's office. They were soon followed by Mary.
"Come on," she said taking a jar from the mantle of the fireplace. She took some powder from it and threw it onto the flames. "The Headquarters of Erised," she said.
Harry and Katelyn did the same. When they exited the fireplace, they were in a small room with brick walls.
"Follow me," whispered Mary.
They followed her out into the hallway and then into a large room. Harry recognized the room as the one in his dream from a year ago.
"Stay here," whispered Mary, "if someone comes tell them Hello."
Mary walked over to the mirror on the other side of the room. A few seconds later they heard footsteps in the hall. Katelyn signaled Harry to follow her out into the hall.
"Hello, Kendra," said Katelyn in a loud voice to a girl with short blonde hair.
"Hello," said the girl with a suspicious look on her face, "What are you doing here?"
"I was just showing Harry around. He received the gift we gave last year."
"Nice to meet you," said Kendra.
Mary walked out of the room.
"Oh, you're here too," said Kendra.
"Yes," said Mary, "I forgot something here this morning so I came to get it. I told Harry and Katelyn it would be ok if they came too."
"Oh," said Kendra still looking suspicious.
"We better get going now," said Mary, "see you tomorrow."
"Yes, bye," said Kendra.
When Kendra was out of view Harry whispered to Mary, "Do you think she knows what we are doing?"
"No," said Mary, "And she won't tell anyone even if she did."
"Did you get it done," said Katelyn.
"Yes, now we better get out of here," said Mary.
The three of them returned to the school. Nobody knew they had left.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Please review. I really do like hearing from you. Thanks to: mayka-he heard Harry and he didn't think that they would find Katelyn when she was invisible and couldn't move or talk because of the spell Lady Lily3-thanks Jena Jinn-thanks