Hogsmende Visit Cancelled
It was snowing hard, winter was finally setting in a little later then normal; but they weren't complaining. They went to bed with it snowing and then woke up next morning covered a couple of feet deep, lesson's outside had been cancelled of course. The corridors were freezing as well, Nissa wore about three layers of clothes but she was still freezing and took up borrowing Sirius' cloak as well.
"You know considering that you have your own shop, why not make something that's a little thicker." Sirius told her as he handed over his cloak again, as they walked down corridor to their next lesson.
"Because she knows there's no need, because you'll lend her yours." James told him smiling.
"What, do you want me to get a cold or something?" Sirius asked her.
Nissa turned round and walked backwards. "No, of course. I've got a new cloak coming; it should hopefully be here in the next couple of days. Fabric from home, its lovely and so warm you wouldn't believe."
"From the manner?" Remus asked her.
"No, from home where I come from." Nissa told them turning back round.
"What was that supposed too mean?" James asked Sirius.
Sirius shrugged. "Got me, I just nod along sometimes even when I don't have clue what she's talking about."
"That explains a lot, you do that with us as well don't you." Remus said.
Sirius smiled. "We can't all be brainy like you Remus, I have my good looks; I have to at less come off smart as well."
They all laughed at him as he pretends to pose walking down the corridor, the girls giggling and smiling at him; still thinking that he's gorgeous.
***
Everyone was looking forward to visiting Hogsmende before the Christmas holidays; they only had four days to wait. The morning post arrived; most people had started getting the Daily Prophet delivered to them so they could keep up to date with what was going outside school. And this morning was no different hundreds of owls flew down and dropped newspapers, letters and parcels to the students sitting along their house tables.
Natalie got a paper dropped in front of her; she picked it up lightly and past it to James sat next to her.
"You read it; I don't like reading it anymore." Natalie told him.
He smiled kindle at her and took the paper, he opened it out; the headline told them everything.
"Hogsmende was attacked last night." James told them all, everyone looked over at him.
"But that's so close." Lily said.
"Nothing and no one can get us here, Dumbledore's here; he's the greatest wizard in the world." Sirius told them. "No one can hurt us while Dumbledore's around; even Voldermot wouldn't dare come near here and take him on."
"Don't even say his name." Polly said wincing.
"He's right though, Dumbledore wouldn't let anything happen to us." James said. "It says here that, unknown numbers attacked the village Hogsmende; which boarders with Hogwarts school of Wizardary and Witch Craft. Two houses were attacked, and that there were one death; and the rest injured. It is thought that they were trying to get to Hogwarts, though there is no proof."
"Here, they're coming here." Natalie said sounding worried.
"They wouldn't come here." Nissa told them. "Unless they're had lost their minds completely, and I doubt that. They want to put fear into people, and its working; especially if people think that the school is in danger."
"She's right." Sirius said. "We're safe here."
Dumbledore stood up everyone stop talking when they realised that he wanted to talk to them, which he had never done so early in the morning before; but considering the papers.
"My I have your attention." Dumbledore said. "I know that most of you must have read the morning paper by now, there has it fact been an attack on Hogsmende. There has only been one death, and seven injuries. Therefore, all Hogsmende visits have been cancelled until farer notice. I'm sure that you all understand it light of thing's, and I hope that none of you and I repeat none of you; will take it upon yourselves to find another way out of the school to visit the village, this is for your own safety."
Everyone started to talk as soon as Dumbledore had sat back down, yes they were disappointed about not being able to visit Hogsmende but they agreed with Dumbledore this time.
"Who in their right mind would want to seek out there?" Lily asked. "And there isn't any ways, are there?"
"You never know, it's an old school." Nissa said, and then kicked Sirius in the leg. "Don't even think about it."
"I wasn't." Sirius told her, not that she believed him.
"Do you still want to stay considering?" Lily asked her.
"Yes, of course; I would only be going home alone after all." Nissa answered. "Better be here, then there on my own; I can't do magic there but I can here."
"That's a point isn't." Lily said thoughtfully.
"So you're still staying as well." James asked her eagerly.
"It would be safer wouldn't it, and we can still do magic as well." Lily said thoughtfully.
"She's staying." Nissa said.
"We're still going home." Natalie told them. "Anyway my mum and dad are wizards so I'm alright, as are my older brothers; and they've left school."
Everyone talked about nothing else but the attack for the rest of the week, Nissa had cornered Sirius and made him swear that he and his friends wouldn't go into Hogsmende until Dumbledore gave the all clear; he only agreed because she had told him that she would tell if they did, and he believed her.
On the Saturday morning when they were going home, half the teacher's went out to the station with the students to make sure that they were alright and the other half stayed at the school with the students who were staying. And even half the teachers which went to station, travelled to King's Cross; just until they were with their parents not wanting to take any risks. Then themselves apperated into Hogsmende and walked up to the school.
"Don't you think it's a little over kill?" James asked.
"No it isn't, that's the whole point." Nissa said sat next to Sirius.
Sirius was looking at her new cloak, he couldn't see how this was going to make her warm; it was so thin but it was warm next to his skin.
"Where did you get this from?" Sirius asked her.
"Is he alright? He's asking about fabric, that isn't normal behaviour." Lily said as she sat down next to James in front of the fire.
They all laughed as Nissa got up and took the cloak off and wrapped it around Lily's shoulders, it took her quit by surprise; it was so thin and light but it was so warm.
"This is lovely." Lily said as she took it off reluctantly and gave it back to Nissa.
"It's a magical fabric, from where I'm from." Nissa told them. "I'm just glad that I could get some, it was quit hard to find."
Over the holidays, they kept themselves entertained but they needed something else; Sirius decided after Nissa and Lily had gone to bed they would go to Hogsmende. James was up for it of course, but Remus wasn't and of course Peter didn't even want to think about it, but if they were going then he would.
"This is stupid even for you two." Remus told them as they all stood in front of the entrance which would take them into Hogsmende. "I know there haven't been anymore attacks in the village but that doesn't mean anything does it?"
"Come on Remus, where's your sense of advantage?" Sirius asked him smiling.
"There's sense of advantage and there's being insane, you're insane." Remus told them.
Sirius just smiled at him as he put his arm around his shoulder and moved him towards the opening James and Peter were going through.
"You owe me one." Remus told him.
"Of course mate, anything you want I'll give or do for you." Sirius told him.
They walked on for a bit until Remus turned round smiling.
"I've got it, if you and Nis can ever make it; which is going too be harder then anything. I'll be your best man, and Godfather." Remus joked.
"Ok, done. "Sirius told him very seriously.
"I was joking, I could never be a Godfather; I'm a werewolf." Remus told him.
"I'm not; Nis is a werewolf as well; who cares." Sirius told him. "You've got the job."
"Ok then, Sirius can be mine, I'll be yours Remus; and we can all be Peter's." James told them all.
"I get three best men?" Peter asks.
"Yeah, why not." James said.
They talked about it all the way into Hogsmende, well ideas what they could do for a stag night; a James night as Sirius liked to call it considering that he was a stag.
They walked through the empty streets towards the pub, they were wearing brown and blue cloaks; black wasn't a good colour to wear nowadays. The Death Eater's dressed in black, they didn't want people thinking they were Death Eater's.
They walked in and all went to bar together, Hagrid was already in there drinking and talking loudly. They knew they couldn't stay long now, they hadn't wanted too really just to get out of school for a while.
Remus moved them over to the corner so that Hagrid wouldn't over hear them talking, that would be all they needed to get caught after everything which had happened.
Remus had finished his drink first wanting to leave as soon as they could, but James and Sirius were taking their time. Sirius got up to get Remus another drink for while he was waiting for them to finish considering he seemed in the mind for drinking.
"I don't need another drink." Remus hissed at him but he didn't listen, and of course he couldn't shout him because Hagrid was only two tables away from them.
As Sirius got to the bar, there was an ear prising scream from outside. Everyone looked at one another, and then they pulled their wands out as they stood; Sirius quickly went back over to his table.
"I think its time that we go." Sirius told them.
"I've got the cloak; we'll put it on as soon as we're outside." James told them. "We'll stick with Hagrid; don't make it look as though we're doing so."
Peter was clinging to James' sleeve as they slowly followed everyone outside; they walked behind Hagrid's large bulk. They crowd didn't have to go far before they meet the woman who had screamed.
"My house, my house!" The woman screamed at them.
The men all looked at her pushing her into the middle of the group, as they walked down the street towards the houses; but they didn't need to go all the way. They could see the dark mark hovering over the house from where they stood, James throw the cloak over them.
"We have to go now." James hissed at them.
They slowly made their past the group but staying near them for as long as they could; before having to leave them to get to the tree without being seen opening it. They don't know how they managed it, but they got back to school and back to their rooms; none of them could sleep after seeing the dark mark for themselves and wondering what was going to be in the papers tomorrow.
Next morning looking as though they hadn't slept a wick, they sat together not talking; waiting for the post. IT arrived as it normally did, they all got papers.
"Another attack." Nissa read. "In Hogsmende."
She looked over at them but they wouldn't look at her.
"Someone died." Lily said.
James couldn't read the paper, none of them could eat; they had been so close to it all happening.
"You were there weren't you?" Nissa shouted at Sirius after breakfast. "I don't believe you."
"Nissa, we..." Sirius said.
"No, you went after I asked you not to go, even Dumbledore told you not to go; but you still went." Nissa shouted. "You could have been killed yourself; if they knew that you were only students. You can be so stupid sometimes; I just can't believe that you would do something like this. I trusted you not to go, that you would have more sense; but you still went. You could have been hurt or killed."
"I wasn't though, none of us was." Sirius told her stepping closer, she let him at first and then she stepped back shacking her head at him.
"No, not this time." Nissa told him, she turned round and walked into the open door. She stumbled backwards and pushed it out if her way and quickly walked off.
Sirius went to find his friends, he sat next to Remus.
"You can put that best man speech on hold for a while." Sirius told him.
"Not too happy I take it." Remus said. "Do you want me to talk to her?"
"No its alright just give her time to cool down." Sirius told him.
It was snowing hard, winter was finally setting in a little later then normal; but they weren't complaining. They went to bed with it snowing and then woke up next morning covered a couple of feet deep, lesson's outside had been cancelled of course. The corridors were freezing as well, Nissa wore about three layers of clothes but she was still freezing and took up borrowing Sirius' cloak as well.
"You know considering that you have your own shop, why not make something that's a little thicker." Sirius told her as he handed over his cloak again, as they walked down corridor to their next lesson.
"Because she knows there's no need, because you'll lend her yours." James told him smiling.
"What, do you want me to get a cold or something?" Sirius asked her.
Nissa turned round and walked backwards. "No, of course. I've got a new cloak coming; it should hopefully be here in the next couple of days. Fabric from home, its lovely and so warm you wouldn't believe."
"From the manner?" Remus asked her.
"No, from home where I come from." Nissa told them turning back round.
"What was that supposed too mean?" James asked Sirius.
Sirius shrugged. "Got me, I just nod along sometimes even when I don't have clue what she's talking about."
"That explains a lot, you do that with us as well don't you." Remus said.
Sirius smiled. "We can't all be brainy like you Remus, I have my good looks; I have to at less come off smart as well."
They all laughed at him as he pretends to pose walking down the corridor, the girls giggling and smiling at him; still thinking that he's gorgeous.
***
Everyone was looking forward to visiting Hogsmende before the Christmas holidays; they only had four days to wait. The morning post arrived; most people had started getting the Daily Prophet delivered to them so they could keep up to date with what was going outside school. And this morning was no different hundreds of owls flew down and dropped newspapers, letters and parcels to the students sitting along their house tables.
Natalie got a paper dropped in front of her; she picked it up lightly and past it to James sat next to her.
"You read it; I don't like reading it anymore." Natalie told him.
He smiled kindle at her and took the paper, he opened it out; the headline told them everything.
"Hogsmende was attacked last night." James told them all, everyone looked over at him.
"But that's so close." Lily said.
"Nothing and no one can get us here, Dumbledore's here; he's the greatest wizard in the world." Sirius told them. "No one can hurt us while Dumbledore's around; even Voldermot wouldn't dare come near here and take him on."
"Don't even say his name." Polly said wincing.
"He's right though, Dumbledore wouldn't let anything happen to us." James said. "It says here that, unknown numbers attacked the village Hogsmende; which boarders with Hogwarts school of Wizardary and Witch Craft. Two houses were attacked, and that there were one death; and the rest injured. It is thought that they were trying to get to Hogwarts, though there is no proof."
"Here, they're coming here." Natalie said sounding worried.
"They wouldn't come here." Nissa told them. "Unless they're had lost their minds completely, and I doubt that. They want to put fear into people, and its working; especially if people think that the school is in danger."
"She's right." Sirius said. "We're safe here."
Dumbledore stood up everyone stop talking when they realised that he wanted to talk to them, which he had never done so early in the morning before; but considering the papers.
"My I have your attention." Dumbledore said. "I know that most of you must have read the morning paper by now, there has it fact been an attack on Hogsmende. There has only been one death, and seven injuries. Therefore, all Hogsmende visits have been cancelled until farer notice. I'm sure that you all understand it light of thing's, and I hope that none of you and I repeat none of you; will take it upon yourselves to find another way out of the school to visit the village, this is for your own safety."
Everyone started to talk as soon as Dumbledore had sat back down, yes they were disappointed about not being able to visit Hogsmende but they agreed with Dumbledore this time.
"Who in their right mind would want to seek out there?" Lily asked. "And there isn't any ways, are there?"
"You never know, it's an old school." Nissa said, and then kicked Sirius in the leg. "Don't even think about it."
"I wasn't." Sirius told her, not that she believed him.
"Do you still want to stay considering?" Lily asked her.
"Yes, of course; I would only be going home alone after all." Nissa answered. "Better be here, then there on my own; I can't do magic there but I can here."
"That's a point isn't." Lily said thoughtfully.
"So you're still staying as well." James asked her eagerly.
"It would be safer wouldn't it, and we can still do magic as well." Lily said thoughtfully.
"She's staying." Nissa said.
"We're still going home." Natalie told them. "Anyway my mum and dad are wizards so I'm alright, as are my older brothers; and they've left school."
Everyone talked about nothing else but the attack for the rest of the week, Nissa had cornered Sirius and made him swear that he and his friends wouldn't go into Hogsmende until Dumbledore gave the all clear; he only agreed because she had told him that she would tell if they did, and he believed her.
On the Saturday morning when they were going home, half the teacher's went out to the station with the students to make sure that they were alright and the other half stayed at the school with the students who were staying. And even half the teachers which went to station, travelled to King's Cross; just until they were with their parents not wanting to take any risks. Then themselves apperated into Hogsmende and walked up to the school.
"Don't you think it's a little over kill?" James asked.
"No it isn't, that's the whole point." Nissa said sat next to Sirius.
Sirius was looking at her new cloak, he couldn't see how this was going to make her warm; it was so thin but it was warm next to his skin.
"Where did you get this from?" Sirius asked her.
"Is he alright? He's asking about fabric, that isn't normal behaviour." Lily said as she sat down next to James in front of the fire.
They all laughed as Nissa got up and took the cloak off and wrapped it around Lily's shoulders, it took her quit by surprise; it was so thin and light but it was so warm.
"This is lovely." Lily said as she took it off reluctantly and gave it back to Nissa.
"It's a magical fabric, from where I'm from." Nissa told them. "I'm just glad that I could get some, it was quit hard to find."
Over the holidays, they kept themselves entertained but they needed something else; Sirius decided after Nissa and Lily had gone to bed they would go to Hogsmende. James was up for it of course, but Remus wasn't and of course Peter didn't even want to think about it, but if they were going then he would.
"This is stupid even for you two." Remus told them as they all stood in front of the entrance which would take them into Hogsmende. "I know there haven't been anymore attacks in the village but that doesn't mean anything does it?"
"Come on Remus, where's your sense of advantage?" Sirius asked him smiling.
"There's sense of advantage and there's being insane, you're insane." Remus told them.
Sirius just smiled at him as he put his arm around his shoulder and moved him towards the opening James and Peter were going through.
"You owe me one." Remus told him.
"Of course mate, anything you want I'll give or do for you." Sirius told him.
They walked on for a bit until Remus turned round smiling.
"I've got it, if you and Nis can ever make it; which is going too be harder then anything. I'll be your best man, and Godfather." Remus joked.
"Ok, done. "Sirius told him very seriously.
"I was joking, I could never be a Godfather; I'm a werewolf." Remus told him.
"I'm not; Nis is a werewolf as well; who cares." Sirius told him. "You've got the job."
"Ok then, Sirius can be mine, I'll be yours Remus; and we can all be Peter's." James told them all.
"I get three best men?" Peter asks.
"Yeah, why not." James said.
They talked about it all the way into Hogsmende, well ideas what they could do for a stag night; a James night as Sirius liked to call it considering that he was a stag.
They walked through the empty streets towards the pub, they were wearing brown and blue cloaks; black wasn't a good colour to wear nowadays. The Death Eater's dressed in black, they didn't want people thinking they were Death Eater's.
They walked in and all went to bar together, Hagrid was already in there drinking and talking loudly. They knew they couldn't stay long now, they hadn't wanted too really just to get out of school for a while.
Remus moved them over to the corner so that Hagrid wouldn't over hear them talking, that would be all they needed to get caught after everything which had happened.
Remus had finished his drink first wanting to leave as soon as they could, but James and Sirius were taking their time. Sirius got up to get Remus another drink for while he was waiting for them to finish considering he seemed in the mind for drinking.
"I don't need another drink." Remus hissed at him but he didn't listen, and of course he couldn't shout him because Hagrid was only two tables away from them.
As Sirius got to the bar, there was an ear prising scream from outside. Everyone looked at one another, and then they pulled their wands out as they stood; Sirius quickly went back over to his table.
"I think its time that we go." Sirius told them.
"I've got the cloak; we'll put it on as soon as we're outside." James told them. "We'll stick with Hagrid; don't make it look as though we're doing so."
Peter was clinging to James' sleeve as they slowly followed everyone outside; they walked behind Hagrid's large bulk. They crowd didn't have to go far before they meet the woman who had screamed.
"My house, my house!" The woman screamed at them.
The men all looked at her pushing her into the middle of the group, as they walked down the street towards the houses; but they didn't need to go all the way. They could see the dark mark hovering over the house from where they stood, James throw the cloak over them.
"We have to go now." James hissed at them.
They slowly made their past the group but staying near them for as long as they could; before having to leave them to get to the tree without being seen opening it. They don't know how they managed it, but they got back to school and back to their rooms; none of them could sleep after seeing the dark mark for themselves and wondering what was going to be in the papers tomorrow.
Next morning looking as though they hadn't slept a wick, they sat together not talking; waiting for the post. IT arrived as it normally did, they all got papers.
"Another attack." Nissa read. "In Hogsmende."
She looked over at them but they wouldn't look at her.
"Someone died." Lily said.
James couldn't read the paper, none of them could eat; they had been so close to it all happening.
"You were there weren't you?" Nissa shouted at Sirius after breakfast. "I don't believe you."
"Nissa, we..." Sirius said.
"No, you went after I asked you not to go, even Dumbledore told you not to go; but you still went." Nissa shouted. "You could have been killed yourself; if they knew that you were only students. You can be so stupid sometimes; I just can't believe that you would do something like this. I trusted you not to go, that you would have more sense; but you still went. You could have been hurt or killed."
"I wasn't though, none of us was." Sirius told her stepping closer, she let him at first and then she stepped back shacking her head at him.
"No, not this time." Nissa told him, she turned round and walked into the open door. She stumbled backwards and pushed it out if her way and quickly walked off.
Sirius went to find his friends, he sat next to Remus.
"You can put that best man speech on hold for a while." Sirius told him.
"Not too happy I take it." Remus said. "Do you want me to talk to her?"
"No its alright just give her time to cool down." Sirius told him.