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it appears early on the page. This is short. Sorry about that. Maybe the
next one will be longer if I can figure out what to write. Thanks go to my
reviewers!
Michael- Thanks. I'm glad you like me short chapters. It's just what I have down in a week.
Wolfmoon- You review for every chapter! Thanks so much. You mean a lot to me!
Shdurrani- you spent the whole day reading this story? I'm so flattered. Thanks for staying with it. Keep reviewing and reading.
Tom Riddle's Son- how do you like your characters? I feel so bad that you checked so many times for the next chapter. Since I finished this one early, I'm posting it right away so hopefully I don't waste your time as you check so much.
Moonlight- I'm glad you liked the new character. I love animals also. I wouldn't have a problem with the beast element either but I would really want the element of the mind. It's my favorite.
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Sirius awoke early the next morning. He sat up on the couch he was sitting on. Looking out one of the windows, he saw the sun beginning to rise. He tried to go back to sleep but couldn't. He kept on thinking about his godson sleeping in his room.
After a few minutes, he decided to check up on Harry. Walking to his room, Sirius opened the door and gasped. The room was freezing cold. He noticed a window wide open in the small room. Walking to the window, he quickly shut it as quietly as possible. Harry was curled up in a ball on the bed. Leaving the room, Sirius swore that he didn't open the window. Why would he open the window when it's so cold outside? It was nice and warm in the room.
Sirius went back to the couch and sat down. He pulled blankets up tot himself to fall back to sleep. It was unlike him to wake up so early. He was the one who slept till noon! Sirius fell asleep a few minutes later.
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Julia woke up in the fifth year girl dorm. She was sleeping near Caroline's bed. Her bed was near the wall so Julia could sleep there without anyone seeing her before she saw the headmaster of the school. She sat up and grabbed a textbook that was sitting on Caroline's trunk. It was titled, *Charms for Everyday Life *. Julia read some in interest. She never went to a school for magic. Her parents taught her at home and they didn't teach her everything that is taught in a regular school. All she was taught was the dark arts. Once in a while, she would be able to get her hands on a book that wasn't of the dark arts and read it late at night. If her parents caught her with it, it would be a huge punishment in store for her. Just like there would be a huge punishment in store for her if her parents found out that she was sleeping at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Especially since the headmaster is Albus Dumbledore, the dark lord's biggest enemy.
Next to her, Caroline began to stir in her sleep. It was about six thirty in the morning. It was a Tuesday and there would be classes today for the regular students. Other people that Julia didn't know were awaking and heading off to the bathrooms to shower. Julia tried to keep as quiet as possible while turning the pages in the book.
"Julia?" a quiet voice asked. Julia looked up in surprise and jumped when she saw Caroline looking down at her.
"You scared me!" Julia exclaimed quietly.
"Sorry," Caroline replied snickering. Julia set down the book. Liz awoke on the other side of the room. She waited until all of the girls were out except Hermione. Then Liz ran over and jumped onto Caroline's bed. It would look strange if everyone saw the two of them looking off the side of Caroline's bed.
"What are you looking at?" Hermione asked. She was already dressed and ready for the day. She was putting books in a bag on her bed.
"We want you to meet someone," Liz said. In the corner, Julia looked up at them in surprise. She was suppose to be kept secret.
"She's with us," Caroline replied noticing Julia's response. Julia nodded her understanding. A few seconds later, the head of another girl appeared, looking over the edge of the bed. Julia supposed that she was Hermione. Caroline and Liz described what happened the other night and how they got Julia. A knock was heard at the door.
"Come in," Liz replied. Julia put her head down so that the person coming in wouldn't see her.
"Is the coast clear?" a voice asked coming into the room. Matt and Jake were entering. Ron was following them. He had already been told about Julia. Julia sat upright. There was no need to hide from the boys.
"What are we going to do?" Liz asked.
"The real question is do we tell Dumbledore or Stacy first?" Matt replied. They thought for a moment.
"Since Stacy will be teaching her," Jake started, "shouldn't we tell her first?"
"That would be smart," Hermione said. "Then you could worry about telling Dumbledore." They talked about how they could bring up the topic when Jake noticed something.
"Aren't we missing people from our little entourage?" he asked. They looked around.
"Did Harry ever return last night?" Caroline asked. Julia looked up at her confused. "We'll explain later," she quickly said.
"I don't think so," Matt said. "I didn't see him. Did Ashley come up?"
"No," Liz replied. "So if Ashley is still sleeping down there, then Harry never came back."
"Where is he?" Ron asked.
"With Sirius," Hermione answered.
"Then where's Sirius?" Ron asked.
Hermione thought for a minute before looking at her watch. "Maybe at breakfast," she responded.
"Stacy will be there also," Jake pointed out.
"How do we get Julia through the halls?" Liz asked.
"An invisibility cloak!" Ron exclaimed. "I can grab Harry's."
"It's our only shot," Jake said as Ron dashed out only to return a few seconds later with the cloth hidden in his robes.
"Julia, put this over you and we'll be on our way," Caroline said taking the cloak from Ron and giving it to Julia. Julia covered herself with it. "Let's go." They walked out of the dorm and down the stairs.
"Here's number five," Jake said. He was looking towards the couch. Ashley was sleeping under a few blankets. Deciding not to disturb her needed sleep, they walked out of the common room and down towards the Great Hall.
^I hope you don't mind be switching like this all the time! ^^^
Sirius woke up again at seven from a knocking at his door. He rubbed his eyes before standing and opening it. Remus was standing there.
"Sleep well?" he asked with a snicker.
"Not really," Sirius replied truthfully. He gave up thinking of a witty comment to say back.
"How's Harry?" Remus asked.
"He was still sleeping when I checked on him before," Sirius replied. "You can go check on him." Remus walked to Sirius' room and opened the door.
"Sirius!" Remus exclaimed quietly. "Why did you leave the window open? It's freezing in here!" Sirius looked at him in confusion. He swore he closed it.
"I closed it before," he exclaimed.
"Then why is it open?" Remus asked from the doorway. Sirius walked to the room. It was cold and the window was open.
"When I checked on him before the window was open but I closed it," Sirius said. "Maybe I dreamt it?"
"Maybe," Remus answered closing the window. He looked over at Harry who was still sleeping. The two men walked out of the small room and shut the door behind them.
"Do you want me to bring something back for you two for breakfast?" Remus asked knowing that Sirius wouldn't leave that room until Harry was awake and feeling better.
"That would be great," Sirius responded smiling. Remus exited the room to head down to breakfast. Sirius sat on the couch and picked up the Daily Prophet from the other day. He looked through it but saw nothing interesting. It was all old news.
He read for a few minutes longer until he heard a sneeze coming from the bedroom. Standing up, he walked toward the room and opened the door. Harry was still laying down but this time he was staring out the window. The open window.
"Kido, did you open this window?" Sirius asked confused. He went over to it and closed it. "It's too cold in here. You'll get sick." Harry just stared out the window. He didn't take any notice to Sirius.
"Come on, Harry, breakfast should be here soon," Sirius said before walking out of the room. He came back a few seconds later, realizing that Harry wasn't following. "Are you coming?" Harry didn't answer.
"Padfoot!" a voice called from the other room. Remus was back.
"Coming!" Sirius called before walking out of the room, leaving the door opened.
"Is he awake yet?" Remus asked as he set down a tray of food on a table.
"Yea," Sirius responded. "He's not taking any notice to me, though. I also think I found out how the window opened."
"How?" Remus asked.
"I think Harry opened it but I don't know why," Sirius answered. He took a plate and put some food on it. "Come on. I'm going to bring this to him." They walked back to Harry's room. Sirius set the food practically in front of Harry's face. Harry just moved over.
"You really should eat, Harry," Remus said observing the teenager's behavior. It wasn't normal. Harry looked at the food and picked up the fork. He had a bite before putting the fork back on the plate. He didn't touch it again.
"Eat the whole plate, Harry," Sirius ordered. Harry didn't pick up the fork.
"Sirius, I'm going to go talk to Stacy," Remus said. "I'll see you later." He left the room and headed out into the hallway. He walked towards the Great Hall. It was as loud as ever. The students were still inside eating and talking. Some students were yelling across the table. He spotted Stacy next to Dumbledore. Ron, Hermione, Jake, Matt, Caroline and Liz were talking to her before walking over to Gryffindor table. Stacy looked puzzled.
"What's on your mind?" Remus asked walking up to her.
"I was just told some very interesting news," she answered. "It seems that we keep on adding on new elementals to our side."
"How's that so?" Remus asked.
"A girl with the element beast has showed up and I need to teach her," Stacy answered. "So anything new happen?"
"Actually yes," Remus answered. "We have a very big problem."
"Not another one!" Stacy said putting her head in her hands. "What's the problem?"
"It's quite serious," Remus answered. Stacy looked up at once.
"How serious?" she asked worried.
"Very serious," Moony answered. "Harry is up in Sirius' room and he won't talk or eat. He just stares out the window with pained eyes."
"What do you think is the matter?" Stacy asked.
"That was what I hoped you would know," Remus answered. She stood from her seat.
"Let's go see him," she said. They walked out of the Great Hall and down towards the teachers' rooms to find Harry. They walked into the small apartment that Sirius had. They found Sirius sitting on a couch with his head in his hands.
"What's wrong?" Remus asked. Sirius looked up.
"I don't know what's wrong. He won't tell me!" he answered.
"Let me try," Stacy said leaving the two to talk while she went to speak to Harry. Walking inside she found him sitting near the window. He had moved since this morning.
"Harry?" Stacy tried. He looked up at her before looking away. Stacy saw the pain in his eyes. She pulled up a chair next to Harry and sat down. She was silent as she looked to where he was looking. It was over the lake. They were silent a few minutes until Stacy accomplished what she wanted.
"Why are you here?" Harry asked softly. Stacy got him to talk.
"I just wanted to see where you were," she answered. "The others were there but you weren't. I thought you were out on the field." Stacy's answer had some fact. He wasn't there and she did wonder where he was but also Ashley wasn't at breakfast either.
There was a moment of silence. "Matt was going to play Quidditch today and wanted to know if you wanted to play," Stacy lied. She had to get him to talk.
He shook his head. "No," he said. His answer hit Stacy like a million killing curses. Harry always played Quidditch.
"Are you sure?" she asked. "He didn't have anyone else to play with."
"I don't want to," Harry answered. Stacy asked him a few more questions but always got the same answer. He didn't want to do anything. Not even the things he loved. Stacy observed him more until returning to where she left Remus and Sirius. They saw hr return and bombarded her with questions.
"How is he?" Sirius asked.
"Did anything happen last night that could've triggered a bag memory?" she asked. She already knew the answer.
"I knew it!" Remus exclaimed quietly.
"Yes," Sirius answered. "He was reminded of when a boy was killed."
"That's what I thought," Stacy said.
"Do you know what's wrong?" Sirius asked.
Stacy thought of the right words to say. "Yes I do," she answered. "I believe he is falling into depression." Remus and Sirius were speechless.
"What do we do?" Sirius asked.
"It's not severe yet but try to get him to forget the memory and get back into doing regular things. Don't let him sit in there thinking because it will get worse." There was a knock at the door. Sirius walked over and opened it.
"Have you seen Harry?" Ashley asked as she walked in. She had just woken up and realized that she was on the couch.
"He's in the bedroom," Remus answered. She was heading there before they stopped her.
"Ashley," Stacy started. "Harry is not acting like himself."
"What's wrong?" she asked terrified.
"He has a small case of depression," she answered. Ashley sat down very quickly on the couch in shock.
"What can I do?" she asked.
"Just don't ask him to think about the third task and get him to do things that are normal for him," Sirius answered.
"That's what happened didn't it?" Ashley asked furiously. "HE reminded Harry of last year and Harry slipped into depression!" They nodded.
"Just try to get him to think of other things. Things that are more cheerful," Stacy said. After thinking Ashley had an idea.
"I have an idea," she said. "I just don't know where he put it!"
"Put what?" Sirius asked. Ashley ignored him put kept on thinking.
"I know where!" she exclaimed before pointing her wand at the window and shouting, "Accio picture!" A few seconds later, a picture in a picture frame came flying towards the window. They opened the window to let the frame in before closing it again.
"This will make him happy," Ashley said looking at the picture.
"What is it?" Sirius asked. Ashley showed the three adults the picture and they started laughing.
"When did you do that?" Remus asked.
"In the beginning of summer," she answered before walking toward the door of the bedroom and opening it. Harry was still by the window.
"Hey Wolf," Ashley said holding the picture at her side. Harry looked at her before looking back out the window. "I was looking through some pictures and I wanted to know if you wanted to send this as a Christmas present." Harry looked at her in confusion. The window was wide open but Ashley didn't close it. They had the door closed for their privacy. The room was too small for them. They needed the window open.
"What do you think of it?" Ashley asked before showing Harry the picture. A smile immediately broke out as he laughed. It was the picture of the time they went to the Dursley's house. It was the picture Matt took of the neon- colored Dursleys. The laughed for awhile until Sirius walked in. He had heard the laughter.
"Why is it so cold in here?" he asked. "Why is the window open again?" He walked over and shut it.
"Then open the door," Ashley said.
"Why?" Sirius asked.
"Because this room is too small," she answered.
"No it's not," Sirius said looking around.
"For someone who's claustrophobic, yea it is," Ashley said. Sirius opened the door before something dawned on him.
"You're claustrophobic?" he asked. Ashley nodded. "So you left the window open." Ashley nodded again. Sirius looked at Harry. "And you keep on opening the window." Harry nodded knowing where Sirius was getting at.
"I'm claustrophobic also," Harry answered. Sirius looked taken back. Not because Harry kept the secret but because he had actually talked. Stacy and Remus walked in to see what was the commotion about.
"So Harry," Ashley asked. "How about a game of Quidditch? WE need to practice."
"Let's go," Harry replied to the surprise of everyone. Harry and Ashley both walked out of the room to go grab their brooms.
Sirius, Stacy and Remus said at the same time, "He's back," before cracking up.
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Michael- Thanks. I'm glad you like me short chapters. It's just what I have down in a week.
Wolfmoon- You review for every chapter! Thanks so much. You mean a lot to me!
Shdurrani- you spent the whole day reading this story? I'm so flattered. Thanks for staying with it. Keep reviewing and reading.
Tom Riddle's Son- how do you like your characters? I feel so bad that you checked so many times for the next chapter. Since I finished this one early, I'm posting it right away so hopefully I don't waste your time as you check so much.
Moonlight- I'm glad you liked the new character. I love animals also. I wouldn't have a problem with the beast element either but I would really want the element of the mind. It's my favorite.
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Sirius awoke early the next morning. He sat up on the couch he was sitting on. Looking out one of the windows, he saw the sun beginning to rise. He tried to go back to sleep but couldn't. He kept on thinking about his godson sleeping in his room.
After a few minutes, he decided to check up on Harry. Walking to his room, Sirius opened the door and gasped. The room was freezing cold. He noticed a window wide open in the small room. Walking to the window, he quickly shut it as quietly as possible. Harry was curled up in a ball on the bed. Leaving the room, Sirius swore that he didn't open the window. Why would he open the window when it's so cold outside? It was nice and warm in the room.
Sirius went back to the couch and sat down. He pulled blankets up tot himself to fall back to sleep. It was unlike him to wake up so early. He was the one who slept till noon! Sirius fell asleep a few minutes later.
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Julia woke up in the fifth year girl dorm. She was sleeping near Caroline's bed. Her bed was near the wall so Julia could sleep there without anyone seeing her before she saw the headmaster of the school. She sat up and grabbed a textbook that was sitting on Caroline's trunk. It was titled, *Charms for Everyday Life *. Julia read some in interest. She never went to a school for magic. Her parents taught her at home and they didn't teach her everything that is taught in a regular school. All she was taught was the dark arts. Once in a while, she would be able to get her hands on a book that wasn't of the dark arts and read it late at night. If her parents caught her with it, it would be a huge punishment in store for her. Just like there would be a huge punishment in store for her if her parents found out that she was sleeping at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Especially since the headmaster is Albus Dumbledore, the dark lord's biggest enemy.
Next to her, Caroline began to stir in her sleep. It was about six thirty in the morning. It was a Tuesday and there would be classes today for the regular students. Other people that Julia didn't know were awaking and heading off to the bathrooms to shower. Julia tried to keep as quiet as possible while turning the pages in the book.
"Julia?" a quiet voice asked. Julia looked up in surprise and jumped when she saw Caroline looking down at her.
"You scared me!" Julia exclaimed quietly.
"Sorry," Caroline replied snickering. Julia set down the book. Liz awoke on the other side of the room. She waited until all of the girls were out except Hermione. Then Liz ran over and jumped onto Caroline's bed. It would look strange if everyone saw the two of them looking off the side of Caroline's bed.
"What are you looking at?" Hermione asked. She was already dressed and ready for the day. She was putting books in a bag on her bed.
"We want you to meet someone," Liz said. In the corner, Julia looked up at them in surprise. She was suppose to be kept secret.
"She's with us," Caroline replied noticing Julia's response. Julia nodded her understanding. A few seconds later, the head of another girl appeared, looking over the edge of the bed. Julia supposed that she was Hermione. Caroline and Liz described what happened the other night and how they got Julia. A knock was heard at the door.
"Come in," Liz replied. Julia put her head down so that the person coming in wouldn't see her.
"Is the coast clear?" a voice asked coming into the room. Matt and Jake were entering. Ron was following them. He had already been told about Julia. Julia sat upright. There was no need to hide from the boys.
"What are we going to do?" Liz asked.
"The real question is do we tell Dumbledore or Stacy first?" Matt replied. They thought for a moment.
"Since Stacy will be teaching her," Jake started, "shouldn't we tell her first?"
"That would be smart," Hermione said. "Then you could worry about telling Dumbledore." They talked about how they could bring up the topic when Jake noticed something.
"Aren't we missing people from our little entourage?" he asked. They looked around.
"Did Harry ever return last night?" Caroline asked. Julia looked up at her confused. "We'll explain later," she quickly said.
"I don't think so," Matt said. "I didn't see him. Did Ashley come up?"
"No," Liz replied. "So if Ashley is still sleeping down there, then Harry never came back."
"Where is he?" Ron asked.
"With Sirius," Hermione answered.
"Then where's Sirius?" Ron asked.
Hermione thought for a minute before looking at her watch. "Maybe at breakfast," she responded.
"Stacy will be there also," Jake pointed out.
"How do we get Julia through the halls?" Liz asked.
"An invisibility cloak!" Ron exclaimed. "I can grab Harry's."
"It's our only shot," Jake said as Ron dashed out only to return a few seconds later with the cloth hidden in his robes.
"Julia, put this over you and we'll be on our way," Caroline said taking the cloak from Ron and giving it to Julia. Julia covered herself with it. "Let's go." They walked out of the dorm and down the stairs.
"Here's number five," Jake said. He was looking towards the couch. Ashley was sleeping under a few blankets. Deciding not to disturb her needed sleep, they walked out of the common room and down towards the Great Hall.
^I hope you don't mind be switching like this all the time! ^^^
Sirius woke up again at seven from a knocking at his door. He rubbed his eyes before standing and opening it. Remus was standing there.
"Sleep well?" he asked with a snicker.
"Not really," Sirius replied truthfully. He gave up thinking of a witty comment to say back.
"How's Harry?" Remus asked.
"He was still sleeping when I checked on him before," Sirius replied. "You can go check on him." Remus walked to Sirius' room and opened the door.
"Sirius!" Remus exclaimed quietly. "Why did you leave the window open? It's freezing in here!" Sirius looked at him in confusion. He swore he closed it.
"I closed it before," he exclaimed.
"Then why is it open?" Remus asked from the doorway. Sirius walked to the room. It was cold and the window was open.
"When I checked on him before the window was open but I closed it," Sirius said. "Maybe I dreamt it?"
"Maybe," Remus answered closing the window. He looked over at Harry who was still sleeping. The two men walked out of the small room and shut the door behind them.
"Do you want me to bring something back for you two for breakfast?" Remus asked knowing that Sirius wouldn't leave that room until Harry was awake and feeling better.
"That would be great," Sirius responded smiling. Remus exited the room to head down to breakfast. Sirius sat on the couch and picked up the Daily Prophet from the other day. He looked through it but saw nothing interesting. It was all old news.
He read for a few minutes longer until he heard a sneeze coming from the bedroom. Standing up, he walked toward the room and opened the door. Harry was still laying down but this time he was staring out the window. The open window.
"Kido, did you open this window?" Sirius asked confused. He went over to it and closed it. "It's too cold in here. You'll get sick." Harry just stared out the window. He didn't take any notice to Sirius.
"Come on, Harry, breakfast should be here soon," Sirius said before walking out of the room. He came back a few seconds later, realizing that Harry wasn't following. "Are you coming?" Harry didn't answer.
"Padfoot!" a voice called from the other room. Remus was back.
"Coming!" Sirius called before walking out of the room, leaving the door opened.
"Is he awake yet?" Remus asked as he set down a tray of food on a table.
"Yea," Sirius responded. "He's not taking any notice to me, though. I also think I found out how the window opened."
"How?" Remus asked.
"I think Harry opened it but I don't know why," Sirius answered. He took a plate and put some food on it. "Come on. I'm going to bring this to him." They walked back to Harry's room. Sirius set the food practically in front of Harry's face. Harry just moved over.
"You really should eat, Harry," Remus said observing the teenager's behavior. It wasn't normal. Harry looked at the food and picked up the fork. He had a bite before putting the fork back on the plate. He didn't touch it again.
"Eat the whole plate, Harry," Sirius ordered. Harry didn't pick up the fork.
"Sirius, I'm going to go talk to Stacy," Remus said. "I'll see you later." He left the room and headed out into the hallway. He walked towards the Great Hall. It was as loud as ever. The students were still inside eating and talking. Some students were yelling across the table. He spotted Stacy next to Dumbledore. Ron, Hermione, Jake, Matt, Caroline and Liz were talking to her before walking over to Gryffindor table. Stacy looked puzzled.
"What's on your mind?" Remus asked walking up to her.
"I was just told some very interesting news," she answered. "It seems that we keep on adding on new elementals to our side."
"How's that so?" Remus asked.
"A girl with the element beast has showed up and I need to teach her," Stacy answered. "So anything new happen?"
"Actually yes," Remus answered. "We have a very big problem."
"Not another one!" Stacy said putting her head in her hands. "What's the problem?"
"It's quite serious," Remus answered. Stacy looked up at once.
"How serious?" she asked worried.
"Very serious," Moony answered. "Harry is up in Sirius' room and he won't talk or eat. He just stares out the window with pained eyes."
"What do you think is the matter?" Stacy asked.
"That was what I hoped you would know," Remus answered. She stood from her seat.
"Let's go see him," she said. They walked out of the Great Hall and down towards the teachers' rooms to find Harry. They walked into the small apartment that Sirius had. They found Sirius sitting on a couch with his head in his hands.
"What's wrong?" Remus asked. Sirius looked up.
"I don't know what's wrong. He won't tell me!" he answered.
"Let me try," Stacy said leaving the two to talk while she went to speak to Harry. Walking inside she found him sitting near the window. He had moved since this morning.
"Harry?" Stacy tried. He looked up at her before looking away. Stacy saw the pain in his eyes. She pulled up a chair next to Harry and sat down. She was silent as she looked to where he was looking. It was over the lake. They were silent a few minutes until Stacy accomplished what she wanted.
"Why are you here?" Harry asked softly. Stacy got him to talk.
"I just wanted to see where you were," she answered. "The others were there but you weren't. I thought you were out on the field." Stacy's answer had some fact. He wasn't there and she did wonder where he was but also Ashley wasn't at breakfast either.
There was a moment of silence. "Matt was going to play Quidditch today and wanted to know if you wanted to play," Stacy lied. She had to get him to talk.
He shook his head. "No," he said. His answer hit Stacy like a million killing curses. Harry always played Quidditch.
"Are you sure?" she asked. "He didn't have anyone else to play with."
"I don't want to," Harry answered. Stacy asked him a few more questions but always got the same answer. He didn't want to do anything. Not even the things he loved. Stacy observed him more until returning to where she left Remus and Sirius. They saw hr return and bombarded her with questions.
"How is he?" Sirius asked.
"Did anything happen last night that could've triggered a bag memory?" she asked. She already knew the answer.
"I knew it!" Remus exclaimed quietly.
"Yes," Sirius answered. "He was reminded of when a boy was killed."
"That's what I thought," Stacy said.
"Do you know what's wrong?" Sirius asked.
Stacy thought of the right words to say. "Yes I do," she answered. "I believe he is falling into depression." Remus and Sirius were speechless.
"What do we do?" Sirius asked.
"It's not severe yet but try to get him to forget the memory and get back into doing regular things. Don't let him sit in there thinking because it will get worse." There was a knock at the door. Sirius walked over and opened it.
"Have you seen Harry?" Ashley asked as she walked in. She had just woken up and realized that she was on the couch.
"He's in the bedroom," Remus answered. She was heading there before they stopped her.
"Ashley," Stacy started. "Harry is not acting like himself."
"What's wrong?" she asked terrified.
"He has a small case of depression," she answered. Ashley sat down very quickly on the couch in shock.
"What can I do?" she asked.
"Just don't ask him to think about the third task and get him to do things that are normal for him," Sirius answered.
"That's what happened didn't it?" Ashley asked furiously. "HE reminded Harry of last year and Harry slipped into depression!" They nodded.
"Just try to get him to think of other things. Things that are more cheerful," Stacy said. After thinking Ashley had an idea.
"I have an idea," she said. "I just don't know where he put it!"
"Put what?" Sirius asked. Ashley ignored him put kept on thinking.
"I know where!" she exclaimed before pointing her wand at the window and shouting, "Accio picture!" A few seconds later, a picture in a picture frame came flying towards the window. They opened the window to let the frame in before closing it again.
"This will make him happy," Ashley said looking at the picture.
"What is it?" Sirius asked. Ashley showed the three adults the picture and they started laughing.
"When did you do that?" Remus asked.
"In the beginning of summer," she answered before walking toward the door of the bedroom and opening it. Harry was still by the window.
"Hey Wolf," Ashley said holding the picture at her side. Harry looked at her before looking back out the window. "I was looking through some pictures and I wanted to know if you wanted to send this as a Christmas present." Harry looked at her in confusion. The window was wide open but Ashley didn't close it. They had the door closed for their privacy. The room was too small for them. They needed the window open.
"What do you think of it?" Ashley asked before showing Harry the picture. A smile immediately broke out as he laughed. It was the picture of the time they went to the Dursley's house. It was the picture Matt took of the neon- colored Dursleys. The laughed for awhile until Sirius walked in. He had heard the laughter.
"Why is it so cold in here?" he asked. "Why is the window open again?" He walked over and shut it.
"Then open the door," Ashley said.
"Why?" Sirius asked.
"Because this room is too small," she answered.
"No it's not," Sirius said looking around.
"For someone who's claustrophobic, yea it is," Ashley said. Sirius opened the door before something dawned on him.
"You're claustrophobic?" he asked. Ashley nodded. "So you left the window open." Ashley nodded again. Sirius looked at Harry. "And you keep on opening the window." Harry nodded knowing where Sirius was getting at.
"I'm claustrophobic also," Harry answered. Sirius looked taken back. Not because Harry kept the secret but because he had actually talked. Stacy and Remus walked in to see what was the commotion about.
"So Harry," Ashley asked. "How about a game of Quidditch? WE need to practice."
"Let's go," Harry replied to the surprise of everyone. Harry and Ashley both walked out of the room to go grab their brooms.
Sirius, Stacy and Remus said at the same time, "He's back," before cracking up.
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