Chapter 10
The five Maruaderettes "All right Linnea," Alexia said that Saturday as all five friends sat around a big oak tree.
"Alright what?"
Piper and Alexia looked at each other .
"When are we going to do something with that map?" Piper finally said.
It was very cold as December crept upon the Hogwarts grounds and Linnea looked down at her feet. The truth was she had been giving the map a lot of thought, and was ready and willing to go on an adventure the question was when and how.
"Um.yeah, soon, real soon. I just have a few kinks to work out."
"Well work 'em out a little faster, will ya."
"Yeah sure."
That night Piper and Linnea played a rousing game of wizard in which Linnea won, a mild surprise for her as Piper usually had the upper hand in that game. They worked on their homework until they could barely keep their eyes open. Piper and Amerie then began to make their way to bed.
"You coming or what Li.Li.Linnea," Amerie yawned.
"Yeah in a bit, don't wait up for me ok, I got a few things to do first."
"Alright, suite yourself."
Linnea watched them up the stairs until she heard the dorm room door close. As the common room came more and more empty, Linnea reached in her back pocket and pulled out the Marauder's Map.
"I solemnly swear I am up to no good." She muttered.
The map formed and she was looking down at a small inkblot sitting exactly where she was sitting labeled Linnea Huse.
All day she had been thinking about where she would go that night, for she had decided that tonight was the night to test her map. She figured that outside the school would be safest as she would be away from prying teachers. The week before, she had the map show her how to get into the tunnels and it didn't seem too hard. Unfortunately the only tunnel outside of the grounds was the one located under the Whomping Willow. It seemed all she had to do what hit a knot under the tree, but the problem was how to get to the knot.
When the common room had finally emptied, she snuck through the portrait hole and made her way outside. She was thankful she hadn't changed out of her black school robe yet as it was very dark.
Linnea checked the map one more time to make sure the coast was clear and continued down the grounds in a cat like crawl as if someone was going to jump out from behind a bush somewhere.
She finally got to the Whomping willow; it's branches flailing with tremendous force. She searched and searched for something to hit the knot with. Rocks were simply knocked off course by branches, and she didn't know any spells that could help her. She was about to give up hope until she stumbled on a very large stick. She pushed it toward the knot of the tree and dropped it right on top. The tree gave shudder than stopped. It was as if it's branches had been frozen in time.
A hole had opened at the base of the tree just wide enough to fit one person through. She squeezed in and fell down about twenty steps.
The tunnel was simply a hole dug in the ground. Roots from grass, lined the dirt ceiling, while small rocks littered the ground below her. She walked through the seemingly never-ending tunnel and suddenly tripped over a rock. Her arms flung out to the side of the wall to try to save her fall but she only grasped dirt. She scraped her knee and was now covered in dirt.
"How am I going to explain this?" she thought.
But just then her eyes fell upon the place where she had grasped the wall. She had scraped the dirt down to a piece of wood.
Linnea began to gradually dust way the dirt until she was looking at a wooden door as tall as the ceiling (not that that was saying much). On the door was a picture of a stag, a rather odd looking wolf, and a great black dog. There was something oddly familiar about the dog, as if she had seen it in a movie. But, all these animals were standing in front of a large phoenix with its wings spread out looking rather stern but beautiful.
There was no door handle so Linnea tried pushing against the door. Nothing happened.
Then an odd thought came to her. She pulled out her wand and tapped the door.
"I solemnly swear I am up to no good."
Nothing.
"Mischief Managed."
Nothing.
She wasn't sure what she was waiting for but she had a feeling she could figure out the password.
Try as she might the door wouldn't open. Finally she said,
"Load of help you were Mooney, wormta."
The door suddenly swung open.
"Mooney?" she thought She stepped in side and the door slammed behind her.
"Lumos," she muttered.
She had entered a large dome room. Linnea was standing at the top of a set of stairs leading into the center of the room where there was a circular table and 12 chairs.
She slowly walked down the stairs in awe of what she had found. In the table lay a solitary piece of rolled up parchment:
The Order of the Phoenix
Members are as followed:
Albus Dumbledore
Minerva McGonagall
Sirius Black
Remus Lupin
The list continued for feet:
Molly Weasley
Arthur Weasley
Tonks
Until finally she reached the end of the paper:
May all those who fought and died for the Order know that it was not in vein. Lord Voldemort has been defeated! May the order close and we hope
never to be opened again.
Linnea didn't know what to think at this point. Apparently it was a meetinghouse for this group, The Order of the Phoenix. And.her dad and Professor Lupin, and Headmistress McGonagall where all in it.
They fought Lord Voldemort?
A she scanned the room she found books and papers, chairs pushed out, as if they had just picked up and left with out another glance.
Everything was covered in dust. There was a smaller door on the other end of the room, and as she made her way to it she saw the same picture as on the first door, but, it did not have a phoenix, instead there was a rat.
She pushed the door open to find a desk littered with old books. How to transfigure Animagus made easy How to get away from it all Your favorite animal could be closer to you than ever
Pictures were strewn all over the ground. She picked up the closest one to her an examined it. It was a picture of the black dog from the doors. She flipped over the picture to find the word "padfoot" written on the back.
She picked up another one with a stag, on the back it said "Prongs".
"They were Animagus'"
Suddenly Linnea looked down at her watch.
"Oh, no. three AM."
She had lost track of time after entering the hidden room, and bolted out of the Whomping willow. She raced back to the castle only taking time to check the map once more before dashing up the stairs to the common Room.
"Where have you been?" The fat lady in the portrait asked.
"Never mind Lomena. Lomena."
All right whatever, I am just a portrait, who cares about me. She swung open and Linnea raced up stairs, crept into her dormitory and changed silently.
It seemed as though she had just fallen asleep when Piper shook her awake.
"It's like ten o'clock, you getting up or what."
"Uh-huh, yeah sure."
That afternoon, Linnea told everyone what she saw.
"Why didn't you take us with you?" Piper asked resentfully.
"What if I got caught? Besides, it would have been much more noticeable if five people were walking around the grounds than one. But don't worry I am going back tonight, with all of you if you want to come."
Everyone agreed so at nine o'clock the met at the base of the Gryffindor tower and made there way to the willow.
"Alright we have an hour till curfew so let's be careful with our time alright."
"Yeah let's just go." Parvati said excitedly.
Making sure no one was watching Linnea quickly hit the knot of the tree and flung herself into the hole. They had about twenty seconds before the tree would start moving again so they all hurtled through the hole as fast as they could.
"Ok, let's go."
Lighting her wand, Linnea led the way through the tunnel until she came to the door.
"Mooney" she whispered.
The door swung open just as it had the evening prior.
As they stepped inside Linnea saw the same expression she felt on all the other's faces.
They all spread out and examined each and every corner.
"This is where the Order was stationed?" Alexia said in awe.
"Wait you know about that."
"Well yeah, who doesn't?" Than noticing the look on her face Alexia changed her approach. "I mean, most wizarding family's know about it.
"Whoa, guys check this out." Piper had discovered the room with the desk.
"I don't believe it." Amerie said is awe. "The marauders were Animagus'."
Parvati was slowly riffling through the books. "This doesn't look to hard." We could do this. I mean we are all at the top of our class right."
"Uh-oh," Amerie said. We only have fifteen minutes to get back.
"That settles it then" Alexia said going back into the main room. "I officially call to an end the first meeting of the five marauderettes."
The five Maruaderettes "All right Linnea," Alexia said that Saturday as all five friends sat around a big oak tree.
"Alright what?"
Piper and Alexia looked at each other .
"When are we going to do something with that map?" Piper finally said.
It was very cold as December crept upon the Hogwarts grounds and Linnea looked down at her feet. The truth was she had been giving the map a lot of thought, and was ready and willing to go on an adventure the question was when and how.
"Um.yeah, soon, real soon. I just have a few kinks to work out."
"Well work 'em out a little faster, will ya."
"Yeah sure."
That night Piper and Linnea played a rousing game of wizard in which Linnea won, a mild surprise for her as Piper usually had the upper hand in that game. They worked on their homework until they could barely keep their eyes open. Piper and Amerie then began to make their way to bed.
"You coming or what Li.Li.Linnea," Amerie yawned.
"Yeah in a bit, don't wait up for me ok, I got a few things to do first."
"Alright, suite yourself."
Linnea watched them up the stairs until she heard the dorm room door close. As the common room came more and more empty, Linnea reached in her back pocket and pulled out the Marauder's Map.
"I solemnly swear I am up to no good." She muttered.
The map formed and she was looking down at a small inkblot sitting exactly where she was sitting labeled Linnea Huse.
All day she had been thinking about where she would go that night, for she had decided that tonight was the night to test her map. She figured that outside the school would be safest as she would be away from prying teachers. The week before, she had the map show her how to get into the tunnels and it didn't seem too hard. Unfortunately the only tunnel outside of the grounds was the one located under the Whomping Willow. It seemed all she had to do what hit a knot under the tree, but the problem was how to get to the knot.
When the common room had finally emptied, she snuck through the portrait hole and made her way outside. She was thankful she hadn't changed out of her black school robe yet as it was very dark.
Linnea checked the map one more time to make sure the coast was clear and continued down the grounds in a cat like crawl as if someone was going to jump out from behind a bush somewhere.
She finally got to the Whomping willow; it's branches flailing with tremendous force. She searched and searched for something to hit the knot with. Rocks were simply knocked off course by branches, and she didn't know any spells that could help her. She was about to give up hope until she stumbled on a very large stick. She pushed it toward the knot of the tree and dropped it right on top. The tree gave shudder than stopped. It was as if it's branches had been frozen in time.
A hole had opened at the base of the tree just wide enough to fit one person through. She squeezed in and fell down about twenty steps.
The tunnel was simply a hole dug in the ground. Roots from grass, lined the dirt ceiling, while small rocks littered the ground below her. She walked through the seemingly never-ending tunnel and suddenly tripped over a rock. Her arms flung out to the side of the wall to try to save her fall but she only grasped dirt. She scraped her knee and was now covered in dirt.
"How am I going to explain this?" she thought.
But just then her eyes fell upon the place where she had grasped the wall. She had scraped the dirt down to a piece of wood.
Linnea began to gradually dust way the dirt until she was looking at a wooden door as tall as the ceiling (not that that was saying much). On the door was a picture of a stag, a rather odd looking wolf, and a great black dog. There was something oddly familiar about the dog, as if she had seen it in a movie. But, all these animals were standing in front of a large phoenix with its wings spread out looking rather stern but beautiful.
There was no door handle so Linnea tried pushing against the door. Nothing happened.
Then an odd thought came to her. She pulled out her wand and tapped the door.
"I solemnly swear I am up to no good."
Nothing.
"Mischief Managed."
Nothing.
She wasn't sure what she was waiting for but she had a feeling she could figure out the password.
Try as she might the door wouldn't open. Finally she said,
"Load of help you were Mooney, wormta."
The door suddenly swung open.
"Mooney?" she thought She stepped in side and the door slammed behind her.
"Lumos," she muttered.
She had entered a large dome room. Linnea was standing at the top of a set of stairs leading into the center of the room where there was a circular table and 12 chairs.
She slowly walked down the stairs in awe of what she had found. In the table lay a solitary piece of rolled up parchment:
The Order of the Phoenix
Members are as followed:
Albus Dumbledore
Minerva McGonagall
Sirius Black
Remus Lupin
The list continued for feet:
Molly Weasley
Arthur Weasley
Tonks
Until finally she reached the end of the paper:
May all those who fought and died for the Order know that it was not in vein. Lord Voldemort has been defeated! May the order close and we hope
never to be opened again.
Linnea didn't know what to think at this point. Apparently it was a meetinghouse for this group, The Order of the Phoenix. And.her dad and Professor Lupin, and Headmistress McGonagall where all in it.
They fought Lord Voldemort?
A she scanned the room she found books and papers, chairs pushed out, as if they had just picked up and left with out another glance.
Everything was covered in dust. There was a smaller door on the other end of the room, and as she made her way to it she saw the same picture as on the first door, but, it did not have a phoenix, instead there was a rat.
She pushed the door open to find a desk littered with old books. How to transfigure Animagus made easy How to get away from it all Your favorite animal could be closer to you than ever
Pictures were strewn all over the ground. She picked up the closest one to her an examined it. It was a picture of the black dog from the doors. She flipped over the picture to find the word "padfoot" written on the back.
She picked up another one with a stag, on the back it said "Prongs".
"They were Animagus'"
Suddenly Linnea looked down at her watch.
"Oh, no. three AM."
She had lost track of time after entering the hidden room, and bolted out of the Whomping willow. She raced back to the castle only taking time to check the map once more before dashing up the stairs to the common Room.
"Where have you been?" The fat lady in the portrait asked.
"Never mind Lomena. Lomena."
All right whatever, I am just a portrait, who cares about me. She swung open and Linnea raced up stairs, crept into her dormitory and changed silently.
It seemed as though she had just fallen asleep when Piper shook her awake.
"It's like ten o'clock, you getting up or what."
"Uh-huh, yeah sure."
That afternoon, Linnea told everyone what she saw.
"Why didn't you take us with you?" Piper asked resentfully.
"What if I got caught? Besides, it would have been much more noticeable if five people were walking around the grounds than one. But don't worry I am going back tonight, with all of you if you want to come."
Everyone agreed so at nine o'clock the met at the base of the Gryffindor tower and made there way to the willow.
"Alright we have an hour till curfew so let's be careful with our time alright."
"Yeah let's just go." Parvati said excitedly.
Making sure no one was watching Linnea quickly hit the knot of the tree and flung herself into the hole. They had about twenty seconds before the tree would start moving again so they all hurtled through the hole as fast as they could.
"Ok, let's go."
Lighting her wand, Linnea led the way through the tunnel until she came to the door.
"Mooney" she whispered.
The door swung open just as it had the evening prior.
As they stepped inside Linnea saw the same expression she felt on all the other's faces.
They all spread out and examined each and every corner.
"This is where the Order was stationed?" Alexia said in awe.
"Wait you know about that."
"Well yeah, who doesn't?" Than noticing the look on her face Alexia changed her approach. "I mean, most wizarding family's know about it.
"Whoa, guys check this out." Piper had discovered the room with the desk.
"I don't believe it." Amerie said is awe. "The marauders were Animagus'."
Parvati was slowly riffling through the books. "This doesn't look to hard." We could do this. I mean we are all at the top of our class right."
"Uh-oh," Amerie said. We only have fifteen minutes to get back.
"That settles it then" Alexia said going back into the main room. "I officially call to an end the first meeting of the five marauderettes."