Final exams were creeping up on the students of Hogwarts, and the homework
began to mount. If it weren't for her friends Linnea was quite sure she
would never get through it all. They were in the great hall studying when
Sarah Jordan, the Gryffindor quidditch captain suddenly burst through the
doors with a newspaper clutched in her left hand.
"Hey guys look at this." She said quietly as she placed the paper in front of her fellow sixth years. It was a copy of the daily prophet. On the front page was a large picture of a rather pompous looking man at a podium glaring at all that looked at the picture. "He's a muggle." Sarah explained. "His name is Jonathon Crosse, and apparently somehow he has found out about us."
"So," another fifth year put in. "People do all the time their either smart enough to keep there mouth shut, or people think their crocks, why is he different."
"Because he went about it differently. He showed one person at a time, gained believers, followers you know. Now he's got enough people to get half of Wales talking."
"And that's not the worst of it," said another seventh year boy, Bill Kempt. "He's telling everyone, that we are evil. An organization of mutants trying to take over British Parliament."
"But that's stupid." Piper came in. "I mean if he's known long enough to get that many followers he's sure to know we aren't trying to take over anything."
"It doesn't matter Piper." Sarah interjected. "We're talking about Muggles here. They aren't the smartest lot. And, they scare easily, one word of something different and everyone freaks out. Apparently a group of them got together and started on an aptly named "witch hunt". They've organized it well enough to get government backing. They apparently already killed some muggle parents of a magical child, and have detained loads of others." Sarah sighed and looked down at the crude face. "We're in trouble this time."
Word of Jonathon Crosse spread like wild fire around the school, before dinner not a student among them hadn't heard most or even more than the whole story. Aaron Seeburger came up to Piper and Linnea and asked, "Is it true? I heard Jonathon went to Hogwarts, but got kicked out."
"He's a muggle you idiot." Piper said exasperated.
Because they were the only first years at the table when the article was first brought in, the fabulous five were getting bombarded with absurd and just weird questions. From what color his hair was to how he survived under water in the Hogwarts lake for a full year.
Linnea shook her head as Aaron walked off slightly perturbed at the rude response.
"Where in the world does everyone get this stuff from?" Piper exclaimed reaching for a dinner roll.
"Dunno," Linnea shrugged as she grabbed two chicken legs off the plate permanently placed in front of her.
"Do you ever eat anything besides chicken at this school?" Amerie asked sitting down beside her.
"Sure, I love the dinner rolls here." She said chomping into the best looking leg. "I mean really chicken has got to be the source of all my power. Without chicken who knows what could become of me." She sighed staring off into space.
Amerie and Piper looked at each other knowingly and rolled their eyes as Linnea cleaned off her first two chicken legs and fished for a good looking wing.
That night all five girls were congregated under the whomping willow.
"Well, how's the searching going for everyone?" Piper asked.
"Great!" Amerie said. There is loads of information on owls in the library and two weeks ago I turned my eagle feather quill into an owl feather, and the other day I turned my feather pillow into a snowy owl head.
"That's...uh great Amerie." Piper said. "A little morbid but awesome progress."
"Cat's are pretty easy too. I mean there are two in our dorm room, I barely have to look at books, and I can already turn my stuffed animal into a cat and back again."
"Well that's our two transfiguration gurus." Alexia said. "I, on the other hand cannot so much as change the shape of an already existing feather.
Alexia had decided to become a red tailed hawk but was having a tough time with it.
"Oh not a problem." Parvati said. "Why didn't you just say so, I can help you out with your transfiguration if you learn your book stuff."
"Well, I am finding that the fox mindset is going to be pretty easy maybe even fun to play with. He's a predator so he's not really high strung, and they are so sleek they can sneak away from there own predators pretty easily."
"Well I'm having fun." Linnea said finally. "Wolf's are all over the place. I can often just sit outside and stare into the forest and see some roaming about. And no..." Linnea said looking at Amerie, "...they are not werewolves I assure you."
"Did I say anything." Amerie said defensively.
Piper stood up to wrap up the meeting. "Well I think for our next meeting we should all have nicknames. It will be easier to plan stuff that way. It would be like Mooney wants you Padfoot and Prongs to meet him under the station. Under the station being of course here under the whomping willow, and as I have surmised I highly doubt four sets of parents were that cruel to there kids so the names for the respected persons they belong to."
"Alright then I call to an end this April meeting of the marauderettes."
With a good ten whole minutes to get back to their common rooms they hurriedly checked the map so that everything was clear. It was of course and they started to exit until Linnea noticed something.
"WAIT!" We have a major problem. Look!"
All the girls crowded around the map. In four different sections of the map large groups of people were all huddled in one spot. And teachers were roaming the halls and grounds quite quickly.
"Oh no, they called everyone back to the dormitories and we aren't there." Amerie exclaimed.
"Oh crap look." Alexia said pointing down at the grounds next to the whomping willow. Lupin and Madame Pomfrey were headed straight towards them with no sign of stopping. The girls watched in horror and Madame Pomfrey hit the knot on the tree. "Back in the room hurry."
The girls scrambled back into the marauder room and closed the door just as Lupin and Pomfrey entered the hole in the willow. The girls watched horrified as she stopped in front of the door and hovered there for a few minutes before moving on out of the site of the map.
Come on guys this I our only chance." Linnea said closing up the ma and opening the door. As the girls exited a gust of wind blew in and slammed the door closed behind them.
"Nox." Linnea said quietly just as a beam of light showered the ground in front of them. "Run!"
"Hey you lot get out of here!" They heard Madame Pomphrey scream as they raced out of the Willow and toward the castle. They said goodbye at the stairs and split up. Linnea Amerie and Piper raced up the stairs toward the fat lady.
"And where have you three been, they called everyone back an hou..."
"Never mind Vratsa Vultures." Linnea managed to say
"Fine don't mind me just trying to be helpful." As she swung the door open the girls barreled inside to come face to face with Headmistress McGonagall.
"Good evening young ladies". She said in anything but an inviting tone. "Good of you to join us. Tell me, who was it that sent you back as we have the entire staff looking for you and your two Hufflepuff friends."
All three girls gawked and the Headmistress until she continued.
"Now we have had a bit of an accident in the potions lab and there are some chemicals that would be rather harmful to you students. Of courset5he problem will be cleared by tomorrow morning so no you will not be able to miss any classes. So now that we have all arrived safely I believe it is time for us all to go to bed."
Everyone started up the stairs with Amerie, Linnea and Piper trailing behind until they heard the Headmistress call their names. They all flinched, turned around, and said "Yes professor" in unison.
"I will see you all in my office tomorrow after dinner. Eight o'clock."
"But, sorry, but, I have a meeting with Professor Lupin tomorrow Professor."
"Not anymore you don't, Miss Huse. Now go on to bed and I will see you tomorrow night."
"We are so dead." Alexia said as they started up the stairs to their room.
"Hey guys look at this." She said quietly as she placed the paper in front of her fellow sixth years. It was a copy of the daily prophet. On the front page was a large picture of a rather pompous looking man at a podium glaring at all that looked at the picture. "He's a muggle." Sarah explained. "His name is Jonathon Crosse, and apparently somehow he has found out about us."
"So," another fifth year put in. "People do all the time their either smart enough to keep there mouth shut, or people think their crocks, why is he different."
"Because he went about it differently. He showed one person at a time, gained believers, followers you know. Now he's got enough people to get half of Wales talking."
"And that's not the worst of it," said another seventh year boy, Bill Kempt. "He's telling everyone, that we are evil. An organization of mutants trying to take over British Parliament."
"But that's stupid." Piper came in. "I mean if he's known long enough to get that many followers he's sure to know we aren't trying to take over anything."
"It doesn't matter Piper." Sarah interjected. "We're talking about Muggles here. They aren't the smartest lot. And, they scare easily, one word of something different and everyone freaks out. Apparently a group of them got together and started on an aptly named "witch hunt". They've organized it well enough to get government backing. They apparently already killed some muggle parents of a magical child, and have detained loads of others." Sarah sighed and looked down at the crude face. "We're in trouble this time."
Word of Jonathon Crosse spread like wild fire around the school, before dinner not a student among them hadn't heard most or even more than the whole story. Aaron Seeburger came up to Piper and Linnea and asked, "Is it true? I heard Jonathon went to Hogwarts, but got kicked out."
"He's a muggle you idiot." Piper said exasperated.
Because they were the only first years at the table when the article was first brought in, the fabulous five were getting bombarded with absurd and just weird questions. From what color his hair was to how he survived under water in the Hogwarts lake for a full year.
Linnea shook her head as Aaron walked off slightly perturbed at the rude response.
"Where in the world does everyone get this stuff from?" Piper exclaimed reaching for a dinner roll.
"Dunno," Linnea shrugged as she grabbed two chicken legs off the plate permanently placed in front of her.
"Do you ever eat anything besides chicken at this school?" Amerie asked sitting down beside her.
"Sure, I love the dinner rolls here." She said chomping into the best looking leg. "I mean really chicken has got to be the source of all my power. Without chicken who knows what could become of me." She sighed staring off into space.
Amerie and Piper looked at each other knowingly and rolled their eyes as Linnea cleaned off her first two chicken legs and fished for a good looking wing.
That night all five girls were congregated under the whomping willow.
"Well, how's the searching going for everyone?" Piper asked.
"Great!" Amerie said. There is loads of information on owls in the library and two weeks ago I turned my eagle feather quill into an owl feather, and the other day I turned my feather pillow into a snowy owl head.
"That's...uh great Amerie." Piper said. "A little morbid but awesome progress."
"Cat's are pretty easy too. I mean there are two in our dorm room, I barely have to look at books, and I can already turn my stuffed animal into a cat and back again."
"Well that's our two transfiguration gurus." Alexia said. "I, on the other hand cannot so much as change the shape of an already existing feather.
Alexia had decided to become a red tailed hawk but was having a tough time with it.
"Oh not a problem." Parvati said. "Why didn't you just say so, I can help you out with your transfiguration if you learn your book stuff."
"Well, I am finding that the fox mindset is going to be pretty easy maybe even fun to play with. He's a predator so he's not really high strung, and they are so sleek they can sneak away from there own predators pretty easily."
"Well I'm having fun." Linnea said finally. "Wolf's are all over the place. I can often just sit outside and stare into the forest and see some roaming about. And no..." Linnea said looking at Amerie, "...they are not werewolves I assure you."
"Did I say anything." Amerie said defensively.
Piper stood up to wrap up the meeting. "Well I think for our next meeting we should all have nicknames. It will be easier to plan stuff that way. It would be like Mooney wants you Padfoot and Prongs to meet him under the station. Under the station being of course here under the whomping willow, and as I have surmised I highly doubt four sets of parents were that cruel to there kids so the names for the respected persons they belong to."
"Alright then I call to an end this April meeting of the marauderettes."
With a good ten whole minutes to get back to their common rooms they hurriedly checked the map so that everything was clear. It was of course and they started to exit until Linnea noticed something.
"WAIT!" We have a major problem. Look!"
All the girls crowded around the map. In four different sections of the map large groups of people were all huddled in one spot. And teachers were roaming the halls and grounds quite quickly.
"Oh no, they called everyone back to the dormitories and we aren't there." Amerie exclaimed.
"Oh crap look." Alexia said pointing down at the grounds next to the whomping willow. Lupin and Madame Pomfrey were headed straight towards them with no sign of stopping. The girls watched in horror and Madame Pomfrey hit the knot on the tree. "Back in the room hurry."
The girls scrambled back into the marauder room and closed the door just as Lupin and Pomfrey entered the hole in the willow. The girls watched horrified as she stopped in front of the door and hovered there for a few minutes before moving on out of the site of the map.
Come on guys this I our only chance." Linnea said closing up the ma and opening the door. As the girls exited a gust of wind blew in and slammed the door closed behind them.
"Nox." Linnea said quietly just as a beam of light showered the ground in front of them. "Run!"
"Hey you lot get out of here!" They heard Madame Pomphrey scream as they raced out of the Willow and toward the castle. They said goodbye at the stairs and split up. Linnea Amerie and Piper raced up the stairs toward the fat lady.
"And where have you three been, they called everyone back an hou..."
"Never mind Vratsa Vultures." Linnea managed to say
"Fine don't mind me just trying to be helpful." As she swung the door open the girls barreled inside to come face to face with Headmistress McGonagall.
"Good evening young ladies". She said in anything but an inviting tone. "Good of you to join us. Tell me, who was it that sent you back as we have the entire staff looking for you and your two Hufflepuff friends."
All three girls gawked and the Headmistress until she continued.
"Now we have had a bit of an accident in the potions lab and there are some chemicals that would be rather harmful to you students. Of courset5he problem will be cleared by tomorrow morning so no you will not be able to miss any classes. So now that we have all arrived safely I believe it is time for us all to go to bed."
Everyone started up the stairs with Amerie, Linnea and Piper trailing behind until they heard the Headmistress call their names. They all flinched, turned around, and said "Yes professor" in unison.
"I will see you all in my office tomorrow after dinner. Eight o'clock."
"But, sorry, but, I have a meeting with Professor Lupin tomorrow Professor."
"Not anymore you don't, Miss Huse. Now go on to bed and I will see you tomorrow night."
"We are so dead." Alexia said as they started up the stairs to their room.