Chapter 10: Rats, Tails and Black
A worried Ginny head to the Hospital Wing going to see her friend Luna. She had been so scared when Luna had gotten so sick all the sudden, and with what Luna had told a while ago, she kind of wishes Harry had been the one to take her to the hospital wing. As she sits beside Luna and looks into her face, she notices that she seems to be worse then she had been the last time she has seen her.
"What happened to her?' Ginny wonders, 'did Professor Gertrude do something to her after we had left her, did Harry know about this." "Oh Luna what happened,' Ginny cries out quietly, 'maybe I should have gotten you to go see Harry right away like you wanted. Maybe I should go see Harry now!"
Luna just starts mumbling about the rat man again. Ginny shakes her head, debating weather to go tell Harry or not.
Then Luna began to mumble again. "Tailblack, wormbald, Tailbald, Tail, Worm!"
"What? Is this who you saw?" Ginny asks.
"Yeah. Tailblack, wormbald, Tailbald, Tail, Worm." Luna began again.
Ginny, realizing this was serious, decided it was time to tell Harry. She couldn't take Luna being in so much pain. Her words beginning to get jumbled as if her mind was slowly depreciating. Ginny looks at Luna and says good bye before heading off to search for Harry, Hermione and her brother, Ron.
Harry, Hermione and Ron where sitting alone in a corner of the Gryffindor Common room talking quietly. They were talking over what Harry had heard Luna had said and trying to figure out who the animagus could be. Did they know anyone who could turn into a rat that was bald?
Ginny hurried into the library looking around for any sign of the trio. Seeing none she rushes out of and up to the Gryffindor Common room. Rushing in out of breath she spice the trio in the corner and walks up to them slowly. They didn't notice her right away and she heard a bit of what they were saying.
"What do you thing Gertrude would have done to Luna, a spell or something?" Ron asked.
"I don't know, I would have to see her, from what Harry says, she's unconscious but she is still mumbling like she is just dreaming!" Hermione states.
"She looks worse then it sounds," Ginny replies from behind the trio making them all turn to look at her.
"What do you mean Ginny?" Ron asks.
"I need to talk to Harry... alone please." Ginny says ignoring Ron for the moment.
"You can say whatever it is in front of us Ginny!" Ron states
"Ronald, they want to be alone!" Hermione says grabbing Ron's arm and dragging him to another corner, not noticing that Ginny and Harry are blushing a little.
"She didn't mean that you know!" Harry says.
"Yea I know. Ginny replies
"yea they just want to be alone. So what is it you wanted to tell me?" Harry asks
"Well... it's about Luna." Ginny replies
"What about Luna?" Harry replies concerned.
"I started to notice that Luna had not been looking the best the last couple weeks and got concerned, her being a good friend of mine,' Ginny started 'so I asked if we could have a talk and she agreed. When I got into the room we were going to meet I found her sleeping, guessing she hadn't been sleeping well I wasn't sure if I should wake her, but she woke up herself and in a cold sweat.
Harry just sits there nodding slightly waiting for her to continue still wondering what this had to do with him.
"Well' Ginny continues 'she started to cry when I asked her if she was alright, she said that she was not alright and had been having headaches for the last week or so. She said that it started when she had gone to see Professor Gertrude about some help in her class. She said that she went into the class but next thing she knew she was in bed and didn't think she got the help that she had wanted.
Harry started to realize where this was going "Continue Ginny"
"I just say her today and she was mumbling about a man, that could turn into a rat and she kept saying weird names like "Tailblack, wormbald, Tailbald, Tail, Worm!" I'm really worried about her Harry." Ginny says tears appearing in her eyes.
"Shh, Ginny it will be alright, but you got to promise to let me, Ron and Hermione deal with this, none of us want you to get hurt "Harry says.
"What do you mean how could I possible get hurt, she's my friend Harry." Ginny replies
"I can't say because I don't want to put you in danger but you got to promise me that you will not mention this to anyone else, especially Gertrude. Your brother would kill me." Harry answers.
"Alright, alright, but you got to tell me if you find out anything" She says with a sigh.
"I promise" Harry replies back. Looks over at Ron and Hermione and when he met Ron's eye he got up heading back over there. At the same time Ginny gets up and heads up to the girl dormitory.
"What did she say Harry?" Ron asks impatiently.
"More incriminating information about Gertrude and more information about that rat man." Harry replies
"Like what Harry, could she tell us who it is?" Hermione asks
Shaking his head Harry replies "No, just tails, worms and the color black" Harry starts rubbing his temples.
"I don't know Harry, it doesn't seem like we will ever find this rat man." Ron states pessimistically.
"You know that kind reminds me of Sirius" Hermione says as Ron steps on her foot. "Hey that was my foot."
"I know that be quiet about him!" Ron replies.
"Gertrude's done something to Luna, maybe not the one time we thought but two; she's got a bit of a memory block form what Ginny told me. I'm really worried about her now." Harry states trying to act like he didn't hear what Hermione said. "She's got to now something, but she willn't wake up... what are we going to do" Puts his head in his hands with a sigh.
"I don't know Harry. Wait for her to wake up but Gertrude might still be giving this mystery person more information about you." Hermione replies.
"I'm tired, I need to sleep on this, I'll see you two in the morning" Harry replies heading for the stairs to the boys dormitory.
"Why did you have to mention Sirius Hermione, I know that the black thing is suspicions but you know his not over the whole death of his god father yet." Ron asks.
"I know I know Ronald, it kind of slipped out. But you got to admit he hasn't talked about him in a while. That's not very good." Hermione replies worriedly.
"Some people don't always like to talk about people they lost 'mione' and he has lost a lot of people in his life so far and his only16!" Ron states.
"I know but it's not good to hold it in. He should talk, let it all out." Hermione Replies.
"Girls might like to talk about all there emotions but some guys are not like that mione." Ron States.
"But...." Hermione starts but Ron cuts her off.
"No Hermione leave him alone, if black is going to be brought up in this whole thing its going to be hard enough on him don't make him talk about it before we know for sure."
""Fine what ever, I'm going to bed" Hermione replies before heading to the stairs for the girls dormitory leaving Ron alone watching after her. Thinking about how he wants to kiss her rosy red lips. He quickly shakes he head "What am I thinking she's my best friend, you don't think that way about your best friend." He says out loud before heading himself to bed for the night.
A worried Ginny head to the Hospital Wing going to see her friend Luna. She had been so scared when Luna had gotten so sick all the sudden, and with what Luna had told a while ago, she kind of wishes Harry had been the one to take her to the hospital wing. As she sits beside Luna and looks into her face, she notices that she seems to be worse then she had been the last time she has seen her.
"What happened to her?' Ginny wonders, 'did Professor Gertrude do something to her after we had left her, did Harry know about this." "Oh Luna what happened,' Ginny cries out quietly, 'maybe I should have gotten you to go see Harry right away like you wanted. Maybe I should go see Harry now!"
Luna just starts mumbling about the rat man again. Ginny shakes her head, debating weather to go tell Harry or not.
Then Luna began to mumble again. "Tailblack, wormbald, Tailbald, Tail, Worm!"
"What? Is this who you saw?" Ginny asks.
"Yeah. Tailblack, wormbald, Tailbald, Tail, Worm." Luna began again.
Ginny, realizing this was serious, decided it was time to tell Harry. She couldn't take Luna being in so much pain. Her words beginning to get jumbled as if her mind was slowly depreciating. Ginny looks at Luna and says good bye before heading off to search for Harry, Hermione and her brother, Ron.
Harry, Hermione and Ron where sitting alone in a corner of the Gryffindor Common room talking quietly. They were talking over what Harry had heard Luna had said and trying to figure out who the animagus could be. Did they know anyone who could turn into a rat that was bald?
Ginny hurried into the library looking around for any sign of the trio. Seeing none she rushes out of and up to the Gryffindor Common room. Rushing in out of breath she spice the trio in the corner and walks up to them slowly. They didn't notice her right away and she heard a bit of what they were saying.
"What do you thing Gertrude would have done to Luna, a spell or something?" Ron asked.
"I don't know, I would have to see her, from what Harry says, she's unconscious but she is still mumbling like she is just dreaming!" Hermione states.
"She looks worse then it sounds," Ginny replies from behind the trio making them all turn to look at her.
"What do you mean Ginny?" Ron asks.
"I need to talk to Harry... alone please." Ginny says ignoring Ron for the moment.
"You can say whatever it is in front of us Ginny!" Ron states
"Ronald, they want to be alone!" Hermione says grabbing Ron's arm and dragging him to another corner, not noticing that Ginny and Harry are blushing a little.
"She didn't mean that you know!" Harry says.
"Yea I know. Ginny replies
"yea they just want to be alone. So what is it you wanted to tell me?" Harry asks
"Well... it's about Luna." Ginny replies
"What about Luna?" Harry replies concerned.
"I started to notice that Luna had not been looking the best the last couple weeks and got concerned, her being a good friend of mine,' Ginny started 'so I asked if we could have a talk and she agreed. When I got into the room we were going to meet I found her sleeping, guessing she hadn't been sleeping well I wasn't sure if I should wake her, but she woke up herself and in a cold sweat.
Harry just sits there nodding slightly waiting for her to continue still wondering what this had to do with him.
"Well' Ginny continues 'she started to cry when I asked her if she was alright, she said that she was not alright and had been having headaches for the last week or so. She said that it started when she had gone to see Professor Gertrude about some help in her class. She said that she went into the class but next thing she knew she was in bed and didn't think she got the help that she had wanted.
Harry started to realize where this was going "Continue Ginny"
"I just say her today and she was mumbling about a man, that could turn into a rat and she kept saying weird names like "Tailblack, wormbald, Tailbald, Tail, Worm!" I'm really worried about her Harry." Ginny says tears appearing in her eyes.
"Shh, Ginny it will be alright, but you got to promise to let me, Ron and Hermione deal with this, none of us want you to get hurt "Harry says.
"What do you mean how could I possible get hurt, she's my friend Harry." Ginny replies
"I can't say because I don't want to put you in danger but you got to promise me that you will not mention this to anyone else, especially Gertrude. Your brother would kill me." Harry answers.
"Alright, alright, but you got to tell me if you find out anything" She says with a sigh.
"I promise" Harry replies back. Looks over at Ron and Hermione and when he met Ron's eye he got up heading back over there. At the same time Ginny gets up and heads up to the girl dormitory.
"What did she say Harry?" Ron asks impatiently.
"More incriminating information about Gertrude and more information about that rat man." Harry replies
"Like what Harry, could she tell us who it is?" Hermione asks
Shaking his head Harry replies "No, just tails, worms and the color black" Harry starts rubbing his temples.
"I don't know Harry, it doesn't seem like we will ever find this rat man." Ron states pessimistically.
"You know that kind reminds me of Sirius" Hermione says as Ron steps on her foot. "Hey that was my foot."
"I know that be quiet about him!" Ron replies.
"Gertrude's done something to Luna, maybe not the one time we thought but two; she's got a bit of a memory block form what Ginny told me. I'm really worried about her now." Harry states trying to act like he didn't hear what Hermione said. "She's got to now something, but she willn't wake up... what are we going to do" Puts his head in his hands with a sigh.
"I don't know Harry. Wait for her to wake up but Gertrude might still be giving this mystery person more information about you." Hermione replies.
"I'm tired, I need to sleep on this, I'll see you two in the morning" Harry replies heading for the stairs to the boys dormitory.
"Why did you have to mention Sirius Hermione, I know that the black thing is suspicions but you know his not over the whole death of his god father yet." Ron asks.
"I know I know Ronald, it kind of slipped out. But you got to admit he hasn't talked about him in a while. That's not very good." Hermione replies worriedly.
"Some people don't always like to talk about people they lost 'mione' and he has lost a lot of people in his life so far and his only16!" Ron states.
"I know but it's not good to hold it in. He should talk, let it all out." Hermione Replies.
"Girls might like to talk about all there emotions but some guys are not like that mione." Ron States.
"But...." Hermione starts but Ron cuts her off.
"No Hermione leave him alone, if black is going to be brought up in this whole thing its going to be hard enough on him don't make him talk about it before we know for sure."
""Fine what ever, I'm going to bed" Hermione replies before heading to the stairs for the girls dormitory leaving Ron alone watching after her. Thinking about how he wants to kiss her rosy red lips. He quickly shakes he head "What am I thinking she's my best friend, you don't think that way about your best friend." He says out loud before heading himself to bed for the night.