SUMMER IS HERE MY FRIENDS! I AM SO EXCITED! I AM A SOPHOMORE! AND I SAW HARRY POTTER 3! It's really good, (Sirius and Remus were wonderful), but I wished they would have explained the whole Pettigrew thing, 'cause they didn't. Still good though.
Thanks to all my reviewers, lots of love. (Hollywoodgurl-is that really your name? That's cool!)
Warnings: nope
Disclaimer: Not mine.
The Way it Should Have Been
Chapter Six: Into the Woods We Go
Sarah got back and wasn't surprised about the cloak. "My dad told me about it."
"Did you find anything about Flamel?" Sarah had agreed to ask her parents, but neither of them knew anything.
"We will never find him!" Harry groaned, throwing his quill onto the table. Quidditch practice had started again and he was really stressed. Kat helped him with homework every night and he fell asleep before all the others in the dorm.
One day they were in the library and Kat was talking to Hermione about some homework assignment. She looked at what Hermione was reading and she gasped loudly.
"Hermione can I borrow this for a few minutes?" Hermione nodded, giving Kat an odd look. Kat picked the huge book up and carried it to their table.
"And you would read that because?" Harry asked at the enormous book.
"Just listen." She looked around for a few minutes, flipping through a couple of pages. "Here! Nicolas Flamel is the only known maker of the Sorcerer's Stone."
"Sorcerer's Stone, Sorcerer's Stone. Where have I heard of that before?" Adrian asked looking her in the eye. They blushed slightly and Kat looked back down at the book.
"It's a stone that will produce the Elixir of Life and can transform metal into pure gold."
"I bet that's what Fluffy is guarding." Harry said.
"Flamel must have asked Dumbledore to guard it, so he asked Hagrid for Fluffy." Adrian finished and the two boys grinned at each other. Kat nodded and Sarah sat quietly for a few seconds.
"No wonder Snape wants it." They nodded and Kat returned the book to Hermione.
The next Quidditch match was against Hufflepuff. Harry wasn't very nervous, even if Snape was referring. He knew the other three had a plan if Snape tried anything. There weren't any goals yet and everyone was playing a rather fair game.
Then suddenly he saw the Snitch. He streaked after it quickly, rushing past Snape and wrapping his fingers around the small ball. The crowds went insane, the game wasn't even five minutes long.
He landed and everyone congratulated him, especially Oliver. There was a small party that night in the common room but it was the last fun thing for a while.
Kat and Hermione were going exam crazy. They were comparing notes, and setting up different studying schedules. They sat together in every class and did homework together every night.
The four were in the library studying one day when they saw Hagrid and asked if they could see him later that night. He agreed, looking nervous.
That night they entered the hut and Hagrid offered them tea and sandwiches. Kat took one to be nice, but the others said they weren't hungry.
"So what did yeh want ter ask me?"
"What else is guarding the Stone besides Fluffy?" Harry asked immediately. Hagrid groaned.
"Hoped it was somethin' else." He muttered quietly. "I don't know ter tell yeh the truth. If I did, I wouldn't tell yeh. So off yeh go." He tried to get them out the door, but Kat refused to go.
"You know everything Hagrid. We just want to know helped." He smiled besides himself and he nodded.
"Professor Sprout, Flitwick, McGonagall, Quirrell, Snape and Dumbledore o' course."
"Snape?" Adrian groaned, falling against the doorframe.
"Yeah. An' why would he steal it? Now out all four o' yeh." They nodded when Sarah saw something move in the fire.
"What's that?" she gasped falling away from it and landing on Adrian. He yelped in pain and Hagrid quickly moved to the fire.
"It's nuttin'. Now out!" They nodded and quickly left. Walking to the castle they talked about what they would do now.
"It couldn't be Snape then." Harry reasoned.
"Then who could it be?" Adrian asked.
"Don't know, but we shouldn't worry about it." Kat said, trying to get them to be quiet.
"What? Kat! This could be bad!" Sarah told her, grabbing her arm and stopping her.
"Sarah. It already is bad." The three turned to see McGonagall standing at the top of the stairs.
"Hello. Enjoy your walk?" They gulped and looked at each other guiltily. "Follow me."
Ten minutes later they were walking back to the Tower and Adrian was telling McGonagall off.
"I can't believe that evil-"
"Adrian! Stop we were wandering after dark. We deserved a detention." Kat reasoned with him for the sixth time.
"It won't be that bad anyway so stop shouting. We've had tons of detentions." Harry said the password and they separated for their dorms.
It turns out that they had detention in the Forbidden Forest that Saturday. "Okay, so it could bad." Harry said as they followed Filch to Hagrid's cabin.
"I don't want to go in there." Sarah whispered.
"Stay next to Hagrid, he's big." Kat told her. She nodded and Hagrid waved at them, wiping his eyes with a large handkerchief.
"Where'd ya send him to Hagrid?" Filch asked.
"Norbert's in Romania with a dragon colony." He sniffed again and Filch rolled his eyes.
"Get over it man! You're lucky Dumbledore didn't turn you in for having a dragon." The four gasped.
"So that's what that was!" Kat grinned at Hagrid and he nodded.
"Yeah. He'll be happy in Romania, I hope. He should be. Won't he?"
"Of course he will." Adrian said, nudging Harry's side. Hagrid nodded.
"Well we've got a job tonight. Thank you Filch." He nodded and walked up in his creepy way up to the castle. Adrian shook his head.
"He's creepy." Harry and Kat snorted with laughter.
"Alright. We have to find somethin' that's been killing unicorns in the forest."
"Unicorns?" Kat squeaked. Adrian hugged her. Harry was glad they got over their embarrassment. It was quiet without them talking to each other.
"Let's go. Sarah an' Kat yer with me. Adrian an' Harry get Fang."
He led them to the forest edge and showed them something on the ground that was silvery and glowed eerily in the moonlight.
"Unicorn blood. One's hurt. We're lookin' for it. Stay to the paths, send up green sparks if yeh find the unicorn, red if yer in trouble. Right? Off we go." They Marauders waved to each other as they set off in different directions.
"Well this is a cheery place." Adrian said holding their lantern up. Harry chuckled.
"Let's move in here after Hogwarts. All four of us. You and Kat get your own room of course." Adrian smacked Harry's arm.
"Ow." They glared at each other as Harry rubbed the sore spot on his arm. Suddenly they heard something moving off to the right. They spun around and Adrian held the lantern up. His hand was shaking and he almost dropped it. They looked at each other before agreeing.
They walked forward slowly off the path when Harry pointed at something. It was white and gleamed on the ground.
"The unicorn." Adrian sighed sadly and they stepped out from behind the trees to get a better look. It had long and graceful legs that were sticking out in opposite legs and it's mane fell across the dark leaves.
Adrian grabbed Harry's arm to keep him from going forward. "What's that?" he asked. Something slithered forward out of the shadows and it began to drink the unicorn's blood. They both screamed and turned to run until Harry's cloak tripped him. Adrian stopped and tried to pull him to his feet.
The creature saw the boys and started to inch forward; they were too scared too move. It slithered closer and closer until it froze, it's face unreadable underneath it's black hood. It hissed in fear and flew away as a large horse galloped out of the bushes behind them.
"Are you two alright?" it asked. They nodded, staring at the centaur.
"Do you know what unicorn blood is used for?" They looked at each other, before shaking their heads no. "The most terrible thing is to slay a unicorn. The blood of a unicorn can keep anyone an inch from death. To kill something so pure and innocent to save yourself will give you a cursed life."
"Who'd be that desperate?" Adrian asked the centaur.
"Is there no one?"
"Voldermort." They whispered together in fear. The centaur nodded and held his hand out to help Harry up.
Harry finally got to his feet when Hagrid ran into the clearing followed by Kat and Sarah.
"Hello Firenze." Hagrid said calmly, staring at the unicorn. Kat and Sarah gave dry sobs at the beautiful unicorn. "Thank you fer watchin' Harry." It bowed it's head to the boys.
"You are safe with your friends." They bowed back and the centaur nodded to Hagrid before looking at Kat and Sarah.
"The stars are on your side young lady." Kat gasped when the centaur took her hand. "You are like a unicorn, do not become like the one lying here." Kat looked into his eyes, her eyebrows squashed together. "And you will become a hero." With his other hand he held Sarah's. The girls looked at him in delight and confusion.
"Good night." The centaur walked off looking up at the stars. Hagrid rolled his eyes.
"Never understand them. Don't yeh two worry 'bout what he said." They nodded slowly as if they were in another world.
They got back to the common room hours later and sat down talking about what Firenze said.
"It was Voldermort." Sarah shivered at the name. "It had to be. Who else wouldn't care about killing something like a unicorn for their own reasons?" Harry paced back and forth in front of the empty fireplace.
"So Snape will get the Stone for Voldermort?" Adrian guessed.
"We don't know if it's Snape!" Kat exclaimed.
"It has to be Kat." Harry was still rambling on about stars and centaurs, Voldermort and Snape, Stones, dragons.
"Harry! Calm down! Voldermort was afraid of Dumbledore. With him here, Hogwarts is safe."
"I'm worried about Neville. I don't think he could take Voldermort on." Harry sighed heavily and sat down on the couch.
"I agree mate. He's so clumsy."
"Maybe he'll go into being a great hero." Sarah pointed out.
"Maybe." Harry ran a hand though his hair and making it messy than ever. "Oh I don't know. I think I'm thinking too hard."
"Hey let's sleep it off and go talk to Dumbledore in the morning. How about that? We'll let him handle it while we take the exams." Adrian nodded at everyone and after several silent seconds they all agreed as well.
I know. This chapter is a lot shorter. The next chapter will be the last for the first book. I'll take a break for a week or so and then start with the second book.
I'm going on vacation for a week starting tomorrow. I'll be home for three days, then I'm going on another for five days or so. Sooooo, don't expect much from me for a while. Sorry!
Don't forget to review!
Thanks to all my reviewers, lots of love. (Hollywoodgurl-is that really your name? That's cool!)
Warnings: nope
Disclaimer: Not mine.
The Way it Should Have Been
Chapter Six: Into the Woods We Go
Sarah got back and wasn't surprised about the cloak. "My dad told me about it."
"Did you find anything about Flamel?" Sarah had agreed to ask her parents, but neither of them knew anything.
"We will never find him!" Harry groaned, throwing his quill onto the table. Quidditch practice had started again and he was really stressed. Kat helped him with homework every night and he fell asleep before all the others in the dorm.
One day they were in the library and Kat was talking to Hermione about some homework assignment. She looked at what Hermione was reading and she gasped loudly.
"Hermione can I borrow this for a few minutes?" Hermione nodded, giving Kat an odd look. Kat picked the huge book up and carried it to their table.
"And you would read that because?" Harry asked at the enormous book.
"Just listen." She looked around for a few minutes, flipping through a couple of pages. "Here! Nicolas Flamel is the only known maker of the Sorcerer's Stone."
"Sorcerer's Stone, Sorcerer's Stone. Where have I heard of that before?" Adrian asked looking her in the eye. They blushed slightly and Kat looked back down at the book.
"It's a stone that will produce the Elixir of Life and can transform metal into pure gold."
"I bet that's what Fluffy is guarding." Harry said.
"Flamel must have asked Dumbledore to guard it, so he asked Hagrid for Fluffy." Adrian finished and the two boys grinned at each other. Kat nodded and Sarah sat quietly for a few seconds.
"No wonder Snape wants it." They nodded and Kat returned the book to Hermione.
The next Quidditch match was against Hufflepuff. Harry wasn't very nervous, even if Snape was referring. He knew the other three had a plan if Snape tried anything. There weren't any goals yet and everyone was playing a rather fair game.
Then suddenly he saw the Snitch. He streaked after it quickly, rushing past Snape and wrapping his fingers around the small ball. The crowds went insane, the game wasn't even five minutes long.
He landed and everyone congratulated him, especially Oliver. There was a small party that night in the common room but it was the last fun thing for a while.
Kat and Hermione were going exam crazy. They were comparing notes, and setting up different studying schedules. They sat together in every class and did homework together every night.
The four were in the library studying one day when they saw Hagrid and asked if they could see him later that night. He agreed, looking nervous.
That night they entered the hut and Hagrid offered them tea and sandwiches. Kat took one to be nice, but the others said they weren't hungry.
"So what did yeh want ter ask me?"
"What else is guarding the Stone besides Fluffy?" Harry asked immediately. Hagrid groaned.
"Hoped it was somethin' else." He muttered quietly. "I don't know ter tell yeh the truth. If I did, I wouldn't tell yeh. So off yeh go." He tried to get them out the door, but Kat refused to go.
"You know everything Hagrid. We just want to know helped." He smiled besides himself and he nodded.
"Professor Sprout, Flitwick, McGonagall, Quirrell, Snape and Dumbledore o' course."
"Snape?" Adrian groaned, falling against the doorframe.
"Yeah. An' why would he steal it? Now out all four o' yeh." They nodded when Sarah saw something move in the fire.
"What's that?" she gasped falling away from it and landing on Adrian. He yelped in pain and Hagrid quickly moved to the fire.
"It's nuttin'. Now out!" They nodded and quickly left. Walking to the castle they talked about what they would do now.
"It couldn't be Snape then." Harry reasoned.
"Then who could it be?" Adrian asked.
"Don't know, but we shouldn't worry about it." Kat said, trying to get them to be quiet.
"What? Kat! This could be bad!" Sarah told her, grabbing her arm and stopping her.
"Sarah. It already is bad." The three turned to see McGonagall standing at the top of the stairs.
"Hello. Enjoy your walk?" They gulped and looked at each other guiltily. "Follow me."
Ten minutes later they were walking back to the Tower and Adrian was telling McGonagall off.
"I can't believe that evil-"
"Adrian! Stop we were wandering after dark. We deserved a detention." Kat reasoned with him for the sixth time.
"It won't be that bad anyway so stop shouting. We've had tons of detentions." Harry said the password and they separated for their dorms.
It turns out that they had detention in the Forbidden Forest that Saturday. "Okay, so it could bad." Harry said as they followed Filch to Hagrid's cabin.
"I don't want to go in there." Sarah whispered.
"Stay next to Hagrid, he's big." Kat told her. She nodded and Hagrid waved at them, wiping his eyes with a large handkerchief.
"Where'd ya send him to Hagrid?" Filch asked.
"Norbert's in Romania with a dragon colony." He sniffed again and Filch rolled his eyes.
"Get over it man! You're lucky Dumbledore didn't turn you in for having a dragon." The four gasped.
"So that's what that was!" Kat grinned at Hagrid and he nodded.
"Yeah. He'll be happy in Romania, I hope. He should be. Won't he?"
"Of course he will." Adrian said, nudging Harry's side. Hagrid nodded.
"Well we've got a job tonight. Thank you Filch." He nodded and walked up in his creepy way up to the castle. Adrian shook his head.
"He's creepy." Harry and Kat snorted with laughter.
"Alright. We have to find somethin' that's been killing unicorns in the forest."
"Unicorns?" Kat squeaked. Adrian hugged her. Harry was glad they got over their embarrassment. It was quiet without them talking to each other.
"Let's go. Sarah an' Kat yer with me. Adrian an' Harry get Fang."
He led them to the forest edge and showed them something on the ground that was silvery and glowed eerily in the moonlight.
"Unicorn blood. One's hurt. We're lookin' for it. Stay to the paths, send up green sparks if yeh find the unicorn, red if yer in trouble. Right? Off we go." They Marauders waved to each other as they set off in different directions.
"Well this is a cheery place." Adrian said holding their lantern up. Harry chuckled.
"Let's move in here after Hogwarts. All four of us. You and Kat get your own room of course." Adrian smacked Harry's arm.
"Ow." They glared at each other as Harry rubbed the sore spot on his arm. Suddenly they heard something moving off to the right. They spun around and Adrian held the lantern up. His hand was shaking and he almost dropped it. They looked at each other before agreeing.
They walked forward slowly off the path when Harry pointed at something. It was white and gleamed on the ground.
"The unicorn." Adrian sighed sadly and they stepped out from behind the trees to get a better look. It had long and graceful legs that were sticking out in opposite legs and it's mane fell across the dark leaves.
Adrian grabbed Harry's arm to keep him from going forward. "What's that?" he asked. Something slithered forward out of the shadows and it began to drink the unicorn's blood. They both screamed and turned to run until Harry's cloak tripped him. Adrian stopped and tried to pull him to his feet.
The creature saw the boys and started to inch forward; they were too scared too move. It slithered closer and closer until it froze, it's face unreadable underneath it's black hood. It hissed in fear and flew away as a large horse galloped out of the bushes behind them.
"Are you two alright?" it asked. They nodded, staring at the centaur.
"Do you know what unicorn blood is used for?" They looked at each other, before shaking their heads no. "The most terrible thing is to slay a unicorn. The blood of a unicorn can keep anyone an inch from death. To kill something so pure and innocent to save yourself will give you a cursed life."
"Who'd be that desperate?" Adrian asked the centaur.
"Is there no one?"
"Voldermort." They whispered together in fear. The centaur nodded and held his hand out to help Harry up.
Harry finally got to his feet when Hagrid ran into the clearing followed by Kat and Sarah.
"Hello Firenze." Hagrid said calmly, staring at the unicorn. Kat and Sarah gave dry sobs at the beautiful unicorn. "Thank you fer watchin' Harry." It bowed it's head to the boys.
"You are safe with your friends." They bowed back and the centaur nodded to Hagrid before looking at Kat and Sarah.
"The stars are on your side young lady." Kat gasped when the centaur took her hand. "You are like a unicorn, do not become like the one lying here." Kat looked into his eyes, her eyebrows squashed together. "And you will become a hero." With his other hand he held Sarah's. The girls looked at him in delight and confusion.
"Good night." The centaur walked off looking up at the stars. Hagrid rolled his eyes.
"Never understand them. Don't yeh two worry 'bout what he said." They nodded slowly as if they were in another world.
They got back to the common room hours later and sat down talking about what Firenze said.
"It was Voldermort." Sarah shivered at the name. "It had to be. Who else wouldn't care about killing something like a unicorn for their own reasons?" Harry paced back and forth in front of the empty fireplace.
"So Snape will get the Stone for Voldermort?" Adrian guessed.
"We don't know if it's Snape!" Kat exclaimed.
"It has to be Kat." Harry was still rambling on about stars and centaurs, Voldermort and Snape, Stones, dragons.
"Harry! Calm down! Voldermort was afraid of Dumbledore. With him here, Hogwarts is safe."
"I'm worried about Neville. I don't think he could take Voldermort on." Harry sighed heavily and sat down on the couch.
"I agree mate. He's so clumsy."
"Maybe he'll go into being a great hero." Sarah pointed out.
"Maybe." Harry ran a hand though his hair and making it messy than ever. "Oh I don't know. I think I'm thinking too hard."
"Hey let's sleep it off and go talk to Dumbledore in the morning. How about that? We'll let him handle it while we take the exams." Adrian nodded at everyone and after several silent seconds they all agreed as well.
I know. This chapter is a lot shorter. The next chapter will be the last for the first book. I'll take a break for a week or so and then start with the second book.
I'm going on vacation for a week starting tomorrow. I'll be home for three days, then I'm going on another for five days or so. Sooooo, don't expect much from me for a while. Sorry!
Don't forget to review!