As Tara lay hopelessly awake thinking about what Harry had told her
earlier, she tossed and turned trying desperately to fall asleep. It was no
use, she just kept thinking about how Harry said she can talk to her any
time she wanted. So just like that she got out of bed, wrapped her scarf
around her neck, put o her coat and zipped out the door carefully as to not
wake any of the other students. As she ran toward the castle she realized
that she completely forgot that it was raining. The heavy rain droplets
pelted her as she ran towards the castle.
She invisibly snuck past the prefix, including Hermione, which was hard because Hermione basically knows everything. But besides that she got up to the Griffindor tower with no problems. When she got to the portrait of the fat lady she seemed to have a little trouble getting in but then she spoke the password in a British accent. The fat lady gave her a bit of a stare and let her in.
When she got to the common room she found the fireplace still blaring and Harry fast asleep on the couch. She wondered now if she should just go back but then realized she really needed to talk to him. So she slowly made her way to the couch a knelt down in front of it. "Harry." She whispered lightly. "Harry? Haaaaarry...HARRY WAKE UP!" she quietly shouted.
Harry woke up with a panicky jump, muttering nonsense words. "Hey, what are you sleeping out here for?" Tara questioned. Harry sleepily rubbed his eyes and did a quick yawn. "I was really hopping that you would come and talk tonight because I have to tell you something to." Harry said but he still looked rather tired as he sat up giving Tara a place to sit. "Ok well let me go first because I really have to tell you something and I can't take it anymore." Tara said looking at Harry for his approval. Harry nodded his head. "Ok..." Tara said and taking a deep breath. "I haven't really been telling you the truth lately," Tara started and all of a sudden Harry instantly woke up and got the biggest grin across his face. "I'm listening." Harry said. Tara just looked confused but continued.
"This probably going to be hard for me to finally say but I have to tell you...my name isn't Tara." She said and looked down in shame and then looked up at Harry to see what look Harry would have, if it was shocked or just plain angry but she saw him in was the complete opposite. He was laughing!
"What's so funny" she asked confused. "I was waiting until you would tell me." Harry chuckled out "you knew!?" she asked. "Yeah, you're dad wrote me a letter and told me. So this may sound weird but what's you're name?" Harry asked excitedly. "Bridget." She laughed. "So why change the name?" Harry asked "well you know basically to protect us. Me my mom and two brothers had to because the government knows everyone in my family so we changed our names." She explained and the room fell silent once more.
"So..." Tara spoke filling the room with soft whispers once more. "Did my dad happen to mention that I picked up the animagous genes?" she asked. "No, what can you change into?" Harry asked getting excited again. Tara laughed. "It may sound strange considering that my dad is a dog but I change into a kitten." She said in a shy kind of way "Awwww how cute." Harry said and nudged her in a friendly kind of way. "I know isn't it?" Some mysterious person answered and their heads quickly darted to where the voice came from, but strangely it came from the fireplace. "Dad?" Bridget questioned in horror, seeing her dads floating head in fireplace freaked her out a bit. (Wouldn't you be freaked out?) "Sirius how did you get in there?" Harry asked with amazement. "Never mind that. So I see you told him Bridget." Sirius pointed out. "Uh...yeah," Bridget said still slightly frightened by seeing her dads being consumed by a flame. "Bridg' relax it's simply a... magic trick I suppose you can call it." Sirius said and looked around the common room. "Where's you're school? I thought they would b here?" Sirius said confused. "Oh um we have our own dorms now." Bridget said finally calming down. "WHAT! You came here in the middle of the night by your self!!" Sirius yelled but not loud enough to wake anyone up. "Yeah dad why?!" Bridget said getting nervous again. "You need to get back NOW!!" Sirius said at an extremely loud voice that rang in their ears and echoed out their minds but still leaving a frightful impression.
Just as he finished they heard nearing footsteps coming down from one of the dorms but it was too hard to tell which one. Then Harry and Bridget turned their attention to the boys dorms, where the footsteps were clearly coming from, to find Ron leaning up against the door frame yawing. "Hey I heard yelling, what's going-... Whoa!"
Ron said noticing the floating head in the fire place but it immediately vanished and Ron stood there thunderstruck thinking he was hallucinating and he was spitting out random unfinished sentences like "But I... I saw" Harry hopped over the back of the couch and grabbed Ron's shoulders but Ron constantly tried peering over Harry until finally gave it up and focused on Harry "Ron please, you have got to get Bridget..." Harry started until he was interrupted. "Wait. Who's Bridget?" Ron asked.
"She is!" Harry said pointing a forceful finger at 'Tara' and she gave a silly little wave. "She only said her name was Tara because..." Harry tried to finish once more but was, once again, rudely interrupted. "Oh right, right I get it, I get it. I'm sorry, I'm sorry now go on." Ron pleaded like nothing happened. Harry just looked at him as though if one more interruption and he would attack. "Anyway... you have to get Bridget back to her dorms, she can't go back alone." Harry said gathering up her coat for her. "But, but Harry I don't want to go. Its dark and its raining." Ron said with fear in his eyes knowing he was going to have to go anyway. Harry grabbed Ron's shoulders again and stared him in the eyes.
"Ron is a man!" Harry tried to persuade Ron. "I think I'd rather be a kid." Ron said staring strait back at Harry. "Well, someone has to come with me!" Bridget said getting frustrated. Harry and Ron both looked at each other and Ron gave Harry a stubborn look. Harry just rolled his eyes and gave Ron a light shove toward Bridget and they headed out the door. "Fine I'll go!" Ron said straightening out his shirt. "Hey did you really understand why I had to change my name?" Bridget asked before they got going. "Not a clue." Ron confessed. "Yeah didn't think so." Bridget said and they were on their way.
She invisibly snuck past the prefix, including Hermione, which was hard because Hermione basically knows everything. But besides that she got up to the Griffindor tower with no problems. When she got to the portrait of the fat lady she seemed to have a little trouble getting in but then she spoke the password in a British accent. The fat lady gave her a bit of a stare and let her in.
When she got to the common room she found the fireplace still blaring and Harry fast asleep on the couch. She wondered now if she should just go back but then realized she really needed to talk to him. So she slowly made her way to the couch a knelt down in front of it. "Harry." She whispered lightly. "Harry? Haaaaarry...HARRY WAKE UP!" she quietly shouted.
Harry woke up with a panicky jump, muttering nonsense words. "Hey, what are you sleeping out here for?" Tara questioned. Harry sleepily rubbed his eyes and did a quick yawn. "I was really hopping that you would come and talk tonight because I have to tell you something to." Harry said but he still looked rather tired as he sat up giving Tara a place to sit. "Ok well let me go first because I really have to tell you something and I can't take it anymore." Tara said looking at Harry for his approval. Harry nodded his head. "Ok..." Tara said and taking a deep breath. "I haven't really been telling you the truth lately," Tara started and all of a sudden Harry instantly woke up and got the biggest grin across his face. "I'm listening." Harry said. Tara just looked confused but continued.
"This probably going to be hard for me to finally say but I have to tell you...my name isn't Tara." She said and looked down in shame and then looked up at Harry to see what look Harry would have, if it was shocked or just plain angry but she saw him in was the complete opposite. He was laughing!
"What's so funny" she asked confused. "I was waiting until you would tell me." Harry chuckled out "you knew!?" she asked. "Yeah, you're dad wrote me a letter and told me. So this may sound weird but what's you're name?" Harry asked excitedly. "Bridget." She laughed. "So why change the name?" Harry asked "well you know basically to protect us. Me my mom and two brothers had to because the government knows everyone in my family so we changed our names." She explained and the room fell silent once more.
"So..." Tara spoke filling the room with soft whispers once more. "Did my dad happen to mention that I picked up the animagous genes?" she asked. "No, what can you change into?" Harry asked getting excited again. Tara laughed. "It may sound strange considering that my dad is a dog but I change into a kitten." She said in a shy kind of way "Awwww how cute." Harry said and nudged her in a friendly kind of way. "I know isn't it?" Some mysterious person answered and their heads quickly darted to where the voice came from, but strangely it came from the fireplace. "Dad?" Bridget questioned in horror, seeing her dads floating head in fireplace freaked her out a bit. (Wouldn't you be freaked out?) "Sirius how did you get in there?" Harry asked with amazement. "Never mind that. So I see you told him Bridget." Sirius pointed out. "Uh...yeah," Bridget said still slightly frightened by seeing her dads being consumed by a flame. "Bridg' relax it's simply a... magic trick I suppose you can call it." Sirius said and looked around the common room. "Where's you're school? I thought they would b here?" Sirius said confused. "Oh um we have our own dorms now." Bridget said finally calming down. "WHAT! You came here in the middle of the night by your self!!" Sirius yelled but not loud enough to wake anyone up. "Yeah dad why?!" Bridget said getting nervous again. "You need to get back NOW!!" Sirius said at an extremely loud voice that rang in their ears and echoed out their minds but still leaving a frightful impression.
Just as he finished they heard nearing footsteps coming down from one of the dorms but it was too hard to tell which one. Then Harry and Bridget turned their attention to the boys dorms, where the footsteps were clearly coming from, to find Ron leaning up against the door frame yawing. "Hey I heard yelling, what's going-... Whoa!"
Ron said noticing the floating head in the fire place but it immediately vanished and Ron stood there thunderstruck thinking he was hallucinating and he was spitting out random unfinished sentences like "But I... I saw" Harry hopped over the back of the couch and grabbed Ron's shoulders but Ron constantly tried peering over Harry until finally gave it up and focused on Harry "Ron please, you have got to get Bridget..." Harry started until he was interrupted. "Wait. Who's Bridget?" Ron asked.
"She is!" Harry said pointing a forceful finger at 'Tara' and she gave a silly little wave. "She only said her name was Tara because..." Harry tried to finish once more but was, once again, rudely interrupted. "Oh right, right I get it, I get it. I'm sorry, I'm sorry now go on." Ron pleaded like nothing happened. Harry just looked at him as though if one more interruption and he would attack. "Anyway... you have to get Bridget back to her dorms, she can't go back alone." Harry said gathering up her coat for her. "But, but Harry I don't want to go. Its dark and its raining." Ron said with fear in his eyes knowing he was going to have to go anyway. Harry grabbed Ron's shoulders again and stared him in the eyes.
"Ron is a man!" Harry tried to persuade Ron. "I think I'd rather be a kid." Ron said staring strait back at Harry. "Well, someone has to come with me!" Bridget said getting frustrated. Harry and Ron both looked at each other and Ron gave Harry a stubborn look. Harry just rolled his eyes and gave Ron a light shove toward Bridget and they headed out the door. "Fine I'll go!" Ron said straightening out his shirt. "Hey did you really understand why I had to change my name?" Bridget asked before they got going. "Not a clue." Ron confessed. "Yeah didn't think so." Bridget said and they were on their way.