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Chapter 10: The shrieking shack.
"Where to first?" Lilac said as they caught up with Seamus.
"Lets go transform and get used to moving in our forms in the Shrieking shack, Round Hogmeade, then around the Forbidden forest before going back to the common room!" Seamus said sounding as though he had this all planned out already.
"Fine with me, just two questions." She replied.
"What's wrong Lilac?" Harry asked worriedly.
"One: What is Hogmeade? And two, what is the shrieking shack?" She asked.
"Hogmeade is a little wizard village where 3rd years and above can only go!" Harry said.
"And the shrieking shack is where my dad used to have to..." Romulus stopped himself saying the rest of his sentence.
"What Moonbeam?" She asked and he shook his head.
Seeing the look on his face and Lilac, being the smart girl that she is, left the subject.
They were oddly silent until Seamus spoke "The shrieking shack is under the womping willow."
"Ok, but how are we going to get in without getting..." She said nervously and Harry finished for her.
"Womped?" and she nodded while blushing.
"We are here, you will see, now where is a broken branch?" Seamus said as he looked around the bottom of the tree.
"I got one!" Harry said holding up a branch.
"Now, you have to promise not to EVER! Tell anyone about what you are going to see, ok Lilac?" Seamus said as if talking to young child.
"Ok Seamus, I won't!" She sighed.
"Cross your heart, hope to fly, stick a kneezle in your eye." He said.
"What's a kneezle?" She asked.
"Just promise us you won't tell anyone!" Seamus said and she sighed.
"Fine, I won't tell, now what is so important?"
"You will see, watch this!" Harry said as he moved closer to the tree, carefully avoiding branches and poked its root.
The tree suddenly stopped moving like it was made of marble and Seamus went into a hole that appeared.
"Come on, we haven't got all night!" He called when just his head was visible.
Harry took her hand and pulled her forward slowly while Romulus followed.
He wasn't the loudest person of her three new friends, that was Seamus, but it wasn't like him to be so quiet.
They went into the hole and it closed behind them, they could hear the tree start moving and hitting things again.
"Wow! It is even weirder than they described, of course, if they knew we were in here..." Harry said.
"We would get severely spanked, or a howler, depends where we are!" Seamus finished.
"My parents probably wouldn't care because I wouldn't tell them!" Lilac smirked.
"Yeah, we are here! Welcome to the shrieking shack everyone!" Seamus said as he bowed as they entered the room.
"What happened here? Was someone murdered?" Lilac asked as she saw a broken chair on the floor.
"No, we will tell you what happened later, lets go upstairs!" Seamus said and walked up the stairs. He opened the door and they walked into darkness.
"Surely there must be a candle somewhere?" Seamus asked as Romulus closed the door behind him.
"Hold on, I think I have a match!" Harry said and the room lit up slightly a minute later.
"There is an oil lamp...Hey! Why did you blow it out Harry?" Seamus said as the room went dark again.
"I didn't blow it out, it just went out." Harry protested.
"Was that, dried blood on the floor?" Lilac asked nervously.
"I don't know, but I have an idea, let's find a bed and tell scary stories around the lamp." Seamus suggested.
There was loud bang and swearing. "I think I found the bed, or it just found my toe! Come sit" Harry said.
"Not here! I'm here already! Who's this?"
"Lilac, who's that?"
"Harry!" this attracted a loud whistle from Seamus.
"Ouch, who did that?" Romulus protested as he received a slap on the back of the head
"Whoops sorry, I thought you were Seamus!" Lilac said.
"Someone do us all a favour and light the lamp!" Harry begged.
"I second that!" Romulus said.
A dim light appeared from a very old looking oil lamp in Seamus's hands. He placed in the middle of the bed and they all crowded around it.
"Wait, why did we sit in the dark for 10 minutes when we had our wands?" Harry asked and everyone groaned.
"Oh well, what are we going to do now?" Seamus sighed.
"Don't know, what do you want to do?" Romulus asked.
"Please tell me what you were going to say outside, I promise not to tell!" Lilac begged.
"Fine, when our parents were at school, my dad had to come here once a month to transform into a werewolf!" And he blushed.
"Cool, I wish my dad was a werewolf!" she replied and he looked up.
"You- you do?" He stuttered.
"Yeah, who doesn't?" Seamus grinned.
"What did you expect me to say?" Lilac replied.
"I really don't know, it's not something I usually tell every tom dock and Harry...whoops, sorry sleek!" Romulus apologised.
"Why was the only one to end up with a common name?" He said as he doubled over laughing.
"I think it is a nice name," Lilac gushed.
"Ooh, love is blossoming!" Seamus said.
"In your dreams Seamus, even if it was, I'm too young too get into anything like that!" Lilac said.
"I'm not saying anything like that, just that you two must get together, soon!" Seamus replied.
"I agree!" Romulus said.
"Thank you for that, let's play a game now!" Harry said, changing the subject.
"What game?" Romulus asked, "not spark in the dark!" He said looking at Seamus.
"You're no fun Rom!" Seamus whined.
"I appreciate my hair and robes too much to play that game again!" Romulus retorted.
"Fine, what about the truth game?" Seamus asked and reached inside his robe "With a tiny bit of veritsium." He pulled out a glass bottle with a clear liquid inside.
"Where did you get that?" Romulus asked flabbergasted.
"There are advantages to have an auror for a father," He grinned proudly. "Especially when he leaves his door unlocked."
"What are we waiting for? Let's get started!" Harry said.
Suddenly, there was a loud bang from somewhere faraway outside the house.
"Umm guys, I don't know what that was, but I think we had better get out of here!" Lilac said fearfully.
"Don't be such a baby Lilac, that was far from- " Seamus said but was interrupted by another bang, louder and closer than the last.
"It's getting closer, please can we leave!" she pleaded.
"It can't get in here, whatever it is, just ignore it!" Seamus said, trying to stay brave, but certain uneasiness could be heard in his voice.
Like there was a gush of wind, the lamp went out and a third bang hit that sounded like it was right outside the door.
"Ok, let's go!" Seamus said and they all scrambled off the bed in the dark.
They hurried down the stairs and into the tunnel where they walked as quietly and fast as possible.
A crash and a fourth bang was heard from the room they had just come from and they broke into a run.
They got out the tunnel with Romulus in the lead, Lilac, then Harry and lastly Seamus.
But strangely enough, as they got out of the way of the tree, Romulus stopped and went pale.
"ROMULUS! GO!" Lilac yelled but stopped when she looked up at where Romulus was looking.
To her horror and misfortune, it was a full moon.
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Chapter 10: The shrieking shack.
"Where to first?" Lilac said as they caught up with Seamus.
"Lets go transform and get used to moving in our forms in the Shrieking shack, Round Hogmeade, then around the Forbidden forest before going back to the common room!" Seamus said sounding as though he had this all planned out already.
"Fine with me, just two questions." She replied.
"What's wrong Lilac?" Harry asked worriedly.
"One: What is Hogmeade? And two, what is the shrieking shack?" She asked.
"Hogmeade is a little wizard village where 3rd years and above can only go!" Harry said.
"And the shrieking shack is where my dad used to have to..." Romulus stopped himself saying the rest of his sentence.
"What Moonbeam?" She asked and he shook his head.
Seeing the look on his face and Lilac, being the smart girl that she is, left the subject.
They were oddly silent until Seamus spoke "The shrieking shack is under the womping willow."
"Ok, but how are we going to get in without getting..." She said nervously and Harry finished for her.
"Womped?" and she nodded while blushing.
"We are here, you will see, now where is a broken branch?" Seamus said as he looked around the bottom of the tree.
"I got one!" Harry said holding up a branch.
"Now, you have to promise not to EVER! Tell anyone about what you are going to see, ok Lilac?" Seamus said as if talking to young child.
"Ok Seamus, I won't!" She sighed.
"Cross your heart, hope to fly, stick a kneezle in your eye." He said.
"What's a kneezle?" She asked.
"Just promise us you won't tell anyone!" Seamus said and she sighed.
"Fine, I won't tell, now what is so important?"
"You will see, watch this!" Harry said as he moved closer to the tree, carefully avoiding branches and poked its root.
The tree suddenly stopped moving like it was made of marble and Seamus went into a hole that appeared.
"Come on, we haven't got all night!" He called when just his head was visible.
Harry took her hand and pulled her forward slowly while Romulus followed.
He wasn't the loudest person of her three new friends, that was Seamus, but it wasn't like him to be so quiet.
They went into the hole and it closed behind them, they could hear the tree start moving and hitting things again.
"Wow! It is even weirder than they described, of course, if they knew we were in here..." Harry said.
"We would get severely spanked, or a howler, depends where we are!" Seamus finished.
"My parents probably wouldn't care because I wouldn't tell them!" Lilac smirked.
"Yeah, we are here! Welcome to the shrieking shack everyone!" Seamus said as he bowed as they entered the room.
"What happened here? Was someone murdered?" Lilac asked as she saw a broken chair on the floor.
"No, we will tell you what happened later, lets go upstairs!" Seamus said and walked up the stairs. He opened the door and they walked into darkness.
"Surely there must be a candle somewhere?" Seamus asked as Romulus closed the door behind him.
"Hold on, I think I have a match!" Harry said and the room lit up slightly a minute later.
"There is an oil lamp...Hey! Why did you blow it out Harry?" Seamus said as the room went dark again.
"I didn't blow it out, it just went out." Harry protested.
"Was that, dried blood on the floor?" Lilac asked nervously.
"I don't know, but I have an idea, let's find a bed and tell scary stories around the lamp." Seamus suggested.
There was loud bang and swearing. "I think I found the bed, or it just found my toe! Come sit" Harry said.
"Not here! I'm here already! Who's this?"
"Lilac, who's that?"
"Harry!" this attracted a loud whistle from Seamus.
"Ouch, who did that?" Romulus protested as he received a slap on the back of the head
"Whoops sorry, I thought you were Seamus!" Lilac said.
"Someone do us all a favour and light the lamp!" Harry begged.
"I second that!" Romulus said.
A dim light appeared from a very old looking oil lamp in Seamus's hands. He placed in the middle of the bed and they all crowded around it.
"Wait, why did we sit in the dark for 10 minutes when we had our wands?" Harry asked and everyone groaned.
"Oh well, what are we going to do now?" Seamus sighed.
"Don't know, what do you want to do?" Romulus asked.
"Please tell me what you were going to say outside, I promise not to tell!" Lilac begged.
"Fine, when our parents were at school, my dad had to come here once a month to transform into a werewolf!" And he blushed.
"Cool, I wish my dad was a werewolf!" she replied and he looked up.
"You- you do?" He stuttered.
"Yeah, who doesn't?" Seamus grinned.
"What did you expect me to say?" Lilac replied.
"I really don't know, it's not something I usually tell every tom dock and Harry...whoops, sorry sleek!" Romulus apologised.
"Why was the only one to end up with a common name?" He said as he doubled over laughing.
"I think it is a nice name," Lilac gushed.
"Ooh, love is blossoming!" Seamus said.
"In your dreams Seamus, even if it was, I'm too young too get into anything like that!" Lilac said.
"I'm not saying anything like that, just that you two must get together, soon!" Seamus replied.
"I agree!" Romulus said.
"Thank you for that, let's play a game now!" Harry said, changing the subject.
"What game?" Romulus asked, "not spark in the dark!" He said looking at Seamus.
"You're no fun Rom!" Seamus whined.
"I appreciate my hair and robes too much to play that game again!" Romulus retorted.
"Fine, what about the truth game?" Seamus asked and reached inside his robe "With a tiny bit of veritsium." He pulled out a glass bottle with a clear liquid inside.
"Where did you get that?" Romulus asked flabbergasted.
"There are advantages to have an auror for a father," He grinned proudly. "Especially when he leaves his door unlocked."
"What are we waiting for? Let's get started!" Harry said.
Suddenly, there was a loud bang from somewhere faraway outside the house.
"Umm guys, I don't know what that was, but I think we had better get out of here!" Lilac said fearfully.
"Don't be such a baby Lilac, that was far from- " Seamus said but was interrupted by another bang, louder and closer than the last.
"It's getting closer, please can we leave!" she pleaded.
"It can't get in here, whatever it is, just ignore it!" Seamus said, trying to stay brave, but certain uneasiness could be heard in his voice.
Like there was a gush of wind, the lamp went out and a third bang hit that sounded like it was right outside the door.
"Ok, let's go!" Seamus said and they all scrambled off the bed in the dark.
They hurried down the stairs and into the tunnel where they walked as quietly and fast as possible.
A crash and a fourth bang was heard from the room they had just come from and they broke into a run.
They got out the tunnel with Romulus in the lead, Lilac, then Harry and lastly Seamus.
But strangely enough, as they got out of the way of the tree, Romulus stopped and went pale.
"ROMULUS! GO!" Lilac yelled but stopped when she looked up at where Romulus was looking.
To her horror and misfortune, it was a full moon.
$$
Ooh, cliffy!! THIS IS CAUSE NOONE REVIEWED AND I PROBARBLY WON'T UPDATE FOR A LONG TIME BECAUSE I'M GOING ON HOLIDAY!!!
REVIEW!!!