A Sinister Message

Rating: PG
Genre: Mystery/ suspense
Setting: Hogwarts/Hogsmeade
Main Characters: Harry, Hermione, Ron.

Note from the Authoress: This is my first ever fic! For the purposes of it Sirius is alive again! Sorry the chapters are so short, I originally wrote it for a website.

Part 4

Finally the Hogsmeade trip came. Harry was quite happy, he was going to talk to Sirius, at last, and he had a feeling that Sirius would provide some answer to the sinister messages.

He, Ron and Hermione walked down towards Hogsmeade. When they got there Harry looked at his watch

" Still half an hour before we need to meet him."

"Well" said Hermione " lets go and have a butterbeer at the three broomsticks while we wait, it shouldn't take to long, and it will mean we're not sitting around for ages"

"Good idea" answered Harry "and at least we wont see any messages here. There's no way whoever's doing it will be in Hogsmeade as well!"

So, with this happy thought, the three of them went into the three broomsticks.

Half an hour later, they walked up to the meeting place where they were to meet Sirius. They got there...five minutes late, but there was no sign of the black dog waiting for them.

"Hey, you don't think he got bored waiting and left do you? " Ron asked

"No, he wouldn't! Maybe he's just hiding behind a bush or something, or got delayed. Come on, there's still a little way to go!"

The three of them half ran the rest of the way to the stile, where they were meeting Sirius. They got there, but there was no sign of him. Harry looked around, and froze.

"I don't believe it!" He muttered. The others turned to look, sure they knew what Harry had seen. And, sure enough, on a nearby rock, were written the words:


'I know where you are Potter, watch your back!'

Shocked, they all looked at each other. Hermione ventured an explanation.

"You don't suppose its Sirius playing this trick on you do you?"

"No" Said Harry, "how would he get into Hogwarts without someone seeing him?"

"Harry's got a point" muttered Ron

"But, then, why isn't Sirius here then?" Hermione asked.

"I don't know" Harry replied.

Suddenly they heard the sound of someone, or something approaching. Harry spun round expecting to see who or what was leaving the messages. Instead, a big black dog ran up to them.

"SIRIUS!" Harry shouted, glad to see him.

Sirius turned back into a human.

"Shhh, keep your voice down Harry" he whispered "you never know who might be nearby"

"Why are you so late" Harry demanded, ignoring Sirius' comment completely.

"I was busy, sorry" Sirius replied.

"You didn't happen to see anything...unusual around here, did you Sirius?" Hermione asked

"Well" said Sirius " No I didn't see anything"
"What do you mean you didn't see anything?" Harry asked sharply

Sirius looked surprised " well, I thought I felt some strange presence higher up earlier, but only for a second, it might of just been my imagination though"

"Oh great, I'm being haunted by something that doesn't exist!" Moaned Harry

"What do you mean" Sirius asked.

Harry sat down and began to tell Sirius what had been happening...

END OF PART 4