The two girls wondered down the halls of Hogwarts Witchcraft and Wizardry.
One blonde, and the other a brunette. "Dude, what if we run into Lily???
Shouldn't we tell her?" The brunette looked worried.
"Patricia, I thought we agreed to keep this a secret? She's just gonna insist we stay here, and watch us every chance we get." The blonde known as Patricia, nodded solemnly. "Besides, you know we have to take care of him, and if we brought him in, we'd be expelled."
"OK, OK GEEZ KATHRYN I GET IT!" Patricia had lost her temper again. "Sorry luv, I'm just worried, and I feel weird not telling her. We can't avoid her gaze for too much longer. I just."
"Sshhhh, someone's coming." The two girls flattened themselves agenst the wall, but they were no match for their best friend lily. "Man just our luck" Kathryn whispered.
"Uh huh, and what are you two doing up?" the red haired Lily glared at her friends. "Errrrrr... playing paddle ball???" Patricia was too nervous and she stared at her hands, twiddling them uncontrollably.
"Ok you caught us, oh Kathryn don't glare at me, you knew I was gonna burst" Kathryn just shrugged and looked down. Though she was furious with pat, she did know the blonde would crack. "Lily, I'll tell you what's up, but you can never stop us, and can NEVER tell anyone" Patricia exclaimed in one breath, running all her words all together. "We, err. kinda. adopted this lone white wolf, when we found him, he was by the lake, hurt, you know me, I got worried and Kathryn and I took care of him, and since we can't bring him in, we've been feeding him.." she paused to catch her breath, since she was still talking with one breath. "in the Forbidden Forrest. She panted, having finished her explanation. "Pat, that was a huge run on sentence" Lily said with a small laugh. "Well I know you two WAY too well, you'd find a way to get by me. Fine, but be careful, it's almost a full moon, and that place." She sighed and shook her head. They all knew too well, the reasons that place were forbidden. Patricia and Kathryn continued their trip along the roots, calling out "Youko!!!" This was not right, they had left the lone wolf only a mile into the forest, and they had gone waaaay to far. Patricia paused and shivered. A twig snapped behind them. The two girls glanced at each other, their eyes wide. Pat was notorious for her feelings; yeah she was paranoid at times, but when she got that feeling, it was time to worry.
five miles, back in the griffindor, girls' dormitory, Lily stood at the open window, she could have sworn she herd a scream.
(three days later, full moon)
Three boys sat in the common room. It was Saturday evening, and
everyone else had gone to Hogsmeade. One messy haired kid played a
rather odd game of chess. His knight had just chopped off the head of
the other guy's priest. "Hahaha, Sirius, you can't play chess to save
your life." The one called Sirius, growled. Another man leaned over.
"Sirius, you should have moved there." He pointed to the space a cross
the board. Sirius laughed.
"Thanks Lupin, but mabie you should help Peter over there." He pointed
to a shaking little ball of a kid, crouched in the corner. "I think
Wormtail got hit in the head by a piece of my knight." Lupin shrugged
and turned back to his book. "Yo James," the messy haired guy looked
up. "Is it almost time to go?"
"No, I'm staying here, Lily's still acting odd" Sirius nodded sadly.
"Yeah I know, and I haven't seen her friends in a while, that blonde,
I dunno.. she's something." He shook his head with a sideways smile on
his face. Just then they herd loud footsteps running down the stairs.
The four looked up to see a disgruntled Lily. She looked from James,
to Lupin, Sirius, then to Peter, still sitting on the floor, gray
shards in his hair. She was shaking, and it was obvious she had been
crying. James immediately went to her and held her, she was too weak
and upset to pull away. When she had gained control, she moved to a
chair near Lupin.
"They're not back yet." She sighed in explanation. Then she looked up
at James, who had moved behind her. For once he wasn't being
obnoxious, unfortunately she was too afraid to notice. Even worse, it
was getting dark, and it was a full moon. Her eyes began to tear over.
"Guys I need help. I know you have a secret, please, you have to find
them." They all looked at her with confused looks.
"Uhh Lily, you have to give us more than that." She sniffed and looked
away. Her voice quivered.
"They have some sort of pet.. in the Forbidden Forrest. They left. to
feed it... Could have sworn I herd a scream.. please. please." She
covered her eyes with her hands. The 4 boys glanced at each other.
"Don't worry Lily, we'll find them, I promise." She just nodded.
"Peter, look after Lily will ya." He blinked and in a few seconds the
other three left.
A stag, werewolf, and black dog, ran into the forest.
(they speak in animal language, but since I can't and very few of you
can, I'll type what they say in English. Just remember, this is what
they mean, not what they're actually saying)
The big dog had picked up on the sent. "Prongs, to the left." the dog
barked. The stag dodged a tree and scrambled left.
"Thanks Padfoot." Prongs breathed. The moon had become blocked out by
the trees. Luckily they had night vision.
"We're almost there" Padfoot growled. The werewolf slowed and turned
to the left. Padfoot turned and looked at him. Then continued running.
I guess he decided it'd be better if he didn't see them, Padfoot
thought. He looked ahead and noticed Prongs had stopped short. He
forced himself to slow down, almost running into a low branch. Ahead
stood a silver fox, in a fighting stance, growling lowly. Padfoot
blinked.
"What does it want Sirius" Prongs said with a hint of worry. Padfoot
looked into the fox's eyes, blinked and looked up at his friend.
"He's warning us James." Sirius slowly moved forward, head hanging
low. The silver fox had raised his own head and allowed Padfoot to
sniff him. Padfoot barked softly, talking to the fox. "He's protecting
them, making sure no more harm comes to them." Sirius said to Prongs.
The fox nodded, and turned, telling them to follow him. The two
friends walked slowly, completely aware of their surroundings. Padfoot
suddenly stopped. A dark blue scrap of cloth laid on the ground. It
was covered in the scent of Patricia, the blonde. He rushed forward
faster.
The fox led them to a small clearing, just enough so the friends could
see clouds covering the sky. There, two girls laid, scratches on their
arms. Patricia seemed to be the only one who was cut. Her arm and side
of her face held deep gashes, still bleeding. The fox curled up by her
feet. Padfoot glanced at Prongs. "Do you think you can carry both of
them? Just to the main door then we can transform and carry them to
the hospital wing." The stag nodded.
The fox and Padfoot nudged the brunette onto the back of the, laying
down, Prongs. "There, Kathryn's up, now let's get them back to
school." He thanked the fox, and they all moved through the woods. The
silver flash of the fox, darted ahead and behind, to make sure there
were no dangers.
As they got to the door, the fox disappeared and the two boys
transformed. The door suddenly opened and there stood Madam Lonious,
the school nurse, and Lily. Patricia opened her eyes slightly, and
looked at Sirius. He looked back at her, after feeling the light
movement. She smiled weakly then closed her eyes again, falling back
into sleep.
The sun was hot on the sheets covering the hospital beds. A brunette
slowly opened her eyes, squinting at the brightness of the room. She
leaned over and nudged the blonde. "Pat wake up." She whispered
hoarsely. The blonde stirred, then fell still again. Kathryn gave a
chuckle, then grinned evilly. "Patricia, Sirius is here." The blonde's
eyes flashed open, then closed furiously, trying to block out the sun.
"Meanie" she barely got out, before coughing. Then she opened them
more slowly, and raised up. "What the frickizoid happened." she said
sleepily. Sitting fully upright she noticed the presents stacked in
front of her bed. She laughed softly. "Boys," was her only
explanation.
Lily ran to the hospital wing, followed closely by Sirius, Lupin,
James, and Peter. They threw the door open to see the two girls,
sitting with a bemused expression on their faces. "About time you two
woke up" Sirius said, smiling with great relief. "You look horrible."
"Gee thanks" Patricia said, disappointed. He laughed and sat on her
bed, pulling her close. Her face pulled from shock, and soon settled
into a smile, as she wrapped her right arm around him. "My head hurts"
she whispered as he let her go.
"Haha, I wonder why. You do have a huge gash on your temple." She just
nodded, her eyes closed. Lily had been standing at the foot of the
beds, in silent anger. Kathryn looked at her pleadingly. Lily seemed
to understand, but the silent anger was worse.
Lupin had squeezed his way around to Kathryn's bed. "What happened to
you two?" He asked softly, a worried expression darkening his face.
Kathryn looked at him, then everyone else. Sighing she began the
story.
"We went out to feed Youko, our silver fox. He was hurt when we found
him, so we took care of him, and he had gotten so used to us feeding
him. So we keep him in the forest. He didn't come when we called him.
Stupidly we kept going deeper." She paused and took a drink of water,
then continued. "Patricia randomly felt a shiver and soon
this...thing. jumped out at us. It was black, with yellow eyes."
Kathryn's eyes widened, and Lupin grabbed her hand and squeezed it.
She looked up at him, and smiled, then continued. "It pounced on us,
and Patricia threw me to the ground, trying to block it. We didn't
even have time to get out our wands. Mine had flown out of my hand
just as I hit the ground. We never realized it had a tail, and it hit
me. That's all I remember." Patricia then took over.
"It hit me a second time, and I fell. Youko then darted out of no
where. They fought, slicing at each other." She covered her eyes,
shaking. Sirius put his arm around her waist and pulled her close
again, letting her rest her head on his shoulder. "I guess I passed
out from blood loss."
"ok, everyone, SHOO!" Madame Lonious had bustled in unnoticed. Sirius
gave Patricia a light squeeze and Lupin rubbed Kathryn's arm. Finally
they got up and left grumbling under their breath. Madame Lonious gave
the girls their pills, and left them to rest.
Patricia took a deep breath. "Mmm smell that fresh warm air. Oi, now I
feel dizzy." Everyone laughed, and Sirius tightened his hold on her,
making sure she didn't fall backwards anymore. Both girls, especially
the blonde, were still a little weak. The group of seven sat down
under the shade of their favorite tree. sighing the relief that their
exhausting week was over.
"Patricia, I thought we agreed to keep this a secret? She's just gonna insist we stay here, and watch us every chance we get." The blonde known as Patricia, nodded solemnly. "Besides, you know we have to take care of him, and if we brought him in, we'd be expelled."
"OK, OK GEEZ KATHRYN I GET IT!" Patricia had lost her temper again. "Sorry luv, I'm just worried, and I feel weird not telling her. We can't avoid her gaze for too much longer. I just."
"Sshhhh, someone's coming." The two girls flattened themselves agenst the wall, but they were no match for their best friend lily. "Man just our luck" Kathryn whispered.
"Uh huh, and what are you two doing up?" the red haired Lily glared at her friends. "Errrrrr... playing paddle ball???" Patricia was too nervous and she stared at her hands, twiddling them uncontrollably.
"Ok you caught us, oh Kathryn don't glare at me, you knew I was gonna burst" Kathryn just shrugged and looked down. Though she was furious with pat, she did know the blonde would crack. "Lily, I'll tell you what's up, but you can never stop us, and can NEVER tell anyone" Patricia exclaimed in one breath, running all her words all together. "We, err. kinda. adopted this lone white wolf, when we found him, he was by the lake, hurt, you know me, I got worried and Kathryn and I took care of him, and since we can't bring him in, we've been feeding him.." she paused to catch her breath, since she was still talking with one breath. "in the Forbidden Forrest. She panted, having finished her explanation. "Pat, that was a huge run on sentence" Lily said with a small laugh. "Well I know you two WAY too well, you'd find a way to get by me. Fine, but be careful, it's almost a full moon, and that place." She sighed and shook her head. They all knew too well, the reasons that place were forbidden. Patricia and Kathryn continued their trip along the roots, calling out "Youko!!!" This was not right, they had left the lone wolf only a mile into the forest, and they had gone waaaay to far. Patricia paused and shivered. A twig snapped behind them. The two girls glanced at each other, their eyes wide. Pat was notorious for her feelings; yeah she was paranoid at times, but when she got that feeling, it was time to worry.
five miles, back in the griffindor, girls' dormitory, Lily stood at the open window, she could have sworn she herd a scream.
(three days later, full moon)
Three boys sat in the common room. It was Saturday evening, and
everyone else had gone to Hogsmeade. One messy haired kid played a
rather odd game of chess. His knight had just chopped off the head of
the other guy's priest. "Hahaha, Sirius, you can't play chess to save
your life." The one called Sirius, growled. Another man leaned over.
"Sirius, you should have moved there." He pointed to the space a cross
the board. Sirius laughed.
"Thanks Lupin, but mabie you should help Peter over there." He pointed
to a shaking little ball of a kid, crouched in the corner. "I think
Wormtail got hit in the head by a piece of my knight." Lupin shrugged
and turned back to his book. "Yo James," the messy haired guy looked
up. "Is it almost time to go?"
"No, I'm staying here, Lily's still acting odd" Sirius nodded sadly.
"Yeah I know, and I haven't seen her friends in a while, that blonde,
I dunno.. she's something." He shook his head with a sideways smile on
his face. Just then they herd loud footsteps running down the stairs.
The four looked up to see a disgruntled Lily. She looked from James,
to Lupin, Sirius, then to Peter, still sitting on the floor, gray
shards in his hair. She was shaking, and it was obvious she had been
crying. James immediately went to her and held her, she was too weak
and upset to pull away. When she had gained control, she moved to a
chair near Lupin.
"They're not back yet." She sighed in explanation. Then she looked up
at James, who had moved behind her. For once he wasn't being
obnoxious, unfortunately she was too afraid to notice. Even worse, it
was getting dark, and it was a full moon. Her eyes began to tear over.
"Guys I need help. I know you have a secret, please, you have to find
them." They all looked at her with confused looks.
"Uhh Lily, you have to give us more than that." She sniffed and looked
away. Her voice quivered.
"They have some sort of pet.. in the Forbidden Forrest. They left. to
feed it... Could have sworn I herd a scream.. please. please." She
covered her eyes with her hands. The 4 boys glanced at each other.
"Don't worry Lily, we'll find them, I promise." She just nodded.
"Peter, look after Lily will ya." He blinked and in a few seconds the
other three left.
A stag, werewolf, and black dog, ran into the forest.
(they speak in animal language, but since I can't and very few of you
can, I'll type what they say in English. Just remember, this is what
they mean, not what they're actually saying)
The big dog had picked up on the sent. "Prongs, to the left." the dog
barked. The stag dodged a tree and scrambled left.
"Thanks Padfoot." Prongs breathed. The moon had become blocked out by
the trees. Luckily they had night vision.
"We're almost there" Padfoot growled. The werewolf slowed and turned
to the left. Padfoot turned and looked at him. Then continued running.
I guess he decided it'd be better if he didn't see them, Padfoot
thought. He looked ahead and noticed Prongs had stopped short. He
forced himself to slow down, almost running into a low branch. Ahead
stood a silver fox, in a fighting stance, growling lowly. Padfoot
blinked.
"What does it want Sirius" Prongs said with a hint of worry. Padfoot
looked into the fox's eyes, blinked and looked up at his friend.
"He's warning us James." Sirius slowly moved forward, head hanging
low. The silver fox had raised his own head and allowed Padfoot to
sniff him. Padfoot barked softly, talking to the fox. "He's protecting
them, making sure no more harm comes to them." Sirius said to Prongs.
The fox nodded, and turned, telling them to follow him. The two
friends walked slowly, completely aware of their surroundings. Padfoot
suddenly stopped. A dark blue scrap of cloth laid on the ground. It
was covered in the scent of Patricia, the blonde. He rushed forward
faster.
The fox led them to a small clearing, just enough so the friends could
see clouds covering the sky. There, two girls laid, scratches on their
arms. Patricia seemed to be the only one who was cut. Her arm and side
of her face held deep gashes, still bleeding. The fox curled up by her
feet. Padfoot glanced at Prongs. "Do you think you can carry both of
them? Just to the main door then we can transform and carry them to
the hospital wing." The stag nodded.
The fox and Padfoot nudged the brunette onto the back of the, laying
down, Prongs. "There, Kathryn's up, now let's get them back to
school." He thanked the fox, and they all moved through the woods. The
silver flash of the fox, darted ahead and behind, to make sure there
were no dangers.
As they got to the door, the fox disappeared and the two boys
transformed. The door suddenly opened and there stood Madam Lonious,
the school nurse, and Lily. Patricia opened her eyes slightly, and
looked at Sirius. He looked back at her, after feeling the light
movement. She smiled weakly then closed her eyes again, falling back
into sleep.
The sun was hot on the sheets covering the hospital beds. A brunette
slowly opened her eyes, squinting at the brightness of the room. She
leaned over and nudged the blonde. "Pat wake up." She whispered
hoarsely. The blonde stirred, then fell still again. Kathryn gave a
chuckle, then grinned evilly. "Patricia, Sirius is here." The blonde's
eyes flashed open, then closed furiously, trying to block out the sun.
"Meanie" she barely got out, before coughing. Then she opened them
more slowly, and raised up. "What the frickizoid happened." she said
sleepily. Sitting fully upright she noticed the presents stacked in
front of her bed. She laughed softly. "Boys," was her only
explanation.
Lily ran to the hospital wing, followed closely by Sirius, Lupin,
James, and Peter. They threw the door open to see the two girls,
sitting with a bemused expression on their faces. "About time you two
woke up" Sirius said, smiling with great relief. "You look horrible."
"Gee thanks" Patricia said, disappointed. He laughed and sat on her
bed, pulling her close. Her face pulled from shock, and soon settled
into a smile, as she wrapped her right arm around him. "My head hurts"
she whispered as he let her go.
"Haha, I wonder why. You do have a huge gash on your temple." She just
nodded, her eyes closed. Lily had been standing at the foot of the
beds, in silent anger. Kathryn looked at her pleadingly. Lily seemed
to understand, but the silent anger was worse.
Lupin had squeezed his way around to Kathryn's bed. "What happened to
you two?" He asked softly, a worried expression darkening his face.
Kathryn looked at him, then everyone else. Sighing she began the
story.
"We went out to feed Youko, our silver fox. He was hurt when we found
him, so we took care of him, and he had gotten so used to us feeding
him. So we keep him in the forest. He didn't come when we called him.
Stupidly we kept going deeper." She paused and took a drink of water,
then continued. "Patricia randomly felt a shiver and soon
this...thing. jumped out at us. It was black, with yellow eyes."
Kathryn's eyes widened, and Lupin grabbed her hand and squeezed it.
She looked up at him, and smiled, then continued. "It pounced on us,
and Patricia threw me to the ground, trying to block it. We didn't
even have time to get out our wands. Mine had flown out of my hand
just as I hit the ground. We never realized it had a tail, and it hit
me. That's all I remember." Patricia then took over.
"It hit me a second time, and I fell. Youko then darted out of no
where. They fought, slicing at each other." She covered her eyes,
shaking. Sirius put his arm around her waist and pulled her close
again, letting her rest her head on his shoulder. "I guess I passed
out from blood loss."
"ok, everyone, SHOO!" Madame Lonious had bustled in unnoticed. Sirius
gave Patricia a light squeeze and Lupin rubbed Kathryn's arm. Finally
they got up and left grumbling under their breath. Madame Lonious gave
the girls their pills, and left them to rest.
Patricia took a deep breath. "Mmm smell that fresh warm air. Oi, now I
feel dizzy." Everyone laughed, and Sirius tightened his hold on her,
making sure she didn't fall backwards anymore. Both girls, especially
the blonde, were still a little weak. The group of seven sat down
under the shade of their favorite tree. sighing the relief that their
exhausting week was over.