The running continued and Sirius found himself wondering what Harry would
do in this situation. Well, first he'd extinguish the light.
"Nox," Sirius whispered and he was left in the dark again.
"Sirius? Is that you?" A voice hissed from the shadows.
*** AN HOUR AND A HALF EARLIER ***
Draco paced his, Harry and Black's rooms nervously. There was a knock at the door. He hadn't given anyone a detention, had he? Anyway, they'd all be in their classes or the common room...
"Potter, if you're in there let me in!" A voice snarled.
Draco jumped. "Sorry Professor." He called, hastening to open the door. Professor Snape stood there with a box full of glass vials.
"Draco." Snape said curtly and invited himself in, sitting the box down on the coffee table. "Where are Potter and Black?"
"In the forest. Something's come up." He replied quickly. Snape's reply was drowned out by an urgent, 'Draco! We're in the heart of the Forest! Get help!'
"Professor, Harry and Black are in trouble. They're in the heart of the forest. We need to go, now!"
Soon Snape and Draco were running along in the forest, sticks crunching underneath them and bugs crawling up their legs.
After about fifteen minutes the two Slytherin's slowed down a little as the thickening trees extinguished the light.
"Tread quietly." Snape said softly. "I think I can hear something."
"Lumos." Said a voice not to far away and the tip of a wand lit up about ten meters away, trees obscuring whoever was holding it. Then the light moved around.
Snape and Draco crept forward, still making a fair amount of noise. "Nox." The voice whispered at his wand. It was obviously a man, it sounded very familiar too.
"Sirius?" Draco hissed. "Is that you?"
Both Snape and Draco came out from behind one last tree that was obscuring Sirius, who had lit his wand again. There was a fair amount of blood around him, going off into another direction, further into the forest.
"Harry, I don't know where Harry is!" Sirius said worriedly.
"Well, he told me that you were in trouble. Then his mind went blank." Draco told him. Snape was still in the shadows.
"Who's with you?" Sirius asked, trying to pierce the shadows with his eyes. Snape moved a bit. "What are you doing here?"
"I'm here with some more wolfsbane potions for Harry, HIS version of the stuff. And another concoction of mine..." Snape answered, helping Sirius up. "Now, stay close Black. Draco, do you think you can get back to the castle? I don't want Dumbledore to worry."
Draco nodded and disappearing crunchily into the shadows of the trees as the other two started to follow the train of blood, which was rapidly thinning as they moved around.
"We'll have to split up." Snape said.
"Ok." Sirius agreed. "I'll go towards Hogsmeade way, you go just to the left of that. If you see anything, end up red sparks." The two split up and Sirius made his way stealthily, now back in dog form, into the trees that were starting to thin again, and soon he could extinguish his wand tip and walk around without the worry of falling over something.
The forest seemed very deserted. Usually Sirius would have come across all sorts of animals by now, but there were none to be seen... or, for that matter, heard. It was all very odd, indeed.
***
James, Sirius and Remus sat up late in the Common Room. It was already 9:30 and Peter hadn't been seen, Professor's Reid and Harry were nowhere to be found, and Thompson had been skulking around the office muttering about how unfair things were.
There was a frantic knock at the Common Room portrait.
"Peter!" They heard the Fat Lady exclaim. "You need the password to get in!"
James, Sirius and Remus all rushed over to the portrait, James reached it first and swung it open with a clatter.
"Mr. Potter!" The Fat Lady said indignantly.
James didn't listen to him. He was looking at his friend, who had blood pouring out his nose, was trembling and seemed to weak to walk anymore. The fourth Marauder collapsed in a heap at the portrait.
"Come on, help me get him to the infirmary." James muttered, lifting Peter from underneath the arms, Remus grabbed his legs and Sirius hoisted him up by the waist. The three, in this way, made their way slowly to the infirmary.
"What's happened here?" Madame Pomfrey asked hurriedly as the three tipped Peter onto a bed and collapsed into chairs around the room.
"We don't know." James said shakily, staring at his friend sitting on the bed. He ran his fingers through his hair, a nervous habit, and continued. "He came knocking urgently on the portrait, before he'd even got to say anything once we got there he was shaking and he collapsed. We brought him straight here."
"Will you three go and get Professor Dumbledore?"
The three nodded and got up from their respective places around the room. All thoughts of Harry, Reid and Thompson were pushed out of their mind by worry for their friend.
"What do you think happened to him?" Remus asked quietly as they made their way towards the office.
"I'm not sure. I think Thompson, Reid and Harry knew something was going to happen though, because when they saw Peter wasn't in class they all left." James answered.
"Yeah. I agree with Prongs. I don't know who would do something like that to Peter though. He's too... I don't know, innocent?" (A/N Author snorts disbelievingly!)
"Does anyone know the password?" Remus asked abruptly as they stopped outside the gargoyle leading to Dumbledore's office.
The three stared at the gargoyle, willing it to spring aside. To their complete amazement, it did! A man they didn't know, yet looked alarmingly familiar, limped out of it. His robes were torn and bloody around his right leg, and he was wearing a scowl to rival the twitchy Severus Snape's.
*** Earlier, back with Sirius***
Sirius was farther into the forest than he'd ever been before. Well, he was actually now so far in he was almost out the other side, and, before long, he was out the other side, blinking in surprise that the only animal he'd come across was the Grim-like dog on his journey from one side of the forest to the other.
"Black!" Snape called harshly through the gathering darkness as lights blinked on in the houses of Hogsmeade, not more than one hundred meters away. Sirius hurried over to the agitated looking man who was limping towards him painfully.
"We'll search Hogsmeade." Sirius told him, desperate to find his godson. "They've got to be around here somewhere." The two enemies/rivals set off at a brisk walk, finally coming across the shrieking shack where there were yells of agony piercing the air... but it wasn't a full moon. That wouldn't be until at least another two weeks!
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"Nox," Sirius whispered and he was left in the dark again.
"Sirius? Is that you?" A voice hissed from the shadows.
*** AN HOUR AND A HALF EARLIER ***
Draco paced his, Harry and Black's rooms nervously. There was a knock at the door. He hadn't given anyone a detention, had he? Anyway, they'd all be in their classes or the common room...
"Potter, if you're in there let me in!" A voice snarled.
Draco jumped. "Sorry Professor." He called, hastening to open the door. Professor Snape stood there with a box full of glass vials.
"Draco." Snape said curtly and invited himself in, sitting the box down on the coffee table. "Where are Potter and Black?"
"In the forest. Something's come up." He replied quickly. Snape's reply was drowned out by an urgent, 'Draco! We're in the heart of the Forest! Get help!'
"Professor, Harry and Black are in trouble. They're in the heart of the forest. We need to go, now!"
Soon Snape and Draco were running along in the forest, sticks crunching underneath them and bugs crawling up their legs.
After about fifteen minutes the two Slytherin's slowed down a little as the thickening trees extinguished the light.
"Tread quietly." Snape said softly. "I think I can hear something."
"Lumos." Said a voice not to far away and the tip of a wand lit up about ten meters away, trees obscuring whoever was holding it. Then the light moved around.
Snape and Draco crept forward, still making a fair amount of noise. "Nox." The voice whispered at his wand. It was obviously a man, it sounded very familiar too.
"Sirius?" Draco hissed. "Is that you?"
Both Snape and Draco came out from behind one last tree that was obscuring Sirius, who had lit his wand again. There was a fair amount of blood around him, going off into another direction, further into the forest.
"Harry, I don't know where Harry is!" Sirius said worriedly.
"Well, he told me that you were in trouble. Then his mind went blank." Draco told him. Snape was still in the shadows.
"Who's with you?" Sirius asked, trying to pierce the shadows with his eyes. Snape moved a bit. "What are you doing here?"
"I'm here with some more wolfsbane potions for Harry, HIS version of the stuff. And another concoction of mine..." Snape answered, helping Sirius up. "Now, stay close Black. Draco, do you think you can get back to the castle? I don't want Dumbledore to worry."
Draco nodded and disappearing crunchily into the shadows of the trees as the other two started to follow the train of blood, which was rapidly thinning as they moved around.
"We'll have to split up." Snape said.
"Ok." Sirius agreed. "I'll go towards Hogsmeade way, you go just to the left of that. If you see anything, end up red sparks." The two split up and Sirius made his way stealthily, now back in dog form, into the trees that were starting to thin again, and soon he could extinguish his wand tip and walk around without the worry of falling over something.
The forest seemed very deserted. Usually Sirius would have come across all sorts of animals by now, but there were none to be seen... or, for that matter, heard. It was all very odd, indeed.
***
James, Sirius and Remus sat up late in the Common Room. It was already 9:30 and Peter hadn't been seen, Professor's Reid and Harry were nowhere to be found, and Thompson had been skulking around the office muttering about how unfair things were.
There was a frantic knock at the Common Room portrait.
"Peter!" They heard the Fat Lady exclaim. "You need the password to get in!"
James, Sirius and Remus all rushed over to the portrait, James reached it first and swung it open with a clatter.
"Mr. Potter!" The Fat Lady said indignantly.
James didn't listen to him. He was looking at his friend, who had blood pouring out his nose, was trembling and seemed to weak to walk anymore. The fourth Marauder collapsed in a heap at the portrait.
"Come on, help me get him to the infirmary." James muttered, lifting Peter from underneath the arms, Remus grabbed his legs and Sirius hoisted him up by the waist. The three, in this way, made their way slowly to the infirmary.
"What's happened here?" Madame Pomfrey asked hurriedly as the three tipped Peter onto a bed and collapsed into chairs around the room.
"We don't know." James said shakily, staring at his friend sitting on the bed. He ran his fingers through his hair, a nervous habit, and continued. "He came knocking urgently on the portrait, before he'd even got to say anything once we got there he was shaking and he collapsed. We brought him straight here."
"Will you three go and get Professor Dumbledore?"
The three nodded and got up from their respective places around the room. All thoughts of Harry, Reid and Thompson were pushed out of their mind by worry for their friend.
"What do you think happened to him?" Remus asked quietly as they made their way towards the office.
"I'm not sure. I think Thompson, Reid and Harry knew something was going to happen though, because when they saw Peter wasn't in class they all left." James answered.
"Yeah. I agree with Prongs. I don't know who would do something like that to Peter though. He's too... I don't know, innocent?" (A/N Author snorts disbelievingly!)
"Does anyone know the password?" Remus asked abruptly as they stopped outside the gargoyle leading to Dumbledore's office.
The three stared at the gargoyle, willing it to spring aside. To their complete amazement, it did! A man they didn't know, yet looked alarmingly familiar, limped out of it. His robes were torn and bloody around his right leg, and he was wearing a scowl to rival the twitchy Severus Snape's.
*** Earlier, back with Sirius***
Sirius was farther into the forest than he'd ever been before. Well, he was actually now so far in he was almost out the other side, and, before long, he was out the other side, blinking in surprise that the only animal he'd come across was the Grim-like dog on his journey from one side of the forest to the other.
"Black!" Snape called harshly through the gathering darkness as lights blinked on in the houses of Hogsmeade, not more than one hundred meters away. Sirius hurried over to the agitated looking man who was limping towards him painfully.
"We'll search Hogsmeade." Sirius told him, desperate to find his godson. "They've got to be around here somewhere." The two enemies/rivals set off at a brisk walk, finally coming across the shrieking shack where there were yells of agony piercing the air... but it wasn't a full moon. That wouldn't be until at least another two weeks!
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WOW! What's gotten into her? You're probably saying. She NEVER updates THIS much! Anyway, hope you liked that chapter. I also want to know whether you think I should wrap it up soon, or whether I should make it longer. Majority rules, remember, so we'll vote. Tell him in your reviews!
ALLIESKITTLEZ