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Chapter 7- Mrs. Norris
Lily was getting quite bored. She had been staying in the Gryffindor common room and girl's dorms for a week. She needed to get out and take a walk around the castle. Pushing the portrait open, she walked through into the darkness of the hallway.
She walked down the Grand Staircase and noticed how beautiful the moon looked, spreading it's light across the many flights of stairs downward. She always thought full moons looked pretty. Then she thought of Remus. Being a werewolf he couldn't possibly think the same. He was probably out at the Whomping Willow as it was already midnight.
She got to the bottom of the staircase and walked down several hallways through to the Great Hall. There she noticed Mrs. Norris sitting calmly by the door to the dungeons. Lily was hoping that she wouldn't see her but then she looked up. "Lily!" she said, her voice echoing around the hall. "Come here, I want to talk to you."
Lily made her way over and sat down next to her. "So, how are you doing?" Mrs. Norris asked in her old, low pitched voice. "Alright, I guess," Lily replied. I can't believe I'm having a conversation with a cat. She thought. "I noticed you following Potter, Weasly, and Granger around lately." she said. "Yeah." "I can understand I mean I know you haven't seen him in awhile." She knew she was talking about Harry. "Are you surprised how much he looks like James?" "Not really. He even looked like him as a baby." Lily said. There was a few moments of silence until Lily broke the awkward quiet. "Mrs. Norris, how do you recognize me?" Lily asked. "Oh I saw you along with James, Sirius, and Peter change into your animal form several times. I was out on the grounds late at night a long time ago just to get away from Argus. Honestly, he can get on your last nerve, but anyway, I saw you with the others there at the Whomping Willow." Lily was quite surprised. She didn't think that anyone ever saw them. But of course they were really only looking out for people seeing them. Soon, they heard footsteps echoing up the dungeon stairs. "That would be Argus. You had better hurry and get back up to Gryffindor common room." Mrs. Norris said. Lily quickly headed back through the hallways and up the Grand Staircase.
Once inside, Lily wasn't quite sure what she felt like doing. She wasn't tired and she wasn't hungry. Being a cat could really get to you sometimes. After a few moments of sitting on the couch alone, she heard footsteps coming down the boy's dorm stairs. Her heart lifted when she saw it was Harry. She saw him come down late at night every now and then but he had never noticed her. He either just sat down and started finishing up school work or sat in front of the nearly extinguished flames and stared blankly into the dancing firelight. But this time he did notice her.
"Hey, Crookshanks." he said. He promptly laid down on the couch and stared out the window. She jumped up on the couch and curled up next to him. She couldn't help it. After about an hour, she saw him slowly starting to go to sleep. She wished she could change into her human form, for just a moment, kiss him on the forehead. Then, for the first time in years, she did. Harry, being half asleep, glanced at her for only a second. Lily held her breath. If he saw her who knows what would happen. She would have to explain why she couldn't be there for him all these years and she knew he wouldn't understand. Luckily he drifted off to sleep, obviously not thinking much of it. He must have thought he was dreaming, or maybe he didn't see me. The fire's gone out and the room is only lit with moonlight. Lily thought. Once she knew he was asleep, she leaned over and kissed him on the forehead, right on his scar. Then she changed back into Crookshanks.
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