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AN: Sorry this chapter's kinda short, but I thought I'd add it sooner rather than later. Personally I like this chapter. It's funny. The next chapter may be short too, but then again I may decide to make it longer. I have almost posted everything I've written, so it might take me a while to update again. I hope not.
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The two boys went tearing out of the library and down numerous halls. Before long they were outside the common room. Ron gasped out the password and they stumbled through the portrait hole.
Harry held the map in front of them and they saw that Peter Pettigrew was still in their room. They stumbled up the stairs and pushed open the door. One glance around the room told them that no one was there. Confused, Harry looked back at the map and showed Ron that the mysterious person should be on or in his trunk. They crept up to the trunk and Harry turned to Ron, mouthing 'Maybe he's invisible.'
Ron nodded and suddenly he lunged at the trunk. . .
. . . . . .
. . .and went flying right over it.
"Ron!" Harry yelled, running over to help him up.
"There's no one there," Ron muttered, rubbing his head, "I would've felt him."
"What if. . ." Harry started, but Ron pointed at his pet rat, Scabbers.
"We can't just leave him here. What if they're planning on doing something to him. He'd probably sleep right through anything they did, but what if they did something really bad?"
"Okay," agreed Harry knowing that Ron's pet was useless, but Ron still seemed to have a lot of feelings for the mangy little thing, "Moony will be expecting us soon, though."
Harry looked back at the map, and saw the dot labeled Peter Pettigrew was still in the room, but as they couldn't do anything about him. . .
'Maybe Moony will know what to do,' Harry thought, hopefully, 'he could come in here and do something. Maybe there was a spell for that. Remus Lupin (as it said on the map) WAS an accomplished wizard and would know plenty of spells that could help them.
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When they met up with Remus in the library, they told him that they hadn't found the intruder, who they supposed was in one of the other houses as they hadn't learned all of their names yet.
"C-can I see the map?" Remus asked them, dreading what he would find.
The two Gryffindors handed the map to their new friend, who promptly looked over the Gryffindor dorms.
Remus let out his breath- there was no one there now.
"What is it?" Harry wondered
"I don't know who it was, Harry, but he's gone now." Remus answered.
"He is?" Ron asked, "Well, where'd he go?"
"Dunno, Ron, maybe he left after we did," Harry said.
"We should search all around the area. He couldn't have gotten too far," Ron said, unquestionably.
"Right," Harry agreed, then pointing to the map said, "I'll check the third floor and the fourth floor, Ron you check the first floor in case he's trying to make a break for it, Moony, would you check the-"
"OUCH!" Ron yelped, scrambling up as if fighting a losing battle with his robes, "SCABBERS! DON'T- OUCH- DON'T DO THAT!"
Hermione Granger, still at the next table over and still intent on reading her book, took another exasperated look at the other table, snatched up her books and left the room in another huff.
"Ron? What's wrong?" Remus asked, concerned.
"It's my BLOODY RAT," he yelled, "he's gone- OUCH! SCABBERS STOP!"
"Rat?" Remus asked weakly.
"His pet rat," Harry explained quickly.
"Does he have a- a- a toe missing, by any chance?" Remus asked Harry, as Ron was still flailing around, attempting to find the rat who- quite suddenly- began squeaking and clawing Ron in an attempt twice as frantic as it was before.
"No idea," Harry said.
Remus almost smacked himself on the head. He snatched the map from the table.
Looking over the library, Remus felt as though an extremely large block of ice had slipped into his stomach.
At one side of the library was Madam Pince along with Hermione Granger. In amongst the shelves were a couple of students, but at their table, there were four names.
Remus Lupin. . .
Harry Potter. . .
Ron Weasley. . .
And Peter Pettigrew!
Remus took out his wand, his arm shaking so badly that he could hardly aim it.
"_Accio_ rat," He cried.
A small rat came whizzing out of somewhere in Ron's robes and into Remus' hand.
"AHA!" Remus screamed at the rat, "YOU STINKING PIECE OF FILTH! HE WAS INNOCENT! TELLING- THE- TRUTH!!!"
Remus could feel tears of rage streaming down his face, and he guessed that he was most definitely scaring the boys.
"Er- Moony? Mister Lupin?" Harry asked tentatively as Ron scrambled up from the ground, "What are you doing?"
"Dumbledore!" Remus growled, shaking the rat.
Harry and Ron looked at each other, confused.
"We need to see the Headmaster. Bring the map." Remus said, more rationally, though his eyes were flashing dangerously and he still was shaking the flailing rat.
"Alright. . ." Ron said, grabbing the map off the ground, where Remus had dropped it moments before.
Remus, holding onto the rat by its tail, stormed out of the library and reached the Great Hall in record time, too furious to say anything.
Throwing open the doors with a bang, Remus and the two Gryffindor (trying to be as subtle as possible) walked into the hall and up to the head table.
Remus, brandishing the rat, walked up to Dumbledore and said in a remarkably calm voice, "I need to talk to you. Now. It is quite urgent."
Dumbledore looked curiously at Harry and Ron (who shook their heads, bewildered), before nodding silently and they swept from the hall.
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Thanks for all the lovely reviews! I feel so special! (lol)
Oh, and reviewer Alanna: Remus didn't notice him there because he was looking in the Great Hall and he didn't notice him before because he didn't think the Rat would have hidden in Gryffindor tower even with his disguise. It's a big castle and if Remus had kept looking he would have found him, but he didn't think to look there right away. And as for after Harry said "Hey, Ron, there's someone in your stuff," I'll say that Ron conveniently leaned in the way so Remus couldn't see the map.
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Now I'm off to work on the story some more.
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AN: Sorry this chapter's kinda short, but I thought I'd add it sooner rather than later. Personally I like this chapter. It's funny. The next chapter may be short too, but then again I may decide to make it longer. I have almost posted everything I've written, so it might take me a while to update again. I hope not.
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The two boys went tearing out of the library and down numerous halls. Before long they were outside the common room. Ron gasped out the password and they stumbled through the portrait hole.
Harry held the map in front of them and they saw that Peter Pettigrew was still in their room. They stumbled up the stairs and pushed open the door. One glance around the room told them that no one was there. Confused, Harry looked back at the map and showed Ron that the mysterious person should be on or in his trunk. They crept up to the trunk and Harry turned to Ron, mouthing 'Maybe he's invisible.'
Ron nodded and suddenly he lunged at the trunk. . .
. . . . . .
. . .and went flying right over it.
"Ron!" Harry yelled, running over to help him up.
"There's no one there," Ron muttered, rubbing his head, "I would've felt him."
"What if. . ." Harry started, but Ron pointed at his pet rat, Scabbers.
"We can't just leave him here. What if they're planning on doing something to him. He'd probably sleep right through anything they did, but what if they did something really bad?"
"Okay," agreed Harry knowing that Ron's pet was useless, but Ron still seemed to have a lot of feelings for the mangy little thing, "Moony will be expecting us soon, though."
Harry looked back at the map, and saw the dot labeled Peter Pettigrew was still in the room, but as they couldn't do anything about him. . .
'Maybe Moony will know what to do,' Harry thought, hopefully, 'he could come in here and do something. Maybe there was a spell for that. Remus Lupin (as it said on the map) WAS an accomplished wizard and would know plenty of spells that could help them.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
When they met up with Remus in the library, they told him that they hadn't found the intruder, who they supposed was in one of the other houses as they hadn't learned all of their names yet.
"C-can I see the map?" Remus asked them, dreading what he would find.
The two Gryffindors handed the map to their new friend, who promptly looked over the Gryffindor dorms.
Remus let out his breath- there was no one there now.
"What is it?" Harry wondered
"I don't know who it was, Harry, but he's gone now." Remus answered.
"He is?" Ron asked, "Well, where'd he go?"
"Dunno, Ron, maybe he left after we did," Harry said.
"We should search all around the area. He couldn't have gotten too far," Ron said, unquestionably.
"Right," Harry agreed, then pointing to the map said, "I'll check the third floor and the fourth floor, Ron you check the first floor in case he's trying to make a break for it, Moony, would you check the-"
"OUCH!" Ron yelped, scrambling up as if fighting a losing battle with his robes, "SCABBERS! DON'T- OUCH- DON'T DO THAT!"
Hermione Granger, still at the next table over and still intent on reading her book, took another exasperated look at the other table, snatched up her books and left the room in another huff.
"Ron? What's wrong?" Remus asked, concerned.
"It's my BLOODY RAT," he yelled, "he's gone- OUCH! SCABBERS STOP!"
"Rat?" Remus asked weakly.
"His pet rat," Harry explained quickly.
"Does he have a- a- a toe missing, by any chance?" Remus asked Harry, as Ron was still flailing around, attempting to find the rat who- quite suddenly- began squeaking and clawing Ron in an attempt twice as frantic as it was before.
"No idea," Harry said.
Remus almost smacked himself on the head. He snatched the map from the table.
Looking over the library, Remus felt as though an extremely large block of ice had slipped into his stomach.
At one side of the library was Madam Pince along with Hermione Granger. In amongst the shelves were a couple of students, but at their table, there were four names.
Remus Lupin. . .
Harry Potter. . .
Ron Weasley. . .
And Peter Pettigrew!
Remus took out his wand, his arm shaking so badly that he could hardly aim it.
"_Accio_ rat," He cried.
A small rat came whizzing out of somewhere in Ron's robes and into Remus' hand.
"AHA!" Remus screamed at the rat, "YOU STINKING PIECE OF FILTH! HE WAS INNOCENT! TELLING- THE- TRUTH!!!"
Remus could feel tears of rage streaming down his face, and he guessed that he was most definitely scaring the boys.
"Er- Moony? Mister Lupin?" Harry asked tentatively as Ron scrambled up from the ground, "What are you doing?"
"Dumbledore!" Remus growled, shaking the rat.
Harry and Ron looked at each other, confused.
"We need to see the Headmaster. Bring the map." Remus said, more rationally, though his eyes were flashing dangerously and he still was shaking the flailing rat.
"Alright. . ." Ron said, grabbing the map off the ground, where Remus had dropped it moments before.
Remus, holding onto the rat by its tail, stormed out of the library and reached the Great Hall in record time, too furious to say anything.
Throwing open the doors with a bang, Remus and the two Gryffindor (trying to be as subtle as possible) walked into the hall and up to the head table.
Remus, brandishing the rat, walked up to Dumbledore and said in a remarkably calm voice, "I need to talk to you. Now. It is quite urgent."
Dumbledore looked curiously at Harry and Ron (who shook their heads, bewildered), before nodding silently and they swept from the hall.
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Thanks for all the lovely reviews! I feel so special! (lol)
Oh, and reviewer Alanna: Remus didn't notice him there because he was looking in the Great Hall and he didn't notice him before because he didn't think the Rat would have hidden in Gryffindor tower even with his disguise. It's a big castle and if Remus had kept looking he would have found him, but he didn't think to look there right away. And as for after Harry said "Hey, Ron, there's someone in your stuff," I'll say that Ron conveniently leaned in the way so Remus couldn't see the map.
:-)
Now I'm off to work on the story some more.
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