Disclaimer: Once again, I own Jess and that's final. I don't own anybody else. Nada.
Chapter 4
At Care of Magical Creatures, Harry found out what his skeleton horses were. They were thestralsand only people who had seen a death could see them. Ron and Hermione were now fully assured that Harry was not crazy. Once again they had Defense Against the Dark Arts with Slytherin. They were talking about some dangerous creatures they may find, when Harry raised his hand. Professor Jess called on him.
"Professor, can you see thestrals?"
"Yes I can. Is there a point to this question?"
"Who did you see murdered Professor?"
Jess froze. She stared at Harry. "I don't think this question is relevant." She said dangerously quiet.
"What do you do outside of school?"
"That's it Potter. You will see me after class."
"Aren't you going to answer-?"
"NO!" Professor Jess yelled. "NOW YOU WILL BE QUIET AND PAY ATTENTION!"
All the students jumped at her yelling and nobody said anything for the rest of the class. At the end of the class, Jess called Harry back.
"What were you hoping to accomplish Potter?"
Harry was silent for a minute. Then he spoke. "You kill people for a living Professor." He said in an accusatory tone. "What do you accomplish by that?" Harry was surprised when he was greeted by a smile. Then he realized it was more of a smirk.
"Ah, so now I know who it was outside my door. You and Mr. Weasly correct? If you have a problem with what I do for a living, take it up with your godfather. Other than that, you will never talk to me like that ever again in front of a class or not. You will come for detention for the rest of the week. That's it. You are dismissed."
"But-"
"LEAVE!"
Harry went out the door quickly. When he got back to the commons room he sat down with Ron and Hermione.
"What was that Harry? We didn't even know for sure if that was what she did!"
"Well we do now. She practically admitted it to me. She said if I had a problem with it, I should take it up with Sirius." He described the rest of the encounter and they decided to send an owl to Sirius to ask him to meet them in the fire at midnight. By midnight, everyone was gone. They waited for a few minutes and then Sirius' head appeared in the fire.
"Harry?"
"Sirius. Good." Harry quickly told Sirius about what they had found out about Jess. Ron and Hermione waited until he was finished and Ron told Sirius what Fred and George had told them.
"So it was you two outside the door? I'm relieved to hear that. Listen, you can't tell anybody about what Jess does."
"You don't actually approve do you? She shouldn't be a part of the Order! She kills people for a living!"
"You don't know everything about the situation and you aren't a part of the Order. Dumbledore even agreed to allow her on. She does more than what you think."
The three did not look very happy with his answer. "Don't you think it's dangerous?" Hermione finally asked.
"As dangerous as a werewolf? She knows what she's doing and she is in total control. She's not a bad person. We can trust her. Don't worry about it, and if I ever hear again that you gave her a hard time, I'll need to have a serious talk with all of you. If that's all, I had better go."
Sirius' face disappeared and the three were left alone. None of them slept well.