Sorry its been so long... Finals are fast approaching and have been distracting me all the same. This a short chapter, but yeah.. next one (which is halfway written already...) will be better! Enjoy!
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Chapter 14: Hogsmeade Scare
A few screams erupted from the village as Makoto arrived at the place where the path split, one to the Shrieking Shack, the other to the rest of the Village. 'Whatever Draco had seen,' she thought desperately picking up her pace, pulling out her transforming wand, 'must have come out in the open.' She turned onto the main street of Hogsmeade and looked around. There were several shaken shoppers, many of which were students from the school, though no one was screaming any more. In fact, a few were laughing! Out in the middle of it all, two red-headed shapes were clutching their sides, their bags strewn across the ground.
It was Fred and George Weasley. Makoto slapped her forehead once more, rolling her eyes, and walked down the street towards them, furious with herself for thinking it could have been anything worse. She stowed it back inside her jeans just as she reached the twin jesters. "What going on?"
"This thing—" Fred started, still choking on his own fits of laughter.
George was the first to regain himself, so he answered. "Lee must have dressed up like this really freaky monster looking thing. Scared some people and took off." He pointed off in the distance, and raised his arm to flag him down. "See look, here he comes now."
Indeed, Lee was coming from the woods on the far side of town, but he had no costume, nor anything that he could have stuck it in. His hands were bare, and he himself looked a little shaken, though not nearly as much as some of the people that were pulling themselves together now, thinking it really was all some big joke played on them by the infamous Weasley Twins and their friend Lee Jordan. Makoto was just about to point out the absence of such a package, but Fred and George had already smacked him on the back and congratulated him on his terrific scare, oblivious to the missing merchandise and the confused look on his face.
Makoto rolled her eyes, resisting the temptation to start cursing in Japanese, or any other language for that matter, and walked away, scanning the crowds for inhuman or unnatural faces. Unfortunately, or rather, fortunately, she did not spy any, though she did see Harry, Ron, and Hermione laughing together. Unabashed, she turned on her heel and headed up to the castle, wondering what was in store for the next days as the situation became more and more dire with her beloved.
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No question for this chapter... ;;
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Lunadoragon - Here ya go! Sorry it took so long to get it here.
Chibi Doo - Makoto is my favorite character, and I dont think Usagi or any of the other could pull off what I'm hoping to have happen in the later chapters. I tried putting it in that section, but it doesnt exsist anymore... Go figure? Hope ya come back and review again!