Weeks passed and Lindy, Jacob, and Lonni were soon traveling across the lawn in snow due to an early October blizzard. Halloween was right around the corner, and the Great Hall was very inviting, decked out with decorations galore. The sad thing about this occasion was that it did not only mean the Halloween Feast, but also the Ball. Only third years and above were allowed to attend.

"We're mature enough," said Lonni while throwing a snowball at Jacob. Herbology had been canceled, so they decided to take advantage of the snow.

"Sure," said a third year Ravenclaw girl, walking by and rolling her eyes at Lonni.

"Who asked her?" whispered Lonni to Lindy. Lindy laughed and nodded.

After the first month people rarely bugged Lindy with questions about her father; however, she did have a fan club to keep up to date. The funny thing is the fan club started out all about her dad, but they soon included Lindy as well. So every now and then someone did took pictures of her.

"Any annoying fan club members been bugging you lately?" asked Jacob. He'd managed to dust some of the snow off his robe.

"No, not really," said Lindy in response.

They headed back up to the castle to warm themselves a little while later. However, they were stopped by Malfoy and her flunkies.

"And where do you think you're going Pothead?" Malfoy snarled at her.

"The library," shot Lindy back cooly. "You know, the place you've never been?"

"Why you little-"

Lindy heard what she called her, but she didn't care. It wasn't like it hurt her feelings. Instead of sticking around, she took off for the Gryffindor Common Room, Lonni and Jacob following. Once they were inside, they quickly chose a table and started to talk.

"I can't believe she called you that," said Jacob, shaking his head.

"I can," replied Lonni. "What I can't believe is you didn't try to get her back."

"Like I'd actually waste my energy on her?"

"Hey guys," said Michelle, running up to them. "Did you see the quidditch sign-up sheet?"

"No, why?" they answered in unison.

"They're letting first years try-out!"

All three of their faces lit up and the trio took off for the notice board. Sure enough, the quidditch form was posted and in bold writing was the sentence: FIRST YEARS WILL BE PERMITTED TO TRY-OUT. They were to take place on a Saturday in November.

"Come on Lindy, sign up," begged Lonni. "Gryffindor could use a great seeker."

"Ok. Will you?" asked Lindy.

"Who me? Nah, sports aren't my thing. Are you going to try-out Jacob?"

"I think," Jacob decided, "I'm going to try-out next year. There's three seventh years on the team."

Lindy quickly added her name to the list before leaving with her friends for the library.

That Friday the trio headed to Hagrid's hut as soon as classes let out. After all, it wasn't like they were going to pass up a chance to talk to the friendly giant.

"Well 'ello there Lindy, Lonni," said Hagrid. Then he quickly added, "and Jacob."

"Hi Hagrid," said the trio in unison.

"Has it always snowed during October?" pondered Lonni as she grabbed a cup of hot, steaming tea and looked out the window.

"No," said Hagrid. "It 'as been quite a many years since it 'as."

"As long as it got us out of Herbology," said Jacob.

"Speakin' of which, 'as Professor Snape ben given ye any more problem's?"

"No," said Lindy truthfully. She took a sip from her warm water before continuing, "But he does glare at me an awful lot."

"Not to mention he still won't give me my magazine back," added Lonni.

"Both yer dads had loads of problems with 'im as well," Hagrid told them as he grabbed a batch of rock cakes out of the fire place. "Want sum?"

"Yes," said all three uncertainly, but politely. Lindy and Lonni had been warned about them from their parent's experiences. Jacob, on the other hands, just didn't like the look of them.

Both Lonni and Jacob looked at Lindy, and she nodded. She bravely picked up one, stuck a small portion of it in her mouth, and slowly bit down on it.

Surprisingly, the cake was soft and gooey. It tasted like a regular piece of chocolate cake.

"Not bad Hagrid," replied Lindy as she finished her second piece.

"I've ben perfectin' it o'er the years," said Hagrid. "It's 'bout time ye three get back up ter the castle. Ye can take sum with ye if ye like."

"Thanks," replied Jacob as he grabbed a mound and placed them in their pockets.

Then they left for the castle, Lindy looking behind them every now and then. She felt like someone was watching them, and it certainly wasn't Hagrid.

That night in the common room, Lonni laid down her books rather loudly and stared at Lindy.

"Ok, spill," she said simply.

"Spill what?" Lindy was very confused. She sat down in one of the scarlet chairs by the fire and starred into it.

"You're hiding something from us," said Jacob.

True, she was; but it was only for their own good, right? Once again, things flashed through her head of past events in her life, the words, "OK", "spill", and "you're hiding something from us" echoing through her mind.

"Well?" asked Lonni.

"I'm not hiding anything from you. You're just being paranoid," she stated, but not very convincingly, causing Lonni and Jacob to stare at her seriously and roll their eyes. "Alright, alright. What do you want to know?"

"Where did you go when you touched that key?" That was the first of their series of questions.

Sighing, Lindy explained about ending up in the village and running up to the house. She decided to leave the part out about the door and the snake, however mentioning the fact that the two men were after people led to the next set of questions.

"So, why were you clutching at your ankle when we first got off the bus at the Leaky Cauldron?"

"Because, I've got a scar on that ankle," she whispered so she wouldn't be overheard.

There was silence between the three. Thank goodness everyone else was off to socialize, leaving the common room completely empty.

"How'd you get it?" asked Jacob.

"What kind of scar is it? A curse scar?" Lonni asked franticly, afraid to know the answer.

Lindy nodded to answer Lonni's question.

"You mean…..somebody…….used……" Lonni trailed off, still in a state of shock.

"Avada Kedarva on me? Yes, they did as a matter of fact."

"What's Avada Ke-ke-"

"Avada Kedarva is a killing curse," Lonni shakily explained to Jacob. "Only really powerful wizards can perform it."

"This is too much for me," said Jacob, running his hands through his hair. Just then, there was a tap at the window. "Now what?"

Lonni let the owl in. It was James, her father's owl that delivered her letters on her first day. The only thing attached to it's thing leg was a light weight package.

"That's odd," Lindy muttered as she untied the package from James' leg. "what's so important it couldn't wait till tomorrow?"

Once the package was free from the owl's leg, James took off. Lindy slowly opened it.

"It's…..a cloth?"

The cloth was thin and silvery looking. She carefully held it out to get a better look at it.

"Woah!" Exclaimed Jacob and Lonni.

"Woah what?" Lindy was confused.

However, when she looked down she quickly realized what they were amazed at. Her lower half: legs, feet and stomach; had disappeared. She then covered herself with the cloth and became completely invisible.

"Hey look! There's a note," Lonni said as she reached into the wrapping and grabbed a small piece of parchment.

Lindy let the invisible cloak fall to the floor and took the note from her as she offered it.

"'You're grandfather left this in my possession, and I thought it was about time a Potter had it again. Use it well,'" read Lindy to her puzzled friends. "So it couldn't have been my dad, at least I don't think."

"But who else can use James?" asked Lonni. Lindy shrugged and pocketed the note.

"Well, that still leaves what to do about those two men. We need to warn a teacher, right?" asked Jacob. "Two students are in danger."

Lindy shook her head.

"We don't have enough proof dingbat," said Lonni.

Lindy gazed into the fire as Lonni and Jacob continued to argue. She did have to tell them eventually, right?

Halloween was on a Wednesday. Classes ended early for the feast (and ball), so Lindy and Lonni had to study in the common room because of the noise coming from the third years and up in their dorms.

"You're so lucky Jacob," said Lonni as she sat down. "Guys don't talk as loud as girls."

When they headed down to the feast, most girls were already with their dates. Lindy even saw Melissa Wood with a boy sitting by her, gazing at her as if in a trance while she chatted with one of her friends. Lonni tried every now and then to trip someone sprinting from table to table. The only person she succeeded in tripping was…..uh-oh……

"I'm sorry Kathy," said Lonni, trying to help her up. The first year Slytherin just glared at her and tore off for her table. "I'll stop now."

"That would be a good idea," said Lindy.

After they ate, the teachers dismissed the first and second years. That's when Lonni suddenly lunged forward and started vomiting slugs. At first, Lindy didn't realize what had happened. Then she remembered reading about the hex.

"Oh crud," said Lindy. Jacob and her helped Lonni up and walked her to the Hospital Wing.

"Ah, I wondered when I'd be seeing one of you three," said the elderly woman named Madame Promfrey. "You'll be staying all night Weasley."

"But-" began Lonni. However, she wasn't able to finish her sentence due to the fact Madame Promfrey forced a spoon of potion down her throat.

Lindy and Jacob told Lonni goodnight and took off for the common room. Once they were inside, Lindy whispered to Jacob, "I just thought of something."

"What?" asked Jacob. "And why are we whispering?"

"Because we don't want to be overheard. Listen, I was thinking, why don't we give the invisibility cloak a spin. Just around the halls?"

"What if we get caught?" asked Jacob hesitantly.

"Like we're going really going to get caught. All the teachers are at the ball. And besides," and here she leaned a bit closer, "it's not like we're not allowed out. We just have to stay away from the Great Hall."

"Well, alright. That way we can sneak and visit Lonni again."

Lindy nodded and she ran up to her dorm to retrieve her cloak.

Silently they trudge down a hall, careful to make sure they were covered up. Jacob was so nervous he held his breath until he turned blue.

"Jacob, breath!" she hissed as quiet as she could manage.

"Alright," he said bluntly. "Why are we under this? Nobody's-"

However, just then someone stepped out of a room. The two stopped dead in their tracks. It was Snape. Lindy placed her hand over her mouth to stop herself from gasping. He starred right at them for a few seconds, then turned and walked away. Lucky for them they were invisible.

Once they were out of earshot, Jacob let out air he was holding in and Lindy said, "Come on. Let's go see what he was doing."

Jacob frowned but followed her anyway.

They entered the room and looked around. It was completely empty apart from the ancient looking mirror. Lindy had gone over the walls for the millionth time, observing the strange writings on it when Jacob shouted, "Lindy! Look!"

Immediately, Lindy walked over and looked in the mirror. She saw Jacob looking much cuter than now and holding a trophy, Lindy and Lonni standing on either side of him.

"But when we came in it just showed our reflection," stated Lindy, looking through the mirror. "Move over and give me a try."

As soon as Jacob moved, his image and everything disappeared. Slowly Lindy stepped in front of it.

Nothing happened.

She just starred at her reflection. But, Jacob couldn't see anything in the mirror.

"How come you can see what I see," rounded Jacob, "but I can't see what you see?"

"I don't know," Lindy replied. Her eyes were now fixed on the writing above the mirror. It seemed to be written in some weird language.

"Come on, let's go," said Jacob, grabbing her hand and the cloak in the other. He lead her out into the hall and threw the cloak over them. "We need to visit Lonni before it gets any later."

Lindy nodded and the two ran up flights of stairs and down corridors till finally they reached the Hospital Wing. Lonni was still puking but feeling much better at least. Madame Promfrey had left for a little bit and wouldn't be back until midnight.

They told her about seeing Snape and the mirror. Maybe he was up to something? The mirror seemed harmless enough. Lonni's smile, however, faded when who should walk in but Malfoy and Kathy (what Jade was calling her).

"Well, well, well," said Malfoy, smirking. "What've we got here? Students out of bed after hours? I think McGonogal should kick you out for it, all three."

"If we wanted your opinion, Malfoy, we would have asked for it," said Lindy as she glared at her.

"Oh, well, is that so," said Kathy. "Well-"

However, before Kathy could manage to say another word, a spell was fired her way. It took Lindy and Lonni both a second to realize it was Jacob who'd hexed her. Flabbergasted, Malfoy grabbed Kathy and with one glare at the trio, left room and headed for the Slytherin common room.

"What hex?" asked Lindy, who was still getting over the shock.

"Just some hex," said Jacob, pocketing his wand. "Nothing really."

That's when Lindy first heard the hissing.