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that anyway! Now, Sirius Black, Remus Lupin and James Potter - There's a
few people we'd like to own. Sadly, we don't.
A/N Carmen helped us with this chapter. Thanks Carmen!
Chapter 35
"So you believe Muss Prewitt has disappeared." Dumbledore confirmed, his twinkling blue eyes unusually grave.
"Yes. She was with James and I in the common room, but she left at ten o'clock last night." Sirius began.
"But she never got back to her dorm." exclaimed Lily, her face looking extremely worried in the candlelight.
"She may have gone to the library to study." Dumbledore suggested.
"I really don't think so." Lily said. "Bertha told us that she never returned to the Hufflepuff dorm at all."
"But is Miss Jorkins a trustworthy source of information?" Dumbledore questioned with a smile. Sirius thought he saw a twinkle in the old man's eyes.
"Oh." said Lily softly.
Dumbledore stood up suddenly and walked to the door of his office. He pushed it open. There stood James looking as though he was about ready to break the door down himself.
"Wha-" James started.
"What is it James?" Dumbledore's voice had a hint of urgency in it.
"Oh, um, I got this from Helga." James explained, holding up a piece of crumpled parchment.
"Why-" interrupted Lily.
"Shh Lily." James said. "I got this from Helga. She's been taken by, uh, Voldemort."
"Hell!" Sirius shouted.
"Right. You three are to return to Gryffindor Tower this instant. Do not mention this to anyone else." instructed Dumbledore. He looked James and Sirius in the eyes. "I don't want you attempting any dangerous acts of heroism."
They exited Dumbledore's office in silence and walked back to their common room. All the way back, Lily kept shooting suspicious glances at James.
"So, what are we going to do?" Sirius asked once they were sitting down.
"I think we should wait here. Dumbledore's right: Helga wouldn't want us to risk our lives over this." Yvonne said.
"Do you even realise who that snake-faced bastard is?" James exploded. "He wants her, and my guess is that he wants her dead, and you just want to wait?!"
"James is right, Yvonne." agreed Remus. "We have to go and find her."
"I just thought someone had to say it. I never expected you to agree to it." Yvonne said defensively. "So when do we leave?"
"As soon as we can, but we need to know where she is being held." Sirius said immediately.
"The note said 'The top level of a run down house not far from Hogwarts.'" James read off a piece of parchment. In response to the unspoken question, James answered "I duplicated it."
"Right, well now we know her exact location, all we need is a plan." Remus said simply.
"You know where she is just from that description?" Sirius asked disbelievingly.
"Yes. James, get your invisibility cloak. We're going to pay a visit to the Shrieking Shack."
A/N Sorry about the wait on that. We'll try and have more up soon, but the teachers are going nuts giving out homework and assignments, so you may have to wait another week. We promise that we'll try our best to continue updating as frequently as possible, but no promises. Thanks to: "Piper13" "Lasharon" "blondemoments258" "XxsilverxwingsxX" "Alex Browning" "ronluvr28" "Phoenix141" "SjabRox" "Maddy-Riddle" "Manny2003"
"Lasharon" we do care! We love to know that we are loved! No, seriously, the more reviews we get, the happier we are, and the more motivated we feel to write! About the spelling mistakes - You said that we typed 'sed' rather than 'said'. That, and any similar weird mistakes, are because of msn. We're so used to using abbreviations that it just happens without thinking about it. We do try not to do that though. And that thing with the ends of sentences when the speaker is cut off is partly our fault and partly ff.net's fault. We cant' get the thing to load properly, so until we figure that out you'll just have to ignore those. Thanks heaps for pointing it out though, because we weren't quite sure what was correct there. We're trying to get a bit of everything in this fic, so sorry if you don't like fluff. You can be comforted by the fact that fluff is not the main focus.
"blondemoments258" Sorry about the language in the last author's note. We didn't really think that it was that bad compared to what we actually said out loud, but sorry if we may have offended you or anyone else. It was unintentional. Thanks for your support though.
"Alex Browning" Thankyou! *feeling warm and fuzzy*
"ronluvr28" Spirit reviews are cool! Lol. Texas eh? So you don't ride horses to school - well we don't ride kangaroos to school. Just so that you know. (A girl in my year went overseas and was asked if she rode a kangaroo to school. She laughed.)
"SjabRox" I think I added you to msn. I'm not sure though. . . Anyway, I'm not often on except in the holidays and at weekends, so if you want to talk there it'll be a few weeks.
"Maddy-Riddle" Sorry, but the chapters aren't going to get much longer than they are. That's just the way that we're doing this story. We will try to update as often as possible though if that's any consolation.
A/N Carmen helped us with this chapter. Thanks Carmen!
Chapter 35
"So you believe Muss Prewitt has disappeared." Dumbledore confirmed, his twinkling blue eyes unusually grave.
"Yes. She was with James and I in the common room, but she left at ten o'clock last night." Sirius began.
"But she never got back to her dorm." exclaimed Lily, her face looking extremely worried in the candlelight.
"She may have gone to the library to study." Dumbledore suggested.
"I really don't think so." Lily said. "Bertha told us that she never returned to the Hufflepuff dorm at all."
"But is Miss Jorkins a trustworthy source of information?" Dumbledore questioned with a smile. Sirius thought he saw a twinkle in the old man's eyes.
"Oh." said Lily softly.
Dumbledore stood up suddenly and walked to the door of his office. He pushed it open. There stood James looking as though he was about ready to break the door down himself.
"Wha-" James started.
"What is it James?" Dumbledore's voice had a hint of urgency in it.
"Oh, um, I got this from Helga." James explained, holding up a piece of crumpled parchment.
"Why-" interrupted Lily.
"Shh Lily." James said. "I got this from Helga. She's been taken by, uh, Voldemort."
"Hell!" Sirius shouted.
"Right. You three are to return to Gryffindor Tower this instant. Do not mention this to anyone else." instructed Dumbledore. He looked James and Sirius in the eyes. "I don't want you attempting any dangerous acts of heroism."
They exited Dumbledore's office in silence and walked back to their common room. All the way back, Lily kept shooting suspicious glances at James.
"So, what are we going to do?" Sirius asked once they were sitting down.
"I think we should wait here. Dumbledore's right: Helga wouldn't want us to risk our lives over this." Yvonne said.
"Do you even realise who that snake-faced bastard is?" James exploded. "He wants her, and my guess is that he wants her dead, and you just want to wait?!"
"James is right, Yvonne." agreed Remus. "We have to go and find her."
"I just thought someone had to say it. I never expected you to agree to it." Yvonne said defensively. "So when do we leave?"
"As soon as we can, but we need to know where she is being held." Sirius said immediately.
"The note said 'The top level of a run down house not far from Hogwarts.'" James read off a piece of parchment. In response to the unspoken question, James answered "I duplicated it."
"Right, well now we know her exact location, all we need is a plan." Remus said simply.
"You know where she is just from that description?" Sirius asked disbelievingly.
"Yes. James, get your invisibility cloak. We're going to pay a visit to the Shrieking Shack."
A/N Sorry about the wait on that. We'll try and have more up soon, but the teachers are going nuts giving out homework and assignments, so you may have to wait another week. We promise that we'll try our best to continue updating as frequently as possible, but no promises. Thanks to: "Piper13" "Lasharon" "blondemoments258" "XxsilverxwingsxX" "Alex Browning" "ronluvr28" "Phoenix141" "SjabRox" "Maddy-Riddle" "Manny2003"
"Lasharon" we do care! We love to know that we are loved! No, seriously, the more reviews we get, the happier we are, and the more motivated we feel to write! About the spelling mistakes - You said that we typed 'sed' rather than 'said'. That, and any similar weird mistakes, are because of msn. We're so used to using abbreviations that it just happens without thinking about it. We do try not to do that though. And that thing with the ends of sentences when the speaker is cut off is partly our fault and partly ff.net's fault. We cant' get the thing to load properly, so until we figure that out you'll just have to ignore those. Thanks heaps for pointing it out though, because we weren't quite sure what was correct there. We're trying to get a bit of everything in this fic, so sorry if you don't like fluff. You can be comforted by the fact that fluff is not the main focus.
"blondemoments258" Sorry about the language in the last author's note. We didn't really think that it was that bad compared to what we actually said out loud, but sorry if we may have offended you or anyone else. It was unintentional. Thanks for your support though.
"Alex Browning" Thankyou! *feeling warm and fuzzy*
"ronluvr28" Spirit reviews are cool! Lol. Texas eh? So you don't ride horses to school - well we don't ride kangaroos to school. Just so that you know. (A girl in my year went overseas and was asked if she rode a kangaroo to school. She laughed.)
"SjabRox" I think I added you to msn. I'm not sure though. . . Anyway, I'm not often on except in the holidays and at weekends, so if you want to talk there it'll be a few weeks.
"Maddy-Riddle" Sorry, but the chapters aren't going to get much longer than they are. That's just the way that we're doing this story. We will try to update as often as possible though if that's any consolation.