Good news I am officially done with uni for the year yay! I can FINALLY focus on my writtings and other creative practices!
Anyway regarding the last chapter, IT IS NOT CANON TO THE STORY! I wrote it on a whim to help keep you guys engaged with the story, so to all the people who thought or said it was pointless, you are completely right.
Anyway enjoy the latest chapter! Might update later.
Enjoy!
Lucy skimmed through the books, trying to find a good book to read during break times. She pulled out a green book and stared on the cover, reading the title and author. "Invisible Friends by Arthur Kirkland." She muttered, opening it up. "The world of magic can be full of secrets. I am one of the three last wizards in the world who can see invisible creatures that reside in the muggle world." This gave Lucy a ping of interest and sat down at a nearby table to read.
Something suddenly caught her eye and turned her head sharply to the side, but she was greeted with nothing. She shrugged and went back to her book. Harry panted at the panic of almost getting caught. He had been shadowing Lucy for the past three days, suspecting that she was hiding something.
"Harry?"
Harry visibly jumped at the mention of his name and turned around. "Oh Ginny..." He muttered. "What are you doing spying like that?" She asked innocently. "I-I wasn't spying." Harry denied. "Harry, you don't have your back on a shelf like that unless you didn't want to be seen. Who were you looking at?" She asked, taking a peek around the bookshelf.
Her innocent, smiling face suddenly dropped, seeing Lucy mutter to herself, flipping through her book. Ginny turned back to Harry, looking a bit upset. "Why were you spying on Lucy? She already engaged to Natsu." She asked with a bit of force. Harry gave a bit of a defeated sigh, pulling Ginny aside away from Lucy's hearing.
"I think Lucy has something to do with the strange white cloaked people around school…" Harry told her. Ginny looked at him, extremely confused. "White cloaked people? What are you talking about?" She whispered. "Unless you're talking about the dementors but they're black, and as if they'd want to work with a student." Ginny muttered to in thought.
Harry bit his lip, then shook his head and walked past Ginny. "It's fine, don't worry about it…" He muttered. Ginny watched him spy on Lucy a bit longer, before she sighed and left. Harry turned his head, watching her leave, then looked back at Lucy.
A couple of minutes later, she looked at her watch and closed the book and put it in her bag. She stood up and made her way to the out of the library, walking towards the opposite way of Harry. He swiftly followed Lucy as she left the library, keeping far enough that no one thought of him strangely, but close enough to keep an eye on the blond. He didn't let her out of his sight, not even when she turned corners. That was until he heard an annoying and taunting voice behind him.
"Well well well Potter? Spying on a taken girl? Didn't know you were that kind of person." A voice snickered. Harry closed his eyes, internally groaning. "Why now?" He thought. "Not now Malfoy!" He hissed, not bothering to turn around. "Aw come on Potter? Can't resist the curiosity?" This made Harry stop, turning around to face the grey eyed smirking snob with only Gajeel behind him. "What are you talking about?" Harry asked with a bit of poison in his voice.
"Come on, you know she's hiding something. You had the nagging voice in your head didn't you? That there's something about her that doesn't belong here…" He slithered, clearly trying to choose his words carefully. In the corner of Harry's eye, he could see Gajeel slowly tensing, but he shook it off. "What are you getting at Malfoy?" Harry hissed, not having any time for this. "Nothing. Just glad you opened your eyes for once." He said with a snark and walked away, Gajeel slowly following behind. He gave an extremely loud cough as he walked past Harry.
Harry watched them leave for their next study period, before turning his attention back to where Lucy was heading. He ran down the hallway, spotting the blond walking up a flight of stairs. He followed her, not knowing where she was going. It was as if she were leading him in circles. She turned a corner, cutting away from Harry's vision for a second. When Harry turned the corner, she was gone.
As if she just disappeared into thin air.
Harry was so confused, he looked around the hallway and through the nearby open doors, but she was nowhere to be found. Harry gave a frustrated and confused sigh. How could someone just disappear? He gave up, and began to think who else he could shadow. Maybe Professor Scarlett but he couldn't follow her wherever she went. The other person he could think about was… Natsu….
But at the present situation, Natsu probably wanted to stay far away from him. But he seemed like that kind of person that would tell all if you asked, but at the same time he did ask questions before he would get defensive or try to throw them off course. That's what got them into the fight in the first place.
He groaned, his hand going through his hair. Maybe he should talk to Ron and Hermione to figure out what they should do. He turned around and began to walk towards the Common Room.
As soon as he left, two grey beings floated down their arms constantly moving from side to side.
"That was close piri piri!"
"I agree piri piri!"
"We should go back before we're spotted piri piri!"
"Yes let's go back to Lucy piri piri!"
"Man that was close! Thanks for the heads up Gajeel." Lucy thanked, putting her bag down once she reached the hidden room. "It's no worries. Dumbledore doesn't want anyone to know about us yet…" He muttered.
"Lucy! Mission is complete piri piri!"
Lucy smiled, looking up at the celestial spirit of Gemini. "Thanks Gemini! Knew I could count on you." She smiled. "It's no problem for our mistress!" One of the spirits said cheerfully. "I told you before I'm not a mistress." She smiled. "Anyway, you better get going back. Thanks again for your help." Lucy thanked. "Of course piri piri!" The twin spirits chanted before disappearing with a poof.
"What was that all about?"
Lucy and Gajeel turned their heads to the entrance, Gray and Natsu entering with Happy trailing behind. "Harry was following Lucy around so she used Gemini to distract him." Gajeel explained, Lucy giving a playful wave. "Why was he following you?" Natsu asked, taking a seat next to Lucy. "Well, he asked me if I had an older sister and I said no…" She muttered, putting her fingers on her chin. "Not to mention that Hermione saw Virgo and she told Harry and Ron about it asked questions…" Natsu added.
"You don't think that they're onto us?" Gray asked. "I don't know…" Lucy admitted, sighing as she shook her head. "Anyway, what did you want to talk to us about Natsu?" She asked, changing subjects. "Oh yeah! Take a look at this…" Natsu smiled mischievously and pulled out a brown piece of paper. "Tada!" He smiled, holding it in the air like it was a trophy.
"Yes, paper. Very interesting. Maybe your brain could use it for once." Gray said in a sarcastic tone. "What was that?!" Natsu yelled, launching himself at Gray. Lucy sighed, facepalming as Gajeel snickered at the scene. She looked at the brown paper resting on the table and picked it up. She unfolded it, ignoring the grunts and insults behind her. But it was blank, making her confused. "Uh Natsu?" The boys stopped fighting, and looked at Lucy, who held the paper up. "There's nothing on here." She said.
"Oh right!" Natsu cleared his throat as he readied his wand. "I solemnly swear I'm up to no good!" He chanted and tapped the map with his wand. Slowly, the map began to reveal itself in black ink blotches. The other three watched in awe, Natsu grinning. "Cool right? And look!" He pointed at the map with two footsteps on the oval with the words "Erza Scarlet" at the bottom of the feet. "Erza's here teaching, and over here, you can see Master Mavis doing her daily routes through the paintings!" Natsu explained.
"Wait, is this the Marauders Map?" Lucy asked. "Yep! Uses the same magic as the dome on the fifth floor. Researched it myself." Natsu beamed. "And to make it disappear, you just chant mischief mangled." Natsu informed. "Wow, this could be a great asset to our mission here! What does Erza think?" Gray asked, taking a closer look at the map. "What? Oh no! I was gonna use it for pranks!"
"...Hah?"
"I can see the look on Erza's face when I cast an illusion spell or something and scare the living daylights out of her! Or find out where the teachers sleep and release cornish pixies in their room or-"
SMACK!
"I think we should keep this away from Natsu. I'll be incharge of it and I'll tell the others about the map later." Lucy decided, taking the map. "Agreed." Gajeel and Gray nodded, an unconscious Natsu laying face down with a dent in his head. Lucy flicked out her wrist, looking at her watch and sighed. "And now it's time for Erza's lessons. Come on let's go." Lucy sighed, the boys groaning and following behind her.
