Chapter Nineteen- The Dementors

While Harry was thinking about his answer the clouds began to move. The full moon was shining brightly over the grass. Alice gasped just as the full moon appeared between the clouds. She watched as her Godfather began to transform into a werewolf. She knew that he wasn't safe because he didn't take his potion tonight. She hoped that he would be all right running around the grounds in the dark. He was grimacing in pain while he was transforming.

Within minutes Remus was a werewolf and Sirius transformed into the black dog. He went after his friend to try to stop him from going to far. Alice watched in horror as the two fought with each other. She hoped that it would be over soon. Her attention was turned over Peter Pettigrew transforming into rat and scurrying off. She knew where he hurrying off to. She turned her attention back to the fighting werewolf and black dog. Minutes later Sirius was back in his human form limping down to the eastern side of the black lake.

Alice and Jasper ran after him to see if Sirius was all right. All of a sudden the lake started to freeze over in June, which was very strange for ice to be covering the lake. She started feel a cold breeze coming from all around her. Jasper started to feel the same thing as Alice did. A hundred dementors were gliding towards them across the lake. She thought of the happiest though she could think of. "Expecto Patronum." A sliver mist shot out of her wand.

Jasper knew that Alice needed help to fight off a hundred dementors at once. He tried to copy what Alice was doing. However, he had a harder time in performing the spell. He couldn't think of a single happy memory except the memory of him meeting Alice. His first attempt at the spell only lasted for a minute before he passed out. Alice's attempted lasted longer until it finally flickered out. She was panting for breath mostly because she had used most of her energy performing the spell.

All of a sudden something was driving away the dementors. It was an animal patronus. It was a deer with antlers. The patronus was very powerful with the way it was driving away every single one of the dementors. Alice saw that Sirius's soul was floating back into his mouth. It made her happy that he would be okay. The lake was unfreezing now that the dementors were gone. They had floated off their original positions.

Hermione had come down to see if Alice and Jasper were all right. Jasper finally woke up along with Sirius. "Are, you two alright?"

"Hermione, I'm alright, but I don't know about Sirius."

"I'm fine, Hermione just a little disoriented."

"Jazz, let's get back to the others. Now that's Sirius is free we should get him to the hospital wing."

Sirius, Hermione, Jasper, and Alice hiked up the hill back to where Harry and Ron were. "Alice, where is Moony?"

"He's somewhere in the woods, but he'll be fine when he transforms back into a human again."

Harry and Jasper helped Ron up. The group made it's way back up to the castle. Hermione had grabbed Harry's invisibility cloak before she left with the group. Alice had hers with her. The group was able to make it into the hospital wing without being noticed. Madam Pomfrey put Sirius onto a bed as well as Ron, Jasper, and Alice. They were each given a piece of chocolate. Ron was a different story, however, since he had a broken leg.

Madam Pomfrey told Sirius, Jasper, and Alice that a little rest and chocolate would do just fine. Ron was told something completely different. He needed to rest while his leg heals. Madam Pomfrey healed the bone with a tap of her wand. She then wrapped it up with white bandages with another tap of her wand. She then handed him a clear potion to help with his pain.

The hospital wings doors opened again and in came Professor Dumbledore. He had a big bright smile on his face. Alice looked over to him and saw that he knew something. "Mr. Black, I heard that you're a free man. Congratulations, but why didn't you tell me that you switched secret keepers?"

"James, didn't want anyone to know who his secret keeper was," Sirius replied from his bed.

Alice's eyes suddenly glazed over. She saw a quick vision, which was:

Her patronus were apart of animal forms. She saw her father's spirit leave the physical world. His patronus, however, was a stag, which was his animal form.

That was all she saw, but it was helpful to her. She now knew who saved them earlier.

Harry walked up to Sirius's bed and smiled. "Sirius, I would love to live with you if I need to. I'll let you know my answer during the summer."

Alice got up and walked over to Jasper's bed. Her legs were just as weak as they were the day before. She sat down on the side of his bed. She began stroking his golden hair. He was still asleep. She knew he must have been getting his rest after his ordeal with the dementors. "Jazz, can you hear me?"

His eyes fluttered open. "Ali, are you okay?"

"I'm fine, Jazz. Are you okay?"

"Ali, I'm just exhausted. What happened?"

"Dementor attack. I held them at bay for as long as I could. After awhile the patronus spell flickered and went out."

"Who saved us, then?"

"My father's spirit saved us, Jazz."

Sirius, Hermione, Ron, and Harry all looked over at Jasper and Alice. They were shocked at what they heard. "Alice, dad is well dead."

"I know that, but I had a vision a few minutes ago and I saw who saved us. It was out father's spirit. He was still holding a wand."

Harry and Sirius blinked.

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