Chapter 6: A New Friend
Martha and Dean were now very close, and were in their Transfiguration class, with their teacher, Professor McGonagall. They started off simply, by learning to transfigure a pin into a hedgehog. McGonagall split them off into groups of three. Martha ended up with Adelyne and another Ravenclaw girl who looked almost identical to Adelyne.
"Hi, I'm Christine." The girl said, being friendly. "Christine Wilkinson. What are your names?" she asked, looking at Martha and Adelyne.
"I'm Adelyne Marlo." Adelyne said softly.
"And I'm Martha Black." Martha added.
"Pleased to meet you both. Adelyne, is your dad Marcus Marlo, by any chance?" Christine Wilkinson asked Adelyne.
"Yeah. Why?"
"Because my father was also a member of the Marauders. William Wilkinson is his name."
"Really? Awesome. My father is also a member of the Marauders." Martha piped up, starting to get excited.
"Cool! What's his name, Martha?" Christine asked her, also beginning to get excited.
"His name is Sirius Black." Martha said in a whisper.
"So awesome!" Christine said, now practically bouncing on the balls of her feet. "I've always wanted to meet him! Do you think you could introduce me to him sometime, Martha?" Christine asked her in a softer voice.
"You're not going to try and steal him from my mum are you?" Martha asked in a whisper, laughing softly. Christine and Adelyne started laughing too.
"No, I just want to meet him. Ever since I'd heard he'd escaped from Azkaban, I'd wanted to talk to him, to ask him how and why he did it. It's always been an impossible feat, until he managed it." Christine replied softly, still laughing.
"Alright, but don't expect him to want to talk about it very readily."
"It's alright, I won't. I'll still ask though, just in case."
"Okay, suit yourself." Martha laughed, as McGonagall came around to check on the students. "But I think we'd better get started." She said, pointing this out to Adelyne and Christine.
"Good point Martha." Adelyne said, taking out her wand and tapping the pin with her wand. "Fervartum!" she said and the pin transformed instantly into a hedgehog, however it's spines still had the eyes you found on sewing needles. "Oops." She said softly.
"I'll have a go now, if you don't mind girls." Christine said, also taking out her wand. "Fervartum!" she said, tapping the needle, and it instantly transformed into a hedgehog, which didn't have any impurities. It looked identical to a real life hedgehog.
"Very good, Miss Wilkinson." They heard a voice say from behind Martha. Looking up, they saw McGonagall standing there, looking at the hedgehog. "Now you try, Miss Black." She said and Martha took out her wand.
"Fervartum!" Martha said and her needle seemed to hesitate for a moment before turning with a pop into a hedgehog.
"Could do with some improvements, but pretty good, all the same." She said and Martha looked worried as McGonagall walked away.
"What's wrong, Martha?" Christine asked her, looking mildly concerned.
"Nothing, I was just worried about Dad, and whether anyone was going to catch him. He seems to escape from Mum quite a lot." Martha replied.
"Who is your mum?" Christine asked, looking curious.
"Professor Talleo." Martha replied.
"So Sirius is in the castle?"
"Well duh!" she said sarcastically. "I thought he was still on the streets! Of course he is."
"Okay Martha, hold your hippogriffs!" Christine said, looking worried that someone would overhear their conversation.