Gwen's POV

Cody had told me everything about his slip of tongue. It'd been two weeks since Noah knew Courtney liked him, and he still hadn't said anything yet. It was a nice May midday in the school. It made me glad to know it was only one month for summer, because I would got back to London and I would still see Cody, Noah and Courtney there.

We went all together to the Great Hall. We sat down, ready to enjoy our lunch meals, which were mainly salad and chicken wings, and as desserts we could have either any kind of fruit (the day's special was a tropical platter with papaya, coconut, guayaba and mango) or a delicios cheesecake. While we ate and chatted happily, Owen ran into the Great Hall, yelling.

"Guys, guys!" he cried "Toboe Loness told me they've seen Bellatrix LeStrange in the Forbidden Forest!"

We all glanced at each other, fear visible in all our four faces.

"You're..." Courtney stuttered "You're kidding, right?"

Owen shook his head. I could see he was terrified.

"I swear it," he said "Pamela Cinder, a Hufflepuff fifth grader, said she'd seen her too, and so do Nadia Tchemovsky and Klaus Johnson."

"It can't be..." Cody mused to my side "Not here."

"They broke in once," Lucy joined in "why couldn't she break in again?"

"But...Hagrid must've spotted her," I protested.

"We've got Care of Magical Creatures right now, with Gryffindor," Noah recalled "then we've got Potions with Hufflepuff. Should we do anything?"

"Keep our eyes open," Courtney instructed "to the minor sign, tell us everything. Understood?"

Owen and Lucy nodded. We were all quite fearing what would happen next.

Courtney's POV

I was quite scared about the fact Bellatrix LeStrange could be wandering around the school forest. What if she suddenly appeared in our Care of Magical Creatures lesson and went all like: "Avada Kedavra" to us all? She had the guts to do it, she'd killed over fifty wizards during the Second War. Why not...now?

I was all shaky during our Care of Magical Creatures lesson. I couldn't keep an eye on Bolt, but neither did Noah. We both stared at the forest, waiting for a black shimmer to appear in the middle of the dark trees. But nothing happened in the whole hour, and by four o'clock we started packing up for our Potions class without seeing a single thing.

"Maybe those guys just played a trick on Owen," Noah suggested "You know he's so innocent."

"Yeah, but that would not be a nice joke," I complained "Why would they do such thing? And Toboe, Pamela and Nadia are all Hufflepuffs. Goodie-goods, which means they would never joke about such a matter-"

"Yeah, but still-"

Noah was cut by a big black shadow in the forest. We saw it gazing at us. It was a thin silhouette, with a messy, curly black hair. We couldn't see her well, but that was just enough. I grasped Noah's hand.

"It's...it's her."

Cody's POV

Gwen and I met up with Courtney and Noah in the Ravenclaw common room. They were so pale I thought they'd seen Lord Voldemort itself.

"What happens?" I asked, worried.

"We've...we've seen..." Courtney stammered "We've seen Bellatrix LeStange in the forest."

I glanced at Gwen, who's eyes were wide in fear.

"It can't be true..." she whispered "are you sure?"

"Pretty much," Noah muttered.

"So what should we do?" I asked.

"Isn't it obvious?" Noah snapped "We've got to face her! The whole school is in danger with that Death Eater wandering around!"

"You can't be serious," Gwen said "We cannot battle against a real Death Eater. We're just thirteen!"

"I think we can," I mused "Remember we faced a bunch of dementors when we were only eleven."

"And remember how we resisted the Geach when we were twelve," Courtney added.

"We can do this," Noah said "I'm going to face her tonight. I've already decided it. Come if you feel like it."

"I'll go with you," Courtney quickly said.

"And so will I," I agreed.

I looked at Gwen, who sighed and nodded.

"So will I," she said.

"We'll part this night, just after lights off," Noah commanded. "Bring regular clothes and your wands. We'll need to run."

DUN DUN DUN! What will happen out there? I already know *smirks evily* but you'll know soon! :) Just keep tuned on Total Drama Hogwarts!

-Nikki :)