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Co-written by Hayya3 and P.E.E.V.S.Y.
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Chapter 8: We never titled it, so it's just chapter 8.
Everyone slowly followed her orders. Kilee hurried after her two friends and Albus could see that she looked terrified. Scorpius apparently did too, as he gave Kilee an anxious look.
"You okay?" he asked.
Kilee gave a high, pretend laugh. "I'm just…just peachy!"
"Everything will be okay," said Scorpius.
Kilee gave a weak grin, "Yeah."
Albus and Scorpius exchanged looks and Albus continued, "Whatever happened, my dad'll be able to fix it!"
"Not according to my dad," said Scorpius.
Albus rolled his eyes as they headed toward the castle. "Oh, what does he know?"
"He can be pretty convincing at times," Scorpius said.
Albus glared. Kilee whimpered, Scorpius's eyes widened and he hurriedly said, "But I'm sure he's wrong this time,"
They had reached the doors to the Great Hall and saw Victoire and Kate-Ann coming towards them.
"What's going on?" asked Albus.
"It's James," answered Victoire.
"What?" Albus asked in a very small voice. Kilee burst into tears. Even Scorpius (who was awkwardly patting Kilee on the head) looked taken aback.
"What happened?" Albus asked again.
"Well, James had snuck into Hogsmeade and… and… and…" Victoire burst out sobbing.
"Albus, you're supposed to go with Victoire to the Hospital Wing," said Kate-Ann, putting her arm around Victoire. Albus stared at his two friends helplessly: one sobbing, one looking rather shell-shocked.
Albus gulped. "Al-alright." He started to walk, Kilee and Scorpius right behind him. As they started up the grand staircase, Albus glanced around and asked, "What about Rose?"
Scorpius scowled, "She's still outside. Ran off to the woods when Kilee let us all know." Albus stopped dead.
"Should we send someone after her?" Kate-Ann asked Victoire.
"After what happened to James?" Victoire squeaked.
"What exactly happened to James?" Albus demanded.
"Well," Victoire muttered, biting her lip, "You see…" She burst out crying again. Kate-Ann decided to take over.
"Last night, James was sneaking back from Hogsmeade, and he got too close to the Forbidden Forest, and he was, well, attacked by a werewolf," said Kate-Ann.
Albus let out a loud moan and sank to the ground. Kilee cried harder.
"Will he be okay? Who all knows about this? Did they just find him?" Scorpius asked anxiously.
"Professor Sprout will be able to fill us in," said Kate-Ann. They slowly made their way to the Hospital Wing. Once there, Albus felt his stomach rebelled. There, lying on a bed was his older brother, worst enemy, and best friend. His entire right side was covered in blood. Professor Sprout hurried forward when she saw them.
"What happened?" asked Albus.
"A werewolf and several unknown persons. The centaurs found him just a little bit ago. And there have been some dangerous people in Hogsmeade. He ought to be alright though. Your parents should be here in a bit."
The doors opened and Rose walked in with her friend, Molly Ana. The seven students all sat in silence waiting for the Potters to show up and as Albus sat there, feeling bad for his brother, he was suddenly assaulted with an idea of brilliant proportions. It was genius! Albus poked the crying Kilee and white faced Scorpius. "Meet me in the library after hours. Bring your bunnies!"
Kilee now looked petrified as well as heartbroken. Albus wished, not for the first time, that his friend was a bit braver. Scorpius opened his mouth to ask what Albus was planning, but he was interrupted by the doors opening again and Harry and Ginny Potter walking in. Scorpius immediately fell silent.
The rest of the day passed in sad and uncomfortable moments. James hadn't woken up yet. Finally, Scorpius, Kilee, and all non-family members were kicked out of the Hospital Wing. While the Potters and Weasleys waited anxiously for James to wake up, Albus's plan became more complicated and organized. Finally, Ginny kicked everyone out saying they needed to sleep for school tomorrow.
But Albus didn't go to his common room, but instead went straight to the library. When he got there, he saw Scorpius and Kilee sitting at a table in the corner with Fluffy, Killer, and Bai hopping around on the floor.
"Well?" Scorpius demanded quietly when Albus sat down. "What's your plan?"
Albus looked around cautiously, "Anyone here?"
Kilee snorted, "Al, I hate to break it to you, but it's 2'o'clock in the morning. Of course no one's here. They're all asleep like nice normal people should be."
"This is more important than sleep," Albus said, waving away Kilee's comment. Then, he explained his idea. Scorpius looked excited, Kilee horrified.
Just then, the library doors burst open. Kilee, Scorpius, and Albus quickly ducked under the table and looked to see who came in. It was Harry.
"Crap…" whispered Albus.
Then, the three bunnies attacked. This gave the three 11-year-olds just enough time to dart out of the table and hide behind a bookcase.
"What're you yelling about?" said a second voice.
Albus watched with increasing horror as his mother strode in and started to laugh at his father.
"What is this?" Scorpius hissed, "A family reunion?"
The doors opened a third time, and Ron walked in, followed by Hermione. Albus felt slightly lightheaded as the bunnies, realizing they were outnumbered, beat a very fast retreat. Kilee looked relieved that none of them were at all hurt.
"What are they doing here?" Scorpius demanded very quietly.
"I dunno," whispered Albus, sitting down, "I just hope they don't stay long."
"Al should be here," Harry muttered, "he had that crazy 'I have a brilliant idea' look in his eyes. Then he said something to his friends and I heard the word 'library'. I'm trying to save my son and his friends from disaster. Ginny's helping me. Now, explain why you're here again?"
Ron's reply was cut short by Kilee sneezing. Scorpius and Albus exchanged 'oh, crap' looks and then both of them grabbed one of Kilee's hands and yanked her away. The bunnies followed. And what ensued Albus was sure would go down in history as one of the biggest chase in Hogwarts' history. The three 11-year-olds darted between shelves, dodged behind tables, and vaulted over desks and piles of books. Finally, in a fit of desperation, Albus and Scorpius yanked themselves, Kilee, and the bunnies up one of the shelves and sat on top of the fifty foot bookshelf watching as the adults ran around the library and finally gave up and went away.
Albus let out a sigh of relief and Scorpius grinned, "That was fun!"
Kilee, who had buried her face in her hands, whimpered and then slowly said in a trembling voice, "And this is why we shouldn't become illegal animagis like your grandpa. Not only will James not need us, but we'll probably end up stuck in some ridiculous situation. Like this!"
"I think it's a good idea," said Scorpius.
"Yeah, well," Kilee snarled, "you also climbed a bookcase."
Scorpius rolled his eyes and said, "You'd have been caught for sure if we hadn't dragged you away."
Kilee stuck her tongue out at Scorpius, reached over to hit him on the head, lost her balance, and fell off the bookshelf.
"Crap!" said Scorpius.
"Run, Kilee!" Albus hiss, as he and Scorpius jumped off the shelf and took off running.
Kilee, limping, struggled to keep up. "Why are we running?" she whimpered.
"Yeah," said Scorpius, stopping dead, "why are we?"
"I…uh…don't know," Albus said, looking around.
"Probably 'cause you lot are always running" a familiar voice said, "usually from me." Rose appeared from behind a bookcase, smirking,
"Lately you've been running too, Weasley," said Scorpius.
Rose rolled her eyes, "Yeah, well, it's not my fault I don't want to be blinded by that ugly thing you call a face, Malfoy."
Kilee glared, "Shut up, Rose."
"Ohh…does Finnigan fancy icky Malfoy?"
"No, I just don't like you," Kilee snapped, hopping up and down on her right foot, trying not to fall over.
"Well, as enlightening as this conversation is, I didn't come here to make you all miserable. I'm here to talk about James, so let's call this a…temporary truce," Rose said, walking forward.
"Fine," said Albus. What happened next was probably the strangest thing in the history of, not only Hogwarts, but the whole world.
"I feel bad for James, so I think we should all become illegal animagis," Rose announced,
"You…you do?" Albus said in disbelief.
Rose snarled, "Of course not. Just wanted to see if you were stupid enough to think you could. I actually just wanted to tell you James is up now. See ya!" With that, Rose left.
Kilee turned to Albus. "That's it. We're becoming animagi!"