I do not own what you recognize. I do however own Luxintha and all the characters you do not know!
Today was the day where Harry and I's plan would be put to the test. Today was another day to go to Hogsmeade, and we were determined to go. He had told me that he possessed an invisibility cloak, so I thought he could easily follow if he stayed under.
I got dressed into a loose white t-shirt and dark blue skinny jeans with an older looking necklace with black tennis shoes. To keep warm a put on my jacket with a black scarf, gloves, and a hat, and I had to say I looked nice. I walked into the courtyard and greeted Hermione and Ron. "You're not staying behind with Harry," Hermione asked.
I smiled, "It's better not to answer."
She gave me a questioning look, "Maybe?"
I looked over my shoulder, and there I saw Harry with what appeared to be his cloak in his arm. I smiled, and waved. Hermione turned as if she was leaving, but she quickly glanced at Harry and smiled before walking out of the grounds. I watched as Harry threw the cloak over himself disappearing into thin air.
As I walked by Fred and George, who were building a snowman, I waved. They waved back. I continued walking when I heard what sounded like a struggle. I looked over my shoulder noticing that Fred and George seemed to have noticed Harry's tracks in the snow, and now they were dragging him back into the castle.
Angry, I quickly ran after them. I saw them round a corner, and I followed. When I caught up to them Harry was still under his cloak I glared at Fred and George. "What the bloody hell do you think you two are doing," I barked.
"Calm down Luxi," said George with a chuckle.
"We're just trying to help," stated Fred.
"You see you're both clever."
"But not clever enough." Harry threw off his cloak. "We thought you might need this," Fred said handing Harry a large, folded up piece of parchment.
"What rubbish is this," Harry questioned.
"Rubbish he says," chuckled Fred. "That there's the secret to our success."
"It's a gift, believe me," stated George.
"But we've decided your needs are greater then ours. George if you will…"
George nodded, pulling out his wand and tapping the…whatever it was. "I solemnly swear that I am up to no good."
Just as he stated those words, words started to appear. "Messrs Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot, and Prongs are proud to present the Mauraders Map…" Harry asked more then stated.
"Ah…Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot, and Prongs. We owe them so much," George said in an adoring sort of way.
"Hang on, this is Hogwarts! And that's…No. Is that really…"
"Dumbledore," began Fred.
"In his study," continued George.
"Pacing."
"Does that a lot."
"You mean," Harry began, "This shows…"
"Everyone," Fred stated with a sly smile one his face.
"Everyone?"
"Everyone," stated George.
"Where they are," continued Fred.
George looked at me, "What they're doing."
"Every minute."
"Of every day."
"Brilliant, where'd you get it?" Harry asked excitedly.
"George will you stop looking at me like that," I hissed.
He smirked, "Couldn't help it love."
Fred laughed, "Well Harry, we nicked it from Filch's office, of course, first year. Now listen, there's seven secret passages out of the castle, but we'd recommend this one." He pointed at a passage not far from here.
"And one more thing," began George. "When you're done tap it with your wand and say mischief managed, or else anyone can read it."
Harry and I quickly thanked George and Fred and went running off to get to Hogsmeade as soon as possible. As we were walking in the passage Harry began to laugh. "And what is your problem," I asked him.
"Oh nothing, just George seems to fancy you."
I glared at his back. "Oh shut up and keep walking!"
We finally made it into what seemed to be the basement of Honeydukes. We were almost caught by a worker, but managed to stay hidden. Harry and I quickly got under his cloak and got out of the shop before anyone could notice us. Though, Harry managed to get Neville's lolli, poor bloke.
As soon as we were outside I smack Harry;s shoulder, while we were still under the cloak. "Was that really necessary Harry? Neville, that poor bloke, he looked as if his heart was about to stop!"
Harry only laughed, "Don't worry about him, Neville will be fine."
I rolled my eyes, and then we continued to search for Hermione and Ron. Eventually Harry and I decided to see if they were by the shrieking shack, and there they were. But they also were not alone. There, seeming to be giving our friends a hard time was my dear cousin and his goons.
"I have an idea," stated Harry. "Get behind that fallen tree over there and make some snow balls."
"And you," I asked.
"You'll see," he said with a smile. I quickly jumped behind the fallen tree, pulling out my wand and making snow balls. I pointed my wand at them, and used the levitating charm and slung them at Draco. I couldn't see what was happening, but I sure could hear. Next thing I knew Draco and his goons were running past me like a bunch of pansies.
By then I couldn't contain it, I laughed so hard it hurt to breath. "Harry," I heard Hermione whine. I stood up, still laughing ever so slightly. Harry had thrown off his cloak; he had a giant grin on his face. "So I thought that was pretty spectacular," I called.
We all went back into the village, joking around and such. We told them about the map, and Ron wasn't happy that he didn't know that it existed. Then, outside The Three Broomsticks Pub, was the Minister of Magic as well as Professor McGonagall.
"Rosemerta," we overheard Cornelius greet the barmaid.
"That's Rosemerta," Hermione whispered, "Ron fancies her," she giggled.
Harry shushed us, "I trust business is good," stated Cornelius.
I couldn't hear that much, I didn't have the concentration. But next thing I knew Harry had his cloak on and was following Cornelius into the pub with Rosemerta and Professor McGonagall. We rushed after him into the pub but we didn't get far. There were nasty little shrunken heads that booted us out.
We sat near the pub and waited for Harry to come back out and tell us what was happening. When he did, he was still under his cloak. I watched his footprints till he ran down a bunch of carolers. We ran after him, apologizing the fallen people.
We followed his tracks to the place were we had pulled the prank on Draco. We heard sobs near the place where the footprints had stopped; he was still under the cloak though. We approached slowly, "Harry," Hermione whispered gently as she pulled off the cloak.
He was crying, I sat next to him. "Harry, talk to us."
"He was their friend," he started. "He was their friend!"
Since the event of Hogsmeade things seem so uneventful still. Remus was currently teaching Harry the Patronis Charm, from what I hear it seemed that he was doing spectacular. But on a sadder note, Buckbeak, the beautiful creature that hurt my dear, sweet, cousin, was sentenced to death. Hagrid seemed fairly upset by the news; I would be too if it was my animal.
The next day, the day after we had found out about poor Buckbeak's fate, Remus asked me to stay after class. I approached him after the last person had left the class and only us two were left. "You wanted to talk to me about some thing?"
Remus opened up his drawer and through down a rather familiar piece of parchment. Remus looked at me as if he was about to lecture me. "Did you know about this Luxintha, and don't you dare lie to me."
"The Map, your map," I questioned. "But how, I mean…Harry…"
"Harry had it, yes I know." He walked around his desk. "Last night Harry decided on a nice stroll through the castle you could say. And his walk was in search of some one on the map."
"And who would he go looking for at that hour?"
"He saw some one that is supposedly dead but was wondering around the castle."
"Was he looking for a ghost?"
"No, he was looking for Peter Pettigrew," he said looking at me for my reaction.
"Wormtail, he's dead though. Sirius killed him, that's what you told me. So is the map broken?"
"The map can't be break, and it wouldn't lie, it can't. Luxintha, Peter is alive."
I thought for a moment, that's when it came to me. "Could Sirius have been framed by Peter? That maybe Peter betrayed the Potter's and then framed Sirius by faking his own death?"
Remus smirked, "Smart you are. That's exactly what I was thinking. But I thought that Sirius was their secret keeper."
"Maybe he wasn't, he knew everyone would think that. So the least likely person was choosen."
He sighed, "It all makes sense now."
"So then Sirius isn't after Harry, if anything Sirius would be trying to help Harry. But if Peter is alive and in the castle…"
"Here is the thing, Peter is not completely stupid. Obviously, since he had remained hidden for so long. The reason why Peter was known as Wormtail was because his animagus was a rat."
"A rat…Ron has a rat. Acutally now that I think about it the rat looks incredibly old, and it is missing a finger. But the thing is he's gone missing, believed that Hermione's cat might have eaten him."
Remus was leaning against his desk, "Well then we'll see, in time. But for now I want you to be extra careful."
I nodded and smiled. "Aren't I always?"
I gathered my things and decided it was time to go find the others. I knew today was the day that Buckbeak was going to be executed. I thought that would be my best chance to find them. As I was heading out of the castle I couldn't help but notice Draco and his goons running around like they were scared. I laughed when I saw the blood dripping from his nose. Whoever did that I would have to say they are my new best friend, stupid git deserved it.
I was about to walk into the courtyard when I heard voices, and that was when I saw Dumbledore with the minister and the executer. I quickly hid behind a pillar in hopes they wouldn't see me. Since it was getting dark, and I was heading out of the castle, I would have gotten in a lot of trouble, and it was some thing that I didn't need right now.
I followed them until the bridge, and that was where I stayed put to watch. Like I guessed they were at Hagrids, but they just managed to sneak passed Dumbledore and company. I watched as they all ran up the steep hillside the where I was at. "Luxintha, they're going to kill him."
I nodded, "Yes, I know."
We all looked down, there was the executioner, slowly walking towards Buckbeak. I couldn't see Buckbeak, what I heard the scythe and the crows fly up. I felt my eyes water, it was truly sad. Hermione was crying on Ron's shoulder, and that was when I noticed. Ron was holding his rat. "You're rat, he's back."
Ron looked at me, and he was about to say some thing too. But before he could his rat bite him. Ron quickly dropped him, "Ow, he bite me!" He spun around. "Scabbers, Scabbers come back!" He called after his rat.
"Ron come back," Harry yelled chasing after Ron.
Hermione and I ran after Harry also calling for Ron, but he wouldn't listen. Ron finally caught his rat, we were about twenty or so feet from him. "Guys, you do know what tree that is," Hermione asked looking nervous.
"Ron get away from there," I yelled noticing the giant destructive Whomping Willow."
Ron looked up at us, a look of fear on his face. He pointed towards us, "Run, it's the grim!"
I spun around, and there was a large dog, his eyes looking fierce. The dog pounced, I ducked. He grabbed Ron by the ankles dragging him in some kind of whole near the Whomping Willow. "Help me, some one help me," Ron cried.
We ran toward Ron's help, but as soon as we did the tree came alive. It managed to hit me dead on, knocking the wind right out of me. I fell on my back, and it hurt a ton. I quickly got back on my feet. I noticed Harry and Hermione doing the same. "We need to help him," I stated.
"Come on," said Harry running straight at the tree.
It really was not an easy task, let me say that. I managed to duck multiple attempts to hit me. Some how, after being hit once, or twice, I jumped into the hole. Sadly, since I was the first to fall, Harry landed on me soon followed by Hermione. "Sorry," they both said.
We quickly got up, "Where do you think this leads," Hermione asked.
"I think I know, but I hope I'm wrong."
We followed the narrow tunnel until we seemed to end up in some kind of basement. "Shrieking shack," I stated looking around.
We heard moans of pain and fear from upstairs, we quickly ran up the stairs to find Ron in a corner holding his rat. "Ron," Harry called rushing to his side. We followed, "The dog, where is he?"
"Harry, this is a trap!" Ron pointed toward the door. "He's the dog, he's an animegus!"
We all looked toward the ground to see dog prints that led towards behind the door. There stood Sirius Black, I stepped to the side as the door shut. Hermione quickly stepped in front of Harry in a protective stance. "If you want to kill Harry you'll have to kill us too!"
Sirius's face stayed the same, "Only one will die tonight."
"Then it'll be you," Harry said charging at Sirius. I quickly grabbed my wand from my pocket, gripping it tightly.
Harry had Sirius on the ground, keeping him there with his wand drawn, he chuckled. "Are you going to kill me Harry?"
"Yes," Harry stated simply.
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