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Link followed Lupin back to his office and once they got there Lupin gestured for him to take a seat as he closed the door.
"Now then," Lupin said his expression serious as he sat down at his desk. "Care to tell me where you acquired an item such as this?" he was holding the Fierce Deity Mask in his hand as he spoke. "I won't pretend that I know everything but I will say that I can feel dark power coming from this mask," The mask seemed to be glowing a faint purple at his words almost as if it found them insulting. "and there are few things in this world that I know give off darkness like this mask."
Link just sat there unsure how to answer Lupins question, trying to decide whether to tell him the sort of truth or make something up. That was what he was worried about till he noticed the arrow sitting on the desk. Link stared at the arrow that was without a doubt his as he was the only person with a bow. Lupin who noticed that he was staring at the arrow spoke "Odd isn't it? I found that at the quidditch game the other day and until rather recently it glowed with a golden light.." there was a short pause before he spoke again. "But that's not what we're here to talk about. Now I know you're not a bad kid and that you're capable in magic as demonstrated in not only my class but also your other teachers have spoken of your potential."
Lupin stood after he spoke those words "Now then, I won't give this" he pointed to the mask that was now sitting on his desk "back but I also won't get you in any trouble so you can leave now and go back to the common room." Link stood up and began to leave but when he reached the doorway he turned around and saw Lupin sitting at his desk map open and the mask right next to him. Turning back around Link left as there was no way to get his back right now, maybe tonight he would try to sneak back into the office and take it back. After all that mask was potentially dangerous if someone put it on without a reason, such as a powerful foe.
When Link entered the common room he saw Harry, Ron and Hermione sitting together again smiled at the sight till Harry and Ron said something to Hermione which caused her to turn around and look at him. Links smile quickly disappeared and once she looked him in the eye she turned back around. As he headed up to the dorms Link heard the three resume talking in low voices, while he couldn't make out the words he could guess what they were talking about…
At the next Care of magical creatures class the trio was seen talking to Hagrid. As Link listened in it turned out to be about his case with Buckbeak and how he lost. He felt sorry for Hagrid he really tried but it was as he said the committee was in Lucius Malfoy's pocket. Once Hagrid had finished escorting the class back to the castle and left things turned bad.
"Look at him blunder!" Malfoy and his two goons were inside the castle doors listening to the whole thing. "Have you ever seen anything quite as pathetic!" said Malfoy. "And he's supposed to be our teacher!"
Harry, Ron and Hermione all made furious moves towards Malfoy but just before Hermione's hand made contact his head was pulled backwards by his hair. Malfoy let out a surprised yelp as he was pulled back but was quickly silenced when a gloved hand covered his mouth. Crabbe and Goyle both made moves to free him but stopped dead in their tracks when they saw the look in Link's eyes, it was a look that said 'I could kill you and it won't be very difficult'. Link turned his attention back to the boy struggling beneath him, said boy stopped moving as soon as he looked into the eyes of the one currently holding him captive they were glowing a slight blood red. Yet before he could confirm what he saw Malfoy was throw to the ground face first a foot quickly following.
The stomp that followed Malfoy's head kicked up a cloud of dust that obscured the scene from everyone else present but they could guess what happened. Yet when the dust cleared Harry, Ron and Hermione were shocked to see that Malfoy was fine but even more surprising was the fact that Links foot was buried to the ankle of his brown leather boots in the floor of the castle.
"Let's get out of here!" Malfoy shouted to Crabbe and Goyle the three disappearing down the passage to the dungeons. One could say that after that incident Malfoys underpants were no longer white.
Hermione was the first to recover from her shock and approached Link who was still in the same position as when Malfoy left.
"Thank you for what you did. You put him in his place better than any of us could." she said. As she spoke Link looked up at her and when she finished he smiled at her and gave a nod before walking off. "Come on, charms has probably already started." said Hermione distractedly while staring in the direction Link walked off.
TIME SKIP_
It was the morning of the quidditch final before anyone else was up Harry was looking down at the grounds through a window in the Gryffindor dormitory thinking that the weather conditions would be perfect for the match. As he set his goblet down and was about to go back to bed something moving across the lawn caught his eye, quickly grabbing his glasses he took another look hoping he wasn't seeing the Grim not right before a match. After a moment of frantic searching Harry spotted it, and it wasn't the Grim at all it was only a cat, a cat he recognized. And it wasn't alone.
Emerging from the shadows of the trees was a large shaggy black dog and it was moving stealthily across the grounds with Crookshanks at its side. As Harry left to wake Ron another figure emerged from the shadows of the trees, a boy clothed in green. The boy made a harsh sound at the retreating form of the dog and gestured back to the forest a stern expression on his face, the dog let out a whine of protest against the boy but sulked back to the woods. By the time Harry woke up Ron both cat and dog were gone.
"Down here-"
Yet when Harry quickly looked back out the window he couldn't spot the dog or Crookshanks. Quickly climbing onto the windowsill he searched frantically for them but saw nothing, right before he was about give up something caught his eye. It was the end of a green hat disappearing into the shadows and there was one person Harry knew who wore a hat like that. He would have to question him in the morning after the quidditch match.
But after the intense game and with all the excitement of winning the quidditch cup Harry completely forgot his worry about the Grim and seeing Link down on the grounds that morning. Also with exams fast approaching every student was inside studying and trying to focus as summer approached. The only person seen not actively studying was actually Link who earned many jealous stares from other students as he laid outside on a sunny patch of grass.
One night hedwig came by with a letter from Hagrid about the case and Link being curious about it listened in on what the trio was saying.
"Buckbeak's appeal it's set for the sixth." said Harry
"That's the day we finish our exams." Hermione said while still searching for a book on the cluttered table.
" There coming up here to do it," Harry said reading from the letter. "Someone from the ministry of magic and - and an executioner."
Hermione's head shot up at these words a startled expression on her face.
"They're bringing an executioner to the appeal! But that sounds as though they've already decided!"
"Yeah it does" Harry replied slowly.
After that point Link stopped listening. Instead he thought about how an innocent animal was going to be killed because a single man has enough money to bend the decisions of others. It disgust him what some people in this world which is similar to his own in ways are allowed to do this.
ANOTHER TIME SKIP :D _
As Harry was getting up to leave the stifling heat of the divination room a loud, harsh voice spoke from behind him.
"IT WILL HAPPEN TONIGHT."
Harry turned around to see that Professor Trelawney had gone rigid in her armchair with her eyes unfocused and her mouth sagging.
"S_ sorry?" stuttered Harry.
Professor Trelawney didn't seem to hear him. Her eyes started to roll while Harry sat there in a panic. While Harry was debating whether to run to the hospital wing or not Trelawney spoke again in the same harsh voice.
"THE DARK LORD LIES ALONE AND FRIENDLESS, ABANDONED BY HIS FOLLOWERS. HIS SERVANT HAS BEEN CHAINED THESE TWELVE YEARS. TONIGHT BEFORE MIDNIGHT.. . THE SERVANT SHALL BREAK FREE AND SET OUT TO REJOIN HIS MASTER, AND THE FIERCE GOD BORN TO PROTECT SHALL ONCE AGAIN MAKE HIS APPEARANCE THIS TO THE WORLD. THE DARK LORD SHALL RISE AGAIN WITH HIS SERVANT'S AID, GREATER AND MORE TERRIBLE THAN HE EVER WAS. TONIGHT. . . BEFORE MIDNIGHT.. . THE SERVANT . . . WILL SET OUT. . . TO REGION... HIS MASTER..."