Chapter 3

A week has passed and I had become popular because of the plaque that was in the trophy room that has my name on it. The first years were in awe of me and the second and third years would not stop pestering me but I refused to tell them what I was awarded for. This whole week has been spent trying to find a suitable spell to find Sirius Black with. I had read everything in the library but had dared not go in the restricted section. I finally found a spell that could possibly locate him. It was a variation of a spell called the point me spell.

James Potter gave me a mental picture of Sirius black. I concentrated on it really hard. I made sure that his face was clear in my head.

"Locus Sirius Black"

I said and my wand spun uncontrollably and didn't stop and then it pointed in one direction and then another. It never settled on one direction on one direction and after a while I cancelled the spell. I flopped down on my bed in misery. I petted Crookshanks and murmured

"Oh Crooks what I am going to do"

He meowed at me and licked at his paw uninterested. I huffed and bent to shuffle through my bag and proceeded to do my home work which I had a lot of. I was still taking all of my classes no matter how useless they were. Coupled with my homework and all my classes I did not have much time an so I did not have that much time to practice me spells and plus I could not put much effort in my essays so they were getting a pit shorter I had now realized how some of my information was useless and were unnecessarily long and had rectified that mistake.

This was my life right now I did my home work and went to my classes I didn't even have time to talk to Griffin or Chiara or any other spirits. Crookshanks was my only company and our bond as a familiar and owner was still quite fragile he still leaves abruptly without telling me sometimes and would not come back for hours.

I watched as he stretched and left through the door that cracked open slightly. After a while I heard someone yelling my name so I ran downstairs and so that Weasly was clutching his shivering rat and Crookshanks was crouched with his tail bristling.

"What is the matter?"

I asked sharply

"Your cat tried to eat scabbers"

He said angrily

"So what is the problem with that?"

I snapped in anger while my mind reeled. Crookshanks listened to me and he was trying to help me. Weasly spluttered and tried to form a sentence. I rolled my eyes and said with a sigh

"Honestly Weasly he's a cat what do you expect"

I scooped him up and went up to my dorm room with a huff and left him feeling like an idiot.

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The next week in potions Malfoy milked his injury for all it was worth and made Weasly do all the work for him which made Weasly quite annoyed. The lesson progressed nicely though with no other disturbances and I handed in my potion which was perfect and I got an O on my Potion.

The next and last lesson of the day was Defence against the dark arts. We went into the Classroom to see that all of the desks were swept aside and against the far wall was a wardrobe that was shaking. Professor Lupin came in and smiles at all of us.

"Good morning class today we will be learning about Bogarts. Does anyone know what a Bogart is?"

He asked and I raised my hand after a few seconds.

"Yes Ms. Granger"

He says and I answer

"A Bogart is a creature that shifts its shape into the thin we fear most"

He smiles and awards me 10 points at my response. He proceeded with the lesson; he taught us the spell that repels Bogarts and then one by one we all repelled our Bogart. First one up was Neville and his Bogart was Professor Snape and he said the incantation and Professor Snape's clothes shifted and he was wearing a burgundy dress and heels and a stuffed vulture hat and was carrying a hand bag. We all laughed and the Bogart was confused.

Soon it was potter's turn but before the Bogart could change Professor Lupin stepped in and the Bogart changed into the moon. He chanted the spell and the moon changed into a balloon and then burst and flew into the cupboard and then the cupboard closed itself and then was locked by a spell.

"Class dismissed"

Professor said abruptly and all of the students groaned and we all collected our things and went on our separate ways. I was walking through the halls when Crookshanks appeared in front of me and twined in between my legs she took the edge of my robes and tugged and I took that as a 'follow me'.

I followed her outside through the halls to the grounds and walked to the whomping willow. Crooks climbed up the tree and darted in between the whipping branched and touched the branches. She darted in a tunnel and I followed her and crawled through the claustrophobic tunnel to a shabby and dusty shack. I climbed the creaky stairs and entered a bedroom that was sparsely furnished with a dusty old bed and an armchair that could break any moment. Sitting in the armchair was a skinny man that was wearing grey torn robes. His face was sunken in and he had greasy shaggy hair. He had a rather grim expression and had his wand trained on me.

"You must be Sirius Black"

I stated slightly nervous and stilled immediately.

"Who are you?"

He asked in a deep raspy voice indicating that he hadn't used his voice for years.

"That does not matter what matters is that I am here to help you. I know that you are innocent and Pettigrew is alive and is posing as a pet rat."

As I was telling him this his eyes were getting wider an indication of his shock.

"How do you know all of this?"

He asked in a whisper but I didn't answer him and instead spoke

"I'll come back tomorrow with some food and we will talk this over"

I didn't give him time to reply and immediately left to go to the castle as it was time for dinner. I ate my dinner and in the common room hastily did my homework and then went to bed on a timely manner wishing that this year would get easier.