Ok, so I only have less than an hour to type this since I have a doctor's appointment today. I have a VERY bad cold and... ya. I had Thursday and Friday off but I have to go back to school for tomorrow (Tuesday), Wednesday and Thursday. But I have Friday off because I see Liz. : D
Anyway, did you know people with asthma and diabetes have low immune systems and have higher chances on getting colds and flu's?
Oh, and there's an AN at the end of the chapter that you will have to read for future chapters! : D
Chapter 16
Last Time:
"Where's Alex?" Hermione asks sitting down with them.
"She left" Ron answers.
"Where's my candy?" Hermione asks.
"With Alex" Hermione, Ron and Harry says together. Hermione guesses right, the candy is with Alex.
~HP & WOWP~
As Alex walks up to the common room, Fred and George stop her.
"Thank you for letting us use the Marauder's map" the twins chime. Alex smiles and takes the map back.
"No problem" Alex walks away with the candy and the map.
Now:
"Sometimes I wonder if I should just buy Alex her own candy" Hermione mutters after her's and Ron's third trip to Hogsmeade. Ron and Hermione are happy that the trips to Hogsmeade are every other weekend. This is the final weekend with their friends since Christmas is next week, and this is the final weekend at school. Harry is going with Ron to The Burrow while Alex is either, staying at school, going to Wiztech's Christmas party, going to New York or going to The Burrow.
"Just buy her some, so she can't steal mine or yours. I dunno about you, but I love my candy" Ron tells Hermione as they hear footsteps behind them as they walk into Hogsmeade. Hermione and Ron turn around in time to see two sets of footsteps.
"Alex? Harry?" Hermione whispers.
"I told you they would figure it out" Hermione and Ron hears Alex whisper.
"Remember, we are not supposed to be here. And you never told me about that map thing" Harry points out.
"Dad gave it to me for my 6th birthday. He told me it was from his favourite pranking students and he knew it was those 4 guys the whole time" Alex pulls the invisibility cloak off of them and Alex jumps up and down, "you're going to buy me a bag of candy" Alex tackles Hermione with a hug and dives into the snow bank next to them. Alex is wearing dark blue jeans, black uggs, purple and black winter coat, her Gryffindor scarf, and to Hermione's surprise, Alex is wearing her purple gloves.
"Why do you have my gloves? And that is where they disappeared too!" Hermione shakes her head laughing.
"They're warm!" Alex smiles innocently, "you will get them back"
"When?" Alex takes off the gloves and takes Hermione's black ones that she's wearing. Alex and Hermione switch gloves and Alex looks at Ron.
"Ronnykins!" Alex jumps on Ron's back and he grabs her legs, "let's go! Charge!" Ron, Hermione and Harry laughs with Alex as they walk into Honey Dukes... the 'candy store' as Alex calls it. Once in Honey Dukes, Alex gives Hermione some money for candy.
"You will pick what you want" Hermione tells Alex. Alex smiles, jumps off Ron's back and run around pointing to the candy, with other shoppers giving her weird looks.
"And I want some of that!" Alex points to some cotton candy that changes colours.
"You have a weird girlfriend mate" Ron whispers to Harry, hoping Alex or Hermione wouldn't hear. Too bad it didn't work in his favour though. Alex and Hermione both smack Ron in the head.
~A&H~
After they left Honey Dukes, Alex pulls them to the pranking shop and they see Fred and George staring at this on prank.
"Yummy, yummy, candy for my tummy" Alex jokes as she jumps on Fred's back, "whatcha looking at?"
"That" the twins point to this one prank that would cause a tsunami and flood that whole area, whether it's a classroom or a hall way.
"Do you have enough to get it?"
"No"
"I'll buy it. It sounds cool" Alex jumps off Fred's back and grabs two boxes of it and walks to the checkout before the twins could say anything.
After Alex paid for it, she hands a bag to George with a smirk and hands the other to Fred.
"We'll pay you back" the twins' promises.
"Na, just pay me back by letting me get some free stuff at your joke shop" Alex claps her hands and jumps on Harry's back next, "now, we are going to go to... get a Butterbeer!" the twins laughs at Alex as her, Harry, Ron and Hermione leaves. As the twins walk out next they hear Alex cheer 'Butterbeer' over and over again.
"She must have got candy" Fred whispers to George.
"Yup" George agrees as the two of them walks up to Hogwarts talking about their pranks.
~H&A~
As Harry and Alex go under the invisibility cloak as they, Hermione and Ron talked about the Shrieking Shack that is in front of them, they hear Malfoy, Crabbe and Goyle walk over.
"Shopping for your new home mudblood and weaslebee?" Malfoy asks. Alex growls and throws a snowball at Malfoy. It hits him in the face since they are standing next Ron and Hermione. Alex slips out of the cloak and tackles Malfoy to the ground. She starts to punch him in the face until Hermione and Ron both had to pull her off of him, "what are you doing her freak?" Malfoy snaps as he gets to his feet holding his bleeding nose.
"For your info I am here with my friends" Alex snaps as she talks a step. Malfoy backs up a few feet as Crabbe and Goyle pushes Ron and Hermione. The two of them falls to the ground as Goyle and Crabbe grabs Alex. They hold her in place as Malfoy punches Alex in the mouth. Alex spits in the snow to see her spit is all blood. Malfoy punches Alex again and Alex closes her eyes. When the pain doesn't come, Alex opens her eyes to see Harry's cloak on the ground and Harry beating Malfoy up. Alex feels a tugging on her left and sees Hermione trying to pull her away from Crabbe's and Goyle's tight grip. Ron is trying to do the same on the right, and once she gets away, to two of them runs up the hill, leaving Malfoy.
"Harry" Ron whispers as Alex sits on the ground starting to get dizzy.
"Harry" Hermione says a little louder as she tugs on Harry's arm that was punching Malfoy, "Alex needs you" Harry quickly turns around to see Alex now lying on the ground. Harry and Hermione walks back to Alex and Ron. Alex's head is in Ron's lap as she holds her little ice ball to her bleeding lip.
"Sirus Black is Harry Potter's godfather Madam Rosmerta" Alex, Harry, Ron and Hermione hears McGonagall's voice. Harry slips in cloak over the four of them in time because McGonagall and Rosmerta are walking to them. The two of them stops and McGonagall sighs, "here, you go ahead, I'll catch up" Rosmerta nods as McGonagall looks at the blood on the ground, "Alex, I know you are here with Harry, Ron and Hermione" McGonagall waves her wand making the cloak fly off.
"I think you know me too well" Alex mutters still holding the ice ball to her lip. McGonagall walks to them and pulls the ice ball away. She mutters something and Alex's lip heals, "thank you" McGonagall nods and helps Alex to her feet, "how did you know we were here?" McGonagall rolls her eyes and shakes her head.
"I saw your feet sticking out from the invisibility cloak, and also your dad and I put a tracking spell on you" Alex's mouth drops open in an 'o' and nods.
"Ok, so in other words, you don't trust me" Alex storms away and heads in the direction on the Shrieking Shack.
"ALEXANDRA! GET BACK HERE!" McGonagall snaps. She points her wand at Alex and flicks it, making Alex fly to her. Alex struggles and once she is in front of McGonagall she stops and glares.
"I hate you McGonagall!" McGonagall gasps, dropping Alex and her wand. Alex runs into the woods and goes to her favourite hiding place. Hermione, Ron, Harry and McGonagall are shocked.
"McGonagall, you know Alex doesn't mean that right?" Hermione asks. McGonagall nods but her eyes still fills with tears.
"I do but it hurts" McGonagall walks away but calls over her shoulder, "you guys better get up to the school. Alex will come up once she is calm again" McGonagall walks up to the school fighting her tears back. Harry, Ron and Hermione starts to follow McGonagall not saying anything.
Once at the school, Hermione, Ron and Harry are sitting in the common room with their candy. Hermione sighs as she puts Alex's bag next to her.
"I can't believe Alex said that. She was so angry" Hermione whispers.
"I know, but I guess growing up here and have a tracking spell on you, would hurt you because you would think that no one trusts you" Ron points out.
"I know, but still. Did you see McGonagall? She was about to cry"
"Ya. I know. I wonder where Alex is"
"I dunno" Hermione and Ron looks at the arm chair and sees Harry staring at the fire, "Harry?" Hermione whispers. Harry looks at her.
"I'm fine. I'm thinking of where Alex can be. Sirus Black is out there and he could get her" Harry whispers.
~A&H~
In the forest, Alex is sitting in her tree house. She is looking at the Shrieking Shack as she sees someone moving around in there. Alex smirks knowing who it MIGHT be...
Alex climbs down and runs down the cliff, which holds a path to get to the shack. As Alex arrives to the shack, she quietly pushes open the creaky door.
"Who's there?" a guy's voice calls out. Alex squeezes through the door and hides behind a dusty old, torn couch. She sees a guy with messy black hair close the door and searches the room. Alex pulls her knees to her chest and hears a cough from above her. Alex's looks up and screams. There above her is the face of murderer. Alex crawls away and gets to her feet. She points her wand at the guy panting, "hello Alex Dumbledore" the guy smiles, his yellow teeth showing. Alex calms down and slips her wand into her boot.
"Hi Sirus" Alex walks to Sirus and hugs him, "you smell bad" Alex's nose scrunch up as Sirus chuckles.
"How's school?" Sirus sits down on the couch and Alex sits down beside him.
"It is ok. The last time I saw you were in pictures. But dad told me on how you are very protective of your friends" Sirus nods as Alex sighs.
"Why are you not afraid of me?"
"I know the truth of you Sirus. I know that Peter Pettigrew is the one who killed all those people and framed you"
"How did you know?"
"Did you see that cat in the alley way?"
"Yes"
"That was McGonagall" Sirus' eyes widened, "and if you are going to ask how I know, it is because dad told me and McGonagall told him"
"Your dad told stories of the past again hasn't he?" Alex smiles at Sirus and nods.
"I also know that you wouldn't hurt me and won't kill Harry"
"I'm hunting Pettigrew down and trying to keep Harry safe" Alex nods and pulls out her map and wand. Alex points her wand at the map and says:
"I solemnly swear I am up to no good" the map changes from an old piece of parchment to a parchment that has writing and moving footsteps.
"Where did you get that?" Sirus asks.
"Dad gave it to me when I turned 6. That is how he kept an eye on me" Alex opens the map fully and looks at all the people there. In his head office is Dumbledore with McGonagall. In the DADA office is Lupin. In the common room are Hermione, Ron and Harry. In the Potions office is Snape. And finally, the last place Alex looks is in Owlry. The person is running, away from something, and that person goes by the name of Peter Pettigrew. But the thing is, there are 5 other people there.
Alex feels Sirus look over her shoulder and he stands up.
"I have to kill him Alex. He killed my best friends and got me put into Azkaban. Alex nods and sighs.
"I know you do, but then you will get hurt and maybe caught again. You would have to live your life on the run. I will tell dad that I saw you and if dad agrees to a plan that I am forming in my head, and then I will promise that I will tell you my secret passages. But I will lend you the map to keep an eye on us, ok?" Sirus sighs, "It's the best I can do for now Sirus"
"I know. I will not come into the castle but I will keep an eye on you and everyone. Is that ok?" Alex nods and hands Sirus her map.
"I will see you around Padfoot" Alex smirks. Sirus looks at her as she stands up.
"How did you know?"
"I know many things thanks to dad" Sirus snorts and nods his head.
"Good enough. Who's everyone else?"
"Well, you're Padfoot; I know stupid pea brain is Wormtail, so that would mean either James Potter is Moony or Prongs. Dad only told me yours and idiots. But told me everyone that was involved into making that map" Alex points to the map, "the creators are you, idiot, James Potter and Professor Lupin" Sirus nods surprised at the girl in front of him.
"Lupin in Moony and James was Prongs" Alex nods and looks at him.
"Why?"
"Well" Sirus clears his throat, "did you know werewolves are real?"
"Yes. I hear them at night"
"Did your dad tell you anything about Lupin?"
"No. Only that he has a secret that is dangerous"
"He's a werewolf" Alex smiles evilly.
"Could I push Malfoy in front of Lupin when he's a werewolf?" Sirus shakes his head laugh, every surprised that the girl isn't afraid.
"No. Unless you want him to die"
"I wouldn't mind"
"But then you could get caught and put in Azkaban" Alex's smile drops and groans.
"That's true"
"You amuse me Alex Dumbledore"
"Is that a complement?"
"Yes"
"That's good, and thanks. I'm not afraid of Lupin. He's nice"
"Yes he is"
"Why did you guys call yourselves the Maunders?"
"Dunno. I never did figure that one out" Alex rolls her eyes, "you should get up to the school" Alex nods and sighs.
"I think there is a secret passage through that trap door" Alex points to the trap door in the floor. Sirus smirks and nods.
"There is. It leans to the Whomping Willow" Alex smiles and walks to it.
"Want to walk me to the tree. I don't know how to freeze it yet" Sirus nods, knowing how to do it. And that is how that friendship starts between the two of them.
And that's the chapter. What did you think? Please review people.
1. I will not deliberately call Dumbledore 'Gandalf'. (she will do it)
2. I will not ask Professor Snape if he is Harry Potter's real father. (not a bad idea...)
3. I will not try to stake Cedric Diggory. (either he will be dead or not...)
4. I will not ask Seamus Finnigan if he 'stole me lucky charms'. (she will ask that... maybe)
5. I will not floo powder Professor Trelawney, say 'Seven Days!' in a creepy voice, and then disappear. This is wrong. (lol, Alex will SO do that)
6. I will not say 'POOF!' every time I disapparate. (she'll end up saying random things)
7. I will not sing 'We're off to see the wizard' every time I go to Dumbledore's office. (she will SO do that)
8. Making rumours about Draco and Harry's love life is not funny- it will stop soon. (lol, maybe for something funny to do)
9. I will not make comments about Professor Lupin's 'Time Of The Month'. (either that will happen or not)
10. I will not pay first years a galleon to pee in Mad-Eye Moody's hip flask. (nope)
11. I will not set up an underground duelling arena. (nope)
12. I will not tell first years that the common room password is 'Petrificus Totalus' and must be recited with their wands pointed at themselves. (lol, Alex may do that)
13. I must not leave shampoo on Professor Snape's desk with instructions on how to wash his hair. (for something amusing, she may do that)
14. I will not call Professor Snape Professor Snake. (in a bad mood, she will)
15. I will not tell Voldemort to, 'Dude, get a life'. (to make it less dark, you can see Alex saying something similar)
16. I will not draw the Dark Mark on my classmate's arm while they're asleep. (to piss people off, Alex may do that)
17. I will not lock Slytherins and Gryffindors in a room together and take bets on who'll come out alive. (can see Alex doing that)
18. When the Dark Mark is in the sky, I will not point to it and shout, 'To the Batmobile, Robin!' (may happen in Half-Blood Prince)
19. I will not but Professor Lupin a flea collar. (may happen soon)
20. I will not tell people that Professor Snape's is not the Voice of God. (she would say he is, if either she will be at Hogwarts when golden trio go hunting for Horcruxes, or not, if Dumbledore gets killed off. No idea yet)
21. If the thought of a spell makes me giggle for more than fifteen seconds, I am to assume I am not allowed to perform it. (not going to happen)
22. 'Swish and flick' is only a wand movement. (if Alex wants to piss off first years, she will say something about that)
23. I will not jump up and yell, 'It's Voldemort, RUN!' during Order Of The Phoenix meetings. (may happen)
24. I will not tell Snape that he needs to go to his 'Happy Place'. (Alex WILL say that)