Johanna Potter and the Whole of the Moon In Which I Suffer The Consequences, a harry potter fanfic

Chapter Eight: In Which I Suffer The Consequences

Johanna: Hola, amigos. RaFa doesn't own Harry Potter or the phrase "it was a dark and stormy night."

RandomFandom: Why does this not depress you as much as the last chapter?

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It was not a dark and stormy Halloween night. It was actually a Halloween night, but it was rather peaceful, with only a few clouds drifting along through the darkened sky. We were experts at sneaking around, so we got down onto the grounds easily enough. We were free to be as crazy as we wanted without being given weird looks by anyone. We were having the time of our lives.

That is, we were, until...

Angelina looked up. "Did you hear that?"

"Hear what?" asked Lee.

"A noise."

"No kidding! Why, I thought you were speaking of the sound of the beautiful silence!"

"Put a sock in it, Charli. Anyway, it was like a footstep, only...um...lighter, maybe? I don't know, it was like—OH! There it is again!"

That time, we all heard it. Like a kind of shuffle near the Forbidden Forest. Of course, we were all terrified out of our puny minds. In fact, we were so terrified that we forgot to run like the crazy people we were.

We stood there, breathing hard, staring at the place where the noise had come from, not moving a muscle.

Until something leaped out at us and we scattered.

I lost track of where my friends were. I lost track of where I was. Heck, I even forgot my own name. All I had in my head was, Run-run-run-run-gonna-get-eaten-gonna-die-if-I-don't-run-really-fast!

The world was a blur as I zoomed as fast as I possibly could away from this beast. I didn't even notice that my friends were running towards the door, and they didn't even notice that I wasn't with them. I heard Charli's voice shriek, "JOHANNA!" I turned around instinctively and found myself staring directly into the foot-long fangs of that thing. I took one step back, it took one step forward. I stepped back a few more times, then realized that it had me against a wall.

Well, I thought. This is it. I'm gonna die like a Gryffindor: in an act of total stupidity. It's a shame that my baby brother will never get to see me again. It'll sure be cool to see Mum and Dad again, though. Well, here it comes...

I squeezed my eyes shut, waiting for the death bite, but just as I turned my head, I saw the moon over the thing's shoulder and for the split, split, split, split second that I was still conscious, I knew exactly what was going to kill me, and what would happen if I survived, before—

I woke up in the hospital wing with no memory of my split-second revelation. I looked around, and my first thought was, I'm alive! SCORE! My second thought was, OH DEAR SWEET MOTHER OF MERLIN OW. For the pain in my shoulder was completely unbearable.

I saw my friends, Madam Pomfrey, McGonagall, and Dumbledore. I vaguely registered that everyone but the twins and Charli were standing a few steps back from my bed.

McGonagall spoke first. "Now that you are awake, I have to say that you broke a very important school rule, and for that you have lost 25 points each for Gryffindor—and Slytherin," she added, nodding at Charli, who bowed. "I would have taken more, but under the circumstances...well, you can tell Miss Potter what happened."

Fred began. "Well...um...well, you remember how that thing chased you and attacked you?"

"How in the world would I forget that?" I wanted to know.

George shrugged. "Beats me. Anyway, that thing bit you, and...well..." He looked at Charli.

"Why do I have to tell this part?" she demanded indignantly.

"You're the only Slimerin here, now tell her!"

"Okay, okay, sheesh...well, Johanna, we found out what that thing was."

"And? What was it?" I asked impatiently.

"Johanna, it was a werewolf."

I sat there blankly for a minute before replying. "But...it bit me."

The others nodded grimly.

"So...that means..." I looked up and said the three words that I never thought I would say and have them be true.

"I'm a werewolf."

Dun, dun, DUNNNNNNNNNN! Huh? Huh? Didja see that coming? Huh? Didja didja didja?

RandomFandom: Well, I was being kinda obvious about it, what with the title of this story, and the stupid news story. *shakes head* Why I wrote that, I have no clue. Well, review please!

Johanna: *indignantly* Hey! I get to ask for reviews!

RandomFandom: Yeah, yeah, yeah.