Author's Note:
Matan1998: It's a good thing I haven't planned Vi to meet a Dragon. But there will be two funny events that will be brought on because of Dragons. That should be fun.
Guest: It will get sweeter.
Guest: I love Babbitty Rabbity, the fountain of fair fortune is pretty good too.
Joy19199: Ah, I get it.
Gracfully: I'm glad you like it. As for Vi and Sirius being a possible couple, meh. You'll just have to wait to find out.
Hello to the new followers and favourites CaitlinM123, Ladybug213, EMyra, LunaFull-Moon02, Pervychan1, Gracfully and just-go-for-it 7. Hope you're enjoy this.
I ended up joining a harry potter quiz at my uni. I got third place, I would have got first, if I had been faster in the quick fire round…and heard the first question right. But I got a super soft Hogwarts blanket now. X3.
Now, this chapter I had to do a little bit of research on. I will explain a bit more at the end of the chapter so nothing is spoiled.
Chapter 15 – News from the wizarding world.
"What a great day." Vi smiled, walking home with Rosie and a few friends she had made on the rounders team. They had just finished rounders practice
"Yeah, but you sure your nose is okay?" A boy frowned, Vi smiled and nodded. During the practice, someone had thrown the ball quite hard, and it hit Vi in the face. Causing her to have a nose bleed.
"I'm good. Honest." She told him.
"That's good, we were a little worried." Rosie sighed
"It was just a little nose bleed Rose, I wasn't going to die." Vi smiled. "So, don't worry."
"I will worry, you're my best friend!" Rosie hugged her. Vi chuckled and nudged her away playfully.
"Oho, look, an owl!" Another girl on the team smiled. Vi glanced up, the owl was unmistakably Sirius'. She frowned, it was rare for her to receive a letter from him, unless he and boys had another trip to Hogsmead, which she was sure they would have told her about. Unless it was about the map, then again, she also knew they had recently found away in which they could help Remus, but she assumes they would tell her via mirror.
"Vi?" Rosie asked
"Huh, yeah?" Vi looked at her, her friend frowned at her.
"Are you okay, we kind of lost you then." Rosie said
"Yeah, I'm fine. I remember I need help my mom with dinner tonight, so, I'll see you guys tomorrow." Vi told them, before she began to run home.
"I wonder what got her so worried…" A boy muttered as they watched her go.
"I'm home. I saw an owl!" Vi said as soon as she got in. Mr and Mrs Evans looked surprised.
"Well, we haven't got a letter. It must have been from the boys…" Mrs Evans told her.
"but, they never write…we have the mirror…" Vi frowned, without another word she rushed up to her room. Her parents looked at each other in worry. Vi found a letter on her bed, she quickly opened it and began to read.
Vi,
We decided to write to you as soon as we found out, because my owl could get the letter to you before we could call on the mirror.
We all thought you should know about something going on in the wizarding world that will also effect the Muggle world later.
There are a few disappearances going on here, with one or two muggle families. Everyone is believing that it is the work of a dark wizard. There were stories of one barely four years ago, we're guessing he is finally beginning to surface. He hates muggle and Muggle-borns alike. We thought we should warn you, but don't go worrying just yet. To be honest, he'll probably be caught soon. No bad wizard lasts long with Albus Dumbledore around, he defeated the darkest wizard to date. So, everything will probably be fine. We thought we should tell you, we'll speak to you later then.
Marauders
Vi re-read the letter several times. A dark wizard… So, there were dark forms of magic too, that wasn't too much of a surprise. They had been some pretty evil muggles in the world, so it was expected that wizards should have faced the same. She frowned, either way, it was worrying. Sure, there had been many dangerous muggles, but wizards were different. Who knew how many spells could simply make people disappear. Vi sighed and put the letter way. There was no point in worrying, but as they had said, the dark wizard wouldn't last long with Dumbledore around. Dumbledore must be pretty powerful. But, she had a nagging feeling, whilst he may be powerful, it could still take time to find and stop the wizard, nothing was simple, not matter who simple it may seem. She would just have to speak to the boys about it when they called her…
"Vi sweetie?" Mrs Evans came into the room. "Is everything okay?"
"Yep, they boys just wanted to tell me some news before they called tonight. So, nothing to worry about." Vi smiled, she didn't want to worry her parents. She knew too well they would panic over the safety of Lily.
"Okay then, dinner will be ready in about 10 minutes." Mrs Evans left her to her thoughts, Vi sighed.
After dinner, Vi got a call from the guys.
"Hey, Vi. Sorry if our letter worried you." Remus apologised as they as they appeared.
"It's fine, after all, they'll find him and stop him, right?" Vi said
"Yeah. So, we can all rest easy." James grinned, Sirius frowned slightly.
"You're still worries though, aren't you?" Sirius asked calmly, Vi looked down and nodded.
"I guess its more…well, muggles have had some pretty bad guys…and it took ages for them to stop them and many people were killed in the process…I am kind of afraid what a wizard bad guy could do…" vi sighed, The Marauders looked at her. Of course, she wouldn't know of the three forbidden spells, and they knew she had every right to be afraid. At the same time, they were unsure how to comfort her.
"I'd help protect you." Sirius spoke up, Vi looked at him. He smiled at her, The other marauders nodded in agreement.
"Yeah, we'll always be there to help." Remus nodded. "Though, I don't think facing a dark wizard at our age would be a good idea." He added glancing at Sirius.
"True…" Sirius frowned, Vi smiled.
"Thanks guys." Vi told them. "But, there would be no point risking your lives. Besides, we just got to hope he will be stopped."
"And if he isn't, we'll get stronger!" Sirius grinned.
"Does that mean you'll pay more attention in class" Remus asked. Sirius scoffed.
"Of course not." He smiled, Remus sighed and shook his head, knowing there was no point arguing with his friend.
"How do you intend to get stronger without listening in class?" Vi asked, with a smirk.
"Don't know, but I'll figure something out." Sirius shrugged. Vi began laughing.
"Fair enough." She nodded.
"At least your smiling now. But honestly, don't worry. It will all be sorted out." James said.
"Yeah, thanks guys." Vi smiled "Any way, how are you all doing at Hogwarts?"
"Well, we may have found something that would allow us to help Remus with his thing." Sirius said
"Really?" Vi asked
"Yes, see, werewolves don't have a choice when they turn. But, some Wizards can choose to become Animagi, the plural is Animagus. It will allow us to turn into animals." James explained.
"Okay, that is pretty sweet. Any idea of how to become one?" Vi looked at them.
"Well, we were able to find a book on it, it shows us all the steps to becoming an Animagus…" Peter muttered.
"but it is extremely complicated. Not only that, they usually only teach fully grown wizards it and each Animagus needs to be registered." Remus said
"So basically…You will have to teach yourselves, whilst also hiding you are breaking the law?" Vi sighed
"Pretty much, but, it's the only thing we've got so far. So, we're going to give it a go." James smiled, Vi nodded.
"Okay, I am kind of interested in what animals you'll become." Vi admitted.
"Well get together and show you once we can change!" Sirius told her, Vi smiled.
"Great." They continued talking a bit more before they all turned in for the night.
Author's Note:
Right to explain this chapter a little. Most fans will know Lily first start Hogwarts in 1971. After a little bit of research, I found out Voldemort's first rise began as early as 1970. So, early signs of Voldemort should have been noticed whilst they were in school. Which is why this chapter is what it is. Like Sirius said, disappearances were how it began last time.