Barnaby Lee x Reader - Year 6

Alanza Alves

After learning that Badeea had painted a map of the black lake and that Ben was determined to train until he dropped, Professor McGonagall asked her to meet Dumbledore in his office. He only wanted to check up on her due to the whole Rowan situation, much to Lana's relief, as she expected him to have found out about their secret organisation.

She then met with Mad-Eye Moody in The Three Broomsticks, he also came to check up on her. She told him about the organisation, resulting in him approving and giving her advice. Diego then found her and sent her to the Hospital Wing to check on Cedric.

Lana entered the hospital wing and saw Cedric on a bed, but Barnaby was sat on the one next to him looking rough, so she went with her heard and rushed over to him

"Barnaby! What happened? Why are you here?" she asked him.

"I got into a fight with a wall...the wall won." he groaned, lifting up a bandaged hand.

"Are you alright?" she asked softly, trying not to laugh at his minor excuse.

"I'm ok. Chiara says it'll take a few days to heal, but then I'll be good as new." he smiled.

"Good." she chuckled, "I'll talk to you later, I need to talk to Cedric." she told him, giving him a quick kiss before she went to Cedric's bed.

"Are you alright, Cedric? Diego said you got into a training accident."

"I'm fine. Chiara's making a fuss, but it's really not a big deal. I didn't even wanna come. Seeing Madam Pomfrey petrified like this is...hard." Cedric told Lana, "But Diego insisted."

"It's a good tipping he did! You broke your arm, Cedric!" Chiara said, "Fortunately I was able to mend it, but it had to have hurt."

"What happened exactly?" Lana asked.

"Ben and I were duelling and he hit me with a spell I wasn't expecting. It was my fault, really. I should've been paying closer attention. It doesn't even hurt anymore! There's no need to look so concerned, Lana." Cedric smiled.

"What? Oh, no, I'm not. I mean, I am concerned about your arm, but that's not..." Lana stammered, before exhaling deeply.

"Is everything alright, Lana?" Chiara asked her.

"Yeah, sorry, I just have a lot on my mind. Dumbledore and Mad-Eye gave me conflicting advice and I'm not sure whose to follow."

"Mad-Eye? Like the Auror Alastor Moody? You know him?" Cedric asked in surprise.

"He's been helping me with Rakepick and the final vault." Lana nodded, "Anyway, Dumbledore thinks I should be focusing on grieving Rowan and healing. But Mad-Eye's all about taking action, turning pain into motivation, and getting revenge. He thinks the Circle of Khanna could be doing more."

"The Circle of Khanna?" Chiara repeated.

"Oh yeah! You weren't at the Hog's Head the day we founded it." Lana realised, "I'm pretty sure I invited you, why didn't you come?"

"Something came up." Chiara said shyly.

"It's alright. I can tell you what happened now." Lana smiled, and proceeded to tell Chiara about the events. She then asked for her help to care for the sick patients, but Chiara wasn't so sure about joining the Circle of Khanna. She asked to meet her in the Great Hall to tell her something important.

"Lana, let me start by saying that I trust you. You're my friend." Chiara began, "But I'm not sure about the rest of the team. What if someone else finds out I'm a werewolf?" she asked. (A/N: yeah if u didn't know, Chiara's a werewolf, but a nice one obvs heheh)