Prophecy ~ Lams (COMPLETED)

Chapter 15: Calm Before the Storm

I just keep delivering angst😏

I'm sorry but it's fun to write
Not so much fun for the characters though

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ALEX POV

I didn't really know how I felt, ok?

Eliza was always the most beautiful girl in the room, and she was sweet and had a cute British accent. But John made me feel different, and sometimes I felt like the only thing that didn't disgust me in the world was him. I could tell him things about my past that nobody else knew. And his eyes? A completely different story. That broom ride made me think about him in a while knew way.

I didn't know how to feel around John or Eliza anymore. I masked my feelings pretty well, after years of experience, but inside was telling me something that I didn't really want to hear yet.

Classes were finally over for the day, and the part that I had been anticipating the most had arrived. And not because it was in a girl's bathroom, I'm not a perv.

I inconspicuously snuck myself into the second floor girls bathroom. The bathrooms entrance was a large circle, with a ring of sinks set in the middle. Off to the side was a little hallway full of stalls. It was cleaner than every boys bathroom, even after not being used for decades. I saw the group situated at the end of the little hallway, save for John because he had to get the antidote for his skin. Even Eliza was there.

"Well hello there!" Angelica ushered me over, holding something behind her back. She had herself leaning up against the wall so that no one could tiptoe behind her.

"Come on, Angie, just show us already!" Peggy whined, impatient.

"No. We have to wait for everybody."

We waited for 10 minutes.

"Hi everyone." John entered the bathroom, his freckles returned to his face. I silently thanked Mother Nature.

"Ok, Now that everyone is here and accounted for, something came into my possession that I would like to share with you. And only you." Angelica took an empty piece of parchment out from behind her back.

"Are you giving us a homework assignment?" Maria said.

"No. Watch." She pointed her wand to the paper. "I solemnly swear that I am up to no good."

The blank paper immediately began to change. Dark brown ink appeared on the paper, spelling out words and drawing different rooms and places in Hogwarts. We all tried to lean closer to get a better look at the parchment.

"It's called the Marauder's Map, created by people by the names of Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot, and Prongs. Which are most likely pseudonyms for the real creators. It shows a detailed map of Hogwarts, and where all adults are at all times." Angelica unfolded it to reveal a layout of the school, with little banners with professor's names moving around the castle.

"THIS IS AWESOME! Where did you get it?" Peggy tried to swipe the map from Angelica's hands, but she pulled it away. I watched Snape pace in his study. Then I saw a name that I hadn't heard before.

"John, Why is your dad here?" Eliza said, pointing at the name I didn't recognize. Henry Laurens.

"What? My dad's in the US. He sent me a letter with my house as the return address just this morning. I didn't read it, of course, but..." John responded, a bit confused.

"Not according to the Marauder's Map." The map showed John's father in Madame Hooch's office, and she wasn't on the map at all.

"What the hell? Why is my father here? I'm going to get to the bottom of this right now." John ran out of the bathroom, no doubt heading to where his father was.