Crookshanks | 𝘚𝘪𝘳𝘪𝘶𝘴 𝘉𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘬

Chapter 163

The next day, Sirius and Jenna received a letter from Molly, inviting them over to stay at the Burrow over the Christmas break. Remus was also staying at the Weasleys' house, and he was going to sleep in Fred and George's old bedroom now that they had moved to their own flat above their joke shop.

    Sirius had asked Jenna if she would've wanted to take a room at the Burrow and stay there for the holidays, but Jenna turned the offer down.

    "I'm just so tired of staying as a cat. I honestly rather stay at the Potter Manor for through the Christmas break," she said as they sat in the living room.

    They were both sitting on the couch with Jenna leaning on Sirius and in his arms, gazing into the blazing fireplace as he caressed her long blue hair.

    "But it's okay if you want to go and stay there. I know how much you love being somewhere crowded like that —"

    "That's out of question, Jenny. I'm not going anywhere without you," Sirius reassured her. "But I might go there to see Harry for a few hours."

    Sirius suddenly saw Jenna stiffen up in his arms at those words.

    "Everything all right?" Sirius questioned.

     "W-well... I was... I was thinking that maybe I could talk with Harry," Jenna muttered, sitting up straighter so that she wasn't leaning on him anymore, though he still had his arm around her.

     Sirius smiled, putting a strand of Jenna's blue hair behind her ear. "I'm sure it would be great."

   But the truth was, the closer they got to the time Jenna had decided to finally meet Harry, the more nervous she got. Jenna couldn't understand why that was. Perhaps it was because she was afraid of his reaction, or maybe because she was scared that something would go wrong again and she wouldn't be able to meet him again.

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It was the day before Christmas that Sirius and Jenna Apparated outside the Burrow together, hand in hand. Taking a deep breath, Jenna then transformed into Crookshanks. Although she didn't want to raise suspicion as to how Hermione's cat had gotten there. So while Sirius entered through the front door, Crookshanks sneaked inside through the open window of the kitchen.

    Sirius greeted everyone as Jenna went upstairs into the room in which Remus was staying over the holistic. He was away for a mission that day, so the room was left empty and safe for Jenna to stay in for the time being.

    As Jenna and Sirius had planned, they were going to wait until after lunch to talk with Harry; that way, everyone would've scattered to do their separate duties in the house, so they wouldn't get too suspicious whenever Sirius was to call upon Harry.

    Crookshanks kept going around the empty room upstairs, her head lightly spinning and her heart pounding in her chest nervously. This was the moment she'd been waiting for ever since she had found out that Harry was alive. This was all she wanted.

     Just then, the cat turned around when the door to the room opened, and Sirius stepped inside. As it seemed, lunch was finally over. It was time.

    The thought sent a shiver of excitement throughout Jenna's whole body. She had been waiting for this moment for too long.