Love Is In The Air: The Angelic Witch And Draco Malfoy (Book 4)

Dumbledore And Sirius

Heroneka kept walking, feeling slightly dizzy. She was awake but her body was still gaining strength after her sixth death. The huge shaggy black dog, Sirius, was trotting next to her. Harry was on its other side. Dumbledore was still walking quietly behind them.

"He is alive, right?" Harry said abruptly. "He didn't die?" He glanced at Heroneka. "Cedric --"

"Harry," Dumbledore spoke before her. "Remember, you must not mention Cedric's transformation to anyone. Not even Ron and Hermione. He must be protected at all costs."

Heroneka didn't say anything. She kept walking quietly. Nobody had asked her what happened to her... Or what she had been through tonight. Either Dumbledore had tried to figure it out by hearing Harry's story or just... didn't care enough, thinking that she wasn't a teenager! She was a three-hundred-years old woman in disguise. Harry glanced at her twice, noticing her silence, but didn't say anything else.

The shaggy black dog ran ahead and disappeared around the end of the corridor. Dumbledore swooped ahead of them, following Sirius.

"What is he doing here?" She asked Harry. "It is too dangerous for Sirius to be running around like this. And who the hell was that Death Eater Voldemort talked about?"

Harry quickly told her about how Professor Moody had turned out to be a Death Eater. Barty Crouch Jr. had turned himself into Alastor Moody to enter Hogwarts and planned everything to abduct Harry and Heroneka. Andrew had helped him. They had met in the dark forest the night Andrew had escaped with Zagan. They had planned everything together. Harry even told her how the real Moody was found trapped inside a trunk.

"Sirius knew something might happen tonight so he wanted to be present inside the campus." Said, Harry. "After we caught Barty Crouch, we went straight to Professor Dumbledore's office, Sirius was waiting for us. I told them everything..."

Heroneka looked at him. "Everything?"

"I mean," he said, "everything that I saw happening."

She nodded lightly.

Harry slowly held her hand and said lowering his voice. "We were just coming down to Professor McGonagall's office to see you. That was when William barged into Dumbledore's office and told us about Cedric's condition. We all thought he was dead. But then... Is he really an angel now?"

"Yes," she said quietly. "I am a little relieved, to be honest. I wouldn't be able to face myself if he would have not returned... I mean..."

Dumbledore had now taken the lead and was walking fast, ahead of them. Heroneka noticed that he was not heading towards the Hospital, but the Headmaster's office.

"I thought we were going to the hospital?" She asked Dumbledore, hurrying forward with Harry next to her.

"We must talk about what happened tonight." Said Dumbledore. "Harry has told me and Sirius what happened after he touched the portkey, but... I want to hear everything from you as well."

They had reached the stone gargoyle. Dumbledore gave the password, it sprang aside, and he, Heroneka, and Harry went up the moving spiral staircase to the oak door. Dumbledore pushed it open. Sirius was standing there, now in his human form. Maybe that's why he had run ahead of them. His face was white and gaunt as it had been when he had escaped Azkaban. In one swift moment, he had crossed the room.

"How's your arm?" He mumbled staring at Heroneka. "Harry told us... Voldemort - Zagan - But... mother -"

His hands shook as he hugged Heroneka and remained like that for a few minutes. Harry wasn't surprised to see Sirius call her 'mother'. They knew very well that Gemma had treated Sirius like his own child while she was a professor at Hogwarts. He was trying to see Gemma in Heroneka.