Always There For You (Harry Potter OC X OC)

40. Infiltrated-

Late at night, eleven PM. The second year hufflepuff girls were sleeping in their beds, snuggling in their blankets. The warmers hidden at the end of the bed covering near their feet, giving extra warmth over the cool air. But suddenly, bangs of doors opened. Every bedroom doors were wide open and someone was shouting. Someone passed room to room, rushing, 'Everyone wake up! Wake up and gather in the common room!'

The first girl to wake up in the second year was Sandra. The loudness of shouts from everyone outside, panicking and footsteps heard going down to the common room, took her by surprise.

'Get up! All of you second years, out!' shouted a headgirl from the open door. 'Get to the common room! No stalling!' The headgirl left, keeping the doors open and rushing down to see the first years.

Older girls were rushing downstairs in panic. Prefect girls were running up and down the girl's stairwell.

'Get up! first years! Up! This is an emergency! Follow me to the common room! Together, come on!' Shouted the headgirl somewhere down at the first year bedroom.

Yvonne got up in fear. 'W-what's going on?'

'W-we should head to the common room,' Sandra said. She and Yvonne woke the remaining two girls sleeping.

'Get moving! Go to the common room! Now! No dawdling!' said a prefect to them by the door, leaving again.

'What's going on?' asked Lizzy, rubbing her eyes.

'I don't know, but I'm scared!' shouted Yvonne.

They got out of bed and huddled together in quiver. Most people were already gathering in the common room. The boys were also being gathered. All of the prefects were busy, herding everyone to the common room, checking back and again if someone was still left in their rooms.

Professor Sprout was there. Her face was grave, looking at each of the children.

Lizzy and her friends had to gatheres close together, between the first and third year.

'The girls are all here,' said the headgirl.

'Thank you, Polly,' said Professor Sprout. 'And the boys?'

The headboy spoke, 'not yet, the fifth years are still upstairs.'

The prefects were as clueless as the regular students. They asked the headgirl and headboy, but all they say was, 'Professor Sprout will tell us.'

A boy prefect whispered quickly to the headboy before joining the other boys. 'Professor, everyone's here,' said the headboy finally.

'Thank you Armie,' she said. 'Right... I know this is very dramatic...' the professor stared everyone. 'It's a dangerous matter just like with the basilisk...'

Everyone were whispering to each other, not knowing what this was about.

'Professor McGonnagall has informed the staff. The Gryffindor dorm had been infiltrated by Sirius Black...'

Everyone froze and gasped. The common room went quiet.

'The detail is not yet known, but it happened just minutes ago. We have to be on guard. I request the heads and prefects to do the same approach as the basilisk. Keep everyone together. Don't ever wander alone. Also, the dementors might have to stay closer to the grounds as of now. So if you want to be safe from them as well, stay inside Hogwarts.'

People talked. Later on they found out Neville Longbottom made things worse. Longbottom was a forgetful boy. He often forgot things. He had written down things to remember, mostly on pieces of parchments, including... the password to enter Gryffindor dorm. Sirius Black, apparently, got the piece of his gryffindor password. Like that, Sirius Black slashed the Fat Lady's painting to keep her away and spoke the password. He had a knife when he was in the third year gryffindor's bedroom.Ron Weasley almost got stabbed! Now the Gryffindor dorm's password had changed. Longbottom got detention for two weeks.

Dumbledore requested the ministry to put up the security. Dementors came closer to the school ground.

The rumours float. One way, people assumed Longbottom got cyrsed, which allowed him to give out the password for the killer. Second one, was rumoured that Longbottom was actually pro Death Eater as he was a pureblood. And a rumour spurred that Harry Potter was almkst killed in the room, instead of Ron Weasley. Also then, a rumour that Harry Potter fought him with incredible magic that no one had ever seen before. No one really knew the truth except for the owner of such truth.

The entire school was solely angry at Neville Longbottom. Just when he thought his life couldn't get any more miserable, he had all of this to worry about.