•Nothing lasts forever •

KATIE BELL

I'm back lol

There was finally a Hogsmead trip.
Everyone had been looking forward to this day since the term had started and it was finally here.

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"So where does everyone wanna go?"
Lucien asked as she, Hermione, Harry and Ron walked through the gates into Hogsmead.

"How about a butter beer?"
Harry questioned as the other three nodded in agreement

"I don't really drink."
Said Lucien as she clapped her gloved hands together in the cold
"I've got bad experiences with it is all."
She explained when she saw the questioning glance of the trio

"And what experiences are those?"
Ron questioned as he stared at the girl beside Harry

"Well, when I was little dad gave-"

"Hello Harry!"
Slughorn cut Lucien off as he strode towards the boy himself.
"Fancy seeing you here!"

"Oh um yeah. Just getting a drink."
The said boy told the Professor
"On second thought would you like to join us?"

"We'll if you don't mind."

"I mind. But it's fine you just come and have a drink with some 16 year old. Yeah that's totally normal."
Lucien whispered to herself with unfortunately Hermione hearing from her other side

"Don't be so rude Lu. He's got no other friends i expect, or none that want to come out with him at least."

"Yeah because you saying he's got no friend is much better than what I said"
Lucien argues with the shorter girl

"It is!"
Hermione exclaimed

This continued the whole way to The Three Broomsticks

"What are those two arguing about?"
Slughorn asked watching the two from as distance as they lagged behind him, Harry and Ron.

"I don't know."
Ron sighed as he pulled his beanie off ready to go inside the pub
"Couples stuff I guess"
He laughed and walked inside, Slughorn and Harry following.

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"Say Harry in my teaching days i used to hold a dinner party every so often, your more than welcome to come along this friday, Miss Granger as well of course."
Slughorn announced to Harry, completely ignoring Luciens and Rons prescence.
"Well, ill see you later then. Do let me know if youll come."
Slughorn nodded to Lucien and Ron
"Wallenby, Black."

"WEASLEY. ITS WEASLEY!"
Lucien shouted to the Professor who had already left the pub.

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The four sat in The Three Broomsticks for an hour after Slughorn has left. All four of them regretting the decision of even coming out, and would rather be stuck in detention with snape- no, nothing could be worse than that actually.

"Why would you out of all people ever ask a Professor to have a drink with us Harry?"
Lucy asked/slurred as she had drunk around 3-4 pints of butter beer out of pure boredom.

"Um."
Harry looked around before releasing a quick breath and pushing his glasses further up his nose
"Dumbledore asked me to get to know him."
He fumbled with the glass Infront of him, empty of course.

"Whatever"
Lucien slurred and hung an arm over Harry and Ron
"You just want to be bed besties with mister Slughorn man, so that you don't have to give that little cheat book back, and everyone knows it."

Lucien stood up and then proceed to shout about Harry's 'little cheat book' to the whole bar, but it didn't last long with Hermione around. Even though she herself had had a drink she was still aware of her surroundings and clamped her hand over Luciens mouth and dragged her out of the pub onto a bench outside.

"I thought that you don't really drink."
Hermione teased the black haired girls head fell onto her shoulder
"Yet here you are. Drunk."
She laughed at the senseless girl as they both waited peacefully for Harry and Ron to finish their drinks to head back up to the castle for the night.

Although the peace didn't last very long as the moment The quartet had reached the bridge back into the school grounds, a high pitched
scream was heard from behind them

Katie Bell and what seemed to have been lifted into the air, her jaw looked to be unhinged whilst she was gasping for air in between her scream, below her lay a brown package, a large necklace peeking out from the wrapping.
Katie screamed once more before falling back to the ground again

Harry edged forward to grab the necklace when Hagrid bounded past him and got to it first.
"Stay back you lot!"
He shouted
"You 'ave no idea what this thing is, an judging by what's just 'append it's not something good."
He picked Katie up and carried her back towards the castle leaving Hermione, Harry, Ron and Lucien stunned.

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The quartet stood before Professor McGonagall and Snape as they examined the ancient looking necklace, only using levitation charms as to not touch the object whatsoever

"Why is it always you four when there's trouble?"
McGonagall asked the group of teenagers

"I'm beginning to wake myself the same thing miss."
Ron told the teacher as snape places the necklace back to its position inside the wrapping paper

"It is indeed cursed."
Snape drawled our as he looked at Harry suspiciously
"Miss bell is lucky she isn't dead."
His eyes looked the group up and down before walking off, his cape blowing behind him

"It was Malfoy"
Harry told McGonagall
"I'm sure of it."

"Mr Potter that is a very series accusation to be throwing about. What evidence do you have?"
She asked as Harry stared back at her

"I don't."

"You don't?"

"It's a gut feeling."

"We'll then, if it's a gut feeling then it's must be true."
McGonagall raised and eyebrow before waving them all off to bed for the night

"I'll see you tomorrow ?"
Hermione asked Lucien before they parted ways to the Gryffindor and Hufflepuff dorms
"I'll come and get you if your not at breakfast, I think your going to have a mild hangover, judging by how little you drink and the amount that you drank today, you'll definitely have a hangover."
She snickered as Lucien flipped her off as she walked to the Hufflepuff dorm rooms.

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