you bury me

5. melee :: a confused struggle.

"audrey ?" arthur weasley, ron's father whispered. "i need to talk to you."
the train was already preparing to depart.

"this is sirius black" he said, showing me a picture on the daily prophet.

sirius black looked like he was out of his mind, staring at the camera with a psychotic grin.

i read the article beneath it and gasped in shock.

"yes, he's very dangerous...and i want you to be careful. don't look for him."

i was confused.

...

i quickly closed the door to our compartment and sat down. "sirius black-", i said out of my breath. "why do we have to be careful ?"

"he killed my parents, betrayed them. he told voldemort where they were hiding and he's coming to kill me too."

"but what does that have to do with me ? your dad told me to be cautious" i said, looking at ron who was glaring at the door, waiting for it to get opened by the lady with the sweets trolley.

"OH. MY. GOD." hermione jumped up from her seat. "BLACK...I-" she was getting pale.

"what is it ?" harry asked quickly.

"oh, umm...never mind...i'm..umm..going to look for ginny and neville." she said, running out of the compartment.

that was when i noticed another person person, sitting next to me. i flinched and ron shrugged.

"that's professor r.j. lupin." harry pointed at his labeled suitcase.

the professor was sleeping, covered by his jacket and leaning onto the window. i could see a bit of dark blonde hair, sticking out.

...

hermione didn't return for a whole hour. i decided to look for her and walked through the train, calling out her name.

after some time of unsuccessful searching, i walked back to our compartment without her.

i opened the door, stepped in and looked at a group of confused students.