The first couple months of school seemed to flash by, students kept murmuring about that Sirius Black, the reason they had but the Dementors on the school premises in the first place. Sarah and Hermione were observing Draco at the table in front of them, he was whining about getting his arm scratched by a Hippogriff.
"All he had to do was not insult a living being for once in his life, guess that was too much of a request," grumbled Sarah, fed-up with his whole existence in general.
"Madam Pomfrey said another minute and I could've lost my arm," he said, showing off his cast to his friends.
Sarah scoffed, "Listen to the idiot."
"He's really laying it on thick, isn't he?" said Ron, looking in disbelief behind him.
"At least Hagrid din't get fired," added Harry, which was actually the thin silver lining of the situation.
"But I hear Draco's father's furious," said Sarah, eyeing him.
"We haven't heard the end of this," said Hermione, lookin worriedly at the three of them.
"He's been sighted! He's been sighted!" shouted Seamus, throwing a news paper on the table
They all jumped up and looked at it, "Who?" asked Ron.
"Sirius Black!"
Sarah looked over the paper, that name and that face were strange, like she'd seen them in a dream but couldn't quite put her finger on it. She thought back to Harry's conversation with Arthur in the summer.
"Dufftown? That's not far from here," said Sarah, looking up at Ron, Harry and Hermione, all four aware of what this meant. Sirius Black was making his way to Harry.
"You don't think he'd come to Hogwarts, do you?" asked Neville in a panicked voice.
"With Dementors in every corner?!" exclaimed Sarah.
"Dementors, he's already slipped past them once. Who's to say he won't do it again?" said Seamus, sending a cold shiver down everyone's spine.
"That's right. Black could be anywhere," said Bem, "It's like trying to catch smoke with your bare hands."
That didn't help. Sarah looked back at the paper, the man in chains holding his prisoner sign, screaming, looking lost, mad, like he'd be capable of anything.
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Sarah, Selena and the twins walked to their DADA class, it was by far their favorite, Remus was an amazing teacher.
They entered a room with a large and old closet, an antiquity, was shaking. Boggart. They'd faced one in their third year, and it wasn't the most pleasing experience.
"Good morning to you all" started Remus, "In today's lesson we will face what is named a Boggart. You might be familiar already, if not, it's all right, that's what revision is for. Could anyone tell me what is the peculiar aspect of this creature?" he asked and looked around the room.
Selena and Sarah's hands shot up at the same time. Remus points to Selena "It's a shapeshifter, sir."
Remus smiles and nods "Exactly, miss Collins. Now, I have just shown this to my third-years, I figured it could be formative for you as well, I know you've already faced one," Remus locked eyes with Sarah and chuckled softly, remembering her completely freaking out when she had seen the giant spider in front of her.
"What does a Boggart look like?" He asked again, a few other hands shot up, Remus points at the back of the class, "Yes?"
"No one knows, it changes into what the person in front of it most fears," said Alexander's voice.
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Marooned - Fred Weasley
Fanfiction"Whatever memories and moments define who you are or who you want to be, this one was among his." _ The second Sarah McCauley stepped over the threshold of the Burrow, bruised arm and heart, she knew it would become a special place to her. The secon...
