snake in the lions den|| WTM

eight

Late at night. A lantern and hand appear, but nothing else. The ensemble walk through the dark library and into the Restricted Section. The lamp is put down, and the cloak removed, revealing to be Ada who searches the bookshelves.

"It's the first time you use the cloak and you go to the library! I'm disappointed in you Bambi" Sirius gasps while everyone else rolls their eyes. "Pads you can't judge her. You and James put her under the cloak when she was a baby and couldn't find her for three hours." Remus reminds his husband.

"You lost me for three hours?!" Ada's jaw drops looking at the man who was now supporting a guilty expression. "We found you didn't we."

"Three hours."

Sirius places his hand over her face shushing her. "Your alive no need to be so dramatic."

"Famous fire eaters...15th Century Fiends...Flamel...Nicholas Flamel...where are you?" Ada picks up a book and opens it. A man's face appears from between the pages, which screams madly and loudly. "Shit." Ada whispers in surprise immediately slams the book shuts and puts it back.

"Who's there?!" Filch calls out. Ada whips around, and quickly grabs her cloak, causing the lamp to fall and shatter. "I know you're in there. You can't hide." Ada puts on her cloak and creeps around Filch "Who is it? Show yourself!"

Ada runs from the room, breathing heavily. She exits into the hall, where Mrs. Norris, who meows and begins to follow her. The girl runs around a corner, just as Snape and Quirrell appear. Snape pushes Quirrell into the wall.

"Severus...I-I thought..." Quirrell desperately spits out as Snape sneers at him "You don't want me as your enemy, Quirrell."
"W-what do you m-mean?"

"You know perfectly well what I mean." Snape senses something who causes Ada to stop breathing. Snape reaches out to grab something, but doesn't. He whips his finger back in front of Quirrell's face.

"I bet that looked so weird to Quirrell." Seamus laughed.

"We'll have another chat soon...when you've had time to decide where your loyalties lie."

Filch arrives, carrying the broken lantern "Oh, Professors. I found this, in the Restricted Section. It's still hot. That means there's a student out of bed." Upon hearing this, Snape and Quirrell dart off leaving Ada confused 'Why is it always them two?'

A door opens, and closes. On the other side, there is a vast, empty room that has a large mirror in the center, known as the Mirror of Erised. Ada appears and walks over to the mirror. In the reflection, she sees two people appear who are Ada's late parents, James and Lily Potter.

"Mum?" Lily nods and smiles "Dad?" James nods and smiles. Ada reaches out to touch them, but only gets the mirror. Then, her mother puts her hand on the girls shoulder. She puts her own hand on her own shoulders, as if trying to feel her there.

The hall was silent. Some people had tears in their eyes when someone askes. "Why did you question if it was them?" Ada sighs and Mattheo grabs her hand in comfort. "I'd never seen them before." She explains causing everyone to frown.

Ada runs to the Gryffindor boys dorms "Ron! You've really got to see this! Ron! You've got to see this!" She pulls back covers. Ron wakes up. "Ron, Ron, come on. Get out of bed!"

Rons tired voice calls out in confusion "Why?"

"There's something you've got to see. Now, come on!"

The duo arrive back at the room. Ada stepping up to the mirror dragging Ron with her. "Come on. Come. Come look, it's my parents!"

"I only see me." Ada moves over "Look in properly. Go on. Stand there. There. You see them, don't you? That's my dad"