𝐀𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐃𝐚𝐫𝐤 | Harry James Potter x Reader

YR 5 ☆•°~'* 03

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The next day, Y/N didn't get a response from anyone, not even Harry. She assumed Hedwig hadn't gone back home yet. 

Y/N didn't leave her room for the entire day, and only opened her door to let Jasper in, who was miaowing incessantly all morning. She didn't even bother to go down to eat and ignored her parents all day. 

What she wanted more than anything was to be with Harry. He's the only person who could remotely understand how she was feeling, laying there all alone. 

This went on for another two days, with Y/N staying locked up in her room and refusing to speak to her parents, only leaving her room to go to the bathroom. She barely ate, safe for the snacks she had stored in her room.

She got so bored on the fourth day that she started morphing into her Animagus form then going back to being a human several times until she felt dizzy and lay on the floor as a cat. 

Jasper walked over and sniffed her nose to make sure she was still alive, before he laid down beside her, tucking his paws under his body and purring. 

But it was too hot to be a Maine Coon cat at the moment. Her fur was simply too thick, and so she morphed back into a human and laid on her back, staring at the darkening ceiling. 

It was almost dusk when her mother knocked on her bedroom door.

'We're going to work,' she said through the door, not waiting for an answer from Y/N. 

'But you just got back two hours ago,' said Y/N, not bothering to get up from the floor.

'Overtime,' said her mother simply. 'You're not to leave the house, there's leftover food in the fridge.'

'OK.'

'Don't try to contact Harry or any of your other friends.'

'Right.'

Y/N heard her mother's footsteps walking down the stairs. A few minutes later, she heard the car leave the driveway. 

After a while of doing absolutely nothing, Y/N got up and looked out the window to check whether Artemis was coming back or not. But there was no sign of him in the darkening purple sky, nor of any other owl. 

Sighing heavily, Y/N pulled a drawer from her night table open and pulled out a Game Boy to play some video games and kill time. But that became boring, too, and she went back to lying down on her bed, staring at the ceiling.

She was dozing off when there was the unmistakable sound of the front door opening downstairs. At first, Y/N thought it was her parents coming back; she hadn't really been keeping track of time. But then she could hear voices - multiple, unfamiliar voices - coming from the living room downstairs.

Heart racing, Y/N grabbed her wand and got up from the bed. Jasper had his fur on end and he slipped under the bed to hide. 

She walked slowly to the bedroom door, her wand raised. She opened the door as quietly as could and tiptoed out into the hall. 

There were still people moving downstairs and speaking in hushed voices. Jasper followed behind her, his tail bushy and his body low to the ground as he moved. Y/N took one step down the staircase and it creaked. 

There was a silence downstairs and Y/N silently cursed herself. Then, thinking that it was no use trying to pretend she wasn't there, Y/N stopped and said loudly, 'I'm armed!'

There was a laugh - a familiar laugh - and Y/N froze. 

'Professor Lupin?' she said quietly, not daring to believe her ears.