'Tell Me Pretty Lies,' by moongirlel

Chapter 30: Ear Shattering Screams

[Which Witch - Florence & The Machine.]

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Tue. 26th October 1993 - 5:16pm...

I had awoken this morning, to an unsigned letter clutched between Evergreen's beak.

It read,

Jane,

Later today at 5:00pm, meet me at the room of requirement. Bring only Harry, and Ron.

Ps. Bring your wand.

I suspected the note was from Professor Lupin, and when I approached the Astronomy tower, my suspicions were correct.

Harry, and Ron stood next to him, both with their wands and some snacks. Ron, of course, was hogging the flavoured beans from my brother.

"So-" He spoke, his mouth full of food. "-What exactly are we doing?"

"I intend for us to get some type of answer about this," Lupin takes a Muggle object out of his robe. "This, is an audio recorder. I picked it up years ago."

Ron leans forward, fascinated by the object. His mouth hung open, "Is it a Muggle item?"

"Yes, it is. And we're using it for our evidence."

With Harry's face suck in the map, he quickly ushered us towards the blank wall, "Malfoy's coming-"

The room appeared behind Ron, and he shoved his best friend inside of it. Lupin followed close behind.

Draco's voice carried up the stairs, Theodore and Blaise were with him.

Harry grabbed my arm, and closed the door. We both press our ear to it, and their voices ascended to the Astronomy outlook.

"They've gone upstairs," Harry whispers, folding the map.

"No need to worry, they won't be able to see or hear a thing." Lupin smiles, taking out his wand. "Let me be very clear, you are not to speak to this man unless absolutely necessary. Do not let his man get under your skin, or make you do anything you'll regret."

We nod.

"Good... Now, if you will follow me?"

Lupin leads the way, uncovering the birdcage. His face turned white.

The cages bars were pried open, wide, with not a sign of the rat anywhere.

For fuck sake.

In frustration, Lupin kicked the table, waving his wand around. "We must search the room." He turned the audio recorder on and placed it inside of the bird cage. "No one is to touch the recorder, understood?"

"Yes, Sir."
"Okay."
"Understood, Professor."
The three of us answer back.

"Harry, Ron, you two can pair up. Jane, do you feel alright walking with me?" Lupin asked.

"Yes, that's alright." I take my wand out of my pocket, and we split paths.

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5:27pm...