(Book Three) Innocent {CLP SERIES}

{Chapter 9}

C R Y S T A L ' S P O V

"Miss Potter?" I was snapped out of my thoughts by Professor McGonagall.

"Miss Potter!?"

"Sorry Professor McGonagall." I say.

Professor McGonagall was taking roll call.

Transfiguration was boring, and on top of that we got loads of homework.

I couldn't stop thinking about Sirius Black.

The entire lesson.

Later that day, I found Hermione speed walking down the corridor.

"Hermione, are you okay?" I asked.

Hermione was mumbling and seemed to be very mad.

"If being good at Divination means I have to pretend to see death omens in lumps of tea, I'm not sure that I'll be studying it much longer!" Hermione seethed.

Ginny leaned into me.

"I'm going to the common room. Meet you there." Ginny said before skipping away.

"Maybe we should go too." Hermione said.

I nodded and stood up.

We were walking along, I was listening to Hermione rant when Harry and Ron caught up with us.

They both started complaining at Snape who was apparently in a worse mood today then he was last week, when he gave Ron a detention for reaching for the wrong ingredient.

We were getting to the common room when there was a crowd around it.

"The fat lady! She's gone!" Ginny exclaimed.

"Serves her right, she's a terrible singer." Ron said.

Hermione and I glared at him disapprovingly.

"It's not funny Ron!" We shouted in unison.

"Girls." I heard Ron mutter.

Percy (aka prat) was screaming "GET OUT THE WAY! I'M HEAD BOY!" At everyone possible.

"Ravenclaws, back to your common room. I'm head boy."

My ears have had enough of him and his proclamations of him being Head Boy.

Dumbledore now came up to the common room and told Mr Filch to find the fat lady.

"No need Dumbledore. She's right over 'ere." Filch said grimly.

"He's the devil 'e is! The one everyone talks about! Sirius Black!" The fat lady exclaimed.

I felt my heart sink, and both Ginny and Hermione placed a hand on one of my shoulders reassuringly.

The common room portrait was replaced and everyone entered.

Apart from me.

I ran. Ran as fast as I could.

I headed to Moaning Myrtle's bathroom, Harry told me about her.

"Who are you?" Myrtle asked shrilly.

"Christella Potter." I say.

Tears were running down my face.

I was scared.

Sirius Black is after my brother and I. He wants to kill us.

"Are you Harry's sister?" Myrtle asked.

I nodded.

"Who upset you?"

"No one really. Sirius Black is inside Hogwarts. He wants to kill Harry and I. And well, I'm scared."

I had no idea why I was opening up to Myrtle, I'd never even met her.

"I remember Sirius. Although I was already dead when he was here."

I was in the bathroom for a long time, until Hermione came in. "Crystal!"

She came running up to me and engulfed me in a hug.

"You okay?" She asked.

I nodded my head, then shook my head, causing Hermione to start laughing.

"You don't know?" Hermione asked.

I nodded this time.

Hermione helped me up off of the floor and we walked out, Hermione's arm around my shoulder.