(Book Three) Innocent {CLP SERIES}

{Chapter 14}

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

I woke up still in Harry's arms, but I was in a different room.

Lee, Fred and George were sitting on the floor and Harry had his back to the wall, with me sitting in his lap.

"Morning sleepyhead." Harry chuckled.

I smiled lopsidedly.

I stretched my arms but accidentally hit Lee in the face as my arms came down.

"I'm sorry Lee! Here! You can have a hug! What did you do over the holidays?" I said, way too fast for anyone really to understand, jumping off of Harry and onto Lee, who didn't even flinch.

"Why do you all of a sudden have heaps of energy?" Harry asked, a grin on his face.

I shrugged and continued hugging Lee.

The only lesson that didn't make me want to fall asleep today was Potions.

Well, I like Potions so that's probably why.

I've gotten used to Snape calling me Lily now and he occasionally will slip up with my last name.

Instead of Potter, he will say Evans.

But he doesn't usually call me by my surname like the others, he always calls me Lily.

I don't think he realises, because knowing Snape, he only would do that subconsciously.

Snape decided to test us today to see if, as he said it, "If our minds were capable of retaining any useful information."

Little did he know that he always asks the same questions.

"Weasley. Where would I find a Bezoar?" Snape turned to Ginny who was sitting beside me.

"A Goats stomach, sir." Ginny said confidently.

"And what is the purpose of a Bezoar Creevey?" Snape now turned to poor Colin who was scared out of his wits.

"Uh, um, I, I think i-it cures y-you from any p-poison sir?" Colin answered it more like a question.

"10 points from Gryffindor." Snape announced with a smirk tugging at his lips.

I sent Colin a sympathetic look and he smiled in return.

Snape now turned to me.

"Lily. What is the difference between Monkshood and Wolfsbane?" Snape asked me, not once meeting my eyes.

"They are the same plant, which also goes by the name of Aconite." I said.

He nodded and moved on.

I knew he knows that I know about Remus, and he was trying to get under my skin somewhat, but it didn't work.

(A/N: I had to read over that sentence like 4 times.)

If he starts pretty much shouting from the rooftops about Remus's condition, that's when I'll get mad.

I walked into the Gryffindor common room with Ginny to find 2 people screaming at each other.

Ron was yelling at Hermione, accusing her cat of killing his rat.

"That beast of yours killed Scabbers!" Ron cried.

"Did not! You've just lost your rat!" Hermione retorted.

Hermione stormed up to her room.

I gave Ginny a look and she nodded.

We silently agreed to go see if Hermione was okay.

I knocked on the door to let her know I was coming in but didn't wait for a reply.

Hermione was on her bed crying.

"Mione, it's okay, you have us." I say to her.

Ginny and I sat on either side of her and sandwiched Hermione in between us.

"They're both mad at me! Harry's mad at me because I told McGonagall about his Firebolt, and Ron thinks Crookshanks ate Scabbers." Hermione wiped away her tears.

Ginny and I squeezed Hermione in a hug, and she giggled.

"McGonagall is going to make sure your necklace doesn't have any dark magic enchanted on it, same for Harry's Firebolt. I was only doing what was right." Hermione sighed.

I nodded and Hermione told Ginny and I to go to bed.

"Bye Mama Mione!" Ginny and I chirped.

She giggled and shook her head.

An ear piercing scream that I knew to belong to Ronald Weasley woke up the entire house of Gryffindor that night.

"SIRIUS BLACK! WITH A KNIFE! HE TRIED TO KILL ME!" Ron screamed.

Gryffindor had won the Quiddich match earlier that day, so Professor McGonagall came in thinking we were still celebrating. McGonagall accused Percy of not taking control of the celebrations, and Percy looked taken aback.

"I most certainly did not authorise this Professor!" Percy said truthfully.

McGonagall heard what Ron had to say and she went over to the portrait.

"Did you let Sirius Black in?" McGonagall asked.

"Yes, he had the password." The person in the portrait replied.

Silence fell across the room for a few moments, then everyone started whispering to their friends about Sirius Black.

Fred and George beckoned me downstairs so they could comfort me.

I didn't realise it, but I had a look of sheer terror on my face.

Hermione walked me down to Fred and George.

"Which foolish person wrote down the weeks passwords on a piece of parchment?" McGonagall asked slowly, her back turned to us all.

Neville Longbottom slowly raised his hand.

Well, that didn't end well for him at all.

He ended up getting a Howler the next morning.