Albus Severus Potter (A Harry Potter fanfic)

Shooting Spells

They laughed and played for a while and they soon grew tired, Sienna thought that the sky was getting lighter. They held onto each other for support, because the cold had numbed them and made it difficult to move around. Both of them were breathing hard as they looked out over the lake which almost definitely reflecting sunlight. But, it was Saturday tomorrow, so neither of them minded.

Albus turned Sienna around so that she was facing him. She looked straight at him, because they were in the water the 4 inch difference in height was meaningless. He looked straight at her. And then he kissed her.

They broke apart and looked at each other, both were smiling. Sienna leaned in to kiss Albus again, but he harshly pushed her aside, and Sienna saw a green light go into the depths of the lakes. "Oh my god," she whispered.

"Come on," said Albus. "Let's get out of here."

Albus and Sienna swam to the edge of the lake, as fast as their frozen bodies could take them. They continuously had to keep dodging spells. Both of them had left their wands on the grass and were now regretting it. They reached the end of the lake and ran towards their shoes and wands. They grabbed them and kept running.

"Go this way," shouted Albus and Sienna followed him, unsure of where they were going. They wove through trees and came out into the open again. Albus was quite sure that he had lost the attacker, so he pushed open the door to a small hut on the edge of the forest and went inside, Sienna followed. The hut was warm and the fire was burning.

There seeming to be a giant thing on the floor, which was of course Hagrid, who was sleeping. Albus gently shook him awake, and told him to be quiet. He sat up and looked around, he eyes landed on Sienna. "Who's tha'?" he asked.

"I said be quiet," said Albus.

"Yeah, alright. Bu' who's tha'?" he asked again. His voice was quieter, but not as quiet as Albus had wished it would have been - it could attract the attacker.

"That's Sienna, my, um, my girlfriend," said Albus, colouring slightly.

"'N' why are yous wet?" he asked, sounding curious.

"Oh," said Sienna. She and Albus both took out their wands and dried themselves off.

"Also, why have yous come in'o my house in the middle of the night?"

"We were attacked," said Albus plainly.

"Wha'? Here? A' Hogwarts?"

"Yes."

"By who?"

"We don't know, but we lost him in the woods, and now, well, we're here. Thought that we were out in the open for too long, we'd be seen again."

"Alright," said Hagrid processing this in his mind slowly. "So now wha'? Yer gonna have to go back to the school."

"Yeah," said Albus, realising that his plan hadn't been as well thought through as he thought it had been.

∞

The Hogsmeade trip had been moved forwards to the 1st of March and James had to tail Professor McGonagall. Everyone knew that McGonagall was always the last one to leave, so James would have to wait for quite a while before he actually left.

Most students left at 2 o' clock but James left at 3 o' clock, behind Professor McGonagall. He was invisible, but the cloak only just covered him so he had to crouch to make sure that he was 100% invisible. McGonagall moved surprisingly fast for a woman of over 100, and James found himself jogging to keep up when he lost her in the crowds.

McGonagall had walked into an apothecary, so James had to follow, careful not to touch anything or walk into anyone. She bought a few ingredients, but James was too far away to actually see - everything she bought was so tiny: tiny vials, tiny insect parts. She left the shop as soon as she had got what she wanted.

It was then James found it harder to follow her, she was making sure that she wasn't being followed, but she would reappear somewhere as soon as she disappeared, which made it quite easy for James to follow her.

She had left the main part of Hogsmeade behind her and was heading out to the dirtier part. James had expected it, but even then, he felt slightly uncomfortable. There was nowhere for her to slip away here, so James found it much easier to follow her.

Soon, even the dirty part of Hogsmeade had passed and the only building in sight was the Shrieking Shack. That had to be where she was getting it from. She carefully side-stepped all the mud, James did the same, leaving footsteps would be the last thing either of them wanted to do.

McGonagall went inside, but she shut the door before James could get in. James quickly ran around to where the broken window was. It was no longer a broken window, but a perfectly normal window. It would make it harder for James to hear them, but all the same, it was better than nothing.

He looked inside and saw Neville handing McGonagall a vial of golden liquid - the Elixir of Life.