A Stitch in Time

Chapter 12

Chapter 12
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Chapter 12

Albus woke up with a jolt as someone shook him awake. Neville was standing next to his bed, trembling and looking very worried.

"Dante, wake up! Ron screamed in his bedroom and is now downstairs, telling everyone what happened! H-he said something about S-Sirius Black! W-we gotta go find out what it was!"

Albus got up and rubbed his sleepy eyes, hardly catching on to what Neville was saying. What about being seriously black?

He got out of bed and followed Neville down to the common room where Ron was standing in the middle of a group of people, his freckled face angry.

"It WASN'T a nightmare!" he was shouting at his older brother, Percy, then turned to Professor McGonagall, "PROFESSOR, I WOKE UP AND SIRIUS BLACK WAS STANDING OVER ME, HOLDING A KNIFE!"

Professer McGonagall stared at Ron Weasley as if he'd grown two heads.

"Don't be ridiculous, Weasley," she said, flabbergasted, "How could he have gotten through the portrait hole?"

"Ask him!" Ron pointed a shaking hand at the back of the picture of Sir Cadogan. "Ask him if he saw–!"

Professor McGonagall glared suspiciously at Ron and pushed the portrait open, and walked outside to face the painting. The rest of the common room followed with bated breath. Albus, now fully awake, listened intently for what McGonagall would say.

"Sir Cadagon, did you just let a man into the Gryffindor Tower?" McGonagall inquired from the painting.

"Certainly, good lady!" was the shocking reply.

Everybody was stunned, some of the girls gasping in fear.

"You– you did?" gasped Professor McGonagall, "But what about the password?!"

"He had them!" Sir Cadagon said proudly, "Had the whole week's, m' lady! Read them off a little piece of paper!"

McGonagall looked at the Gryffindors. "Which utterly foolish student wrote down an entire weeks worth of passwords and left them lying around?"

Next to Albus, a trembling Neville let out a tiny squeak and slowly raised his hand. Albus glanced at his friend and future professor with surprise.

McGonagall seethed with anger. "Neville Longbottom, come with me, please!"

Neville squeaked again and followed McGonagall as the other Gryffindors looked at him in disgust.

After the two had left, Percy, the prefect, then ordered the rest of the kids in the Gryffindor dormitory to go back to bed, despite the fear and shock of Sirius Black being in the tower.

Before he went to bed, Albus made a small mental note to tell Rose, Scorpius, Teddy, and James about what he had heard about the attack. They would certainly find this interesting...

It was late into the night, probably closer to sunrise by now, and Rose hadn't slept one bit. She was too busy crying herself out.

I thought, I honestly thought he might actually like me! Rosie thought. Maybe he didn't know that I liked him. I mean I bet if he knew, he would have stayed away from Pansy. I-I think I might be overreacting for no reason.

No reason? sneered a nasty voice in her head. He was making out with her! In front of you! Why are you being nice to him when he obviously hadn't thought of you? Apparently swallowing Pansy is a better idea.