Alone BOOK 2 All the Stars

Chapter 15: Dumbledore's Army

Juliet

"Fred. Please, Please take me with you!"  I beg for the millionth time.

"I don't know Juliet?" Fred answers.

"Ah just let her come with us," George adds smirking.

"Alright, you can come." Fred smiles.

"Yeah!" I cheer.

For the past few weeks Fred, George and many other Gryffindors have been sneaking out to go practice actual defense against the dark arts spells, with a group called Dumbledore's army. I've been wanting to go for a while but I've never been told when or where they are. I've begged Fred for a couple weeks now and he's finally letting me go. I tried getting Dallas into it but she said she'd rather do it on her own then go in a group and get caught by umbitch.

At 11 we sneak out of the common room and Fred leads a blank wall. He walks past it three times and a door appears. He smirks before taking my hand and pulling me inside. Once we're inside I gasp at how big the room is and all the different people from all different houses, aside from slytherin that its.

"You ready?" Fred asks.

I nod enthusiastically. Soon Harry arrives, he's sort of the teacher of this all. And he brings by saying this is the last session before winter break and that we're working on patorunus today. After he explains what to do everyone breaks off to try. He sees me and fred and walks over.

"Hey Juliet. Didn't know you were coming," He smiles.

"Yeah. Hope you don't mind that I brought her," Fred replies.

"Not at all the more the merrier," Harry says and walks around the room helping people.

I struggle to find a powerful enough memory to help me cast a patronus. I think for a while until I think I've found one strong enough. A nice fall day when I was young. I tried it and nothing. So instead of picking another memory I stick with it and think about in more detail.

It's a warm day for september. Aunt Blake had taken Ryan, Ace, Bailey, Zola, Dallas, and I to get ice cream at a muggle shop. We all got the same thing, orange and vanilla swirl, in a cone, with sprinkles. We were sitting in front of an old school with two big trees next to us. I remember looking up and seeing all the orange and yellow colors. I think I was 5. And just like that a fox is trotting around the room. It stops and nuzzles a coyote, who belongs to Fred, he looks at our patronesses and that at me with a lopsided smile on his face. I smile back and walk over to the table where there is a book hermione brought, All you need to know about Patronuses: How to cast them and what they mean.

I flip through the pages stopping when I reach fox:

The fox is a symbol  of patience, wisdom, intelligence, adaptability. They can be high strung or exceedingly calm, charismatic, or mysterious, prone to stand out or blend in, keep peace or make mischief.  Tend to be partially rooted in the spirit world, living day to day in sort of a "world between". Foxes are a strong symbol of femininity, shape-shifting, illusion, and Magic.

The book says. Satisfied with it's meaning I flip to Fred's Patronus the coyote

The coyote is a complex symbol humor, cunning, and survival. Coyote is often portrayed as "wise fool" , helping others see the truth in difficult situations. Coyote is often strongly tied to learning to be adaptable, seeing the humor in even the worst situations and being able to cope with even the toughest things life can throw at them.

I look around the room and notice George's patronus is a hyena so I flip to that page.

The Hyena tends to have a good sense of humor and don't take themselves seriously. Hyena's teach balance, realizing own powers, and being happy with what they are given; not wanting for what they don't have.

I laugh to myself. So far these patronuses have been spot on.  I have to remember to tell my friends how to cast this spell because  I am interested what they would have. After a couple of hours Harry sends us off to bed. I hadn't realize how tired I was until I walked out of the room and saw the stairs. UGH it's like the stairs are taunting.

"Do you want me to carry you?" Fred asks.

"What?" i ask.

"You said it out loud, how the stairs are taunting you. Do you want me to carry you?" Fred repeats.

I smile sleepily, "Please"

Fred smiles softly, "Of course babe," He picks me up bridal style and makes the trip up the stairs and doesn't put me down until we are in the common room. We wish each other a good night, while sneaking a few kisses before heading up to our dorms. Tomorrow is the last day before break and the Gryffindor vs Slytherin  game. I couldn't be more excited.

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