Not Alone After All

Chapter XVI

The snow finally fell down on Hogwarts, on the day of the second Hogsmade visit.

"What do you mean you're going to run away with them?!" Laura yelled at his older brother. He shushed her by putting one finger in front of her mouth, one she almost immediately slapped away.

"I'm going to use dad's Invisibility Cloak to go to Hogsmade," he explained to her. "Come with me!"

"Are you out of your bloody mind?" Laurie whispered very aggressively. "I'm not allowed to go out there, and neither are you."

"I know. They are leaving in two hours, after lunch. Meet me in the girl's lavatory in the second floor," Harry said to her and left Laurie standing on the spot.

During breakfasts and lunches, most students didn't sit in their respective house's tables. For example, Luna Lovegood, sat in the Hufflepuff table with her few friends. Laura Potter sat in the Gryffindor table with her brother and their friends.

Actually, Fred, George and Laurie were the first ones to arrive and sit down, and the Twins saw this as an opportunity. George and Fred sat one on each side of Laura, making her immediately uncomfortable.

"We heard your conversation with Harry this morning," George told her.

"And we want to help," said Fred. Laura sighed.

"What are you two babbling about again?" She asked them innocently.

"Harry wants to go to Hogsmade." Fred told her. "And he didn't get the form signed."

"No wonder, his aunt and uncle are monsters."

"So this is something that will help him-"

"- and you if you want-"

"-to get in there without being seen."

George handed her a piece of parchment, folded into many pieces. Laurie frowned. The thing looked slightly familiar.

"This here is the secret to out success," said one of the Twins. Laura was already completely lost.

" And we've decided your need is greater than ours," the other told her. "George, if you will." Only then she realised the one to her left was Fred.

George then took out his wand from his robes and pointed it at the paper.

"I solemnly swear that I am up to no good," George spoke. Suddenly, writing appeared in the blank paper. Laura froze once she realised what this map was. Or better, whose this map was.

"Messers Mooney, Warmtail, Padfoot and Prongs-" she started reading out loud.

"You know them?" Fred, or was it George, asked. Laura scoffed.

"Of course I know who them, look at me! Who do you think I am?" She said out loud. When she saw the confusion on the boys' faces, she realised that they actually didn't know who the Marauders were.

"You-" Fred started. "You know who they are?" Laura smirked.

"I'm not sure they would like me to reveal their names to you, but I can give you hints," she teased, her smile growing bigger with the twins'desperate expressions.

"Yes."

"Please."

"Well, two of the have met their fates a long time ago. That's Wormtail and Prongs," Laura started off, earning a frown from one of the brothers. "The third one might be closer than we think, that's Padfoot," she continued. "And Moony is inside the castle." She grinned, proud of herself. Maybe she was born to be a trickster after all. Well, seeing her parentage, she wouldn't be surprised. Laura snatched the map off their hands. "Mischief managed," she whispered, pointing her wand to the parchment.

"Wait, you actually know them!" George exclaimed, as Laura started to walk away.

"That girl never ceases to amaze me," Fred whispered to his brother once Laura was out of ear reach.