Magical - Harry Potter Fanfiction

37| The betrayal

It was the second Hogsmeade weekend of the year and as much as I wanted to stay back with Harry, he kept insisting that I should go and that he would be fine without me. I eventually gave in remembering I would be back in just a few hours.

"It's getting so much colder," Hermione pointed out.

"Definitely," I agreed. 

Hermione and I went down to the common room and saw Harry and Ron sitting on the armchairs. I hugged Harry from behind and he turned around and kissed me.

"Are you guys leaving now?" Harry asked.

"Yeah," Ron told him. 

"You guys have fun," Harry said.

The three of us made our way down to the entrance hall.

Harry's P.O.V.

There was no way I was missing out on Hogsmeade yet again, and luckily I had something that would help me get there without anyone knowing, my invisibility cloak. I walked up the stairs and into the dormitory and dug it out from the bottom of my trunk. I walked back down and out of the common room and followed the corridor so that I could exit the castle. The fact that no one was around made everything a lot more convenient. I trudged along the cold white snow toward Hogsmeade Village when I felt six arms grab me. At first, I thought they were teachers and that I somehow had gotten caught but it was Fred, George, and Mia.

"Oi! Let me go," I told them.

"Good idea, Harry," praised George.

"Let me go I'm tryna get to Hogsmeade!" I complained.

"We know," George said.

"We'll show you a better way!" Mia insisted.

They pulled me into the castle and into a room.

"Come on, guys!" I snapped.

"Shh," George said.

They stopped and I pulled the cloak off. "What're you doing?" I snapped.

"Now Harry," George began.

"Come and join the big boys!" They both said.

"And girl," Mia added matter of factly.

George handed me an old piece of paper.

"What's this rubbish?" I asked.

"Rubbish?" Mocked George. "That is the secret to our success!"

"It was hard to hand it over to you," Fred added.

"You need it more than us," George told me. "Mia."

Mia pulled her wand out and said, "I solemnly swear that I am up to no good."

The words "Messers Moony, Dusky, Padfoot, and Prongs are proud to present the Marauders Map."

"We owe them so much," Fred commented.

I opened the map. It was a map of Hogwarts. And everyone was labelled with a little dot and it showed their exact position. I could see Dumbledore walking around in his study.

"So this much shows... everyone?" I asked.

"Everyone," Fred confirmed.

"What they're doing twenty-four-seven!" George added.

"Awesome, where'd you get it?" I asked.

"Nicked it from Filch's office our first year," Mia told me.

"There are seven secret passageways that lead you out of the castle. We recommend this one," George said, pointing to one of the lines on the map. "That's the one-eyed witch passageway. It'll lead you straight to Honeydukes."