Star Girl | Cedric Diggory

|*| One Hundred Fourteen |*|

Another letter came for Ginny Weasley, and it was written in the same code as the first. This time, her brother was warning her about Ethan Drake being at Hogwarts.

Aquila couldn't wrap her head around how this Weasley twin figured out that there were Death Eaters at Hogwarts in the first place. Yes, the public was aware of the Carrows, Snape, and even the Dementors, but Abby and Ethan were there incognito. No one-not even the professors-knew they were there.

Yet, someone outside the school-Fred and George no less-managed to find out that there were spies. And, on top of that, they found out their names! The twins were able to give Ginny the exact names of Abby and Ethan, and the only logical conclusion for how they did it that Aquila could come to was that there was a spy within the Death Eaters.

After thinking about it for days on end, the dark haired woman was able to narrow down her suspect list due to a long list of potential factors. Only a select few were even told of Abby and Ethan's positions at Hogwarts, so that narrowed the pool down to... well, everyone still.

People talked, and Aquila knew that the secret of the Hogwarts spies wouldn't stay a secret. Cassie was quite the chatterbox, and Aquila was quick to pin the blame on her. It had to be Cassie. Aquila allowed her hate towards the woman to blind her from seeing it any other way.

Still, Aquila remained silent on the issue, hoping that this would be the end of the letters to Ginny.

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That wasn't the last of the letters to Ginny. Another one arrived at Hogwarts one week later, this time containing the name of Aquila herself.

Adrenaline and fear kicked in, and the woman turned frantic. She morphed into her animagus form and tracked down the owl that had sent the letter to Ginny. For eight hours, she followed that brown owl through the sky until it stopped to rest its wings.

The next day, she followed it again, over the tree tops and suburbs. The view was beautiful the further away she flew from Hogwarts, and it was nice to think there were still places that weren't consumed by darkness.

A long time had passed before the bird returned to where it was sent from-a forest in the middle of nowhere. When she arrived there, she felt a sudden uneasiness and wanted to turn back and fly away. Something told her she shouldn't move foreword, but she had to know who sent that owl. So, abandoning all of her better judgement, she flew deeper into the trees.

A tent was situated in the middle of the trees, and Aquila flew into a tree right above it. Outside the tent, a familiar person stood, wand at the ready, surveying the area. Hermione Granger.

Holy shit, she thought. Where there's Granger, there's-Merlin's bloody big toe!

Aquila set her eagle eyes on Harry Potter, Undesirable No. 1, the Dark Lord's biggest adversary. And he was right there.

She accidentally let out a squawk of surprise, alerting Hermione of her presence. Aquila attempted to slide between the trees, but she knew that Gryffindor had already caught a glimpse of that distinctive black streak in her feathers.

However, if Hermione feared for her safety, she didn't show it. She and Harry had a conversation about something called a Horcrux, and then Hermione went inside the tent, yelling at Ron about something. They went back and fourth for a while, causing Aquila to do the most dramatic eye roll ever to herself.

Ron, who had grown tired of Hermione's bickering, left the tent for some air and sat down next to Harry. The redhead pulled out an enchanted paper, and he and Harry looked over it. Aquila flew to a closer branch to read what was on the paper, and when she squinted enough, she was shocked at the newest revelations.