The Story Keeper (Hermione Granger x Male Reader)

Chapter 21 Black in the Castle

Hey guys! Author back here again.

As always, I hope you guys are enjoying this series. And if you are hear from some of my other stories, I'm so sorry I haven't been updating them.

Anyway, onto the recap.

Last chapter we went to Defense Against the Dark Arts with a teach that is actually good this year. Got to see a Boggert (Think I'm spelling that wrong) in action but didn't get our turn with it (which was probably a good thing). Then we went on our first trip to Hogsmeade with Hermione and Ron. Harry couldn't come with but it was still fun.

So, without further adieu, let's get to it!

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Your POV...

A few days after we've had our trip to Hogsmeade, we are talking to Harry about the trip. I feel a little bad about doing it, but I guess it can't be helped. We are sitting in the Great Hall at our usual place at the table. There are sweets everywhere and I have a few of my fireworks laid out in front of me.

"And the post offices has about two hundred thousand owls sitting on color coded shelves that depending on how busted that is." Hermione says.

"The Polyjuice sweet shop is brilliant, but nothing beats Zonko's joke shop." Ron says.

"Never did get to go to the Shrieking shack though." I add.

"You've heard it's the most-" Ron starts.

"Most haunted place in Britain." Harry finishes. "Yeah. I know."

"But, I mean. It did get sort of boring. Don't you think Ron? Y/n?" Hermione says, picking up on Harry's unhappiness.

"What?" Ron says clueless. "No. Boring?" He looks to me and I nod my head to Harry, then he pick up. "Oh, yeah. Dead depressing. Oh, hang on. I almost forgot. I got you something wicked at Dervish and Banks." Ron hands something to Harry. "It's a pocket sneaker scope. If there's anyone untrustworthy around, it's meant to light up and spin. I though, you know, it can't given.."

"Sirius Black's trying to kill me." Harry finishes the sentence once more.

There is silence for a few seconds then Harry looks back up at us. "I'm glad you had a good time, I really am. And thanks for this. You're right. Can't hurt."

Harry takes a piece of candy and Ron tires to warn him about it but it's too late. I see Harry start to smile and we all crack up at his reaction to the candy. We head back to the common room and see there is a gathering of students around the painting.

"I wonder what's going on up there." I say as we near the top.

"Neville's probably forgot the password again." Ron says.

"Hey." We hear from behind us.

We all turn to see Neville is standing with us.

"Oh. Hello." Ron says while looking back to the crowd.

I can hear Percy, one of Ron's older brothers, make his way to the front of the crowd and then he says, "No one is to enter this common room until it has been thoroughly searched."

I turn to my friend then try to make my way closer to the painting. I almost collide with Ginny as she makes her way down to us and says, "The Fat Lady's gone."

"Gone?" Harry asks.

I look over Ginny's head to the painting and see that has been torn slightly. Professor Dumbledor makes his way up to the painting with Mr. Filch following him. They get to the painting and Mr. Filch looks at the other paintings. Professor Dumbledor looks to Mr. Filch and says something. Mr. Filch points to a painting somewhere else. I start heading up trying to get a better view. My friends follow and we still don't get close enough to see. Dumbledor then announces "All students are to go to the Great Hall. All staff are to search the grounds."