The four of them, Harry, Ron, Hermione and Lucy, try to return to the castle without being seen. They visited Hagrid. They wanted to be there for him with the execution of Buckbeak tonight.
'Scabbers stay still. It's me. Ah.'
'Ron, what happened.' Hermione asks.
'Scabbers bit me, and he is gone.' Ron says.
'No, I have him.' Lucy says. A descending axe is heard, and they know Buckbeak is dead. Lucy hands Ron his rat. Harry tries to cover them in the invisibility cloak, and they get hit by something.
Lucy falls, and Harry stops her from hitting the ground. It's a black dog, a grim. And he has Ron. He holds onto his leg with his teeth.
'Ron!' Hermione screams.
He drags Ron with him. 'Help me!' He shouts. He holds onto his rat.
They see that the dog takes Ron to the whomping willow. Lucy screams. Ron gets dragged under the tree, and Harry looks at the two girls: 'Please say that one of you has a plan.'
Harry tries to get closer, but the willow attacks them with his 'arms'. Hermione tries to help him get closer. Even a little closer would help.
Lucy looks around and sees her cat 'Mina! Mina, what are you doing here? And Crookshanks?' Harry and Hermione see the cats as well. They stare at them. Lucy warns the cats: 'Don't go near that three!'
Mina stops to look at Lucy, but Crookshanks gets Mina's attention again and goes straight to the entrance by the willow. He stands on something, and the branches stop moving.
'Smart Crookshanks.' Hermione says, petting her cat. Harry follows Hermione and looks at the entrance: 'I just remember where this leads.'
'And that's not good?' Lucy asks, holding Mina close.
'Not really.' Harry takes another step: 'The shrieking shack.' He sees and goes into the tunnel.
'It's not really haunted, is it?' Lucy asks Hermione.
'I don't think so. Most of the time, they are just myths.' Hermione answers before following Harry.
Lucy swallows and rapidly makes up her time, trailing her friends.
'It's not a dog Harry, it's a trap.' Ron shouts.
Harry walks in, followed by Hermione and Lucy. It's Sirius Black.
Lucy stares at him. Harry doesn't know what to say.
'I knew you wouldn't get a teacher. You would come and help your friend.' Sirius says.
'If you want to kill Harry, you must go through us.' Ron says. Lucy goes to stand next to Harry.
'There will only be one murder tonight.' Sirius says.
'You're right.' Harry says and attacks Sirius.
'Harry, stop.' Lucy yells.
'He killed my parents.' Harry shouts.
'If you knew what happened.' Sirius says.
'I know you betrayed them. You told Voldemort where my parents were hiding.' Harry says. He holds his hand up.
'Expelliarmus!' Lucy hears. Harry's wand flies away, and Sirius stands up. Lucy turns around and sees Lupin.
'You're helping him.' Hermione screams in disbelief: 'I trusted you.'
'I haven't been helping him.' Lupin says: 'It wasn't until Harry gave me this map. It showed me someone I believed to be dead for a long time.'
'Peter Pettigrew! And now I want to commit the murder I was sent to Azkaban for.' Sirius says.
'You lost your mind.' Lucy says: 'Pettigrew is dead.'
'That's what he wants you to believe, but he is here in this room.' Sirius says.
'He is right. Sirius didn't kill all those people years ago. It was Peter, and he lived as a rat ever since.' Lupin says: 'You need to explain it to them. They have the right to know, especially Harry.'
'Ok.' Sirius says: 'You can tell them.'
Lupin nods and tells them what happened. He reveals he is a werewolf.
'I knew.' Hermione tells him: 'Lucy told me to keep it a secret, and we did. We trusted you.'
'You are two of the smartest witches of the school.' Lupin says: 'You know this three wasn't planted by accident when I came to start school here. It was planted to keep me hidden through the transformation and make it safe for the other students.' He explains how his friends became animagi to help Lupin through his transformations as a werewolf. 'I thought I knew what happened years ago.' Lupin ends: 'But Sirius wasn't the secret keeper for your parents.'
'That was Pettigrew.' Sirius states.
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Lucy Jones 3: Blackbird
ФанфикHer third year in Hogwarts, Lucy wants to go back. It's summer now and she had to stay with her potion professor, Snape. She doesn't understand why it was him, but it's not as bad as she suspected. What will happen this year. After the philosopher s...
