Harry Potter: Raised By Roses

Chapter Forty-Nine: Protective Siblings

"Harry, have you seen Krinos lately," Melody asked her brother.

Harry looked up from the book that he was reading. They were in the library when Krinos had left to check on their familiars. They already had quite an exhausting day and they needed some time to relax. And since they could hardly ever have peace at Hogwarts, they had to take any chance they could get to relax.

"No, I haven't," Harry admitted. "You would think that he would have been back by now. He was only checking on Selene, Wolf, and Frost."

"I know this might be paranoia talking or sister gone insane, but I feel like something is off," Melody said.

"Then something most likely is," Harry put his book down. "We're mystic souls, Melody. We need to trust our instincts."

"Do you sense anything with Frost and the others," Melody asked.

"Now that you mention it, there have been feelings of protectiveness and anger somewhere on the grounds," Harry said. "But with so many pets, owls, and animals around, it's hard to tell where they were coming from."

Melody had to think for a second, starting to pace in front of the table they had been sitting at. Then a lightbulb went off over her head.

"The map," she said.

"What map," Harry 'duh'ed.

"The one Fred and George gave you for your birthday," Melody clarified. "The one that tells you where everyone on Hogwarts ground is."

"Oh, the Marauders Map," Harry nodded.

"Do you still have it," Melody asked.

"I never go anywhere without it," Harry pulled out the parchment from his pocket. "I thought that it would be useful if there was another Sirius Black sighting at Hogwarts."

"Well, I think that now is a pretty good time to use it," Melody sat down next to her brother.

"I solemnly swear that I am up to no good," Harry said the map's password.

The Hogwarts map formed onto the parchment. Since it was Saturday, there were students and teachers all over the castle and grounds. They saw Cedric had gone back to the Hufflepuff common room while the Weasley brothers were in the Owlery, probably sending Charlie and owl about what they had just discovered about him. Luna was at Hagrid's cottage, most likely discussing creatures with the gentle giant. She was a second year, so it was obvious that Care of Magical Creatures would be on her class schedule next year.

"Do you see Krinos anywhere," Melody scanned the map with her eyes.

"Not yet," Harry said. "Leave it to whoever the Marauders were to create a magical map of one of the biggest places in magical Britain."

"This is an amazing piece of magic, though," Melody says. "Hogwarts is said to be spelled completely unplottable. That there is no way to plot it's location. Yet this map ignores that and allows the user to see every part of the castle and grounds. Right up to the border of the lake and forest."

"The Marauders may have been pranksters, but they also seem to have also been very smart," Harry said. "I wonder what their real names were."

"I wonder why they chose Moony, Padfoot, Wormtail, and Prongs as their nicknames," Melody says. "Not the most normal of nicknames even for the magical world."

"Probably some type of inside joke between the four of them," Harry said.

They scanned over the map some more. When they looked over near the tree at the edge of the grounds, the Whomping Willow, they saw something.