 Double Agent Stamps!
Terry leaves Zonko's Joke Shop heading back to Hogwarts. She can't believe the portable swamp she had ordered hadn't come yet. It had been six weeks, and the shop clerk said it would take six to eight weeks. She didn't know what she was going to tell Jenn. With the teachers busy preparing the ingredients for the Draught of Ephemera, this was perfect time to lay it out in front of the staff room and see how many teachers they could catch. Oh well, Terry couldn't wait until the Weasley's Wizarding Wonders shop opened up. They would probably carry the swamps in open stock. Since she still had some time on her hands, she decides to check the shrieking shack out. She tries to stop by it at least once every term. Of course she doesn't believe the stories about the place being haunted. As a child she had heard the stories of the exploits of her great, great grandfather, James Potter and his friends, Remus Lupin. Sirius Black, and James Pettigrew. Her great grandmother told her how Remus would sneak into the shack and turn into a werewolf every full moon. How his friends would transform into animals, and together they would roam Hogmeade. Terry wished Jenn and she could also turn into animals. What fun they could have roaming around Hogsmeade after dark.
As she walks towards the shack, she notices a Slytherin student being attacked by a Raven. She watches as the student runs away from the building. Terry hopes she's okay but decides not to follow her. Instead, she walks up to the shack and tries the front door. It seems to be sealed with a sealing charm. Terry proceeds to walk around the shack. She has heard the rumors of a Ravenclaw student who had disappeared recently. She was last seen entering the shrieking shack. Terry had also heard about the flashes of green lights students have claimed to see, too. With all the strange things going on at school, she decided she better check things out. She notices a window that has been broken and repaired rather badly. Terry looks in and sees nothing but an empty room. Of course with the sun shining so brightly, it's hard to see anything clearly. Then she swears she sees a robed figure walking around the room. The robe doesn't have a crest on it, and the individual is too tall to be a student. It must be a vagrant or something. Then the individual comes to the window. Terry still can't see his face, but she can't help but notice his eyes. They are a deep glowing red and seem to penetrate you looking right into your soul. She wants to get out of there as fast as she can, but she can't get her legs to work. Her body seem frozen to the spot. Then the figure disappears, and her body goes limp.
Terry gets out of there as fast as she can still wondering what that was she had seen. She had seen eyes like those only once before when she was three. It couldn't be him. He would never come this close to Hogwarts. It had to be an illusion. The sun was playing tricks with her eyes. As she ran back to Hogwarts, she wondered if she should tell the teachers what she had seen. Then she remembered Professor McAiken. The last thing she wanted was for him to find out she thought she had seen Lord Voldemortist in Hogsmeade. No, she decided to keep this information to herself. At least until after the teachers had finished preparing the ingredients for the Draught of Ephermera.
Last edited by Mrs. Weasley; 11-19-2004 at 05:08 PM.
|