The next day, Cortney woke to the sound of Teddy's snore. She slowly sat up and observed everything and everyone. She then quickly, but quietly gathered all her items and head back to the Slytherin common room. She then made her way back into the Great Hall after refreshing. De'lexi joined her.

" Somebody didn't sleep well last night," De'lexi said.

" Nope," Cortney said.

" How come? " De'lexi asked.

" For one, Teddy's snoring, next to that dog we saw yesterday," Cortney replied.

" Don't worry about it Cort, probably just a stray,"  De'lexi huffed. She nodded her head in agreement. They parted when they entered the Great Hall. Cortney decided to go sit with the Gryffindors. Cortney snuck a crushed Acid pop into Lavender Brown's cornflakes.

" Somebody has very dark circles under their eyes," Harry said as Cortney sat between him and Seamus.

" Thanks, Captain Obvious," Cortney sassed. 

" Not only she's tired, but she's grumpy," Neville scowled, Cortney just glared at him. It was mail time, Seamus's owl dropped the Daily Prophet in front of him. Cortney began to drink some water. Seamus opened the front page and once again, Sirius Black was on the front. There was something about the eyes. All of a sudden unknowingly she did a spit take all over Seamus ( mist form ).

~ It can't be !! No Cortney you are just seeing things~ Cortney thought to herself as she continued to stare out the front page.

" Cortney! " Seamus shouted angrily. Some people from other tables looked over to see what was happening. Cortney didn't respond, she was way too deep in thought to even hear him.

" Ow ! " Cortney yelped as Seamus flicked the back of her head.

" You just got water all over me," Seamus growled.

" Sorry," Cortney giggled at the sightly damp Seamus, he just glared at her. Lavender Brown stood up and started screaming. Everyone in the hall looked at her, it was dead silent. She stood up as tears streamed down her face. She stuck out her tongue and there was a hole in the middle of it !! The Slytherins and others burst out laughing. Cortney look over at her dorm-mates, and they all smiled at each other mischievously.  Cortney turned back to Lavender looking innocent. She then ran out crying, followed by Pavarti. Her dorm-mates shrieked with laughter even more at the sight.

" That seems pretty serious," Cortney said with wide eyes.

" Someone probably snuck Acid Pop in her cereal," Ron said, this caused Dean to lean over and observe the cereal bowl.

" That someone is very clever, it's all crushed up," Dean reported.

" That someone is going to be in serious trouble! " Hermione snapped folding her arms.

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Time for Defense Against Dark Arts, Cortney was sitting in the back next to Pansy. They were currently discussing breakfast. They heard the door slam open and windows began to shut. They saw their head of the house strut down the classroom, to the front, making it dark. All the Slytherins in the room smiled at each other as most people tensed up. At the front of the class, Snape pulled out a projector.

" Turn to page 394," Snape instructed as he face the class. He hit the projector and pictures began to flip through the screen. They all lazily opened their books.

" Excuse me, sir, " Harry began. " Where's Professor Lupin? " 

" That's not really your concern, is it Mr. Potter? Your Professor finds himself incapable of teaching at the present time. Turn to page 394," Snape exclaimed clearly annoyed already. Ron was lazily flipping through the pages. Snape waved his wand at his book, it flipped right open to page 394.

" Werewolves! " Ron exclaimed. Snape began walking down the aisles.

" But sir, we've just started redcaps and hinkiepuffs, we're not meant to start these for weeks," said Hermione, she was sitting next to Harry.

" Quiet ! " hissed Snape.

" When did she come in !? Did you see her come in !? " Ron exclaimed to Harry.

" Now, which one of you can tell me the difference between an Animagus and Werewolf? " Snape asked as he began to walk up to the front. Hermione's hand shot up. " No one? How disappointing? " Cortney and Milan looked at each other smiling at the word Animagus.

" Sir, please," Hermione pleaded. " An Animagus is wizard who selects to turn into an animal. A Werewolf has no choice. With each full moon when he transforms, he no longer remember who he is. He'll kill his best friend if he crossed paths. Furthermore, the werewolf only responds to the calling of his own kind". Draco let a howl, the Slytherin let out a short laugh and smiled at each other.

" Thank you, Mr. Malfoy," Snape said Draco, he then turned to Hermione. " That is the second time you've spoken out of term Ms. Granger, are you incapable of restraining yourself, or do you take pride in being a insufferable know-it-all ? Five points from Gryffindor". Hermione's cheeks turned pink in embarrassment.

" He's got a point," Ron whispered to Harry. Professor Snape continued walking and turned to the whole class.

" And on my desk by Monday morning, two rolls of parchment on the werewolf with particular emphasis on recognizing it," ordered Snape, the entire class groaned.

" Sir, it's Quidditch tomorrow," Harry protested. Snape got all up in his face.

" Then I suggest you take extra care, Mr. Potter, loss of limb will not excuse you! " Snape snapped. " Page 394". He then walked away and began to instruct. Cortney was in the middle of taking notes when she notice a paper bird fly from her cousin's desk to Harry. He opened it to find a picture Malfoy drew of Harry getting struck by lightning. 

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Quidditch was the next day; Hufflepuff versus Gryffindor. It was pouring rain, Cortney was in the Slytherin stands wearing a poncho, she was cheering on the Gryffindor. Draco and Pansy stood next to her under an umbrella. His goonies behind him. Teddy stood next to on the other side of Cortney with a poncho. All her hair sticking out was drenched severely. The Seekers went into the clouds.

" Who's Hufflepuff's Seeker? " Cortney asked.

" Cedric Diggory," Marcus Flint answered. Cortney let out a loud gasp.

" What is it, love ?" Teddy asked concerned. She pointed at the falling Harry, everyone gasped.

" Oh my god! " Kierra cried.

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Cortney now stood around a hospital wing with the Gryffindor team, Ron, Hermione, Neville, Dean, and Seamus. Harry was laying on a bed unconscious, arm in a sling.

" He looks bit peaky don't he? " Ron suggested.

" Peaky? What do you expect ? " asked George." He fell over a hundred feet".

" Yeah come on Ron, let's push you off the Astronomy Tower," suggested George.

"Let's see what you look like," said Fred.

" Probably looks better than he normally does, "Harry said sitting up and smiling. A smile appeared on everyone's face.

" How are you feeling ? " Hermione asked.

" Oh brilliant, never better," Harry said sarcastically.

" He's fine," coursed the twins.

" You gave us a downright scare though! " Fred pointed out.

" What happened ? " asked Harry.

" Well, you fell off your broom," responded Ron.

" Really? " Harry said pretending to be surprised. " I meant the match, who won? "

" Um....no one blames you," began Hermione.

" The dementors aren't supposed to come inside school grounds. Dumbledore was furious. And after he saved you, he sent them straight up," Cortney explained.

" There's uh, something else you should know, when you fell off your broom, it sort of blew into the Whomping Willow, and um," Ron rambled as he held up a broken broomstick. Harry groaned and looked at the broom in horror. Madame Pomfrey then made everyone leave, saying Harry needs rest.