After your little terrifying meet and greet with Sirius Black you'd listened to his tell and a few side stories of his youth with the school before heading to the infirmary for the dreaded Pepperup Potion and maybe something for a growing stress headache. Waiting to take the medicine until after you got to your dorm, you downed the nasty liquid and then laid down to take a nap to avoid the side-effect.

Sleeping full burrito style with Triton near your head you groaned when two people suddenly jumped and laid on top of you. "We're back! Hey look little wisps of steam really are coming out of her ears!" Susan said moving your hair out of the way. "Shove off, so I can get up." You grunted trying to fight your way out of the tightly wrapped blankets around you. As your housemates got up off of your bed with smiles and giggles.

Getting up you straighten your clothes as both girls moved you drag you out of your dorm room. "Whoa, hey where are we going?" You asked as your housemates turned to you and said "The Great Hall." together. Following behind your friends you looked around the dining hall that was buzzing with tales of Hogsmeade, as students swapped stories, sampled sweets, and sent soap bubbles of all shapes, sizes and colors into the air.

Looking over to the Gryffindor table you smiled at Neville's marionette who was attached to his fingers by silver magic threads when Seamus quickly waved his hand through them making the harlequin looking puppet crumple to the table top. Turning back you waved to Justin and Cedric. "(First/Name) you feeling better?" Cedric asked getting you to nod and sit down across from him with Harry, Hermione, and Ron at your back.

"It's a shame you missed out on going to Hogsmeade this time (First/Name). It was loads of fun!" Justin said turning to rummage around in his pocket before pulling out an ink well. "Here I thought you'd like this. You said your little brother likes reading your diary right? Its enchanted ink! So you can write to yourself and be the only one to see it, or write to someone else and only have them be able to read it!" Justin said making a wide grin cross your face. "Seriously?! Cool, thanks Justin. This is amazing!"

You said getting a hiss from Susan "Justin! I thought we agreed on getting her candy from Honeydukes!" She complained getting you to giggle and lean back to rest on the Gryffindor bench to listen to what Hermione was fawning over. "-nd the post office! It's about 200 owls, all sitting on color coded shelves, depending on how fast you want your letter to go!" She said as Ron pitched in excitedly. "And Honeydukes is brilliant! Sugar Quills, Flaming Whizbees and blood-flavored lollipops for Halloween!"

He said making Harry nod and pick quietly through the spray of brilliantly colored sweets on the table. Glancing at Hermione with a frown she subtly nodded at you before turning back to Harry. "But, I mean, after a while, it got a bit boring. Don't you think, Ron?" She asked nudging Ron in the side as he blinked and looked between everybody. "Huh? Oh. Yeah. Dead depressing. Hang on. I almost forgot. I got you something wicked at Dervish and Banges. It's a Pocket Sneakoscope."

Ron said placing a small glass spinning top on the table. Pushing up a bit to get a better look you turned your eyes back to Ron as he spoke. "If there's someone untrustworthy around, it's meant to light up and spin. Mind you, Fred and George say it's rubbish, sold for wizard tourists, but I thought, you know, it can't hurt, given that..." He said going quiet towards the end getting Harry to say "Sirius Black's trying to kill me." to finish Ron's sentences.

Looking down to the right you bit your tongue "Oh damn, how am I supposed to tell Harry that Sirius Black it's trying to kill him and that he's his godfather?"  You thought when you heard Harry speaking. "I'm glad you had a good time. Really. And thanks for this. Rubbish or not, you're right. It can't hurt." He said picking up the Sneakoscope before popping a pepper imp into his mouth. Getting Ron to jump and raise his hand. "Oh, careful of those, they'll make your- To late." He said when smoke started to come from Harry's ears and nose.

Giggling you sat back up to your houses table as Susan's and Justin's quarreling started to die down. "Hey if you guys want to see what I had to deal with while you were gone look at Harry." You said loud enough for Harry to hear while pointing over your shoulder to the still smoking eared boy getting your housemates to laugh, and Harry to turn and playfully shove you for you dry humor as a large puff of smoke came from his nose.

Walking with Harry, Ron, and Hermione up towards their common room you were talking with Hermione as the four of you climbed up the stairs where a crowd was gathering on the Seventh Floor landing. Raising a brow as you went onto your tiptoes to try and see over everyone's head you turned to Ron as he leaned out and crossed his arms. "What's the hold-up? Only Neville ever forgets the password."

He said when Percy pushed past making you collide with the banister painfully. Shooting a frown his way as he loudly ordered. "Let me through, please. Excuse me, thank you, I'm Head Boy..." Before suddenly stopping to turn to the crowd. "Back! All of you! No one is to enter this dormitory until it has been fully searched!" He yelled making you blink and look between Harry, Ron, and Hermione who exchanged dark glances with each other.

When you saw Ginny push through the crowd to your group, her face ashen as she turned to her brother. "The Fat Lady... she's gone." She said worriedly as Ron waved his hand. "Probably stuffing her face with the apples in that still life on the second floor again." He said making Ginny frantically shake her head "No. You don't understand!" She started when you and Hermione got a chance to see past the crowd to see that The Fat Lady's portrait has been slashed viciously, great long strips of canvas hanging from the frame.

Gasping you covered your mouth when Dumbledore appeared behind you trying to make his way through the crowd. "Mr. Filch. Round up the ghosts. Tell them to search every painting." Dumbledore ordered turning to the caretaker who was following him when there was a scream from two floors up. Moving to the side with the other students you looked up at the paintings who were whispering fearfully. "There'll be no need for ghosts, Professor."

Filch said extending a crooked finger up, near the ceiling, he easily pointed out the Fat Lady cowering in a portrait not her own, trembling with fright. Moving to bolt up the stairs with everyone you snickered as Percy was shoved out of people's way and into the wall, complaining that he was head boy. Getting up to where The Fat Lady hid you moved out of Dumbledore's way. "Dear lady. Who did this to you?" He asked getting the cloven wears woman to peek out from her hiding place.

"Eyes like the devil he's got. And a soul as dark as his name. It was him, Headmaster. The one they talk about. He's here. Somewhere in the castle. Sirius Black!" She cried getting everyone to panic. Covering your mouth "No! Black why?! Now it's going to be impossible to get you to properly meet Harry!" You thought tuning to the green eyed boy with wide eyes when Dumbledore's voice cut through everyone's panic. "Secure the castle, Mr. Filch. The rest of you to the Great Hall." He ordered lightly forcing students down the stairs.