Mortem . Sirius Black

chapter sixty-six

September 11th - Hogwarts

Three out of the four marauders, Ellie, Tony, alongside Marlene, Lily, and Alice were in the marauder's dorm, thinking about Nephera's situation.

"Wait, you mean to tell me, that Voldemort had some sort of plan for Winchester?" asked Alice, who was absent during the group's trip to Ellie's home in Herne Bay that summer, and so had not been brought up to date

Tony run a hand through his hair, "Yes, during Easter last year, he specifically told his Death Eaters not to kill her,"

"At first, Nephie thought he must've been planning to put her under the imperius curse, so she started having meetings with Dumbledore, learning how to fight it," finished Remus for his boyfriend

Lily sighed and leaned back on the bed, "And you told us she managed to do it?"

James nodded from the spot where he was pacing, "She did, she knew how to resist it expertly,"

"So you don't think it's the curse?" asked Marlene again, "Because so far, that's the only explanation,"

"it could be," huffed Peter, "but- oh Merlin I don't know, Nephera's the one that typically figures these things out,"

Alice stood up, and walked towards one of the desks, pulling out a piece of parchment and a quill, "Alright, so think about it the way she would," she suggested, "And where the hell is Sirius?"

"Whenever we look for him, he's with some girl, we can't exactly interrupt," huffed James, "Something happened in that Ball, I'm sure of it,"

Ellie, who had grown very frustrated by that point, stood up from her spot next to Peter, "Fuck this, where is he?" she spat,

Remus, who was the one with the map, paused for a second, but then thought it best not to aggravate the very angry girl more, so he looked for Sirius's name, "He's on the third floor, with some girl,"

Ellie said nothing else, but grabbed the map and stalked out of the room, muttering something about, "That bitch impregnating half the Hogwarts population while there's something wrong with his friend,"

Everyone else was shocked seeing the normally cheerful Hufflepuff behave that way, but then again, the situation was hardly normal.

"Alright," said Marlene, drawing out the word, "As much as I want to see Ellie shit on Sirius, I think we need to focus,"

"Yeah, she's right," agreed Tony, "So what would Nephera do?"

"She'd start by observing, right? Behaviors, facial expressions, etc?" suggested Remus,

Alice dipped the quill in ink, "Alright, that's a start," she said, writing something on the paper, "So, anything odd lately?"

"Well, obviously when she almost called Ellie a you-know-what," muttered Peter

Tony sat up, "Yes, but she caught herself, she stopped mid-word," he pointed out

"Like she regretted it or something?" asked Lily

The werewolf shook his head, "No, almost like she wanted to say it, but it slipped out accidentally,"

Alice nodded and continued writing as the others talked.

"Oh, and then there was the part where she didn't remember me being made Head Boy," added James

Remus spoke up, "Yes, but then she told us that it was only because she was tired,"

"And since when does Nephera forget anything?"

"Peter's got a point," said Marlene, "Write it down Alice,"