A Sinister Message

 

Rating: PG
Genre: Mystery/ suspense
Setting: Hogwarts/Hogsmeade
Main Characters: Harry, Hermione, Ron.

Note from the Authoress: This is my first ever fic! For the purposes of it Sirius is alive again! Sorry the chapters are so short, I originally wrote it for a website.

 

Part 3

Wherever Harry went over the next few weeks, the message was there, always the same words, and no clues to who wrote them. And the strange thing was that it was always in places where no-one could possibly guess if Harry would go there or not, and any student could find it.

It was never inscribed on his desk, or anything, but always on doors he was going through, or if he leaned against a wall, it was directly opposite him. Ron was beginning to get scared, they hadn't taken it seriously at first, it was probably just some kid playing a joke, but, now, the message was appearing every hour more or less. The words haunted Harry, he started having bad dreams, always with the words "watch your back, Potter" and then things like severed hands grabbing him round the neck.

And the worst thing, for some reason, was Malfoy didn’t seem to know anything about it. He told this to Ron, who answered:
"Harry, that’s a good thing, can you imagine how much hell Malfoy'd give us if he knew?"
"Yeah" Harry replied "but, think about it, if he knew, I'd know it was something to do with Voldemort, but he doesn’t know anything, so how can it be? And don’t say maybe he's keeping quiet about it, because Malfoy'd love any chance to annoy me, by hinting what he knows!"

Hermione had been listening, and now spoke "Harry’s got a point Ron, we all know what Malfoy's like, and he wouldn't keep quiet about this. We're dealing with something other than Voldemort here, we must be"

Ron went pale "you gotta tell Dumbledore! Like, NOW! Someone’s out to get you, and we don’t know who! This can't be good!"

Harry thought about this for a minute, it seemed logical, tell Dumbledore. But then some fire awoke in Harry. Why should he tell Dumbledore? It's not like he can't handle himself!

"No" he said flatly. " I'm not gonna run to Dumbledore"

"Harry!" Moaned Ron

"NO! He doesn't need to be bothered by this!" Harry realised he was shouting "anyway," he added, calming down a bit " he'll just tell me to be careful, and I don’t want to be watched for the rest of the year"

Harry turned and walked towards the common room, but as he looked down at a vanishing step, he nearly fell back in shock, for there, on the step below, were the words.

I know where you are, Potter. Watch your back...

 

END OF PART 3