Who: Sarah Fawcett, Remus Lupin, Lee Jordan, George Weasley What: In the aftermath of the Potterwatch Raid, Sarah finds an unusual trio knocking at her back door. When:BACKDATED Late Thursday night/Early Friday morning, March 10-11, 1998 Where: 21 Hawthorn Court, Hogsmeade Rating: PG-13 for mild swearing and goriness (plus possibly George's exposed bum?)
Sarah caught herself as her chin nearly slipped off her hand for the third time. She was curled up in her favorite chair in her cottage's front room, a tiny lamp glowing on a side table as she tried to focus on her potions textbook. She had a practical exam in plant-based poisons and antidotes in two days and with a full shift tomorrow, she'd been trying to get her last bit of cramming in early. But it was growing very late, and for the last half-hour or so, she'd been fighting to stay away. She'd just decided to go and make herself some tea to try and perk herself up when she heard a series of pops outside her cottage.
She tensed, reaching out for her wand where it lay on the table with the lamp, thankful she'd gotten in the habit of raising her wards as soon as she got home each day. She waited, straining to hear more, wondering if it were simply the neighbors returning home late, or whether it was the precursor to something more worrisome. As she waited, growing more nervous and more alert by the minute, an insistent knocking started up on her back door. She leapt to her feet and scurried down the hallway quickly, as the knocking turned into frantic pounding, wondering if Penny had come back. She didn't think Penny would be making so much noise, and she couldn't take any chances so she moved to peer out the small window next to the door, carefully pulling back the curtain so that she couldn't be seen. Her eyes widened when she saw who was standing on her doorstep.