Snake Hunting
Who: Harry, Vera, Remus, Sirius, Lily, Neville, Ginny & NPCs (possible entrance of played-by students or teachers if needed) Where: Hogwarts When: Sunday night What: FIGHTING TEH HUGE SNAKE AND STEALING HIS TEEFS Notes: Refer to this diagram for how this is going to work. Can everyone involved please track the thread so they are notified of any new posts. We'll go in a random order, just whoever is available. If it seems to slow down at any point, do us all a favour and try and move things along a bit. Good luck!
They left Alice and Frank at the end of the path between Hogwarts and Hogsmeade, and cut a wide circle away from the path to the west side of the forest. Once among the thick canopy of trees, Lily and James transformed, their heightened senses ensuring that they would be warned of anyone - or anything - approaching. Harry got a bit of a shock the first time he saw his mother's Animagus form. He had known about it, of course, but to see it happen in front of his eyes was something quite different. The ocelot curled around his knees affectionately and nuzzled his shin before following the large, dark shape of Prongs into the undergrowth.
Harry kept a tight grip on his wand as they traveled, expecting at any moment to see a centaur or giant spider blocking their path. He wondered if Aragog's tribe still lived here - he assumed they would, unless Hagrid had convinced them to move. He wished he knew what had become of Hagrid. He would have been a reassuring presence right now.
He was nervous. Not particularly about getting into the castle, because he was fairly sure he'd be able, with Vera's help, to navigate around the corridors of his own school, especially when it had been done several times by the Outsiders, but about what happened next. Last time he'd fought the Basilisk he had nearly died, and this time there would be no Fawkes to save him. He'd heard that Vera was a good fighter, and he could only hope that she lived up to her reputation.