The next day, Sunny still hadn't recovered from her nightly adventure and was more silent than usual. The Marauders noticed this, but nobody wanted to ask them about it. Instead, the conversation at the breakfast table turned to Quidditch and McGonagall's new hairstyle! "... Maybe she's in love!" James just grinned at the thought! “Yeah, she's got something with Dumbledore!” Sirius advanced the theory. Remus dropped his fork loudly on the plate and protested with his mouth full: "You really divorce the last people! I want to eat here!" On the other hand, Nojiko had no particular appetite, she pushed her piece of cake from one side of the plate to the other and sipped listlessly their coffee. “I have to tell you something!” She burst out
finally out, she just couldn't take it anymore! She kept quiet about Peter, she would rather talk to him about it alone, but she described the last events in detail.

When she finished, there was a moment of incredulous silence. "Are you crazy? Do you know how dangerous that was?" Sirius stared at her, angry and worried at the same time, she sighed. "Yes, I know that. I don't want to hear any lectures, Mum! I would much rather know what you think of it!" Of course she was happy that her boyfriend was worried about her, but now there were more important things. “You are sure that it was the same thing as it was back then?” Remus was skeptical, he didn't want to think about the last full moon anymore and the topic was correspondingly uncomfortable for him. “Yes, absolutely sure.” Now there was silence again, because everyone thought for himself. “We know it wasn't human, but someone must have written you the note!” James got it right, that was Nojiko's main problem too! She firmly believed it wasn't a wizard or any other person, but animals usually didn't write notes!"Hey Evans, did anyone tell you how hot you look in that skirt today?" Lily, who was just walking into the hall, rolled her eyes and mumbled, "That damn idiot!" Then she walked purposefully to the other end of the room big table and James almost fell back from staring at her for so long. “Sounds like the mail is about to arrive!” A few moments after this sentence you could hear the flapping of the wings much louder and shortly afterwards hundreds of owls appeared again with parcels and letters. “How did you know that paw?” James looked at his friend in amazement, who shrugged and grinned cheekily. "Dogs hear better ..." There was next to nothing for the friends, only Remus got his Daily Prophet, which he subscribed to during the holidays.

"Hey, listen to this: Last night a man was inexplicably murdered near the wizarding village of Hogsmeade. This is not the first mysterious death in this area. The wizard's identity is still unclear ..." The friends exchanged anxious glances , that was not normal! “And? Could be a coincidence!” Peter didn't seem to really bother, he continued munching his scrambled eggs happily and smacked his lips noisily. "That could have been my friend, Wormtail! That was definitely no coincidence!" Sirius was more than just angry, Peter never thought about it? Nojiko had turned pale at the article and had pushed her plate far away. “One more question arises: Why Hogsmeade, what's so special here?” Remus was right, why here of all places?
Then a flash of inspiration came to her! Could it be? "Sirius, what if someone is looking for something from the old part of the castle? Remember, Dumbledore says the school was built on old walls back then ..." Paw thought about it and then slowly replied, "Possible! We should James tell. "She nodded slightly, then looked at the boy with the messy hair."Later, when Moony and Wormtail are gone." Krone looked back and forth between the two of them and growled "Can you please stop talking? We also want to know what you have to talk about!" Sirius laughed and raised his eyebrows high. “Is that really what you want, Krone?” He grimaced in disgust. “If you ask like that, probably not!” Everyone laughed and stood up, as the class was about to start and they were already way too late anyway.

In the evening the three of them sat in the common room, Peter was already in bed and Remus was doing his homework. "What if this creature is looking for something that is hidden at Hogwarts? Think about the Hall of Mirrors!" Krone looked at his friends in astonishment and shook his head vigorously. "No, I don't think so! Then this thing would have appeared here long ago!" He slipped into his chair and crossed his arms. "And Monlos? He was a teacher here!" Nojiko was determined to defend her theory, no matter what James thought of it. "That could be a coincidence ..." Of course, he was right, but Sunny didn't believe it. Everything was somehow connected and they just didn't see it - not yet! "The way I see it, we have to find out who the other disappeared people were and what they wanted here!" Sirius, who was sitting next to Nojiko on the couch, cast a suspicious look at McGonagall, who was sitting at the window correcting some work. “Well, let's do it!” It was an adventure and it took a lot to stop James Potter from doing one!

"Hey Lily, you are adorable! Go out with me!" Krone suddenly shouted through the entire common room. It fell silent and all heads turned to Lily Evans, who blushed and stormed towards James. "Take care, Potter! I wouldn't even go out with you if you were the last person on earth! Besides, I now have a boyfriend!" She looked triumphantly at the quieted James. "Really?Who? "Nojiko tried to save the situation." Mark Sean! "She grinned thoughtfully and put her arms on her hips, something she always did when she was angry." The arrogant idiot? What do you want from that? "James was really offended, but he didn't show that, he hoped. Lily gave him one last pitying look and returned to her duties. The volume slowly rose again and everyone went about their original business.

Later, up in the dormitory, Nojiko just came out of the bathroom in pajamas. “You and Mark?” She didn't quite believe Lily and she was right. She blushed and nervously began to play with a strand of hair. "Sirius always does that when he's caught doing something!" Sunny grinned, knowing how upset Evans was by the comparison. "What? I'm not like Black and I'm neither nervous nor did you catch me!" She jumped up and put her hands back on her hips, her green eyes sparkling menacingly. “Then why so angry?” Now she didn't know what to say anymore. "Well, he's not really my boyfriend. He asked me if we would go out and I ..." She paused and looked at the floor. “You said yes?” Nojiko already knew this answer, but she had to ask the question despite everything. "No, I said I'll give it a second ... But I'm not sure yet!" Yes, because you're in love with James! Nojiko would be careful not to say that out loud, but it was the truth. Everyone knew it, everyone from Krone and Lily themselves! Sunny hoped that these two would find each other before she was old and gray ...
The next weekend, Sirius and Nojiko went to the library, a very unusual act that was accompanied by Remus with a questioning look. James, on the other hand, had no time, he still had to write a report on Potions and Remus was once again busy reading the Daily Prophet.He also wanted to stop by Maike later, who had been nothing more than a pile of misery since Stanley's death. "Here it is, all of the Daily Prophet editions for the last what I know how many years!" Sirius raised an eyebrow and sighed. “Get to work, then. When did the first go away?” They searched everything thoroughly for evidence of deaths in Hogsmeade and found a few things. However, nothing helped them, at least not directly. “It's maddening, all these people had nothing to do with Hogwarts!” Nojiko slammed one of the newspapers on the table in annoyance, which caught her reproach from Madam Pince. “Sorry, ma'am!” She looked down and tried to look innocent when she heard the librarian's lecture on how to properly use books.

"It's official, your theory failed!" Sirius said an hour later, folding the last newspaper. “Not only do the wizards have no connection with Hogwarts, they also have none with each other. Maybe it was just a coincidence.” He didn't sound particularly convinced of his statement. Nojiko, on the other hand, knew exactly, they were on the verge of it and they overlooked a crucial detail! Only what? "I'll put them away ..." He got up and let his frustrated girlfriend sit at the table. She was sure that all these people had something in common! Only what? It rumbled and Sirius swore softly to himself. “Are you okay?” She jumped up and walked over to him. He sat on the ground, buried under ancient prophets and grinned in agony. "The wrong drawer ..."

She knelt beside him and shook her head. “When Madam Pince sees that!” He ran his hand through his silky hair and took out his wand. “Wait a minute!” She raised her hand to hold him back. “What?” He looked around anxiously, the librarian could come at any moment and he really wanted to avoid any trouble with the woman. "The newspaper here ... There's something on the obituaries!"She picked up the Daily Prophet lying next to Sirius and began to read. He watched Nojiko's face turn white and her hands began to shake." Hey, what is it? "He was really worried, he had seldom seen Sunny like this. But she didn't hear him anymore, she just kept reading an advertisement! When she was finished, she turned her head and handed him the article.

Piper Cynthia Black, former Hogwarts student and talented Auror, died yesterday at the age of 23 in a battle against an outnumbered Death Eaters. She leaves behind a husband and a few months old daughter. The funeral will take place tomorrow with the family.

Sirius swallowed and put an arm around his girlfriend. “I'm sorry!” He didn't know