The Marauder’s Daughter: chapter 4

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When the morning came, Del and Dragon had already left the dorm, and Lyla was still getting ready. And, of course, I was still getting over the previous night. “Oh, hello sleeping beauty,” she said, and smiled. I returned it tiredly. “Did Dragon and Delly already go down to breakfast?” I asked her. She nodded. “Okay….” I kind of rushed getting ready myself, since when Lyla finished, she was so kind and waited for me to be done. “Sorry,” I said. “Nah, it’s fine, but come on, let’s go!” Lyla exclaimed. I smiled and walked to her side and we went down to the Great Hall, where I saw Hailey, Del, and Dragon, who was being introduced to Haize, by the looks of it. “Race you,” Lyla muttered, grinning at me. “You’re on,” I said back, smiling. We run to the Hufflepuff table, attracting a bit too much attention, but I don’t care, and I don’t think she does either. We slammed into the table with our hands outstretched in front of us. “Beat you!” Lyla exclaimed, and I shook my head and I air quoted. “What the heck happened?” Dragon asked. “She challenged me to a race, though she says she won it. Who did?” I added. Haize shook her head in an I-don’t-know kind of way. “You two tied I guess,” Del reasoned. Lyla and I plopped down on the side of the table we ran to, and put some food on our plates. “Have the owls come—?” I started to ask, hut almost as if on cue, the owls started flying into the hall. The owl I had, Dora, who was a tawny. She flew ion front of me with a small package on her leg. “Merlin, they shouldn’t be tying things to owls’ legs,” Haize muttered when she spotted her. I took the package from her leg, and unfolded it. There was a tiny wrapped-up, thin thing, and a note that fluttered into my lap. I looked at the bottom of the note, and I got a small shock when I saw who it was from. I was expecting Grandma Andromeda, but it was from Teddy’s godfather, Harry. I don’t remember him much, but he used to be this famous kid some years ago. Sarah, I don’t know how to explain what this is , but making sure your friends or anyone else sees this. Especially James, because I may or may not have taken it from him. So, when your father, mine, and two other of their friends were at school, they made this. It’s called a Marauder’s Map. In the package are instructions on how to work it, but don’t use it for anything you shouldn’t. Harry I stared at the package, and gently tore it open. //My dad’s…// I thought sadly. It was only a piece of paper, but there was tiny writing on the inside of the package. I pocketed the paper, told Dragon, Del, Haize, and Lyla I’d be back. “But you didn’t even have breakfast!” Lyla exclaimed. “I’ll live,” I replied dully. I pet Dora, gathered up the papers, and went to the dorm to test it out. “And we have classes!” she added. I facepalmed. “Oh yeah, I forgot about that,” I muttered, sitting back down at the table, and putting the papers in my bag, and food on my plate. I didn’t eat much, just pick at my food, and gazed into space. “Earth to Sarah,” Dragon said, waving a hand in front of my face, and I rolled my eyes jokingly. Soon, the teachers were handing out lesson schedules, and when we had got them, I quickly skimmed over mine. “What do you first?” Del asked me. I glanced at it. “Charms,” I said blankly. “I think we all do,” Haize added. I looked at the others’ schedules. “We do!” Lyla said. “Well, let’s get going!”