"GIVE HER HELL FROM US, PEEVES!" the Weasley twins shouted as they flew away from Hogwarts. Lauren stood in the courtyard, cheering with the rest of the students. Next to her, Harry fell silent. Lauren turned to him as the grin faded from his face and he sank to the ground. 

"Harry," she whispered. She crouched down next to him as his eyes widened in fear. Lauren could tell that it was Voldemort. He was making Harry see something. Something bad. Finally he spoke. One word. One word that drained the blood from Lauren's face and caused her heart to stop. One word that frightened her, the first thing she'd ever been truly scared of. 

"Sirius." Harry whispered.

Later.....

"You must be joking." Hermione insisted. She was on the stairs with Ron, Ginny, Luna, Neville, Lauren and Harry. Harry wanted to go rescue Sirius. 

"Joking?" Harry said, "Hermione, he's the only family I've got left." Lauren looked at him. 

"That's not true."she told him. But she could see it in his eyes. He was scared. He loved Sirius and he couldn't lose him. Lauren knew that feeling. But her instincts told her something was wrong about this. And as much as her heart, her brain, every bone in her body, screamed to go save him; she had to trust her instincts. Because they were always right. 

"I think Lauren should have the final say here,"Ron suggested. "She knows Sirius better than any of us." Harry turned to her. 

"You'll help me save him, right?" he asked. Lauren groaned. 

"I don't know what to do,"she pleaded. "My heart says to save him but my instincts say it's a trap; I'm a little at war with myself." Harry stared at her. 

"Well, I'm going to save him." he said confidently. Lauren looked up at him. 

"Alright," she sighed. "I'm in." He glanced at her, a confused look on his face. 

"Why?" he questioned. Lauren looked at him. 

"If you're going to do something, you usually end up in mortal peril, so I'm just coming along to make sure that neither you nor Sirius dies." she stated. 

"Oh," Harry replied. "So, anyone else coming?"

The Department Of Mysteries.....

Harry, Lauren, Ron, Hermione, Neville, Ginny, and Luna tightened their circle. The Death Eaters had surrounded them and Lucius Malfoy was trying to persuade Harry to hand over the prophecy. Then, a familiar laugh came from behind Lucius, and Bellatrix Lestrange appeared. Next to Lauren, Neville stiffened. 

"Bellatrix Lestrange." he said. She laughed. 

"Neville Longbottom, is it? How's mom and dad?"she cackled. 

"Better now that they're about to be avenged."Neville replied, holding up his wand. Lauren shot out a hand and stopped him. 

"Don't," she whispered. Bellatrix's eyes widened and her evil grin grew. 

"Well, well, well, if it isn't my dear cousin's little brat."she said. "I look forward to seeing him cry over your dead corpse." All seven of them turned their wands on Bellatrix. 

"I think you'll find that will be easier said than done." Hermione offered. Bellatrix laughed again. 

"Now!"Harry shouted suddenly, and they yelled "Stupefy!" at the Death Eaters before sprinting down the rows of prophecies. They ran until the Death Eaters caught up. Then Ginny yelled 

"Reducto"and the whole room started to collapse. They sprinted through the door and fell.

They hit the ground with a thud. Harry stood up and saw an archway in the middle of the room, on a platform. Voices were coming from the arch, but he didn't know what they were saying. He looked up and told the others to get behind him. Then, the Death Eaters attacked. They were thrown to the ground and Harry's friends were grabbed, so when he stood up, they all had a Death Eater with a wand pointed at their throats. 

"One last chance,"Lucius told him. "Give me the prophecy, or watch your friends die." Harry spun around, looking at his friends. Lauren growled at the Death Eater holding her and slowly reached for her knife. But before she could unsheathe it, a flash came from the room, and Sirius swaggered up to Lucius. 

"Get away from my godson."he ordered. And he punched him in the face. 

More flashes came as the order arrived. Lauren broke free from the Death Eater and ran towards the fighting. Tonks had grabbed the others and had put them out of the way. She ran towards Lauren, yelling at her to take cover, but Lauren wouldn't listen. Lauren started to fight a Death Eater instead. They fought for a few minutes before he disarmed Lauren. She watched as her wand jerked out of her hand and onto the floor. She turned back to the Death Eater and shrugged. Then she pulled out her knife and attacked. The Death Eater's eyes widened as he was unprepared for a fight like this, but then he was blasted backwards and Lauren turned to see Mad-eye Moody standing behind her. 

"I think you dropped something," he said, holding out her wand. She smiled, took it, and re-sheathed the knife.

Lauren ran over to Remus and helped him fight. 

"Lauren!"he yelled. "Go back with the others!" Lauren shook her head. 

"And let you have all the fun? Never." she said sarcastically. 

"Lauren,  you are going to get yourself killed. You're only a third year! You don't know enough to fight Death Eaters." Lauren stopped, her eyes flaming. She growled and held up her wand. 

"I'll have you know," she began, shoving Remus out of the way. "that I was trained," she continued, shooting a spell that froze the Death Eater like an ice sculpture. "in Dumbledore's Army." she said, shooting another spell, one that blew up the frozen Death Eater into pieces. She turned to Remus. "So I would appreciate it if you didn't underestimate my abilities."she finished. Remus stared at her and nodded.

Suddenly, there was a twist in Lauren's stomach and she whirled around. Sirius and Harry were fighting and Bellatrix was standing right above them. Lauren could see the curse that she was about to use. It wouldn't end well. She had to do something. 

"Stupefy!" Lauren yelled. Bellatrix, caught completely off guard, was launched at the wall. She got up and shook herself off, her gaze landing on Lauren. Uh-oh, Lauren thought as Bellatrix came towards her. Bellatrix threw her against the wall as Sirius and the rest of the order realized what was happening. 

"Crucio." Bellatrix whispered. And Lauren screamed. She was released and she fell to the floor. Sirius and Remus bolted over, Mad-eye and Tonks on their heels. Bellatrix slipped away out of the room, and no one saw Harry follow her. Lauren screamed again and Sirius grabbed her. 

"Lauren, Lauren, it's okay! it's-" Sirius stammered. He felt more awful than he had in his entire life. James and Lily's deaths, Anna's death, Peter's betrayal, nothing, Nothing, compared to hearing her scream and knowing there was nothing he could do to make it stop. Remus had gone pale and was hyperventilating. They wanted to scream, to yell to the heavens how sorry they were, just to make it stop. Mad-eye was shaking slightly and Tonks was frozen. Hermione, Ginny, and Ron, having heard this sound before, clamped their hands over their ears to block the sound. Luna was crying. Neville stood frozen in utter shock. This is what his parents had gone through and now here he was, watching his friend go through the same thing. Finally Lauren stopped screaming. She was shaking as she sobbed into Sirius's chest. 

"I'm sorry," he whispered, tears running down his face. "I'm so sorry." Lauren shook her head. 

"Don't be sorry," she pleaded. "I'm just glad you're alright." Sirius blinked in surprise. He could only imagine what she'd seen. He'd thought that he'd seen some bad things, but he'd forgotten that Lauren had seen Anna's death, her brutal death that he only saw the end of, and that she was unfortunate enough to remember.

2 days later....

Lauren walked into the Gryffindor common room. After their little "rescue operation", the seven kids were back at school, and so was Dumbledore. Umbridge was gone too, and Sirius said that his only regret was that he never got to punch her in the face. Colin nearly knocked Lauren over as he ran to her. He hugged her and whispered, 

"I know what happened in the Ministry." Lauren looked at him as he inspected her. 

"Are you alright?"he asked. She smiled. 

"Of course I am."she replied. He sighed with relief and grinned. He looked around, to make sure no one was watching, and he kissed her. Just as Harry, Neville, and Ron walked into the room. 

"Hey!" they all shouted simultaneously. Colin's eyes widened and his face went red, but Lauren only laughed. Ron and Harry growled as Colin smiled sheepishly.