The Cemetery
200 DAYS BEFORE:
JAMES: (stopping the wagon in front of the graveyard entrance, before turning to Remus) “Why this cemetery specifically? I’ve never heard of it.”
REMUS: “Exactly. He will be harder to find here.”
JAMES: (stalling, prying)“Yeah but how do you know about it?”
REMUS: (shrugs) “…someone I knew child was buried here.”
JAMES: (guilty, coughing awkwardly) “Sorry for your loss.”
REMUS: “I didn’t really know them so it’s fine. Besides the dad was a dick to the child and it kinda hard to find the family tolerable”
JAMES: (eyes wide) “Oh!”
PETER: (on guard, whisper-yelling)“Guys as much as I love having conversations, this is NOT the time or the place to be having one!”
SIRIUS: “I second that! What if there’s cameras? Are you sure this is the best option Moony?”
JAMES: (desperate) “Or maybe we should just go to the police! Burying him here will just make us more guilty!”
REMUS: (annoyed) “We already talked about this James. It’s like you said, no one knows that this exists, which also includes the surveillance people.”
SIRIUS: (surprised) “Wait… so there’s no cameras?”
REMUS: (rolls eyes) “Not all cemeteries have cameras, you know, only the really popular ones.”
JAMES: “We’re actually doing this?”
SIRIUS: (shrugs) “We’re already here Prongs, it’s too late to back out now.”
JAMES: (muttering under breath) “What the fuck is my life?”
PETER: “How is this going to work? What are we doing with him?”
REMUS: “Well,” (points to Sirius holding the shovel) “We could hand shovel a grave for him.”
JAMES: (stares at Remus blankly and in horror) “I’m sorry, I don’t think I heard you right?”
SIRIUS: (same exact expression) “Did you just say that we’re going to HAND SHOVEL a grave??”
REMUS: (confused at their looks) “I believe that is what I said?”
JAMES: (gasps) “Are you insane?! No, I should’ve known that by now.”
SIRIUS: “That literally is going to take us HOURS! We can’t just dig up a grave!”
REMUS: (furrowing brows) “Did you guys not put two and two together when we agreed to hide Snape in a fucking cementary? What else are we supposed to do?”
SIRIUS: (shakes head, waving arms around) “Put him in a bag and hide him behind a tree? No one goes here anyway!”
REMUS: (scoffs) “Love, don’t actually tell me you believe that! If we want no one to have even the slightest idea of finding him, we can’t just leave out in the open for anyone to find! Because new flash! This is a cemetery and while not that popular people visit here!”
JAMES: (spiralling, whispering) “Oh my fucking god! This is not happening! This is not my fucking life!”
SIRIUS: “Can’t we find another place?”
REMUS: (frustrated) “Who would suspect to find a dead body in the cemetery? Everyone! And that’s why it’s the perfect place because it would just blend in with every other body in here!”
JAMES: “Oh my god! Oh my fucking god”
SIRIUS: (softer) “Darling, I love you but I’m not going to spending what would the entire night burying a body that—, (pauses, looks to see that hand with shovel is empty, and looks up to find that Peter is already in the cemetery, shovel in hand and is starting digging in empty spot) “What the fuck are you doing Pete?!!”
PETER: (grunts, pauses his dig) “The less time you lunatics spend talking, the more time we will actually have to dig the bloody thing! I’d rather we do it efficiently then do it quickly and get caught early! Besides we have the whole bloody night if you lads would stop complaining!”
REMUS/JAMES/SIRIUS: (stunned at outburst, looking at each other for a moment, before meeting Peter at his spot, wheeling Snape’s body)
PETER: (sighs of relief, continues his digging) “Bloody finally, now I can concentrate.”
REMUS: (looks at other two) “We’ll probably have to make a shift schedule of who’s turn it is to dig.”
SIRIUS: (immediate, clear disdain) “Dibs not going after Pete!”
REMUS: (sighs, turning to James, a little apologetic) “In that case…James? Are you okay with going after Peter?”
JAMES: (fake over the stop smile, absolutely done) “Of course! Why wouldn’t I be? Not like we’re doing anything illegal!”
29 DAYS BEFORE:
FULL TRANSCRIPT FROM NEWS ON MARCH 30th
A STUDENT FROM HOGWARTS ACADEMY REPORTED MISSING, IS NOW FOUND DEAD…
Severus Snape, a 7th year from the great prestigious Hogwarts Academy and has been reported missing by his family and the school for almost a year now has evidence of being buried in the grounds of the Children House Cemetery, a semiprivate cemetery that was built with the fundraising of Children House Hospital. The police had decided to investigate the scene after getting an anonymous call claimed that they have spotted our potential kidnapper, and now murderer, carrying the body from this cemetery to another location. Police are quite certain that the call itself was orchestrated by the killer, which led them to investigate the scene of the crime for evidence.
The crime scene confirmed two things: Severus Snape is officially dead and the killer has more known victims. Inside the empty burial spot where Snape was once hidden was nothing but the heart of Snape that was pulled out of him. The hair in the site confirms the identity of Severus Snape, and the heart confirms the heartening truth that Snape is officially dead. The body, which is the most valuable thing at the moment, has yet to be discovered and the killer has yet to be caught. Police are desperately trying to find the source of the phone call they received but has arrived with no luck.
With even further news, the second thing confirmed on the gravesite has made the police realize that this might not just any killer, this may be a serial killer.
Beside the burial spot of Severus Snape, are three more dug up burial spots with the hair and blood DNA of Remus Lupin, Sirius Black and Peter Pettigrew. All people who have been reported missing for over a month and police have queried on if they were connected to Snape’s disappearance.
The questions on the raise would be if Lily Evans recent disappearance shows a continuation of the pattern, and if James Potter is truly the mastermind of it all.
Police have taken James Potter into custody for questioning.