It was a Surprisingly Merry Party....

... that was gathered that evening in the large basement kitchen of the old Black mansion. Perhaps it was because it had never had the pretensions of grandeur that the upstairs had, perhaps because it had been more lived in more recently than the rest, but that room seemed a far more human place than the rest of the house. The worn stone flagging and plain wood furnishings were far preferable to the mouldering tapestries and dusty carpets above. And this evening at least the kitchen rang with laughter. Fred and George Weasley seemed to carry a party about with them and would have been heartily welcomed by the three younger teens even if they had not been the bearers of excellent tidings. The knowledge of who had the locket had thrown the trio into a kind of elation. Even Creature was decidedly perky, with a sort of grim cheeriness. I think that he was as pleased as Harry was about this development. Harry may have been thinking about saving the Wizarding World, and Creature only about finishing the work of Master Regulus, but they seemed quite equal in enthusiasm. ....Keep Reading

An illustration for The Potterlock novel Sherlock Holmes and the Adventure of the Seventh Safeguard which tells an alternate version of the seventh year - where the Baker Street duo team up with the Hogwarts Trio (and sometimes the twins).  This image goes with Chapter 6, Embarkation.

Photo Edit and touch up painting done in GIMP and Picasa. 
The Characters were taken from various screenshots from the Warner Bro's Harry Potter Movie series and The BBC Sherlock TV series.