Blackmail
Dorie Kaiba
Harry was sitting in History of Magic amazed again that Binns made the demon wars sound boring, even when several had been summoned incorrectly and had appeared as demon tomatoes. Suddenly, Dean Thomas passed him a note. Although notes in this class were common because Binns never looked up from his lectures, Harry had not been given one for a while. Harry looked a bit surprised but took it. He read it quickly and looked up horrified. He turned to Dean and mouthed "who?" but Dean just shook his head to show that he had no idea. Harry turned around frowning but he didn't see anyone looking at him, so he turned around and waited for class to let out.
After class, he told Hermione and Ron that he would be down for dinner in a little while. He ran up into his dorm and read the note again.
It read:
Harry,
I know what you have been doing after dinner. If you want it to stay a secret you will meet my representative at midnight tonight in the Owlery.
It hadn't been signed. A representative? Why would someone use another person for blackmail Harry thought? And then the answer came to him. The person wanted to remain anonymous. Harry had no choice. He would have to go.
