Mistakes: A Seamus Finnigan Fanfic
I was lying on my bed staring at the ceiling, thinking about the past months I have had at Hogwarts. I thought about the fight Harry and I had, I thought about for months Harry, Ron, Neville and Dean always came back to the dorm later on a different night each week. It wasn't until the breakout in Azkaban when I came to my senses and apologised to Harry. I think really all along I knew Voldemort had returned, I didn't want to believe it, my dad was killed by death eaters. When I apologised they asked me to join their group called Dumbledore's Army or the DA for short, Ginny came up with the name. I'm just glad I know what's going on and I want to help. They told me what they were doing for the past year, the spying on Umbridge and the Inquisitorial Squad, they were saying that Umbridge will do practically anything to find out what's going on, and the Inquisitorial Squad will do anything to help her. They said that she would have less nerve to do it in the day than in the night but that is the time when it's most dangerous for the DA. I could hear the breathing of my fellow dorm mates, this calmed my thoughts, I've been to 3 DA meetings now and I have learnt loads. But there was this one moment that happened earlier today and I can't get it out of my mind, it was my fault.
*Flashback*
I was walking the halls with Ginny and Dean (they have seemed to be getting close lately) we were talking about when the next meeting was when Ginny asked to see my coin that all of the members used, as she had hers in her dorm. I got it out and showed her, it looked like we got a message from Harry telling us the next time for the meeting.
"Well it looks like the next meeting is Wednesday 8pm" Ginny told us.
"Well, well, well what are you doing Weasley." Draco Malfoy sneered.
"Nothing, Malfoy!" She replied
She shoved the coin back into my pocket, unfortunately Malfoy saw.
"What do you have there Finnigan?" Malfoy asked
"Nothing" I replied trying to act tough.
Malfoy saw right through my lie, and pinned me up against the wall.
"I'm going to ask you one more time or I will get my wand out" He asked menacingly
At this point Dean and Ginny had their wands out, ready for any trouble. Malfoy seemed to notice he was outnumbered he let me go and turned to leave but not before punching me in the face.
"Don't worry we will find out what you are doing whether we do it the easy way or the hard way" Malfoy said as he walked away.
"Are you okay mate?" Dead asked me
"Yea I'm fine I just think my nose is broken" I responded
"Let's get you to Madam Pomfrey, Dean go and tell Harry, Ron and Hermione about Malfoy, I'll take Seamus to the Hospital wing." Ginny said
"Sure" and with that Dean walked down the hall back to the Gryffindor common room.
"I'm sorry about this" Ginny had told me.
"It's okay I should have been more careful" I said pinching my nose.
We arrived at the Hospital wing and waited 5 minutes then Mrs Pomfrey waved the wand and my nose was fixed, we were making our way back to the common room and went through the portrait, we heard shouting it sounded like Ron and Hermione with Dean.
"Dean all I'm saying is he could've been a bit more careful, I mean, it wasn't like Draco wasn't on to us before, but now he is hot on our trail!" Hermione fought back at Dean
"Yea I agree with Hermione, I mean Umbridge will do anything to try and find out what we are doing and we can't take any risks" Ron agreed
"It's not his fault" Dean argued
Right then Ginny and I walked into the room, me looking a bit more sheepish than usual.
"Hermione give it a rest it was as much of my fault as it was Seamus's!" Ginny added into the argument.
I ignored the voices talking to me and made my way up to my room, laid on my bed and thought of the past events.
*End of Flashback*
It was now Sunday and an instant thought came into my head, I heard that Harry changed the date of the meeting just to be on the safe side and he didn't know when it was, I quietly got out of my bed and went to my jean pocket, I reached my hand into the pocket, but it was empty I must have lost it, I started to panic what will Harry say, I put some day clothes on and headed for the door.
"What are you doing?" My best mate Dean questioned
"I lost my coin I think I dropped it when Malfoy pinned me against the wall, I'm going to find it." I answered back
"Can't you wait till morning?" Dean asked groggily
"No because someone else might find it, I will be right back just go back to sleep"
"Okay" and with that Dean was back into deep slumber.
I grabbed my wand from my side table went downstairs out of the common room careful not to wake the fat lady. I headed to the hallway where we were earlier and started searching the floor; I managed to escape Mrs Norris and Filch prowling the hallways and went back to searching.
"Where is it?" I muttered to myself.
"Are you looking for this Finnigan?"
I knew who it was before I turned around Malfoy! I turned around and stared him straight in the eye he was holding the coin.
"What do you want Malfoy" I asked him
"Just information" he replied
"About what?"
He began to answer but then another voice entered the conversation.
"Well done Draco, you lured one of them out of the safety of their bed, right into our hands."
I was getting a bit worried now, it sounded like Umbridge but I couldn't be sure.
"Well how can we waste this opportunity? Hmm Mr Finnigan, take him!" Umbridge said in a cold voice.
Draco shouted "Stupefy!"
And before I knew it I was lifted off my feet, flying through the air and banging into the wall behind me. I hit the wall hard and slowly fell to the ground.