"You have until midnight."
This is it. They're destined for death if they don't turn him in. But why lose any more? She isn't going to die! She's done nothing wrong. So she does the only logical thing. "But he's right there! Potter's there! Someone grab him!"
And those idiots think she's the enemy. Don't they see? She's saving lives. Potter is marked for death either way, with the Dark Lord after him. And the fewer lives lost the better. Don't they get it?
But no, hundreds of wands still pointed at her, she's escorted out. At least she tried.
AN: I've been wanting to write it for a while, and when the movie included it (by the way, quotes are from the book, not the movie or myself), I had to write it. It's kind of pathetic it took me over twelve hours to put it here, but... I'm going to remind you I have finished two other collections of House drabbles (Wit Beyond Measure and Daring, Nerve, and Chivalry). If you haven't read those, I'd love it if you did. Thanks for reading.