"Albus, I must see the boy at once," the girl persisted, while sitting
calmly in front of the headmaster.
"Why must you see him? It's been a long time since anyone has heard from you, Audrey," the headmaster said, picking up a pastry, he held the tray up, "Would you like one? I'm sure that you haven't eaten breakfast yet."
"Headmaster, this is no time for pleasantries, I am telling you that I need to see the boy. If I don't someone else will, and I promise you sir that you want me to see him and not another," Audrey said, gripping the armrests of the chair to restrain some of her anger.
"What would you tell him? What everyone here is trying to keep from him? What he doesn't need to know yet? It is not necessary for him to learn all these things yet. He went through a lot last year and what he needs now is comfort from people who love him," Dumbledore said, sighing.
"Albus, I will not tell him a single thing if you let me start school here. You can even put me in first year, I don't care, but I need to be here because I know what is going to happen and I can sense another like me from miles away," Audrey knew she was on the verge of begging, and she never begged, but this was something more important than any pride within her bones.
"Fine, you'll be a sixth year along with Harry and his friends, in Gryffindor. I will introduce you to the school tonight and say that you were late getting here and that we have already sorted you, privately. But Audrey, one mess up and you will not be near him or the others. I will find another to protect him. And you will have to start call me Headmaster or Professor."
"Don't worry Albus, I know what I'm doing. I'll see you at dinner then, *Headmaster*," with that said and done Audrey walked gracefully and proudly out of Dumbledore's office.
"I hope you do, Audrey, I hope you do."
"Harry, guess what I just heard?" came an all to excited voice to Harry's left as he sat eating lunch.
"What did you hear, Ginny?" Harry said, extremely distracted at something across the room that Ginny couldn't see.
"The girl, from last night, is actually a student here. She was just late and will be introduced at dinner. She's even going be in our house," Ginny said.
"That's nice, Gin. What's her name?" Harry said. A small sigh escaped his lips, but the youngest Weasley didn't notice, and if she did she didn't pay attention to it.
"Audrey Kent, or something like that. She's supposed to be in your year Harry. I saw her walking around this morning. And all cleaned up she looked almost human. I mean compared to what she looked like last night. That was absolutely horrible. I mean she didn't even have any robes. And with her pants were covered in blood and holes-" only then did Ginny notice that Harry, with his head propped up on his fist, was fast asleep.
Not sure weather to wake him or not Ginny stayed where she was until Hermione showed up, "He fell asleep while I was talking to him. And I thought he needed it so I didn't wake him back up," Ginny said answering the unasked question Hermione gave her.
"I don't think that he has gotten much sleep lately anyways. From the looks of it, this was much needed. I wonder if Dumbledore knows," Hermione said quietly.
"Probably not, you know how Harry is with keeping his nightmares to himself if it is at all possible. Besides wouldn't Ron know, they share a dor-" Ginny was cut of as Harry fell backwards and pulled his wand out suddenly.
Harry looked around almost as if he was expecting to see the Dark Lord himself in the room. Still sitting on the floor with his wand clutched in his hand you could tell that there was something he was hiding from everyone, weather it be nightmares or something else.
People around Harry looked frightened as he pointed his wand toward each of them. Ginny was frightened even without the wand pointed at her. She had never seen anyone grab a wand so quickly and smoothly and if she hadn't seen it herself Ginny would have thought that Harry already had his wand in his hand.
Hermione started to walk towards Harry, who was looking at another student. Harry must have sensed the movements behind him because within seconds green eyes filled with sadness, pain, wisdom, and so much more were boring into her own. She felt as if Harry could see deep into her soul, and that was something she really didn't want to feel, "Harry," she whispered, talking as if she was talking to a small child, "Harry, put away your wand. We're at Hogwarts, and we're safe."
Harry looked as if he was caught within an internal debate. The side telling him to trust her that she was his friend against the side saying the he was all alone and that she was just being nice so not to make him feel bad. The side telling him to trust her won out and he put away his wand as Hermione walked closer to him and pulled him into a fierce hug.
Draco watched all of this with immersed attention. Never did he think that the 'Golden Boy' of Hogwarts had nightmares that caused him to grab for his wand so quickly. Even Draco didn't grab for him wand that quickly after having a nightmare, "Boy Wonder must have pretty bad nightmares," he murmured to himself absentmindedly.
"What did you say, Draco?" Vince asked him, eyeing Draco's untouched plate of food.
"Just commenting on how the food we are having today is good," Draco said, picking up his fork and stabbing a couple of the green beans.
"Yeah, guess so," Vince said looking back at his own plate and starting to eat.
Greg plopped down next to Draco, "Sorry," he said wheezing slightly, "had a letter to post."
"Nothing has really happened. Potter scared the wits out of about half the Gryffindors at the table. But that's about it," Vince informed him, "It was funny, and at least one first year had to have peed his pants."
Greg laughed, but Draco ignored them and went back to starting across the room. He knew that if he stared that Potter would be forced to look at him, and thus forced to comment at some point in time to what Draco had seen him doing on the Hogwarts Express at the beginning of the year.
Draco wasn't sure if he wanted to know what exactly had caused Potter to do what he did, but curiosity got the best of him in the end. And people were starting to wonder why he and Potter hadn't insulted each other even once since they had gotten back to school. It was starting to worry many of the teachers, Snape included, especially since he had paired them up every day since the start of the term and the two had produced perfect potions every time, and without even arguing or looking at each other.
But Draco knew why they were acting like that. It was because Draco knew something that Harry didn't want anyone to know. It was because Draco held a secret of Harry's deep within the walls of his soul. And Draco's life depended on that secret not getting out.
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"Why must you see him? It's been a long time since anyone has heard from you, Audrey," the headmaster said, picking up a pastry, he held the tray up, "Would you like one? I'm sure that you haven't eaten breakfast yet."
"Headmaster, this is no time for pleasantries, I am telling you that I need to see the boy. If I don't someone else will, and I promise you sir that you want me to see him and not another," Audrey said, gripping the armrests of the chair to restrain some of her anger.
"What would you tell him? What everyone here is trying to keep from him? What he doesn't need to know yet? It is not necessary for him to learn all these things yet. He went through a lot last year and what he needs now is comfort from people who love him," Dumbledore said, sighing.
"Albus, I will not tell him a single thing if you let me start school here. You can even put me in first year, I don't care, but I need to be here because I know what is going to happen and I can sense another like me from miles away," Audrey knew she was on the verge of begging, and she never begged, but this was something more important than any pride within her bones.
"Fine, you'll be a sixth year along with Harry and his friends, in Gryffindor. I will introduce you to the school tonight and say that you were late getting here and that we have already sorted you, privately. But Audrey, one mess up and you will not be near him or the others. I will find another to protect him. And you will have to start call me Headmaster or Professor."
"Don't worry Albus, I know what I'm doing. I'll see you at dinner then, *Headmaster*," with that said and done Audrey walked gracefully and proudly out of Dumbledore's office.
"I hope you do, Audrey, I hope you do."
"Harry, guess what I just heard?" came an all to excited voice to Harry's left as he sat eating lunch.
"What did you hear, Ginny?" Harry said, extremely distracted at something across the room that Ginny couldn't see.
"The girl, from last night, is actually a student here. She was just late and will be introduced at dinner. She's even going be in our house," Ginny said.
"That's nice, Gin. What's her name?" Harry said. A small sigh escaped his lips, but the youngest Weasley didn't notice, and if she did she didn't pay attention to it.
"Audrey Kent, or something like that. She's supposed to be in your year Harry. I saw her walking around this morning. And all cleaned up she looked almost human. I mean compared to what she looked like last night. That was absolutely horrible. I mean she didn't even have any robes. And with her pants were covered in blood and holes-" only then did Ginny notice that Harry, with his head propped up on his fist, was fast asleep.
Not sure weather to wake him or not Ginny stayed where she was until Hermione showed up, "He fell asleep while I was talking to him. And I thought he needed it so I didn't wake him back up," Ginny said answering the unasked question Hermione gave her.
"I don't think that he has gotten much sleep lately anyways. From the looks of it, this was much needed. I wonder if Dumbledore knows," Hermione said quietly.
"Probably not, you know how Harry is with keeping his nightmares to himself if it is at all possible. Besides wouldn't Ron know, they share a dor-" Ginny was cut of as Harry fell backwards and pulled his wand out suddenly.
Harry looked around almost as if he was expecting to see the Dark Lord himself in the room. Still sitting on the floor with his wand clutched in his hand you could tell that there was something he was hiding from everyone, weather it be nightmares or something else.
People around Harry looked frightened as he pointed his wand toward each of them. Ginny was frightened even without the wand pointed at her. She had never seen anyone grab a wand so quickly and smoothly and if she hadn't seen it herself Ginny would have thought that Harry already had his wand in his hand.
Hermione started to walk towards Harry, who was looking at another student. Harry must have sensed the movements behind him because within seconds green eyes filled with sadness, pain, wisdom, and so much more were boring into her own. She felt as if Harry could see deep into her soul, and that was something she really didn't want to feel, "Harry," she whispered, talking as if she was talking to a small child, "Harry, put away your wand. We're at Hogwarts, and we're safe."
Harry looked as if he was caught within an internal debate. The side telling him to trust her that she was his friend against the side saying the he was all alone and that she was just being nice so not to make him feel bad. The side telling him to trust her won out and he put away his wand as Hermione walked closer to him and pulled him into a fierce hug.
Draco watched all of this with immersed attention. Never did he think that the 'Golden Boy' of Hogwarts had nightmares that caused him to grab for his wand so quickly. Even Draco didn't grab for him wand that quickly after having a nightmare, "Boy Wonder must have pretty bad nightmares," he murmured to himself absentmindedly.
"What did you say, Draco?" Vince asked him, eyeing Draco's untouched plate of food.
"Just commenting on how the food we are having today is good," Draco said, picking up his fork and stabbing a couple of the green beans.
"Yeah, guess so," Vince said looking back at his own plate and starting to eat.
Greg plopped down next to Draco, "Sorry," he said wheezing slightly, "had a letter to post."
"Nothing has really happened. Potter scared the wits out of about half the Gryffindors at the table. But that's about it," Vince informed him, "It was funny, and at least one first year had to have peed his pants."
Greg laughed, but Draco ignored them and went back to starting across the room. He knew that if he stared that Potter would be forced to look at him, and thus forced to comment at some point in time to what Draco had seen him doing on the Hogwarts Express at the beginning of the year.
Draco wasn't sure if he wanted to know what exactly had caused Potter to do what he did, but curiosity got the best of him in the end. And people were starting to wonder why he and Potter hadn't insulted each other even once since they had gotten back to school. It was starting to worry many of the teachers, Snape included, especially since he had paired them up every day since the start of the term and the two had produced perfect potions every time, and without even arguing or looking at each other.
But Draco knew why they were acting like that. It was because Draco knew something that Harry didn't want anyone to know. It was because Draco held a secret of Harry's deep within the walls of his soul. And Draco's life depended on that secret not getting out.
The chapters will eventually become longer, and I will keep on writing if you keep on reviewing. Also, should I keep putting the disclaimer up, or should that first one be enough? Anyways, Be kind, Read and Review. Toodles, Me!