The only things still making noise in the office were the silver
gadgets in the cabinet tinkering away.
" So." he finally said, " I take it that going out of the castle is out of the question."
"Well not necessarily," said Professor Dumbledore, " If you are to be out of the castle, there is going to be someone with you, preferably a teacher." He then turned to look at Sirius. " I hear the school is in need of a new watch dog. Would you mind Sirius?"
" Oh, no of course not, but I have to take care of Buckbeak."
" For heaven sakes," said Snape, turning to Harry, " You got him off as well?" Harry grinned and shrugged his shoulders.
" However Mr. Weasley, if you plan on attending any Hogsmeade trips, I'm sure we'd all feel more comfortable if a teacher accompany you." Harry, Hermione, and Ron all sighed. " Alright," he said rolling his eyes at Harry, "I'm sure whoever it is will love spending time at Zonko's." Snape grimaced, which caused everyone to laugh.
" Well I suggest that you three try and get some sleep. Severus, Sirius? A word tomorrow please." Everyone took that as their cue to leave and before they left through the door, " Remember to be careful you three." Said Dumbledore, they nodded and left.
As they walked the familiar way back up to Gryffindor Tower, Harry, Ron, and Hermione seemed rather taken back at the night's events.
" Ron, I'm really sorry about all this." Harry said with his hands in the pockets of his pajamas.
" Sorry for what?" Ron expected there to be something slimy in the bed when they got back
" You know, it's all my fault that you're now a target as much as I am. I mean, if you weren't my friend, none of this would have happened. You too Hermione, who knows what they have in store for you." He rolled his eyes, looking decidedly more depressed.
" Oh Harry, none of this is your fault, and I know that you know that." Hermione said as they walked through the hole to the common room. He shrugged his shoulders. He rolled his eyes again; Hermione walked over and stood next to him.
" I'm going up to bed." Said Ron, eyeing the two. " I'll see you both tomorrow, 'night."
" Goodnight Ron." Harry and Hermione said together. They turned to look at each other. Harry opened his mouth to say something, but Hermione cut him off.
" Harry, I just, wouldn't be able to stand it, if anything more happened to you. Anything at all, just promise me you wouldn't do anything dangerous if you see him." She went down to sit on the couch. Her legs needed a rest after all the exercise she got tonight.
" You know I don't go looking for these things to happen to me," he said sitting down next to her, " And I'm not nearly worried about myself as I am about you, and Ron" he added quickly. " I can't see why you are so worried. We have practically the entire staff being our babysitters now."
" Last year, you were protected last year too, and look what happened." A tear slid down her cheek. " I can't sleep sometimes because of what had happened, to you." He wiped the tear off of her cheek.
" I, I didn't know that." He said, his hand still on her cheek.
" The teachers have enough trouble dealing with other issues concerning this." Since the Triwizard Tournament, Harry has lost sleep feeling his scar burn. " I don't want to be a burden being Potter's little friend who is worried about him."
" Why didn't you tell me, I could have a friend to spend all those nights in here with." When Harry couldn't sleep, he spent the time in the common room, watching the fire and brooding over what was happening in the outside world. Hermione laid back and put her head in Harry's lap. He started to stroke her hair.
" You do now." Was all she said, and they spent the rest of the night talking about what might come.
" So." he finally said, " I take it that going out of the castle is out of the question."
"Well not necessarily," said Professor Dumbledore, " If you are to be out of the castle, there is going to be someone with you, preferably a teacher." He then turned to look at Sirius. " I hear the school is in need of a new watch dog. Would you mind Sirius?"
" Oh, no of course not, but I have to take care of Buckbeak."
" For heaven sakes," said Snape, turning to Harry, " You got him off as well?" Harry grinned and shrugged his shoulders.
" However Mr. Weasley, if you plan on attending any Hogsmeade trips, I'm sure we'd all feel more comfortable if a teacher accompany you." Harry, Hermione, and Ron all sighed. " Alright," he said rolling his eyes at Harry, "I'm sure whoever it is will love spending time at Zonko's." Snape grimaced, which caused everyone to laugh.
" Well I suggest that you three try and get some sleep. Severus, Sirius? A word tomorrow please." Everyone took that as their cue to leave and before they left through the door, " Remember to be careful you three." Said Dumbledore, they nodded and left.
As they walked the familiar way back up to Gryffindor Tower, Harry, Ron, and Hermione seemed rather taken back at the night's events.
" Ron, I'm really sorry about all this." Harry said with his hands in the pockets of his pajamas.
" Sorry for what?" Ron expected there to be something slimy in the bed when they got back
" You know, it's all my fault that you're now a target as much as I am. I mean, if you weren't my friend, none of this would have happened. You too Hermione, who knows what they have in store for you." He rolled his eyes, looking decidedly more depressed.
" Oh Harry, none of this is your fault, and I know that you know that." Hermione said as they walked through the hole to the common room. He shrugged his shoulders. He rolled his eyes again; Hermione walked over and stood next to him.
" I'm going up to bed." Said Ron, eyeing the two. " I'll see you both tomorrow, 'night."
" Goodnight Ron." Harry and Hermione said together. They turned to look at each other. Harry opened his mouth to say something, but Hermione cut him off.
" Harry, I just, wouldn't be able to stand it, if anything more happened to you. Anything at all, just promise me you wouldn't do anything dangerous if you see him." She went down to sit on the couch. Her legs needed a rest after all the exercise she got tonight.
" You know I don't go looking for these things to happen to me," he said sitting down next to her, " And I'm not nearly worried about myself as I am about you, and Ron" he added quickly. " I can't see why you are so worried. We have practically the entire staff being our babysitters now."
" Last year, you were protected last year too, and look what happened." A tear slid down her cheek. " I can't sleep sometimes because of what had happened, to you." He wiped the tear off of her cheek.
" I, I didn't know that." He said, his hand still on her cheek.
" The teachers have enough trouble dealing with other issues concerning this." Since the Triwizard Tournament, Harry has lost sleep feeling his scar burn. " I don't want to be a burden being Potter's little friend who is worried about him."
" Why didn't you tell me, I could have a friend to spend all those nights in here with." When Harry couldn't sleep, he spent the time in the common room, watching the fire and brooding over what was happening in the outside world. Hermione laid back and put her head in Harry's lap. He started to stroke her hair.
" You do now." Was all she said, and they spent the rest of the night talking about what might come.
