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A/N: I'm watching 10 Things I Hate About You, so I'm feeling a bit sappy. I hope it doesn't show in my writing. Haha.
.:Chapter 7:.
Vertiaserum , Hogwarts, and Butterbeer.
Mr. Weasley walked through the door, right when we started with dinner, he set it in the middle of the table. No one moved, we all just looked at it. A lump rose in my throat. I needed to know what was going on. I reached for the vial, but Mrs. Weasley got to it before I did.
"Not until after dinner." She said, sitting down. I sat next to her and started eating. Everyone followed my lead. Mrs. Weasley was the last one finished, eating one pea at a time. Finally, she couldn't wait any longer. As she slowly put the last pea into her mouth, Ginny and I reached for the potion at the same time. She let me take it, then I shoved it into the twins faces. Fred took it, putting three drops in his mouth. Then handed it off to George, who took another three drops. Everyone held their breath while we waited for the potion to sink in. "Where were you today while Marie was in the field?" Mrs. Weasley asked.
"In our room." Fred and George answered together. I looked at Mrs. Weasley, who was looking at me, then to the twins, and then to Mr. Weasley. We wanted the same question answered.
"Then who was it?" I asked.
"Dunno." Fred answered. "George?"
"I dunno, either."
"We need to talk to Dumbledore." Mr. Weasley said, turning on his head, and walking into the sitting room. He wrote a letter and attached it to Errol's leg. "And now… We wait." Instead of a return letter, the fire in the fireplace lit up, then turned green. And out came Albus Dumbledore. He looked at me then to the twins.
"What have the three of you gotten yourselves into now?" Mrs. Weasley said, taking Dumbledore's silence as a bad omen. "Albus! What is going on?"
"I don't know, Molly. Who would have a grudge against Marie? She hasn't been here long enough." Dumbledore answered, as he started pacing.
"Me being here hasn't changed anything, so, this is nothing to worry about, right?" I asked, watching Dumbledore pace more.
"Yes, nothing to worry about, but we mustn't talk about this now. We have other problems to worry about." He motioned to the kitchen door. "Come, we must go to Hogwarts. Molly, Arthur, I will bring her back before the World Cup." They nodded, and I followed him out of the door. We walked to the edge of the garden. He offered me his arm, and we side-along Apparated.
I felt the suffocation that Harry had spoken of. It was much worse than he said. We landed in Hogsmead. I followed Dumbledore to Hogwarts grounds. He didn't bother to show me around, he just walked straight to his office.
"I trust you know the castle?" Dumbledore asked. I just nodded. I was too stunned "Nothing will change. Everyone will be fine. Now, tell me. What is going to happen at World Cup? And the Triwizard Tournament?"
"I can't tell you, sir. This will change everything!"
"This could save a life. You know who will die, and who will not. If we know today, then many people could be saved."
"But, sir, you know what will happen if I tell you. The possible death of one person can save a lot more people!" I rambled on about saving more people, though Dumbledore never stopped me. He waited until I took a breath before he said anything.
"Marie, you are wise beyond your years. Just promise, if someone asks to know anything, even the simplest thing, you must not answer. Watch what you drink, and who you talk to. The information in the wrong hands, will change everything. Now, on a much lighter note, I will show you the castle. Or, better yet, I will show you what you already know." He said, his eyes twinkling. He motioned for me to leave his office. We walked down the spiral staircase, and out of the door. We walked around the silent castle. The only people who passed were teachers. As we passed the classrooms, I name the professor and the class.
"This is Defense Against the Dark Arts." I said, when I opened the door.
"Who is the teacher?" Dumbledore said, smiling.
"Harry's first year was Quirrell, then Lockheart, Lupin, then this year, Moody. I know the other three.."
"Miss Klem, you will fit in well at Hogwarts."
"Thank you, Headmaster." When we got through the classrooms and teachers, we went to the Great Hall, the House Hourglasses, then to the Common rooms. I knew where all the common rooms were.
"I think you have proven yourself very well, Miss Klem. Would you like to go back to the Weasley's?"
"Yes, sir. Thank you." We walked back to Hogsmead, and I asked if we could stop and get a Butterbeer. Dumbledore was happy too. "Thank you, sir." I said, sipping mine. Rosemerta came and sat with us.
"This is Marie Klem," Dumbledore said, "She moved to America when she was little, where she attended Gwynn School of Witchcraft."
"What made you move back to England?" Rosemerta asked, as she cleaned the tables around ours.
"I lived in London as a child, and my parents wanted me to come home, to finish school." I said, catching on to my life story.
"Who did you live with in America?" Rosemerta asked.
"My cousin." The conversation ended shortly after that. Dumbledore thought it was safer to go back to the Burrow. When we got back, Dumbledore turned to me.
"Remember, Marie, you need to stay with this story. No one must know about where you really came from." And with that, he Disapperated.
A/N: Thanks again for reading! Hopefully this chapter comes out how it's supposed to. The last one was in italics.
