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8: The Revelation.
Albus arrived at the library and saw his cousin sitting at a table in the corner by himself. Albus approached his desk and sat down. "Hey David, what's up?" he asked as he put his bag down and sat down.
"I'm alright. I just need to talk to you about some stuff."
"What is it?"
"Well, honestly, I don't have a lot of friends. Alex and Conor are nearly always with Rose and Andrew and Patrick only really talk to me because we sleep in he same dormitory but I'm nearly always by myself. James talks to me sometimes and Rose barely talks to me. Even though Maya started talking to me recently. She just talked to me first because she was wondering if I was James' cousin. Then she started to talk to me more. She was always by herself too, so we started hanging out more. But apart from Maya, I hardly talk o anyone else. Anyway, I was wondering if, maybe, you and me could hang out more?"
"I'd love to, but you should try and make more friends in Gryffindor. I don't think that hanging out with a bunch of Slytherins would help you do that. You do know that there's a huge rivalry between Gryffindor and Slytherin?"
"Yeah, I do."
"Well then, hanging with a bunch of Slytherins will make you an enemy with the Gryffindors."
"Yeah I know. When I was being sorted I wanted to be in Gryffindor because Dad told me that your Dad and James was in Gryffindor and that you'd probably be there too and now I hardly talk to you because you're in Slytherin."
"Yeah, I know but, I am in Slytherin. I'm quite happy being in Slytherin. I have some good friends and I'm enjoying school. I don't think being with a Slytherin would help you in the long run."
"Hey guys, mind if I join?"
Albus turned and saw Maya. Her black hair fell to her shoulders and her gray eyes looked at him. "Yeah, no bother." he replied. She sat down beside David and took out a Potions book and a piece of parchment, along with a quill, from her bag. She flipped her book and stopped at the page they were on in their last class. "Anyway, David, I got to go now. I have to get started on my homework."
"Yeah okay Al, I'll talk to ya again soon."
With this Albus took his leave. He remembered that Duelling club was on a Saturday evening but wondered if it would still be on because of the Quidditch. Instead of going back to the party he decided to go to his fathers office. He walked with his mind wondering about his cousin. Perhaps he could talk to his father about that. He arrived at his father's office and walked in. "No point in knocking, it is my dad" he thought.
Is father was sitting, feet on the desk reading one of what looked liked a stack of sheets on his desk. He looked up.
"Al!" he exclaimed, putting down the parchment he was reading. "Sit down. What's bothering you?"
"How'd you know something is bothering me?"
He chuckled. "Why else would you come? I also have to congratulate you on what was an unbelievable catch today. I can tell you that your brother wasn't happy you beat him. He calmed down and said that was unexpected and a great catch. Anyway, what's up?"
"Well, my first question, is there duelling club tonight?"
"No, it was decided that because of the Quidditch, you would have the night off. What else, if that is your first question?" Harry asked, his smirk turning more serious.
"Well, David was telling me that not a lot of people talk to him. He wanted to hang out more with me but I told him hanging with a bunch of Slytherins wouldn't help him make friends in his own House. What do you think?" he asked finishing everything very quickly.
"Well, I kind of agree with you. Being in Gryffindor, he wouldn't help himself by being with Slytherins. You should do what you think is best." he replied contemplating what he was saying.
"Okay, thanks Dad" Albus replied. "What were you reading?"
"Well, since James is going to be in the tournament, I'm trying to make it as safe as possible. I am also being replaced by your Uncle Percy as judge because I'm James' dad so they thought I would be biased towards James." he replied resuming the position he was in before Albus entered.
"Okay, see you Dad."
"Oh and Al" he called before Albus left "Congratulations!" he said with a wink.
Albus left wondering what he was talking about. He was thinking about this and he went where his feet carried him. He continued walking but his train of thought was interrupted by a voice that he had heard before. He stopped and wondered who it was.
"The nerve of you two to show up here. You're lucky you didn't get caught."
"We needed to talk to you." came a cold drawling voice
Another voice came and it sounded familiar to Albus but he couldn't place it. "We can't keep stringing the others along. We need to find it. We may be able to drop them. We need it though. We can wait until the final event but the others may grow suspicious."
"We will wait until the end. If we need to dispose of others you will do so. It only matters that we get it by the end of the school year, that way, we will have the summer to figure everything out. You can leave now"
Albus heard wood scraping on metal and feet shuffling. He darted around the corner and down the corridor. He didn't look back until he was in the dungeons. He stopped, his heart racing almost ready to break from his chest. His mind was flooded with thoughts as he panted his way back to the Common Room under the lake. He entered and saw Luke and Finn sitting at a table, probably still reliving the Quidditch match. "Hey guys, I need to talk to you. Can we go to the dormitory?"
Finn and Luke looked at one another, confused, and Luke replied unsurely "Yeah, no problem." he continued. "Hon Finn". the two got up and followed Albus to the dormitory. They sat down and Albus told them everything he overheard.
"So, wha' do ya think this person is after?" Luke asked
"I'm not sure, but, they sounded really desperate." Albus replied.
"But it has something to do with the tournament. You said that they're going to try and get it at the final event." Finn added.
"Yeah, I suppose all that we can do is wait. And before you ask, I'm not going to tell my dad, he already has enough with James to worry about."
"We weren't going to ask you to tell your dad." they both said as if the thought had never crossed their minds.
"Thanks for that. I wasn't going to, no matter what you said."
Albus rejoined the party and was sitting alone when Emily approached him. "Hey Al, mid if I sit down?"
"Go ahead." he replied. He quite liked Emily, but he did only talk to her when she was stuck in Potions.
"Great catch today. I didn't know that you were against your brother."
"Well actually, I was against my family. The entire Gryffindor team are my cousins, except for James, you know he's my brother."
"That must have been hard, trying to knock your cousin off the broom."
"Not rally, our family are pretty serious about Quidditch. Once you get on the pitch nobody cares who they're related too. It's a bit crazy." he told her, stifling a chuckle.
"Yeah, my family is like that too. Everyone is obsessed with Quidditch. Once the balls are in play, it's everyone for themselves." she said chuckling slightly too.
"Thank Merlin, we're not the only ones!" he said grinning
"Yeah, I thought that too."
"I got worried that my family was completely bonkers!"
"I thought that too. Maybe we should talk more often Al, you're not just a Potions genius that I can turn too when I get stuck!"
"Thanks for calling me a Potions genius!" he relplied.
"Well you are. But yeah, I'll talk to more often from now on. See ya later. Going back to talk to Chloe. Zoey is with Scorpius and Brian, they always seem to be together. What do you think?"
"Yeah I hardly ever the guys, they're always with her and Jean too."
"Maybe me and Chloe should start hanging out with you, Luke and Finn" she said, walking away before Albus could reply.
