Soulless
Chapter 9: Lockdown
By: Celeste Jacobs
Beta: Maria
Rated: M
Disclaimer: Harry Potter does not belong to me.
A/N: It's a short chapter but I rather put out a short chapter that I'm happy with than a long one that is crappy. I'm working on a new story idea but it won't be posted until both of my stories are done. It will be probably..no it will be darker than both of my current stories combined and Harry is going to be quite the little sadist.Harry sat at the Gryffindor table chewing on a toothpick. The Great Hall was in an uproar now that the news of Cho Chang's death had spread throughout Hogwart's. Professors had gone around to their respective dorms to gather up their students. Among the Gryffindors, rumors about how the Slytherins had probably killed Cho were running rampant and the Slytherins, well they looked half awake. Much of the Ravenclaw table were in tears and the Hufflepuffs stared wide eyed into space as though someone had stolen their precious teddy bear.
Harry wanted to roll his eyes at the antics of the Ravenclaws and Hufflepuffs. They didn't give a fuck about Cho Chang. The girl was nothing but a bitch to everyone and used her dead ex as a crutch. She didn't get the Head Girl position because of her brains; she got it out of pity. Harry hated her. She represented who he used to be and he hated the old Harry. He hated the fact that at one point he enjoyed her lips upon his.
Harry held back a sneer.
The bitch deserved to die and he was glad he was the one to put an end to her.
Blaise chuckled to himself, his father would be very proud to know that he had gotten rid of the problem. Chang had come up to him yesterday trying to blackmail him with a false pregnancy. He knew she wasn't pregnant and as far as he knew he couldn't get a girl pregnant. If word leaked out that the he couldn't produce heirs his family name would be in ruins. There was only person that Blaise trusted to keep his dysfunction a secret and he was keeping it that way.
He looked over at Draco and noticed that the boy looked paler than usual. He felt himself pitying his best friend. It was a well known fact in the Deatheater circle that Draco was the Dark Lord's concubine. No one really talked about it and honestly, no one really talked to Draco either. They were too afraid that the Dark Lord would kill them if he suspected that anyone was touching his prized possession. But Blaise wasn't afraid. The Dark Lord could kill you for sneezing the wrong way and he wouldn't let the fear of death keep him away from his best friend.
"Draco, are you okay?" whispered Blaise.
Draco nodded without even looking at him.
"You're not alright Draco. You haven't been alright since this summer and I think---"
Draco's harsh whisper cut him off.
"He can get to me in my dreams now Blaise!"
Nothing more was said between the two.
"How are we going to explain this Albus? Someone has managed to penetrate the wards and has already taken the life of Cho Chang. The parents are going to be in an uproar and the students will think that we can't protect them," said Minerva.
Severus sat in one of the chairs in the corner of the office while Minerva frantically paced in front of the headmaster's desk. The other professors were in the Great Hall looking after the students.
"What if it is You-Know-Who or maybe an accomplice?"
Minerva paused for a moment before adding slyly, "I wouldn't be surprised if it was one of those Slytherins."
"How dare you!" roared Snape as he jumped out of his chair with such force that it fell to the floor.
"You are an example of the prejudices that continue to harm my House to this very day," he fumed.
Minvera glared at him.
"Your Slytherins are cowardly, deceitful, and disloyal," she retorted.
Snape allowed a smirk to form on his face after the comment.
"Is that so Minerva? But I do seem to remember a time when your precious Gryffindors turned on Mr. Potter after the death of Cedric Diggory. If memory serves me right, it was them being cowardly, deceitful, and disloyal."
"That was a mistake," Minerva replied cooly.
Severus could hear the uncertainty in her voice, however.
"Your "loyal" Gryffindors turned on him like a pack of hyenas. They attacked him at his lowest moment and yet you sit here and defend them. You're pathetic Minvera, pathetic and sad.
Albus watched the two volley insults back and forth; in his mind he was wondering how he was going to explain Cho's death to the student body.
"We'll do a school lockdown," said Albus suddenly.
"A what!" shrieked Minerva.
"A school lockdown! Are you insane? There is a killer somewhere in Hogwarts and you're just going to lock us all in here! If you are worried about what the parents will say now think about how they are going to react when you announce that little idea," interjected Severus.
"I know what is best for the students. Their parents will understand" said Albus as he rose from his seat.
"I think you ought to rethink this Albus. You never know what might happen with those Slytherins on the loose."
Suddenly a loud crack reverberated around the room. Minerva stared at Severus in shock with her hand pressed to her left cheek. Albus merely looked at her before walking out of the room to make his announcement.
"The next time you say something bad about my students you will be dealing with more than a slap," sneered Severus before exiting the room as well.
Standing alone in Albus's empty office, Minerva finally let a single tear fall.
