Chapter 11: Snape's grudge.

Chelbell2016:


Selena's POV:

No one in Gryffindor Tower slept that night.

They knew that the castle was being searched again, and the whole House stayed awake in the common room, waiting to hear whether Black had been caught. Professor McGonagall came back at dawn, to tell them that he had again escaped.

Professor Mcgonagall had dragged Harry off for an ear bashing. But it did not matter.

It did not matter that I had helped win yesterday. It did not help that I was also the granddaughter of Albus Dumbledore.

I am still the murderer's daughter. And for this reason... no one wanted to speak to me.

Throughout the day, everywhere they went they saw signs of tighter security; Professor Flitwick could be seen teaching the front doors to recognize a large picture of Sirius Black; Filch was suddenly bustling up and down the corridors, boarding up everything from tiny cracks in the walls to mouse holes. Sir Cadogan had been fired.

His portrait had been taken back to its lonely landing on the seventh floor, and the Fat Lady was back. She had been expertly restored, but was still extremely nervous, and had agreed to return to her job only on condition that she was given extra protection. A bunch of surly security trolls had been hired to guard her. They paced the corridor in a menacing group, talking in grunts and comparing the size of their clubs.

I couldn't help noticing that the statue of the one-eyed witch on the third floor remained unguarded and unblocked. It seemed that Fred and George had been right in thinking that they - and now Harry, Ron, Hermione and I - were the only ones who knew about the hidden passageway within it.

Ron had become an instant celebrity. For the first time in his life, people were paying more attention to him than to Harry, and it was clear that Ron was rather enjoying the experience. Though still severely shaken by the night's events, he was happy to tell anyone who asked what had happened, with a wealth of detail.

"... I was asleep, and I heard this ripping noise, and I thought it was in my dream, you know? But then there was this draft... I woke up and one side of the hangings on my bed had been pulled down... I rolled over... and I saw him standing over me... like a skeleton, with loads of filthy hair ... holding this great long knife, must've been twelve inches... and he looked at me, and I looked at him, and then I yelled, and he scampered.

Neville was in total disgrace. Professor McGonagall was so furious with him she had banned him from all future Hogsmeade visits, given him a detention, and forbidden anyone to give him the password into the tower. Poor Neville was forced to wait. outside the common room every night for somebody to let him in, while the security trolls leered unpleasantly at him. None of these punishments, however, came close to matching the one his grandmother had in store for him. Two days after Black's break-in, she sent Neville the very worst thing a Hogwarts student could receive over breakfast - a Howler.

The school owls swooped into the Great Hall carrying the mail as usual, and Neville choked as a huge barn owl landed in front of him, a scarlet envelope clutched in its beak. Harry and Ron, who were sitting opposite him, recognized the letter as a Howler at once - Ron had got one from his mother the year before.

"Run for it, Neville," Ron advised.

Neville didn't need telling twice. He seized the envelope, and holding it before him like a bomb, sprinted out of the hall, while the Slytherin table exploded with laughter at the sight of him. They heard the Howler go off in the entrance hall - Neville's grandmother's voice, magically magnified to a hundred times its Usual volume, shrieking about how he had brought shame on the whole family.


I had been to Hagrid's a lot lately. I had felt horrible for myself. It just was not fair. Harry had given away a secret that had now been spread around the whole school.

When Hagrid walked me back this time he collected Ron and Harry.

So I went with Hermione to the common room.

"I'm sorry about Ron and Harry," I say to her. "They should grow up."

She nods and smiles. "I'm also sorry. You didn't deserve what Harry said to you."]

We are distracted by Ron and Harry entering and heading to the notice board.

"Hogsmeade, next weekend!" said Ron, craning over the heads to read the new notice. "What d'you reckon?" he added quietly to Harry as they went to sit down.

"Well, Filch hasn't done anything about the passage into Honeydukes..." Harry said, even more quietly.

"Harry!" said Hermione in his right ear. Harry started and looked around at Hermione and I, as we was sitting at the table right behind them she begins clearing a space in the wall of books that had been hiding her.

"Harry, if you go into Hogsmeade again... I'll tell Professor McGonagall about that map!" said Hermione.

"Can you hear someone talking, Harry?" growled Ron, not looking at Hermione.

"Ron, how can you let him go with you? After what Sirius Black nearly did to you! I mean it, I'll tell -"

"So now you're trying to get Harry expelled!" said Ron furiously. "Haven't you done enough damage this year?"

Hermione opened her mouth to respond, but with a soft hiss, Crookshanks leapt onto her lap. Hermione took one frightened look at the expression on Ron's face, gathered up Crookshanks, and hurried away toward the girls' dormitories.

"So how about it?" Ron said to Harry as though there had been no interruption. "Come on, last time we went you didn't see anything. You haven't even been inside Zonko's yet!"

Harry looked around to check that Hermione was well out of earshot.

"Okay," he said. "But I'm taking the Invisibility Cloak this time."

"Your both idiots," I hiss at them also getting to my feet. "I hope you do get caught. I'm sure even Talon and the other Marauders aren't as stupid as you two."

And now I run off.


On Saturday morning, I decide to go and see my mum who I had not seen much except for classes.

"MUM!" I call as I enter her quarters.

"In the kitchen darling," she says and I smile as I head into the kitchen. "I'm just making a cup of tea. Do you want one?"

I nod and sit down at the table.

"How's everything going?" I ask her. "With classes and everything."

"Not good," she says. "Hagrid didn't leave me with a lesson plan so my lessons are really fun. But I am worried about buckbeak."

I nod as she passes me a cup of tea. "Did you hear what happened?"

Sitting down she takes my hand. I look up at her with tears in my eyes.

"Yes," she agrees. "I'm so sorry. I never wanted people to find out like this. Harry was upset. But there's something I don't get. How did he know? No one except for me your grandfather, the professor's and the ministry knew."

I sigh but before I can finish there is a floo call.

"Dumbledore!" Snape's voice says. "I want you and your daughter in my office now!"

I glance at my mum and we both head towards the fire.


We end up in Snape's office and for some reason both Harry and professor Lupin are here.

"I thought you'd like to know," Snape says smirking at me. "Mr. Potter has been caught going into Hogsmeade. Upon speaking to him he has revealed that your daughter has also been before."

My mum glances my way and then looks at Lupin and back to Snape. "That's impossible. How would they have even got there."

Snape holds out a piece of parchment. I freeze as I see that it is the Marauders map. I glance at Harry but he avoids my gaze.

What shocks me more is that my mother seems to freeze as well. Then she shares a look with Lupin.

"This seems to be a piece of parchment that insults anyone," she says.

Ron suddenly bursts into the room.

"I gave Harry the zonko products," he says without looking around. "I brought them in Hogsmeade ages ago-"

He finally seems to notice the situation.

"There you have it," mum says to Snape.

I glare at Harry as we leave. Not long after we reach the entrance hall.

"HOW COULD YOU?!" I yell and both he and Ron wince. "ARE YOU OUT TO RUIN MY LIFE! FIRST YOU TELL EVERYONE THAT I AM THE DAUGHTER OF SIRIUS BLACK! NOW YOU SNITCH ME UP WITHOUT A SECOND THOUGHT! I THOUGHT WE WERE FRIENDS!"

"YOU LIED TO US FOR YEARS!" Harry bellows back. "YOU ALWAYS SAID THAT YOU ARE A DUMBLEDORE BUT NO YOU'RE THE DAUGHTER OF A MURDERER!"

"ENOUGH!" My mum says and we both be quiet. "Mr. Potter may I remind you that you cannot choose your family. You divulged secrets that were not your's to give... now I want to see you in my office tomorrow evening. Do I make myself clear?"

He nods and walks off.

"You young lady," my mum says and I wince. "Are grounded. You will fetch your things from the common room and then head straight down to our quarters and I suggest you be quick about it."

I nod with tears in my eyes and head off.

Before I reach the common room I stop when I spot Harry, Ron and Hermione. Hermione is crying as she turns to me.

She was holding a letter in her hands and her lip was trembling. "I just thought you ought to know... Hagrid lost his case. Buckbeak is going to be executed."


Chelbell2016:

Okay so I know it's short but next one will be longer. Plus Ana makes a stand to Harry in the next chapter.