Dylan Potter
Dylan sat in between Harry and Ron in Professor Snape's office. She didn't want to look up. She just wanted to close her eyes and pretend that this was all just some horrible nightmare.
"So...the train isn't good enough for the famous Harry Potter and his faithful sidekick Weasley. Wanted to arrive with a bang," he said. Dylan noticed that he left her name out of it, but didn't think that meant that she could avoid the punishment.
"No sir. The barrier at the train station..." Harry started before being cut off.
"Silence! Where is the car?" Snape snapped.
"It's...it's gone," Dylan said quietly. Snape didn't take his eyes off of Harry. It was as if he was trying to read Harry's mind. After a few seconds he took out an issue of today's Evening Prophet.
"You were seen! Six or seven muggles total. Your father works in the Misuse of Muggle Artifacts," Snape said turning his attention to Ron who was as white as can be.
Dylan felt her stomach turned. She didn't think about how much trouble Mr. Weasley would get into if they found out that it was him that bewitched the car.
"And to add to it you all did a considerable amount of damage to a very valuable Whomping Willow," he continued.
"Well to be honest sir I'm pretty sure the tree did more damage to us," Dylan said quietly. She didn't mean to say that out loud and she immediately regretted in when she did, but Snape did not yell at her. He just put up his hand to signal for her to stop speaking.
"Since you are not in my house I do not have the power to expel you, but I will happily go fetch those who do have that power. Wait here," he said before exiting.
He must be going to get Professor McGonagall who was not any better when it came to this. She was very strict and did not put up with foolishness. Dylan was sure that this would count as foolishness.
Dylan couldn't even look at Harry or Ron, but she knew they were thinking the same thing. They were doomed.
A few minutes later Snape arrived with Professor McGonagall.
"Explain," she said as she sat down and took out her wand to light the fire place.
Dylan took a deep breath and began to tell the story of what happened that day.
"So you see. We were just trying to get to school. We didn't mean any harm," Dylan said.
"Mr. Potter don't you have an owl?" she asked looking over at Harry.
"Yes Professor," Harry said.
"And you didn't think to send us a letter?" she asked.
They were all silent as they looked at each other. Why didn't Dylan think of that? That would have been the logical thing to do.
"I-I didn't think-" Harry started.
"Well that much is obvious Mr. Potter," she said.
There was a knock at the door. Dylan turned as Professor Snape opened the door to let in Professor Dumbledore.
He must be there to expel them. Dylan fought back the tears.
"Please explain why you did this," he said calmly. He didn't yell, but he looked disappointed which was way worse in Dylan's opinion.
This time Harry explained which Dylan was thankful for. She doesn't think she can speak anymore without crying.
"I guess we'll go get our stuff," Ron said when Harry was done.
"What are you talking about?" Professor McGonagall asked.
"We're expelled, aren't we?" Ron asked. Dylan glanced at Professor Dumbledore, but she couldn't read his expression.
"Not today, but you all must know the seriousness of what you have done. I will be writing to your families tonight and I must warn you that if any of you do anything like this again, I must expel you," he warned.
Dylan sighed in relief, but Professor Snape did not look pleased.
"But Professor these boys not only broke laws, but they caused much damage to a very old Whomping Willow. There must be more punishment than that," he said.
"I believe that Miss Potter was also involved with the situation Professor Snape. It will be up to Professor McGonagall to decide their punishments since they are in her house and are her responsibilities. Now I must go back to the feast. Come along Professor Snape," he said.
Professor Snape shot a mean look to Harry and Ron before leaving with Dumbledore.
"You should probably head to the Hospital Wing Mr. Weasley," Professor McGonagall said looking at Ron's scratches and bruises.
"I'm fine. I was hoping to see my sister be sorted," he said wiping the blood off of his face.
"The Sorting Ceremony has ended. Your sister is in Gryffindor," she said.
"Well thats good," Ron said.
"And speaking of Gryffindor...well since this incident happened before the school year officially started I will not take points from Gryffindor, but you will all receive detention," she said.
She stood up and pointed her wand at Snape's desk. She made 3 sandwiches appear with 3 goblets filled with pumpkin juice appeared.
"You will eat here and then go straight to your dormitory. I will be returning to the feast," she said as she exited. When the door closed Dylan let out a sigh of relief. She figured that the Dursleys would be more upset that the Whomping Willow didn't end up killing the two of them and detention wouldn't be so bad.
"Wow we just got lucky," Ron said with a sigh of relief as he grabbed his sandwich.
Dylan nodded, but there was still something that didn't make sense.
"Why do you think we couldn't get through the barrier?" Dylan asked.
"Who knows? But we are going to have to stay out of trouble this year," Ron said. The group took bites out of their sandwiches. The sandwich was nothing special, but Dylan was hungry.
"Wish we could've gone to the feast," Harry said
"Probably didn't want us to show off to everyone else," Ron shrugged.
When the trio finished their sandwiches they headed to Gryffindor Tower. Dylan figured the feast was over, so the common room would be full of people wanting to hear about how they got there. She figured that everyone knew by now. Secrets don't last long at Hogwarts. She didn't really feel like talking about it though. She just wanted to go to bed.
So now that Dylan is at Hogwarts she can finally enjoy a drama free year, right? Doubtful! In the next chapter we jump to Massie as she hangs out with Alicia, Lavender, and Parvarti and talks about the story of the hour, then after that we check in with Kemp as he gets his schedule for his second year at Hogwarts.
