Chapter 12
Threats
Alex
The seven of us stood in the Room of Requirement. I sank to the floor, my head in my hands.
"This is my fault," I said. "I dragged you into this."
"Alex," Ginny replied in a soothing tone, "we went along with this. We knew what we were getting into."
"No, you don't. They won't stop now that they can't get at us. They'll hurt people we care about. They'll target our family, our friends. We can't hide from them. They are far too powerful."
"We need to show them that we can't be put down by making us leave our dorms," Hannah said. "We need to pull the next prank."
"That will just get you into more trouble."
"We can handle it," Neville said.
I looked up at them. They all had determined looks on their faces. I knew I had worn that look many times before. I shook my head.
"What's wrong?" Ginny asked.
I was silent for a long time, not wanting to admit it to myself, let alone other people. Ginny and Hannah were sitting on either side of me now.
"I'm scared," I finally admitted. "We already lost Luna. I don't want to loose anyone else."
Ginny and Hannah hugged me and the boys hugged the three of us.
"We need to get anyone from the first prank out of their dorms. Hannah, take care of Hufflepuff, Ginny you handle Gryffindor, and I'll take Ravenclaw. We have to get them here before the Carrows stink to that level."
Everyone who was in the original prank was in the Room of Requirement an hour later. For the next week, Dobby stayed in the Room of Requirement while we were at class. While we weren't in class, we were planning the prank.
A week after we took sanctuary in the Room of Requirement, the Slytherins tried to take one of the fourth year girls who were in the original prank. I walked up behind them and slammed one of them into the wall. He had short brown hair, and his eyes held fear he didn't show.
"If you thought that I was only talking to Malfoy when I threatened him," I growled, "you are in for the beating of your life. You touch anyone that isn't a Slytherin and you will be in so many piece your parents won't be able to bury all of you."
I let him slide to the floor and ushered the girl away. I brushed her coppery hair out of her green eyes.
"You are the biggest bloodtraitor of the lot."
I turned around and looked at the Slytherins.
"You assume that I care about blood status."
"That much is obvious. You sympathize with the convict Potter, the bloodtraitors Black and Weasley, crossbreeds like Hagrid, and werewolves like Lupin."
I drew my wand and pointed it at him. He was pinned against the wall, and I walked toward him.
"You say anything bad about them, and I hear about it, it will be the last thing you ever do. Got it? Don't believe me? I've killed before. I am far passed the remorse for those who deserved to die. You had better tell the rest of your disgusting house, too. The next person who dares to touch and one not in Slytherin will regret it."
I rapped my arm around the girl's shoulder and we walked back to the Room of Requirement.
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