Chapter 6:
Cedric quickly dropped Snape, still tied up, onto the floor, "What?" He squawked. "You- what, just what? You share a- what?" Madam Pomfrey was shocked, this was new! "We share a bond and I transferred some of the pain over to me to keep her alive," Ron stated calmly. "Why?" Cedric asked. "Why keep her alive?" Ron asked, a hint of anger visible in his features. "Because, if she dies, then my entire world ceases to exist and you'll have to deal with two dead students." Ron pointed out. "No, why do you share a bond?" Cedric explained. Ron looked at him like he was an idiot, "Because Magic decided to." Ron rolled his eyes as he explained. "Stop," Hannah said weakly, struggling to sit up in bed. Ron rushed by her bed and gently pushed her back down, "Sleep, my love. You need to rest." He cooed softly before singing a lullaby to her. Right after she fell asleep, the doors banged open. Ron quickly, and discreetly, cast a silencing charm as to not wake up Hannah. "Ronald! What's this nonsense about you being in Hufflepuff?! And attacking professors too?!" An angry Molly Weasley was always a sight to behold, especially if her ire was towards you. Ron's demeanor never faltered though. "Mother, what nonsense? I am in Hufflepuff. I never attacked a teacher, they asked for it, I was defending." Ron said calmly.
Molly looked disgusted, "Excuse me? Hufflepuff?" Ron rolled his eyes, "Yes mother, that is my house and I'm not leaving." Molly marched over to him. "We'll see about that! I'm withdrawing you from Hogwarts!" She snapped angrily. Ron stayed put, no matter how hard she pulled on his arm, trying to drag him towards the door. Molly Weasley was suddenly flying backward onto her butt. "I swear to god! One witch draping herself all over him, now another trying to pull him away! I don't care what girl touches him next! No one will ever find their body!" An angry Hannah was even more terrifying, she was standing next to her bed, with her wand in her hand, practically screaming those words to the sky. She was still fuming with Ron walked over, "It's okay. I'm not leaving, my mother can't," He told her gently, she gave him a melting smile. "Okay, okay… I'm calm. I'm calm!" She said, more to herself than anyone else. They almost didn't see Molly marching up to them. She went to slap Hannah but found only air, "Don't tell me off, young lady!" She snarled, almost twirling in a circle while trying to find Hannah.
She found herself staring, almost cross-eyed, at a wand in her face. She was more surprised about who was holding it. "RONALD WEASLEY! WHY ARE YOU POINTING A WAND AT Y-" Molly was interrupted in her ranting by Hannah stunning her. The doors immediately opened, Albus Dumbledore and Hermione Granger walked through. Hermione was smirking at Hannah. "Ron Weasley! Hannah Ahava! What's this I hear about you guys attacking other students and professors?" Dumbledore's eyes were twinkling. He asked, "What did you say happened, Ms. Granger?" He asked Hermione started, "I was walking with my friend, Ginny, Harry, and Ron when that girl," Hermione sneered at Hannah as she talked, "Jumped us and shot a spell at my Ron. Then I told Professor Snape and they came out of nowhere and started shooting spells at us, again! I also saw Ahava slip a potion to Ron!" Hermione began to fake cry while smirking at Hannah. Hannah laughed coldly, "Yeah, right. You're an awful liar! I'm not your… anything!" Ron snarled, disgusted. Dumbledore's brows furrowed. "Lie? Then what do you say happened, Ms. Ahava?" He asked gently.
"Ah, well I and Samuel did attack Ginny and Hermione because we don't like it when our... friends are potioned or poisoned. Then Ginny started getting sick so we went to get a sickness potion from our common room. When we got there, Granger," Hannah gestured towards the girl, "And Snape," Dumbledore interrupted her, "Professor Snape," He corrected. Hannah stared at him, " Professor Snape then, and Hermione, were outside our common room entrance. When we got there, Snape started taking a bunch of points from Harry then looked, inappropriately, mind you, at Ginny. So Ron charged him but got stunned, along with Samuel and Harry. Then I went from behind and stunned Granger before she could hurt someone, but I tried to get Snape's attention but he cast the crucio on me. Ginny revived Ron and he took Snape down." Hannah calmly explained. Dumbledore smiled, "But which one is correct?" Hannah looked at Ron, "Students got attacked, and he's SMILING?!" She said shocked. Ron shrugged, Dumbledore cleared his throat, looking puzzled at their silent conversation.
"Why don't you perform one of your, illegal, Legilimency attacks at her or me?" Hannah asked sweetly. He, pretending, looked shocked with actually performing a low-level scan at Hannah's memories. When he dived into her memories, he saw a full-body mindscape. He was shocked! He didn't have a full-body mindscape until he had mastered Occlumency! A beautiful castle stood on a mountain, with a moat with crocodiles. He tried to enter the castle but he couldn't cross the moat. A drawbridge suddenly appeared and lowered, when he went inside, there was a great hall and a lot of doors. After trying a few, he found only one was unlocked. When he tried to open the last one, he heard a roar, a dragon no doubt. He wondered what the girl had to hide but continued through the unlocked door. He saw a giant screen in the middle and walked closer. The screen had a question on it, "Play?" He looked puzzling at it before a small rectangle appeared on a table before him. On it, there were three buttons. Play, volume up, and forwards. He clicked the button that said, "Play," and he watched her memories of what happened, After he finished, the screen changed, "Please exit the castle, now," A voice said loudly. "Please exit the castle, now," The voice repeated, louder. A large Doberman dog appeared in the room. Dumbledore tried to curse it but his wand was gone. He quickly ran out of the room and out of the castle before all the castle's defenses could go off. He also didn't want to know what would happen if the dog caught him.
He backed out of her mind and nodded at her. She smiled and looked at Ron, "Well. He knows the truth now. What he decides to do with it though…" She told him. Ron looked at her worriedly. "That is the ONLY thing that he got access to." She assured him. He relaxed and Dumbledore started talking, "Ms. Granger, 50 points from Gryffindor, and I will look at informing your parents about potioning people. And Ms. Ahava and Mr. Weasley, 50 points, each, to Hufflepuff from sticking up, for not only fellow Hufflepuffs but also a Gryffindor, too. With the matter dissolved, Dumbledore led Hermione out of the infirmary, completely forgetting about Snape. Hannah shouted after him so he popped back in and grabbed Snape, promising to look into what he did. Eliza came in and sat next to Hannah too. Then the doors burst open again and Luna and Ivy came in dragging Draco. His face was bloody and swelling, as soon as Eliza saw him, she scrambled up and ran out.
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"Are they okay?" Was Harry's first question when Sue awoke him. Samuel sat up, rubbing his head. "Yes, I think I am." He said loudly, "Thanks for asking, Potter." Ginny started laughing, Samuel and Harry did too. Luna and Ivy rushed from the entrance, "What happened? Why are y'all on the ground? Where are Ron and Hannah? Are y'all okay?" Ivy blurted out before she could stop herself. "Well, Snape ambushed us, after I and Han A. took revenge but Gin got sick so we came back here. He cast the crucio spell at Han A. and Ron and her rushed to the infirmary with the prefects, taking Snape with them 'cause he was stunned. He stunned us when he put Hannah under the spell, Han and Sue woke us up. And we are okay but I think I broke Harry." Samuel snickered the last part, Harry had been staring out into space, a pout on his face. "Gin?" Ginny was staring at Samuel in confusion. Samuel shrugged, "I gave all my friends nick-names. Gin for Ginny, Dray for Draco, Har-bear for Harry, Han A. for Hannah, Liz for Eliza, Ron for Ronald, Vie for Ivy, and Loo for Luna. I was joking about Loo and Vie! I'll call you Luna and Ivy!" He added the last part quickly when the people in question raised their wands threateningly. Luna smiled at Ivy and they snickered, "Har-bear?" Harry questioned. Samuel shrugged again, his entire face red, "Pretend I didn't say that, okay?" He pleaded, Harry snickered, "Nope, but I'll have to call you Samiboo!" He laughed abruptly when he looked at Samuel's crestfallen face and pretend pout. "But I don't like that name! Mine sounds better!" Samuel pouted, turning away from Harry, or Har-bear.
Harry continued laughing, "Hey, where's Dray and Liz?" Samuel asked, purposefully ignoring Harry. "I don't know…" Ivy said sheepishly, "I think we left them at breakfast…" Just then, "Yeah… you kind of did…" Eliza told them as she and Draco walked down the hallway. "You left Dray and me back at the Great Hall." She informed them, "No, she means you left Liz and me back at the Great Hall." Draco correct, playfully bumping into Eliza. Eliza stiffened, tears swam in her eyes. "Hey, are you okay Liz?" Draco asked concerned, not even realizing he was talking in her mind, "Get out of my head!" Eliza said panicking and angry. "Huh? What's wrong?" He asked confused. She let out a roar and punched Draco in the face, "STAY OUT OF MY FUCKING HEAD, MALFOY!" She roared before taking a look at the others, glaring at them. Daring them to do something, "Liz…" Luna attempted to reason, "Don't call me Liz, my name is Eliza! Stay away from me or else." She replied sharp and cold. She backed out of the corridor, Draco left behind on the ground, his eye bruising, lip burst, and cheek swelling. Luna and Ivy quickly heaved him up, dragging him to the infirmary, "We'll be right with you! Go on ahead inside!" Luna yelled over her shoulder, Harry and Samuel looking at each other unnerved, "What do you think happened?" Harry asked him as they went inside. "I don't know, I'm glad that I don't know!" Samuel shrugged.
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"What is that about?" Ron asked, concerned. "Eliza decked Draco for no reason!" Ivy whispered. Her eyes told him that there would be a meeting with Demetrios and Rose was in their future. Hannah stirred, "Poor Draco." She slurred before falling back asleep. "Is Hannah okay?" Luna asked, also concerned, having just left Draco sleeping in a bed near Hannah, Ginny on the other side. "Yeah." Ron let out a forced smile. Luna sighed, "I know when you're lying to me," She pointed out. Ron let out a sigh, "She's fine, I'm not, okay?" He told her. She nodded and went to go sit with Ivy, next to Draco. Madam Pomfrey came rushing over to them, "What happened?" She asked. "Someone punched him," Ivy told her, "Who?" Madam Pomfrey asked fretfully. Luna shrugged, "We don't know." Madam Pomfrey quickly got to work on Draco, "Oh, dear. Lip burst, eye bruised, a few teeth knocked out, and a swollen cheek! Whoever did this has an arm to them!" She said. "He'll be okay, won't he?" Ivy asked worryingly. "Are you his girlfriend?" Madam Pomfrey asked, "No, she's mine." Luna answered for Ivy, she proceeded to then kiss her girlfriend. When she finally moved away, Ivy had a goofy smile on her lips with glazed-over eyes. "I better take her back to Hufflepuff, shouldn't I?" Luna asked sweetly as Ivy swayed gently.
Madam Pomfrey nodded, "Probably, Miss Lovegood." Luna quickly heaved Ivy up and half-dragged her to the door, and from there the Hufflepuff common room. Ron chuckled, "They're so cute!" He whispered to Hannah. She started snoring loudly in response. Draco quickly fell asleep too. Madam Pomfrey levitated a bed next to Hannah's, putting him next to Ginny too. He fell asleep quickly.
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Luna dragged Ivy to the Hufflepuff common room, "Come on, Love." She giggled, Ivy stumbled, nearly hitting the wall, "I know you are not that wonky!" She almost started laughing out loud. "What can I say? I guess your kisses are that great!" Ivy teased. "Wow!" Luna started laughing harder. They almost didn't notice the gang of Slytherins in the hallway. "Hello, Pansy, Millicent, Theo, Blaise," Luna said stiffly. Pansy snarled at Ivy, completely ignoring Luna. "I don't think you're really a pureblood!" Ivy cocked her head, "Why not?" She asked. "I don't remember seeing 'Graves' on the directory of purebloods," Pansy said smugly. Ivy nodded her head, "I see here! It's because I either came from not Britain or because I'm 'sulling' myself with a 'blood traitor' and you're lying." Ivy asked mockingly. "Ah, the latter, right?" Pansy looked unsure at Theo, "You're not a pureblood, at all, are you? Probably a mudblood!" Theo sneered.
"Why are you guys even here? Picking on a couple of Hufflepuffs?" Luna asked wearingly. "Also, don't call Ivy rude names!" Luna snapped. "Why are you here, Blaise and Millicent? I can understand Parkinson and Nott, but why you two?" Ivy asked. Theo snarled, "We weren't talking to you, Looney. You're a blood traitor! We were simply asking Graves a question!" He snapped. Ivy's eye twitched. "That's hilarious! You were talking to Graves !" Ivy burst out laughing. Theo was enraged, he raised his wand.
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Hannah woke up, silence next to her told her that Ron was still awake. "Ron? I thought you killed Molly…" She said. "I di-" He realized what she was saying. "Oh God! How did she come back to life?!" He almost shrieked.