Chapter 72: Discussions
It didn't really go as I expected it to. It actually went well. Hermione didn't really let Fred talk at all, and I helped her explain. Viktor understood and said they could just be friends. He was such a nice guy, not at all like what I pictured and expected from such a big star. But hey, you shouldn't judge a book by its cover.
I was tightly wrapped in a big, fluffy towel and the twins were constantly putting warming spells on me and Hermione. These two were worse than Madame Pomfrey sometimes. At some point we moved closer to the edge of the dock, since I kept coughing water. As soon as the points were given Sev came to where we were. He ignored everyone and grabbed my arm, guiding me to the closest office, which happened to be Minnie's. I took a seat in one of the overstuffed chairs, next to the fire, and I looked around at the worried, angry and confused teachers.
"Soooo, who won the task?"
"What was that? You almost drowned. And you completely disappeared last night. What on earth were you doing in the Black Lake?"
"Well, I act-" the door blasted open and I only saw a black and beige blur and felt a hard slap on my hand.
"What the hell? First of all, you almost drowned, second, you were swimming in the black lake and third, why wasn't I there too?"
"Well, Eve, it's very reassuring that the first thing you think of is that I didn't invite you."
"How can you say something like that? It was thethirdthing I thought of. Oh, hi auntie!" she seemed to finally notice the other people in the room, meaning a disapproving Minnie, a shocked Sev and an amused Dumbledore.
"You shouldn't burst in on people like that Evelyn, and you should've introduced yourself. Severus, Albus, this is my niece's daughter, Evelyn Amthar. But I believe you met her before."
"Oh yes, the devoted Gryffindor, the girl who can't stay still."
"Yap Batsy, that's me. Nice to see you all again. Now, how did you end up in there Sellie?" she finally asked, sitting on the armrest of the chair, not cherry anymore, but worried. Suddenly, no one was talking anymore, they were looking at me.
"Frankly, I have no idea. I was going back to the Gryffindor tower last night, and in a hallway I got hit by a curse and fell unconscious. Next thing I know, I woke up tied to a rock at the bottom of the lake with the hostages for the task. But as soon as I woke up, the-" I stopped and coughed some water. Damn, there was more? "the spell that kept me breathing wore off and I would've drowned had not Cedric arrived and put a bubble head charm on me. I was disillusioned and my wand was nowhere. And then I arrived at the surface of the water and ended up in the hospital tent. That's what I know."
"Hmmm. No one acted suspicious after you got out of the water? Or yesterday?" Minnie asked. I thought about Theo and the others but that wasn't necessarily weird in any way. Still, I had to deal with it at some point.
"Nope, nothing that I recall at least."
"Well, obviously whoever was sent to kill you is determined. We have to take action." Minnie said.
" You two can go. Miss Amthar, I trust you to take Selene to her room. And to dry herself up."
"Of course Gandalf." She smirked and hurried me out of the room. I started walking, but she halted me.
"What ?"
"Shhh" she signalled towards the closed door. And so we listened.
"Albus, you know how it works. If the Dark Lord sent this person here with such important tasks, he trusts them. That means they won't stop. We have to do something. "
"Yes Severus, but how?"
"It is obvious that Voldemort doesn't know or just underestimates her power. But that will change at some point, and we have to be ready. But right now, we just have to make sure she's never alone. It'll be safer."
"That's not so hard."
"Let's go." Eve mimed to me and we silently left. They were right. I couldn't be left alone. When we arrived to my room, the twins were already there, in front of the door, along with Draco, Blaise and Theo. Oh my God...it was going to be a long day.
"Apparently this is the day where we solve everything, might as well get started." I stroked the tail of the mermaid in the painting and as soon as it turned around to reveal the one of the four founders, I whispered the password to Rowena and swung the door open.
"Sit. All of you." I floated two chairs from over the room for me and Eve as the others sat on the couch.
"We'll do this simply: one at a time." I turned to the twins.
"We need to know..."
"...what's happening to you."
"I'm fine, you guys knew there were going to be more attempts to kill me this year, c'mon now. But it won't stop here. That person either gets caught or kills me. And the thing for Harry. It's a complicated thing. But we will do our best to prevent anything catastrophic from happening. But stop being so damn worried all the time. Because you're only making me more nervous. If you wouldn't have been like this when I got poisoned, maybe I would've recovered faster. "
"You're right Sel..."
"...we'll try." They started whispering between themselves. As long as they were going to stop acting like that, I was good.
"Which brings us to...".I said, turning to Theo. He was seated in the worst possible place: between the twins and Draco and Blaise, right in the middle of the couch. But my attempt to talk to him was cut off by Draco.
"What are you doing here? I thought you had a problem with her. Bullying her on the hallways and everything."
" You're talking? Everyone knows that you have a bigger problem with her than even with Potter."
"Potter you say? Well, that might be more complicated than you think."
A/N: Hope you liked it.
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