A/N: Here's another chapter. Enjoy:)))

Chapter 74: Investigation

"I finnished the books Granger." Blaise sat under the tree in front of us, placing his books carefully on Hermione's pile.

Since she had the most experience regarding the muggle world and frankly, because we didn't have better ideas, we decided to go with Hermione's for the project in Muggle Studies. It was about magic and wizards in muggle literature. We put together a list of books we had to read during the span of two weeks so we could have time to practically work on the project too. It wasn't a long list, and I already read most of them before, Still, the ones that were new to me were really good. From what I gathered from Hermione, she read all of them before. Some would consider this cheating, but neither of us brought it up.

Most of the "books" were actually childhood stories, but there were a few actual books there:

CinderellaSleeping beautyPeter PanAll Souls TrilogyThe Little MermaidSnow WhiteAladinA bunch of myths from various parts of the world

"And? What do you think about them?"

"I think it's interesting how many different ideas muggles have about the way magic works. Some new, some oldschool."

"And still, each of them has at least one thing that is actually true. It's probably the result of some wizards and witches blendind with the muggle society."

"Probably. But we should write this down. After all, besides the facts, the project has tocontain our observations and opinions on the subject."

People were passing by but by this point they didn't even bother to throw us a look. At the beginning of the year, they were always surprised by how two Gryffindors and a Slytherin could stay together and not try to kill each other, but by now they got used to the three of us working together for Muggle Studies, and weren't even commenting about the fact that it was Saturday since, really, we were talking about Hermione Granger here.

We talked and wrote down observations and opinons from different points of view for a few hours. Eve and the twins appeared a few times, but I chased them away, reasoning that I wasn't alone, I had Hermione with me and it was momentarily enough for them. People were starting to think they were a trio, much to the twins' dismay.

"Ummm, Hermione, we have to go. You told the boys you'll help them with their Potions essays. We can continue tomorrow if you want. Zabinni? Have plans for tomorow?"

"No, I'm good. We'll meet here at the same hour?"

"Yes, it's fine."

I ended up helping my brother and Ron with the essays, so Hermione had some time to spend with Fred. After half an hour though, she made the twins revise the entire material for charms, with applied spells and theory.

"Make way, the big bad Durmstrang girl is coming." Eve announced as she made her way through the common room to where we were in front of the fire,and threw herself on the couch, between me and Harry.

"Hi Eve, any reason why you have to yell in my year? If you would've thrown yourself any harder on the couch, you would've spilled the ink all over the essays." I swear, I don't know how this girl made it thorugh life without deafening anyone.

"Yap, Batsy wants to see you; and them." She said pointing to the twins. They each raised and eyebrow, but got up and the four of us were soon deep in the dungeons, in Sev's office, surrounded by shelves from ceiling to the ground, groaning under the weight of the jars filled with various body parts of dead animals.The picture of us there looked weird. On one side of the desk, me, curious but not really surprised or nervous, Eve, glowing with impatience and nearly incapable to stay still, just as always, and the twins, looking like they were expecting the worst, right behind me, still as two collumns, all four of us looking like intruders in this room. On the other side, Sev, face blank of emotions, blending in with the austere background.

"So, why are we here?" I asked and broke the silence. The tension was palpable. But I had yet to find out why.

"I have to check all of you."

"What?"

"A few hours ago, it was brought to my knowledge by Mr Zabinni that he talked to you about a possible way of finding out who was behind what has been happening this year. And after what he said, and what you told him and everyone about the night before the second task, I have good reasons to belive that he is, in fact, right. That is why we have to check everyone you were in contact with this year, including you four. To find whoever is doing this and stop them. He has been already checked."

"Wait, the four of us? Me too? But why would they pretend to be me to kill me?"

"We have to check everyone, they could have taken the real Selene and put someone else in her place to gather information."

For the next 15 minutes, I was subjected to several questions about pretty much everything in my life, under Veritaserum, questions asked by each of the other four people I was in the room with, because they had to be sure.

"Are you done already? This is getting completly irritating, I never told so much secrets all at the same time." Eve got her face close to mine, squinted and whispered to me: "In what circumstances did we become the best of friends?" My breath got caught in my lungs. I didn't care if they thought I wasn't myself, I swore a long time ago not to talk about this ever again. Even if the outcome was fantastic, the things that lead to it were far less good in every way possible.

"No"

"No?" the other three looked suddenly wary of me, but Eve kept the same alure.

"No, I'm not saying that, and you're not saying it either if you have any sense of self conservation. I don't care what you think of this, but it is what I have to say." Out of nowhere, a grin appeared on her face and she threw herself forward to hug me.

"It's her. "

For the rest of them, I was the one asking questions that for everyone else would probably sound really weird, and ocasionally Sev. None of them was an impostor, and we were allowed to leave,being told to bring the other three tomorrow.

A/N: Hope you liked it.

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