A/N: Told you that this one would come a bit faster... enjoy!
Chapter 17: Explanation of the Hat
Dumbledore's eyes once again twinkled as they slid into place at the door. "Come in!" he said in a clear, loud voice. The door swung open to reveal a very ticked looking Snape standing there. Harry was rather puzzled at first, until he roughly pulled Hermione and Shadow out from behind him. Wait... this puzzled him even more. What did these two have to do with anything and answering the questions running through his mind? They both looked rather disgruntled and even more puzzled as they saw the three boys sitting in the office, or rather Hermione did. Shadow just looked rather ticked at actually being put in the same room as the Mudblood Granger and pitiful Weasley.
Dumbledore eyes twinkled even more, and a slight smile slid across his face as his eyes swung to Trelawney. "Ah, m'dear Sibyll, I do say you are getting rather good at these predictions... but... I understand Miss Granger's appearance, but as for Miss Jardis...?"
Professor Trelawney's bat-like eyes swung up to Shadow, and her mouth was just opening when Shadow cut her off.
"I don't have anything to do with this -- triangle," she said shortly, still shooting daggers at Hermione, who just looked worriedly over at her, trying to look defiant. Shadow finally looked at Dumbledore, a smirk crossing her face. "I have nothing to do with Mud -- " she, just like Draco had to cut herself off, and a snarl crossed her face but she continued, "I had nothing to do with Granger and Weasley -- only with those two," she jerked her arm roughly free of Snape's grasp and motioned towards Harry and Draco. Draco looked rather disbelieving.
"What did you have to do with him and me?" he shot snottily at her, trying to look defiant, not unlike Hermione, and failing, not unlike Hermione either.
Shadow looked at him shortly. "Well -- I'm sure I'll get in trouble for this once again -- another detention I'm sure -- " she looked at Dumbledore.
"I assure you that there is very little that you could tell me of the happenings of this school that I do not know of," Dumbledore smiled, looking her over.
Shadow muttered something under her breath that Harry lightly heard as 'or so you think' but he didn't put much thought into it at the moment, he was too confused.
"Still -- " Shadow trailed off, throwing a meaningful look at Snape.
"Professor, I insist that I stay!" Snape spat impatiently, remembering himself in time to sound at least a bit polite. "I caught this one," he jerked Hermione forward slightly, causing her to wince in pain, "lurking down in the hall near your office entrance, while bringing this one," he now motioned at Shadow, who just shot him a haughty smirk, to which he snarled at (A/N: see, I unlike most Slytherins do not like Snape...), "up to see you, after catching her in the hall selling Potions to an unsuspecting -- "
"Hufflepuff was it?" Dumbledore inquired gently. "Like I said, Severus, there is little that you could possibly tell me about the goings on at this school that I wouldn't already know myself."
Snape looked very displeased at this.
"Now if you would please excuse us, so that we could please help these three," he motioned to Ron, Harry, and Draco, "to understand what is really going on."
Snape just snarled and shot a meaningful glance at Shadow and Hermione, as if to say 'just wait' and turned sharply on his heel and marched out the door. Shadow looked after him, and snapped the door shut.
"Now if you two would please explain to these three exactly what is going on... I am actually rather interested to hear your reasoning behind it all..." Dumbledore trailed off, leaving room for Hermione or Shadow to step forward.
Shadow, after knowing that the filthy Mudblood wasn't gonna say much, stepped forward. "I know my cousin rather well -- "
Draco snorted at this, but didn't say anything.
Shadow shot him a warning glance, but continued on anyways. "I know him rather well, and well -- frankly I believed, or actually knew, he was gay..."
She was once again interrupted, by Draco, this time by his cry of outrage. "I am not!"
Shadow gave him a withering look. "Denial -- you should hear yourself in your dreams -- 'oh Se -- '"
Draco's eyes widened. "Shut it Shadow!"
"Fine then. Well, I knew he was gay... and I figured I'd try and wreak a little havoc in his life... just figured he needed a little disturbance -- so I figured that I would rig up the hat that I knew Granger here was gonna give him -- "
"How did you know?" Hermione suddenly snapped, getting a sudden jolt of guts that most wouldn't normally suspect of her.
"Oh come on, it was obvious, you glared at Weasley there, the whole time when he gawked at Harry, then you whispered to Lavender behind your hands about your jealousy, and I saw your face light up when you were reading that book... that 'Hogwarts, A History'."
Harry jumped slightly at the name. "She gave me that book for Christmas!"
Hermione nodded. "Yes, and I was hoping that you would actually take the time to look at it, as it was a gift," she emphasized this word, while glaring slightly at Harry, with a mixture of anger and hurt, "but," here she sighed, "I guess that was just too much to ask of you..."
"Ah," spoke Dumbledore quietly, "so I see that you have figured out the story of the elusive Hat of True Love... now, tell me where did you find it?"
Hermone blushed, but Shadow spoke up. "She snatched it from Filch's office..." then seeing the accusing look on Hermione's face she added, "oh don't worry Granger, I'm not spying on you, Peeves told me..."
Dumbledore nodded, and Hermione just averted her eyes.
Draco spoke up finally. "So it was you, Shadow, who -- cursed -- that hat that Granger was giving Harry to say that I was his true love..." he glared malevolently at Shadow who only smirked at him.
"Yes, that would be correct," she smirked, her eyes grinning.
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A/N: Well, it's finally not a cliff hanger, I just couldn't write anymore... and I wanted to get something posted. Thanks to all my wonderful reviewers, and I gladly accept the banner for "Too good at cliffhangers for her own good" *wipes away a tear* oh and *points and laughs at T'Maia you write Star Trek fics and you want to direct my fic to godawful? I am for 1, not truly friends with Harry, as will appeal later (but I didn't say that), not related to Tom Riddle (where'd she get that one?!), and I only made myself out to be a Mary Sue at the moment... in this chapter she shows more true Shadow... *sighs* well... yeah... thanks everyone especially for the flame! If anybody wants to check out what she wrote to me, go into the reviews... she didn't even read the whole thing... that hurts *looks sarcastic* *points and laughs again*
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Chapter 17: Explanation of the Hat
Dumbledore's eyes once again twinkled as they slid into place at the door. "Come in!" he said in a clear, loud voice. The door swung open to reveal a very ticked looking Snape standing there. Harry was rather puzzled at first, until he roughly pulled Hermione and Shadow out from behind him. Wait... this puzzled him even more. What did these two have to do with anything and answering the questions running through his mind? They both looked rather disgruntled and even more puzzled as they saw the three boys sitting in the office, or rather Hermione did. Shadow just looked rather ticked at actually being put in the same room as the Mudblood Granger and pitiful Weasley.
Dumbledore eyes twinkled even more, and a slight smile slid across his face as his eyes swung to Trelawney. "Ah, m'dear Sibyll, I do say you are getting rather good at these predictions... but... I understand Miss Granger's appearance, but as for Miss Jardis...?"
Professor Trelawney's bat-like eyes swung up to Shadow, and her mouth was just opening when Shadow cut her off.
"I don't have anything to do with this -- triangle," she said shortly, still shooting daggers at Hermione, who just looked worriedly over at her, trying to look defiant. Shadow finally looked at Dumbledore, a smirk crossing her face. "I have nothing to do with Mud -- " she, just like Draco had to cut herself off, and a snarl crossed her face but she continued, "I had nothing to do with Granger and Weasley -- only with those two," she jerked her arm roughly free of Snape's grasp and motioned towards Harry and Draco. Draco looked rather disbelieving.
"What did you have to do with him and me?" he shot snottily at her, trying to look defiant, not unlike Hermione, and failing, not unlike Hermione either.
Shadow looked at him shortly. "Well -- I'm sure I'll get in trouble for this once again -- another detention I'm sure -- " she looked at Dumbledore.
"I assure you that there is very little that you could tell me of the happenings of this school that I do not know of," Dumbledore smiled, looking her over.
Shadow muttered something under her breath that Harry lightly heard as 'or so you think' but he didn't put much thought into it at the moment, he was too confused.
"Still -- " Shadow trailed off, throwing a meaningful look at Snape.
"Professor, I insist that I stay!" Snape spat impatiently, remembering himself in time to sound at least a bit polite. "I caught this one," he jerked Hermione forward slightly, causing her to wince in pain, "lurking down in the hall near your office entrance, while bringing this one," he now motioned at Shadow, who just shot him a haughty smirk, to which he snarled at (A/N: see, I unlike most Slytherins do not like Snape...), "up to see you, after catching her in the hall selling Potions to an unsuspecting -- "
"Hufflepuff was it?" Dumbledore inquired gently. "Like I said, Severus, there is little that you could possibly tell me about the goings on at this school that I wouldn't already know myself."
Snape looked very displeased at this.
"Now if you would please excuse us, so that we could please help these three," he motioned to Ron, Harry, and Draco, "to understand what is really going on."
Snape just snarled and shot a meaningful glance at Shadow and Hermione, as if to say 'just wait' and turned sharply on his heel and marched out the door. Shadow looked after him, and snapped the door shut.
"Now if you two would please explain to these three exactly what is going on... I am actually rather interested to hear your reasoning behind it all..." Dumbledore trailed off, leaving room for Hermione or Shadow to step forward.
Shadow, after knowing that the filthy Mudblood wasn't gonna say much, stepped forward. "I know my cousin rather well -- "
Draco snorted at this, but didn't say anything.
Shadow shot him a warning glance, but continued on anyways. "I know him rather well, and well -- frankly I believed, or actually knew, he was gay..."
She was once again interrupted, by Draco, this time by his cry of outrage. "I am not!"
Shadow gave him a withering look. "Denial -- you should hear yourself in your dreams -- 'oh Se -- '"
Draco's eyes widened. "Shut it Shadow!"
"Fine then. Well, I knew he was gay... and I figured I'd try and wreak a little havoc in his life... just figured he needed a little disturbance -- so I figured that I would rig up the hat that I knew Granger here was gonna give him -- "
"How did you know?" Hermione suddenly snapped, getting a sudden jolt of guts that most wouldn't normally suspect of her.
"Oh come on, it was obvious, you glared at Weasley there, the whole time when he gawked at Harry, then you whispered to Lavender behind your hands about your jealousy, and I saw your face light up when you were reading that book... that 'Hogwarts, A History'."
Harry jumped slightly at the name. "She gave me that book for Christmas!"
Hermione nodded. "Yes, and I was hoping that you would actually take the time to look at it, as it was a gift," she emphasized this word, while glaring slightly at Harry, with a mixture of anger and hurt, "but," here she sighed, "I guess that was just too much to ask of you..."
"Ah," spoke Dumbledore quietly, "so I see that you have figured out the story of the elusive Hat of True Love... now, tell me where did you find it?"
Hermone blushed, but Shadow spoke up. "She snatched it from Filch's office..." then seeing the accusing look on Hermione's face she added, "oh don't worry Granger, I'm not spying on you, Peeves told me..."
Dumbledore nodded, and Hermione just averted her eyes.
Draco spoke up finally. "So it was you, Shadow, who -- cursed -- that hat that Granger was giving Harry to say that I was his true love..." he glared malevolently at Shadow who only smirked at him.
"Yes, that would be correct," she smirked, her eyes grinning.
*****
A/N: Well, it's finally not a cliff hanger, I just couldn't write anymore... and I wanted to get something posted. Thanks to all my wonderful reviewers, and I gladly accept the banner for "Too good at cliffhangers for her own good" *wipes away a tear* oh and *points and laughs at T'Maia you write Star Trek fics and you want to direct my fic to godawful? I am for 1, not truly friends with Harry, as will appeal later (but I didn't say that), not related to Tom Riddle (where'd she get that one?!), and I only made myself out to be a Mary Sue at the moment... in this chapter she shows more true Shadow... *sighs* well... yeah... thanks everyone especially for the flame! If anybody wants to check out what she wrote to me, go into the reviews... she didn't even read the whole thing... that hurts *looks sarcastic* *points and laughs again*
Please review, I love you, flames a great entertainment!
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