CHAPTER 7
Next morning as they walked down to breakfast Lucy told Andrea her theory of what had happened. "I think that boy has been sneaking along that passage to eavesdrop on Dumbledore, to find out information, to give to someone else."
"But why?"
"I don't know, but it can't be anything good, can it?"
Two days before the Easter Holidays they heard a rumour. A group of Voldemort's supporters had broken into the home of two Auror's and tortured them, hoping for information on where he was and what had happened to him.
This sent waves of fear through the school, just when they had thought it safe to live normal lives again, the terror that was Voldemort's greatest gift to the society, returned. No-one knew yet who had committed the crime and their victims could not tell anyone anything.
Andrea was certain that the Slytherin boy was somehow involved with it all, "Everyone knows that most of his supporters had been in Slytherin! I bet it was his parents or something."
"That's a pretty strong accusation to make; besides we have no proof that the two things are even connected." Lucy answered.
This did not worry Andrea who was now convinced they could solve the crime. She tried to talk Lucy into following him around the school hoping to catch him up to no good. "No way, we would definitely get in to trouble, besides Dumbledore knows about him now and he is much more likely to work it out than we are."
Try as she might Andrea was unable to sway Lucy from her decision, Lucy argued that they had exams to study for and she herself had to sit two sets.
Still one Saturday afternoon as they sat under a tree by the lake, with their books, enjoying the sunshine they saw the Slytherin boy look around and then disappear into the dark forest.
"You know we could just see where he goes then go and get Dumbledore if it looks suspicious" reasoned Andrea.
"I suppose your right." Said Lucy, more than a little curious to see where the boy was going.
They crept round the side of the lake and entered the forest after the boy. The made their way through the trees trying to avoid tripping over the fallen trees. The forest got darker the further in they progressed, after about half an hour they still hadn't found the boy when Lucy signalled to Andrea to sit beside her for a rest on one of the trees. "He could have gone anywhere!" said Lucy in a miserable voice. "We could walk about for days and not find him."
Sighing they got to their feet and decided to keep going in the same direction after several minutes they heard voices.
Stopping behind a tree as close as they dared to the voices they peered through it trying to hear what was being said.
"I told you Father, Dumbledore suspects me, obviously he knows you're my father and is not buying the story that you have seen the error of your ways!" said the Slytherin boy.
"But he can't prove anything can he?" answered a tall thin blonde man, "truth be known he has mistrusted my since I was at school here myself."
"What do you want me to do now?" asked the boy "He found out how I was listening to him and has sealed the passage way."
"Did you find out where he sent the Potter boy?" the man spat out the name, as though it were a curse.
"Maybe a clue, he was talking about a squib named Annabelle Figg or something, he bought her a house in Surrey somewhere," answered the boy, "but someone interrupted him and I couldn't get back to hear the rest."
"That's not much to go on, squibs don't have to register with the ministry." Said the man thoughtfully, "no matter he can't hide him forever."
As the girls listened they heard the couple speak about who had been arrested and who had been killed they mentioned someone called Barty several time and a Bella something.
Just then Lucy sneezed and there was silence followed by an angry shout "over there Dad" and the two of them advanced on the girls.
"What are you doing here?" The man demanded sharply.
"We were just out walking," answered Andrea hopefully.
"Walking? In the dark forest, students are not allowed in here."
"What will we do with them father?" inquired the boy in a mock polite voice.
"Leave them to me, you get back before you are all missed, I will speak to you later," ordered the man.
"But father there..."
"I gave you an order boy; do you think me incapable of taking care of two little girls?" interrupted the man.
Without another word the boy turned and left.
Lucy and Andrea exchanged a scared look, and then looked back at the man.
"What are you going to do with us?" asked Lucy.
The man just smiled a small smile and took out his wand slowly; Lucy who already had her wand hidden in her hand behind her back brought it out in front of her. This seemed to amuse the man as his smile broadened.
Lucy tried desperately to recall any spell, or incantation that would help them. She stepped in front of Andrea as the man raised his wand, she muttered the word "protego" casting a protection spell on herself at the same moment the man shouted "AVADA KEDAVRA" the spell rebounded.
There was a look of horror on the mans face he was standing to close to avoid being hit by the green light which hit him square on the chest he screamed in agony and fell to the ground.
Both girls screamed in horror at the man's body lying very still on the forest floor. They turned and ran back through the forest.
Lucy didn't know how much time they spent running and stumbling through the trees, tears pouring down her cheeks but eventually they emerged at the school grounds. They ran straight up the front steps and paused for a moment in the entrance hall not knowing where Professor Dumbledore was, dinner had already started so it was possible that he was in the great hall.
In unison they pushed the doors open and several students near them dropped their cutlery in surprise. Dumbledore was sitting at the teachers table; he looked up as they stumbled towards him gasping.
"Professor Dumbledore, Sir, a man in the forest he's dead.and.I." wept Lucy.
"Come with me" said Dumbledore standing up cutting off anything further from either of them.
Next morning as they walked down to breakfast Lucy told Andrea her theory of what had happened. "I think that boy has been sneaking along that passage to eavesdrop on Dumbledore, to find out information, to give to someone else."
"But why?"
"I don't know, but it can't be anything good, can it?"
Two days before the Easter Holidays they heard a rumour. A group of Voldemort's supporters had broken into the home of two Auror's and tortured them, hoping for information on where he was and what had happened to him.
This sent waves of fear through the school, just when they had thought it safe to live normal lives again, the terror that was Voldemort's greatest gift to the society, returned. No-one knew yet who had committed the crime and their victims could not tell anyone anything.
Andrea was certain that the Slytherin boy was somehow involved with it all, "Everyone knows that most of his supporters had been in Slytherin! I bet it was his parents or something."
"That's a pretty strong accusation to make; besides we have no proof that the two things are even connected." Lucy answered.
This did not worry Andrea who was now convinced they could solve the crime. She tried to talk Lucy into following him around the school hoping to catch him up to no good. "No way, we would definitely get in to trouble, besides Dumbledore knows about him now and he is much more likely to work it out than we are."
Try as she might Andrea was unable to sway Lucy from her decision, Lucy argued that they had exams to study for and she herself had to sit two sets.
Still one Saturday afternoon as they sat under a tree by the lake, with their books, enjoying the sunshine they saw the Slytherin boy look around and then disappear into the dark forest.
"You know we could just see where he goes then go and get Dumbledore if it looks suspicious" reasoned Andrea.
"I suppose your right." Said Lucy, more than a little curious to see where the boy was going.
They crept round the side of the lake and entered the forest after the boy. The made their way through the trees trying to avoid tripping over the fallen trees. The forest got darker the further in they progressed, after about half an hour they still hadn't found the boy when Lucy signalled to Andrea to sit beside her for a rest on one of the trees. "He could have gone anywhere!" said Lucy in a miserable voice. "We could walk about for days and not find him."
Sighing they got to their feet and decided to keep going in the same direction after several minutes they heard voices.
Stopping behind a tree as close as they dared to the voices they peered through it trying to hear what was being said.
"I told you Father, Dumbledore suspects me, obviously he knows you're my father and is not buying the story that you have seen the error of your ways!" said the Slytherin boy.
"But he can't prove anything can he?" answered a tall thin blonde man, "truth be known he has mistrusted my since I was at school here myself."
"What do you want me to do now?" asked the boy "He found out how I was listening to him and has sealed the passage way."
"Did you find out where he sent the Potter boy?" the man spat out the name, as though it were a curse.
"Maybe a clue, he was talking about a squib named Annabelle Figg or something, he bought her a house in Surrey somewhere," answered the boy, "but someone interrupted him and I couldn't get back to hear the rest."
"That's not much to go on, squibs don't have to register with the ministry." Said the man thoughtfully, "no matter he can't hide him forever."
As the girls listened they heard the couple speak about who had been arrested and who had been killed they mentioned someone called Barty several time and a Bella something.
Just then Lucy sneezed and there was silence followed by an angry shout "over there Dad" and the two of them advanced on the girls.
"What are you doing here?" The man demanded sharply.
"We were just out walking," answered Andrea hopefully.
"Walking? In the dark forest, students are not allowed in here."
"What will we do with them father?" inquired the boy in a mock polite voice.
"Leave them to me, you get back before you are all missed, I will speak to you later," ordered the man.
"But father there..."
"I gave you an order boy; do you think me incapable of taking care of two little girls?" interrupted the man.
Without another word the boy turned and left.
Lucy and Andrea exchanged a scared look, and then looked back at the man.
"What are you going to do with us?" asked Lucy.
The man just smiled a small smile and took out his wand slowly; Lucy who already had her wand hidden in her hand behind her back brought it out in front of her. This seemed to amuse the man as his smile broadened.
Lucy tried desperately to recall any spell, or incantation that would help them. She stepped in front of Andrea as the man raised his wand, she muttered the word "protego" casting a protection spell on herself at the same moment the man shouted "AVADA KEDAVRA" the spell rebounded.
There was a look of horror on the mans face he was standing to close to avoid being hit by the green light which hit him square on the chest he screamed in agony and fell to the ground.
Both girls screamed in horror at the man's body lying very still on the forest floor. They turned and ran back through the forest.
Lucy didn't know how much time they spent running and stumbling through the trees, tears pouring down her cheeks but eventually they emerged at the school grounds. They ran straight up the front steps and paused for a moment in the entrance hall not knowing where Professor Dumbledore was, dinner had already started so it was possible that he was in the great hall.
In unison they pushed the doors open and several students near them dropped their cutlery in surprise. Dumbledore was sitting at the teachers table; he looked up as they stumbled towards him gasping.
"Professor Dumbledore, Sir, a man in the forest he's dead.and.I." wept Lucy.
"Come with me" said Dumbledore standing up cutting off anything further from either of them.