Unknown Secret
Chapter 11, Outcast
Skyla awoke lying on something hard and flat. Her vision was a little blurred and she felt groggy. "Ah, hello Skyla, how are you feeling?" she heard a pleasant voice say. She squinted and saw Professor Dumbledore smiling at her. She looked around and saw she was lying on a desk in the middle of some kind of office with pictures all over the walls. 'What am I doing here?' she thought and sat up. She felt a small pain in her stomach and suddenly she remembered what happened. "Where am I?" she asked.
"In my office" Dumbledore replied. "You're fine now, but tell me, how did that lovely knife come to decide that its sheath was in your stomach?"
'How can he always seem to make everything so calm?' she thought. Then to Dumbledore she said, "It was Draco. He found out what I was doing and cornered me in a classroom. He said something about he and his father deciding what to do with me."
Then another voice came from behind her. She jumped and turned her head to see Harry standing there. "What were you doing that made Draco try to kill you?" he asked. She looked at Dumbledore to see if she should tell, but Dumbledore had already started speaking.
"Skyla here was doing me a favor and spying on Draco to get information about his father." he explained to Harry before turning to Skyla to ask; "How did he find out?"
"He had one of my letters that I had written to you," she said. Then the voice in her head asked *Wait a minute, how did he get the letter in the first place? * 'Good question' she thought and then remembered; "He must have seen it on the table when I was sleeping and took it and sealed the envelope so I wouldn't notice." she said aloud.
"Well it is very late, and you two need some sleep." said Professor Dumbledore, "I daresay that Skyla cannot go back to the Slytherin dormitories, for safety reasons you see. Harry, you'll have to take her with you to the Gryffindor tower and see if Miss Granger is awake. She'll take Skyla up and see if she can find her someplace to sleep. We'll see more about this tomorrow."
He ushered them to the door and Skyla and Harry went out. Skyla followed Harry up a flight of stairs. *Hey, what was he doing in there? * asked the voice. She decided to ask him. "Why were you in there?" she asked.
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Harry looked back and realized that she probably didn't know what happened after she fainted, so he explained; "I heard you scream walking back from detention with Snape. I went to see what it was and found you on the floor. I didn't know what to do, so I took you to Dumbledore's office. He took out the knife and did a healing spell, then you woke up." All this time they were walking to the Gryffindor tower and when they got there Harry woke the Fat Lady up and said the password. She was too tired to inquire about Skyla and swung open. They went inside and just as Dumbledore had suspected, Hermione and Ron were there, looking anxious.
"Harry have you any idea what time it is?" asked Hermione franticly, and then she and Ron saw Skyla.
"What's she doing here?" asked Ron.
Harry suddenly realized how tired he was and did not want to have to explain everything, so he simply said "I'll explain everything in the morning, you'll just have to trust me. Hermione, can you find Skyla someplace to sleep? Like I said I'll explain everything tomorrow." He watched as Hermione looking bewildered just nodded and beckoned to Skyla and they went up the stairs to the girls' dormitory. He led the way up to the boys' with Ron following. He fell asleep as soon as his head hit the pillow.
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Hermione had made Skyla a bed on the floor of one of the dormitories. Skyla woke up to sounds of complaint. "What's she doing here?" asked one of the girls.
"Yeah, why is a Slytherin sleeping in our dormitory?" protested another.
"I- umm, you see…" stumbled Hermione, trying to explain. 'She can't explain, can she?' Skyla thought, 'she doesn't even know.'
"You're not supposed to be in here." said one of the girls to Skyla. Skyla sighed and thought 'It's just like the Orphanage, isn't it? I thought things would be different here.'
She turned to the girls. "Don't worry, I was just leaving." said and sighed again.
She walked out of the room and started down the stairs when Hermione called "Wait, Skyla…they just…I…" but Skyla ignored her and went on walking through the common room, trying to ignore the stares from the other Gryffindors in the common room as well.
She stepped out of the portrait hole and didn't even look at the Fat Lady, hoping to avoid more comments and a strange look. *You should have known it couldn't last. Things like this always happen.* said the voice in her head. 'But why? What have I ever done to be treated like an outcast?' she felt tears stream down her face, but she kept walking, not even knowing where she was going. She soon found herself out on the Hogwarts grounds. *What are you going to do now?* 'I don't know' she thought, 'What is there to do?' and sobbed even harder.
She looked around and realized that she had walked halfway around the lake already. She sat down by a bush and looked at her feet. She heard a rustle in the bush beside her, and before she could look to see what it was, there were ropes around her wrists and ankles and a gag in her mouth. She tried to scream, but all that came out was a muffled sound. She managed to turn a little to see blonde hair and a face resembling Draco's before there was a blindfold on her face and she heard a spell being uttered. "Stupefy" and everything went black for the second time in two days.
Chapter 11, Outcast
Skyla awoke lying on something hard and flat. Her vision was a little blurred and she felt groggy. "Ah, hello Skyla, how are you feeling?" she heard a pleasant voice say. She squinted and saw Professor Dumbledore smiling at her. She looked around and saw she was lying on a desk in the middle of some kind of office with pictures all over the walls. 'What am I doing here?' she thought and sat up. She felt a small pain in her stomach and suddenly she remembered what happened. "Where am I?" she asked.
"In my office" Dumbledore replied. "You're fine now, but tell me, how did that lovely knife come to decide that its sheath was in your stomach?"
'How can he always seem to make everything so calm?' she thought. Then to Dumbledore she said, "It was Draco. He found out what I was doing and cornered me in a classroom. He said something about he and his father deciding what to do with me."
Then another voice came from behind her. She jumped and turned her head to see Harry standing there. "What were you doing that made Draco try to kill you?" he asked. She looked at Dumbledore to see if she should tell, but Dumbledore had already started speaking.
"Skyla here was doing me a favor and spying on Draco to get information about his father." he explained to Harry before turning to Skyla to ask; "How did he find out?"
"He had one of my letters that I had written to you," she said. Then the voice in her head asked *Wait a minute, how did he get the letter in the first place? * 'Good question' she thought and then remembered; "He must have seen it on the table when I was sleeping and took it and sealed the envelope so I wouldn't notice." she said aloud.
"Well it is very late, and you two need some sleep." said Professor Dumbledore, "I daresay that Skyla cannot go back to the Slytherin dormitories, for safety reasons you see. Harry, you'll have to take her with you to the Gryffindor tower and see if Miss Granger is awake. She'll take Skyla up and see if she can find her someplace to sleep. We'll see more about this tomorrow."
He ushered them to the door and Skyla and Harry went out. Skyla followed Harry up a flight of stairs. *Hey, what was he doing in there? * asked the voice. She decided to ask him. "Why were you in there?" she asked.
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Harry looked back and realized that she probably didn't know what happened after she fainted, so he explained; "I heard you scream walking back from detention with Snape. I went to see what it was and found you on the floor. I didn't know what to do, so I took you to Dumbledore's office. He took out the knife and did a healing spell, then you woke up." All this time they were walking to the Gryffindor tower and when they got there Harry woke the Fat Lady up and said the password. She was too tired to inquire about Skyla and swung open. They went inside and just as Dumbledore had suspected, Hermione and Ron were there, looking anxious.
"Harry have you any idea what time it is?" asked Hermione franticly, and then she and Ron saw Skyla.
"What's she doing here?" asked Ron.
Harry suddenly realized how tired he was and did not want to have to explain everything, so he simply said "I'll explain everything in the morning, you'll just have to trust me. Hermione, can you find Skyla someplace to sleep? Like I said I'll explain everything tomorrow." He watched as Hermione looking bewildered just nodded and beckoned to Skyla and they went up the stairs to the girls' dormitory. He led the way up to the boys' with Ron following. He fell asleep as soon as his head hit the pillow.
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Hermione had made Skyla a bed on the floor of one of the dormitories. Skyla woke up to sounds of complaint. "What's she doing here?" asked one of the girls.
"Yeah, why is a Slytherin sleeping in our dormitory?" protested another.
"I- umm, you see…" stumbled Hermione, trying to explain. 'She can't explain, can she?' Skyla thought, 'she doesn't even know.'
"You're not supposed to be in here." said one of the girls to Skyla. Skyla sighed and thought 'It's just like the Orphanage, isn't it? I thought things would be different here.'
She turned to the girls. "Don't worry, I was just leaving." said and sighed again.
She walked out of the room and started down the stairs when Hermione called "Wait, Skyla…they just…I…" but Skyla ignored her and went on walking through the common room, trying to ignore the stares from the other Gryffindors in the common room as well.
She stepped out of the portrait hole and didn't even look at the Fat Lady, hoping to avoid more comments and a strange look. *You should have known it couldn't last. Things like this always happen.* said the voice in her head. 'But why? What have I ever done to be treated like an outcast?' she felt tears stream down her face, but she kept walking, not even knowing where she was going. She soon found herself out on the Hogwarts grounds. *What are you going to do now?* 'I don't know' she thought, 'What is there to do?' and sobbed even harder.
She looked around and realized that she had walked halfway around the lake already. She sat down by a bush and looked at her feet. She heard a rustle in the bush beside her, and before she could look to see what it was, there were ropes around her wrists and ankles and a gag in her mouth. She tried to scream, but all that came out was a muffled sound. She managed to turn a little to see blonde hair and a face resembling Draco's before there was a blindfold on her face and she heard a spell being uttered. "Stupefy" and everything went black for the second time in two days.