McGonagall cleared her throat and began her statement. "Yes, Percy Weasley was in my house, though I cannot honestly see why he was sorted there. He was a good student, bright enough for Ravenclaw. But he had the love of power that was so characteristically Slytherin." Snape shot McGongall a look, revolted she would suggest that Percy Weasley should have been in his house.
"Anyway, Percy wanted to be on the Gryffindor Quidditch team for years. But he simply wasn't a very good flyer and I refused to put him on the team. He tried bribing the other members during tryouts one year, but they were not going to let him on either. He always resented me and blamed me for not getting onto the team. He said I swayed the other members. Ever since, I have received various menacing letters, which I suspect were from Percy Weasley. I must honestly say that I could not tolerate or like someone who would do such things, completely against the rules of this school and against the philosophy of a Gryffindor. But since I had no proof the letters were from him, I had no choice but to pretend it never happened."
"Ah! It looks like Miss Granger has pulled herself together," said Dumbledore. "She may go next."
"I never told anyone this before," said Hermione. "But Percy and I had a relationship" Draco looked like he was ready to say something very mean and Ron looked about to cry. "Anyway," continued Hermione, "I admired his intelligence and the fact that he held such good positions in the school."
"What kind of positions?" said Draco, cracking up. Professor Snape pulled out his wand and pointed it towards Malfoy. "Silencio!" Everyone looked at Snape rather funny. "I do occasionally punish people within my own house you know."
Hermione went on. "The relationship turned pretty sour. He was so controlling, and always scolded me if I let on at all about our relationship. He kept it private for fear that he would look bad to be going out with someone so much younger. But actually, he was dating Penelope Clearwater at the time, unbeknownst to me of course. When I found out, I tried to break it off. But he would have none of it. Finally, I managed to leave, but he didn't take it well and spread nasty rumors about me being a, well, a lesbian. Which isn't true. But of course I hated him after that."
"Ooh! My turn now!" said Trelawney.
"I do not need any of that serum! I am always truthful!" she said, pushing away the bottle, which fell with a crash to the floor. "You insolent fraud!" said Professor Snape. "That was my last bottle of Veritaserum!" Dumbledore stroked his chin a moment, then said, "We will just have to let the rest testify on their honor."
"How is THAT fair!?!?" said Hermione. "I revealed much more than I ever wanted to."
Snape nodded in agreement, "I hate to admit it, but I have to concur with Miss Granger. Why bother with these testimonies if we cannot continue them with the utmost honesty?" Draco, who had been un-Charmed piped in, "Yeah, I notice you haven't gone yet, Dumbledore! Hmm, lucky coincidence, you mudblood lover?"
Everyone looked shocked that he'd say such things, but Hermione looked happy. "Draco is obviously still under the influence. I have an idea, mind you it's rather disgusting. But if you were to exchange spit with him, you would most likely be under the effects of the Veritaserum as well." Yeah, it was gross, but Trelawney went right for him. "What are you doing you loony old hag!" said Draco after she pulled away from his mouth.
Her eyes glazed over, "The DARK LORD WILL RISE AGAIN." Harry looked nonplussed, "Psh! We've already heard that, she'd obviously no help, let's move on. To Cho Chang perhaps? I'll kiss Draco first, then you can kiss me!"
Cho rolled her eyes, and moved for Draco directly. "Yeowza!" said Draco after her mouth moved from his. "Now that's a spicy meatball!" She twinkled her eyes at him, then started her interrogation. "I've always been the doll of Hogwarts. Just look around you, who here is prettier than I am? No offence Hermione, Professor McGongall, Trelawney. Anyway, Percy obviously wanted to get some of this. And I do admit I enjoyed leading him on a little bit. But he got rather obsessed and found out some of, err, my dirtier secrets. Just two days ago, he started blackmailing me. He said that if I didn't go out with him and do everything he wanted, he would tell everyone. I had a week to think it over and get back to him. I was very angry."
"But I think we all really want to know what this secret is," said Ginny.
"Well, lets just say it involves a certain video of me and someone I shouldn't have, err, been seeing," said Cho.
"Video? Is he a muggle?" asked Hermione.
"I think we've all heard enough about Miss Chang's personal life," said Professor Snape. "Miss Weasley, we have not heard from you yet."
Ginny wasted no time to go snog Draco Malfoy. "I've been wanting to do that for a very long time," she said. "Err, the potion's already kicked in, hasn't it?" McGonagall nodded and her face got very red. "Well, about Percy, there's not much to tell. Except for the fact that I hated him! I remember when I was dating Michael Corner. Percy was so awful to him. It was all Percy's fault we broke up. He said that I ought to behave like a young lady. He couldn't understand that girls have needs and desires just like boys do. He wanted me to act all nun-like and have to fun at all. So I would sneak out at night. My boyfriend, Butch "the Devil" Beade was there to pick me up on his motorcycle one night. He never got into any school, he works at a tattoo parlor. Did you know muggle tattoos don't even move? Well, Percy caught us and said he was going to send an Owl to mum this weekend. I need to get my jollies too. I was rather upset."
"Errr, yeah," said Ron, who looked very grossed out. "So I guess that's everyone."
"You forgot Old Dumb-ly-dore!" said a drunken sounding Draco Malfoy.
"Ah yes," said Dumbledore. "And take some of this," he said handing a flask to Draco. "It helps when one is drunk, and since a Veritaserum overdose is similar to drunkeness, it may help."
"Make no mistake," said Dumbledore. "I was well aware of everything you all said this evening. Even Ginny Weasley's, err, escapades. There really isn't much more I can add. I always thought Percy was a little shifty, and I was under the impression that he would be trying something, something very big next to add to his power, but I'm afraid his secret went with him to his grave."
"That's IT?!?!" said Draco. "Boo! I want my hic money back! We all said something MUCH more interesting than that!"
"Oh well, it's time to go look for clues now!" said Hermione. "Hurry, or the trail will get cold."
"Anyway, Percy wanted to be on the Gryffindor Quidditch team for years. But he simply wasn't a very good flyer and I refused to put him on the team. He tried bribing the other members during tryouts one year, but they were not going to let him on either. He always resented me and blamed me for not getting onto the team. He said I swayed the other members. Ever since, I have received various menacing letters, which I suspect were from Percy Weasley. I must honestly say that I could not tolerate or like someone who would do such things, completely against the rules of this school and against the philosophy of a Gryffindor. But since I had no proof the letters were from him, I had no choice but to pretend it never happened."
"Ah! It looks like Miss Granger has pulled herself together," said Dumbledore. "She may go next."
"I never told anyone this before," said Hermione. "But Percy and I had a relationship" Draco looked like he was ready to say something very mean and Ron looked about to cry. "Anyway," continued Hermione, "I admired his intelligence and the fact that he held such good positions in the school."
"What kind of positions?" said Draco, cracking up. Professor Snape pulled out his wand and pointed it towards Malfoy. "Silencio!" Everyone looked at Snape rather funny. "I do occasionally punish people within my own house you know."
Hermione went on. "The relationship turned pretty sour. He was so controlling, and always scolded me if I let on at all about our relationship. He kept it private for fear that he would look bad to be going out with someone so much younger. But actually, he was dating Penelope Clearwater at the time, unbeknownst to me of course. When I found out, I tried to break it off. But he would have none of it. Finally, I managed to leave, but he didn't take it well and spread nasty rumors about me being a, well, a lesbian. Which isn't true. But of course I hated him after that."
"Ooh! My turn now!" said Trelawney.
"I do not need any of that serum! I am always truthful!" she said, pushing away the bottle, which fell with a crash to the floor. "You insolent fraud!" said Professor Snape. "That was my last bottle of Veritaserum!" Dumbledore stroked his chin a moment, then said, "We will just have to let the rest testify on their honor."
"How is THAT fair!?!?" said Hermione. "I revealed much more than I ever wanted to."
Snape nodded in agreement, "I hate to admit it, but I have to concur with Miss Granger. Why bother with these testimonies if we cannot continue them with the utmost honesty?" Draco, who had been un-Charmed piped in, "Yeah, I notice you haven't gone yet, Dumbledore! Hmm, lucky coincidence, you mudblood lover?"
Everyone looked shocked that he'd say such things, but Hermione looked happy. "Draco is obviously still under the influence. I have an idea, mind you it's rather disgusting. But if you were to exchange spit with him, you would most likely be under the effects of the Veritaserum as well." Yeah, it was gross, but Trelawney went right for him. "What are you doing you loony old hag!" said Draco after she pulled away from his mouth.
Her eyes glazed over, "The DARK LORD WILL RISE AGAIN." Harry looked nonplussed, "Psh! We've already heard that, she'd obviously no help, let's move on. To Cho Chang perhaps? I'll kiss Draco first, then you can kiss me!"
Cho rolled her eyes, and moved for Draco directly. "Yeowza!" said Draco after her mouth moved from his. "Now that's a spicy meatball!" She twinkled her eyes at him, then started her interrogation. "I've always been the doll of Hogwarts. Just look around you, who here is prettier than I am? No offence Hermione, Professor McGongall, Trelawney. Anyway, Percy obviously wanted to get some of this. And I do admit I enjoyed leading him on a little bit. But he got rather obsessed and found out some of, err, my dirtier secrets. Just two days ago, he started blackmailing me. He said that if I didn't go out with him and do everything he wanted, he would tell everyone. I had a week to think it over and get back to him. I was very angry."
"But I think we all really want to know what this secret is," said Ginny.
"Well, lets just say it involves a certain video of me and someone I shouldn't have, err, been seeing," said Cho.
"Video? Is he a muggle?" asked Hermione.
"I think we've all heard enough about Miss Chang's personal life," said Professor Snape. "Miss Weasley, we have not heard from you yet."
Ginny wasted no time to go snog Draco Malfoy. "I've been wanting to do that for a very long time," she said. "Err, the potion's already kicked in, hasn't it?" McGonagall nodded and her face got very red. "Well, about Percy, there's not much to tell. Except for the fact that I hated him! I remember when I was dating Michael Corner. Percy was so awful to him. It was all Percy's fault we broke up. He said that I ought to behave like a young lady. He couldn't understand that girls have needs and desires just like boys do. He wanted me to act all nun-like and have to fun at all. So I would sneak out at night. My boyfriend, Butch "the Devil" Beade was there to pick me up on his motorcycle one night. He never got into any school, he works at a tattoo parlor. Did you know muggle tattoos don't even move? Well, Percy caught us and said he was going to send an Owl to mum this weekend. I need to get my jollies too. I was rather upset."
"Errr, yeah," said Ron, who looked very grossed out. "So I guess that's everyone."
"You forgot Old Dumb-ly-dore!" said a drunken sounding Draco Malfoy.
"Ah yes," said Dumbledore. "And take some of this," he said handing a flask to Draco. "It helps when one is drunk, and since a Veritaserum overdose is similar to drunkeness, it may help."
"Make no mistake," said Dumbledore. "I was well aware of everything you all said this evening. Even Ginny Weasley's, err, escapades. There really isn't much more I can add. I always thought Percy was a little shifty, and I was under the impression that he would be trying something, something very big next to add to his power, but I'm afraid his secret went with him to his grave."
"That's IT?!?!" said Draco. "Boo! I want my hic money back! We all said something MUCH more interesting than that!"
"Oh well, it's time to go look for clues now!" said Hermione. "Hurry, or the trail will get cold."