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Author's Note: Hey, all you who've read my 'Behind the veil' story! This is where it comes in, as I promised it would. *smiles deviously* And some things you will find in this chapter will be of great importance afterwards. Yeees. I'm starting to like this story more and more and I promise you'll see somebody soon.
Great Scott!!! I can't believe it!!! I was about to post the chapter when I replied for the reviews and I forgot to save it!!! So, that means that my last-minute thanks were. nowhere!!! Well, here they are now and sorry for the mistake!!!
Chapter 9: The great surprises
It was the beginning of October and Amala made walking to the Department of Mysteries a weekly habit and Dumbledore knew it. He had found out of this thing in the third week of school. Well, he could have done something about it, but there was something in his heart that told him to stay back. So, he just followed her when she went there, to prevent her from doing stupid things. But all she did was stare at the veil.
Today, he was getting ready to go, when McGonagall came and told him about a kid who was having problems at the edge of the Forbidden Forest. Oh, well, he guessed he had to save him.
He went to the forest where he found a totally traumatized second year. He smiled to the kid and asked him what happened. It turned out that he went to find out what the 'fuss' was about with the forest and had encountered a few centaurs who weren't too kind. He sent Minerva with the kid to the Hospital Wing and he made himself invisible and Apparated in the Ministry. He moved quickly towards the Department of Mysteries. He opened the door to the place and stepped inside. The rooms started spinning and he chose the door he knew was towards the Death chamber. Great, he was late! A feeling that something bad was about to happen surrounded him. He opened the door, hoping nothing had went wrong.
But exactly as he entered, Amala said loudly:
"For Sirius" and stepped towards the veil.
"Amala, don't!" he cried, hoping to stop her, but she didn't hear him and stepped through the thing.
The Headmaster stood dead in his tracks. Oh, God! He felt a bit desperate, but he came back to his senses and looked sad towards the veil, towards the death that stood there and felt so close. Death. Death had taken another, another who would have spent a happy life if he had made it in time.
Death surrounded him and he shivered, for the first time in years. Oh, he knew the feeling just too well, he had faced Death before. But now it seemed so close to him. Maybe because he was older. He suddenly felt that Death itself knew he was there and whispered to the veil, not knowing why he did it:
"This is the second of Harry's friends that you take. Why? Why Amala?"
He felt sad all over and turned towards the door and opened it. There was nothing more to be done.
A pair of black eyes watched him get out from the darkness.
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The next morning, Harry, Ron, Ginny and Hermione went towards the Great Hall.
"Where's Amala?" Ron asked.
"I don't know, she must have gone to breakfast earlier. You know she's a morning person" Hermione replied.
It was ten thirty and almost everybody was up. They went towards the table and sat down and started eating.
The people around them chatted happily and they followed the example. Ginny was just wondering about a spell in Transfiguration and Hermione was explaining to her everything. Ron was laughing in his plate.
As they ate, they saw a very sad Dumbledore going towards the teachers' table.
"What's up with him?" asked Ron looking at the Headmaster. He seemed thirty years older.
"Dunno" Harry answered.
As Dumbledore reached his seat, they saw him take out his wand and whisper some words.
"What's he doing?" asked Harry, but got no answer.
Dumbledore stopped making the magic and said, his voice clearly sounding through the castle:
"All students and teachers please come to the Great Hall."
It was an order, not a request and everybody showed up and took their seats. What happened? Dumbledore didn't just call them there for nothing, did he?
The Headmaster looked sad at everyone and started saying:
"Thank you for coming." His voice was low and sad, yet everyone heard it. "I have some very bad news today, I am afraid."
Everybody looked at him silently. Had Voldemort conquered the world? Had somebody died?
"Dear students, fellow Professors, with great sadness I announce you that another student has followed Cedric Diggory on dark paths."
Everybody looked around and Ginny cried:
"Amala! Oh, no!"
Dumbledore looked down and everybody felt their hearts sink. At least, everybody from Gryffindor, Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw. The Slytherins weren't so sad about the whole thing as the others. But Amala had been one of the nicer characters in the school and a good student. And the three houses were sad for her. And they were afraid of whatever else would happen. Another dead student. Was that again Voldemort's hand?
"Yes, I am afraid so.", said Dumbledore very quietly and then continued: "Amala Wright has died trying to save someone from death. Let us now raise our glasses for Amala Wright!"
But as the glasses were raised, the doors of the Great Hall burst open.
"Well, Professor Dumbledore, I must say I am truly honored, but I'm not dead. At least not yet!" said a smiling Amala.
Everybody in the school was staring now at either her or Dumbledore, who nearly lost his glass. 'But the girl went through the veil!' he said in his mind.
Many were laughing right now. Mostly, the Slytherins. Harry even heard Malfoy say:
"The old man is loosing it. The Dark Lord will soon take over the school!"
A few from other houses were laughing. Some were thinking that Dumbledore made a joke and a very sadistic one, too, and were laughing politely and some others thought that the girl managed to trick him.
Amala herself went and sat down by Harry, Ron, Hermione and Ginny.
"What was that all about?! We all thought you were dead! What on Earth happened?" asked Ron, his eyes wide opened.
"I'll tell you later, not here", she whispered. "How long have I been gone?"
"Not much", said Hermione. "Since last night."
Something was definitely weird here! What had happened to the girl? And why on Earth didn't she know how long she had been missing?
"That little? It seemed like days"
"Where were you?" asked Harry.
"I'll tell you later. This is morning, right?"
"Yes!" the trio answered, looking weird at her.
Suddenly the post came and a huge, brown owl came down to Harry.
"I wonder who this could be from?" he asked himself, taking the letter from the owl who flew away quickly.
He opened the envelope and his eyes widened and his jaw dropped.
"What is it, Harry?" asked Ron, trying to take the letter, but Harry didn't let him.
But Harry was reading and re-reading the name on the bottom of the letter. How could it be true? It couldn't! No way! But. but.
"Harry, the whole table is watching", whispered Amala in his ear.
It was true. Most eyes were on Harry, who came up with a story in a moment.
"It's from my aunt and uncle. They say that my cousin has gone bald and it's all my fault!"
The Gryffindors started to laugh and Hermione and Ron came closer to Harry.
"Really?" whispered Ron.
"No", said Harry slowly. "Tell you later!" he said still in a state of shock, while Amala was smiling mysteriously.
The four finished their meal as soon as humanly possible and quickly found an empty classroom.
"SIRIUS IS ALIVE!" said Harry. "Look, he sent me a letter!"
Hermione and Ron stared at him in surprise and Harry showed them the letter.
Dear Harry,
I can't believe it either! I'm alive! After I fell through the veil, I spent a long time there, but yesterday a girl, Amala came and took me out. I think she learns in Hogwarts. I've been sent to a safe place far away. Ask Amala for details.
Oh, Harry, it's wonderful! I'm alive again! I missed you so! Please, please, write back soon!
Snuffles
"Whoa!" said Ron. "Harry, it's incredible! Whoa, Amala! I never knew you could do such a thing! What a surprise"
"Huge!" cried Hermione. "Amala, how on Earth did you rescue him?!"
"What?!" Ron said outraged. "Sirius is O.K. and you're worried with technical details?!"
"I'm sorry, Ron!" she said sarcastically. "I didn't know that asking Amala to tell us what happened is a 'technical detail'".
"Oh, yeah, right!" said Ron. "Tell us everything!"
"Well, I snuck up to the Department of Mysteries."
"How did you get there?" asked Harry in surprise.
"I Apparated.", she answered and Hermione put her hand over her mouth.
"But that's illegal."
"Yeah, well. Anyway, a guy started talking to me telepathically and he told me that I had a chance to make it out if I went through the veil. I went inside, found Sirius and tried to go out with him. But a woman who was Death's Guardian, wouldn't let me through. After a while, Death herself came and let us out. It was weird, she was joking with us. Out there stood a man that Death called Multa Nomina and I realized he was the guy who talked to me telepathically. After that, Death disappeared and he took us to Transylvania, near my home with a portkey and he let Sirius there, saying he'd help him out with the Ministry problem and then he took me back here. Oh, and by the way, his first name is Jack. It's weird, he felt ancient and yet young. Gods, I don't know who he is, he felt like a king or something. He's the one who told me to go in when I did."
The three stood there looking as if they were struck by a lightning.
"You. you conquered Death!" said Ron, awestruck.
"No, I didn't", the girl whispered. "If she hadn't wanted to let us go, we'd both be dead.
She stood there and then added:
"But I don't think it was just me who saved Sirius. I had a lot of help from that Jack guy, I think."
"Multa Nomina." Hermione whispered. "Many names. Death. Sirius alive. Oh, Gods."
Harry was awestruck. Sirius, Sirius was alive! Oh, Lords! And. Oh, my God, he was alive! It was all alright! It was o.k. Was it a dream?
"You. Sirius. Alive. Bring"
"Yes, me Sirius alive bring" she answered. "It feels like a dream. Is it one?"
"It feels real" answered Hermione. "Gods, Harry, Sirius is back!!! I never heard of anybody come back t life before! Well, not like this! Oh, Gods, Amala, you could have died! My God!"
"I know." the other girl answered. "I know. It's weird."
"It's impossible!" cried Ron. "Definitely impossible!"
"I know, but still. It felt weird. I don't know. Like a dream. Death, Sirius." Amala answered and noticed that they were all still in shock. Actually, she just started to realize what happened. O.K., she should de- shock them.
After managing to get them out of shock, Amala went back to the common room, where before she could say any weird story of where she had been, she was called by McGonagall to Dumbledore, where she had to repeat the story. The Headmaster himself looked quite shocked when he found out the story and told her not to tell anybody else about this, except for the ones who knew the Animagus was dead. That meant Harry, Ron, Hermione, Ginny, Luna and Neville. Everybody else was supposed to know that she had been in the Forbidden Forest and a giant spider attacked her and that he, Dumbledore, thought the thing killed her, but she had only fainted. The girl accepted the story gladly and added the part about being saved by a Dryad. At least, now she had a good story about how she got to the Great Hall when se was supposed to be dead.
For the next few days, she told everybody the story and the people who were supposed to tell the truth, the truth. Dumbledore himself shared the secret with the Order members.
Shock was the best definition of everybody who found out the news. Nobody knew what to think, many people had tried to conquer death, but none had managed. And yet, a girl appeared and saved somebody from death.
Amala herself started to feel the legendary Gryffindor courage build up inside her and a part of her changing, leaving her wiser.
However, that state disappeared way quicker than anyone had expected. In one week, it was gone. They all started to get used to the idea of Sirius living and Amala saving him. Sirius was sending Harry letters with the owl that seemed to be as quick as light. Amala had the feeling it was again connected to the Multa Nomina guy.
After the shock-state disappeared, Amala, decided to go on with her life. Her friends noticed that she had gotten a certain powerful look in her eyes, and although as cheery as before, she was somehow more serious, more understanding. On that particular Sunday morning, she reached a decision about her life.
Harry, Ron and Hermione were writing a letter to Sirius in the common room. Amala got down the stairs from the girls dormitories, yawning. She was going to share that decision with them.
"Guys, I'm crazy!" she said, yawning again.
"Why?" asked Harry, although he could think of a million reasons why.
"Because I still have a crush on Snape."
"Well, yeah, you're crazy", said Ron, "but not more than you were a few weeks ago."
Amala glared at him.
"This time, I'll do something about it."
"The guy will kill you!" said Ron. "You are crazy!"
She smiled a little, while they were staring at her.
"So, what are you going to do about it?" Asked Hermione.
Amala looked her in the eyes.
"You'll see."
"Tell us, so we'll know what you were thinking about when he kills you!" said Ron.
"Tell us before we kill you", added Harry.
"No, no" she said in a sing-song voice. "This is a teaser. Tomorrow, you'll see!"
"Tell us!" said Hermione pleadingly.
"Tell you what?" asked Ginny curiously.
Amala looked at Ron's sister and said:
"Who I have a crush on."
The other four looked at her, in surprise, Harry, Ron and Hermione that she didn't tell Ginny and Ginny that Amala had a crush on somebody and didn't tell her. Not even that she had a crush.
"Oh, well", said Ginny after a few seconds, not noticing the other three's faces, "I'm going to breakfast."
After she left, Ron asked her:
"Why didn't you tell her?"
"Because I hadn't told her that I had a crush on Snape, either." She answered. "And I'm not sure this'll work. Whish me luck tomorrow."
"But what are you going to do?" asked Hermione looking straight into her eyes.
"You'll see", she said smiling mysteriously. Oh, yes, this was going to be good.
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Oh, well, it's all done. Hope you liked it. Everything has a logic here -at least everything I'm thinking of has a logic. Want to know what happened to Amala? Read 'Behind the Veil'.
Thanks: to Naomie: For always reading. Thanks!
To the Red Dragons Order: Yes, you reviewed the chapter, just that I was a bit. um. inattentive and I forgot to save the blasted chapter before I posted it! *groans*. Thank you for reviewing!!!
Author's Note: Hey, all you who've read my 'Behind the veil' story! This is where it comes in, as I promised it would. *smiles deviously* And some things you will find in this chapter will be of great importance afterwards. Yeees. I'm starting to like this story more and more and I promise you'll see somebody soon.
Great Scott!!! I can't believe it!!! I was about to post the chapter when I replied for the reviews and I forgot to save it!!! So, that means that my last-minute thanks were. nowhere!!! Well, here they are now and sorry for the mistake!!!
Chapter 9: The great surprises
It was the beginning of October and Amala made walking to the Department of Mysteries a weekly habit and Dumbledore knew it. He had found out of this thing in the third week of school. Well, he could have done something about it, but there was something in his heart that told him to stay back. So, he just followed her when she went there, to prevent her from doing stupid things. But all she did was stare at the veil.
Today, he was getting ready to go, when McGonagall came and told him about a kid who was having problems at the edge of the Forbidden Forest. Oh, well, he guessed he had to save him.
He went to the forest where he found a totally traumatized second year. He smiled to the kid and asked him what happened. It turned out that he went to find out what the 'fuss' was about with the forest and had encountered a few centaurs who weren't too kind. He sent Minerva with the kid to the Hospital Wing and he made himself invisible and Apparated in the Ministry. He moved quickly towards the Department of Mysteries. He opened the door to the place and stepped inside. The rooms started spinning and he chose the door he knew was towards the Death chamber. Great, he was late! A feeling that something bad was about to happen surrounded him. He opened the door, hoping nothing had went wrong.
But exactly as he entered, Amala said loudly:
"For Sirius" and stepped towards the veil.
"Amala, don't!" he cried, hoping to stop her, but she didn't hear him and stepped through the thing.
The Headmaster stood dead in his tracks. Oh, God! He felt a bit desperate, but he came back to his senses and looked sad towards the veil, towards the death that stood there and felt so close. Death. Death had taken another, another who would have spent a happy life if he had made it in time.
Death surrounded him and he shivered, for the first time in years. Oh, he knew the feeling just too well, he had faced Death before. But now it seemed so close to him. Maybe because he was older. He suddenly felt that Death itself knew he was there and whispered to the veil, not knowing why he did it:
"This is the second of Harry's friends that you take. Why? Why Amala?"
He felt sad all over and turned towards the door and opened it. There was nothing more to be done.
A pair of black eyes watched him get out from the darkness.
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The next morning, Harry, Ron, Ginny and Hermione went towards the Great Hall.
"Where's Amala?" Ron asked.
"I don't know, she must have gone to breakfast earlier. You know she's a morning person" Hermione replied.
It was ten thirty and almost everybody was up. They went towards the table and sat down and started eating.
The people around them chatted happily and they followed the example. Ginny was just wondering about a spell in Transfiguration and Hermione was explaining to her everything. Ron was laughing in his plate.
As they ate, they saw a very sad Dumbledore going towards the teachers' table.
"What's up with him?" asked Ron looking at the Headmaster. He seemed thirty years older.
"Dunno" Harry answered.
As Dumbledore reached his seat, they saw him take out his wand and whisper some words.
"What's he doing?" asked Harry, but got no answer.
Dumbledore stopped making the magic and said, his voice clearly sounding through the castle:
"All students and teachers please come to the Great Hall."
It was an order, not a request and everybody showed up and took their seats. What happened? Dumbledore didn't just call them there for nothing, did he?
The Headmaster looked sad at everyone and started saying:
"Thank you for coming." His voice was low and sad, yet everyone heard it. "I have some very bad news today, I am afraid."
Everybody looked at him silently. Had Voldemort conquered the world? Had somebody died?
"Dear students, fellow Professors, with great sadness I announce you that another student has followed Cedric Diggory on dark paths."
Everybody looked around and Ginny cried:
"Amala! Oh, no!"
Dumbledore looked down and everybody felt their hearts sink. At least, everybody from Gryffindor, Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw. The Slytherins weren't so sad about the whole thing as the others. But Amala had been one of the nicer characters in the school and a good student. And the three houses were sad for her. And they were afraid of whatever else would happen. Another dead student. Was that again Voldemort's hand?
"Yes, I am afraid so.", said Dumbledore very quietly and then continued: "Amala Wright has died trying to save someone from death. Let us now raise our glasses for Amala Wright!"
But as the glasses were raised, the doors of the Great Hall burst open.
"Well, Professor Dumbledore, I must say I am truly honored, but I'm not dead. At least not yet!" said a smiling Amala.
Everybody in the school was staring now at either her or Dumbledore, who nearly lost his glass. 'But the girl went through the veil!' he said in his mind.
Many were laughing right now. Mostly, the Slytherins. Harry even heard Malfoy say:
"The old man is loosing it. The Dark Lord will soon take over the school!"
A few from other houses were laughing. Some were thinking that Dumbledore made a joke and a very sadistic one, too, and were laughing politely and some others thought that the girl managed to trick him.
Amala herself went and sat down by Harry, Ron, Hermione and Ginny.
"What was that all about?! We all thought you were dead! What on Earth happened?" asked Ron, his eyes wide opened.
"I'll tell you later, not here", she whispered. "How long have I been gone?"
"Not much", said Hermione. "Since last night."
Something was definitely weird here! What had happened to the girl? And why on Earth didn't she know how long she had been missing?
"That little? It seemed like days"
"Where were you?" asked Harry.
"I'll tell you later. This is morning, right?"
"Yes!" the trio answered, looking weird at her.
Suddenly the post came and a huge, brown owl came down to Harry.
"I wonder who this could be from?" he asked himself, taking the letter from the owl who flew away quickly.
He opened the envelope and his eyes widened and his jaw dropped.
"What is it, Harry?" asked Ron, trying to take the letter, but Harry didn't let him.
But Harry was reading and re-reading the name on the bottom of the letter. How could it be true? It couldn't! No way! But. but.
"Harry, the whole table is watching", whispered Amala in his ear.
It was true. Most eyes were on Harry, who came up with a story in a moment.
"It's from my aunt and uncle. They say that my cousin has gone bald and it's all my fault!"
The Gryffindors started to laugh and Hermione and Ron came closer to Harry.
"Really?" whispered Ron.
"No", said Harry slowly. "Tell you later!" he said still in a state of shock, while Amala was smiling mysteriously.
The four finished their meal as soon as humanly possible and quickly found an empty classroom.
"SIRIUS IS ALIVE!" said Harry. "Look, he sent me a letter!"
Hermione and Ron stared at him in surprise and Harry showed them the letter.
Dear Harry,
I can't believe it either! I'm alive! After I fell through the veil, I spent a long time there, but yesterday a girl, Amala came and took me out. I think she learns in Hogwarts. I've been sent to a safe place far away. Ask Amala for details.
Oh, Harry, it's wonderful! I'm alive again! I missed you so! Please, please, write back soon!
Snuffles
"Whoa!" said Ron. "Harry, it's incredible! Whoa, Amala! I never knew you could do such a thing! What a surprise"
"Huge!" cried Hermione. "Amala, how on Earth did you rescue him?!"
"What?!" Ron said outraged. "Sirius is O.K. and you're worried with technical details?!"
"I'm sorry, Ron!" she said sarcastically. "I didn't know that asking Amala to tell us what happened is a 'technical detail'".
"Oh, yeah, right!" said Ron. "Tell us everything!"
"Well, I snuck up to the Department of Mysteries."
"How did you get there?" asked Harry in surprise.
"I Apparated.", she answered and Hermione put her hand over her mouth.
"But that's illegal."
"Yeah, well. Anyway, a guy started talking to me telepathically and he told me that I had a chance to make it out if I went through the veil. I went inside, found Sirius and tried to go out with him. But a woman who was Death's Guardian, wouldn't let me through. After a while, Death herself came and let us out. It was weird, she was joking with us. Out there stood a man that Death called Multa Nomina and I realized he was the guy who talked to me telepathically. After that, Death disappeared and he took us to Transylvania, near my home with a portkey and he let Sirius there, saying he'd help him out with the Ministry problem and then he took me back here. Oh, and by the way, his first name is Jack. It's weird, he felt ancient and yet young. Gods, I don't know who he is, he felt like a king or something. He's the one who told me to go in when I did."
The three stood there looking as if they were struck by a lightning.
"You. you conquered Death!" said Ron, awestruck.
"No, I didn't", the girl whispered. "If she hadn't wanted to let us go, we'd both be dead.
She stood there and then added:
"But I don't think it was just me who saved Sirius. I had a lot of help from that Jack guy, I think."
"Multa Nomina." Hermione whispered. "Many names. Death. Sirius alive. Oh, Gods."
Harry was awestruck. Sirius, Sirius was alive! Oh, Lords! And. Oh, my God, he was alive! It was all alright! It was o.k. Was it a dream?
"You. Sirius. Alive. Bring"
"Yes, me Sirius alive bring" she answered. "It feels like a dream. Is it one?"
"It feels real" answered Hermione. "Gods, Harry, Sirius is back!!! I never heard of anybody come back t life before! Well, not like this! Oh, Gods, Amala, you could have died! My God!"
"I know." the other girl answered. "I know. It's weird."
"It's impossible!" cried Ron. "Definitely impossible!"
"I know, but still. It felt weird. I don't know. Like a dream. Death, Sirius." Amala answered and noticed that they were all still in shock. Actually, she just started to realize what happened. O.K., she should de- shock them.
After managing to get them out of shock, Amala went back to the common room, where before she could say any weird story of where she had been, she was called by McGonagall to Dumbledore, where she had to repeat the story. The Headmaster himself looked quite shocked when he found out the story and told her not to tell anybody else about this, except for the ones who knew the Animagus was dead. That meant Harry, Ron, Hermione, Ginny, Luna and Neville. Everybody else was supposed to know that she had been in the Forbidden Forest and a giant spider attacked her and that he, Dumbledore, thought the thing killed her, but she had only fainted. The girl accepted the story gladly and added the part about being saved by a Dryad. At least, now she had a good story about how she got to the Great Hall when se was supposed to be dead.
For the next few days, she told everybody the story and the people who were supposed to tell the truth, the truth. Dumbledore himself shared the secret with the Order members.
Shock was the best definition of everybody who found out the news. Nobody knew what to think, many people had tried to conquer death, but none had managed. And yet, a girl appeared and saved somebody from death.
Amala herself started to feel the legendary Gryffindor courage build up inside her and a part of her changing, leaving her wiser.
However, that state disappeared way quicker than anyone had expected. In one week, it was gone. They all started to get used to the idea of Sirius living and Amala saving him. Sirius was sending Harry letters with the owl that seemed to be as quick as light. Amala had the feeling it was again connected to the Multa Nomina guy.
After the shock-state disappeared, Amala, decided to go on with her life. Her friends noticed that she had gotten a certain powerful look in her eyes, and although as cheery as before, she was somehow more serious, more understanding. On that particular Sunday morning, she reached a decision about her life.
Harry, Ron and Hermione were writing a letter to Sirius in the common room. Amala got down the stairs from the girls dormitories, yawning. She was going to share that decision with them.
"Guys, I'm crazy!" she said, yawning again.
"Why?" asked Harry, although he could think of a million reasons why.
"Because I still have a crush on Snape."
"Well, yeah, you're crazy", said Ron, "but not more than you were a few weeks ago."
Amala glared at him.
"This time, I'll do something about it."
"The guy will kill you!" said Ron. "You are crazy!"
She smiled a little, while they were staring at her.
"So, what are you going to do about it?" Asked Hermione.
Amala looked her in the eyes.
"You'll see."
"Tell us, so we'll know what you were thinking about when he kills you!" said Ron.
"Tell us before we kill you", added Harry.
"No, no" she said in a sing-song voice. "This is a teaser. Tomorrow, you'll see!"
"Tell us!" said Hermione pleadingly.
"Tell you what?" asked Ginny curiously.
Amala looked at Ron's sister and said:
"Who I have a crush on."
The other four looked at her, in surprise, Harry, Ron and Hermione that she didn't tell Ginny and Ginny that Amala had a crush on somebody and didn't tell her. Not even that she had a crush.
"Oh, well", said Ginny after a few seconds, not noticing the other three's faces, "I'm going to breakfast."
After she left, Ron asked her:
"Why didn't you tell her?"
"Because I hadn't told her that I had a crush on Snape, either." She answered. "And I'm not sure this'll work. Whish me luck tomorrow."
"But what are you going to do?" asked Hermione looking straight into her eyes.
"You'll see", she said smiling mysteriously. Oh, yes, this was going to be good.
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Oh, well, it's all done. Hope you liked it. Everything has a logic here -at least everything I'm thinking of has a logic. Want to know what happened to Amala? Read 'Behind the Veil'.
Thanks: to Naomie: For always reading. Thanks!
To the Red Dragons Order: Yes, you reviewed the chapter, just that I was a bit. um. inattentive and I forgot to save the blasted chapter before I posted it! *groans*. Thank you for reviewing!!!