Chapter 23: Fudge's Snooping
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Fudge's POV
I made my way to the dining hall. It was as grand and spectacular as ever. I made my way to the table where the professors and guests sat. I sat down in the seat next to Professor Dumbledore. Before the food came out he announced that I would be staying for a while.
The Next Morning
I walked around the school, hoping to hear some more about what the girls were talking about before lunch yesterday. I made my way to the Infirmary to see if I could find
anything.
"Have you found a potion yet Severus?" I heard Dumbledore ask from inside the head nurse's office.
"I'm sorry headmaster, but I feel like I am close"
"Thank you for helping us. I do not know what I would do if anything happened to her."
'Ahh, so it is about a her' I thought
"Poppy, have there been anymore transformations or anything?"
"No headmaster"
"Good. Imagine how the minister would react if he knew about the occurrences, let alone
the adoption and who it is."
"She is one of the last people I would ever suspect" Severus said.
"Now if I am not mistaken, you have a class now?" Dumbledore said.
"Yes headmaster. As soon as it is over I shall go over a theory that I am working on."
I quickly walked away, making it look like I was just arriving there.
"Ah, Severus, have you seen the headmaster around?" I casually asked
"Yes minister, he is in Madame Pomfrey's office." He said, gesturing toward the door he just came out of.
"Thank you" I said as I made my way towards the door, not knowing what to say. Perhaps I could say that I am here to observe the Infirmary. Yes, that would work. I knocked on the door three times, my signature knock (A/N what a moron...rolling eyes). The door opened to reveal Professor McGonagal, Dumbledor, Madame Pomfrey, and an empty chair.
"Ah, my dear Fudge, what brings you to the infirmary?" Dumbledore said.
"I am just doing my observing and I was wondering if I could observe the infirmary" I said. I am so slick.
"Of course you may, minister, but there isn't much to observe in there. Just a sleeping student and a bunch of potions." Madame Pomfrey said.
"Yes, but I think I shall go in, just to bring back memories and ideas."
"OK, but please be quiet"
I left the office and went to the bed that had the curtains drawn. I heard light breathing. I quietly opened the curtains a little and saw-HERMIONE GRANGER! SHE WAS THE STUDENT EVERYONE WAS TALKING ABOUT! (I knew that the student was in the Infirmary because of some more gossip I heard). I looked at her angelic face.
'What could you have done to cause so much worry?' I asked in my head.
She had a dreamy smile on her face. She must be having a good dream, but then I saw a tear fall from her eye. Her smile started to fade a little, but it stayed on her face. I heard a rustle from the covers. A baby lion's head came out. I was startled, but then remembered that she was in Gryffindor and the symbol is a lion, and lion's are part of the cat family, so it must be her pet, visiting her. I heard voices coming from the hall. I walked to the other side of the room, making it seem like I was examining it.
Out of the corner of my eye I saw Harry Potter and one of the Weasley boys walking to Hermione. Harry looked nervous and the Weasley was urging him to go. When they got to the bed, they looked through the curtains and saw that she was sleeping. One of them put something on the nightstand and the other put something in the curtains, so I could not see what it was.
"Do you think that we'll get into trouble for this?" Harry asked
"Unless Snape finds out, no. But how is he gonna?" Weasley asked.
The two left the room without looking back. I waited a couple of minutes to make sure that if they came back they would not see me. When I was about to go back to the bed to see what they gave her I notice two figures walking to her. This time I hid behind a bed to make sure that they didn't see me.
"I don't see why I had to come with you. You could have just checked up on her by yourself." I heard Draco Malfoy's voice.
'What is Draco Malfoy doing here? Especially visiting Hermione Granger?' I thought to myself.
"Do you want to get in trouble for not following orders?" I heard Blaise Zambini say.
"Whatever" Draco said. I looked around the curtains and saw themlook through the curtains.
"OK, we checked up on her, now can we go?" Draco said
He dragged Zabini out of the room. This time, I didn't wait. I quickly made my way to the bed. I looked at the box on her nightstand. I decided not to look through it, but I looked through the curtains to see what Potter and Weasley were talking about. I looked at her sleeping body and saw a letter in her hand. I also saw a wriggling figure on the bed. IT WAS A SNAKE! I jumped back. Why would a Gryffindor have a snake in her bed!?!? I put it on a list of questions that I had to ask Dumbledore. I quickly walked out of the room.
On my way out, I remembered that there was a patch on her arm. As soon as she woke up I would ask her to remove it so I could see it, unless it was an infection or something discolored.