Chapter 3
The next morning Harry, Ron and Hermione went to Diagon Alley to fetch some school supplies. They saw many school friends; including Draco Malfoy. Most of the day was very fun; they bought school things and then got some ice cream and relaxed for a while.
Harry Ron and Hermione were in a very good mood when they returned to 12 Grimhald Place, but the second they walked in the door, they faces turned from smiles to horror.
Liz and Snape were practically and each other throats. Harry could barley make out what they were yelling at each other.
"SNAPE WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU!!! YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO CONSULT HIM WITHOUT SPEAKING TO ME FIRST!!! YOU KNOW THOSE ARE DUMBLEDORES ORDERS!!" Liz screamed.
"I WILL SPEAK TO HIM WHENEVER I SEE FIT!! I HAVE BEEN AT THIS LONGER THEN YOU LIZ!! MUCH LONGER!!" Snape hollered back.
"YOU MAY HAVE BEEN DOING THIS LONGER THEN ME!! BUT BEFORE YOU EVEN CAME ALONG I WAS ONE OF HIS TOP SUPPORTERS!!!"
"AND BECAUSE OF ME HE THINKS YOU STILL ARE!"
"LORD!!! YOU"RE JUST AS IMPOSSIBLE AS WHEN WE WERE BACK AT SCHOOL!!!"
"Not HALF as impossible as you were!" Snape said calming down.
"Lord, they were great times... when my brother hung you upside down in front of every..."
But Snape cut her off. "That was not funny."
"I disagree entirely."
Then both Liz and Snape had looks come over there faces as if they were both in great pain. Snape grabbed his right arm, while Liz stumbled over to the table. They then both looked at each other, quickly nodded and disapeariated.
Hermione looked very nervous afterwards, Harry and Ron noticed. After they all started to walk upstairs to there rooms, Harry asked Hermione about it. Hermione tried to hide what Dumbledore had told her... she eventually had to tell them.
After telling them the whole story the boys sat in awe. The expressions on there faces, were the same, yet different. Harry looked as if he had just seen Sirius doe again, and Ron looked as if he could rip someone's head off. Hermione looked back and forth between them carefully and nervously. They sat there in silence for quite some time, when Ron finally spoke.
"Who told you about this? Her?"
"No" Hermione replied "Dumbledore did."
Ron looked back down at his feet, then up to Hermione again.
"And he trusts her?"
"He says that she's made good decisions"
They sat in silence for quite a while loner. Then, Harry finally spoke.
"How long ago did he tell you?"
"th---th---three days" Hermione replied nervously.
Then Ron burst in:
"THREE DAYS AGO?! WHY DIDNT YOU TELL US RIGHT AFTER?!"
"W—w—well... he m—m—made me p—p—promise not too. Hermione stuttered.
"You still should have told us" Ron grumbled.
"I wanted to" Hermione said calming down. "But I couldn't betray Dumbledore"
"I don't trust her" Ron said.
"She's probably working for Voldermort and faking being one of the order. She's a spy" Ron said lowering his voice.
"Oh Ron" said Hermione sighing. "If Dumbledore trusts her, so should we."
Ron crossed his arms angrily and mutter under his breath. Harry just stared at his hands with an expression of betrayal on his face. Just then, Ron's mother; Molly walked in. She saw the looks on there faces and whispered under her breath; "damn it Dumbledore, what did you tell them about her?" Then she turned and walked sternly out of the room.
They were called down for dinner a few hours later. At the table sat Ron, Harry, Hermione, Ron's Parents, his brothers and sister (excluding Percy) and of course Liz.
Most of the night they ate in silence, with Liz trying to strike up a conversation. She would come up with a question, ask it, and then it would go silent again. Molly tried to engage in the conversation as well, but Ron, Harry and Hermione remained quiet. After they had finished eating the three of them went up to Harry and Ron's room to talk more.
They had been talking for quite some time, when Molly knocked on the door and came in, followed by Liz.
Molly walked over to the three of them and simply said; "I want you to listen, and be open minded." Then she walked out of the room closing the door behind her.
Liz walked over quietly. She sat next to Harry. They sat in silence for quite some time. The only sound was Liz's foot repeatedly tapping on the floor. Liz looked up and finally spoke.
"I know what Dumbledore told you, and by now I'm sure all three of you know."
She looked at her feet, took a breath and looked up again.
"I want you all to know you can trust me, as much as you think that you cant. But I promise you, I do not serve him. I would never, ever put myself in that situation again, not after what happened."
Harry hadn't been paying much attention. He was just letting the worlds go in one ear and out the other. He finally looked up at Liz. He couldn't seem to hear anything going on. But as he stared at her...he thought.
'She's...pretty and...really young...'
Harry looked down at his feet again.
'There's something strange about her' He thought 'and I'm going to find out what it is.'
The next morning Harry, Ron and Hermione went to Diagon Alley to fetch some school supplies. They saw many school friends; including Draco Malfoy. Most of the day was very fun; they bought school things and then got some ice cream and relaxed for a while.
Harry Ron and Hermione were in a very good mood when they returned to 12 Grimhald Place, but the second they walked in the door, they faces turned from smiles to horror.
Liz and Snape were practically and each other throats. Harry could barley make out what they were yelling at each other.
"SNAPE WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU!!! YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO CONSULT HIM WITHOUT SPEAKING TO ME FIRST!!! YOU KNOW THOSE ARE DUMBLEDORES ORDERS!!" Liz screamed.
"I WILL SPEAK TO HIM WHENEVER I SEE FIT!! I HAVE BEEN AT THIS LONGER THEN YOU LIZ!! MUCH LONGER!!" Snape hollered back.
"YOU MAY HAVE BEEN DOING THIS LONGER THEN ME!! BUT BEFORE YOU EVEN CAME ALONG I WAS ONE OF HIS TOP SUPPORTERS!!!"
"AND BECAUSE OF ME HE THINKS YOU STILL ARE!"
"LORD!!! YOU"RE JUST AS IMPOSSIBLE AS WHEN WE WERE BACK AT SCHOOL!!!"
"Not HALF as impossible as you were!" Snape said calming down.
"Lord, they were great times... when my brother hung you upside down in front of every..."
But Snape cut her off. "That was not funny."
"I disagree entirely."
Then both Liz and Snape had looks come over there faces as if they were both in great pain. Snape grabbed his right arm, while Liz stumbled over to the table. They then both looked at each other, quickly nodded and disapeariated.
Hermione looked very nervous afterwards, Harry and Ron noticed. After they all started to walk upstairs to there rooms, Harry asked Hermione about it. Hermione tried to hide what Dumbledore had told her... she eventually had to tell them.
After telling them the whole story the boys sat in awe. The expressions on there faces, were the same, yet different. Harry looked as if he had just seen Sirius doe again, and Ron looked as if he could rip someone's head off. Hermione looked back and forth between them carefully and nervously. They sat there in silence for quite some time, when Ron finally spoke.
"Who told you about this? Her?"
"No" Hermione replied "Dumbledore did."
Ron looked back down at his feet, then up to Hermione again.
"And he trusts her?"
"He says that she's made good decisions"
They sat in silence for quite a while loner. Then, Harry finally spoke.
"How long ago did he tell you?"
"th---th---three days" Hermione replied nervously.
Then Ron burst in:
"THREE DAYS AGO?! WHY DIDNT YOU TELL US RIGHT AFTER?!"
"W—w—well... he m—m—made me p—p—promise not too. Hermione stuttered.
"You still should have told us" Ron grumbled.
"I wanted to" Hermione said calming down. "But I couldn't betray Dumbledore"
"I don't trust her" Ron said.
"She's probably working for Voldermort and faking being one of the order. She's a spy" Ron said lowering his voice.
"Oh Ron" said Hermione sighing. "If Dumbledore trusts her, so should we."
Ron crossed his arms angrily and mutter under his breath. Harry just stared at his hands with an expression of betrayal on his face. Just then, Ron's mother; Molly walked in. She saw the looks on there faces and whispered under her breath; "damn it Dumbledore, what did you tell them about her?" Then she turned and walked sternly out of the room.
They were called down for dinner a few hours later. At the table sat Ron, Harry, Hermione, Ron's Parents, his brothers and sister (excluding Percy) and of course Liz.
Most of the night they ate in silence, with Liz trying to strike up a conversation. She would come up with a question, ask it, and then it would go silent again. Molly tried to engage in the conversation as well, but Ron, Harry and Hermione remained quiet. After they had finished eating the three of them went up to Harry and Ron's room to talk more.
They had been talking for quite some time, when Molly knocked on the door and came in, followed by Liz.
Molly walked over to the three of them and simply said; "I want you to listen, and be open minded." Then she walked out of the room closing the door behind her.
Liz walked over quietly. She sat next to Harry. They sat in silence for quite some time. The only sound was Liz's foot repeatedly tapping on the floor. Liz looked up and finally spoke.
"I know what Dumbledore told you, and by now I'm sure all three of you know."
She looked at her feet, took a breath and looked up again.
"I want you all to know you can trust me, as much as you think that you cant. But I promise you, I do not serve him. I would never, ever put myself in that situation again, not after what happened."
Harry hadn't been paying much attention. He was just letting the worlds go in one ear and out the other. He finally looked up at Liz. He couldn't seem to hear anything going on. But as he stared at her...he thought.
'She's...pretty and...really young...'
Harry looked down at his feet again.
'There's something strange about her' He thought 'and I'm going to find out what it is.'