Chapter 6 Learning about the past

He came out of his reverie and found himself in the greenhouse with his arm around Milly's shoulders, sitting next to Nick, Justin and Bernadette. Professor Chi Chi Chong was at the front of the class talking about some poisonous plant they were going to have to milk.

"So what are we going to do with the stuff that comes out?!" hollered Justin suddenly to the proff. at the front, "Poison Snape maybe." he added in an undertone so that only the people right next to him could hear.

"No," started Tom, "how about the whole staff so we don't have to go to class any more?" They all laughed harder.

"Your an a.s.s. JT!!!" Milly said in between laughs, they were all in good moods and had forgotten about this morning.

"Dippet would love that, except its not exactly a new idea is it?" said Berna, "A couple Fifth years did it last year, or tried to anyway. They were caught and given months worth of detention instead of expulsion because there weren't many older years to begin with."

The others nodded in approval now not even registering that the proff. was still up front talking. Tom was puzzled.

Tom spoke up, "Why aren't there many upper class-man?"

The others looked at him like he was crazy except for Milly who opened her mouth, "You didn't know about the wizarding world until your Hogwarts letter did you?"

"No I didn't," he said feeling uncomfortable about this subject again.

"Aren't you a pure blood?" asked Justin curtly.

"No, half, raised in an orphanage." Tom said back just as curtly.

"Sorry man, I didn't know." Justin said quickly as though he were truly sorry.

"Tom, um well there was this wizard-" Berna started off but was interrupted by Justin.

"-who lived in a shoe, dippidy dippidy dooo dooo"

"Shut it up JT!" said Berna angrily, "anyway, there was a wizard named Grindiwald. He had this idea that the world would be a better place with no half breeds, no muggle-borns, or even half wizards, and absolutely no muggles. He wanted there to only be one race of humans on earth, pure blood wizards."

"That's just stupid!" said Tom outraged, little did he know he would come to see it that way as well.

"Yep I know. And you see what I have to deal with? My father and my brother both being chummy to his ideas. My father worked for him, for Grindiwald, I don't know if he still does, Grindiwald hasn't been seen or heard of in around a year. There haven't been any killings lately anyway. Maybe he's dead, who knows? That's the reason there's not as many upper class man as lower. They were killed." Milly finished dramatically.

"Killed, but why?" Tom asked.

Berna cleared her throat, "Either cause they were muggle-borns, half-bloods, or because the consorted with either of those."

No one said anything else. They all turned there attention back to proff. Chi Chi Chong, Tom still thinking about what they had just been talking about.

Tom poked Justin, "What are you then?"

Justin knew what he meant, "Pure blood. Oh and Berna is really just a delusional muggle."

Berna heard this and punched Justin in the ribs causing him to go ouch, and rub his ribs.

"Just playin!" Justin wheezed.

Berna looked at Tom, "I'm muggle-born, my mom and dad are both muggles."

"Oh." Tom said the looked to Nick who said without looking at them that he was pure blood. Tom didn't believe him but let the matter drop. Berna asked Milly and Milly told her she was a pure blood.

After Herebology they had lunch, this time at the Slytherin table. They switched every time. The Slyhterins were not happy but did nothing except give them dirty looks. Suddenly there was a lot of noise around them. Everyone had begun to whisper to themselves as Snape passed down from the high table to were they were sitting. He had a sneer on and was looking as though he knew it was them.

"Miss Snape, come with me." he sneered at her. She got up not looking at the rest of them except for Tom. She looked scared. Tom felt horrible as they walked away. Snape was going to drag the truth out of her.