A Legend
Chapter 2 : Unrevealed
"Ahh... What a beautiful morning this is…" Dumbledore stared out of the windows in his office, his eyes fixed onto the morning sun. Professor McGonagall entered the office and approached him, also watching the rays of the majestic sun rise magically.
Dumbledore sensed her presence and turned to face her, as if expecting her.
"Albus- I do not think it's a wise decision. I've told you yesterday. It'll only make her suffer…" ProfessorMcGonagall looked at him worriedly and full with concern. He nodded, thinking of what to say.
"Minerva, I really must help them. They are foes… if this continues, their feud will affect each other in the future and I'm also promoting unity amongst the houses. I'm sorry Minerva, I must do this for them." He said sadly.
McGonagall nodded and left the room with a unjust feeling of regret. ( not really, more of sadness. )
At the Gryffindor Common Room…
Someone was continuously knocking the door frantically. Hermione tossed and turned and shouted angrily for the third time, "STOP KNOCKING THE DOOR!"
The knocks ceased. Hermione flipped and slept, cursing.
The door creaked and flipped open. Hermione flung out of her bed, about to scold the person who kept knocking on the door.
A figure emerged from outside, it was Severus Snape.
"Professor... I-" Hermione was shocked and stood up immediately.
"Miss Granger, you were suppose to go to the Slytherin Tower just now! I've sent Patil to wake you up but you refused to listen! What kind of attitude is this!" Snape barked furiously. Hermione's eyes brimmed with tears.
"I'm so sorry! Yesterday night, I was-"
"Twenty points from Gryffindor! You will receive detention at seven-thirty tonight, meet me at my office!" Snape retorted, "if it isn't for the Headmaster, you would not even have a chance to enter Slytherin!" He whispered maliciously.
Hermione nodded, 'as if I am eager to enter Slytherin...'
"Here are your new robes. I want to see you at the Great Hall in five minutes with your things!" He roared and slammed the door shut.
Hermione cried. She wanted to try get over the thought of being a Slytherin and everyday, every hour and every minute being bullied by them... but, she can't.
Flashback
Hermione opened the portrait hole. She had stole Harry's invisibility cloak, walking out guiltily, clutching her wand tightly in one hand.
Harry won't mind me taking his cloak, right?
It's just only for a while...
Hermione covered herself with the cloak and walked cautiously, looking out for Filch and Mrs Norris.
She ran out of Hogwarts and pacing fastertowards the lake, breathing heavily.
I wonder who knows the password to the Gryffindor common room?
I don't see anything that's missing...
Hermione had reached the lake but did not see anyone. She took off the cloak and glanced around intently, tracing if there was someone nearby.
"Granger." Someone drawled.
Hermione jumped. She saw a letter on the grass and picked it up.
She looked around the pine tree where the voice came from, but found no one.
That's weird!
Hermione continued searching and assumed that that person ran away as fast as he could before she could see him.
Spooky.
Hermione went back to her dormitory and opened the letter, reading it.
Granger
I can give you one clue that who I am- I'm from Slytherin. You can't get your thing back after I've read it!
Anonymous
Hermione rolled her eyes and threw the piece of parchment into the fire.
'What an idiot I was to believe such story! Of course he hasn't taken anything! He's a hoax!' She thought and furiously stomped to her bed and slept. She woke up again and abruptly remembered something.
"My diary!" She screamed.
She frantically jumped out of bed and rampaged the whole of the girls'dormitory but could not find her diary!
"Oh shit! My diary... has things which are important!" She cried.
"Hermione!" All the girls in the dormitory tossed and turned, reaching for their wand. Sounds of 'Lumos' rang the room.
"What are you doing?" All of them asked in unison.
Hermione apologised, then slept with her bottled-up anger and wondered which Slytherin was so cunning to steal her private and personal belonging, she made sure he will pay...
End of Flashback
Author's Note: I finally continued the story! Thank you for all the reviewers' support! I'll try my best to write the story well! Please review.
The chapter's length depends on how the plot is organised. Sometimes I purposely end with a cliffhanger, but sometimes the writing just feels like the end of a chapter. Therefore, there will be some short chapters in the future, but this chapter is considered to be quite all right to me.
I guess you'll be wondering who is the 'Anonymous'. No, it's not Malfoy (sorry to disappoint) definitely, as if it were him, I'll ruin the whole story. ;)