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Chapter 7 – Sweet Revenge

Draco stood in the Slytherin bathroom the following morning at 4am. A perfect time for revenge. Draco held Xavier's knife to his skin and cut deeply, allowing the blood to flow into the sink. He grabbed his wand and muttered a spell allowing the amount of blood to double.

He removed a glass vial from inside his cloak and placed it into the liquid. He then took it and poured the contents over the floor. He did this a number of times until he decided there was enough blood. Satisfied with his work he dipped the knife into the blood and placed it on the edge of the sink. He then let the rest of the blood drain from the sink leaving just a few spatters around the edge. As a final touch he took the photo of Lockhart's son and placed it facedown in the blood on the floor.

Taking one last look at the scene he left and went to bed. In a few short hours revenge would be his, and it would taste so sweet.

Xavier rose early in the morning as he usually did. He liked to have a long shower before the rest of the slytherin's arrived. Crossing the common room quickly he pushed open the heavy stone door to the Slytherin bathroom.

'That bastard' he exclaimed seeing the blood and realising what Draco had done. His eyes flicked from the blood in the sink to the knife, then to the floor. Noticing the photo he picked it up to see whom it was a picture of. Seeing the blood dripping down Gilderoy's face was too much for Xavier. His legs crumpled beneath him as he broke down in tears, not realising that he was playing straight into Draco's hands. This is where he was found an hour later by a Hogwarts house elf.

Dumbledore peered over his half moon glasses at Dobby. 'So you are telling me that a student has attempted suicide in the Slytherin bathroom.'

'Yes sir,' squeaked Dobby, 'at least that's what it looked like.'

'You realise how important the matter is?'

'Yes sir'

'Then we must hurry, go to Madame Pomfrey and Snape tell them to meet me in the bathroom.

Dobby left the room followed closely by Dumbledore. Dumbledore raced through the corridor almost flying towards the bathroom. As soon as he realised which student it was a sense of dread filled his body.

'Shit,' Snape said as he entered the bathroom and noticed the scene before him.

'Language professor,' Dumbledore said in reply.

'Sorry sir. It's just that this is Xavier and he is kind of important to me.'

'He's important to all of us Severus, so right now we must help him as best we can. Go and inform Joseph, Lockhart, and Remus. Travel quickly and bring all three back to Hogwarts. I hate having to pull Joseph away from his work but it would appear that his son needs him more.'

'Lockhart!' Snape exclaimed, 'Why do we need that crackpot.'

'Because Xavier was found holding this,' Dumbledore showed Snape the dripping picture of Gilderoy, 'Now go you need to hurry. I will take care of Xavier for the time being.'

'Of course sir. And Good Luck, I think you'll need it.'

During this entire exchange no one noticed the figure of Draco Malfoy watching from under Xavier's invisibility cloak. He began to grin. His father had never told him just how sweet revenge tasted.