Chapter 8
Soon it came to be around Christmas time, and Merry was walking on her way to the dungeons for class when she bumped into Draco Malfoy, of course, the hallway was full so it wasn't surprising.
"I didn't know they let murderers teach at a school full of kids." Draco said, before walking away.
Merry froze and dropped her books. She bent down to pick them up but her hands were shaking too much. Suddenly a pair of scarred hands helped her pick up her books.
"Anything wrong Merry?" Remus asked concernedly.
"I… No." Merry said, shaking her head. "Everything's alright." She sighed.
"You don't look that good. I'll take you to Poppy." Remus said.
Merry didn't realize where they were going, just that they were moving.
As soon as Remus left to go get Poppy, Merry's head disappeared into the waste bin and she disposed of the contents of her stomach.
Merry felt two hands pull her hair back and rub her back. Finally she looked up and wiped her hand with the back of her hand. She stared at the ground, her body going numb, her hands cold and clammy, and her breath fastening.
"What happened to her?" Poppy asked, lifting Merry's head, looking into her eyes.
"I don't know." Remus replied.
"Must've been something big. She's going into shock." Poppy told him. She gave Merry a calming potion and a sleeping potion. "She should be alright." She told Remus.
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At dinner time there was a rumor flying around that Merry had killed someone. Remus and Poppy understood why Merry had began to go into shock.
And for the passed few days, Merry locked herself into her rooms, only leaving to go to classes.
The rumors were insane, and finally, Merry attended dinner one night, and she tapped on her goblet, gaining the attention of the students, and Remus, from that day, fully respected her.
"There has been a rumor going around, that I have killed someone. It hasn't been confirmed, or denied. So, I'll confirm it for you. Yes, I have killed someone, but you should not judge someone until you know the full story, because if you do that you won't know the whole story. And, yes, I have paid for killing that person, I was put into a Correction School or as muggleborns and those of you are half and half may know it as Juvenile Hall." She told them. "Not only, have I paid for killing that person, but my children have paid for it as well." She told them.
She looked at all of the students, her eyes filled with tears.
"However, if you don't feel safe with me teaching here, then, I'll write up a petition, and I'll hang it up in the Entrance Hall, and you can sign it, if you want me to leave, and if more than 10 people sign it by the end of this week, I'll write up my resignation papers, and I'll quit working here and you'll never have to see me again." Merry said. "But, if you do sign the paper or not, it has been a real pleasure teaching here." She said before walking from the Great Hall.
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And, true to her word, the next day Merry put the petition for her to leave in the Entrance Hall, but no one seemed to want to sign it.
A day or so later, a few students approached Sandra, her daughter, since obviously she knew what happened.
"Mummy left me with my Grandpa, and I was also with my best friend Alex. It was almost time for Mummy to come pick us up, and my Grandpa was sooo mad. He was pretty insane. He… He… he grabbed Alex by the neck and started choking him. Grandpa killed Alex! And he grabbed my by the neck and my Mummy came, and I was crying 'No! Mummy! No!' and Mummy hit my Grandpa, and he let go of me and grabbed her instead, and she hit him again, and again, and again. He let go of her and fell to the ground, almost dead, and Mummy called the muggle please men but it was to late." Sandra said. She was crying by time she told them that her Grandfather killed Alexander.
Remus came out of his classroom after hearing Sandra was crying hysterically, and picked her up.
"We didn't do anything, Professor." Stated Padma.
"Your class is starting in a few minutes, you better get going." Remus told them before carrying the 4 year old into his classroom, shutting the door. "What's wrong?" he asked her softly.
"Grampy killed Alex." She cried into his robes.
And Remus remembered that Merry told them that Alexander was Sandra's best friend and had been strangled. So Remus did the best he could to comfort her.
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