"I can't believe this!" Ron exploded angrily as Summer went out of view. He turned back to the others, his freckled face now angrily flushed, his eyes flashing.

"Why the hell do they think it was Summer? She wouldn't hurt another student; she's a Gryffindor for hecks sake!" Draco ranted, his normally silvery eyes now darkened with anger. Harry nodded in agreement, his own eyes reflecting the other two boys feelings. Hermione opened and closed her mouth, then set it in a firm line not saying anything.

"They've really flipped now. Why Summer of all people?" Ron continued, marching toward the staircase as the Auror holding them back allowed them to pass when Snape ordered everyone to return to their common rooms, Luna in tow.

"She has been with us the whole time; they can't just take her off and accuse her of something that she would never do!" Harry exclaimed as they all ran after Ron and began making their way toward the head boy and girl area.

"Actually, she hasn't." Hermione said in a quiet voice. The three boys turned to stare at her angrily, Draco's fingers twitching and clenching at his side, grey eyes narrowing in annoyance at the curly haired girl. "Not saying that she actually did it!" she hurriedly added, noticing their looks.

"Why didn't Snape say anything or do anything?" Harry wondered as they entered the room, nearly sending another pile of papers flying as he made his way toward the red sofa near the now roaring fire.

"Well I suppose he's not allowed to get involved, he is a relative." Hermione reasoned, moving toward the kitchenette to make tea.

0o0

When they reached Dumbledore's office, McGonagall stepped back, allowing yet another Auror to step in where she had vacated. The newest Auror opened the door without knocking and stepped through, Summer was then indicated to follow. She jumped slightly when the last Auror closed the door, the sound echoing through the otherwise cheery office in a resounding, finalising slam.

"Do take a seat." Dumbledore said politely, waving his hand toward the three, plush and untaken red seats in front of his desk. Summer was led to sit in the central one, the Aurors sitting on either side. Sitting to the left of the old head was a stern and powerful looking man with slicked back, wavy hair as black as Summers and eyes the colour of charcoal though the rim on the outside of the iris was a deep, dark blue. He stared at her intently as though trying to study her inner thoughts. She could tell that he was also tall and well built, even though his cloak was loosely pinned up by his shoulder. Two black leather gloved hands were folded neatly on the shiny oak desk in front.

She held his gaze for a moment before turning hers to Dumbledores, who regarded her kindly yet seriously.

"Miss Chainley, I will assume that you know why you are here." He began, clasping his hands in front of him. Summer nodded, refusing to show any signs of emotion on her face, though to a careful observer her inner thoughts would be evident as they flickered across her large, gold flecked deep brown eyes. "This is Rudolph Marchflin, head of the Auror enquiries, much like the detectives that you are undoubtedly familiar with. He wishes to listen to your account of what you did today, if you wish I will question you and he will take notes" – out of the corner of her eye Rudolph placed a piece of clean parchment on the desk with a quick-notes quill- " He may wish to ask you some of his own, so we shall begin."

Tucking a few strands of hair behind her ears, Summer sat up straight and looked intently at Dumbledore, who adjusted his glasses before continuing.

"Today, at three forty three, the comatose body of Henry Rose, a second year Ravenclaw was found in the great hall after said boy was put through extensive pain via the crutatious curse and then the killing curse was attempted though due to the fact the boy is still alive, the curse was obviously not powerful enough to fulfil its purpose. Around his body in a circle were the words, and I quote 'Mudbloods will not prosper, you had better watch your backs.' End quote. According to two witnesses whom will remain anonymous, they both saw you at around quarter past three exiting the great hall in a hurry. I must now ask you if you were anywhere near the great hall from three o clock onwards."

Summer held his gaze for a moment before looking down at her lap and biting on her bottom lip, her lip ring clinking slightly on her teeth. She closed her eyes for a moment before raising her head to meet Dumbledore's gaze again.

"Yes." She whispered in a barely audible voice, her hands twisting and fiddling nervously. A slight noise from Marchflin made her eyes narrow and she glared at him, the horrible feeling that had settled in her stomach lifting slightly. "But I didn't hurt that boy! I was in the Great Hall, but not to curse anyone. I was there for other reasons." She exclaimed. "You really think I would do that!" her hands were now clenched in tight fists, her sharp nails digging in to the palms, her eyes glittered dangerously and her teeth were now clenched as she stared angrily at the man in front of her. Marchflin stared back, a slight sneer on his face that reminded her of Snape, and very suddenly she wished he was here too.

"Summer, may I ask why you were there? If you don't mind please relate exactly what your movements were from three o'clock onward." the tone of Dumbledore's voice calmed her slightly, so she turned and settled back in her seat.

"I…I was there to visit a student." She replied, faltering slightly as she realized just how suspicious it sounded. "He needed help with something and came to me about it so I agreed. Though he made me promise not to tell anyone, and to be frank I would rather not go into what I was helping him with."

Dumbledore nodded, though he looked rather concerned as to why she would not say what she had been doing.

"Well, I got to the castle at about ten to three after meeting with my friends in the three broomsticks, I had agreed to meet the boy at three and because of the snow I left slightly early. From the castle hall, I went through the Great Hall and out of the little door at the back, you know the one in which the finalists of the cup two years ago met in. that's where the boy asked me to meet him, and from there I helped him with his problem. We finished at about ten past, I said good-bye and left, the boy was still there but he went out via the grounds, just as I closed the door to the room I heard the other door slam and when I checked he had gone."

"What was the boys name, Summer?"

Again she looked down in her lap, fiddling as the room fell silent bar the low crackling of the fire as it consumed the logs which lay there, though even that seemed to be listening, waiting as the wizards in the room did, almost as though they were waiting to pounce on one out of place move or comment.

"I personally don't think we need much more evidence." Rudolph announced, his silky, slick voice suddenly breaking the waiting silence, the tone and way he spoke matching his appearance.

"What!" Summer all but yelled. "I told you, I didn't hurt that boy!"

"Ah, but Miss Chainley, we have evidence to say otherwise. Afterall, you yourself admit that you were near the great hall, we have two witnesses to confirm that and we have your wand, near the crime scene! I really don't think that we need anything else, after all you yourself are reluctant to reveal any of your actions that you have done today, and the one person who would be a good, if not solid alibi you refuse to reveal!"

Staring at him in disbelief, Summer quickly searched her robes and found he was right: her wand was gone.

"I don't believe this." She muttered, covering her face up with her right hand, leaning her elbow on the arm rest.

"Fine, I'll give you the boys name, Samuel Narch, he's in Hufflepuff, third year." She said eventually, looking up at the two men behind the desk and letting out a loud breath.

"Samuel Narch…" Dumbledore muttered to himself, frowning slightly as he went through a list of students he summoned. "I'm sorry Summer, but we don't have a Samuel Narch listed in any of the students in third year, or any in fact. The only Samuel's in third year are Samuel Adams and Samuel Trown, no Narch."

Again disbelief settled on her face, her mouth opening slightly and her forehead creasing into a worried frown.

"You…you must be kidding, right?" Dumbledore shook his head gravely in response.

"I do believe this is all the evidence we need." Rudolph said, a look of satisfaction and finality across his face. "Miss Chainley we will be taking you back to the ministry where you will be questioned further. You are hereby expelled from Hogwarts and if the trial you receive does not go well, you are likely to be sentenced to Azkaban."

"Hold on just a minute!" Dumbledore commanded as the two Aurors either side of Summer began to stand, each with a grasp on Summers wrist. "First off you cannot take Miss Chainley off to the ministry without satisfactory evidence. Yes the current does seem to point to her, but as of yet you have not proved that it is her wand that cast the crutatious or the killing curse nor can you prove that her account of what she did was false!" the room was silent for a moment before Marchflin began to speak.

"Please professor, we ne-" he began before Dumbledore raised his right hand to cut him off. Summer looked from one man to the other, glad that she had the wise old headmaster on her side.

"Rudolph as I said your evidence is not satisfactory, so as of now I will not allow you to take one of my students off with you for reasons as of yet not proven! You may take her when the wand found at the scene has been examined thoroughly and the student she claimed to be with at the time has been found. Until then I suggest you leave her here with these two Aurors and we will place her under a restriction; she will be given a room in which she is not to leave."

Rudolph just gritted his teeth and Summer could see some of the veins on his neck pop out in anger as he stood there. Suddenly the door banged open and Mad-eye Moody shuffled in, both eyes fixated on Rudolph.

"The man is right, Marchflin you don't have enough evidence to support your claim, only word of mouth." He growled, stopping infront of the desk. "You aren't to take this lass anywhere, we will do as Dumbledore says and she is to stay here."

Marchflin stared at Moody for a moment, his mouth opened and then closed firmly, his lips almost disappearing before he let out a low, angry growl and nodded to the two Aurors.

"And what gives you the right to march in here and order me around?" he eventually snapped.

"What gives me the right? I'll tell you what gives me the right, boy; I'm in charge of this whole operation that's taking place, that's what! Merlin knows why the ministry sent your stuck-up immature self to do the questioning!" was the barked back answer, Moodys magical eye spinning around the room in anger, his normal eye still intently fixed on the man. This obviously annoyed Rudolph even more as a slight angry flush had begun to creep onto his face and his hands were furiously clenching and unclenching.

"When am I supposed to take her back then?" he eventually hissed through clenched teeth.

"When the wand has been checked." Dumbledore replied calmly, pulling out a sheet of parchment and a quill. "We will have the best man to do the job, or course, but unfortunately Mr Ollivander is currently away on holiday and is not due back until Tuesday. I will write him a letter and arrange a time for him to come up to the school. Until then we will keep Summer under restrain."

Moody growled in agreement and turned to the nearest Auror.

"Vicnor, Avnon, you will be staying here to watch the school and this young lass. I'll go gather the rest of the troupes and send the parents up to you Dumbledore." He instructed. The Auror nodded in acknowledgment to his orders and then turned to Dumbledore as Moody left the room.

"Now Miss Chainley, a room has been organized for you to stay in. You will not be able to leave the room and any meals will be sent up to you. These two Aurors will take you there, with the assistance of your head of house." Dumbledore informed Summer, standing up and turning to Marchflin. "Now Mr Marchflin I do believe this is all you will be needing. When Mr Ollivander responds to my letter, I will inform you and you are then most welcome you come and sit in. until then I bid you good-day."

Rudolph bowed his head stiffly in response before making his way toward the fire place. He then silently threw in some floo powder and stepped smartly into the grate, growled his destination and then was gone.

Summer watched the fire for a moment before turning back to Dumbledore. He smiled kindly down at her and adjusted his glasses before taking them off to clean the lenses.

"You don't really think I did that, do you sir?" she half whispered, looking up at him with worried eyes.

"No, I don't believe so, but the ministry must do as it does. I think that it was due to unfortunate timing that you ended up in this situation, but as I said we cannot let you go until your wand has been properly examined." He replied, placing his now highly polished glasses back on his nose. She smiled gratefully at his vote of confidence and turned to leave with the two Aurors who stood patiently at the doorway.

0o0

Summer sighed and wiped the glass of the arch shaped window near to where she sat, watching the snowflakes fall silently from the clouds that had held them to the ground below, adding to the piles of perfect white that adorned the grounds of Hogwarts.

The room she had been given was the exact replica of Dracos room, except that the colours were red and gold instead of the Slytherin green and silver. A small door to the left of the main door and opposite her bed led to a simple white marble bathroom.

She had been in the rooms for two hours and was not permitted to see anyone. She wondered whether the other students knew about her being here or any of her friends for that matter. Her train of thought was interrupted by a flurry of feathers and scratching as an elegant eagle owl landed on the outside ledge of the window. Flinging the window open, she let Dracos bird fly in and land on top of the chest of drawers in the room. Slamming the window shut, she hurried over to the owl and untied the note, jumping on the bed to read it.

'Hey how are you? What happened when you got dragged off by McGonagall? After you went Snape made us all go back to our common rooms, we cant use the Great Hall at the moment for obvious reasons, but our heads of House have been telling us that an incident has occurred involving some students in different years and houses and that they are currently undergoing help and treatment – so no-one thinks that you are actually to blame, not that we do! Hopefully all this mess will be sorted out, Snape says he doesn't know anything and that he wants to see you, Dumbledore is working on it. Harry tried to find out whats going on from Dumbledore, we saw him but he said he couldn't say anything but you are ok and everything will hopefully be sorted out by Tuesday. We all want to see you but apparently we aren't allowed to, so we will hopefully see you on Tuesday unless we come up with a plan! See you then, Draco.'

She smiled to herself after reading it and moved to her bag to find some parchment and a quill to write a reply. After explaining everything that had happened and where she was, she tied the note back on the owl and sent it back outside and then flopped back down on the bed with a sigh.

The door suddenly flew open and an Auror marched in followed closely by her incredibly irritated looking uncle causing her to jump off of the bed and onto her feet.

"For goodness sake, I'm quite capable of looking after myself!" Snape finally exclaimed crossly, turning angered eyes to the offending wizard.

"I'm sorry, sir but it is required that I accompany all those who visit the current captive. Five minutes." Was the only reply he was given, the Auror then standing silently a few feet away. Scowling, Snape turned to Summer, his expression turning into a more concerned one.

"Are you alright?" he asked his niece, taking a step toward her. She looked up at him for a moment before nodding.

"Yeah, I'm fine. Just a bit freaked out by it really, I can't believe that they think it was me!" she replied, sitting back on the bed again suddenly. After hesitating for a moment, Snape sat next to her and awkwardly put an arm around her shoulders.

"It'll be ok, I'm confident that Dumbledore will do all he can to get you out of this, believe me he can be very intimidating when he wants to." Summer sighed and rested her head against his shoulder when he finished speaking.

"Yeah, I know. I just wish it could have been someone else, I hate weird things happening to me." They sat in silence for a while, just listening to the crackle of the fire before the Auror interrupted.

"Your five minutes are up now. I'd like to inform you, Miss Chainley that due to the fact that you would have an alibi, you are required to go down to the great hall tomorrow morning where the third years will be lined up from every house. You are required to identify this boy."

She nodded and watched her uncle and the Auror exit the room, leaving her to the uncomforting silence that settled back in the room.

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Think it will be a good place to stop…x)