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Hailey knocked on the large wooden door. She wondered if she had knocked loud enough after a few moments of silence, but when she went to knock again the door opened and Dumbledore sat smiling at his desk.
"Hailey, my dear, come in." Dumbledore stood and motioned Hailey to sit in a chair in front of his desk.
"Dumbledore, I'm sorry to bother you but I have a horrible feeling and bad news." Hailey sat in the large chair, which Hailey noted, was very comfortable. She took the time to look around the room. All over the walls were pictures of old headmasters and headmistresses. Most were awake and watching her, but one snored loudly.
"I had a feeling I would see you soon. How are you feeling?" Dumbledore smiled and sat down.
"Better, I didn't think I had so many fans until I woke up to see all the flowers and candy." Hailey sighed.
"Ah yes, most of it is from the Griffindor house, but I did notice some from Slytherin." Dumbledore nodded. 'Draco' Hailey smiled to herself when she thought about the large vase of roses she had cherished so much.
"Well anyway, I am here to tell you that Voldemort will attack soon, I am not sure how, but I know he will. He spoke to me before I was hurt and told me that I could either go back to him or watch my friends die. Professor…I fear that he has the ability to kill any student here he wishes…other than Harry." Hailey looked worried.
"I have known he was able to do this for quite a while, but I have not worried about it. This is a war, my dear, people will be hurt." Dumbledore's voice was grave.
"But sir, they are innocent bystanders. They did nothing to receive this fate." Hailey was about to blow.
"Hailey, calm down. I know this upsets you, but I can not allow you to run off and tell Voldemort you will work for him because he will cause more damage with you in his grasp than with out you. Hailey, I will be forward with you, I may not live for much longer. I know this because I took you in and protected you from the death eaters' wrath. Voldemort will be most displeased with me and he will not let me get away with this, but I took you in none the less." Dumbledore's eyes shimmered with emotions. Hailey could tell he was not afraid of death, but knew he regretted something he did in his past.
"Professor, I'm sorry that you had to take me in. I'm sorry I have caused you so much trouble and I am sorry that I can not be of more help to you." Hailey was almost in tears.
"Hailey, I know your upset with yourself, but this isn't your fault at all. You were put in your place because you can help me. I will need you to do what I tell you and don't fuss about it. For the first task I want you to tell me every weakness you know about Voldemort." Dumbledore leaned onto his desk.
"Well, he has split is soul into seven pieces sir. They are called Horcruxes, you should know of them. That is why he is so powerful, and that is why he is almost impossible to kill. You have to find and destroy these seven items to kill him. One item is his body, another was the diary Harry destroyed in second year. He hasn't said anything to me about the others. I just over heard some of the death eaters talking about it after Harry came back from the Chamber of Secrets." Hailey explained.
"I see, well that is a lot of information. Thank you, Hailey. Now, you wanted to speak to me about these feelings am I correct?" Dumbledore peered over his half moon spectacles.
"Well Professor, I was actually wishing to warn you about a wizard Voldemort picked up a while ago. He has to power to create dolls of certain people and he uses it kind of like a Voodoo doll. I think that is what happened to me. But he can only create one doll per person and he can't make too many because every time he makes one he has to cut off a body part. When he came to Voldemort he was already missing a whole arm and a few fingers on his other hand." Hailey shuddered at the memory.
"You think the next time Voldemort attacks he will try this again but on another student, someone who means something to you?" Dumbledore summed up her next thoughts.
"Yes sir." Hailey nodded.
"I will watch out for your friends, I want you to stay near them and watch over them at all times, if something happens I know you will be able to do something about it before I will." Dumbledore smiled and dismissed her.
Hailey walked out of the office slightly shaking after the very serious conversation they had. Her thoughts were scattered through her mind and she could not seem to get them all in the right spots. 'Dumbledore said he will probably die…will he die for me?' Hailey's thoughts were fragile at the moment and she needed to get them out of her head. She quickly ran up the stairs to the Griffindor common room and got dressed and grabbed her books.
It was third hour, which was Herbology for Hailey. She ran outside and into the green houses where class was normally taught. Class was already half way over, but she couldn't be blamed for missing so much, she didn't stab herself after all.
"Sorry I am late Professor." Hailey slipped into her seat next to Harry and Hermione.
"Your excused Miss Potter. Now, you will be working with Harry to define the ten plants on your table." Professor Sprout smiled.
Hailey looked at the plants, Harry had named three of them already, the obvious ones. The other plants Hailey could remember but had trouble with the names. She snatched the book from Harry and flipped to the glossary. She thumbed quickly through the pages and identified the last seven plants in a matter of minutes.
"That one is Wolfsbane. The one on the end is Moonstone in powder form. The one near you, Harry, is Alihotsy. That one is a Flutterby Bush, though it's kind of sick looking. That one there Harry is Gurdyroot; and that one next to it is Knotgrass, it's used in Polyjuice potion. And the last one is a Screechsnap." Hailey shut the book and looked up to see Professor Sprout's surprised face.
"Well Hailey, it has taken even my best students most of the period to identify those, you did it in a matter of minutes." her eyes locked with Hailey's and she smiled.
"I had to deal with plants all the time." Hailey sighed and pulled out her Defense Against Dark Arts report that was due three days ago. It was already done, but she had to check for mistakes, she knew Snape would show her no mercy and probably take off points for it being late.
Not long after she had finished correcting her report and cleaning up the plants around her the class was dismissed. Hailey quickly clung to Harry and Ron to keep from getting awkward looks from the Ravenclaws about her disappearance. Harry smiled and walked with his cousin to lunch, he was eager to eat.
Once in the Great Hall, Hailey split herself away from the boys to speak to Hermione. She grabbed the brunette's hand and led her out of the Great Hall. Once outside she leaned against the wall near the doors.
"Hermione, you know the big vase of roses I got? Well I think I know who got them for me." Hailey smiled.
"Who, please tell me it's not Seamus! He has been dropping hints to Harry that he likes you, it's driving Harry nuts!" Hermione exclaimed.
"It's not him, Hermione, calm down. It was Draco." Hailey blushed distinctly.
"You can't be serious!" Hermione laughed at Hailey.
"Shush! It's not funny! He's very handsome…but still, it's a bit aggravating when he is always flirting with me." Hailey lied.
"You know you like it Hailey, don't lie." Hermione laughed.
The doors to the Great Hall swung open and students began to run out, some girls let out horrified screams. Hailey looked from Hermione to the doors and ran over to see what was happening. Ron lay on the ground covered in blood and his body trembled from shock.
"RON!" Hailey screamed and ran through the crowd.
Sugababy15: Mwha ha ha, let's see how many of you sleep tonight, try and figure out what happened. Anyway, once again I am leaving you with a cliff hanger, and a challenge, I will not update until I get five reviews! It will be considered my Christmas present if I get that many! And now for the question of the chapter!
Q: What is another of Voldemort's Horcruxes I didn't mention?