Chapter 37
The four girls were eating breakfast in the great hall. There was quite a remarkable difference in the number of students. The girls ate in silence, drifting in their own thoughts.
"Draco's been sent to Azkaban." said Jackie breaking the silence.
"Oh my gosh, are you serious?" asked Danielle.
Jackie nodded her head sadly. "He's going to be there for five years."
Heather said, "Well at least your boyfriend is still alive! Mine is dead! DEAD!" She then left the great hall in tears.
Nehal shook her head. "I never thought that Malfoy would turn out to be like his father."
"He's not though!" argued Jackie. "He's sweet, kind, caring…"
"To you!" Nehal and Danielle both said looking at Jackie.
Jackie ran her fingers through her hair. "I'm going to go talk to Heather. I'll see you guys in class…wait are we even having class today?"
"Doubt it." muttered Danielle.
Nehal replied, "We're probably having a memorial service or something in honor of Dumbledore and the other victims."
"Sounds like fun." Jackie said sarcastically. She departed from the great hall in search of Heather.
Nehal looked at Danielle. "This is like World War 2 all over again."
"Or World War 3." suggested Danielle.
"There is no World War 3."
"No I mean that this is another war. "
"Oh..."
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Heather started going crazy in the dorm room. She pulled an Avril Lavinge and punched the mirror. Blood was all over her knuckles but she didn't seem to care. Heather just wanted to drink Vlad's blood again.
Timmy was pretty angry too. He was causing chaos in the common room by using his powers to destroy furniture. He didn't like to see Heather acting this angry and feel depressed. Timmy felt sad also because he never really liked Vlad and now Vlad was gone. He was never going to come back again.
Jackie walked into the dorm room and saw the mirror smashed. "Hey girly!"
"Don't be Miss Positive with me!" snarled Heather.
Jackie was a bit taken back at Heather's behavior. "Um…okay."
Heather ignored Jackie and walked over to the window. Heather noticed that no students were playing outside. It was just Flich putting dead bodies into wheel barrows.
Jackie inched closer. "Heather I'm really sorry about Mr. Von Gooshy. He was a great teacher. I learned a lot from him. He also gave me 83 percent on that really hard test we had last month and I'm sure he was a great boyfriend to you…"
"Unlike yours, who is a murderer." remarked Heather unpleasantly.
"Draco's not a murderer!"
"He killed his own father!" Heather spun around facing Jackie. She glared at her friend who at the moment looked helpless.
"Well…that's um…um…quite true but I think he must have been under a spell because he would never do something like that."
"Yeah because you know maybe a death eater used the polyjuice potion and transformed into him!"
"You think so?" questioned Jackie.
"No! Now just let me be! Go on, go on!"
"Oh…okay." Jackie was about to exit but she turned around and looked at Heather. "I know how you feel because I also lost a boyfriend that I really loved so if you want to talk about it then I'll be around." Jackie walked down the stairs into the common room but she could hear Heather yelling at her.
"MY BOYFRIEND'S GONE AND I STILL LOVE HIM! YOUR BOYFRIEND WENT TO AZKABAN FOR MURDER! There's a difference!"
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Nehal and Danielle were walking around the corridors. Since there were no classes for the day and they weren't sure when they would start back up again they just walked around Hogwarts exploring.
"I've never seen Heather this sad before." said Nehal.
"Yeah and Jackie too." added Danielle.
"I wish everybody could be happy again. It would be so much better if everything returned to normal."
"Yeah I agree with you but the thing is the professors that are left aren't even doing anything to help!"
"There probably going through a rough time right now."
"Yeah but still! We should have support groups and…"
"QUIDDITCH!" exclaimed Nehal.
Danielle raised a perfectly plucked eyebrow. "Quidditch? What does Quidditch have to do with our school's current situation?"
"That's a good question Danielle. But the answer isn't complex as it should be." said Nehal.
Danielle urged Nehal to continue with her point.
"Whenever I'm feeling low I just like to fly on my broom and if we have Quidditch again everyone will be back to there usual spirits!"
Danielle smiled. "That's a great idea Nehal!"
"I know!" bragged Nehal. "Aren't I a genius?"
"Let's go talk to Professor McGonagall about this."
"Right on! Let's disco down!" Nehal started disco dancing down the corridor to McGonagall's new office.
Professor McGonagall was quite surprised to see some of her students in her office which used to be Dumbledore's. "Hi girls, how can I help you?"
"We want to help the school out." Nehal and Danielle said in unison.
"Well…alright. What did you have in mind?"
Nehal looked at Danielle. "Would you like to do the honors Danie?"
"No…that's okay…you can do them." answered Danielle.
"But-"In this fashion, the two girls kept arguing until McGonagall shouted.
"Girls! Stop arguing! Tell me now. I don't have all day! As you can see I clearly have some re-decorating to do." It was true she did have some re-decorating to do. The office still had some battle scars.
"Professor! I think we should have our Quidditch final!"
McGonagall stared at Nehal confused.
Nehal gushed on, "This will take the battle off everyone's minds. And the NEWTS are approaching and we need to get their attention, and make more people smile."
There was silence.
"Girls…thank you!" McGonagall smiled and gave the two a hug, and walked out to the corridor, leaving Danielle and Nehal frozen to the spot.
"Did she just-"started Danielle.
"Hug us for-"continued Nehal.
"I am totally-"
"Confused!" finished Nehal.
They stared and said together, "Ewwwwww! She hugged us!"
"I think I'm gonna have McGonagall cooties for weeks!" Danielle shuddered.
"You know what this means though. More Quidditch practices!" Nehal said excitedly.
"Yeah!" Danielle said sarcastically.
"I have to get ready!" Nehal dashed ahead of Danielle.
"Where you going?" asked Danielle.
"To call a Quidditch meeting!" yelled Nehal.
"What else?" Danielle rolled her eyes and walked towards the Gryffindor common room.
A/N: Hey everyone! I updated earlier! Well that's because this month is going to be really busy for me. I have some exams and summatives and University stuff so I'll try to get the next chapter up for you all as soon as possible.
