Chapter Two
Hidden Secrets
Only after the door was closed and they were seated did Draco open up.
"I have been keeping this secret from everyone except for those that knew what had been planned. I was supposed to kill Dumbledore, but I could not do it. The Death Eaters are furious with me. I no longer wish to be associated with them, I want to be a spy for Dumbledore's Army. I had been talking to Dumbledore about it, but nothing was confirmed. And then he was murdered."
"My stars Draco, do you need to be protected?"
"Not that I know of."
"You must want has been proposed very badly to come to me about it. Dumbledore never mentioned this to me, not even in his journals that he kept. I will grant you your request, it takes courage to come forward as you have. Now, please go get some rest."
"Thank you McGonagall. I will not let you down."
With that, he left her office. He felt so much better than he did when he first got to Hogwarts. Though he was worried how he was going to get information from the Death Eaters. He knew that they knew where Snape was but he could not get the information from any of his fellow student Death Eaters.
When he walked up to the room, Hermione was just leaving it.
"Where are you going Granger, we are supposed to be in our common rooms after 8 pm?"
"I requested an audience with McGonagall Malfoy. She told me to come immediately."
"Fine, but next time your house is getting 50 points deducted, we are supposed to be setting examples, not made into one."
"I know Malfoy. Now, I have to go."
She walked away quickly, as if she did not get to McGonagall she was going to burst. Halfway there she decided that she could not tell McGonagall this, she would want to know more and she did not have more. Having made her decision she ran back to her room as fast as she could, the last thing she wanted was Filch and his cat catching her out of her room.
When she reached the room, she saw Dumbledore. He looked like he had before he had died or been murdered. And she knew where his murder was and could not say anything about it. She felt terrible, worse than terrible.
"Dear Girl, what is troubling you?" Asked Dumbledore
"I know something that could help catch your murderer but I am afraid to say anything. I only have so much information, and I know that whoever I tell they will want more."
"Go with your heart Hermione. Do what is right for you. But do not let this eat at you, it is not healthy."
"Thank you Dumbledore."
The next morning she decided that she had to tell McGonagall. She also knew that McGonagall would be upset about not finding out about this sooner.
When she reached the Great Hall, it was as if the silence curse was lifted. There was so much noise that it was almost as deafening as the silence.
"Harry, what is going on?"
"Everyone decided that silence was not helping anything, and we started talking last night and today."
"Well, that is great to hear."
After about three minutes of chatter, McGonagall decided that it was time to make her announcements.
"Good Morning students."
"Good Morning Head Mistress."
"First, I would like to award Slytherin 500 points for having courage to do what they thought was right. Second is I am glad that the silence has stopped, and would like to award each house 100 points. Next, I would like to let everyone know, if you did not already know, that Dumbledore's portrait is on the Head Room, between Gryffindor and Slytherin houses. Subsequently, I wish you all a good breakfast. Finally, I would like to see Head Girl before class today."
Cheers erupted from the Great Hall. Today was a point day for the books. Though Slytherin was ahead in points but that did not matter, they were always breaking the rules and getting in trouble. What surprised everyone was that Hermione Granger, the perfect, was in trouble already. What had she done?
After breakfast, Hermione walked ever so slowly to McGonagall's office. She knew why she had been requested, and still did not have the confidence to tell McGonagall.
"Ms. Granger, you wished to speak with me last night. Now, I have requested you, and you are not leaving until I know why you wished to see me."
"McGonagall, this is not easy for me and I want to tell you but I wish I had more information. I know where Professor Snape, Luscious Malfoy and HE WHO SHALL NOT BE NAMED are."
"My heavens dear girl that is a lot to carry. Well, tell me where are they."
"They are in the muggle world."
"I see. You know where exactly right?"
"Yes."
"I see, where exactly are they Ms. Granger?"
"Las Vegas."
"New Mexico?"
"No, Nevada."
"Well, they do blend in there. Not much, surprise there, thank you for telling me. Even if I did have to prod, just a bit."
"I know but I just did not want to tell you all at once. It seems so small compared to what it could have been."
"Well, that gives us a start in the right direction anyway. Now please head to class."
Meanwhile back in the Las Vegas, Nevada.
"Snape, why didn't you just go to Riddle House?" Asked Voldermort
"They were after me, I didn't want to give them you as well."
"Well, you could have gone anywhere but here. This place sucks, Muggles everywhere, scary prospect." Stated Luscious
"Okay, Luscious enough. We are here, someone is bound to come after us, especially since that mudblood saw us here. Chances are that The Trio will come here, so we better plan for Potters demise."
"Good idea Voldermort." Stated Snape
