~Vice Principal Professor McGonagall's office...
"What did you boys do to those poor Slytherins?" Asked Professor McGonagall once we were sat down. I explained everything to her from head to tail.
She nodded in understanding, "Now, I understand you were merely protecting yourself, and your friend," She emphasized on the word 'friend', which somewhat confused me, "Jamieson. But next time, try casting subtle spells like Stupefy. I personally do not care if you burn them, as long as they don't die. But if another huge incident like this happens again, Jamieson, Principal Salazar may have to come in. Trust me when I say you do not want anything to do with him." She warned with a small frown.
"We understand, professor." I said with a small sigh while Devin kept quiet the entire time. "Professor..." I asked after she gave us permission to leave. For a second there I thought we were in grave deep trouble. "Can you tell me about Harry Potter? I... I've never met my parents before, but I want to learn all the way from the start. Harry Potter seems like an important figure in this entire school." I continued.
A small smile grew on her old face, "Very well. Meet me in my office on Saturday, 11 AM sharp. And one more thing, Harry Potter and Cedric Diggory were not just important figures of this school, in fact, they were important figures of the entire Wizarding World." She explained, earning a nod from me. We left her office afterwards.
"You two were awesome!" Rafe exclaimed, hugging both of us tightly. "How did you apparate, Devin? This school has enchantments that prevents anyone from apparating. Except the principal." Hazel explained with a curious expression. "You must be insanely powerful if you're able to defy the enchantments of this school." Commented Oliver as they both walked up to us with smiles, causing Devin's cheeks to burn a rosy red colour.
"Also, that spell was out of this world! I don't think even the 7th year students, or the N.E.W.T students are taught that. Where'd you learn it?" Asked Oliver, tilting his head curiously. I shrugged, "I don't know, honest. It just popped into my head!" I cried, I literally did not mean to cast that! I didn't even know I could do that.
After a while of talking, Rafe, Hazel left with Devin for lunch. I told them I'd catch up later as they left me with Oliver and Ceilan. "So what happened?" Asked Ceilan, crossing his muscular arms. I tore my eyes away before telling them how it all had happened.
For a short while there, a look of shock replaced Ceilan's curious one. Just a short while though.
"So what you're telling us is that flaming geyser spell, or flaming pillar rather, just came into your head when you were boiling angry?" Oliver asked for clarification. "It sounds ridiculous!" I added, throwing my hand sup with a sigh.
"You know, if you want to look for histories of your past family, you should look all the way at the back. There's a section locked away from students, but if you can somehow get in, I'm sure there'll be a book to help you." Oliver explained as he and Ceilan escorted me to the cafeteria.
I suppose Devin's right then, I should've gone with him to the back of the library. But then again, I did find something in the newspapers.
As we walked, I couldn't help but feel some sort of weird feeling. I was smudged between Ceilan and Oliver. My heart told me to either speed up or slow down, and so I sped up, leaving them behind me for a bit. I turned my head slightly and watched as Ceilan slowly, almost unnoticeably, moved closer to Oliver.
Is something going on between them? I hope so.
They look like they'd make a cute couple.
~Night time, 10 minutes before Curfew
I knocked on Professor McGonagall's office a few times, hoping to get permission to enter the locked section. Hopefully she'll give me permission.
"Jamieson, I was just about to go look for you." Professor McGonagall stated as she opened the door, letting me in. "Please sit down, I have something to tell you." She continued as she moved towards her desk, an ornate box sitting on it.
"I would like to discuss about what happened this afternoon." She stated, lowering her glasses and her tone turning serious. I gulped in nervousness. I knew I was in trouble! At least Devin isn't involved this time.
"You told me you and Devin want to learn more about your family. Is it true?" Professor McGonagall asked, I nodded in response.
"Actually, I wanted to know about my family. Devin just happened to help me look." I explained as she reached for the box.
"I just want you to know, Jamieson, you won't find anything about that in the locked away section. Salazar burned every single book and magazine that contained the history of Harry Potter and his group. Though he couldn't burn the newspapers as they were enchanted, he successfully erased everything else. I don't know why." Professor McGonagall explained before staring down at the ornate box in-front of her.
"My grandmother, Minerva McGonagall gave this to me before her death. She tasked me with passing this key down to the next Potter, should they appear. So now, I'd like to give it to you, Jamieson." She continued, pushing the box towards me and opening it, revealing an ebon-black key inside with a ruby encrusted on the handle.
I stood up and grabbed it from inside the box, examining it. It looks like it's meant to unlock some sort of super-ancient chest or something. Or maybe a vault? Maybe the container has some sort of super-powerful wand…
"The only thing I can tell you about, Jamieson, is that Harry Potter, along with his friends Cedric Diggory, Hermione Granger and Ronald Weasley, ended the 2nd wizarding war. During their times as part of the Ministry of Magic, they also resolved a ton of conflicts. I know because I was enrolled here before Salazar became principal. We were taught all of those things." She explained, a small smile appeared on her lips.
I'd assume she looks up to them a lot.
"Though during my years of being in this school, the Potters, Grangers and Diggories had stopped enrolling. Only recently had they returned, Weasleys on the other hand never stopped coming to Hogwarts." She continued before glancing at the clock on her wall.
"I'll escort you to your dorm, just so you don't get into any trouble on the way." She stood up before leading me out of the office.
What happened to my family…? What happened to the other two families? Something must've gone wrong.
Hazel said she came from a Muggle family, which could mean that somewhere along the way, one of her parents returned to the muggle world and never came back.
But what about the Potters and the Diggories? There's no way they all died, because if they did I wouldn't be alive. Neither would Ceilan.
A million questions circled around in my head as we walked in silence, which all disappeared when Professor McGonagall made an abrupt stop and pulled me to the wall, before swishing her wand. Something actually appeared in-front of us for a short while, like some kind of invisible wall.
Principal Salazar, along with Professor Briggle walked side by side, talking with a serious manner. They stopped for a very short while before Professor Briggle reached out and touched the wall. He almost made contact with me. I assume Professor McGonagall casted some sort of invisibility enchantment…
"What is it?" Principal Salazar asked, looking at Professor Briggle curiously. Don't tell me he actually sensed us!
"Nothing." The later said before moving away, the two of us quickly ran away silently. "Incendio!" Chanted Principal Salazar loudly before blasting an orb of fire towards where we stood just mere seconds ago. "Those two are dangerous. There are a handful of professors in Hogwarts who care for students, then there are another handful who work purely for Salazar. Look out for them, Jamieson." Professor McGonagall warned as we reached the dorm.
She whispered something into the Fat Lady's portrait, who nodded with a small frown. The wall moved silently, without making the moving sound it used to.
When I entered the room I shared with the others, everyone was already asleep. Devin tucked in adorably and Rafe snoring.
It took me quite a while to sleep because a million more questions just popped up in my head. As if I don't have enough in this big confused head of mine!
What did Principal Salazar do? I mean I know he's a Malfoy, which is an entirely evil family- except for Devin-, but surely he couldn't have done anything huge... Right? I mean he's a principal, he has to keep up his image. Unless the ministry in charge of this whole thing has something to do with this too...
Even though I've never attended schools before coming to Hogwarts, I know for a fact students shouldn't be able to do what the Slytherins are doing...
They could kill other students and get away with it.
