"Dumbledore!"
The staircase whirled and rose to life leading the two woman up to the Headmistress office.
When they entered McGonagall walked around to her chair and practically fell into it in exhaustion.
"Are you alright?" McGonagall asked looking straight into Riley's eyes.
Riley copied the older woman and fell into the chair awaiting her.
"I'm not sure. I don't know what happened. Somebody I- somebody I care about was attacked and I can't remember a damn thing. There was nothing. Nothing at all and then she was there on the ground bleeding everywhere. I was so scared." Riley admitted.
McGonagall sighed.
"Mr Fawley said you had told him you thought she would be attacked tonight, is this true?"
"I don't remember saying it. But I also don't remember a lot from today. There's blotches of my whole day missing."
"Mr Fawley didn't mention this." McGonagall stated.
"No, I didn't let on how much I couldn't remember. Professor, who'd want to hurt her?"
"That, it would seem is the answer to everything." McGonagall resigned.
"What do you mean?"
"Mr Fawley mentioned that you had said to him days ago about rumors that had been spread about Miss Killick, he had also heard these rumors. You had said to him that a few younger Gryffindor boys had idly threatened her. He had told you at the time that it was no more than boys being boys and show boating to one another. He thinks it might be connected, I also believe this. It is no mere coincidence that you come in running and screaming for Max to get help only to have you lose all memory of not only what happened tonight but as it would seem any conversation to do with or about these said Gryffindor boys." McGonagall concluded.
"Professor.. what are you saying exactly?"
"There is no need to worry about this tonight for we shall know more truths in the morning when Miss Killick wakes."
"You think it was me." Riley says defeated.
"Do you think it was you Riley?"
"Nobody can get into the prefect bathroom without the password and not many people know it. I was there. No one else. I-"
"I do not think it was you Riley, not of your own accord anyway." McGonagall admitted.
Riley sat silently caught in her own terrified thoughts. McGonagall noted Riley when she did this, usually a far away look accompanied it yet this time it looked more pained and scared.
"I shall have the house elves bring you something to eat as you missed dinner." McGonagall said.
Usually discussion of food would tip her mood and she would appreciate the distraction.
"Those hamburgers you enjoy so much, I'll even allow double cheese."
Riley's ears perked up at the mention of cheese.
"Really? You mean it?"
"Only this once." McGonagall stated firmly. Trying to hide her smile.
"Yes! WINKY!" Shouted Riley delightedly.
"Riley you can't just go around summoning house elves" McGonagall exclaimed.
"I'm not she's my-"
"Friend Winky ma'am of Friend Riley." Winky said delighted.
"That makes no sense what so ever." McGonagall said baffled.
"Oh but it does ma'am. Riley is my friend and I am her friend. She doesn't like me saying master so we compromised on saying friend. It has a nice ring to it ma'am friend headmistress." Winky said almost sing song like.
McGonagall still baffled by the exchange left the two to their devices, Riley seemed happier and distracted and for now that was all that mattered.