Title: Matilda at Hogwarts

By: AnastasiaRomanova03

Email: Matilda is eleven years old and is attending Hogwarts in Harry's fourth year there.

Disclaimer: I don't own anyone from Matilda or Harry Potter. They are not my creation. Only Regina Driscoll is. Matilda is the creation of Ronald Dahl and Harry Potter is J.K. Rowling's creation. Chris Smith and the upcoming character of Regina Driscoll is. Jenny is also Dahl's creation. The Goblet of Fire storyline is J.K.R's as well as every character at Hogwarts

Chapter 5

"Ginny, Hermione, Matilda! You need to wake up!" Mrs. Weasley came in and started shaking everyone to get them up. Ginny grumpily got up and snatched her jacket out of her mom's hand. Hermione woke up immediately grabbed her jacket and helped Matilda out of bed. Mrs. Weasley grabbed Ginny's hand and started to get her to go downstairs. Hermione helped Matilda down out of her bed and gave Matilda her jacket. They ran down the stairs and caught up with everyone outside. Matilda's eyes widened at what she saw. There were people in black robes and white masks. They had their wands pointed up at the sky and in the sky were people that were being contorted in many different, uncomfortable positions. Mr. Weasley told them to run into the woods and they will come back to get them. Fred grabbed Ginny's hand and started for the woods. Matilda followed them into the woods. It became so dark that Matilda could not see what was in front of her.

Matilda stopped with the realization that she was not following anyone now. She kept turning around looking to see if she could find anyone. Matilda saw a light through the woods and realized that it was the edge of the woods. Matilda ran and crept to the edge of the forest. The same people in black robes were pointing their wands at innocent people and killing them. Matilda cringed inwardly and felt sick at the horror she saw. The metallic smell of the blood did nothing to help her feel better. As if reading her thoughts, one of the masked people turned towards. He raised his wand and pointed it at her. Matilda sensed her immense danger and pushed him hard with her mind. He landed with a thud against another one of the men. Matilda ran back into the forest and ran as fast as she could in the deepest part of the forest. Twigs snag Matilda's nightdress as she ran. Behind her, two more of the predators ran after her.

"EXPELLIARMUS!" One of them yelled. The spell had no affect on her. All of a sudden one of the other masked villains came and grabbed her from the side and ran off with her. Matilda tried to kick to get away but found that she bound by an invisible force. The masked attacker brought Matilda back to her tent and made a motion to be quiet and ran off. Matilda did as told. She noticed that these people are not ones to be contradicted. Matilda crawled in a ball and wrapped herself in sheets on the floor and decided to wait it out. At least she would be hidden in a place that has already been searched by the chaos that lied within the tent. Matilda hoped that Regina would be okay and didn't come back during the attack.

Matilda poked her head back out from the sheets a few hours later. She noticed that it was morning. Matilda could her people talking outside. There was no more screaming and chaos that she heard earlier. Matilda uncovered herself and peeked her head outside of the tent. All seemed to be okay. She noticed wizards and witches asking families questions about the events last night. Matilda crawled out of the tent and started looking around.

"MATILDA!" Regina ran up to Matilda and gave her a ferocious hug. Regina looked as though she was going to cry. "Matilda, I thought something bad happened to you. The Weasleys lost you in the forest with all of the confusion." Regina hugged her again.

"Aunt, who were all of those people that had on white masks and black robes? Why were they attacking innocent people?" Matilda looked her at her aunt straight into the eyes hoping that she could find the answers within them. All she saw was a blank expression.

"Matilda, we are going to pack up and go to Diagon Alley today." Regina waved her wand and the tents were packed just like they were when they brought them to the campsite. Regina and Matilda hoped on the broom and left to go to Diagon Alley.

"We need to go into the Leaky Cauldron to get a room until your parents come tomorrow. Go up to Tom at the bar and let him know you need a room for two. I need to go owl Jenny and Chris." Regina kept her luggage and went down the alley. Matilda got a room for two and waited in the room until Regina got back.

"I am sorry about that, but chances are the attack was most likely in the Daily Prophet." Regina walked in with some warm soup and bread to eat for lunch. With all of the excitement, Matilda forgot that they skipped breakfast or that she was even hungry. Regina set up their lunch at a table in the room.

Aunt Gina, are you going to tell me who those people were?" Matilda looked at her this time, waiting for the answer.

"Where do I start?" Regina took a deep breath still wondering where to start.

"A while back, there was a wizard who was so feared throughout the wizarding community that even today, we still don't speak his name. We call him You-Know-Who. He hates Muggles, which are people who do not have the capabilities to do magic. He also does not like half-bloods either. This means that their parents are either muggles or one of them is a wizard and the other is a muggle. The people that support him are called Death Eaters."

"Sound appropriate."

"The Death Eaters are the people in the white masks and robes. Most of them are Pure-bloods. This means that they come from families that aren't "tainted" by muggle blood. They are usually summoned by You-Know-Who. They call You-Know-Who the Dark Lord. The strange thing is though is that the Dar- You-Know-Who has been dead for 13 years now."

"How did it happen?"

"Harry stopped him."

Matilda looked at Regina, stunned. "You mean Harry Potter?"

"The same Harry. No one knows what it was that prevented You-Know-Who from killing him after killing his parents. Everyone knows about it. Harry was only a baby. After that night, You-Know-Who disappeared. No one ever heard from him or his followers since that night."

"Could there be a chance that maybe he isn't dead but just in hiding?"

"Maybe..."

The two ate lunch in silence. Matilda had all these thoughts going through her head. There was definitely more to the story than what was told. Why did You-Know-Who kill Harry's parents and why kill Harry? What would a one-year-old baby do to such a powerful man? Why hurt Muggles? The only thing really on her mind is would she still be able to go to Hogwarts?