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4. DADA
We walked up the moving stairs and we got to a really big room. "Welcome students!" someone yelled out as they opened the door. I looked at the door and saw Professor Snape. "I am the Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher for this year!" he said and all of the Slytherin's cheered. He looked at me and winked. I looked over at Harry and I saw him mutter something under his breath. I realised that he was muttering a spell to Snape and I quickly deflected it, but it hit me. "Ow!" I screamed fell to the ground holding my arm. Everyone made a circle around me and Draco came and bent down to my level. Snape came and bent down next to me as well. "It was a sectumsempra curse." He said and looked around. "Whoever did this curse will be getting a severe punishment." He said and helped me up. I looked over at Harry and he looked at the ground. "Draco, Blaze and I will go take her to Madam Pomfrey." Pansy said. "Yes you can go and tell her that she was hit by a sectumsempra curse." I heard Snape say. They lifted me up, but I was slipping in and out of consciousness. I heard doors open and I heard a sweet voice. "Oh my goodness! What happened to her?" "Madam Pomfrey! Thank god we found you!" I barely heard Draco say. "She was hit by a sectumsempra curse." I felt myself on a bed and tried to open my eyes. I looked at my arm, and I was horrified. There was a huge slice down my arm, about 15cm long. I closed my eyes and drifted off to sleep. "Bella, Bella are you alright?" I heard someone say. I looked up and saw Draco, Pansy and Blaze standing next to my bed. "How is my arm?" I asked and looked at it. There wasn't a mark! Not one single mark! I looked back up and saw Professor McGonagall, Dumbledore and Snape standing in front of me. "Now Bella, I don't expect to answer all of my questions right now, but do you have any ideas who might have used this curse?" Dumbledore asked. "Well, I um saw Harry mutter something under his breath, and he was looking at Snape. But I tried to deflect it, but it obviously hit me." I quivered. "Harry, do you mean Harry Potter?" McGonagall asked and I nodded. "Well, he will be getting into serious trouble! Dumbledore I think you should expel him!" Snape said. "Now, now Severus. Those consequences' are a bit harsh. Why don't we suspend him from any out of school activities?" Dumbledore said and they all nodded. "Oh…and please don't tell him I said anything?" I asked and they nodded and left the room. "Well, well the famous Harry Potter has just gotten into trouble? How's that for justice?" Draco said and the others laughed. "Am I able to go now?" I asked Madam Pomfrey. "If you think you're well enough to, then you may." She replied, and the others took me back to DADA. We walked in the door and everyone was staring at us. "Ah, Miss Swan, glad you could make it. We were just going to discuss what a sectumsempra curse is. Why don't you have a seat." He said and I found a seat next to Pansy and Draco. "Now does anyone know what a sectumsempra curse is?" Snape said and Hermione's hand shot up. I had a fairly good idea since I was hit by one so I put up my hand. Snape looked around for a bit, and pointed to me. "Well, I think a sectumsempra curse is where you say a spell to hit someone and for an example; slice their arm open." I replied and looked at Harry who turned bright red. "Yes, that is very close." Snape said. "How is your arm by the way?" "It's good. There isn't a mark!" I said and showed him my arm. "That's good." He replied and I saw Harry mumble something under his breath to Ron. The bell went and Harry came over to me. "I need to talk to you." He said and he pulled me away from the crowd. Ron and Hermione were behind him. "I'm sorry I didn't deflect the curse properly." He said. "Wait, what?' I puzzled. "Weren't you doing a sectumsempra curse to hit Snape, but I tried to deflect it, and it hit me?" "What, no! Harry would never try and hit Snape, because he would blame Harry instantly!" Hermione said astounded. "No! Malfoy was doing a sectumsempra curse to hit you, but I tried to deflect it." He laughed, looking a little bit astounded as well! "Then what was the spell that I did?" I said. "You did a spell, and a flower popped up on Neville Longbottom's head, but Hermione quickly got rid of it." He said and Hermione looked really pleased. "Well, I've got to tell Dumbledore, McGonagall and Snape the new news." I said and made my way to leave. "What news?" Ron said. "I told them that Harry did the spell, because it looked like you did, and I am really sorry, but I will tell them straight away the new news!" I said and rushed off. "Professor Dumbledore. I need to talk to you about something." I said. "Yes, come in." he said and I sat on a chair. He was sorting out books on his bookshelf and didn't look over at me. "Harry didn't do the curse." "I know." He said. "Wait what?" I gasped. "Snape knew that Draco did it, but we wanted to come in too see what it looked like for you." He said and looked over at me. "And he also saw the flower on Neville Longbottom's head. Do you have any idea how it got up there?" he asked me and sat down. "Well…when I tried to 'deflect' the hit, I did a flower spell, and it got Neville." I giggled. "Very well, you may go now." He said and I left the room. "Well, did you tell him that Potter did the spell on purpose?" Draco said. "Shut up Draco. I know you did the curse, so just leave me alone!" I yelled and stormed off.
