Chapter 20
Trinity squirmed against Blaize, trying to pull herself out of his arms - but the Slytherin was too strong. The bookshelf shook when she was pushed against it, and Trinity gave one final shove against Blaize's chest before he moved away from her.
Kimberly gave Blaize a hard shove and grabbed Trinity's arm - pulling the girl back around the bookshelves and towards the table she had claimed as theirs.
"How dare he do that!" She growled, glaring at the bookcase. "If I hadn't have come along he may just have raped you."
"Who nearly raped who?" Draco asked, taking a seat beside Trinity.
The girls' exchanged glances, "I was...nearly raped by...Montague." Kimberly lied.
"Montague?" Draco spluttered, "are you serious? You let him get that close to you?"
Kimberly gave Trinity a sideways glance before opening the book infront of her, "moving swiftly onwards." The Slytherin cleared her throat before looking back up at Draco. "What are you doing here?"
"Joining you two." He replied nonchalantly.
"Right, well...be useful and find a book about Clive Porter." Kimberly ordered, pointing at the bookshelf behind her. Kimberly turned to the contents page and ran her finger down the list before coming to: 'Legendary Linguists'.
They flicked to the right page in the book before finding the right section on the page, "here!" Kimberly pointed to the centre of the page, "Clive Porter, father of Frank and Geraldine Porter..." Kimberly looked up at Trinity. "Now we have to find the family tree of Frank and Geraldine."
"What do we do if we find out someone had five children?" Trinity asked.
"Then...we have to research five family trees." It was as simple as that.
"We need to write this down." Trinity stated, pulling out a piece of parchment and her quill and ink. 'Clive Porter' she wrote at the top of the page in small writing. Trinity then drew a line and wrote 'Frank' on one side of the line, and 'Geraldine' on the other.
"Right." Draco dumped a book on the table. "Here you go." The book looked to be three of Hagrid's feet in width, and Trinity's mouth hit the table in wonder of how he managed to carry it. "Clive Porter's family tree...among other famlies of course."
"You're amazing!" Kimberly went to drag the book across the table...but struggled. "How did you manage that with those weedy arms?" She pondered.
"I'm not a weed!" Draco snapped, opening the book and scanning the contents for the page they needed. "There you go." He stated, pointing to the name: Clive Porter, at the top of the page.
Trinity turned to the next page, trying to find the last name of the Porter's family tree. "There's a page missing." She stated.
"What?" Kimberly and Draco asked.
"The tree stops at a woman named Mia Jones." She looked up at them. "We're looking for a man, not a woman."
"How many years away are we?"
"I'd say about twenty." Trinity replied, "there must be another book following Mia Jones. She must at least have great-grandchildren or something."
"We better go back to our dorms." Kimberly stated. "It's nearly curfew."
They were met by two Death Eaters when the left the library. Trinity was apparated outside the Gryffindor common room whilst Kimberly and Draco were taken to the Slytherin dungeons.
The Weasley's were sitting by the fireplace in the Common Room when Trinity stepped through the portal, and Pip was curled up with them. The Kneazle stretched and yawned before bounding over to his owner who knealt down to scoop the cat up in her arms. Trinity scratched the Kneazle behind the ears as she made her way over to the Weasley's.
"Hey, Trin." Ginny greeted the raven haired girl with a smile. "How did your research go?"
"The last relative in the book we read was a woman called Mia Jones, but there was a page missing."
George frowned, "perhaps someone is trying to stop you from finding out who your real father is."
"I have a good guess as to who that could be." Ron stated, "perhaps your Uncle?"
Trinity shrugged, "maybe." She sat on the couch beside Ron and set Pip on her lap, running her hand through his soft fur as she did so. "If it was my Uncle, then it's a sign that I should stop looking."
"Stop looking?" George asked, "no way. You must be curious?"
Trinity nodded, "of course I am, George. But if my Uncle doesn't want me to know-"
"-You have a right to know, Trinity!" Ginny exclaimed. "What if it wasn't your Uncle who took the page? What if someone else was researching something and that just so happened to be the page they needed?" Trinity shrugged and cast her eyes onto Pip; purring contentedly on her lap.
"Would it give you the motivation to look for the missing page?" George asked.
"But how would I know where to start?" She asked.
George smiled, "that's easy. You take the book to Madam Pince and ask her for the names of any students who've read the book."
"She knows all that?" Trinity asked, astounded. "That's amazing!"
"Yeah," George replied, "it is. Shall we go tomorrow morning before Quidditch practice?"
Trinity nodded eagerly before getting to her feet. "I'm going to bed now. I'll go to the library in the morning before breakfast to get a head start...shall I meet you guys there are you've had breakfast?"
The Weasley's all nodded and wished her goodnight. Pip bounded up the stairs behind Trinity and jumped on her bed as the raven haired girl headed into the bathroom to get changed.
The next morning, after her shower, Trinity got dressed and readied herself for the day ahead before leaving her dorm room - Pip following close behind her.
Trinity and Pip stepped into the library, noticing the big, thick book which still hadn't been moved from it's position the night before. Trinity walked over to the book and tried to pick it up, but to no avail. She drew her wand, "wingardium leviosa." She murmured. The book levitated, and Trinity walked over to Madam Pince's desk at the front of the library before setting the book down infront of the woman with a 'thud'.
"Sorry." Trinity whispered when the hook-nosed woman looked up and glared at the Gryffindor.
"Can I help you, Miss Riddle?"
"I was wondering if you could tell me who's read this book?" Trinity asked. "There's a page missing...and it's the page I need."
"I know there's a page missing." Madam Pince stated, flipping through the book. "Professor Dumbledore took it out a few years ago."
"Do you know why?" Trinity asked, confused.
Madam Pince nodded, "he said it was to prevent Harry Potter being too...curious about his family tree."
Trinity frowned, "Harry Potter's family tree?"
The library door opened, and Kimberly Lestrange walked in, "I thought I'd find you here!" The Slytherin stated, walking over to the raven haired Gryffindor and the librarian. "Found out anything about the missing page?"
Trinity nodded, "Dumbledore took it out, tryng to prevent Harry Potter from being curious about his family tree."
"Potter's family tree?" Kimberly exclaimed, "serious?"
Trinity nodded and turned back to the librarian, "do you know what the Professor did with the page?"
Madam Pince laughed snidely, "if I did, Miss Riddle; I would've repaired the book by now."
"Oh," Trinity whispered, "ok, thank you." Trinity levitated the book back over to the desk before taking a seat infront of it. Pip jumped onto the table and meowed, placing one of his front paws ontop of the book.
Kimberly sat beside the Gryffindor and ran a hand through her hair, "let's look for another book. But this time, look for Mia Jones." Trinity sighed and nodded before getting to her feet.
It wasn't long until the Weasley's joined them in the library, the two girls' were swarmed with books. Pip was still meowing, and pawing the thick book about Clive Porter.
"There must be something wrong with the Kneazle." Kimberly stated, batting the cat's tail out of her face.
Trinity looked up, Pip's face was one inch away from hers. Pip opened his mouth wide, and meowed again before rubbing his face along Trinity's jawline. "What?" The Kneazle stopped purring and turned to the main door, jumping off the table as he did so. He turned to look behind him and meowed, causing Trinity to get to her feet. "Pip, come back." The Kneazle darted out the door to the library. "I'll be back in a minute." Trinity told the Weasley's and Kimberly before exiting the library to look for her Kneazle.
She followed Pip along the corridors before feeling the cool air outside the school. She looked around before following Pip towards Hagrids' hut.
"Got you!" Trinity picked up the Kneazle, and kissed his furry head.
"Oh, hello Trinity!" Hagrid stated, coming out of his hut. "Hello Pip!" The giant chuckled, petting the Kneazle on his head. The cat meowed at Trinity before looking towards the Forbidden Forest. "You have a curious one there." Hagrid commented.
"What do you mean, Hagrid?" Trinity asked.
"Kneazle's alert their owners when they've found something they want to show them." Hagrid explained, "perhaps it's something you're curious about?"
"Kim and I are trying to find out who my father is." Trinity explained, "we were researching Clive Porter and narrowed it down to Mia Jones...but the final page is missing."
Hagrid turned quiet, "I'm afraid I can't help you there." He stated, closing the door to his hut and climbing down the steps. "I'll see you later, Trinity! Perhpas you, Ron, Ginny and George could pop by for a cup of tea sometime?"
"Thank you, Hagrid." Trinity smiled at the giant and held onto the struggling Kneazle as she made her way back inside the school. She was walking through the corridor towards the library when she heard a pair of footsteps behind her.
"Riddle!" Draco called. Butterflies formed in her stomach at the sound of his voice, and Trinity stopped and turned around so that the Slytherin Prince could catch up. "Are you and Kim in the library again?" He asked.
Trinity nodded and held onto the struggling Kneazle with much difficulty. "We're looking for books about Mia Jones." She said, continuing to walk towards the library.
"Still?" Draco asked. Trinity nodded her reply and looked down at the struggling Kneazle in her arms.
Once in the library, Trinity shut the door behind Draco before setting Pip down on the floor. The Kneazle followed her towards the table, continuing his meowing tirade as the raven haired Gryffindor and Draco sat down at the table with the Weasley's and Kimberly.
"What's he doing here?" Ron glared at the Slytherin.
Draco glared back, but didn't say anything. Instead, he looked at the Kneazle infront of him, giving him the eye. "Riddle? Is your cat retarded?"
Trinity looked up from the book, "I don't think so." She replied, "he's been acting odd all morning."
"I think he's trying to see if Malfoy is trustworty." George stated, "he did that with us three and Kim."
"And Professor McGonagal." Ron piped in, "the Professor handed him to me one afternoon and told me to give him back to you. Even she gave him an odd look."
"He led me to Hagrids." Trinity stated, changing the subject so that Pip wouldn't recieve anymore insults. "And he said that Kneazles lead their owners to something they've found. If the owner is curious about it."
"Maybe he found the missing page or something?" Ginny suggested, shrugging her shoulders.
"Oh, come on, Ginny." Kimberly stated, "What're the chances of that happening? We've only been looking for one day! Usually this stuff would take a year to find out...maybe even longer..."
George sighed, "why don't we all follow him on Saturday? To find out what he's so interested in? If it is something to do with Trinity's curiosity it might be helpful. I mean...other than finding out who your father is, what else are you curious about?"
All eyes turned to Trinity and she grimaced, looking at Ron - knowning he shared the same fear. "Why I keep having dreams about spiders after that detention in the woods."
"You are a seer." Malfoy stated. "If the cat leads you into the forest, perhaps your dreams were a hint as to where the missing page is." He quickly shot to his feet. "I can't sit here." He stated, stepping away from the Kneazle that followed him towards the door. "Too many Gryffindors!" He pushed Pip away from the door with his foot as he escaped the library.
"I hate to say this," Ron began, "but I think Malfoy's right. Well, he has a point at least."
Trinity looked at everyone at the table, "you think Aragog has the missing page to the book?"
"Well, if Dumbledore took that page...he'd want to protect it wouldn't he?" Kimberly stated.
"The Philosipher Stone was guarded by Fluffy." Ron stated, "Hagrid's three headed dog." He looked at Trinity, grimacing, "we might have to ask Hagrid if he knows anything..." He sniffed, "we might have to follow the spiders!"
"I've already asked Hagrid, Ron." Trinity replied, "and he said he couldn't help me."
Ron chuckled, "he always says that - he's not a very good liar, you know."
"Let's go to Quidditch practice." George stated, grabbing a pile of books to put back on the shelves.
Trinity couldn't concentrate in Quidditch practice. She was too worried about the possibility of being led into the spiders lair, 'Draco will have to come', She thought. "Trin!" George called, "duck!"
She turned around and screamed at the Bludger heading towards her, she ducked out of the way as the Bludger flew over her head, but she lost her balance on her broom. Trinity pulled herself up to safety, swinging herself back onto her broomstick.
Training was over quickly, and as Ginny and Trinity showered and dressed into their Gryffindor robes, it was time for third period. "I have Double Care of Magical Creatures now." Ginny stated, "what do you have?"
"Potions." The raven haired girl replied, "and then Divination."
"We'll meet in the library at lunch?" Ginny asked, "we can have one last look around the library? If we can't find anything, we can follow Pip after dinner."
Trinity nodded, "alright. I'll let Ron know. If you see George before I do, tell him to come to the library - and ask him to tell Kim aswell."
"What about Malfoy?"
Trinity shrugged, "I'll ask him aswell. He probably won't though, I'm not sure."
"Ok, I'll see you in the library." Trinity smiled before leaving the girls' bathroom and heading towards Potions. As she walked along the corridor, she noticed Pansy, Tammy and Daphne glaring at her. Oh how she wished she wasn't walking alone!
She darted into the classroom and took her seat at the desk. She kept her eyes fixed on the stained wood infront of her as the other students piled in and took their seats.
"Did you find anything?" Draco asked, sitting down.
"No." She replied, "but we're all going to follow Pip into the..." she swallowed the lump in her throat. "...Forbidden Forest...if you want to come?"
Draco blinked, and then began to laugh, "you want me to protect you."
Trinity didn't have to reply because Ron approached her, "are we going to the library at lunch?" He asked.
"Yes." The raven haired girl replied, "and if we're not lucky...we're following Pip after dinner."
Ron whimpered, "stay with me." He whispered.
Trinity nodded eagerly, "you'll probably have to hold my hand."
"I'll come." Draco stated, glaring at Ron. "There'll be no hand holding between you two." He growled at the red head.
"Great." Trinity smiled, "we'll meet by Hagrid's Hut after dinner. Could you tell Kim?" She asked Draco.
"If I see her at dinner." He replied, "I'm sure Weasleby number one will tell her though."
"Good afternoon, class!" Professor Slughorn exclaimed happily as he entered the room. "I'm afraid to tell you that this'll be a theory lesson. But...next lesson, we'll be attempting to make Veritaserum!"
Trinity pulled a face, "what's that?" She whispered to Draco.
"The most powerful truth potion in the world." He replied, turning back to face Slughorn.
Trinity could've sworn she'd fallen asleep. She couldn't remember anything the Professor had been talking about, and she had written only half a page of notes.
"I need a pay-more-attention-potion." She mumbled to herself.
"Either that or you just need to pay more attention." Draco stated, smirking as he folded his three pages of notes into his bag.
Trinity stepped out of the Potions classroom and almost fell over. Something was walking right infront of her. "Pip!" She whispered, holding onto Ron to steady her footing. The Kneazle looked up at her and meowed. "We'll go later." She whispered, picking up the Kneazle and petting it gently on the head.
"Trin, you can't take him into class." Ron stated as they began walking towards Divination.
"I know." She replied, "I'll put him down when we get there."
Trinity left Pip at the door as she walked into class. Ron sat down at their assigned table and Trinity sat opposite him. "Great." Ron groaned, "more tea leaves."
The Professor gave a quick introduction to the lesson before taking a seat at her desk - allowing the students to get along with their work.
Trinity drank her tea before looking into her cup. "A question mark." She noted flicking through the pages in the book, "a need for caution."
"I have that aswell." Ron stated.
"A rake." Trinity stated, "that means..." she flicked through the book beside her. "Watch details?"
"It might be something to do with what Aragog says." Ron suggested.
"And a ship." A smile etched onto her face when she read the definition, "it means a worthwhile journey." Ron smiled, "you might know who your father is by the end of today."
As the lesson came to an end, Ron and Trinity picked up their belongings and walked towards the library with Pip, to meet Kimberly, George and Ginny. If they couldn't find anything else about Mia Jones, then they would follow Pip into the Dark Forest, after dinner.
Sorry if this chapter was slightly uninteresting, but don't worry! Next chapter will make up for it - and I'm sure the night of the ball will aswell ;) anyway, thank you to my wonderful reviewers :) Please review!
Also, I received a review asking where Hermione was -_- this story takes places after the battle of Hogwarts. And as I explained in chapter 1, Voldermort wanted a Pure-blood world, so therefore, muggle-borns and half-bloods do not exist, also, for story purposes the Riddle family are Pure-bloods :P xx