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CHAPTER 12

The first thing I saw when leaving the Hospital Wing, woken by Professor Sprout's Mandrakes after being petrified for months, was Percy. His read hair immediately caught my eye. He must be here for his sister. Ginny had been lying next to me, I wondered if she had been petrified too, but something more peculiar had happened though time to tell me she didn't have because Madam Pompfrey immediately hovered over to tell me she needed rest and that I could better leave. Outside next to Percy however was standing someone else. A girl with blonde hair and blue eyes. Penelope Clearwater had just left the Hospital Wing too and Percy closed his arms around her, hugging her tight. I didn't say a word, but ran down as fast as I could. I knew Penelope was a Ravenclaw Prefect and a good friend of Olivia, but what was Percy hanging so close around her?

"Emily!" I heard behind me. I quickly turned and saw a lot of bushy brown hair hopping my way.

"Hermione," I smiled, "How are you?" Hermione took a second, then remembered she supposed to answer.

"Ehm… fine, thanks. Are you fine too?" I just shrugged. "You saw Percy and Penelope, didn't you?" I nodded, wondering whether Hermione knew more about it. "Penelope and I-we both got petrified by her mirror, Harry got kind of mad when he found out Percy was dating her while you were in the Hospital Wing." So this had been going on longer? Percy probably didn't even visit me in the Hospital, only glad he'd have a chance with Penelope, beautiful, Ravenclaw Prefect and probably making it to Head Girl next year. Hermione and I walked to the Great Hall together, a feast was organized as celebration of the woken victims. While walking down the many stairs, Hermione told me about the mystery she had solved of the Basilisk. She too had seen the great yellow eyes before turning blank. At last we entered the Great Hall. It had never looked like this before. All students were in pajamas and Hermione ran toward Harry and Ron as she saw them, screaming: "You solved it! You solved it!"

Sitting down I tried to avoid Percy as good as I could. Harry took my hand and pinched it softly. I looked at him and smiled, though Harry's eyes were full of worries.

"He doesn't deserve you", he said, glancing at Percy with a dark look in his eyes. Yeah, that's what everyone always tells you. After all I did broke into laughing as Fred and George came over, swearing they would lock him up inside his room all summer if he didn't say sorry and that they would throw some dung bombs inside his locked room every day.

"He'll be sorry", growled Rose. But I wasn't very sure of that. I certainly did like Percy very much, but he didn't want to be with me as I hadn't passed all my O. (I received P for Herbology because a plant decided to bite my finger just during the exam) and I probably wouldn't turn out to be Head Girl either. It's cru how certain things sometimes have to end, but I cannot say the feast didn't end great. Dumbledore announced that all the exams had been cancelled and Professor Lockhart wouldn't be teaching Defense Against the Dark Arts anymore not to forget Gryffindor pulled their selves over the finish with the House Cup again! The rest of the final term passed in a haze of blazing sunshine and back on the train I could finally hear the stories about the time I had missed at Hogwarts.

"Behave yourself, be nice and don't cause troubles. Maybe I'll try to search you up this summer", I told Harry at King's Cross.

"Will you?"

"I'll try." Smiling, hugging, waving goodbye and a deep sigh as my final year at Hogwarts started to come near.

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