A Hogwarts Rose Year 1

Chpter 27

I walked into the office and looked around, unsurprisingly Dumbledore was still awake and sitting at his desk. He looked up from whatever it was that he had been doing before we arrived and turned his attention to Snape.

'What's this then?' He asked.

'Miss Partridge was out after curfew and she snuck into the restricted section in the library.' Snape replied.

'I see and what do you propose we do about it?' Dumbledore asked expectantly.

'Detention is the usual punishment if a student does this, is it not Headmaster?'

'Normally, Severus, but has anyone asked Miss Partridge for her side of the story?'

I cut Snape off answered myself.

'No Sir.'

'Then why don't you tell us what happened.' He said and offered me a seat. I sat down and started to explain what I wanted them to know from the events of earlier tonight, making sure not to mention Harry's involvement, the invisibility cloak or why I/we were in the restricted section.

'To be perfectly honest Sir, I probably deserve detention and I understand if I get one.'

'You will not be receiving detention Miss Partridge, however I recommend that you get back to Gryffindor Tower and get some rest. Professor Snape will escort you back.'

So I walked to the Tower with Snape and I left him at the portrait hole, after going inside I went straight up to bed and fell asleep.

It was around lunchtime when I woke up, but I didn't attempt to get up. My legs pained from the night before, as did my head so I stayed in bed for most of the day until Lavender dragged me into the Great Hall to get dinner.

'I'm not hungry Lavender, really.' I explained to her as she dragged me over to the Gryffindor table.

'You haven't had any food since last nights dinner, you need to eat!' She replied defiantly. It was obvious that she wasn't going to let me go back to the tower until I'd eaten something, so I gave in and ate dinner with her and Harry.

'Are you ok? What happened last night?'

'Not much, I didn't get detention so I was lucky.' I replied.

'I'm sorry that I hid, I just freaked out a bit.' He apologised.

'It's ok.' I replied. I didn't want to tell him about Filch, so I kept to myself and changed the subject.

After dinner I went back to the tower and sat in front of my window. Lavender was still downstairs in the common room with some of the boys, it seemed like she knew I needed space. Even Mabel was getting the vibe and fell asleep on my bed instead of sitting with me. I got out my books and decided to finish my charms essay to try and clear my head. However as hard as I tried I couldn't concentrate, I was just to confused with all of this stuff. Nothing makes sense and while I know my friends want to help, and I just need to sort this out on my own.

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Sorry it's a short chapter, but the next one will be better I promise.