Yours [A Harry Potter Love Story]

Chapter 15 : The Howler

"You were seen," Snape snapped as we stood in his office, "by no less that seven muggles."

The three of us looked down and Snape carried on, "do you have any idea how serious this is? You have a risked the exposure of our world. And not to mention the damage you inflicted on a Whomping Willow that has been on these grounds since before you were born."

"Honestly Professor Snape," Ron interrupted, "I think it did more damage to us."

Harry and I nodded along and Snape snapped again. "Silence," he argued and I gulped again. "I assure you," Snape continued as he came out from behind his desk, "that if you were in Slytherin and your fate rested with me, the three of you would be on the train home, tonight. As it is-" he was interrupted by none other that Professor Dumbledore stepping into Snape's office.

"They are not," he ordered and Snape sighed with frustration. "Professor Dumbledore," Harry gasped, "Professor McGonagall."

"Headmaster, these students have flouted the Decree of the Restriction of Underage Wizardry, as such-" Snape was interrupted again.

"I am well aware of our bylaws Severus," Dumbledore spoke, "having written quite a few of them myself. However, as head of Gryffindor house, it is for Professor McGonagall to determine the appropriate action."

"We'll go and get our stuff then," I sighed and McGonagall turned to me. "What are you talking about Miss Bennet?" She asked and I huffed, "you going to expel us aren't you?"

She looked at us with a stern look and then smiled. "Not today," she informed us and the three of us ginned at each other, "but I must impress on the three of you the seriousness of what you have done."

We nodded and she continued, "I will be writing to your family's tonight and you will all receive detention."

We nodded again and walked to the door to exit. "Miss Bennet," Dumbledore called and I turned around, "please get Madam Pomfry to look at your head, you could have a concussion."

To be honest, I kind of forgot about my head. I felt the cut with my fingers and it was still bleeding a little.

I nodded and walked out with the boys. They went back to the common room and I went up to the hospital wing. "Madam Pomfry?" I called and she turned around.

"Oh dear what happened?" She asked. "Erm - I just bumped my head. It was a accident," I explained as she sat me down on a chair and wiped the now dry blood from my head. She stitched up the cut and gave me a glass of water. I drank it and then she told me to take it slow as I walked back to my common room.

I walked in and up to the dormitories. The girls were already asleep and I wasn't that tired. So I got out the black book that I got from Flourish and Blott's. I decided to use it as a diary. Considering all the happened last year I decided it would be good to jot down all my thought and feelings and what not.

I opened it to the first page and grabbed my quill an ink. I wrote my name on the first page and turned over.

'Dear Diary'

The ink suddenly, disappeared and was replaced with something else.

'What happened today?'

My eyes went wide. What the bloody hell is happening?

'Who are you? How are we talking right now?'

'My name is Tom Riddle. Are you Elizabeth Bennet?'

'How do you know my name Tom?'

'You wrote it...'

I furrowed my eyebrows and turned back to the front page. My name had disappeared. Wow. What the bloody hell is happening right now?