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—— PETTY TEACHER ; 𝟬𝟭𝟯 「❀」| 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗣 . 𝟭𝟯
╔═══*.·:·.☽✧ ✦ ✧☾.·:·.*═══╗ THE ONE WITH SNAPES GRUDGE ╚═══*.·:·.☽✧ ✦ ✧☾.·:·.*═══╝ ❰ 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗋𝖽 𝗒𝖾𝖺𝗋 ❱
——NO ONE IN THE GRYFFINDOR TOWER SLEPT THAT NIGHT. they knew that the castle was being searched again, and the whole house stayed awake in the common room, waiting to hear whether blacks had been caught. professor mcgonagall came back at dawn, to tell them that he had again escaped.
everywhere they went next day they saw signs of tighter security; professor flitwick could be seen teaching the front doors to recognise a large picture of sirius black, filch was suddenly bustling up and down the corridors, boarding up every thing from tiny cracks in the walls to loud holes. sir cadogan had been sacked. his portrait had been taken back to its lonely landing on the seventh floor, and the fat lady was back. she had been expertly restored, but was still extremely nervous, and had only agreed to return to her job on condition that she was given extra protection. a bunch of security trolls had been hired to guard her. they paced the corridor in a menacing group, talking in grunts and comparing the size of their clubs.
eliza couldn't help but notice that the one - eyed witch statue on the third floor remained untouched and unguarded. it seemed that fred and george were right that they — and now harry, eliza, hermione and ron — were the only ones that knew about the hidden passageway.
"d'you reckon we should tell someone?" harry asked ron and eliza.
"we know he's not. on ig through honey dukes," said ron, dismissively, "we'd've heard if the shop had been broken into."
eliza stayed quiet, because there was a possibility that he was crawling through the secret passageway — hell he might have even discovered it.
harry was glad ron took this view. if the one - eyed witch was boarded up too, he might never be able to back to hogsmeade again.
ron had become an instant celebrity. for the first time in his life, people were paying more attention to him than to harry, and it was clear ron was rather enjoying the experience. though still severely shaken by the nights events, he was happy to tell anyone who asked, what had happened, with a wealth of detail.
". . . i was asleep, and i heard this ripping noise, and i thought it was in my dream, you know? but then she here was this draught . . . i woke up and one side of the hangings on my bed had been pulled down . . . i rolled over . . . and i saw him standing over me . . . like a skeleton, with loads of filthy hair . . . holding this great long knife, must've been twelve inches . . . and he looked at me, and i looked at him, and then i yelled, and he scarpered."
