The Hidden Half-Blood Prince

Chapter 12: Decisons

Previously:

"There has been a break out," Dumbledore said, not bothering to sugar coat it. "I was only just able to hear about it before the Daily Prophet. By this time tomorrow, everyone would have heard about it.

"Who is missing?" Tonks spoke up for the first time during that meeting.

"Bellatrix Lestrange, her husband and a good part of the Death Eaters in there," Dumbledore answered. "Including," he turned his eyes to me "Dolores Umbridge."

My cup of water exploded.

Hey everyone! This is the first official chapter I have written since I have been back from my mission. Any others before were all written before I left so I had some going while I was gone.

Let's get to it, shall we?

Everything in me was begging me to hunt her down before she had a chance to hurt my family anymore than she already has. Every fiber of my being was aching to hold nothing back. The only thing keeping me from going anywhere was Penny gripping my arm and all the stares I had from letting my cup explode.

"You alright, there, Percy?" Tonks asked after an extended amount of silence.

I looked at my hands, a few pieces of glass managed to find their way in my palm and I had blood streaks running down my hand onto the table. The pain was nothing compared to things I have felt before so I was numb to this. However, I didn't trust myself to speak as Penny tsked and started dabbing at my hand with a handkerchief Dumbledore handed her. I nodded.

"As I was saying, Bellatrix and Umbridge are among those that have escaped Azkaban and we have reason to assume that the former Ministry official is now in league with Voldemort. We-"

"Is everyone going to ignore the fact that Professor Weasley's water exploded and now he's bleeding?" Leo interrupted.

I froze and kept my eyes on my hand, watching Penny do her thing. Molly just sighed. "He has quite a grip, doesn't he? And believe me, Leo, dear, if he would let me fuss, I would be fussing about this." She looked over at me, my lips twitching into a small smile as she continued, "Miss Penny is doing enough fussing for the two of us."

Looking over at Leo, I happened to catch Bill's shocked face from across the table. Leaning over the worn wood to whisper to me as Dumbledore continued talking, he said, "I'm impressed, Percy, how did you do it?"

Now fully smiling, I muttered, "I'll tell you later."

Bill glanced over at Penny, who was looking a little too smug for her own good, he nodded, snickering.

"..For now, I believe it necessary for Mr. Potter to have some lessons in Occlumency," Dumbledore was saying. He looked around the table. "Are there any objections?"

"This would help with the dreams he's having?" Sirius asked.

"Yes."

There were no objections but someone did have a question.

"Will the dementors be coming to the school again?" Remus was the one to speak up.