The Slytherin princess

Chapter 68 // Sectumsempra

Hermione's POV

"didn't you hear?"

"hear what?"

"Ronald Weasley was poisoned by Slughorn last night!"

"Yeah, apparently he gave him some kind of drink"

"I heard it was meant to be for Dumbledore"

"Dumbledore? Slughorn was trying to poison Dumbledore?"

"I don't believe that. Slughorn gave it to Weasley on purpose so he wouldn't have poisoned it if it were meant for Dumbledore"

"that's not all that happened last night"

"what else could've happened?"

"Hermione and Wren, you didn't hear it? It was very loud"

"Considering I'm Gryffindor, no I didn't, just tell me"

"they argued, it was really bad too, apparently they aren't friends anymore"

"Zabini and Inkwood? But they're inseparable"

"I haven't seen them actually hang out since Blaise died though"

"still"

"I'm on Hermione's side, she lost her brother and Wren is just being selfish"

"well Wren lost her boyfriend"

"do you really think a boyfriend compares to a brother?"

"not really... but still, it must've been bad"

"of course it was bad"

That's the conversation I heard between a few Slytherins, Gryffindors, Hufflepuffs, and Ravenclaws at Lunch.

When any of the popular kids fight everyone forgets house rivalries and discusses it.

Wren had been avoiding me, she went to bed after me last night, got up before me this morning, she hadn't sat next to me in any classes so far and when I passed her in the corridor all she would do is ignore me while Astoria and Daphne gave me dirty looks, both of them had been doing the same as her

It's quite childish really, but it's for the better because it would just get worse and worse if we were still friends anyway, that's why I said what I did last night, They're just holding me back from finishing the task.

Draco's been good so far though, comforting me and squeezing my hand when they walk past

"it didn't work" I muttered, stabbing the sausages on my plate with a knife

"it's alright, we just have to try something else" Draco took the knife from my hand slowly, probably scared I would pull it on him next "we don't want you stabbing anyone do we?"

"if it's Weasley or Slughorn I don't mind"

"you cant stab either of them"

"but I want too"

"well, you can't, it's illegal"

"we've done plenty of illegal stuff just this week" I laughed stopping when I noticed Wren across the table, laughing at something Astoria had said

"don't worry, she'll come back to you"

"that's the problem, she can't come back or... or she'll get killed, or worse, become a death eater"

*

"take it off"

We're trying again, we think we're getting somewhere with the task, or at least we hope we're getting somewhere. We're using one of those birds today instead