COMPATIBLE DAMAGE

24- i am running on spite and fury

As much as i wanted to, we couldn't stay for long.
We had to get back to Hogwarts.

I had to leave the feeling of happiness, letting the other emotions take over.

They were stronger than they should have.

But the fairies didn't have any answers for me, i was the one that knew more.

In fact i knew almost everything, i was the secrets keeper.

But my secrets were flooding back up to the surface.

And i believe they had some help.

It wasn't just Tom digging, i was constantly feeling unsettled in my bones.

I just didn't know for what purpose.

Why would someone, anyone be invested enough to do this?

To what end?

I took Theo's hand as he apparated us back to the castle.

It's been only a few hours, we still had some time before the execution.

Theo supported to stop the execution, but only for my sake.
He wouldn't care otherwise.

Which i guess was good enough right now.

I was waiting before Dumbledore's office alone.

I tapped my foot on the floor nervously, speeding up as the time passed.

It was normal for me to get this anxious about animal abuse, especially because they've been almost all my world when Newt adopted me.

Finally he appeared, letting me take a steady breath.

"Good afternoon, pup." He smiled, embracing me in a hug.

"I missed you." i squeezed him tighter, absorbing all the positivity he gave off.

He was like sunshine in person.

"Can you do something about Buckbeak?"

The smile that usually rested on his face faded away.

"I'm afraid not legally." he gave me an apologetic look.

"And illegally..?" my reaction made his half-smile.

"You really are my daughter." he laughed.

"So that's a yes then?" i cheered up.

"We could kidnap him and drop him off at my mother's Hippogiff sanctuary. There aren't going to be many people watching the execution. It should be easy enough to distract them. Do you have anyone you could trust with this?"

"How many people are we talking?" i questioned.

"Two to help me with Buckbeak, two or three to handle the executioner and two to stop the professors."

I nodded my head "I can get them in ten."

"To be clear- this is the only trouble you are allowed to get in." He ruffled my hair and i went to get my friends.

I thought of my opinions, it wasn't just about who i could trust, we could get in serious trouble for this, but it was also about who could slow the professors or scare the executioner.

Although i think i knew.
I had to ask Tom for help.

That was probably the last thing i wanted, but this wasn't about me.

I run into the common room, knowing friends would be there.

I was surprised to see a random slytherin girl sitting on Tom's lap, running a pink acrylic nail down his chest, with her brown hair over one shoulder.