How It Started

Chapter 41 - Selina Black

I had spent a lot of my time at hogwarts in this exact common room, although my own house was Slytherin I did find comfort in the Gryfindoor area. I placed my hands out, trying to defrost them the best that I could. It was a cold night and I was definitely grateful for the fire that was growing.

I glanced at the clock on the wall as I stood up and took my usual spot on the couch, which just so happened to be next to Fred. I slunk back into the couch holding Freds hand. Hermione was right, we wouldn't be spending that much time at hogwarts this year.

"Harry?" I asked breaking the comfortable silence that was spread across the room. Harry eyed me looking at me his eyebrows slightly raised.

"I keep meaning to ask did dumbledoor give you any more information about the hidden horcruxes?" I asked trying to ease the question into a conversation type setting.

Before dumbledoors brutal passing, Harry and him had been set the dark to find some, I had assumed that Harry would still be on the hunt, afterall that was what could stop Voldemort was it not?

Harry looked uncomfortable as he adjusted the shirt he was wearing, that reminded me I was still wearing Harry's clone clothes, as well as everyone else in the room.

"Well funny you should mention that" his eyes drifted from each of us, as he continued talking "I was actually going to ask, well, dumbledoor told me Voldemort himself made seven horcruxes, Dumbledoor himself trusted me with the supposed locations and I need to find them and destroy each of them" Harry sighed staring at Vess who smiled at him

"And Harry wanted our help" Vess said sounding a little too enthusiastic for this sudden task.

I figured that she had been apart of this plan for a while, she seemed too eager to jump in and say the last sentence.

Harry had told us all about the horcruxes when they had found and destroyed the diary in second year. The whole idea creeped me out, I mean hiding a fragment of your soul into an object was scary to say at the least. Not to mention they could be destroyed in order to weaken Voldemort, that part was the scariest I thought. What if he discovered what we were doing and come after us, we wouldn't stand a chance without an army to back us up.

"Bloody hell you just drop a bomb like that on us" Ron said, his face was flushed red and he looked like he was questioning his existence. Hermione elbowed him, which caused him to wine a painful "ow" hermione glared at him, which shut Ron up for the time being.

"Well of course we will help Harry, we're here for you" Hermione said smiling

"Yeah count me in" Fred said, I turned to face him I was surprised he was so quick to answer, he shrugged "sounds like fun".

The only one who hadn't made a comment was me, everyone's eyes drifted towards me, I immediately felt obligated to agree.

"I mean I'm in" I said smiling, it was true of course. If they were to risk their lives for the greater good and explore a way to kill Voldemort, I was going to be apart of it.

Another round of silence filled the room, although the silence wasn't an awkward feeling it was more so peaceful, everyone was obviously thinking. We had been through a lot in the last couple of months and I knew deep down that more, bigger things were happening.

I noticed for a brief moment, that Vesper shifted in her seat, she looked uncomfortable like she was hiding something. Her facial expression was the same when I caught her with Mattheo, it was off to say at the least.

"Well I'm going to get changed I'm sick of Harry's clothes" I said standing suddenly, which caused Harry and everyone else to laughed. I made my way to the door way and stood there.

"You coming?" I asked Fred, he smirked before standing and heading towards the door.

"See you in the great hall later guys" I said waving goodbye before I pulled Fred out of the room and we made our way to the deserted slytherin common room.

The dining room was full of students by the time I made my way down the stairs and entered the hall, I had said goodbye to Freddie and he left Hogwarts on the same broom he had flow into Hogwarts with.

As I passed the Gryfindoor table, Vesper eyed me smirking raising her eye brows, I returned her facial expression with a smile. She leant over and whispered something to Ron and Hermione, whatever she said made Ron turn red and look directly at me.

I didn't care enough to inquire, I could only assume. I walked over to the Slytherin table and sat in between Draco and Mattheo.

"Took you long enough, i though you arrived early? Pansy said pulled away from Blaise, who she was just snogging.
"I did arrive early I was just busy" I said shrugging

Draco looked stressed sitting at the table, over the past few years and the return of dumbledoor I had discovered his death eater identity, I didn't know if he was a full supporter or not so I tended to watch my words whenever I was around him.

"I see you managed to get Potter here safely how good" He said emphasised on the word Potter, Draco didn't like that I mixed groups with the Gryfindoors to him he only saw blood status and houses, I on the other hand really couldn't care less.

"I heard Snape was taking over maybe we will finally win the house cup down" mattheo said in a hushed voice glancing up at the teachers table. I had also heard the rumour and wasn't shocked to see Snape standing where Dumbledoor once stood.

It was a little worrying to know that Mattheo was more worried about the house cup rather than his own father trying to take over the wizarding world, it crossed my mind just then, that he too could be a death eater. My eyes drifted toward to his covered forearm.

I was about to say something else but was interrupted by snapes booming voice, he seemed to be making the headmasters speech.