Secrets

C6

" Oh dear , Oh my sweet dear , you can let go ,Mister Potter . I shall take it from here ," Professor McGonagall spoke , reaching out to take the crying girl from Harry Potter's arms ," Prefects , send me the girls who destroyed Miss Snow's
property to me in about an hour . You'll find me in Professor Dumbledore's office . Mister Potter , I suggest that you see what you can salvage of Miss Snow's things . Kindly bring them to me in Professor Dumbledore's office when you're done ".

" Yes , Ma'am ," he said, moving to do just that after dowsing the flames with a spell . Colin followed him to help him .

Carly clung to McGonagall as she lead her out of the common room .

She shed silent tears now , her heart still breaking.

Through it all , she wondered what she had really done to deserve all this animosity towards her .

Why did people really hate her ?.

Did she really give off an aura to push people away from her ? . Did she really only pull some people towards her?. Like her Grandfather and Aunt Maybelle ?.

A sob shuddered through her and she felt McGonagall's grip around her tighten .

All she ever wanted was friends ,yet here she was without any .

This wasn't fair . This was like the world was against her and she had no way of pushing at it .

They reached the stone gargoyle and McGonagall spoke the password before assuring her up the spiraling stairs that reminded of an escalator because it moved one up by itself .

" Go on in while I go back and make sure those girls didn't run away ."

She did as she asked and found her Grandfather pacing behind his desk in agitation .

When he lay eyes on her, he halted and looked at her with a sad sad smile .

" I'm sorry ,Ann ," he said , his sadness reflecting clearly in his voice ," I didn't realize that your situation was this bad . Why don't you go sit on that couch over there and we can wait for the parents of the girls and boys who destroyed your things ."

" Boys ?", she questioned confused about what he was driving at .

" The Weasley boys and Lee Jordan . They helped the girls ."

" Oh ," she said , moving to the couch ," Oh ."

He didn't say anything . He continued his pacing , a deafening silence falling onto the room until moments later , the fireplace flared up green and the Weasleys' parents stepped out , followed not long after by other parents and her Aunt Maybelle.
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The girls and boys walked into the room , some of the girls looking afraid . Especially Ginny Weasley , who realized that her mother would be worse than just plain angry with her .

The girls and boys faltered in their steps when they saw their parents and an unknown woman , who was hugging Carly , sitting near Dumbledore's desk.

They didn't think that their parents would be called to Hogwarts because of what they have done .

Carly tried not to look at them directly as her Aunt Maybelle held her .

To have her Aunt Maybelle there felt like a blessing .

Her Aunt was so angry at hearing about her things being destroyed by malicious girls and boys.

" Mum, Dad! ," Ginny Weasley called out to her parents , rushing forward to hug them .

" Hello ,Ginny dear ," Molly Weasley said , her tone soft and sad .

She was sad because of what her children had done and angry , definitely angry .