𝙈𝙚𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙤𝙞𝙖 || harry potter

𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙨𝙞𝙭𝙩𝙮 𝙨𝙞𝙭, 𝙬𝙝𝙤𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙝𝙖𝙡𝙛 𝙗𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙙 𝙥𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙘𝙚?

After an interesting rescue from Luna, involving wrackspurts, Harry never made the journey back to London like Draco had hoped.
He did however, miss the carriages.

"Will you stop eating!" Hermione said, bashing Ron with a book. "Harry is missing."

"Oi! Turn around you lunatic."

"He's covered in blood again." Ginny gasped. "Why is it he's always covered in blood?"

"Looks like it's his own this time." Ron sighed.

"Where have you been? What happened to your face?" Hermione urged. The feast was almost over.

"Later." Harry shrugged, still holding a cloth to his nose. "What have I missed?"

"The sorting hat has urged us all to brave and strong in these troubled times." Ron told him.

"Easy for it to say, his girlfriend hasn't been taken by Death Eaters." Harry scoffed, a little too loudly, causing eyes to fall on him yet again.

Everyone's eyes diverted from Harry, to Dumbledore as he began his speech.

"Very best of evenings to you all." Dumbledore started. "First off, let me introduce the newest member off our staff. Horice Slughorn."

The Hall applauded the new Professor warmly, this one didn't look like a Voldemort alter ego for once.

"Professor Slughorn, i'm happy to say, has agreed to resume his old post as Potions Master. Meanwhile the post of Defense Against the Dark Arts will be taken by Professor Snape."

"Snape?" the entire room chorused quietly. Only the Slytherin table were enthusiastic, apart from Draco who couldn't look even less interested if he had tried.

"Now as you know, each and every one of you were searched upon your arrival tonight, and you have the right to know why. Once, there was a young man who like you sat in this very Hall, walked this castles corridors, slept under this room, he seemed to all the world a student like any other. His name, Tom Riddle." Dumbledore continued.

Gasps and whispers scattered around the Hall, all in shock Dumbledore had dared to mention him.

"Today of course, he's known all over the world by another name. Which is why as I stand looking out upon you all tonight, i'm reminded of a sobering fact. Every day, every hour, this very minute perhaps, Dark forces attempt to penetrate this castles walls.
They have already done so, over the summer break as a few of you may have heard, when Cassiopeia Black was taken, by no other than Bellatrix Lestrange and has yet to be found.
Now that is something to think about. Off to bed. Pip Pip." Dumbledore ended abruptly.

"That was cheerful." Ron mumbled.

"What a nice way to drop Cass's name into it." Harry said harshly, getting up to leave.

"They'll find her Harry. I know they will." Ginny smiled softly.

Ginny considered Cassie a sister. They wouldn't necessarily talk that often, but they both would do absolutely anything for each other, just like a sister would.

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"Tom, this is starting to get old." Cassie laughed.