To Potter

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McGonagall went inside telling us to stay here. Harry and I were obviously in Dumbledore's office. I saw an old looking bird and went over to it. Harry went over to the sorting hat and put it on saying things I couldn't hear. Harry came and stood next to me and suddenly the bird burst into a fireball. Harry and I step back in a hurry. Suddenly Dumbledore walked in. "Sir – I'm so sorry. Your bird it just burst into flames- I couldn't do anything." Harry and I said in an anxious voice. To our surprise Dumbledore just smiled. "About time!" He said happily as Harry, and I looked at each other in confusion. "Fawkes is a Phoenix." He said and Harry and I understood.

Dumbledore continued talking about Fawkes. When Hagrid barged in. "They didn' do it!" Hagrid says. "I was talkin' to 'em seconds before. They wouldn' 'ave time!" Hagrid continued rambling. "Hagrid. I don't think they did it." Dumbledore says calmly. "Oh...I'll wait outside then." Hagrid said, the dead chicken in his hand falling limply to his side as he left. "You don't think it was us?" Harry and I said in unison. "No, but I do want to talk to you." He said. "Is there anything you want to tell me? Anything at all?" Dumbledore said, looking at us over his half-moon glasses. Harry and I look at each other knowingly, knowing our minds immediately went to Malfoy, and the potion. "No. Nothing at all Professor." Harry says and I nod.

Almost everyone had booked seats on the Hogwarts Express to go home. And I wasn't mad about it, I didn't want to listen to the whispers anymore. They were starting to get to me. Fred and George were my only escape, the only people who were nice to me. Constantly making jokes about the fact of us being the heir of Slytherin being ludicrous.

Finally end of term came and the Polyjuice Potion was almost done. The castle quieter than usual. Peaceful for once. The Slytherin common room being run by Malfoy was awful, loud bangs every now and then startling me while I was reading. Eventually Christmas dawned on us and I went up to the Gryffindor tower that year, even though I knew the only people who would want me there was Fred, George and Hermione. But I went up anyway. Hermione let me in, and she and I sat by the fire waiting for the boys to wake up, she and I spoke about new spells we were learning. "I'll go get them. Oh, by the way, there's a present from me under the tree for you." She says running up to the boys dorm. I looked and sure enough, there it was, my name a gift wrapped in emerald, green wrapping paper. I hadn't been expecting to get presents this year. I snatched it our from under the tree, and opened it up, the first thing I saw was a letter. I open it up and in Hermione's handwriting it said:

Merry Christmas Y/N! I know it's not a lot, but I hope you enjoy it. I know you've had a pretty rough year so far and I hope I can make it better for you. Please enjoy it.

P.S. I saw something else with your name under the tree

XXX

Hermione.

I look under the letter to find a leather book, called Hogwarts: A History. Gold accents all over the cover, it's beautiful. Hermione came and joined me again. "They'll be down in a few minutes." She says. "Thank you!" I say, giving her a hug. "I wasn't expecting to get anything!" I say as I let go. "It's not a problem." She says as Harry and Ron come downstairs. "Oh Y/N. Merry Christmas." Ron said a little stunned to see me. "You too!" I say as Harry grabs two things out from under the tree "for you Y/N" He says, and I look at him in confusion as I hug him and take the things he gave me. "Thank you." I say as we all head down to Myrtle's bathroom, because the potion was ready.

"So, we have to drink Slytherin essence. Gross. No offence Y/N." Ron says gagging at the thought of it. "Non-taken." I say as Hermione continues. "Yes. Do you want to find out if Malfoy is the heir or not?" She hitting him slightly over the head. "Fine sorry." Ron says as we laugh. "So, how do you two plan to get the hair off Goyle and Crabbe?" I ask, looking at Ron and Harry. "I have mine already." Hermione said confidently. They give us plan and we plan to meet back here at 1PM, after lunch.

After lunch was finished, we put a sleeping potion into cupcakes for Crabbe and Goyle to 'enjoy'. As they walk down the hallway, they see the cupcakes and take the bait. They fall to the ground almost instantly as Harry and Ron pull them into a supply closet and steal their clothes and hair. We meet back in Myrtle's bathroom a few minutes later. "You guys ready?" I say as they step into the stalls...

A/N: What'll happen next?? Find out tmr