Deception

ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀ xɪᴠ - ᴛʀᴜᴛʜꜱ & ʟɪᴇꜱ

A few minutes later Snape knocked on the door and delivered Blaise and Pansy. Blaise looked like he'd had a date with the Whomping Willow, he didn't look well and flinched as he walked. That was probably due to Malfoy's previous beating, although he seemed much worse than a few kicks to his stomach could do. There were bruises on his face and when I looked at them, I suddenly felt very satisfied. I noticed that Blaise and Pansy's hands were still tied with ropes, which meant that Snape probably left them like that in his office and stayed with them, to keep an eye on them.

Dumbledore didn't offer them chairs, so they kept standing awkwardly in the corner of his office.

"Miss Parkinson." Said Dumbledore. It wasn't a question, he sort of just stated her name. "Explain yourself."

Pansy got a fright when she got addressed by Dumbledore and glanced nervously at Malfoy who was ignoring her completely. "I-I didn't do anything." She said with a high pitched voice.

"Professor Snape?" Asked Dumbledore.

"She obviously... lies." said Snape with his cold voice.

"She wanted... revenge on me." I said interrupting Snape.

"Revenge miss Avery?" asked Dumbledore. "What makes you think so?"

"I think she's... jealous of me." Dumbledore didn't change his expression, it seemed he was used to drama like this.

"Ah." He said simply. "Is that true miss Parkinson? Did you want revenge on miss Avery?"

"Wrong!" Yelled Pansy.

"She lies.. again." Said Snape getting tired. "Do you want me to do it... sir?"

"Yes by all means, Severus." Said Dumbledore gesturing towards Blaise and Pansy.

Snape came out of his corner and took something out of his pocket. It was a small vial with a clear substance inside. I recognized it and looked at Malfoy who a little pale as he recognized the potion too. It was the same potion that made Malfoy tell me that he liked me. Veritaserum.

"Drink this." He said to Pansy as he held out the potion for her to take. His black eyes glittered dangerously.

"No." Said Pansy defiantly. "I refuse."

Dumbledore rolled his eyes and pathetically raised his arms in defeat. It looked like he was fed up with the entire situation. Snape uncorked the potion and pressed it against her lips. "Drink it!" he said harshly and eventually Pansy obeyed and drunk the potion.

Blaise just stared at the floor, he was extremely pale, and it looked like he was going to be sick.

"What happened that made Mr Zabini assault miss Avery?" asked Dumbledore. Blaise was starting to sweat profusely and he looked worse by the minute.

"I was so angry at her when I saw my Draco looking at her all the time," She began and Dumbledore raised his eyebrows. "so I made up a plan. I knew she was with Blaise, and I knew that if I was on good terms with Blaise, I could use him for something useful someday."

I gasped and Blaise glared at her. Malfoy looked as if he could murder her.

"Everybody knew that Blaise was with other girls all the time, so I owled his parents to let them know that Blaise was being unfaithful to Elenore with half-bloods and mudbloods. He never knew it was me."

"Language miss Parkinson!" exclaimed professor McGonagall but Dumbledore waved it away and let her continue.

"My plan worked and his parents were furious. So I then tried to convince Blaise that Elenore was still pining for him, so he could redeem himself with his parents. He tried to convince her himself at the lake but my Draco came to save her which I didn't expect him to!" she said glaring at me. She was spewing words that she obviously didn't want to, but she couldn't control her own mouth.