HP - Shadow Monarch!

Chapter 109 - Leaving Hogwarts.

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Third Person POV

Hogwarts.

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"Man... I'm leaving today... I hope to try to get Kimberley's attention before I leave on Thursday." It was morning at Hogwarts as students walked through the corridors of the Slytherin dormitories to have their first meal of the day.

"You think you have any chance with that girl? You've been trying to get her attention the entire fourth year!" His friend teased, mocking his friend's love-stricken delusion.

"Don't talk like that, she'll be my girlfriend next year!" The first one said with a certain confidence.

"If you say so... anyway, let's go." His friend said, heading out of the dormitories as they entered the common room.

Everything seemed fine, until they suddenly stopped at that moment. Staring, stunned by the sight before them.

"This..." They froze in place, as they saw something in the common room.

"It can't be..." The other one said, taking a step back.

"AHHHH!!!!" They both screamed the next moment, rushing back down the corridor they had come from, as the image they had just seen was too terrifying.

In this moment, the shocking news about three more Slytherin students tortured with the Cruciatus Curse threw the school into chaos once again, especially when it was revealed that the three students tortured were involved in the scandal of torturing the other student, Geronimo.

Not only were they tortured, but they were also crucified in the middle of the common room for everyone to witness the scene of horror that morning. All three trembled with terror in their eyes as they remained there for a while, as everything indicated that whoever had done this had acted during the night and left them there for everyone to see.

It was only after some students gathered the courage to pass by the scene, mainly friends of the victims, that they looked on with anger and fear, wondering who could have had the nerve to do such a thing to them, especially when not even the Ministry could punish them.

The professors soon arrived, along with the headmaster, and helped take the students to the infirmary, beginning an investigation while the place was once again covered with Aurors, with a situation far more serious than the day before.

"Headmaster Dumbledore, one student being tortured with an Unforgivable Curse is one thing, but now three more?! This is outrageous! You know what's going to happen to your career when this situation hits the papers?!" Some men from the Ministry of Magic had arrived at Hogwarts, and the situation did not look good for them.

"I know... but we can't change what has happened... besides, this is a direct consequence of you leaving those students unpunished after what they did... clearly, someone sought justice with their own hands." The headmaster said, standing among the other professors, while watching Penelope helping the students as they still trembled. All the torture they had inflicted on Geronimo had come back on them.

"Have you found any leads on who did this? The families of these children won't take this lightly..." He asked in a tone that demanded an answer, while the headmaster shook his head.

"No, not this time. Whoever attacked them was very professional in hiding or leaving any evidence." He said, and all the professors agreed that they couldn't find anything, as the perpetrator of the crime was practically a ghost.

"I see, but we still need an answer. I hope we have time for that..." The Ministry man in front of the Aurors murmured, but at that moment, a group of people burst into the infirmary.