The Untold Story of Marietta Edgecombe

Chapter 5

fOR THE FIRST TIME IN FOREVERRRR I ACTUALLY GET THE CHAPTER NUMBER RIGHTTTT

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  I raced down the corridor, going as fast as I could. Remember where your loyalties lie, I thought as I hurried along. Those words had been resonating in my head for the past month, along with my mother's from her letter, from what seemed like forever ago. There was a D.A. meeting tonight, but I told Cho that I felt ill and wasn't up to going. Oh Cho, please don't hate me for what I'm about to do, I thought, but I had already made up my mind. I hurried along the familiar corridor, took a left and entered the DADA classroom. I hurried to the back, up the staircase and knocked on the door. "Come in," the voice of Professor Umbridge said. I took a deep breath, though You're doing the right thing, and stepped into the familiarly frilly office. "Professor, there's something that I'd like to tell you." She was staring out the window to the right of her desk, but when I spoke those words she turned and faced me. "What would you like to tell me, Miss Edgecombe?" she asked. My heart hammered as I spoke. "Well, erm...if you were to go up to the seventh floor and find the tapestry of Barnabas the Barmy, turn around and think what you most desire, you would find the entrance to a place called the...Room of Requirement." She quickly stood up, turned out the window, and said very calmly but frantically, "And what exactly is relevant about this room?" "Inside, well, you'll find something to your advantage," I responded."What, dear, will I find?" she said stiffly. "Some...well, some sort of...erm-" "Come on, we don't have all day!" she snapped, with a gleeful edge in her voice. "-well there's a meeting." Umbridge cackled, and that was when I realized, she'd known, she'd known all along and I had confirmed everything. "Can you tell me- AGH!" She turned around to face me, but when she saw me, she shrieked. I glanced at the mirror she kept behind her desk, and saw my face in the reflection. I shrieked as well and frantically pulled my robes over my face. Written, in purple pustules, across my nose and cheeks, was the word SNEAK. Oh my god what have I done what have I done oh my god now everyone will know I'm the sneak oh my god I'm the sneak why did I do this- "Marietta dear, forget about the spots, they're barely noticeable, now can you tell me anything else about this meeting that's taking place?" Umbridge demanded. I shook my head frantically, my only thoughts still being I've betrayed them all oh my god what have I done oh my god why did I do this now Cho Cho will know I'm the sneak I'm the traitor she'll never love me how I love her why did I do this oh my- "FINE! Marietta, you wait here, and I'll go investigate this, meeting, taking place. Oh, and thank you for your cooperation, your mother will be so proud to hear of what you've done." 

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and that was the chapter okay well y'all enjoy as always comment with any questions or suggestions, and i'll see y'all again in a week! *waves*

- paige