Into Another World

Chapter 28

A couple weeks after my detention, I was told to go to the Hogs Head in Hogsmeade. Walking to Hogsmeade with Fred and George, I tried desperately to not slip on the ice patches. But being my clumsy self, I failed and landed on my arse.

The twins laughed until finally Fred decided to help me up. Grabbing my arm, I didn't notice that my sleeve slid down revealing my scars. Fred looked at my wrist and saw the bloody words, I will not disrespect authority, imprinted in my arm. Taking another look at it, he saw the other scar that David left behind.

"Delilah, what are these from?"

"I don't want to talk about it right now... Can we please talk about this later?"

With a small nod, he grabbed my arm and we continued walking. Occasionally, I would turn my head and capture the two red heads looking at me. They would then look down at my arm with concern.

They must think I did it to myself. I can't believe they think I would do that!

Looking up from the snowy ground, I saw the Hogs Head come into view. Boy was it run down!

Walking inside the musty dark room, I took a seat with all the other students that were there as well. After a couple of minutes, Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Lily walked in.

Hermione stood up and was the first to talk.

"So we are all here because we need a Defense teacher. A proper one... Let's just face it, Umbridge isn't teaching us anything!"

A student I knew as Cormac McLaggen stood up and asked a question that made me angry.

"Why do we need to learn magic? Their's no one out there that would hurt us!"

Standing up, I glared at the kid. "If you don't believe that Voldemort is back, then why are you here! Even if you don't believe he's back, my step father is out their! He takes no mercy in hurting people!"

Sitting back down, I looked up at the golden quad. My sister looked upset at the word father, while the other three looked thankful for what I said. Smiling up at them I told them to continue.

Hermione stood back up and again started talking.

"We have decided to have Harry be our teacher—"

Again Cormac started talking, "Why is he going to be the teacher? He's nothing special!"

Everyone turned around and glared at him. Neville then started speaking, "Well I've heard that in our second year he defeated a basilisk with the sword that's in Dumbledore's office!"

After that, everyone started yelling out things that Harry has achieved in all his years at Hogwarts. Finally it went quiet. That was until Hermione spoke.

"Ok so do we all agree that Harry should be our teacher? Great! Now that that's settled, we need a name. Any suggestions?"

Fred stood up and said, "Dumbledores Army, D.A. for short."

After everyone agreed, we wrote it down on a piece of parchment and said that we wouldn't tell anyone about our plan. Being dismissed, we left trying to think of when to meet, and where to meet.

Walking around with Fred, I saw George walk off with Hadley. I smiled when I realized what was going to happen. You see, Hadley likes George and she's told me on many occasions. When I'm not with Hadley, I'm with the twins, and constantly George is talking about Hadley cause he too likes her.

I guess it was time to tell each other how they both felt. Looking up at Fred, I saw he stopped at a bench and sat down. He was already looking at me.

Sitting down next to him, Fred took my arm and looked at the two scars that overlapped each other. I was the first to break the tense silence.

"Fred, the scars are from David and Umbridge. The night I went to detention with her, she made me write lines. Umbitch's stupid quill and parchment did this to me."

"What about the other scar?"

"David was angry one day and took it out on me after he got done fighting with my mother."

"Delilah why didn't you tell me before? I would've went to detention for you! I would be the one with the scar on my arm and not you... I was the one that put you up to the stupid prank anyways. Merlin, I'm the worst boyfriend ever..."

"Fred don't say that! I love you and that's all that matters. I don't want you getting hurt and having these scars like I do. I would do anything to keep you safe from the pain I've received. The prank anyways was totally worth it, and I don't blame you for the consequences I got in return. Just please shut up and let's forget about this!"

With my final word, everything went quiet. I looked up and saw Fred already looking at me. I desperately wanted to know what was on his mind.

My thoughts were interrupted when I heard the whistle that said it was time to head back up to Hogwarts. Grabbing Fred's hand, we walked the long walk back to the castle.

Making my way to my dorm, I plopped on my bed and went to sleep.

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Fred's POV
I loved her so much. Delilah was the one I wanted to spend the rest of my life with. She was, and always will be my everything.

As I was sitting on that bench back in Hogsmeade, I thought about everything she's been through. Her step father was a murderer and an abuser. Her real father was a good man who wasn't cleared by the ministry for false murder. Her sister lost everything. Delilah, she has scars from her step father David, and another scar from Umbridge. I was livid when I saw the scars.

I wanted nothing better to do than to hurt the man and woman who hurt my Delilah. My thoughts were interrupted though when the whistle blew to tell us that we needed to head up to the castle.

That day, on the way up to the castle, I made up a plan that would get us out of the castle. It would be risky, but I was willing to save Delilah from harm.

I confirmed my plan with the golden quad and my brother when we got back to the common room. They all agreed and we decided to go to bed.

I just hoped that Delilah wouldn't hate me for leaving her behind.