Raised By A Killer // Harry Potter FanFic //

Halloween Madness

"Sorry, I've just got to go see him," I say and run for the door, intending to chase Fred down. I felt so guilty my stomach churned. I run after him, assuming he was going to the common room. Just as I turn the corner and am about to gain on him I hear Umbridge say, "Trista."

She always used my first name and never my last, my guess she was scared to.

I stop running and turn around to see her standing with her holding her wand in her right hand and resting it in her left. "Yes?" I ask inching to start running again to see Fred. But I was in enough trouble with this woman and I don't think running away from her would help much.

"The situation you caused in the Great Hall, it is not acceptable. Ten points will be taken from Gryffindor and you will be serving a detention with me tonight." I merely nod and run off again.

A detention. One. I can handle that, after all the other ones I had done with her before Hermione told Professor McGonagall about her magic quill.

I catch Fred as he opened the portrait hole and follow him inside.

"Fred," I start as he turns and looks at me.

"Are you kidding me Trista?" He asks accusingly. I am taken a back by the harshness in his voice and when I don't reply he goes on, "Logan? He's a Slytherin. And he has the Dark Mark."

"Actually, he doesn't. Turns out that was Draco that night."

"What? That makes no sense," he says.

"Draco just Transfigured himself to look like that to make me mad or something," I say matter of factly.

"Are you an idiot Trista?" Fred asks and my face flushes red with anger.

I can take insults. Call me ugly, a git, useless at magic...but call me an idiot...that crosses the line.

"What did you just call me?!" I yell crossing my arms over my chest.

"Tris, sorry...I didn't mean that..."

"Yeah? Well don't say it then you twat! And, here's the thing, what does it matter to you if I like Logan? At least he had the guts to show he liked me instead of hiding it and telling everyone besides me!"

"Hermione and Ginny told you?" Fred asks angry.

"Yeah! But they shouldn't have! You should have told me! Now I feel like an idiot because apparently it's been obvious!"

"I'm sorry Trista, I didn't know how to..."

"Oh just shut up! You've had plenty of opportunities. And maybe, if you had taken one of them, I would have agreed to go out with you. But you've missed your chance, I like someone else."

Fred looked at me sadly and I had to turn away otherwise I was going to feel guilty again.

"You're making a huge mistake Trista, you shouldn't get close to him."

"Well, I'm a big girl, I can handle it." I leave before I get even angrier. What a great way to start Halloween.

I go back to the Great Hall and motion for Hermione and Ginny to follow me to the library. We huddle in a corner and I tell them what happened.

"Are you sure he hasn't got the Dark Mark?" Hermione asks and I nod.

"I checked," I say but deep down I knew I hadn't tried revealing it with a charm. It didn't matter, though, because Logan was a Muggleborn.

"He's a Muggleborn, so it would be very strange if he had been recruited," Ginny agrees. We talk a little bit longer and then head off to our classes. Today Hermione and I had Care of Magical Creatures first.

We meet Harry, Ron and Neville down at Hagrids hut, and Hagrid is not his normal self.

"Hagrid, are you okay?" Ron asks as the rest of the students begin to gather.

"Yeh, I'm fine, nothin' I can' handle," he says but we all nod in agreement when Harry says the four of us will come back later and talk to him alone.

I didn't talk much to anyone throughout the day, the only thing that I knew was going to cheer me up was the Halloween dinner. I still felt guilty about yelling at Fred and as much as I told myself I wasn't in the wrong, I couldn't deny I had just offended a friend. I was getting very good at that lately.

After a very good dinner, that didn't disappoint, the four of us head down to see Hagrid.

"What are yeh doin' 'ere?" Hagrid asks as we file through the door.

"What's wrong Hagrid? We know you're upset about something," Hermione says as we sit down around his small table. He grabs four mugs and pours us all some tea. Hagrid then grabs a tin from a rotting shelf and opens the lid, placing it on the table.

"Well, yeh all know that Umbridge lady got ol' Professor Treworley kicked out from teachin', and I be's thinkin' she will be tryin' to do the same for me," Hagrid says and then blows his nose into a giant handkerchief.

"But you're the best Care of Magical Creatures teacher!" Ron says and Hagrid smiles.

"Thanks, I'll try my best but 'cause I've been 'way on special orders, I don't know if she'll give up."

"I hate her so much," I say and everyone murmurs in agreement.

*

We get back to the common room just before curfew and see a group of Gryffindor's who are in Dumbledore's Army looking at a notice on the board. It was another one of Professor Umbridge's Educational Decrees.

But this one had everyone fired up.

All Student Organisations, Societies, Teams, Groups, and Clubs are henceforth disbanded. An Organisation, Society, Team, Group, or Club is hereby defined as a regular meeting of three or more students. Permission to re-form may be sought from the High Inquisitor (Professor Umbridge). No Student Organisation, Society, Team, Group, or Club may exist without the knowledge and approval of the High Inquisitor. Any student found to have formed, or to belong to, an Organisation, Society, Team, Group, or Club that has not been approved by the High Inquisitor will be expelled.

"Do you know what this means?" Ginny asks and I look at Harry.

"Will we have to stop?" I ask, feeling upset and angry.

"No, we won't. We'll just have to be careful," Harry say and I smile.

"Good, now I'm going to bed. All that pumpkin is starting to make me feel sick," I say and head up stairs, but not before locking eyes with Fred for an awkward few seconds.

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Authors Note

Hi everyone! Sorry this is later then my usual lateness. I was away and had NO internet, it sucked.

Anyway, I'm getting super keen for the fantastic beasts and where to find them film! Only 40 days!

*Fact #18*

Not a Harry Potter one, but my birthday is on Christmas Day!

Erin x
A Proud Potterhead ⚡️