Hogwarts' Slytherin Princess

Chapter 8

What happened next, I have no idea. All I know is, one moment I was unconscious on the ground, the next I was in a hospital bed, with a very tired looking Snape sitting in a chair by my side. There were plenty of "Get Well Soon" cards around me, some bags of candy, and a bouquet of flowers. Sitting up in my bed I looked over to see Harry talking to Dumbledore, groaning I turned to Snape who was now wide-awake after hearing me groan, "Eve! Are you okay? Do you need anything?" I rubbed my face before looking up at him, "S-Severus. I uh, I feel okay I guess. I.. Don't think I need anything.. Why, uh why are you being so nice to me?" Severus blushed bright red, "Uh. I was worried about you... I uh.. It's my duty as your professor to check up on you. After all, the Weasley twins haven't tried to visit you yet." At the mention of the boys I felt a pain in my chest, that I hadn't felt in a while. My face fell as I looked at him, "They.. Okay, well.. I see how it is." Severus grabbed my hand and squeezed it, "I'm sorry Eve. But, maybe they just don't know you're here. I mean I haven't seen them enter here to see Harry either." I shrugged, "Just because you haven't seen them, doesn't mean they don't know." Severus sighed, "Yes. But as I said, they haven't been here yet. I think they can't face you so they refuse to come in here and see you in the bed." I looked up at him, tears gleaming in them, "I just don't understand why they can't come see me. I thought I meant something to them, obviously I don't." Severus sighed, "I don't know what to tell you. Maybe you need to sit down with them and have a long conversation." I nodded, "Yeah. I guess I'll have to do that." Severus nodded stood, "I'm sorry but I have to go now. Get well soon Eve. See you later." I smiled and waved bye to him. As soon as he was gone, Dumbledore walked over to me and gave me a kind smile, "Hello dear. How are you doing today? Better, I hope?" I smiled back and nodded to him, "Yes headmaster. I am feeling better." He nodded, "Good. Good. You are probably wondering what happened after you were knocked unconscious.", I nodded my head, "Okay dear. So as you know Quirrell was behind the whole thing, and it seems like he was a follower of Voldemort. So much so that he was willing to let him live off his body. In fact, he was growing on the back of Quirrell's head. Strange I know. What's even stranger is that he couldn't let Harry touch him at all, he was burned by his touch. Obviously you know they were looking for the stone. They were going to use Harry to get it, but when Harry refused, Quirrell was ordered to take the stone from him. So he attacked Harry, but when Harry touched him to try to get him to let him go, Quirrell's hand was burned off. Harry with this new information grabbed Quirrell by the face and burned his face off, effectively getting rid of the both of them. But, and I told Harry the same thing, Voldemort can still come back, this is just a minor setback in his plan.", Stunned I sat there pondering everything I was just told, then I remembered Nicholas Flamel, "But sir, what about the stone?" Dumbledore gave me the smallest of smiles, "I had a nice long talk with Nicholas, and he agreed that the stone needs to be destroyed." I furrowed a brow, "That means he's going to die, doesn't it?" Dumbledore nodded, "He has enough Elixir to set his affairs in order. But, yes. He will die."

Saddened by that I nodded, we sat in silence for a bit before we heard the infirmary door swing open and a very worried Rosalie ran over, "Oh Eve! I'm so glad you're okay! I was so worried when I heard that you were in the infirmary after battling it out with Quirrell!" Dumbledore chuckled and patted my hand, "I'll leave you two girls to it then. Get well soon Genevieve." I smiled at him before he disappeared out of the doors, leaving me with a very excited Rosalie. Rose jumped on the bed and pulled me in for a bone-crushing hug, "I know that they might not have come to see you, but the twins, or George at least, is worried too. When I left the common room he was pacing back and forth, muttering something about 'getting a grip and going in there and seeing her', obviously the her was you! He wants to see you but he feels horrible for the way you were treated so he refuses to come face to face with you, afraid of seeing any hurt in your eyes." I gave her a doubtful look, "Uh huh.", looking down at my hands I sighed, "Rose, I gotta tell you something that just stays between the two of us okay?", grabbing my hand, she gave it a squeeze, "Of course Eve. You can tell me anything. You know I won't tell anybody." I looked up and gave her a smile before sighing, "I think I may have fallen for George. But I don't know what to do, because of this whole thing that has happened. I'm so hurt, so torn. I don't know what to do.", I whispered to her, making sure only she heard it. She smiled before looking around to make sure no one heard us, "Eve! That's amazing!! He has feelings for you too, I know it!", only she didn't whisper it, and unfortunately for us, that was the exact moment George walked in. George looked at me, our eyes meeting, and it seemed that the world had stopped spinning, until I heard him ask, "Who likes her back? What'd I miss?", he gave me a small smile. Rosalie chuckled and walked over to him before whispering something to him, that I couldn't hear, he blushed bright red as he looked at me. Rose then turned to me and winked before heading for the exit saying, "I have some things I've got to get done. I'll catch you later Eve.", with one final wave she disappeared, leaving me alone with George.