Megan and the others told Hagrid about what had happened at the match. He, however, agreed with Hermione. Snape was a teacher, he wouldn't kill a student. And while Hermione had rethought her judgement since the incident, he hadn't.
"Why would Snape want to kill Megan, I ask yeh?" Hagrid asked.
"Well, why did he try and get past the three headed dog on Halloween?" Megan asked.
"Who told you about Fluffly?"
"Fluffy?!"
"You gave that monster a name?" Ron exclaimed in disbelief.
"Yeah, he's mine. Bought off a chap in the pub last year, lent 'im ter Dumbledore for – uh, some stuff."
"Hagrid, whatever it is, Snape's trying to steal it."
"Rubbish. Now you kids stay away from that dog. That business is between Dumbledore and Nicholas Flamel."
"Who's that?" Megan asked at once.
He froze.
"Shouldna tol yeh that. Forget it." he said gruffly.
"Who is it, Hagrid? It might be impor-"
"Never you mind. Hurry along now, you'll be late for class."
They did, but Hagrid's words were stuck in their minds.
The weeks went by quite fast, and easily for Megan. Despite the repeated taunting from Malfoy, Megan found she got through her classes rather well. Except for Potions, but she had a feeling it wasn't just because she wasn't too good at it. Snape always seem to eye her with displeasure, and she wasn't sure whether it was related to the match or something else. But Megan was so absorbed in getting her work done properly she barely noticed the holidays were coming until Professor McGonagall handed them a list saying whether they stayed at Hogwarts or not. Between another dire Christmas at Privet Drive and a much more cheerful one with her friends at Hogwarts, Megan's mind was made up before she even asked herself what she wanted to do. Ron and Harry stayed too, but Hermione was going home.
"You can help Megan then," Hermione said as they watched the boys play wizard chess, which was like muggle chess except the pieces moved.
"Hermione, we looked everywhere." Ron groaned. "Knight to E6."
"Bishop to F4." Harry said.
"Queen to E5." Checkmate."
"Oh, man..."
Hermione looked disapprovingly at the game as Ron's queen smacked Harry's King and dragged it off the board.
"If you ask me that game is absolutely awful. It's positively barbaric!"
"It's wizard chess." Ron shrugged.
"Going back to Flamel though," Harry said, "he's right we looked everywhere."
"You didn't look in the restricted section," Hermione said in a low voice. "Well, got to go, have a nice Christmas!" she added brightly.
"You too, Hermione," Megan said, squeezing her.
They had become very tight over the weeks.
"Good luck with your search. I'll ask my parents if they know anything about him. It can't hurt, since they're dentists. Bye!"
And she was off.
The following Saturday, Megan was woken by Ron's shouts
"Megan! Wake up!"
She did, and smiled.
"Happy Christmas Ginny, and you Ron, Harry. What are you wearing?"
"Our mom makes these every year." he said, sheepishly. "It looks like she did you one too... I told her you didn't expect anything..."
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Megan Potter - A saga of the Heart - Book 1 - A Witch's Heart
Fanfic- Be who you are - "Hogwarts is real". Those simple words changed Megan's life forever. Living with her awful aunt and uncle, she thought magic was only in story books. Until a strange giant of a man comes to find her. And if that wasn't strange eno...
