If Only You Knew (Gryfferin Au)

-Beauty is the beast (2)-

"W-what happened?" Louise asked with a confused voice as she slowly opened her eyes.
"Are you alright?" Rowena asked, offering a hand for her to pull her up.

"I'm oka-" Louise stopped when the scene infront of her caught her eyes. The shattered pieces of gem was lying around and the once perfect cave had now turned into a dark, cold place.

"What happened here?!" Helga exchanged looks with Rowena before answering.

"We called on professor Caron and he said that apparently, we've..." [Rowena intruppted] "YOU have freed a prisoner. She managed to escape and has turned this day to a nightmare for anyone outside this hole."

"And now we're all stuck here." Louise burst into tears after hearing what Helga and Rowena had to say.

"I'm so sorry. I don't know what had gotten into me at that moment. I'm so so sorry." Rowena rolled her eyes yet couldn't help but feel sympathetic.

  "Ummm... Louise... Y-your face." Helga tried to form a clear sentence but failed. "You've changed." she added.

Louise suddenly stopped crying and bent over a small lake to look at her reflection. Her eyes grew bigger in shock and her breathing got faster and faster every second.

Her once dimond face and blushy cheeks had now turned into a disgusting shade of yellow, leaving her with an intimidating face and body.  "I... I.. I'm an ogre... Am I an ogre... I.." she stuttered.

"The warning sign clearly warned us about this." Louise turned her head around to look at Rowena. "What they crave has been taken away from you."

Louise frowened in confusion after listening to Rowena.

"Your beauty. And probably powers has been taken away from you because of... You know... What happened. That's apparently what  people around you crave to have" Helga continued while giving Louise a hug to calm her down.

"Laidies... Every single one of the paths that could lead us or anyone else to you has been blocked by fallen rocks. I need you to send us very specific signals and show us exactly where you are." they heard Caron say.

  "Come on. Let's get out of here." Helga pulled Louise up and they all held hands, sending the requested signals to Caron. Helga and Rowena's bodies were shinning as a sign of power, except for hers. She really had lost her powers.

  After hours of waiting, Caron appeared infront of them and tried to fight Louise at first but after listening to what the girls had to say, he apologized and quickly teleported them out of the cave.

                       *In the castle*

  "How are you feeling?" Helga asked while entering the hospital wing.

"Not so good. 20 of the students were heavily injured either because of fallen rocks or lack of oxygen or just... Anxiety... It was all my fault." Louise answered while looking down.

"Come on now...You've been a victim. Just like them. Yeah you may have made a mistake but you can't blame yourself this much because of it. What did the professors say about... Your changes?" Helga asked, trying to change the subject.

"Nothing much, really. They just asked me to rest and that they'll take a look at it when we're back. They did lecture me though." She answered with a smirk.

"Where's Rowena?" she asked. "Studying. Trying to figure out a way to help you." Helga said with a smile.

"I'm sorry. I was jealous and I should've known better. But at that moment... I felt like I wasn't myself. Like someone else was talking instead of me." Helga's eyebrows met in shock.

"Okay miss... Oh hello there miss Hufflepuff. I just came across your other friend... Miss Ravenclaw, was it?" Professor Wholes greeted Helga kindly and placed 2 bottles of potion in the white cabinet.

"Hi professor." Helga said with a smile. "Miss Hufflepuff, would you be so kind as to infrom the boys that we'll be going back tomorrow morning?" Wholes asked. "Sure."

"Make sure to tell all these things to professor Caron. He'll know what to do." she whispered to Louise before leaving.

  Helga took the stairs and went to the second floor, where boy's dormitory was located in the castle and walked through the corridors to get to the room.

  As she was preparing a sentence in her head, she suddenly stopped walking. She was completely numb. Her jaw dropped when she saw Godric and Salazar making out in the empty corridor.

Salazar suddenly opened his eyes and looked at Helga, breaking the moment he was having with Godric. "Uuuuugh... Hey there..." Godric swallowed.

Helga was still frozen, trying to wrap her head around the situation infront of her.

"H...Hey can you tell the other guys that...uuuh... We'll be leaving tomorrow? Like... Pack your stuff... See ya..." she awkwardly left.

Godric gave Salazar a worried look and they both walked towards their dormitory without saying a word and informed others.

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