Inside My Mind (A Harry Potter Fanfiction)

Chapter LXXXVI

Hogwarts, Unplottable Location, Scotland, Great Britain

Sunday the 1st of November 1997

8:30 AM

"Yes!"

Her friends cast raised eyebrows at her and Bella only grinned as she waved the stack of papers in her hand. Blaise leaned over and he gave her a slight smile as he saw what it actually was.

"It's your application papers," Blaise said and Bella nodded in agreement. She shuffled through them and gave a great grin.

"I was reading over the courses that I'd have to take to actually get a job. I have to take a twenty-week seminar in Political Theory. Then, I have to take one optional subject. I'll probably take Contemporary Political Philosophy. Then I have to take Jurisprudence. It's the philosophy of law. Finally, I'll take Criminology and Criminal Justice. After that, I'll take my test and it'll be just that. I'll be an attorney," Bella grinned. Luna gave her a bright smile and she ran a hand through her hair. She leaned forward.

"You will be. You'll be great, Bella," Luna smiled, brightly and Bella grinned back at her, happier than she had been in a while. Though Bella smiled for everyone, she always felt that faint sense of sadness at the turn of events her life had taken since her eleventh birthday. Sometimes, she wondered what would have been different in Dumbledore had defeated Grindelwald the first time they seriously dueled.

Perhaps, she would have been a boy and Tom would have risen to be the twisted soul that Lord Voldemort was thought to be. Perhaps, even worst. And then, she would have had to destroy him instead of Grindelwald. The thought made her chest burn in grief.

Bella looked over at the Weasleys and saw Ginny, Gideon, Christine, and Michael Brown murmuring to each other. Ginny was scowling at Christine over something and Bella couldn't help but smirk. What did Christine do?

Use her brush?

Christine looked up suddenly and she offered a slight and friendly smile to Bella. Bella raised a hand in greeting and Daphne tilted her head as she observed Christine.

"The Mudblood understands the cause better than the blood traitors. How am I not surprise?" Daphne said, softly. Bella looked over at her best friend with a slight smirk on her face. Daphne didn't smirk or smile back. She still looked calculating as ever. It was times like these that reminded Bella that she had broken her friend's trust in her.

"They were raised to believe in certain things. Like Dumbledore. Christine was simply thrust into this world. She doesn't nor does she truly understand. Ah, it's your sister," Bella said as she noticed the small fifth year come through door. She was only five foot three and several Slytherins much taller surrounded her. Bella watched as Christine looked up and looked over at her.

Christine's eyes locked on Astoria and Bella watched as their eyes met. Astoria raised a single dark eyebrow at Christine and Christine only offered a slightly dorky smile that Bella instantly recognized. She had seen it on Gideon many times when he had looked at her. Her eyes narrowed and she looked at Daphne. Daphne seemed to have recognized it as well and she didn't seem happy with it at all.

"No. That's not good," Blaise murmured as he looked into Astoria's eyes, fleetingly. He seemed to have used Legilimency. Daphne's eyes narrowed.