The Unknown

Chapter 45: Hogwarts meet Founders

The following day, Dahlia didn't wait for her friends outside the Great Hall doors to greet them because she was running later than she was yesterday, so everyone was already in the Great Hall having breakfast and the post has already been. She wore a similar dress as the day before but instead of dark violet, it was dark red with golden stitching around the sleeves and neckline and even the belt she wore at her waist was gold as it held her wand, dagger and a small pouch. Her hair today was curly but half of it was held up by clips, only letting a few strands fall to the side. As she entered the great hall, people still stared at her as Akio and Morek stood against the wall like the day before, but it didn't bother her anymore. As she walked down the hall and sat in the middle of the table, between Hermione and Neville as the twins sat on the other side facing them.

"So, what's the news today?" Dahlia asked as she sat, and her friends didn't seem surprised but everyone around them shuffled away slightly.

Neville handed over his paper and said, "same thing".

Dahlia looked down to the front of the paper and of course, she was on the front. A picture of her taken in the Triwizard Tournament and once again, they were questioning her heritage and saying they wanted proof of who she was and an interview with the girl who lived. When Dahlia finished the article, she dropped the paper onto the table and said, "same old, same old. You'd think they get bored of me and actually be focusing on the news of a certain dark wizard".

"Did I dream last night?" Hermione asked as she put the toast she was eating down on her plate. "I mean, that couldn't have happened, we couldn't have..."

Dahlia gave her a moment, but it seemed Hermione was still in too much shock, so the princess answered, "couldn't have happened? You mean the part where you were in the camp or the part where you got caught by Professor McGonagall for staying out past curfew, or the part where you met the founders?" Dahlia finished with a smirk, knowing what part Hermione was talking about.

"Founders!" Hermione gasped, "that wasn't a dream or an illusion-"

"You met the founders?" someone asked, and they turned to see it was Lavender, who sat not too far away with Parvati.

"It was awesome," the twins answered.

"You actually met them?" Lee Jordan who was sat silently beside George asked.

They nodded, and Dahlia said, "so will everyone else, they were right behind me when I left camp".

"They're coming here?" the twins asked.

Dahlia nodded, and the twins quickly began looking into their bags for joke products and Dahlia looked to Hermione who rolled her eyes and said, "they want to show Gryffindor their products".

"Oh," Dahlia said and hummed, "well they should be here soon". She then began to look around the room, not at all the looks and people whispering or at the teachers table to find many of them glancing towards her, but she was counting the ghosts and couldn't find Helena. But, she did find the Bloody Baron at the Slytherin table and couldn't help but mumble, "and if I was the baron, I'd get out of here now".

"Why?" Neville asked as he heard her, as did Hermione while the twins were still busy looking through their products.

Dahlia whispered quietly to them, "have you ever wondered why he got the blood on his outfit, why he carries chains with him...its his final act of penitence for murder, the murder of Helena Ravenclaw, Rowena's daughter".

Hermione gasped and placed a hand over her mouth while Neville glanced at the Slytherins nervously. Everyone in the hall then heard someone yell, "ROWENA, STOP RUNNING SO FAST".