Harry Potter: Raised By Roses

Chapter Thirty-Six: A Bathroom? Seriously?

When students were finally let out of their houses the next morning, Hary rushed to Melody so fast you'd have thought that she was on fire and he was trying to put her out. 

The other students saw them embrace, driving home just how horrible it must be for them to lose Krinos like this. The three were rarely, if ever, apart. The only times that any of the three are not together is when one of them shares classes with Slytherin. Many of them figured that if they had a fourth sibling, that brother or sister would have been in Slytherin just so there would be two Gardnas in all their classes. Most of the trio's friends guessed that Olivia would have made an amazing Slytherin.

Harry almost did not want to let go of his sister, fearing that he would lose her as well if he let go. Melody sure felt the same fro the way she was squeezing him.

Looking at the tables, they were conflicted about where to sit. The Gryffindor table meant the Harpy and Garbage Disposal. Ravenclaw's table meant questions and the same people that bullied Luna for no reason. The Slytherin table meant the Self-Proclaimed Slytherin Prince, otherwise known as the Bleached Peacock. That only left Hufflepuff, which did not seem like the best choice at the moment. But it was the least of the four evils, so they soon sat down at the yellow and black table.

Their friends seemed to almost rush to them. Cedric, of course, being the first to join them since he was already at the table. Fred and George sat Harry between them, giving him as much comfort as they could. Neville and Cedric were beside Melody with Percy next to Neville and Lee next to Fred.

"How are you guys doing," Cedric asked.

It might have been a stupid question, but someone was bound to ask it sooner or later. Better to just get it over with.

"Melody is not so secretly planning a murder," Harry says.

That made their friends all look at the musical girl with weirded-out looks.

"What," she asked. "Whoever did this made me lose my other half. If someone else doesn't kill them first, you darn right that I'm gonna try and do it."

"Don't underestimate her just because she's a Ravenclaw," Harry smirked. "That means that she is smart enough to know how to get away with murder."

"Actually, that is more of a team thing," Fred said.

"You have the Ravenclaw that knows a lot of ways to commit the murder," George says.

"The Hufflepuff that is loyal enough to help hide the body," Fred pointed at Cedric.

"And a whole team of Gryffindors brave enough to lie to the Aurors and give you an alibi," George finished.

"Should we be concerned that you two have that type of information on hand," Percy raised an eyebrow.

"Maybe you should," Fred smirked.

"Maybe you shouldn't," George also smirked.

"We'll never tell," the twins say.

Harry and Melody slightly smiled from their antics. But even with all the joking and trying to stay positive, they were missing the third piece of their trio.

"At least even petrified, Krinos still helped us," Melody said.

Their friends all looked at her like she was missing a few screws.

"Uh... maybe explain a little more, Melody," Harry tells her.

Seeing the looks, she got what he meant.