All I Have Left

Chapter Twenty Four

Harry stopped me while I was going to the Great Hall this afternoon to tell me about what happened last night.

He told me how he was writing in the book and the book wrote back. He told me how Tom Riddle found out Hagrid opened the Chamber of Secrets and was expelled for it. He told me everything he saw in the vision from the book, only making me worry more.

I knew the book was no good, and he went off and experimented with it. He told me how the Gryffindor boys dormitory was trashed and that Tom Riddle's diary was gone, and how they think it might've been Hagrid.

However, I don't think it was Hagrid.

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Today was the Gryffindor vs. Hufflepuff Quidditch match. Daphne and Blaise said they wouldn't be going, so I decided to sit with Hermione and Ronald at the Quidditch match.

We were walking with Harry to the Quidditch pitch, all talking about the incident that happened today. Then, we spot Ginny at the bottom of the staircase. Ronald starts calling after her.

"Ginny, hey, Ginny!" He yells after her. She freezes in her tracks and looks up at him nervously. He doesn't seem to notice as he continues. "Are you going to the match?" 

She looks up at him startled for a moment before quickly shaking her head and walking off urgently. I give Ronald a confused look, and he shrugs.

"I'm telling you, she gets weirder and weirder by the day." Ronald jokes, making me laugh a little. I stopped almost immediately when I heard the whisper, the voice.

"Kill this time... Let me rip... Tear."

I look at Harry worriedly and he returns the look, both of us frozen. We both shake our heads nervously at each other as Ronald and Hermione give each other a knowing look. Ronald groans at this.

"No. Don't tell me..." Ronald starts, but stops when he sees Harry and I turning around. We both touch our fingers to the wall, in attempt to find where the sound is coming from, as we glance around.

Suddenly, the voice stops. I turn around at Harry and give him a worried look, but he shrugs. I take my fingers off the wall and let out a sigh. Hermione gasps, and looks at us urgently.

"Guys... I think I've just understood something! I've got to go to the library!" Hermione exclaims before running off. Harry starts calling after her, but she's gone. I hear Ronald laugh a little as Harry turns and faces us.

"The library?" Harry asks confused. Ronald shrugs and I let out a small laugh.

"It's a smart person thing, Harry. You wouldn't understand." I joke, making Harry roll his eyes with a smile and Ronald let out a chuckle.

Ronald and I walk up to the Gryffindor Quidditch pitch alone and sit next to each other awkwardly. I pull out the book I was carrying and open it to read, when someone taps on my shoulder. I turn around to see Dean Thomas sitting down on the side empty next to me.

"It's a Quidditch match and you're reading?" He asks me while laughing. I shrug with a small smile on my face.

"I guess so. I'll pay attention when things get interesting." I joke. He lets out a laugh and looks at the book.

"What book is that?" He asks me, slowly taking it out of my hands. I let him observe it as he reads the cover.

Pride and Prejudice

"It's a Muggle book, one of Mother's favorites. I'm far into the book, almost done with it." I tell him. He nods and hands me back the book, seeming interested in it.