All the Little Secrets| D.M. (18+)

Chapter 4

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I was woken up by voices in the hall outside of my compartment.

"I can't believe they're making us come back here." a girl said.

"I know especially after everything that happened with Cedric at the Triwizard tournament. You'd think they'd have closed Hogwarts." Another girl chimed in.

"I just don't feel safe anymore, rumors are spreading that he who must not be named is back. I'm so worried about Harry." The first girl's voice dropped down to the faintest whisper.

"Don't you think it's convenient that Harry claimed that you know who came back after Cedric died? My mom works for the ministry and I'm sure if you know who returning were true she would have told me." the second girl scoffed.

My ears perked up at the mention of the boy whose life I was tasked to infiltrate. I'm not sure what came over me but I walked over to the sliding door and opened it. I needed to see if I could learn more about Harry and find out what rumors were swirling around about the Dark Lord.

When I opened the door two girls stood before me. The first girl looked Asian, she was absolutely stunning with her dark black hair and freckles. The second girl looked more homely, she had curly reddish-blonde hair and small beady eyes. She almost reminded me of Peter, I shuddered at the thought.

"Hi, I couldn't help but overhear. Are you guys talking about Harry Potter, the boy who lived?"

They both looked me up and down examining my face. No doubt trying to see if they recognized me.

"I'm Prue Dowson by the way." I stuck out my hand.

I'd never shaken anyone's hand before but I thought it was the best way to properly great someone whether they're a wizard or muggle, at least that's what I'd read. The black-haired girl shook with me while the curly-haired one just glared.

"I'm Cho and this is Marietta." The dark-haired girl motioned toward her friend. They were both wearing Hogwarts robes with blue and bronze colors on the inner fabric.

"We're sixth years at Hogwarts in the Ravenclaw house."

"Nice to meet you, I just transferred here so I'll be a fifth-year!" I tried to match her excited tone.

"Oh my goodness there's no way you're a fifth year, you're so tiny! It's positively adorable." Cho laughed.

I gave her a shy glance.

"I'm so sorry to have intruded on your conversation but when I heard you say Harry's name it was like you were talking about a celebrity! I just had to find out if you really knew him." I tried to keep the topic of conversation geared toward Mr. Potter.

I didn't want to seem too eager about the Dark Lord or give away too much information about myself. Instead, I tried to play the part of Potter admirer.

Cho smiled at me while Marietta continued with her icy stare.

"Oh yeah I know Harry, we recently started dating." Cho tried to suppress a smile.

Marietta looked at her friend with concern then diverted her gaze back my way. It felt like she wanted to crucio me.

"Why do you care about Harry? Where'd you even transfer from?"I could tell Marietta was weary of strangers.

"Oh my, I can see this was a mistake. I'm so sorry, it's just I'd heard so much about him even when I attended Ilvermorny. I genuinely just thought if I met people who really knew him I would get the chance to meet him." I tried to make myself sound like a real fan even though I didn't know much about Mr. Potter aside from what the death eaters had told me.