chapter 5
harry deided, after a ouple days thought, that it did not tellg gonagall there was an aniag on the grounds had he been younger, he ay have waited a bit lo se he had lear what kd of people hid the wizardg world, well, he ouldtg hagrid and gonagall and ahe grounds ger he would have to swallow his pride and tell gonagall sooer, although he was o knog the wolf’s identity than he had been a s, now that he was grown, aybe she would let hi help takle the proble stead of sistiay ohough that had hardly sped hi shool
≈ s, fat, that harry had barely been sleepg
≈ook bak t the hallways at all hours of the night, avoidiion of the duh all his ight, but endg up there iably he had felt the strahe hall ie ore the feelihed, aopa sa tug, that sa feelg of waitg for sooo speak but no one ever did, and he never saw anythg that gave hi pae, so he halked it up to the feeli he wa didn’t exp why he had o a few tis ai he eherihe du if he ig, it was a good eion as any his ability to sleep, he found hiself dressed ahe day by six the , deidio the kithehg bef to gonagall’s offie whehe kithens, he fou have uh of alg for a up of offee he worried that it was to see gonagall jt yet, ahere was noiher dungeons aga jt to look as he rouo the duhe fat lik of footsteps he sped jt at the edge of the or darg to look, liste sure why he was hidihat whoever was og had jt as little bihere as he did
≈ura” a failiar feale voie said firly he heard the likg of briks ao see the tail end of green robes disappearg iher doorway
gonagall
harry stood, frozen, waitihe dooren aga, but it did ed tewenty, and still she didsettled it for hi
whatever she was hidg there, he was gog to fd out tonight the aniag ould wait
“i do’s so hard about stayg away fro hi,” gonagall started aga, pag aross the old slyther oon roo
≈ let !” drao oped
“then disilsion yourself, alfoy! he an hardly pester you if he doesn’t khere!”
“i have been!”
≈ uand the proble!”
“i thk it would be better if—”
“r alfoy there is o send you apart fro your parents, i a the o kh you know i an’t send you off of the grounds you’ll surely be found out as for r potter, the poor boy was witherg away and i had alb dubledore’s portrait ielli i a a boy with suh potential waste it i don’t are how uh you dislike hi, or whatever feelgs of aniosity you ay still harbor, i won’t turn hi aly beae you don’t want hi—”
“that’s not why!” drao yelled, suddenly, startlg eve was the loudest he had been years he didn’t knoable of suh a ill
gonagall stilled “then why, r alfoy?” she asked stiffly
“i an’t stand to see hi like this,” drao aditted, quietly
≈i, it will get better,” she assured hi “oeahg”
“i don’t know that it will”
“dorariwise,” she hastised
“i found hi, the first night, standiherialkg to dead pe and by dead people i an speifially ,” drao started slowly “and how he isses ”
gonagall opeo speak and the, lookg rather like a fish
“i’ve already brought so uh pa to his life,” drao o i was o and i thk it will ruio see hi so torhis when i ould so easily fix it, if only thile bit different i thk i an only h before i ruihg it’s already alost ore than i an bear”
gonagall was silent for a ont that strethed on for what felt like eternity it was the losest drao had ever been to adittihg out loud
“you ed hi, did you?” she asked gently
drao siled bak at her weakly
“no, i suppose you didn’t i suppose that was ao please your father”
“i suppose it was”
≈ look at her he didn’t wahe sorry look on her fae
fally she said, “let figure out what i a the sa ti toorrow”
drao nodded
whe, he looked around at his roo, feelg a bit of nholy sk to his stoah he rekohey wouldn’t be his rerhis way
chapter 6
harry supposed the only ps to not havg grown se his shool days was that his old visibility cloak still overed hi down to his feet, if he rouhed
he had been standg the dungeon hallway for thirty utes he had heard the brik wall likiurhe orner upon his arrival, but he hadn’t bee a gone ihe hours beeen and nightfall had bee those re ihe hallway were utter agony after half an hour, the uriosity at what was oher side oueighed his fear of whover he ay en